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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-13

away. 1 guess uaI team passed me- III
de road dis evenin'. OATS all"
Dinner, two hours late, was being
served in the Bellemeade plantation
dining room.
The talk of the diners was too desul-
tory, too evanescent to follow, but at
last they came to the subject of the
tramp nuisance, one that had Of late
vexed the plantations for many miles
around. The planter seized the occa-
sion to direct his good natured fire OF
raillery at the mistress, accusing her
Of encouraging the plague.
81 don't believe they are all bad, =
she said. eve passed one this evening
as we were driving home who had a
face as good as it was incompetent.
He was whistling the intermezzo from
'Cavalleria' and blowing the spirit OF
Mascagni himself into It."
A bright eyed young girl who sat at
the left Of the mistress leaned over
and said in q confidential undertone:
81 wonder, mamma, If that tramp we
passed on the road found my stocking
And do you think he will hang it w
tonight?"
The words of the young girl were
interrupted by startling thing
Like the wrath of some burned out
shooting star, a black streak came
crashing through the windowDane and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-13

-, m uown Jnere III ten minutes nYnU-
~. Are. That I'll leave the money sacks
"a the women alone In the house for
M to handle"
erosion" interrupted Whistling Dick,
...,no TO his feet, tanks for de grub
vons fellers has given me, but I'll be
ovin, ON now. Burglary Is no good.
ri say good night and many tanks
fer
..w steps as he spoke, but he stopped
r.rv suddenly. Boston had covered
IT., with a short revolver Of roOmy
caiber.
,..der .Td feel mighty proud Of my
sols q I let you go and spoil the game.
You'll stick right In this camp until
- finish the job. The end Of that
hrick pile is your limit. You go two
inches beyond that and I'll have to
Root Better take it easy, now"
"It,s nv way Of doin'," said Wits
.,,ng Dick. Easy goes. You can de-
.-osa de muzzle of dat twelve incher
and run 'er back on de trucks. re
mains" 81
aArl right" said Boston, lowering his
r,ece as the other returned and took
hia seat again on projecting plank In
nile Of timber. ~ don't want to hurt
anybody specially, but this thousand
dollars I'm going to get will fix me fol
fa,r I'm going to drop the road and
.tort a saloon in little town / know
obont. I'm tired Of being kicked
around"
Boston Harry took from his pocket
cheap silver watch and held 1t neal
the fire.
ats a quarter to o." he said. "Pete
Won and Blinky start. Go down thu
road past the house and fire the cane
IN a dozen places. Then strike for TIN
Ievee and come back on it instead O
the road. so you won't meet anybody
Nv the time you get back the men will
all be striking out for the fire, ant
we1l break for the house and colla
the dollars. Everybody cough up wha
matches he's got"
OF the three remaining Migrants
two Goggles and Indiana Tom, reclin
ed lazily upon convenient lumber ant
regarded Whisting Dick with undis
guised disfavor.
"Dis planter chap" Dick said, Two
makes yer t'ink he's got de tin in d.
house WI im?"
"I'm advised Of the facts In tn
case" said Boston. "He drove to No
Orleans and got it, l say, today. Wan
to change your mind now and com
in?'
"Naw, I was just askin'. Wot kin
o. team did de boss driver
"Pair Of grays."
Double surrey?"
"Yep"
"Women folks alongY
"Wife and kid. Say, what mornin
paper are you trying to pump new
forY
II was Just conversin' to pass de tim
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-13
WHAT'S YOUR TELEPHONE
NUMBER?

If you are contemplating the in
stallation of telephone in your Of
fee, store or home, or expect to move
from your present location, don't fail
to notify the Kennewick Valley Tele-
phone company before January 1. The
lists for the new directory which will
be issued soon after the first OF the
year are now being made up. Failure
to get your number recorded in the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-13

this, for a terror urged him such as
lifts the gazelle over the thorn bush
when the lion pursues. A crash through
the dew drenched weeds on the road
side, a clutching, slippery rush up the
grassy side Of the levee to the foot
path at the summit, and he was free!
A small, RULED, brown breasted bird
sitting upon a dogwood sapling began
a soft, throaty, tender little piping In
praise of the dew which entices foolish
worms from their holes, but suddenly
II stopped and sat with its head turned
sidewise, listening. And the little
brown bird sat with its head on one
side until the sound Of whistling died
away.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-13
OuickSandS.

Ouicksands are not caused by water
constantly flowing over sand. 1t is only
where there is an upward current that
they are found. Imagine, for instance,
a bucket filed with sand. Water poured
Oh that sand does not make 1t quick.
II. however. the bucket had hole In Its
bottom and water was forced through
the hole quicksands would be formed
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-13

directory will result in constant incon-
venience to you. The new directory
will include all phones on the Richland
as well as the Kennewick exchange.
-Kennewick Valley Telephone Com
pany. "
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-13

away. 1 guess uaI team passed me III
de road dis evenin'. OATS all"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-23
BY WINONA WILCOX

you see he could only afford a
small diamond" said a business girl
as she displayed her engagement
ring. But I couldn't stand what the
other girls would say, so picked out
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-23
HER SEVEN SELVES TOWARD HER NEIGHBOR
WOMAN is A PRICE TAG

ing price tags themselves for other
women to read.
When new name is put up at
wOman's social club, the first ques-
ton asked by the members is,
Where does she live?" Her geo.
graphical position in her town goes
long way to deciding her chances
of election.
When a new family moves into a
neighbOrhOOd, the other women sell
dom discuss the newcomer first as a
wife, mother or possible friend. They
give her garments the 'Once over"
There are women who can run
their own autos, and few who have
a chance Of finding out what's the
matter when they stall. But the only
auto talk which really interests most
women is the price Of the various
cars.
Women seldom regard each other
as interesting human beings. They
study children so, they study men so,
but not each other.
They exchange much gossip, to be
sure, but they seldom go beneath the
surface Of another wOman's life to
discover whether she has a brain or
heart.
Half of their rivalries, jealousies
and enmities come from this lack Of
understanding, due to superficial in
teTest.
We are accustomed to blame men
for the commercialized standards of
the time. Men do, of course, adver-
tise their prosperity by the clothes
which. their women wear; and wOm-
en- are extravagant, we are told, be-
cause men will have it so.
This is at least hasty judgment.
Women are extravagant to an extra
ordinary degree because they look
for the dollar and cents mark on
90 oh Ofbor nOyryiD o. I'll of fbn1y will 70
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16

OF Nevada. made application to the
State Engineer Of Nevada for permits
sion to appropriate the public waters
OF the State Of Nevada. Such appro-
priation is to be made from Battle
Creek in Elko county. Nevada, at a
point in the NEk Of NEk OF Sec. z.
L. 80 N, R. So E., n. D. B. & n. by
means of a dam, and three cubic feet
per second is to be conveyed to the
Sh SWA, and SWA SEA-. Sec. 8.
and VIZ NEA, Ell NWA and NWh
NW1l. Sec. 8. T. 80 N. R. So E., NJ. D.
B. & NJ, by means Of bitches and there
used for irrigation and domestic pur'
poses. from April LIST until October
LIST OF each year. Water not to be
returned to stream.
]. G. SCRUGHAM,
State Engineer
First publication June Is, 1917.
Last publication July Is, 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16
McDERMITT GARAGE TOTAL
LOSS FROM MORNING FIRE

Fire which broke out this morning
in the McDermitt garage, owned by
Hewitt & Stidd. destroyed the build
ing and the blacksmith shop adjoining
owned by Baber & Montgomery. Three
automobiles in the garage, belonging
respectively to Hewitt G Stidd, c. E.
Haviland and F. J. Palmer. were also
destroyed. The west wall of the Ore
Vada hotel caught fire, but by hard
work with the fire extinguisher and
a bucket brigade the flames were ex-
tinguished with nominal damage.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16
RENO BANKER
SHOOTS SELF
Belief Is That He Was Clean
ing Pistol; Bank is
Solvent

Moritz SCheeline, president and
founder of Scheeline Bank and Trust
company, 156 \. Virginia street, acct
IDENTITY shot and killed himself at 4:l0
o'clock Saturday afternoon while
cleaning a SO caliber Colts revolver in
tae directors Offices of the bank. He
died from the effects of the wound at
$50 o'clock, says the Journal.
Bullet Passed Through Body
Although alone at the time of the
shooting. il is believed from the
course of the bullet that SChcelinc
was holding the pistol TO the light in
order to examine the barrel when the
weapon discharged. The shot entered
the body on the left breast and took
downward course TO the right, pass
ing through the back of the chair and
lodging in the wall at the Dashboard.
His chair was drawn away from the
table, under a hanging reading light,
few feet from the wall.
His Only Statement
His only statement, but one repeat
ed many times before his death, was
81 never did anyone any harm"
In the opinion of James T. Boyd,
attorney for the trust company, who
was with him after the accident.
Scheeline did not know that his own
revolver had killed him.
! Chinese Heard Shot
Gin Chew, Chinese porter. returning
/ from Chinatown. was at the front en-
| trance of the bank, when he heard the
shot He rushed through the build.
ing and found Schcelnc still sitting
in his chair and suffering intensely.
! The Chinese rushed to the street and
summoned Joseph DurkCe, who called
DR.. John A. Lewis and later DR.. f. X.
Morrison. as we'll as the officers of
the bank.
Second Revolver Found
a second Colts revolver was found
already carefully cleaned, with the
bullets laid in row on the directors
table. Five of the six bullets of tho
fatal weapon were also lying on the
table. There IL no rear exit to the
bank
Statements were issued By State
Examiner Gilbert Ross, after an in
yestigation of the banks accounts
and by the officers of the bank. that
financially the institution Is sound All
voice complete confidence that the
shooting was accidental
Mrs. SehccIine Overcome
Mrs. Scheeline was reported last
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16
INTERESTING LETTERS FROM AN
OFFICER SERVING IN FRANCE

put some inoffensiye shrapnel over
the road. Finally l reached my I'M
loading spot. which benevolent
stan had detailed in orders as fol.
lows point X-2-9-3' (That is near
enough). One part of the ammuni.
ton was unloaded without anything
to relate when someone came up to
me Il was sitting on the remains OF
somebody's cottage at the time) and
informed me that a certain number
OF wagons were required to be dumped
near some new position away up
forward. l mildly explained that |
did not belong to the Flying Corps;
that my wagons were loaded and that
six mules could hardly be expected TO
pull such freight through three feet
OF sticky mud through fields and over
hedges. He departed somewhat
quieted, but was replaced in a short
while by his Major who acidly in
structed me TO proceed with all pos
sible speed to the position and I'M
load. The moon was still up and as
the temperature was going down with
n bump decided to try it, so with
a guide we started off, my mules pull.
ing at their breast collars. Never
have | undertaken such heart.break.
ing work; we moved inches at time,
the sweat rising in steam from the
poor brutes. The ground was as fiat
as n table top-no cover anywhere.
The track was barely TO be seen
through the mist. Three miles we
went before trouble reached us, with
in hardly 500 yards of the position,
then one team sat down and refused
to move. The others went on and
unloaded, but | had TO put eighteen
mules into the team before ! could
move that load. The moon had
gone, and dawn was just about break
ing when / moved away-and we did
move for the old Hun could see us
every yard of the way in daylight.
finally reached home all correct at
about a. IN. and after seeing may
long cared friends watered and fed
turned in to get some sleep. ="
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16
QUARANT INENOTICE

BY order of the county
board of health a quarantine
has been established against
the town Of Tuscarora on ac-
count of the presence of
scarlet fever in that town.
The public is hereby notified
that no one under sixteen
years of age will be permit
ted to leave or enter the pre-
scribed limits of Tuscarora
until this order is revoked.
DR.. JOHN E. WARDEN,
Health Officer.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16

as there was no one in the garage
when the flames were discovered. The
loss is estimated at around $4,000.
$1,000 on the garage, $4,000 for the
blacksmith shop and tools, and $4,000
for the automobiles. with no insur-
ance.-Silver State.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16
COMMERCIAL HOTEL ARRIVALS

N. Foster, Beowawe; E. r. Bliss
and wife; J. V. Lewis, Deeth; ]. A.
Thompson, Lovelock; V. s. Minis; B.
Weber, Loyelock; II. NJ. Troth, Den
yer; J. McNalllgan; Miss NJ. Behn,
San Francisco; Martin Galetto, Tus-
carora; C. Eaton, NJ. Eastwood, Deeth;
Mrs. Z. F. Johnston; f a Wells, Aus
tin; Hugh Clark, Shelton; Mrs. Chas
Glider; ]. 2. Howe; II. e. Graham;
Leo Davis, Park Station; Mr.. and Mrs
McGregor; X. c. Calperton and wife;
Roy Godfrey; Tom Blanton; T.. b
Waller and wife, Los Angeles: II. r
Low and wife; c. E. Brooks; E. Jack
son; Mrs. L. Z. Devine; Miss Alma
Parsons; M. Donelly; Dave Collins
Tuscan, Ariz.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16
APPLICATION NO. 4465

Notice OF Application for Permission
to Appropriate the Public Waters
OF the State OF Nevada
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day Of June. 1917. in accordance
with Section SO. Chapter 140, OF the
Statutes of 1913, one Ethel L. Carter,
OF Lurline, County OF Elko. and State
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16

night to have taken the shock very
seriously. She was hysterical and
overcome with grief. Fifteen minutes
before the shooting she was informed
by her husband that he would arrive
home within a few minutes and &C
cordingly she sent her automobile to
meet him.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16
LOCALS AND PERSONALS

chas Graham, mayor OF Charleston.
Is an Elko visitor.
Mr.. Arne W. Parrus is down from
whiterock on business.
z. r. Holden, the smelter man OF
New York. is guest at the Mayer.
Thomas Dixon, the well known resi-
dent of Eureka. is in Elko today.
Mr.. Charles Woodward, the well
known Mountain City miner. is down
from the north.
George Russell, Jr., departed for his
ranch near Battle Mountain on No.
10 this afternoon.
A. r. Clayton is down from the
North Fork today making arrange
ments for the haying season.
e. J. Milne, who has charge of the
ranch recently purchased by ex-Sen'
ator Kearns from Nels Peterson, is in
Elko today ON business trip.
The Beasley Carnival company ar
rived this morning. 1t is hoped that
they will be made to clean up the
street when they get ready to leave.
Mr.. Zeno Barnes of McGill. Grams
Chancellor OF the knights of Pythias
is an Elko visitor for the purpose of
making his official visit to the local
lodge.
In IN automobile accident Wednes-
day Mrs. w. w. Hush, wife OF w. w.
Hush. field secretary for the Red
Cross in Nevada, who recently visited
Elko, was seriously hurt at Lake Ia
hoe. where she is spending the sum
mer with her children.
The Rodeo management is making
arrangements for the biggest celebra.
ton this year ever held here. Besides
broncho riding and the sports usually
had there will be many added attrac.
tions. Watch for the program which
will appear later.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16
Work Horses Wanted

want to hire broke work horses
for the haying season. commencing on
or about July 9Th and continuing for
from sixty to seventy-flve days. For
further particulars write to Frank &
Hickey, Tuscarora, Nevada. fjy1S
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16
WARNING.

Hunting, Fishing and Shooting is
strictly prohibited on all Of our
ranches, on Mary's River and both the
Seventy-One ra2ches. Tresspassers
will be prosecuted according 70 law.
Nevada Land q Livestock Co.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16
NOTICE TO HUNTERS

BY order of Board of County Com
missioners the closed season on sage
hens and sage cock has been extended
to August Is, 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16

FOR SALE-New 3 room house
partly furnished and lots % and "a.
Block Is. in Ballou's addition, price
S585.00 cash, II sold at once. On
sewer line, has telephone, electric
lights can be had any time. The
house contains ! Iron bed. ! pair
springs. sanitary couch, mattress.
4 stool bottom chairs, rocking chair,
l steel range, dining table. and a
few dishes, everything included with
house at above price. The house rents
for $1,000 cash and the renter IN do
Ing $3.50 worth OF work each month
on the place which makes a total OF
s14.50 per month rental. With Q few
additional fixtures the place will easily
rent for $500 per month. Room on
vacant lot for another 3 room house
Inquire at this ONCE. maj
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16

Toothache7 The Whitesides Den
tai Co.--Adv.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16

Mr.. Zeno Barnes of McGill. Grams
Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias
Is an Elko visitor for the purpose of
his official visit to the local
lodge.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16

e. J. Milne, who has charge of the
ranch recently purchased by ex-Sen-
ator Kearns from Nels Peterson, is in
EIko today ON business trip.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16

The Beasley Carnival company ar
rived this morning. 1t is hoped that
they will be made to clean up the
street when they get ready to leave.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-16

A. r. Clayton is down from the
North Fork today making arrange
ments for the haying season.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-06-13
THE ALARM CLOCK

A bit of steel, an illimitable amount
OF spring, some delicate mechanism
and there you have one of the never
falling friends of the American busi-
ness man. 1t is named Alarm Clock
Working late at nights to wind I'D
the unfinished business of the day.
the daily toiler lies down to sleep
after adjusting the bit of mechanism
TO wake him at the arising hour. He
sleeps soundly with the realization
his mechanical friend will not fail
him. His clock will get him to his
work on time. 1t will awaken his
physical self.
We need more than merely to have
our physical selves awakened. We
need mental alarm clocks-sometbine
to whet our minds to meet the issues
as they come before us. We need
moral alarm clocks to keen rs eyer
mindful of our duties. to help us to
discriminate fairly between right and
wrong. We need social alarm clocks
10 remind us of a near approach to
snobbishness. tendency that Amer
leans should never approach. And
last. we need the alarm clock of con-
sclence-that invisible power that
Keeps us awake to duty owed to hu-
manity itself.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-06-13
As He Pages 1urr|
. *
.The Amateur Philosopher


In The Amateur Philosopher,
Charles GrabO deals with some ques-
tions which cloud the mind of the av-
erage youth who feels himself lost in
a world too big for his understanding,
The young man, the author says. de-
sires a purpose in life and a means of
self expression. but he has only the
desire and no specific goal. He feels
he can conquer the world. but knows
not where to begin.
The author apparently realizes
some of the doubts that beset the
young man. for the whole work echoes
a philosophy based upon experience.
He says. Il have tried in the chapters
of this work to rehearse the cOndi-
tions of my life and thought that led
me first to unbelief and scepticism
and later to a belief of my OWL" Ac-
cording to his philosophy. the youth
looks for a precedent. or guide, to di-
rect him in his belief. but as he grows
older. his own convictions come out,
and the individual fOrmulates his own
creed. Il depend upon my books. my
own thoughts and the conversation of
my friends fer my religion more than
upon churches and sermons" the writ
er says.
Charles Scribner's Sons. New York:
cloth: S1.5O metz
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-06-13
JUDGE LYNCH

In England and on the continent
the United States is regarded a
times as uncivilized. The American
abroad is surprised that such al
opinion prevails He protests that
neither Indians nor buffaloes run
wild west of the Alleghenies, but is
met with the retort, You have lynch
ings in your country, do you not?''
1t is useless to protest that lynchings
are generally for some horrible
crime and that the lynched person is
generally a man of the vilest descrip-
tion. The European invariably re-
plies by pointing out that lynching is
holding the law in contempt and that
no civilized community disregards the
law.
And the European is right. The
day of the vigilance committee is
over. We have courts in every part
of the country and to those courts we
have given the power to try all cases.
The community itself cannot look
into the facts of the case and cannot
conduct any proceedings fairly. Time
has proven the wisdom of court ac-
tiOn and the unfairness of lynch law.
1t matters not how horrible the case.
The court more than the unframed
individuals knows how to try and
sentence the criminal.
Lynching is a disease that must be
stamped out. Because of its loose
ness innocent men have been muir
dered without a trial. More white
men than negroes have been lynched.
Is the report. If man can be
lynched for one crime he can be
lynched for misdemeanor. There is
no limit to the audacity of Judge
Lynch. He knows not the wisdom of
restraint.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-06-13

Miss Ethel Sykes, who is the guest
OF Miss Frances Mitchell, is spending
several days with Mrs. Bette Hick-
man at her home on Hubbels drive.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-06-13

Ira f. Armil, student in the Uni
versity, left this morning for College
Camp. Wis. where he will attend the
Y. VI. c. A. Training School, Mr.. Ar
mil will enter the war emergency
work, after finishing his second sum-
mer at the school. He will also at
tend the Y. NJ. c. A. Student Confer
ence.