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Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04
FEEjp THE RIRDs.

Ebe interest that q West Wilmington reader has in birds and what he fs 6oinE for them in the way of provid- in& shelter and food Is just what a large number of other bird lovers ahr1Mehcut the state and New England are doing They delight in having the nnattT aongsters and insectfvorous bIx5a about and they are doing all th@v ean to encourage them.
 IHts fS tIe season og ez1p year when zia6 birds are fewer i1 nunnhep. hut a tfyuE when their fee7lng srcunds are tzstzlc<ed When the deep snow c0v- 6fH iheir uHua1 food dnsects' eggs. Iz11a4 and the seeds of weeds they nRA Mn11md to mtarwe pnansa some ef- ftrl is niade to prevent Il and there M mn doubt hdlt what the revelation
 4ri6 Hs surprising ie it was possible tM aH4hrtain 5nat how many actually LEEE fh4 ff0up;6 to make daily contri- Mszz.aM@ ko their 1o0d supply
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04
|. pEPLoRABLE SITUATION.

Despite the existence of laws, the knowledge of right and wrong and public opinion there is sl1n number of states which have not been able to remove the blot caused by the lynch ings which take place each year with in their limits. Tn view of the con- duct in the recent Frank case 1t will not be surprising to learn that Geor- gia is the leader in the commission of such crimes, twice as many lynch ings having taken place in that com monwealth the past year as in any other state. It's record of eighteen just equals that of Mississippi and Alabama combined, each having had nine. It is more than occurred in Arkansas. Florida and Texas, each of which had five and it just equals the number which took place in the nine other states where such acts in con tempt of law and order were reported.
 Even the states where only one such act of lawlessness was committed have enough to do to put down the element that is responsible for it, but it has been fully demonstrated that nothing can be expected from the authorities of Georgia in bringing about an im- provement of the situation. The mat ter there rests with the people and the responsibility for such shame ful record falls entirely upon them for unless public sentiment sanctioned such a state of affairs it would have been ended long ago and the number of lynchings for 1915 would show decrease instead of an increase from 52 in 1914 to 69 the past year. No state which tolerates the taking of life in the way it is done in Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama, can lay any claim to having established the high est standards of justice. There is something seriously lacking in such cIViliza ton.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04
THEIR WIVES MEMORIES

sey or Kansas, JangIer has passed be- low the line of vision and all the rest Of his life thinks my wife is a haugh- ty, stuck up person, instead of a. gen. tie little creature who wouldn't say Scat to rabbit
 '1mogene Is the l<indest soul-but if she is introduced to a friend of mine in a gray overcoat and meets him the next day wearing a black one, and he tries to recognize her. she gives him a look that makes him think the north pole has moved down on the south side and he promptly double crosses me in our next financial deal just to show that he's as smart as I amt And ten to one he buys his wife a sealslSin coat and makes her go and walk up and down in front of our house till my wife is pale green with envy and makes fife miserable for me till buy her one that cost $200 more! So, as I say-n
 You certainly have my sympathy, " said the man from Hyde Park. I'm going to get my wife some sort of an electric device for her birthday that will ring a bell inside her hat when ever anybody she's been introduced to approache hesl"-Chieago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04


 towards this end. but it has been stim- ulated by the appeal Of the Audubon s0cietiss and there is timely advice in their appeal ito give them hayseed, chaff from the barn floor. crumbs. scraps of meat. bones and suet; any thing eatable and they will repay you a thousand fold by their work in the garden and orchard all the spring. Fasten the meat scraps and suet se- carely in the trees and see how eager ly the chickadees and woodpeckers will go to 1t. Put out chaff or grain for the quail and meadowlarlSs in the pas- ture They work all summer long eating insects.s
 The birds render a valuable service aside from being delightful company and whatever effort is required in feeding Is insignificant in comparison with the service they render.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04
Stories of the War
AustraIia Has t5o.ooo Reeruita.

Australia HaS I5us0OO Recruits.
 We want over 5000 a month-that is the irreducible minimum" said Senator George F. Pearce, minister for defense, few days ago in refer ence to recruiting in Australia.
 The army council has asked us to increase our percentage of reinforce ments for the expeditionary forces. We have been sending them forward In proportion of from 10 to 15 per cent.--a total of about $500 per month. It has now been asked that we shall increase this to 20 per cent, which will mean over 5000 a month This intimation should stimulate recruiting throughout the commonwealth as it shows that the need for men is in- creasing, rather than decreasing. feel sure that the manhood of the commonwealth will be capable of keeping up the requisite supply for men have enlisted in Australia.
 Gilgandra, a town of 2;5OO inhab- itants in the wheat region of New South Wales, has since blossomed into war fame by reason of the fact that a squad of 30 volunteers from that place have started on 320-mile march to Sydney, to go into training there. The residents of the town contributed thousand dollars toward the initial cost of the march and all along the route donations of cash, and articles of general use are being made by in- terested men and women and at al- most every stopping place fresh men are joining as volunteers. The move ment was originated by the captain of the Gilgandra Rifle club. William T. Kitchen, storekeeper, and has the approval of the defense department
 The march is attended by many picturesque features. Most of the men have lived all their lives on the western plains of the state, among the wheat fields, and number of them, including a former Methodist minister named Lee, have, like Cincin- natus in the old days in Rome, left their ripening crops to be reaped by neighbors while they do to war. Lee is good speaker as he is doing most of the speechmaking for the recruits at the rallies in the country towns. The men have been dubbed ''the snow ball army" and each man is called a flake"
 A group of forty-five South Sea Is- land volunteers. also recently arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, from the Cook group, sonorously singing popu-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04
CRISIS NOT PASSED.

It is interesting to note in connec- ton with the sinking of the steam ship Persia that Baron Zweidinek, charge of the Austrian embassy in this country, believes that his government will be quick to satisfactorily ad- fusts' the matter. From that it is to De gathered that in his opinion Aus tria will immediately disavow the act aS it has in the case of the Ancona, his method of reasoning being appar- entity that the commander of the sub marine had not been informed of the change in policy of the Austrian gov- ernment as laid down in the note re- gently forwarded to this government.
 This is of course entirely possible, but it is difficult to believe that even he can imagine that this country is going to be satisfied with repeated dis av0wals when the promises of the dual monarchy are being violated as fast am they are made. Under such circum- stances neither promises nor disavow- als amount to anything. and unless there is action in accordance with the method of submarine warfare which 1t agrees to follow, they can only be looked upon ss sublerfuge to keep this country writing notes and nego. Hating for something which they do not intend to respect.
 A disavowa1 amounts to nothing when a submarine commander repeats an offense before the ink is dry in the note complying with demands made to right previous wrongs. Whether Aus triass betrayal of it's pledge was i'm fentional or the result of failure to keep in touch with its submarine com- are Tfrr1ncor Q -ffv1afirv, s,t, cannot be tolerated and unless that country hastens to do what it's charge believes it will and gives full explan- ntion of it's position, the crisis between the countries has by no means passed.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04
riaers and RhIneeerose. in Nsbras<a.

tt8SFS du0 ftUinoCSToeSa ln -tNG0TdSFAs Could the traveller in Nebraska re- store the landscape of late Tertiary tine he would find himself surround ed by scenes greatly different from those of the present The swampy lowlands were covered with vegeta- tion similar to that now growing in moist climates farther south. CaTnels and Ilamas were abundant, and dur ing the Pliocene epoch great ground sloths and glyptodonts, whose rela- tipes now live in South America, in- habited western Nebraska. Masto- dons with tusks on both the upper and lower jaws, much like those of the Miocene epoch, still persisted. Short-legged rhinoceroses remained abundant, and there was a great vari- ety of wolf-like carnivora. aaber- toothed tigers and true cats, some of them considerably larger than the modern tigers, were also abundant. Three-toed horses were still numerous but the modern genus Bqus was not among them. One of the most curious animals of the time in Kansas and Nebraska was a gopher-like rodent that had two large horns on it's nose. Its enormous claws indicate good bur- rowing powers and it's horns also may have been used in digging.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

It makes no difference to the Snow birds, Polar Bears and Arctics, winter covers the beaches and the tempera- ture of the water is below the freez- ing point. On a recent cold morn ing about twenty-five bathers ran in to the water and out again to play handball in the snow. A crowd in furs and overcoats watched them. The temperature of the water was given as 2s degrees and that of the air as 22 degrees. This is an ideal day for bathing, don't you think?" asked one bather of a reporter, who thought that was all that was to be said on the subject. In the picture are seen two ~snowbirds'' shoveling snow from . boardwalk at a beach near New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

space, is a tablet on the face of a building below a picture of the Virgin before which a candle still burns. The inscription reads: "Messina re- members with grief the terrible earth quake of December 1S94"-and the guarding Virgin looks out upon the whole hillside, covered stiH with meaningless wreckage, the shapeless debris of hundreds of what once were homes, destroyed, annihiIated, left left without form of fdentity-the re- suit of the earthquake fourteen years later than that of the Inscription.
 And again Messina rebuildsl
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04
OTHER VIEW POINTS


 This is the time of the year when shrewd buyers visit the big and ut- tie stores and pick out real bargains. Holiday stocks are being marked down to the lowest limit in prices and everything possible is being done by the merchants to clear the shelves to make room for the New Year sup plies. Persons who buy now will buy well-Hartford Post
 Japanese liners are said to have abandoned the route through the Suez canal, owing to the danger of being torpedoed by the hostile submarines infesting Eastern Mediterranean wa ters, and to be taking the longer route around the Cape of Good Hope. length ening the voyage to England by fortnight 1t must be a source of disappointment to the Japan Mail Steamship company that England. with her control of the seas, cannot protect
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04
one of Teddy,s Pretty Ways.

Medill Mccormick, leader of the progressive party in Illinois. says Mir Roosevelt said nothing to him about being candidate. Oversight, per- haps. It Is a way T. R. has. That's what drove Vic Murdocl, the Kansas leader, into the trenches.-New York Evening Telegram.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

to our fine police, ro make the deeds of wicked men diminish did become too chesy hereabout though that swarming speed, ordinance with little heed. AgE dscpne keep control help w he fresh nj inapul of The printed aw ofte in careful George the job. hardly need to state the fact of belief that he has ceased to foust has sort of pered George to such biding drift that police and round instead of swift of upon puff him off Us likes sufficient clothes keep
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

It might not have been courteous according to General won Bissings book of etiquette to have referred Edith Cavelrs case to the kaiser. the only man who could have saved her, but 1t would have been at least hu- 1mane.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

It is sane demand that exists in rnany states for new laws which will make it necessary to enforce the exist ing ones.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

There is plenty of evidence that European countries did not include peace among their New Years reso- lutions.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

Without going into Egypt it looks as if the Austro-f7errnan forces would be kept busy taking care of the new drive which tho Russians are making in Bessarabia.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

The man on the corner says: There appears to be 8 steady improvement in other vehicles, but it is the same old model for the water wagon.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

Reforming a reforner may be, as declared, one of the hardest things under the sun. but those who oppose have no conscientious scruples when it comes to launching an attack.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

Whatever pessimism has prevailed as to Norwich's opportunity to grow ought to have been released with the departure of 1915.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

Even as the members of the Ford peace party realize a mined sea offers no more attractions to neutrals than it does to the beliigerents.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

Servia has new comnander-il- chief of its army, but apparently it was easier to i'll that position than 1t will be to secure new army.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

With the new passport rules in ef- feet it is possible that those securing such papers will appreciate what is being done for them.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

Now thai Turkey is seeking a hun dred mfllisn dollar loan from Germany possibly the kaiser might induce Bel giun to provide the necessary coin.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

Court records show that some peo- pie have peculiar idea as to how they should start the new year right.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04
ITALY'S TWIN CITIES
 ARE NOW REBUILDING
Messina and Reggie di caIabria Re- covering From Earthquake of 1908

The twin cities of Messina and Reg gio di Calabria which were wrecked by earthquake in 1908, are, after sew en years of hesitation, just now be- ginning to rebuild themselves along permanent lines. Notwithstanding all the time that has elapsed since the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04
EpIToRIAL NOTES.

January isn't winning any praise or friends over the character of the weather it is producing.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

One object lesson, impartial and de- cided, is enough as a rule to secure the proper cleaning of sidewalks for the rest of the winter. It does not pay, with the ordinance in force to neglect this duty to the public. What is need ed in Ansonia, as elsewhere, Is action by the city officials to show to the residents that the law means some thing and that it will be enforced in every case of neglect. Once let this lesson get home to the public con- seriousness and there will be an inn mediate and radical improvement The public will cooperate with the author ities, when it is convinced that the au- thorities mean business and very sei- dom will 1t take the trouble to do its part unless 1t has some such vigorous reminder.-Ansonia Sentinel
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

the liners of her ally. Japan. and en- able her to use the route through the Suez canal with safety.-Bridgepor Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

A man who expects to do large things must be fmpervious to ridicule. The people who envy his success will always find his ideas absurd Hence 1t is excellent practice to make and keep a resolution in the face of the jeers of ones friends. After you find you cannot do it, you have an excuse for quitting if 1t seems best. But usu- ally the resolution proves permanent ly useful. New Years resolutions are said to be out of fashion. Perhaps that is because one day a year for new beginnings is so inadequate. Every day in the year ought to bring some new purpose and larger hope Meriden Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

On Christmas day 24 patients in the Cook County hospital at Chicago died. That made a sad Christmas for many people They were talked to death" asserts Dr. R. T. Vaughn, the night warden, and goes on to explain that the municipal authorities against the protests of the physicians permit ted 4,000 visitors in the institution on the holiday. The excitement was too much for the weaker patients On Sundays and holidays the death rate always rises, says the doctor. The killers and those who abet them sare not brutal; only stupid.-Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-04

The State Highway Safety league of Massachusetts asks that applicants for licenses as automobile operators be compelled to pass examinations as to their mental moral and physical fitness. A bill to this effect, seeking to prevent accidents, rather than to punish drivers by suspending their licenses for 30 days, is up in the massachusetts, egisIature.-Waterb Republican.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-02-22
LEAP YEAR PARTY AT
WINNEYA HALL NEXT WEEK

Arrangements have been completed
for the Leap Year ball, to be given by
students of the High school one week
from tonight. Winneva hall has been
engaged for the occasion, and Gard
ner's orchestra will furnish the music.
The evenings program includes several
different card games, including pro
gressive whist and five hundred, Also
other games for those who do not care
for the progressive games. There will
be twenty-five tables so there will be
room for all. The reception committee
at the games are Miss Beth Wrede
Lorene Richardson, Louise COoney
Blanche Critehfeld, Nora Miller, Stella
Regan, Erma DeMotte, Ervine Smith,
Eleanor Dwyer and Edna Eads.
The floor committee for the dance
consists of Misses Alice Wagner, Mar
garet Ruektesehler, Beth Warren, Mar
iorie Stauffer, Lucille Bergin, Ethel
Creek. Nora Roberts, Virginia Stanton
and Frances Hoskins. The reception
committee for the dance consists of
the Misses Theckla Wright, Ethel
Brown, Avery Davenport, Dorothy
Jenkins, Louise Jenkins, Marjorie Ber
gin, Marguerite Pope and Florence
Bernard The members of the lunch
committee are Viola Lupien, Erma
H0skins, Margaret Creek, Mildred
Jewell, Ruth Vargas, Dolly Espey and
Freda Gilbert.
There is to be an entertainment in
the lodge room early in the evening,
from about 1880 to $50. for the bene-
ft of those that care neither for the
dancing or cards and would like to go
home early. The entertainment com
mittee consists of Marguerite Pope,
Theekla Wright and Ethel Brown.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-02-22
Western Pacific Local Briefs

Owing to the heavy increase in
freight business on the Western Pa
cifc, another freight crew was set up
Sunday and two additional men put
to work in the roundhouse.
Sunday two special oil trains passed
east via the Western Pacific and today
there were two more. The oil is en-
route to Bayonne, N. j., from which
point it will be shipped to Europe.
Agent Giller left Saturday on trip
to Kansas City.
T. J. Stuart, supervisor of bridges
and buildings, was in town yesterday
from Elko.
Lineman C. Fredson was in town yes
terday.
Yesterday carload of machinery
was received for the Winnemucca
Mountain Mining company.
A carload Of concentrates was ship
ped yesterday to Selby.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-02-22
DEMOCRATIC STATE COM.
MITTEE NAMES DELEGATES

The Democratic state central com
mittee of Nevada met at Reno Satur-
day night and decided not to call a
primary election for the selection of
delegates to a state convention which
would in turn select the delegates to
the national convention.
Instead the committee resolved itself
into a Democratic convention and
named the following delegates to the
Democratic national convention at st.
Louis: Charles A. Stout, Washoe coun-
ty; r. w. Hesson, Elko county; SEN
ator Francis G. Newlands, Senator Key
Pittman; ]. F. Vardaman, Esmeralda
county; Ed w. Clark, Lincoln and
Clark counties.
The alternates are: A. j. Melville,
Anthony Jurieh, James t. Goodin, w.
r. McFadden, John McGrath and B. f.
Baker
After much discussion concerning
primary election, resolution, intro
duced by Attorney General George
Thatcher resolving the committee into
a convention was adopted by a "a to
II vote.
The convention adopted resolutions
endorsing the administration of Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson. the state ad
ministration of Governor Emmett ID.
Boyle, the work of the Nevada Sena-
tors in Congress and Senator Key
Pittman' s measure to grant Nevada
100000 acres of government lands
for school purposes.
Supreme Court Justice p. A. McCar-
ran, Governor Boyle, S. NJ. Pickett,
and Charles Lee Horsev were nominat-
ed as national delegates, but withdrew
A fight was made by Superintendent
of Public Instruction John Edwards
Bray to secure the election of Mrs. W.
.. Mackey of Carson City as a dele
gate, but after a spirited debate the
name was withdrawn as the eonven-
tion was doubtful of the eligibility of
women until they have registered,
Those who favored abolition of the
convention and primary declared 20
hold them would involve an unneces-
sary expense.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-02-22
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
GETS DRAINAGE BONDS

Last Tuesday afternoon p. Anker,
III. Stoker and J. t. Goodin, acting as
the board of supervisors of the Love
lock valley drainage district, opened
the bids for the sale of the bonds of
the district, and after carefully delib-
Grafton the bids of the First National
Bank of Winnemueea, A. jain of Love
lock, and Ingvert Hanson of the Lower
Valley were accepted.
The bonds, amounting to $4,000,
brought a premium of $1,000. While
some bids were made offering a slight
" higher premium, the conditions ex-
acted made the local bids the most sat
isfaetory. Review Miner.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-02-22
FNJOINFD FROM IN
TERFERENCt ". P.

The Equitable Trust company of
New York was enjoined permanently
yesterday from further proceedings in
its suit in New York, suing for a con-
struction of a contract by which the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad guaran-
teed the interest on the Western Pa
cifc railways $50,000,000 first mort
gage bonds and the deficiency in its
sinking fund for the retirement of the
bonds.
The injunction was issued by Judge
William Van Fleet in the United
States District Court at San Francisco,
who issued a temporary restraining Or
der in the matter June IL, 1915.
He also ordered that the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad and the Missouri
Pacific railway be made parties to the
receivership proceedings under which
the Western Pacific now is being oper-
ated.