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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15
Drum Major Necessary.

Indispensable is the drum major of
a rural brass band, and the envy of the
small boy is he as well. This func-
tionary is about as serviceable as a
figurehead on a battleship, writes Zim
In Cartoons Magazine, yet his duties
are beyond estimation in keeping the
tubas and trombones from stumbling
into mud puddles and guiding the al
legged musicians past refreshment en-
poriums. His success rests IN the ex-
tent of his ability to twirl the stick
over three-story buildings and catch it
behind his back on its descent. He Is
to the band what the monkey is to a
hand-organ. All eyes are upon him
while the ears feast ON the music. Big
city bands often roam about the streets
~unescorted by a drum major and feel
not at all disconnected by his absence,
but a country band would not deem
itself fit to be seen on parade without
this distinguished appendage.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15

had a marvellous gift of INSTALLATION.
He could shut his eyes and see Jennie
before him just as clearly as If she
had stood there in the flesh. For
hours he did that, dreaming, dreaming
OF life he had never tasted and now
never would taste. He thought of her
beauty and sweetness, of the few
things which had come to mean to
him that she must have loved him /;
and he trained himself to think of
these in preference to her life at
BANDS, the escape with him, and
then her recapture, because such mem
cries led to bitter, f%ruitless pain. He
had to fight suffering because 1t vas
eating out his heart.
Sitting there, eyes wide open, he
dreamed of the old homestead and his
white-haired mother. He saw the old
home-life, sweetened and filled by dear
new faces and added joys, go on be-
fore his eyes with him a part of it.
Then in the inevitable reaction, in
the refiux of bitter reality, he would
send out a voieeless cry no less
poignant because it was silent +:
Poor fool! No, / shall never see
mother again-never go home-never
have a home. l am Duane, the Lone
WOlfi'
A group of specters trooped out of
the shadows of dusk and, gathering
round him. escorted him to his bed.
Every n OF his victims, singly and
collectively, returned to him for ever,
it seemed, in cold, passionless. accus
ing domination. They did not accuse
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15
Worlds Greatest weavers.

The ancient Indians of Peru are now
regarded as the worlds greatest e
ers. This noteworthy revelation in the
history of textile art is the result of
the critical examination of many rich
and beautiful tapestries and other fab
RIGS executed by the gifted ancient In
dian population of Peru. Though
buried three centuries or more in the
sandy desert after being made with
primitive handlooms and other weav
ing implements, these wonderful fab
RIGS are now found to be superior to
those turned out by the automatic
looms of the great mills of today. The
primitive Peruvian handloom consisted
of two sticks, one at the top and one
at the bottom.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15
CUT THIS QUIT Is WORTH
MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip. enclose with sc and mail it to
Foley & Co. 1885 Sheffield Ave-. Chi
cago. ILL.,, writing your name and adj
dress clearly. You will receive in re-
turn a trial package containing Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs.
colds. and Group; Foley Kidney Pills,
for pain in sides and back, rheuma-
tism, bachache. kidney and bladder
ailments; and Foley Cathartic Tablets.
a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing
cathartic for constipation. biliousness.
headache and sluggish bowels. Sold
by Eagle Drug Co, Winnemucca.-
advertisement
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15

ing, drifted around him with their
fading eyes.
After nearly six months in the
Nueces gorge the loneliness and mac
ton of his life drove Duane out upon
the trails seeking anything rather
than to hide longer alone, a prey to
the scourge of his thoughts. The mo-
ment he rode into sight of men a re-
markable transformation occurred in
him. A strange warmth stirred in him
"a longing to see the faces of people,
TO hear their voices-a p~leasurable
emotion sad and strange. But it was
only a precursor of his old bitter,
sleepless, and eternal vigilance.
Mercer was the first village he rode
into. He had many friends there.
Mercer claimed to owe Duane a debt.
On the outskirts of the village there
vas a grave overgrown by brush so
that the r~ude-lettered post which
marked ii was scarcely visible to
Duane as he rode by. He had never
read the inscription. But he thought
now of Hardin. For many years Hard
in had harassed the stockmen and
ranchers in and around Mercer. On
an evil day for him he or his outlaws
had beaten and robbed a man who
once succored Duane when sore in
need. Duane met Hardin in the little
nlaza of the village, called him every
name known to border men. tainted
him TO draw, and killed him in the act.
Duane went to the house of one
Jones. a Texan who had known his
father. and there he was warmly re-
ceived. The feel of an honest hand,
the voice of a friend, the prattle or
children who were not afraid of him
or his gun, good wholesome food and
change of clothes-these things for
the time being made a changed man
of Duane. To be sure. he did not often
speak. The price of his head and the
weight Of his burden made him silent.
But eagerly he drank In all the news
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15
Bossy Lacks Probation.

Stephen called to see the new Jer-
sey calf, so he was taken out to the
pasture where 1t was. The week-old
calf was at one end of the lot looking
through the bars, while the mother, old
Bess, was as far the opposite side as
she could get, gazing into space. After
waiting some time for a display of
affection between mother and daughter
Stephen looked up with a puzzled ex-
preston and said whats the matter
with that cow, uncle? Don't she pre-
ciate that calf?"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15
CHAPTER XII.

A hundred miles from the haunts
up where the Nueces ran a trucking
clear stream between yellow cliffs,
stood a small deserted shack of cover
ed mesquite poles. 1t had been made
long ago, but was well preserved. A
door faced the overgrown trail and
another faced down into a gorge OF
dense thickets. On the border fugi-
tives from law and men who hid In
fear Of someone they had wronged
never lived In houses with only n
door.
1t was a wild spot, lonely, not ut
for human %habitation except for the
outcast.
on clear days-and rare indeed were
cloudy days-with the subsiding of the
wind at sunset a hush seemed to fail
around the little hut. Far-distant dim
blue mountains stood gold-rimmed
gradually to fade with the shading OF
light.
At this quiet hour a man climbed
up out of the gorge and sat in the
westward door of the hut. This lonely
watcher of the west and listener to the
silence was Duane. And this hut was
the one where, three years before,
Jennie had nursed him back to life.
The killing Of a man named Sellers,
and the combination of circumstances
that had made the tragedy a memor
able regret, had marked, If not a
change, ut least a cessation in Duanes
activities. He had trailed Sellers to
kill him for the supposed abducting
OF Jennie. Vague rumors, a few words
here and there, unauthenticated stor-
les were all that Duane had gathered
in years to substantiate his bellei-
that Jennie died shortly after the be-
ginning of her second captivity.
Sellers might have told him. Duane
expected, IL not to force 1t from him
at the end, to read 1t in his eyes. But
the bullet went too unerringly; IL
locked his lips and fixed his eyes.
After that meeting Duane lay long
at the ranch-house of a friend, ana
when he recovered from the wound
Sellers had given him he started with
two horses and a pack for the lonely
gorge on the Nueces. There he a
been hidden for months. "A prey to re-
morse. a dreamer, a victim or
phantoms.
II took work for him 10 find sub
sistence in hat rocky fastness. And
work. action, helped to pass the hours.
But he could not work all the time,
even If he had found 1t to do. Then
In his idle moments and at night his
task was TO live with the hell In his
mind.
The sunset and the twilight hour
made all the rest bearable. The little
hut on the rim of the gorge seemed to
hold Jennie's presence. 1t was not
as IL he felt her spirit. If 1t had been
he would have been SUR of her death.
He hoped Jennie had not survived her
second misfortune; and that intense
hope had burned into belief, IL not
surety.
A strange feature of this memory
of Jennie was the freshness of 1.-THE
failure OF years, toll, strife. death
dealing to dim ito deaden the
- what might have been He
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I'm wellston. Texas, II
becomes with Buckley Duane a case of
nsht or run from Cal Balm. Duane kills
MS man and becomes an outlaw.
CHAPTER HE meets Luke Stew
ems, an outlaw.
CHAPTER III-Stevens goes into the
shot by a rancher. Duane buries him.
CHAPTER IV-Duane goes TO BANDS
outlaw stronghold in the Rim Rock and
aIter shooting Bosomer. who quarrels
with him over stevens death. decides
10 stay there. Euchre takes Duane for
a partner and tells him about Bland,
the outlaw chief. and his band.
CHAPTER v-Duane practices gum
throwing and hears more about Bland
and his gang.
CHAPTER vI-Euchre and Duane
call on Kate, BANDS wife, and Jennie,
a girl whom Benson kidnapped and sold
to Bland
CHAPTER vII-Euchre and Duane
conspire to take Jennie away. Duane
prevents a wanton murder.
CHAPTER vIII-Mrs. Bland makes
love to Duane n he uses her to fur
ther his plans. Bland returns from q
trip. He asks Duane to join the band.
~ VI AZ oO0S&S
and Jennie.
CHAPTER IX-Euehre kills Benson,
is killed by Alloway. Duane kills Allo-
way and Bland and escapes. wounded.
with Jennie. In a deserted hut in the
mesquite enn nurses him.
CHAPTER x-When Duane is strong
enough they ravel out OF the Rim Rock
TO a rancher's house, where Duane re-
covers. On their way TO Shelbyville
Jennie is carried of by outlaws While
Duane is away looking for a strayed
horse.
CHAPTER XI-After vain search for
Jennie. whose abductor he kills. Duane
leads the lone-wolf life for more than
three years. finally getting a message
from Captain McNelly Of the rangers
asking him to come to the captains
camp after dark.
CHAPTER xII-The message is sew
eral times repeated. u Is chased by
a lynching party.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15
Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

. Moses Refnhart returned from a business trip to San Francisco 9
9 yesterday. .
. snow Of the level Q
. G. N. Shalenberger, the Golconda merchant, is taking in the sights 9
2 of Winnemucca today. .
. Clovis La Grave and Frank German ar home for the holidays. 9
. Judge w. s. Bonnifeld arrived last Saturday from San Francisco 9
. Clarence Hanson and w II. Minor are in from Willow Greek 9
Q B. w. Stewart, the Willow Point Rancher, Is spending a few days 9
9 in town. 9
. o Q o g 90 9
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15

Catherine, who lives in the same
town with numerous relatives, was
wont to remember them all separately
in her prayer each night. A few nights
ago she was especially tired and sleepy
and when she began to enumerate
them, evidently the task looked hard,
for she ended up with land bless ev-
erybody in the telephone book"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15

him of dishOnor or cowardice or brutal
ity or murder; they only accused him
of death. 1t was as if they knew more
than when they were alive, had learn
ed that life was a divine mysterious
gift not to be taken. They thronged
about him with their voiceless clamor-
ing, drifted around him with their
fading eyes.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15

CHAPTER I'm wellston. Texas II
becomes with Buckley Duane a case of
nght or run from Cal Balm. Duane kills
MS man n becomes an outlaw.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15

CHAPTER Ix-Euchre kills Benson
is killed by Alloway. Duane kills Allo-
way and Bland and escapes. wounded.
with Jennie. In a deserted hut In the
mesquite Jennie nurses him.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15
Wife Failed to Keep Her Word.

Hoyle-Doyle is suing his wife for
breach of promise.
Boyle-For breach of promise?
Hoyle-Yes; she promised to divorce
him, but now she has backed out -
Town Topics.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-15
Stunning.

"0h, Efie. your new gown and hat
are stunning"
Eyes. Alfred hasn't recovered yet
from the shock the bill gave him."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

home just before dinner time. All
she thought to herself, Gypsy will
have a nice dinner-not just a meal
she has had to pick up as best she
could. 1t will be q real meal, and she
will have her milk in fine saucer.
Il have brought cat home said
Marian TO her mother. 1 have named
her Gypsy as she is poor little waif
cat, quite homeless and fricndless.'
Right away Gypsy was given a nice
warm bowl of milk. And then Ma
rian's family sat down for their din
ner
Gypsy sat upon bookcase. May
be she thinks she looks wise said Ma
rian. And Gypsy blinked her eyes and
purred as though to say, / am wise
cat. | know | have good home. And
have the sense to look happy
While Marian and her family were
eating Gypsy would look at them from
time to time, but every time any of
them turned to look at her, she would
put her head to one side and look off
into space.
"She seemed to be saying, Maybe
have been Waif but I'm very proud
And | will not appear to be a beggar.'
so from that day on, Gypsy always
had some milk before Marian began
/ her dinner, and then while the family
were eating Gypsy looked on from
the top of the bookcase. She never
begged for food, and she never an
noyed anyone while eating, for she was
a Gypsy cat with great deal of
! pridei
Now one day Gypsy was upon the
/ bookcase when she moved her paw VI
! to her face. She wanted to be sure il
was quite clean for dinner, as she had
always been taught by her Mother Cat
to have clean face when she was
eating.
''She licked her paw and washed hel
face ever so carefully, and then whef
she got down to have her milk, she fel
nice and neat.
Zach day her fur was becomin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
Grain Raising in New England.
Rutland Herald. J


An effort is being made to revive
grain raising in New England. The
special agent OF the United States de
partment Of agriculture, B. A. Sanders,
is seeking TO interest the farmers of
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
in movement towards returning to
the raising of small grains, oats and
barley for stock, and rye and wheat for
the tlail is in the memory OF many a
young man rye was raised in consider
able quantities in New Hampshire and
many a person has eaten rye bread
made from the product of the farm.
Wheat raising Is still carried on III Ad-
olson county, this state In the days
of the Civil war and after the farmers
Of the New England states sowed
wheat, cut il with a sickle or cradle
and bound it by hand. The vision OF
the open barn door and the sound OF
the fail is in the memory OF many q
New England man. Grist mills abound
ed and much of the flour eaten in those
DAYS came from the home soil After
that it became good policy to buy west
ern grain, but. according to Mr.. San
ders, the time is now here when il i,
profitable to grow grain in New Eng
land. - He expects to induce Maine Il
raise wheat as well as potatoes, ant
as New Hampshire already has the
Penacook Touring mills, the expert
says that as soon as the farmers vii
assure wheat there will be plenty o.
milling capacity provided.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

softer and Silkier and She was really
growing TO be Il very handsome cat.
She seemed 70 know it, too, for she
grew very fussy about her appearance
and took II long time making herself
neat and clean.
But after she got up on the book
case again, after having had her milk
She moved her paw SO suddenly that
one of the books fell down on the
floor with an awful crash and bang.
/" oh shrieked Marian.
".Dear me. what was that?' asked
Marian'S mother.
THAT was simply a book dropped
on the floor by Miss Gypsy Cat said
her Daddy.
Now Gypsy looked very mournful
and ashamed. For dignitied, proud
cat to have done anything so stupid
and awkward as TO have knocked a
book off the bookcase made Gypsy
feel very badly.
''She began to cry q little and
Jumped down from the bookcase as
though to say.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

in the President s last address to con-
gress. Having made up his mind to
break the blockade there should be no
holding back in respect of the prepare
ton of any instrumentality of defence
and offence. Congress would be alto
gether wise in refusing to adjourn
without taking steps for the adequate
expansion of the army, to the end that
the nation may be prepared to deal,
not only with the exigencies that may
arise from Germany's hostilities, but
with the trouble that Germany will
stir up in Mexico, Cuba and closer
home. AS the duty of congress in this
direction cannot possibly be discharged
by March 4, when the constitution com
pels the adjournment of the short ses-
sion, the only course consistent with
the needs of the nation lies in the
adoption of resolution providing for
the calling of an extra session of con-
gress sometime next month. The Pres
ident need not be afraid Of his inabil-
ity to control the new congress. The
country will help him out in that pa
triotic task, so long as the control is
used to compel the enactment into law
of a program of national defence com
mensurate with the work ahead
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
Supporting the President.
Boston Transcript, Feb. 2s.)

Boston transcript, feD. -.
Congress heard from the country
Yesterday, and today congress is NOV
ing to the support of the President.
Under the leadership of Senator Lodge,
who has favored from the first full
power for the President to act, the Re
publieans Of the senate are so align
ing themselves as to assure that the
choice presented 10 congress will lie
between giving all that the President
asks and more than he asks. The hon
or Of the nation will be safe if the
senators see to it that the scope of the
government S defensive action is not
reduced below the minimum require
mentS put forth by the President.
Whatever the fate of the Affirmative
proposals from the senate committee on
foreign relations, the senator's will
nave headed off the obstructive efforts
of the Democratic leader in the house,
Mr.. Kitchin, and his fellow pacifists on
both sides of the chamber If the Re
publicans and Democrats who are will
ing to support the President will unite
on a measure making it mandatory to
arm merchant ships and to utilize the
navy for their protection the combina
ton can force the pacifists into pre-
ference for the minimum request OF
the President.
The Republican course, as shaped by
Senator Lodge, commands, however, ap
proval ON other grounds. 1t gives ex
preston TO the feeling now country
wide that the time for halfway meas
ures has passed, and that the govern
ment should mobilize its whole power
TO repel Germany's invasion of on
rights With the crystallizing of Thu
opinion the senators may well be de
termined on the exercise of their pre-
rogative to join with the house in di
recting defensive action, rather thar
to authorize it and await the Presi
dent s decision as to the opportun
time TO take it.
Unfortunately the army was ignore'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01

Senator Weeks of Massachusetts, a
strong and influential member of the
senate post office committee, has rem
dered the newspapers of the country a
great service, as well as the people gem
orally, by working energetically and
successfully in opposition to the plan
to reduce drop letters to one cent, ana
increasing the rate of second class
mail matter onehalf cent pound. Mr..
Weeks showed conclusively that the
cutting Of the letter rate would cost
the government some $25,000,000 an
nuallv, while the increase of the rate
on second class matter would bring III
only about $5,000,000 towards the def
cheney. The administration, explained
Mr.. Weeks, is confronting a very seri
Gus treasury deficit, and needs all il
can get in revenue to help il out. Then
again, it must be remembered that the
publishers Of the country are today
facing a most serious problem in the
increased cost of print paper. To III
crease their mailing rates now, an(
thus add to their heavy burden, would
be unwise, he said.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
The High Cost of Living.

(Lowell, Mass, Courier Citizen.)
The perplexed reader, turning from
the report of the average commission
on the high cost of living, might be
pardoncd for the feeling that some
how or other the ultimate consumer is
all to blame. The usual tone of such
q report is one urging economy upon
the extrayagant public Y on may start
with the idea that some remote and
unscrupulous persons have cornered the
food supply IN this line or that say
potatoes or eggs-and are forcing the
subsequent handlers of the supply to
pay their price. But you turn from
the findings of the investigators with
the notion that IT is the consumer who
is responsible. At all events the rem
edv suggested is usually that the con-
sumner tighten MS belt and economic
more sternly. No doubt that would
help. 1t would save money for the
consumer, reduce his weight and per
haps induce drop i'll prices through
the operation of partial boycott But
il would not get at the vital defect,
which is the cupidity of the cornerers
of food They might have 10
sell more cheaply than they intended
if people refuse to buy their goods at
higher rate-but that would have
no more than temporary effect
There is no real Encouragement fol
the man who hopes for loot. HI
would try again within n week or so
No way seems to be found for gettin.
at him and Furnishing him for thing
which is really much worse than les
fortunate men get two years for do
inU
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
Greene Takes Right Stand.
lSt. Adams Messcnger.1


Congressman Frank l.. Greene, in re-
Spouse to query from a recognized
league looking to the adequate protec-
ton of the nation, has declared that he
will support and vote for 4 universal
military training law at the next SEES
sion of congress. The Messenger ven
lures the opinion that it would be graf
flying to great majority of Vermont
ers if the other members of the state s
delegation to Washington would an
nounce themselves as being Of the
same mind. The question of national
defense is a national one, and should
not be parceled among IS different
states A federal force should be 4
federal force in every sense Of the
word, and one state should not be OK
pected to impose on itself and its citi-
zcns burdens which other common
wealths will not assume. The Volun-
tary system is not only undemocratic
but it is = failure Training for all III
those lines of military activity in
which each is best fitted to perform
means . strong America, one ready to
take care of itself, and the money it
will cost will be well spent in the way
of insurance against war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01


don't, here's a nice chicken bone for
her
"'But Daddy said Marian, of
course Gypsy's paw is part Of her, but
| meant that Gypsy didn't mean to
knock off the book, and that her paw
didNit just by accident
"'Oh, l see, said MarIan's Daddy
And then to show Gypsy they al
knew it was just an accident and that
they didn't for moment think that she
was anything else but a perfectly we'll
hammered cat, they gave her some deli
cacies to eat before she was told TO
jump back to her bookcase seat. But
Marian's Daddy never forgot her ex-
cuse for PusSy-that it was Gypsy's
paw and not Gypsy that knocked down
the book :"