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The Denver star., 1917-10-06
SILVER HIGHEST NOW
THAN At ANY OTHER
TIME IN HISTORY

TIME IN HISTORY
ROBERTS BROS. MERCANTILE
COMPANY,
Dealer in
Groceries, Provisions, Hardware, Min
ing Supplies, Paints, ooiIs. Etc.
Tobacco and Cigars.
Silver Plume, Colo.
Silver Plume. Colo, June Is. 1917.
The Silver Plume Consolidated Min
ing Company, Denver, Colo.
Gentlemen: 1t has been mystery
to me, why Silver Plume. the richest
silver mining camp in the United
States. is so little known to the inves-
tors of the country and why even the
residents OF this town has no chance
to invest in and receive some of the
profits of these tremendously rich
mining properties in the surrounding
mountains.
Almost unbelievable fortunes have
been taken from the Rocky Mountains
tains surrounding Silver Plume but
practically all of the mines are owned
by rich companies who keep all the
profits for themselves.
The Silver Plume Consolidated Min
ing Company is the first company en-
gagged in mining in this canon which
has ever given the small investor an
opportunity to share the tremendous
ly rich profits Of this district which
has never known a mine failure.
am with you, as you can win only
success. Yours truly,
ROBERTS BROS. MER. co.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
New Heir Appears

A new heir has appeared to the
estate of the late Frank Rountree of
Elko, who died there several months
ago, and evidence to substantiate the
claim has been filed in the Elko dis
trict court. The alleged heir is 13-
year-old Muriel R~ountree, claimed
to be a daughter of Rountree and his
divorced wife. Mrs. j. F. Rountree
Lockway. who is married a second
time. Rountree, who also married
again after the divorce was granted
his wife in Arizona in 1908, willed
all his property to his second wife.
No mention was made in the will of
a daughter. The attorneys for Mu-
riel Rountree have asked for a sup
Elementary inventory of the estate,
claiming a large portion of it was
omitted in the original inventory.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
NOTICE
.sn Istq-oF-
Delinquent Tax Sales
For First Installment of Taxes

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVE TO ALL
whom it may concern: That the following
described property situate. lying and being in
the County of Eureka, State of Nevada, and
assessed to the owners thereof, whose names
are set opposite the description thereof, has
been duly taxed and assessed for the year
1916, for the amounts hereinafter mentioned
in connection with the description thereof;
that said taxes are delinquent; that ten per
cent on said taxes and cost of advertising will
be collected in addition to the original tax.
and the property sold for all of said original
tax, penalty and costs. to wit:
Mrs. Hubbard-Lot 8 block 70, s25; frame
house on lot 5, block 70, sI25. Value $50.
Tax $500, penalty 26c, cost %. Total 81 SO.
Frank Negri-Lot 2, block 46, s25: frame
house SIS. Value 500. Tax s1.73, penalty
17c. cost 80. Total $50.
James Alba, Geo. f. Fox, agent-State con.
tract land: SWto of NE4 section "a, I. 20, R,
81, 40 acres. SCI Of NW4 of section "a. T. 20,
r. 81. 40 acres. so acres grazing LIST a IS.
Value $500. Tax g ia, penalty SIC, cost 81.
Total S7.76.
Alkali Mines Co. -Collective unit valuation
operative property in Eureka County $40, 900.
Patented mines: Jim Crow $500, Jim Crow
Extension $500. Southern Gross $500, Elmer
$500. Elmer Fraction $500. Windfall $500,
Windfall Fraction $500. &c $500. May $500.
May Fraction $500. Value SIS, 900. Tax
sl96. so, penalty $40 So. cost 90. Total $2ls. Is
Alexandria Mining Co. Building and ma
chinery 500. Patented mines: Alexandria
$500. Elese $500. Value sll0O. Tax s14.4l,
penalty 81. As, cost 90. Total s17. So.
Henry Berry-Lot IS, block Q SO; frame
building on lot 35. block 2 at Buckhorn $40.
Value $50. Tax 65c, penalty 70 cost 90. To-
tai $2.72.
Matt Bertrand-Lot Buckhorn, lot 81, block
1. $40; frame saloon building on lot 81, block
l. Buckhorn. $40. Value $50. Tax 66c pen.
atty SIC, cost 50 Total 1913.
Thomas B~onacci-Stste contract land SEA
Of SEA sec. %, T. 20. R. "a 40 acres; Nw4 Of
NW4 sec "a, T. 20. Range "a. 40 acres; so
acres grazing land LIST a s.. Value s4OO.
Tax 1924, penalty SIC. cost 50. Total S .76.
Cudahy Packing Co.-Collectiv. unit valu-
alton of operative psppertyin Eureka County.
Personal property $40. Tax SIC, penalty SC,
cost 50. Total $2.57.
Mrs. p. M. Des Marsis-Patented mines:
} of Nil Desperandum $3.50. ! Of Magnet $3.50,
two-6fths Of Excelsior 5000. l Of Avon s125,
Republic $500. Value slS25. Tax sl7. SO,
penalty $1.74, cost 81. Total S21. 10.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
Big Six Mill Nearly Complete

Elko Free Press: w. Ruby, the
manager of the Big Six mine at Lynn,
Eureka County, was an arrival from
Carlin Monday. and in an interview
says that the Bottom mill that is being
put up on the property is almost
completed and will be working in
less than 80 days. Mr.. Ruby says
that in the past few months they
developed a wonderfully large body
of ore. that will carry good milling
values. and that they have been ship
ping several carloads that brings a
net return of 1897 per ton. They
have a two-foot vein of the high
grade ore. and over six feet of the
milling ore. More than $4,000 tons
of ore is ready for the mill, being
blocked out and on the dumps. He
looks for a boom in that section OF
the county and says that when Spring
opens up the public will be surprised
at the precious metal that will come
out of the Lynn district.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
PREDICT DOLLAR SILVER
New York Financiers Believe 1917
Will See White Metal Price
Higher

To silver producers a circular let
ter issued by S. R. Wagel of New
York, excerpts from which are given
in the Denver Mining and Financial
Review, are of interest. Says the
circular:
1.-THE reduced production of silver
in the United States and Canada, on
account of the scarcity of cyanide,
helped to strengthen silver and prices
have reached the level of last May.
There is still no speculative business.
lowing to heavy shipments. the
market may have a temporary de-
cline. Demand comes from the same
quarters, as during the previous
weeks, and the stock in London is
just enough to supply the demand.
1.-The China exchanges are remark
ably firm, but the rates for forward
are slightly lower. The stock in
Shanghai is unchanged. India con-
tinues to be a good buyer, but the
up-country demand has slightly de-
creased. With the beginning of the
year, the demand will once again in
crease"
The Review adds:
Withdrawal from the Bank of
France of silver to the value of g.
1872. 900 francs for circulation pur-
poses during the past week is looked
upon by the silver market authori-
ties in New York as confirmation of
their belief that dollar silver will be
seen in the coming year. The high
est previous amount Of the white
metal taken from the Bank of France
in any one week since the war began
was $500, 600 francs. while before
the opening of hostilities the weekly
drain of silver was practically negli-
gible.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06

The famous "Hot Hole" near the
Elko Hot Springs is believed to have
claimed another victim. Christmas
Day an employee of the Western Pa
cifc. Joachim Fernandez, aSpaniard,
left for the springs saying that he
was going to wash some clothes.
Nothing has been heard from the
man since that time. All his belong
ings and a sum of money were left
in the bunk house.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
THE HEAVENS IN. JANUARY
Lunar and Astral Phenomena of Intsr..,
to the Lay Reader


There will be seven eclipses durine|
1917. four of the sun and three of
the moon. Of these two will occur
this month. one each of the sun and
of the moon.
The eclipse of the moon will be to.
tai and will occur on the 7th and 9Th.
The beginning Of the eclipse will Be
visible generally in central and west.
ern Europe, Northwestern Africa.
North and South America, and the
central and eastern portions of the
Pacific ocean; the ending will be visi.
BILE generally in North America,
northwestern South America, north
ern and northeastern Asia. and East
ern Australia.
The moon enters the shadow so
minutes after midnight on January
8, and leaves shadow at 80 minutes
after 4 o'clock a. m. go
Here the moon will probably enter
the shadow shortly before 10 O'Clock,
Mountain time being 2 hours earlier
than than Eastern time, and Pacific
time being 3 hours earlier than East
ern time.
The eclipse of the sun will be par
tial and invisible here. 1t will be
visible to Europe, Asia, and northern
Africa.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06

Early last week fire nearly de-
stroyed the Fair hotel building in
Ely. A theatre, rooming house and
meat market occupied portions of the
structure and the loss to these will
approximate $4,000. Only after q
hard struggle did the fire company
succeed in combining the flames to this
one building.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06

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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
Christina. Gift Of $500

On Christmas Day a check of $500
wasdelivered by messenger to Claude
Durrell. the Wells high school prin-
cipal. who was probably crippled for
life as a result of an automobile &C
cident several weeks ago. Durrell is
still in the hospital at San Francisco.
The sum was realized from a benefit
ball held in Wells.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
SMALLPOX al Elko

Free Press: Two cases of small
pox have been reported in Elko and
both patients have been taken to the
pesthouse. One was the wife of Mr..
Morris, the bartender at the Pioneer
saloon, and the other a barber at the
o. X. chop.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
One More Electoral vo.. for Wilson

Mr.. Wilson gets one unexpected
electoral vote in West Virginia.
Though most of the Republican cleo
tors received p~luralities of 1000 or
more. one of them dropped below
the highest Democrat and the latter
was therefore chosen an ~elector.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06

When the Panama Canal was
planned it was thought that a vessel
would require twelve hours to get
through. A little steamer appropri-
ately named Balboa broke all records
last month by getting through in six
hours and rs minutes.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
EUREKA SCHOOL NOTES

room has arrived and is now doing
time" faithfully.
The sections for the book cases %
for the Elementary school and n
for the High School-have been re-
ceived and set up.
The Uncle Sam School Song Books.
ordered some time ago for the Ele-
mentary School. have been received.
Without the books, the grades have
been handicapped in their singing;
and since the books have come there
is a noticeable improvement in the
singing.
Jennie Gibellini, a member of last
years Freshman class in the High
School, has written recently regard
ing her work and surroundings at
the school for the Blind and Deaf
at Berkeley. Her friends and school
mates will be glad to learn that she
is getting along nicely in her work
and is enjoying her life among the
300 pupils attending the school.
The percent of attendance for the
past month is considerably below
that for the preceding three months.
For the High School the percent of
attendance is 95. SO; for the Grammar
department. 92.33; for the Interme-
date department, 94.75; and for the
Primary department. 95.95.
The eleventh grade again leads the
whole school with a 100 per cent at
tendance, and the fourth grade leads
the Elementary school with an attend
ance of 98.8 per cent.
In the High School and in the In
termediate and Primary department
of the elementary school the girls
lead the boys in attendance; in the
Grammar department the boys lead.
The per cent of attendance by
grades is as follows: 18th, 95.55;
18th, 100; 10th, 96.76; 9th. AIS; 9Th.
81. ga; 7th. 5000; 9th, "a. rs; 9Th, 95.5;
4th. 98.8; Bird, $685.; I'd, 96.11; LIST,
95.04.
For the High School the scholar
ship record is:
Seniors. F plus; Juniors, F plus;
Sophomores, E; Freshman, F plus.
A Senior has the highest individual
record, E plus.
In the Elementary school the best
standing in scholarship is held by the
following grades:
Grammar department, Eighth.
intermediate department, Fourth.
Primary department. First.
HONOR ROLL
The honor roll of the elementary school Is
made up of those pupils who have been neither
absent nor tardy during the month, who have
So in department, 80 in scholarship, and at
tendance perfect. This is the same basis on
which the honor roll during previous years
has been reckoned.
The following Is the honor roll for the
month ending December %:
First Grade = Leland Laird, Franklin Lewis,
Adelbers States, Lena States, Rosie George.
Second Grade-Louie George.
ISABEL MERIALDo, Teacher.
Fourth Grade - Thelma Romano, Ethel
Kautz.
Fifth Grade-Rae Rogantini, Willis Skill
man, Margaret Laird, Willis Hooper.
Sixth Grade-Herman Bremenkampf, Jean
Davis.
ESTHER Schultz. Teacher.
Seventh Grade-Oliver Pratt.
Eighth Grade-Albert Bale, Rosalie Davis,
Edward Skillman.
Mrs. CHRJsTyr MoGuIrvpAv Ta,cha.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
OF NEVADA, L..
County of Eureka. S.

county OF Eureka,
/, Edgar Father, County Auditor in and for
Eureka County, Nevada, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is q true and correct list Of
all the delinquencies on the tax roll of said
County and State for the year 1916, where the
delinquent tax exclusive Of poll taxes and
penalties, exceeds the sum OF $500. 90: that ]
have this day deposited with the District At
torney in and for the County Of Eureka, State
of Nevada, q duly certified copy of said list,
and that unless the delinquent taxes therein
specified are paid to the County Treasurer as
ex-oficio Tax Receiver. within twenty days
from the publication Of this notice. action will
be commenced by the said District Attorney
for the collection of said taxes and costs.
Given under my hand and official seal. this
S0th day of December A. ID. 1916.
(Seall EDGAR EATHER.
County Recorder and ex otfcio Auditor In
and for Eureka County. State Of Nevada.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06

The French government has decid-
ed upon total prohibition of distilled
liquors in France.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
BILLS PASSED
by The
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AR THKIR-
MEETING, DECEMBER 80, 1910

O~RDERKD, That the following sums Of
money be allowed the following named per-
sons, respectively, to-wit:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-06
THE METAL ARKET

Thursdays metal quotations.
'Silver at New York 75s cents per ounce.
Copper at New York. $50. %.
Lead at New York s7.45.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-31
ABANDONING THE HUMANS.

1 It is a sorry spectacle that is pre- | sented hy the Russian troops when they abandon trenches and gvei up l defenses without a fight and allow the enemy to regain provinces which were secured at great cost, and even per
 init him to surge into Russian terri
 tory, but it is worse when they with
 draw their support from the armies of a nation which they encoura ged to
 enter the war and which they prom ised to aid
 This is what has been done with Rumania- After that country entered the war it had reason to believe that Russia would stand back of it in such attacks as might be made by the central powers upon that Balkan na tion. Russia pretended to make good but it failed most emphatically. The troops which were to be sent to help the Humans never came or else the number was so small that it amount ed to nothing and the Austro-Ger- mans and the Bulgarians had no diff culty in taking half Of that country. Now a new offensive has been opened for the purpose of obtaining the rest. The Rumanian army has been organ ized and has been giving an excel-S lent account of itself but 1t finds it's Russian aid deserting on every hand with the unpleasant prospect that it must fight it's own battles against a superior foe while the Russian fight ing forces are playing into the hands of the enemy. It is not surprising therefore that the Rumanians are be- ing forced back and there appears to be 10 prospect that anything else will result until the reorganization takes place in the Russian army which General Korniloff has been urging.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-31
JAPAN AND CHINA CAN HELP

It 5s to be noted with considere ble Interest that China $ offering 50.000
 trained fighting men for the assist : a-ce of Russia in it's present crisis -s 0ro of the contributions which it Is anxious to make following it's entry into tine war This is only a half of what it was suggested that this coun- 1rv send to that country. but they have the advantage of being much nearer to the point where they would 7e put into service.
 Tn connection herewith attention is directed to the fact that Japan h7s a
 ar@e army ready for service, and as sn ally of Russia it i7as been under stood to be ready to render such help n case it is wanted. There can be 10 question but wha. these two coun- tries with disciplined troops ir large mum bers would be Of material value to army is in such an unfortunate pre- dicament.
 Russia of course has plenty of men. Its armies Grs sufficient 70 carry out any plan of defense CT offense that might be put into operation but it is suffering from a lack of discipline which unless the old methods arc re- stored and the comma ndcrs are given the proper authority promises to make I hat country much more helpless than it is- With Japan and China throw ing forces into the breach. however they could do much to bring the ar mics of Russia back 10 their senses and such a course may yet be aJorted as a last resort.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-31
THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society.

The River Sereth, one of the inn portant lines of advance for the Aus tro German forces on the eastern front. is described in the following war geography bulletin issued today by the National Geographic society.
 Rising in the Carpathians. 10 mnIes southwest of Czernowitb, the Sereth is one of the principal waterways of the Austrian crownland of Bukowina. Yak
 ing a northeasterly course from it's loop to a point a few miles below Czernowitz, then. turning to the south east, it traverses the Roumanian prov ince of Moldavia. finally entering the Danube a few miles south of the great commercial and shipping center, Ga latz.
 .aThe total length of the Sereth is nearly $50 miles and it has numerous tributaries from the west, including the SucZawa. BiStritZa, TrOtuS and MilkOV, but only the Berlat from the east.
 "The Sereth Is of peculiar interest from a military standpoint because of the unique defenses known the Sex reth line constructed by Roumania in 1SS9-1S92 at a cost of more than five and a half million dollars. These mili tary works ern brace the principles of a Prussian engineer. Lieut. Col. Maxi milan Schumann who conceived the idea of a system of defenses which would eliminate entirely the necessity for forts and for infantry support. His reliance was upon the fire of protect ed guns.
 'Roumania adopted the system and put it to the test on the line from which a Russian invasion might be eX- pected. There are three points on the northeastern front where a Russian army could cross the Sereth-the bridgeheads at Focshani Nemolassa and Galatz. The Sereth line runs from Galatz to Focshani, a distance of 45 miles east and west. F'ocshani is the most strongly fortified point. with II batteries arranged on a semicircular ront of 12 miles at a distance of 5000 70 10 900 yards in advance of the ,ridgehead. The immediate defense of ,hese batteries of quick firing guns nd motars placed in armored cupolas of a glacis planted with thorn bushes and wire entanglements.
 "All these elaborate and costly de- 'enses are now considered practically obsolete after only 25 years. because here is no provision made for the em-
 loyrnent of infantry against the in vaders. Furthermore these batteries are almost entirely negligible in value in the present crisis. inasmuch they ~e so placed as to ward off attack f a Russian army. but do not take nto account the possibility Of an ad once by an Austro- German enemy.
 The Schumann -armored fronts SyS- sam proba ply never again will be em- loved by a nation to guard it's from fers against attack. The Sereth line g a monument to the impractical in var defenses."
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-31

order to further the home garden movement, the Boston Post in deplor- ing the thefts of fruit and vegetables declares that flor those who are caught the punishment should be made to fit the crime and might well take the form of good old fashioned spank ings That is better than locking youngsters up"
 Such Of course is good advice but somehow oi. other the Post carries the impression that this footing is. being carried on by boys. There are good reasons for believing, however. that while boys may be doing their part in such operations they are not alone re- sponsible. There are many instances where it will be found that their work is inspired by older heads and if the real facts were known it would not be surprising if 1t was found that the elders are themselves engaged in the very work for which the boys are be- ing held responsible.
 It doesn't make any difference whether it is the theft of garden truck, fruit or anything else. it should not be tolerated There are those who make practice of raiding gardens, filling UT teams with produce which is pedded in cities the next day and from which a good living is made. There cannot be too much done to stop such appropriation of other peo- ple's property. The boys may be do ing their part but it is well not to overlook the elders, who are inclined
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-31
Monthly Pay.

A man may allot. such portions of his pay as he desires for the support of his family or relatives He may deposit his savings with any quarter master in sums of not less than S5. The qUartermaster will furnish to each depositor a book giving record of his deposits. On the discharge of a sol died Cbut not befOre) the total amount of his deposits will be entered on his final statement and will be paid to him on presentation of his deposit book.
 The rate of interest allowance is 4 per cent. This is one convenient method of saving money which many soldiers will desire to use. It is easier to save in the Army than it is in civil life.
 Saving money is not only good in itself but is a. sign that you are con- centrating your time and energy on your military duties: that you are really playing the game.
 The majority of the men who join the National Army are old enough and have sufficient good sense and self control to conduct themselves properly. both on duty and off duty. without special advice or supervision. How ever some suggestions may prove helpful
 A man in uniform is always regard ed whether he wishes it or not. as a of the army to which he belongs. See to it that you con duct yourself in such a way to add