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The St. Johns herald., 1917-05-10
Road to Happiness.

Be amiable, cheerful and good natured and you are much more likely to be happy You will find this difficult, if not impossible, however, when you are constant ly troubled with constipation. Take Chamberlain's Tablets and get rid of that and it will be easy. These tablets not only move the bowels, but improve the appetite and strengthen the digestion.
 Adv.
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 conducting the fight for peace anC freedom just as truly and just as effectively as the men on the bat
 tlefeld or in the trenches. The industrial forces of the country,
 men and women alike, will be g
 great national, a great interna.
 tional, Service Army, "a notable
 and honored host engaged in the
 service of the nation and the
 world, the efficient friends and
 saviors of free men everywhere.
 Thousands, nay, hundreds of
 thousands, of men otherwise lia-
 ble to military service will of right
 and of necessity be excused from
 that service and assigned to the
 fundamental, sustaining work of
 the fields and factories and mines,
 and they will be as much part of the great patriotic forces of the
 nation as the men under fire.
 1 take the liberty, therefore, of
 addressing this word to the farm CTS of the country and to all who work on the farms: The supreme need of our own nation and of the nations with which we are cooperating is an abundance of supplies, and especially of food Stuffs. The importance of an adequate food supply, especially for the present year, is superla- tive. Without abundant food, alike for the armies and the peo- pie now at war, the whole great enterprise upon which we have embarked will break down and fail. The worlds food reserves are low. Not only during the emergency but for some time after peace shall have come both our own people and large proportion of the people of Eu- rope must rely upon the harvests in America. Upon the farmers of this country, therefore, in large measure, rests the fate of the war and the fate of the nations. May the nation not count upon them to omit no step that will in- crease the production of their land or that will bring about the most effectual cooperation in the sale and distribution of their products? The time is short. It is of the most imperative impor- tance that everything possible be done immediately to make sure of large harvests. I call upon young men and old alike and upon the able-bodied boys of the land to accept and act upon this duty, to turn in hosts to the farms and make certain that on pains and no labor is lacking in this great matter.
 1 particularly appeal to the farmers of the South to plant food stuffs as well as cotton. They can show their patriotism in no better or more convincing way than by resisting the great temptation of the pres ent price of cotton and helping, helping upon great scale, to feed the nation and the peoples everywhere who are fighting for their liberties and for our own The of their crops will be the measure of their compre- hension of their national duty.
 The Government of the United States and the govern ments of the several States stand ready to cooperate. They will do everything possible to assist farmers in securing an adequate supply of seed, an adequate force of laborers when they are most needed at harvest time, and the of expediting shipment of fertilizers and farm machinery, as we'll as of the crops themselves when harvested. The course of
The St. Johns herald., 1917-05-10

lC IS possible CO make It ana there shall be no unwarranted manipu lation of the nations food supply by those who handle it on it's way
 to the consumer. This is oul opportunity to demonstrate the
 efficiency of great Democracy
 and we shall not fall short of it!
 This let me say to the middle
 men of every sort. whether they
 are handling our food stuffs or
 our raw materials of manufacture
 or the products of our mills and
 factories: The eyes of the coun-
 try will be especially upon you.
 This is your opportunity for sig
 nal service, efficient and disinter-
 ested. The country expects you
 as it expects all others, to forego unusual profits, to organize and
 expedite shipments of supplies of every kind but especially of food
 with an eye to the service you are rendering and in the spirit of those who enlist in the ranks, for their people, not for themselves. 1 shall confidently expect you to deserve and win the confidence of people of every sort and station.
 To the men who run the rail- ways of the country, whether they be managers or operative employees, let me say that the railway are the arteries of the nations life and that upon them rest the immense responsibility of seeing to it that those arteries suffer no obstruction of any kind no inefficiency or sIackened power. To the merchant let me suggest the motto, Small profits and quick service;;" and to the ship builder the thought that the life the war depends upon him. The food and the war supplies must be carried across the seas no matter how many ships are sent to the bottom. The places of those that go down must be SUD- piled and supplied at once. To the miner let me say that he stands where the farmer does: the work of the world waits on him. If he slackens or fails, armies and statesmen are help | less. He also Is enlisted in the great Service Army. The manu- facturer does not need to be told, I hope, that the nation looks to him to speed and perfect every process; and 1 want only to re- mind his employees that their service is absolutely indispen- sable and is counted on by every man who loves the country and | its liberties.
 Let me suggest. also. that | everyone who creates or cultivates a garden helps, and helps greatly, l to solve the problem of the feed ing of the nations; and that every house wife who practices strict | economy puts herself in the ranks of those who serve the nation. This is the time for America to 1 correct her unpardonable fault of wastefulness and extravaganza. Let every man and every woman assume the duty of careful, pro- vident use and expenditure as a public duty, as dictate of patriot ism which no one can now expect I ever to to be excused or forgiven for ignoring.
 In the hope that this statement of the needs of the nation and of | the world in this hour of supreme crisis may stimulate those to whom it comes and remind all | who need reminder of the solemn duties of a time such as the world | has never seen before, beg that all editors and publishers every where will give as prominent pub 1
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ture to suggest, also, to all adver- Using agencies that they would perhaps render a very substantial and timely service to the country If they would give it widespread repetition. And 1 hope that cler- gymen will not think the theme of it an unworthy or inappropri- ate subject of comment and hon. fly from their puIpits.
 THE SUPREME TEST OF THE NATION HAS COME. WE MUST ALL SPEAK, ACT, AND SERVE TOGETHER!
 WOODROW WILSON. Published by the U. s. Depart ment of Agriculture.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
Carnations and Rats.

Not long ago the basement Of a de-
partment store In San Diego, Cal. re-
ceived a sudden influx of rats. Traps.
however baited. tempted but few. and
other methods of radiance tried seem
ed of little avail. About this time the
~janitor noticed that old carnations
thrown into the rubbish disappeared
overnight. He put two and two to-
gether and began batting traps with
carnations. Every trap added to the
fatalities In the rodent kingdom.
The city health department then
took it up and has been achieving very
satisfactory results therefrom. The
odOr of the flower seems to attract
rats from some considerable distance.
the variation OF color apparently max
ing no difference.-American City.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
of Pike.

While two Edinburgh anglers were
fishing from a boat on Loeb Ard, Aber-
foyle, they were attracted by splashing
on the surface of the water close to a
clump OF reeds near the shore. APP
preaching the spot, they found that two
pike-the individual weights, ascertain
ed later, were two and W. and one
quarter pounds-were locked together,
the smaller of the two in an attempt to
swallow the larger, having succeeded
In enveloping in its jaws almost the
whole head of the other. On the fish
being taken into the boat with a and
ing net considerable difficulty was found
in separating them, the teeth Of the one
being firmly fixed i'm the skull and gills
of the larger fish. While the vOracious-
ness of this fish is well known, 1t must
remain a mystery whether the accident
described arose from c~annibalism or
was the outcome of G tight.-R. Nj. w.
in Edinburgh Scotsman.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
Goethals Saw the Point.

Shortly after our war with Germany
was started II. j. Mcbride Of Beau
mont was awarded a big contract for
the construction of wooden ships for
our government. The fact that Nc
Brides firm had never engaged in ship
building promised to initiate against
his getting a contract. and the lack of
practical experience was mentioned
during his conference with General
Goethals.
"Your firm has never constructed
ships" said the general.
mo, sir"
"WellY" pressed the governments
representative.
General. you built the Panama Gu
nal" replied Mcbride.
$50 they say" was the answer.
Did you ever build a canal before?'
General Goethals saw the point
Dallas News.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
CONDENSED MILK
FROM RED CROSS
LARGE QUANTITY SENT FOR
USE IN MILITARY
HOSPITALS

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. /.
Forty-eight thousand cans of CON
densed milk have just been purchas-
ed by the supply service of the
American Red Cross for immediate
shipment to Salonika. On the re-
quest of DR.. Edward w. Ryan, Red
Cross representative at Salonika,
the war council voted a special ap-
preparation for the milk, which is
to be used in Serbian military hos
pitfalls.
Conditions under which the hos
pitfalls are working in Macedonia, ac-
cOrding to DR.. Ryan, are very SER
iOus. During the fighting Of the
last three years practically all cat
tie rave been killed by the armies
There Is no milk for cOnvalescent
soldiers, and without it their re-
covery is very much delayed.
A Red Cross commission, headed
by c.. A. Severance, of Minneapolis,
is TO- on it's way to Serbia. The
commission has a fund OF 5000 900
to be spent in aiding the refugees
behind the allied lines in Macedonia
and around MOnastir.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
.ST|MLER MINES
AGAIN WORKING
PROPERTY AT COTTONWOOD TO
BE EQUIPPED FOR
PRODUCING

Harry Stimler is having installed
al his property in Cottonwood can
yon a complete plant of machinery
hat will enable aim to proceed with
development much more rapidly
than has been the case. The mine
known as the Stimler was located
during the panic of 1907, which
caused some delay in prosecuting
work. Notwithstanding delays the
double compartment shaft is down
to a depth of 445 feet and as soon
as the compressor is operating
prosecuting will begin from the
bottom of the shaft.
Fifteen men are employed. In
the incline shaft on the los level
IL men are engaged stopping ore
which is being concentrated at the
Fanchini mill at Blair to a $50
basis for the purpose of testing it
at Millers to determine the best
form of treatment. The equipment
includes a 4O-H. p. semi-Diesel
hoist and a six drill compressor.
The only lateral work on the
property to date is the cross-cut
extended on the 200 level, where a
ledge 3S feet wide has been opened.
This carries values in gold and sill
yer in about the same proportion
as Tonopah and with values about
the same. After the orebody has
been proven up on the bottom level
the company will decide about mill
construction; whether 1t is better
to put in a concentrating plant to
reduce the ores for shipping or to
install a complete cyaniding mill.
The installation is in the hands
of L.. o. Owens, of Salt Lake,
representing the F. C. Richmond
Machinery company. William H.
Colvin of Chicago, one of the heav-
lest stockholders, was at the pro-
perty last week and expressed him
self we'll pleased with the prospects.
He Is now in Santa Barbara, CAL
Bonanza.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
HORSE MORTALITY
HEAVY DURING
WAR
NEGLECT AND IGNORANCE ARE
BLAMED FOR EQUINE
LOSSES

LONDON, Aug. 8. II have
lately come into possession of au-
thentic information on the waste of
horseflesh," writes the editor of
Truth, and it is calculated to ex-
cite the greatest horror and indigna-
ton"
Leaving out Mesopotamia and At
RIGA outside Egypt, he writes hat
more than 100000 horses have died
during the war up to about the end
of May and in addition 10000 have
been sold owing to old age and dis
ease. He continues:
The most significant fact of all
is that $4,000 animals have died in
America while awaiting shipment.
while 5000 has died at sea in the
course of transit. Here we have
$4,000 animals purchased for mill
tary purposes, none of which has
been available for that purpose owing
to their previous disease. In this is
presumably to be found the explana-
ton of the greater part of the scan
dal-namely, the culpable negligence.
or worse, with which the animals
have been bought.
81 am told hat some which sur
vived the Atlantic voyage were
found to be over 80 years old. Some
are even said to have died upon the
gangway at the port of shipment un-
der the exertion of walking aboard.
1t may almost be taken for granted
that the rate of mortality on this
side of the Atlantic has been aggra-
waited by neglect, ignorant horseman-
ship and to some extent downright
ill-treatment. On all these points
men who have served at the front
can give evidence. have myself
heard many lurid statements on the
subject. But the figures show that
the root of the whole scandal lies
across the Atlantic, where the
wretched boasts are bought"
Upward of 1000, 900 horses and
mules, the writer says, have been
purchased by the British government
during the war, so that more than
20 per cent of the animals purchased
have died. With regard to deaths
of horses or mules, due to enemy
action" he says that in one week,
out of more than 5000 deaths in
France, only 118 were due to gun
shot wounds-a trifling percentage.
About $4,000 of the animals have
died in England.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
Oil Men at Elko

Ernest II. Higgins. a chemist.
and G. e. Holmes, a mechanical en-
gineer, have been in Elko for sew
eral days investigating the shale
beds south of there. They became
interested through samples they had
received for analysis and are in
Elko to satisfy themselves regard
ing the extent of the deposits. Both
men have had practical experience
in the shale beds of Scotland and
are familiar with processes employ
ed in extracting oil. Higgins states
that 10000 barrels or oil can be
extracted every day for 100 years.
The cost of a reduction plant is
estimated at 100000. 1t is esti-
mated that the shale will produce
80 gallons of oil per ton.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08

The Washoe county exemption
board a up and took notice when
J.. Ceresola appeared for examina-
ton with his upper gums still un-
healed from having all his back
teeth pulled a few days ago. The
case appeared suspicious to the
board and Ceresola was told to
bring in the dentist who did the
work. A short time later he re-
turned with a card from DR.. George
Smitten, who informed the board
he could not come in person be-
cause he was an examining dentist
for the army. DR.. Smitten appear
ed later and when questioned stated
thai when extracted Ce%resola's
teeth were in perfect condition and
thai when he removed them he did
not think of an attempt to evade
the draft. He said that he did not
remove the molars without protest.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
SPANISH WAR
VET ENl|STS
ONE YEAR OVER THE AGE
LIMIT, BUT is
ACCEPTED

Ed Cation, a we'll known local
man, has been rewarded for many
months of effort by being accepted
in the army.
Cation is a spanish-American war
veteran and served in Cuba, but he
Is Al years of age, one year owe
the maximum age at which men
will be accepted for service now. He
tried all the recruiting officers, ap-
pealed to the governor and to war
department officials in Washington
and all turned him down, but a
few days ago he evidently pulled
the right string in Washington,
for he has been accepted in the
newly-organized quartermaster
corps of the national army.
Cations case Is an unusual one,
as despite numerous obstacles that
were placed in his path to discour-
age him he has persisted in his eff
forts since the declaration of war
and, although over the maximum
age, has been accepted for service.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
What q Library 10.

A leaHet, having for its caption the
words. ~ am the public library" Is
sent out by the public library OF Dav-
export. Ia. which itself as
follows:
am the ~storehouse of knowledge in
this city.
am opportunity.
| am the continuation school for all.
I an q house of wisdom and an in
stitutiOn of happiness.
I am supported by the people for
the people.
offer you the opportunity to know
all there is to know about your work.
| am for those who would enjoy fic-
ton, poetry. philosophy. biography. or
learn more about business. trade and
science.
I have books for all tastes and needs
and creeds.
/ am free to the public to profit from
and enjoy.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
Shell Shock.

Shell shock is commonly supposed to
be a new complaint, due to modern
heavy artillery, but have found a case
of 1t as far back as the year 1411. The
victim was an elector of Brandenburg'
Friedrich of the Iron Teeth, and this
is Carlyle's account Of his experience:
"In that war with POmmern he sal
besieging a Pomeranian town, ECKER
munde the name of it, when at dinner
one day a cannon ball plunged down
upon the table with such a crash as we
car fancy, which greatly confused the
nerves of Friedrich, much injured his
hearing and even his memory thence
forth"
The consequence was that the elector
abdicated at once and died soon after
ward.-Westminster Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
Two Out of Three Plays Always Fall.

Two Out Of Three Plays Always Fall.
In an article called "Acting-A Part
Time Job" IN the American Magazine
Walter Prichard Eaton says:
Suppose we say that a play Is re-
hearsed on an average of three weeks.
(Some few are, unfortunately for art.
rehearsed less, some a good bit more.)
Now, bear in mind the fact, which Is
pretty well established by figures, that
at present two out of every three the
atrical productions in America fail.
That means the ordinary actor or ac-
tress, out Of three attempts to land a
salary paying job, works at least nine
weeks on half pay O r less. When you
further deduct the usual summer va
cation time Of, say, six weeks and d
a week, at the least, hunting each new
Job, you reach the rather astonishing
conclusion that the average actor may
very conceivably lose nine weeks out
of the fifty-twO entire and nine more
weeks in large part. In other words,
he is only a part time worker. His
'munificent' salary doesn't look so mu-
nificent when figured on this basis"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
Sympathetic.

Cabanne-Is he Il good doctor?
ChOuteau-Oh. yes. a very good doc
tor.
We'll. | like a sympathetic doctor"
"Oh. well. he's sympathetic. He new
err makes me pay in a~dvance."-St
Louis Post Dispatch.
G. e. HOFFMAN,, principal of
the Goldfield school of mines, ac-
companied by Mrs. Hofmann. has
returned from Lake Tahoe, where
he has been spending his vacation
and is preparing to reopen the
school within a short time.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
TRIAL JURY IS
BEING CHOSEN
WILL TRY $4,000 DAMAGE SUIT
AGAINST CONSOLIDATED
MINES COMPANY

The selection of a jury to try
the case of George w. Gill against
the Goldfield Consolidated Mines
company was started this morning
in the district court. This is a
$4,000 damage suit resulting from
the drowning of a young son of the
plaintiff in the company's tanks on
Columbia mountain on May 90,
1915.
AS in this case all employees of
the Consolidated Mines company
may be challenged under the sta
tute, out of so summoned for the
venire, but 10 were found qualified
in this respect and after a short
session the court was adjourned
and the drawing of a new venire
started. The second venire consists
of SO and is being summoned to ap-
pear tomorrow morning.
Examination of jurors was start
ed at 1880 this afternoon with the
following IL in the box; Mrs. G..
Jonasen, w. E. Jenkinson, Kate
Johns, Oscar Steinman, Elizabeth
Moon, Anna F. Nash, Bessie j.
Peck, Patrick McAuliffe, Dan Ten
nant, M. Purcell, S. Flesham and
w. S. Phillips.
l.. A. Gibbons, of the law firm
of Hoyt, Gibbons and French of
Reno, arrived this morning and will
act with BENJAMIN j. Henley as
consel for the defense. The plain
tiff is represented by John F. Kunz.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
BOARD DECIDES
ON CONTINGENT
SIXTY-F1RST MAN is ALSO AC'
CEPTED FOR SERV-
ICE

AT a meeting held yesterday after
noon the exemption board decided
that the honor of constituting the
first contingent to enter the national
army from Esmeralda county would
be conferred on Bernard ID. Gaff-
ney, William T. Cunningham and
Bob DObrO.
At the meeting the board also &C
copied for service Henri c. Lefebvre.
1t is understood that on his previous
appearance before the board Lee
febvre's wife had secured an inter
locutory decree of divorce and that
this decree was made final a few
DAYS ago in a California court, his
wife being awarded custody of ;he
oriid. 1t is also understood that
sh. remarked.
Lefebvre makes 'l.e sixty first
man to be secured in thi.. county fer
the national army. or 20 more than
enough to fill the quota o. SO.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-09-08
A Storm That Made a Record.

The most violent storm that ever
ravaged England occurred Nov. 26 and
II, 1903. The loss i'm London alone
was $1O,OOO.OO0. Eight thousand peo-
pie were drowned in the floods. Twelve
warships, with more than 1900 men
ON board, were lost. Trees were up
roOted-1,7 100 of them In Kent. Eddy
stone lighthouse was destroyed, and
Winstanley. it's contriver. was killed
with several others.