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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27
DEVIL SHIPS" IN WAFARE
One More Of the Ancient Methods of
Fighting That is Being Brought
Into Use Today.

1t was reported that "devil ships
were used in modern warfare. These
devil ships are another of those an
cient ways of fighting of which so
many, like mOrtars and hand grenades,
have been revived in the fighting on
the continent.
A devil ship" is a ship that has
been filled with explosives which dis
charge either by means Of a fuse, or
clockwork, or when the ship hits an
other ship or obstacle. They were EN-
ployed as long ago as 1886 by the
Dutch, when the prince of Parma be-
sieged Antwerp. In those days they
were sent down the river to explode
against a wooden bridge built by the
defenders of Belgium's most important
city. The devil ships used by the
Germans were exploded by means of
clockwork.
They mustn't be mixed up with fire
ships, also used by the German sol
diers. These ships are usually filed
with dry wood smothered in pitch, oil,
and other infiammable material, and
when fired are sem drifting against
any defense work or ships of the
enemy.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27
PUSH SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE
Avenues of Commerce May Be
Opened After the War.

The agricultural societies of South
Africa, along with government Off
Gals in a semiofficial capacity, are
at present studying the London mar
ket as 1t will be eventually affected
sy the results of the war, believing
that a new avenue of will
be opened for South Africa farm pro-
duce. Committees have been appointed
to inquire whether Cape Colony will,
for example, be able to compete with
the ranching enterprises of Liebig in
the Argentine and in Australia. Some
experiments are being tried in the
way of shipping eggs to London. The
demand has gone up seriously within
the last few weeks, owing to the GER
tain shortage in Russia, Denmark and
Switzerland. By standardizing guam
titles and qualities the farmers hope
to get at least a slice of the interna-
tional trade. The government will en-
courage every effort In this direction
"a sidellght upon the war that ap-
peals to the Beers in the Wynberg and
other districts of Cape Colony.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27
SHIPS COMMAND HIGH PRICES
Rise In Values of All Kinds Of Steam
ers Since Outbreak of War Has
Been Enormous.

Extraordinary figures have recently
been fetched by steamers, especially
smaller and older steamers, that the
admiralty does not covet for its own
use, states the London Economist. For
instance, a small steamer of $50 tons
gross, built In 1904, and suitable only
for the coasting and continental trade,
changed hands a short time back at
$4,000. the price working out at
more than $40 a ton gross and f100 a
ton net. In peace times, If she had sold
for f12 a ton she would have made a
good enough bargain for her owners,
so that the rise in her value is quite
fantastic. Under such conditions own
ers are naturally tempted to sell their
property and keep the money by them
TO be invested in shipping when prices
fall. SO long Is the ships are not sold
out Of the country no objection can be
taken, and IL is significant that the big
fleet of the London & Northern COM
pany was recently sold outright at a
price that gave the shareholders a pre-
MUM of 450 per cent on their holdings,
and left enough owe to compensate the
managers to the extent of f250.000.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27
ALL PREPARE FOR WINTER
IN the Fall Both Man and Beast Go
Forth in Search of Cold Weather
Necessities.

Falling leaves, deepening color in
the woods and darkening evenings give
notice of the preparations of Mother
Nature for her winters rest and recupe-
ration, says a writer in the Port An
geles Herald. The fruits of her sum
mer labors are ripening in the trees,
or gathered already into the store
houses. Freshening winds are com
Ing in from the ocean through narrow
straits; the air is chilly when the sun
lies low and bears the scent of au-
tumnal rains; flurries of snow sweep
the mountain ranges. The wild crea-
lures are seeking snug quarters and
laying in their provisions for the win
ter seasons.
The men go hunting. Not one in
ten ever thinks of the reason. He does
pot philosophize on the fact that he
Is following the custom of the ages,
when he takes his weapons In the fall
and seeks game In the forest. With
him 1t is sport, but with his ancestors
1t was duty. They knew that If they
oASN VI SOOO lOAluhC III lnt NlEhoC
their families would go hungry In the
winter. New skins were needed for
protection against the cold weather;
meats had to be obtained and placed,
dried, In primitive storage. The ami
mails knew all about it then, and still
realize the danger of the season. Birds
and beasts of the eatable sort grow
shy when the frightening nighf8 and
shortening days herald the coming of
winterl But the beasts of prey, like
the men, are out hunting. They also
need their stores, and in order to get
them their muscles grow taut, their
claws sharp and their coats very clean
and glossy, so that the creatures they
hunt may have difficulty in seeming
their approach.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27
Chinese Make MIX From Beans.

The threatened shortage of milk
might not look so serious if the Chi
nese method of making bean milk
were established in this country. The
beans are soaked for some time and
then crushed between stones. The
crushed pulp is strained through a
cloth, diluted with water and boiled. 1t
is strained again after boiling and then
bottled ready for use. This product
looks like fresh milk and has a decid-
eddy pleasant taste. Chemical analysis
shows It's percentage of fat to be equal
to good cows milk. In China it is
produced at low cost so cents a month
win buy a pint a day. A special yell
low bean is used for this purpose. Ex-
periments looking toward their intro
duction into this country have already
been begun by the department of agri-
culture.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27
Line Routes Through Panama Canal.

The passage through the Panama
canal recently of the passenger steam
ship Remuera, of the New Zealand
Shipping company, on the way from
Wellington to London, marks the es-
adjustment of this important line
through the canal. Its route has for
merly been around the Cape of Good
Hope IN the outward voyage from
Great Britain and around Cape Horn
IN the homeward lap, the vessel going
completely around the world on each
voyage. The old route totaled 12,216
miles: the new route viii approximate
l1,190 miles via Tahiti and Colon, or
11.450 miles If the steamer sails d.
rect to Balboa from Wellington and
goes by Norfolk on the way from
Colon to Plymouth.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27
Hearty Breakfast in Prison.

A breakfast at the Leavenworth
~penitentiary, where many convict pris-
oners are confined, requires 1000 hot
biscuits, 80 pounds of butter. % gal
Ions of strip, 240 pounds of dried beef.
90 gallons of gravy and so pounds of
coffee, according to an inmate writing
In a recent issue of New Era, the
prison paper.
This prisoner asks that with bis
cults at 10 cents a dozen. butter at &c
cents a pound, strip at % cents a gal
Ion, dried beef ut 80 cents a pound and
coffee at 20 cents a pound, how much
would the meal cost at a restaurant OF
the outside?
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27
Finds Letter Of Robert Fulton.

Unearthed in the quest for manu-
scripts and autographed letters to
make part Of the exhibit of historic
relics Of early Pittsburgh which DIR.
w. ]. Holland of Carnegie Museum is
preparing for display during the city
charter centennial celebration, Is n
dated In 1918 and issued by Robert
Fulton, inventor of the steamboat.
The letter, according to the Pitts
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph is one
which Fulton wrote TO David Cook, a
steel manufactures of Pittsburgh, to
make for him and ship TO him certain
specified quantities of boiler plate for
use in the steamboat which at that
time he was ~perfecting.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27

An English naval architect in a re
cent study of applying oil engines for
the propulsion of warships states that
In the EAST of a battleship be found
that with an equal number of shafts,
equal power and speed can be OBJ
tained with double-acting two-cycle en-
gines as with steam, audliaries being
included in each case, and the machin-
cry weight being equal, says the Sci
entifc American. He found that the
radius CT action could be increased at
full speed at least three times and at
cruising speeds at least four times.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27
AT the Opera House.

SIN the last act the villain was shot
and writhed CA the floor for nearly i've
minutes"
II presume you would call that ere
ating a heavy atmosphere
"Yes. And be succeeded all right.
BY the time he finished Topping about
the air was thick with dust"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27

WINNEMUCCA AERIE No. 487, F. o
Irregular meetings of Winnemue
ca Aerie No. 4s7, Fraternal Order 0
Eagles, will be held on the Secon
and Fourth Monday evenings o
each month in Winneva hall. Visi
ing Eagles are cordially invited {
attend all sessions of the Aerie.
BURT MeKoY, w. p.
II. W. DUNCAN Sec'y
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-27
Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

q The annual masquerade ball of Winnemucca Hose Company No. i
Q will be held at the Guards new armory on the anniversary OF Wash z
. ingtons birthday and under the auspices of the fremen. Any person
desiring an imported costume will leave word with E Rdnhart &
9 Co. Tickets of admission 81 z
. r. 7. and A. S. Evans arrived from Paradise Valley this morning Z
Q Mrs. e M. Baum and Miss Alpha Crook left for Pahsade yester- s
@ day afternoon Z
9 W.. {. Pitt, exjustce of the peace and more recently attorney a
9 law, returned to his home in Lovelock after a flying visit to the
9 coast 4
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08
&MKS
SN\,
Y! Ap)l9

Representative Cnrignun has in
trnduccd bill in the house regulat-
ing bail in cases Of larceny Of hol-
SOS and cattle. The purpose and in
tent Of the bill is to provide that
minimum bail to be allowed i'm such
ca EOS shall be not less than 81, Wr.
The intention being to discourage
rustling" by making the bond
p"olil,itivc. 1t has been tho GU, :
tome of the gentry engaged in cat
TIC rustling to furnish nominal
bond when caught with the goods,
which they would Jump, and when
next heard of would be on the same
kind of Il job in another state.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08
SOWING SEEDS TOO THIcKLY
Practice Should Be Discouraged 40
overcrowdns UndermInes Guilt.
walton of Plants.
(By W. R. G1LRERr,)

By W. R. GILRERT.)
Thick sowing must be guarded
against. Each seed should have room
to grow without crushing or injurins
It's neighbor.
Over-crowding undermlnes the cult.
vAtion Of plants at the start and it 10
long before, If ever, they outgrow it.
OF course, small Plants or seeds may
be sown more thickly than the larger
ones. but relatively they ought really
not to be sown thicker.
Each plant should have sufficient
room to develop its coyledons and one
leaf before it is thinned or pricked
out.
Every year vegetable crops are much
Injured by being sown too thickly and
perhaps it is hardly too much to affirm
that most gardeners would be the
gamers We're only half the seed sown
that there is now.
AS to what to SOW the seed in, the
lighter the seed bed the better.
Few seeds will vegetate in a lower
temperature than 40 degrees and in
the range Of 20 degrees all seeds will
grow.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08
Reinforced Doubletree

manner. They are not difficult to
make and will hold the strongest team.
besides outlasting a dozen ordinary
doubletrees.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08
Cause Of "white Comb"

white comb in fowls is caused by
decayed food, impure water and over
crowding in dark and filthy houses.
There is scurfy appearance to the
comb and wattles, head and neck, with
gradual loss Of feathers from the
head and neck. Treatment consists in
removing to clean quarters and giving
wholesome food. At night give a tea,
spoonful Of castor oil, after which add
daily teaspoonful of good condition
powder to the soft food, and anoint
the head and afflicted parts with vas.
cline. The castor oil need only bs
given once. {.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08
Live Stock and Fertility.

It is not impossible to build up q
WORKOUT farm without making live
stock raising feature, but 1t is much
easier to do it with live stock and, we
think, unquestionably more profitable
says Farm and Ranch. Live stock
raising requires diversified system
of crops, especially Of legumes, which
greatly assist in restoring the land in
nitrogen, the element most likely tc
be needed; the animals consume the
feed raised on the farm and reduce
the loss in fertility elements by re.
turning to the soil the manure from
animals.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08

The Appreciation Week cditic II
OF the Bismarck Palladium, wa
one of the hest editions OF any news
paper ever issued in this section of
the state, consisting of "a pages
wcll-writtcn and edited matte!
boosting Bismarck, the state and
Slope country. The edition also
contained may cuts OF historical in
tcrcst. Editor Knappen had the
assistance Of the Class Of III of tie
Bismarck High school in preparing
copy for the edition.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08

A bill is pending before the legis-
laturc providing that where a
county scat is located off railroad
only majority vote will be re-
quircd to remove the county scat to
a new location. The pill also pro-
vides that the proposition Of re-
moval may be voted ON every four
years.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08

Owing to the Absence of train
service tho Pioneer is again issued
in four page form instead OF eight
pages as stated on the front page
of this issue. That part OF tic
paper known as the rcady-print
service" is furnished the Pioneer by
the Western Newspaper Uni, IL from
its Fargo Office, and did not reach
here in time this week. If nothing
unforeseen happens the paper will
be eight pages next week.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08
Rack Saves Feed.

ground. Then built a manger all
around it two feet high and sixteen
inches wide. A six-inch board was
nailed across the top of center posts
to keep the rack from spreading.
With a rack made this way no feed
is wasted,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08
MUCH FEED SAVED BY RACK
eox-Like Affair Constructed With
Manager Around and Two Feet
High Proves Satisfactory.

The best feed rack have ever used
Is the one shown in the illustration,
says a writer in the Farmers Mail
and Breeze. To make it took four by
fours for each corner and two posts
in the center, setting them in the
ground a depth of one foot and four
feet apart. The length of the rack Is
sixteen feet. l boarded up the rack
tight two and cne-half feet from the
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08

Wonders never cease. Scnatah
Bill Martin introduces bill to stop
shipping booze into the state. May
be he wants a state owned distille-
ry at Mandan,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08
10 REINFORCE A D0yBLETREE
Can Be Made of Oak Boards With
Piece of Metal Between Them
Held Strongest Team.

A reinforced doubletree can be made
Of two one-inch oak boards with
piece Of metal, A, between them. The
metal should be about 3-16-inch thick.
All three pieces should be cut and
shaped alike and riveted together.
The sjngletrees are made in the same
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08
Chronic Cough.

A chronic cough may come either
IRON, weakness in the bronchial tube
or from the stomach. In either case
don't let 1t run on. or it may put you,
horse out If commission sooner o.
later
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08
Tape Rubber Trees by Electricity.

A novel electrical Taper for rubber
trees is the work Of German in
Peru. Hollow iron channels, divided
into sections. are fitted on the tree
trunk, the sections containing prick.
Ing devices that can be worked at
varying times by current from !ne
central station.
A receptacle in each section catches
the late1 (plant juice, coagulating 1t
with acid. The attachment may be-
left unvisited two or three months,
and. in tho time 200 or 300 Jumps Of
rubber may bs accumulated from Z
large tyee,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-02-08
The Bismarck Busi-
ness College

las sent every graduate to good bust
ness or bank position. 207 satisfied
students last year. The present man
,yer and faculty number among their
former graduates thousands o: the n o..
.u.cessful business men and wome.
,rouehout the United States and Can
Ia. You cannot make mistake in at
lending college recommended II,
avery church, merchant and banker il,
it's Acquaintance.
the college now occupies an entire
h.ee story brick building. Best equip
Jed Banking aud Office Practice darar.
nents in tho United States. Expert
nst,uct,rs. Stea, heated, electric
/ GIFTED, crzi'y furnished roons in the
iormitory S. 90 month. Board q,
ost. College in session throughout the
ear, students enter any time, individ
,al instruction, Preparatory Depart
neut starting the student with the low
at primary branches.
Send for particulars, when ,o,l know
no:e about this college and the splendid
nositions it's graduates are holding,
YOU will want to attend Write
G. M. LANGUM,
Bismarck, N. D.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-13
AMERICAN ADVENTURER IS GREAT D|sCOVERER

one OF the great American Adventures died
GENTLY. He was Col. Charles Chaille-Long. and his
death received the same scant notice that had been
awarded so many OF his achievements during his
hteume Soldier, author, diplomatst and explorer,
he lived his seyenty-hve years as thoroughly as
any OF his time He knew four continents
ana he solved riddle that had puzzled mankind
Tor many yCars-the source OF the Nile river
As youth, Chaille-Long EOuGht with distinction
In the Civil war. says the Kansas City Times He
entered as private and came out lieutenant
colonel Then he figured In chapter of our his.
tory that Is little known To the present generation
cur military mission 20 Egypt Khedive ISmal
wanted Ia reorguuIzc hts army and he wanted the
work done by men who would be free from the
petty interests and iutrigueS of the various Euro
pcau countries. all Ot which We're interested In
northern Africa. The khcdiye obtained the coon
GRAFTON at General sherman, and In 1869 ten Amer
lean othcvrS-half of them Federals and half FOR.
mer Confederate commauderS-wrre sent 10 E-ypt
'hatt'eIons was one ot the party, and be became
tho widest known for hiss work In Africa Some
ot the others OF the party were Generals LoriuC
LIBBY and stone ami NaiorS Morgan aud Kennon
Found Lake IbrahiG1.
'h"i.Srl'ag came under the influence of the
famous "'hnese' Gordon. then campaigning In the
Sudan. Tie and Gordon lc>t -ued the forriacatIons
Of TcletEvhir for the defense Of Cair, and COR.
don Induced the American In explore the MINER
Nile. In two ShalopS constructed ~ tough bark
'hatiIcLonS ami two companions continued along,
the river until they found Lake nrahlm. now
Nn""n mt Lake Chegu. They found the bosom OF
the taSe radiant with the great lotus whose leaves
are strong enough 10 support the body of a child
The party discovered that the river issuing from
the Victoria NyUnzs is the Nile thus settling a
question that long had troubled geographers.
"h 1h'S trip Chaille-Long and his two c0mpap
ions, both Egyptian officers We're attacked bv a
torce OF several hundred natives, The explorers
carried sheetiron travelling cases, and barricaded
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-13

In these they stood off the attacking force for
hours, killing more than so natives
Chaile-Long led several expeditions into Africa
conquering the NiamNiam country and adding II
to Egypt and exploring long stretch of the East
coast of Africa that hitherto had been unknown
to civilization.
Called Back to Egypt
His health failing under the ncessant hardships
to which he had been subjected Chaille-L Long came
back to this country in 1877 and studied law He
became an authority on international law after
ward teaching for time in Paris. But at the time
OF the SudaneSe uprising in 1881 he was besought
by the American government to go back To Fgvpt
and take charge of the consulate at Alexandria.
from which all the other Americans had fled He
saved hundreds of lives during those troublous
times, the consulate being made refuge for all
uauonaltles
In 1887 Cleveland appointed Chaine-Iong con-
sui general and secretary of the legation in Corea
Inc man : restless energy again manifested itself
IN exploration and he made an overland trip TO
Seoul discovering on the way the source of tho
Han river. Egypt called him again in 1890 and he
spent eight years there, writing and exploring
The Lonors that had been tardy in their coming
hcSan Ia be Showered upon him then. Great Brit
am hn"Ily recognized his share in the uncovering
Of the secrets az the Nile and gave him eousI ronE
with Spoke and Baker. The American Geograpb
icai society gave him a gold medal and he was
made secretary for the Universal Postal congress
at Washington and later secretary to the United
states commission at the Paris exposition, 1900.
'hallle-Long wrote number of books dealing
win the tahas he had explored. They are standard
works upon the httle-known regions of the world
nut they brought him little revenue Though half
dozen nations honored him with medals and n
ties, he died comparatively poor man. His onlv
reward OF any consequence was the tribute Maid
nun oy chinese" Gordon, another of the great nd.
I,It'; ms man deserves to rank with the
worlds chief discoveries"