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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-07
PUGS BECOME RESTLESS

Bob Graham, a Goldfield fighter,
recently wrote to an Ely newspaper,
claiming the state championship at
his weight and asking for a fight
at that place. Whenever Bob looks
for a fight while Antoine LaGrave
is in town he starts something, as
Tony has something on Bob, gained
through giving Bob a variety OF
things in the Athletic club ring.
Their first, last and only meeting
in the ring started through challen-
ges being hurled, the first coming
from Graham. LaGrave now returns
the compliment, so that it may
never be said that Bob had to hunt
far for a match while he was in
the same town with the electrician.
LaGrave says that Johnny McCar-
thy is the state champion at 1873
pounds. He says that as Mccarthy
defeated himself and Graham, and
as he defeated Graham, he has a
better claim to the state champion
ship than Bob. LaGrave holds
clear-cut decision over Graham and
says that he longs for an opportun-
ity to make it two.
H. B. LIND is registered at the
Goldfield from Nina.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-07
Big Ranch Changes Hands

Completion of a deal whereby
the Ellison Ranching company OF
Salt Lake takes over the holdings
Of the Golconda Land and Live
stock company at Golconda, a
been announced from Salt Lake, and
before the end of the week the
last Of the property will have been
transferred. The deal calls for the
investment of about $750.OO0 and
the Ellison company increased it's
capital stock from 100000 to 81,
100000 in order that 1t might be
in a position to make the purchase.
The property consists of $4,000
acres of land, the greater part OF
which is grazing land situated in
Humboldt and Elko counties, and
5000 head of beef steers, with a
number of sheep and horses.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-07
GOLOF|tLD MAY
STAGE BIG BOUT
MEEHAN AND DEMPSEY WANT
ED BY BUSINESS MEMS
CLUB

Matchmaker Jack MCGEE of the
Goldfeld Business Mems club, the
organization that staged the Richie
Mccarthy contest. is now attempting
to arrange a 1O-round contest be-
tween Willie Meenan and Jack
Dempsey.
At the time of the Ritchie-Mc-
Carthy contest, Meehan fought what
was scheduled as a 1O-round pre-
liminary with Kid Carter, whom he
disposed of in short order. Since
that time he has had many fights on
h coast and on last Wednesday
night in Oakland fought a question
able four-round draw with Dempsey.
Dempsey is well known to ring
followers in Goldfield and Tonopah
for his two fights some years ago
with Johnnie Sudenberg. The first
battle was staged in Goldfield and in
the second contest, held in Tonopah,
Dempsey knocked down Sudenberg
eight times. Dempsey is one of the
tallest men ver seen in a Goldfield
ring, being well ove six feet.
MCGEE thinks that a fight between
Meehan and Dempsey would be a big
card and will give the men an OPP
portunity to settle their differences
over the longer route allowed by the
Nevada law.
The fight game in Tonopah and
Goldfeld has been quiet since the
Ritchie-McCarthy fight and the pro-
moters of the proposed bout consider
that 1t is about due for a revival
with two such high-class men as
Meehan and Dempsey in the main
event.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-07
SCOTTISH RITE
WILL CELEBRATE
MYSTIC BANQUET WILL BE GEL
EBRATED AT HOME OF
PRESIDENT

The annual meeting of the 32nd
degree Scottish Rite Masons' club
of Goldfeld will be held on Maun-
dy-Thursday, April 5, at 8 o'clock
at the home of the president, Jacob
B. Humphrey, at which time the an
nual Maundy-Thursday ceremony
of extinguishing the lights will be
celebrated by members of h CLUB
as Knights of Rose Croix. The mem
bers will participate in the cere-
mony of extinguishing the lights
and celebrating the mystic banquet,
which will be followed by other re-
freshments and fraternal inter-
course. All consistory Masons IN
Goldfeld have been earnestly re-
quested to attend.
A portion of the ceremony on this
occasion is commemorative of the
last supper of Christ and His dis
ciples and the ritual consists of les
sons drawn from His life and death.
The annual election of officers
will also be held and the club will
meet again on Easter Sunday for
the of relighting the lights,
which will be followed by collation..
At II O'Clock on Easter Sunday
morning Malta commandery Will at
tend divine service at the
church in a body and in full Templar
uniform.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-07

your particular charge for the re-
mainder of this year. Volunteer o
do this work for your neighbor.
Study the condition of rural schools
in the state.
Peace-Mrs. J.. E. Church, 35S
Washington street, Reno, is the
chairman of this section, and will
offer suggestive programs for Peace
day which it is desired that each
club will hold some time during the
year.
At the last meeting of the Wo-
mems club of Ely the committee to
arrange new and more suitable quar-
ters for the private library reported
that they had a site in view for the
library. The committee was en-
powered to proceed along the lines
suggested, and it now seems likely
hat appropriate club and reading
rooms will be opened at an early
date. 1t was decided to hold a
flower sale for the benefit of the
club on Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday Immediately preceding Easter.
A similar sale was held last year,
which proved a financial success.
The resignation of Mrs. ]. E. Collins
as press agent was accepted and
Mrs. d. Boyd-Smith was named to
fill the vacancy. The social program
following the business meeting con-
sisted of a piano solo by Mrs. Reece
and an interesting address on THE
Feminine Perspective" by Rev. La
than Ingham .
The last meeting of the Smith
Valley civic club was held at the
home of Mrs. H. lesson and the n
important thing vas the adoption
of the following resolution;
Whereas, our county high school,
located at Yerington, is entirely in
adequate to the needs of the bal
ance of the county; therefore be it
Resolved. hat the Women's Civic
club of Smith Valley. Lyon county,
do earnestly recommend to our rep
resentative and senator to use their
efforts to segregate Lyon county into
four high school districts, consoli-
dating each district into one we'll
equipped grammar and high school
as fast as the population will war
rant such schools; and be it
further
Resolved, That we of Smith Val
ley are solidly behind the efforts Of
our representative and senator in Sc
curing such legislation"
Mrs. F. w. Simpson was elected
head of the public health depart
ment. After the meeting the host
ess served delicious refreshments.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-07
New University building

Plans for the new agricultural
building at the state university, for
which $4,000 was appropriated by
the last Legislature, are now being
made by Dean c.. S. Knight and Di-
rector c. A. Norcross. The building
will be a two-story structure and
will be constructed along the most
modern lines employed in agricul-
tural buildings in other universities.
The tentative plans for the build
ings will be sent to architects for
completion and it is expected that
work will be started as soon as the
plans are returned and that the
building will be ready for occupancy
at the opening of the fall term.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-07
RICH STRIKE MADE
ON FREDRICKSON

F. C. O'Kelly, manager OF the
Goodsprings Dividend Mining COM
pany's properties reports that a new
strike of lead-zinc ore has just been
made in the company's Fredrickson
shaft. 1t has not been opened up
sufficiently as yet to determine the
size of it, but is of good shipping
grade and probably a continuation
OF the big ore body on the 400 level
from which present shipments are
being made.
The new air drills put into
commission at this property on the
4th of March are giving excellent
service both the East drift on the
400 level and the shaft is advanc-
ing at the rate of about three feet
per shift, and it is the intention
of the company to sink the shaft to
a depth of six hundred feet as
rapidly as the machines will do 1t
-Goodsprings Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-07
K. OF C. BANQUET
SUPREME AGENT
A. q. BAGLEY Is ENTERTAINED
BY KNIGHTS OF GOLDFIELD
COUNCIL

Goldfeld Council, knights of Co
lumbus, last night entertained A. G..
Bagley of Berkeley, Cal, supreme
agent of the supreme office at New
Haven, Conn, who is making a tour
of the western states in the interest
of the order.
A delegation from Tonopah, con
sisting of State Deputy Frank y.
Dunn, District Deputy Thomas j
Lynch of District No. 2; Rev. FatE-
err Diss, Grand knight ID. A. Moan,
f. G.. either, Leo Harrington, j. j.
MCCLELLAN, William Roach and
George Dugan, assisted in the enter
tainment of the supreme agent.
Following the regular order OF
business a banquet vas served.
Father Dermody, acting as master of
ceremonies, called upon A. G. Bag
ley, Father Diss, f. II. Dunn and
Thomas j.. Lynch of Tonopah. The
occasion marked the official retire
ment of p. j. Reilly as district depu-
ty and the succession of Thomas j.
Lynch to that office.
The banquet committee consisted
of Frank Mcnamara, Thomas O'Brien
and ]. A. Cody.
This was the first official meeting
presided over by p. j. Somers, Jr.,
the newly elected grand knight. AT
the conclusion of the meeting all
present voted the gathering the most
successful of the year.
The state convention of Nevada
will open May 81 at Goldfield.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-07
Bonus For Fat Hogs

AS soon as the new stock scale
is installed at the plant of the Ne
vada Packing company at Reno, a
premium Of 10 cents will be paid
per 100 for hogs that yield more
than II per cent. At the present
time no grading is made for the
yield of hogs, that is the number
of pounds that a hog will dress,
and the new system will add great
ly to the value of the hogs to the
farmers.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-07
Big Increase In Butter Output

That dairying has a firm hold as
an industry in the Carson valley
and that it is fast assuming import
ance as a source of income, may be
seer from the fact that, in spite OF
the greatly increased prices OF al
falfa hay and other feed stuffs. the
output of dairy products increased
20 per cent in 1916 over the pre-
vious ear. According to the re-
clamation bureau ensus for 1916.
sos per cent of all farmers in the
valley, including new homesteaders
and unoccupied homesteads, were
engaged in the dairy business with
more than one cow
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-07

w. L. EVANS is in town from
Sacramento.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-02

Friday for short visit with his moth
a~s who is convaIssc1ng IN the Mon
mouth hospital
IT ID Wiadarz was in Monmouth
Friday.
1Irz. John e. Martin ana son went
70 EoEk Island Friday for few days
visit at rha home Of relatives aud
friends
Sheriff G. c. Latreu was N Rock
Island Friday
Miss Myrtle Duff went 70 Galesburg
Thursday afternoon after q few days
visit with relatives and friends in this
city
hrs. 4. ". Earrlote OF viola spent a
few days this week visiting at the
home 81 her sister, Mrs T. " Rose.
2lrs. Mary Brock and son. J. ".
Brock, left Thursday for Peoria. where
they VIII make few days visit before
returning to their home in Chicago
Miss Helen Redmond returned to
her home in Pana. HI. Thursday after
finishing the trimming season with
the Love millinery store in this city.
Mrs III ID Reynolds, who had been
visiting the past few weeks in this
city at the home OF her sister, Mrs
Laou ICWhorter. went to ketthsburg
Thursday evening for & short visit be
fore returning 10 her home in Vii
l.s-a. Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-02
MIN scnonl Commencement.

The #0rh annual commencement Of
the AJe1o high school was held in the
Aledo opera house last evening many
patrons Of the local school attending
Tweuty-four diplomas were given out
by James A. olIen. president Of the
board Of education. The principal
address Of the evening was given by
Rev. s II. Campbell. pastor 81 the
First Presbyterian church Of Gales
burg. Rev Campbell gave the class
of 1917 some new and worthwhile
thoughts on present day conditions,
portraying wildly the needs Of the
American citizen Of today. The fol-
lowing program was given:
Invocatlou-Rav. A. j.. Moody.
Souz-tFalr Da1o1jls." Girls Glee
club.
Addresa-s"The Making Of an Amari-
can in 1917 Rev. S. NJ Campbell d. ID.
Song Summer Wind. Girls GIee
club
Presentation OF d5plomas-James 4.
Allen, president board Of education
60uE-"Slnce You Went Away
Girls GLee club
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-02
COAL BARCES ARE
TO OPERATE SOON
Twelve Government Boats are 20 Il
Sent North From ST. Louls On
Mississippi.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-02

The senior class Of the AIe6o high
school Thursday evening presented the
play Green StocEiugs' ID q large
and appreclative audience. This class
has given aL least one performance a
year during the high school term but
the work Of Thursday evening FAR sur
passed amy done before. Each student
seemed we'll adapted to his part in
the production, and the east as q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-02
SPECIAL TAXATION NOTICE.

, Notice lis hereby given to all persons
interested that the council Of the city
Of Rock Island I'LL. having ordered that
cement sidewalks be constructed on
both sides Of Forty-fCurtn street from
Tenth To Fourteenth avenues. and the
assessment for the same having here
tofore been filed and confirmed herein,
and the certificate Of the cost OF said
Improvement filed herein on june j.
1917. showing @ deficit in the amount
Of said assessment IN the sum of
$123.55, the court on said date ordered
the amount Of said deficit TO the au1or-
toned upon the property assessed
herein in supplemental assessment.
A final hearing VIII be had on the
said supplemental assessment and on
the said certificate Of costs to consider
and determine whether or not the facts
stated in said certificate are Crue. on
the 18TH day OF June. a. D.. 1917.
jecUons in sale court. before said day.
and may appear on the hearing and
make their defense.
Rock Island, III, June 4, 1917
-. 5. COFCoRAc.
Officer appointed to make the assess
ment.
WILLIAM NC0EOCHTE.
President.
<LCOLAL JLEL,
Secretary.
WALLACE TREICHLER.
Member.
Board eft Local Improvements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-02
Expect Three Hundred.
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The board a. education VIII receive
bids to construct sidewalks on the
franklin school grounds. Plans ana
specifications 0r file az the Office ii
e1e high school El5e to be I1 a#ce
by o'clock. June ~ 1911
T. g. BUEEE Business Manager
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-02

James Pollock went to Monmouth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-02

seer or zTT-
WALLACE TRICYCLE.
Member.
Board Of Local improvements
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-02

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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-07
PLOW IN PROPER CONDITION
Something Wrong When Farmer Must
Bear Down or Lift Up Handles
Study Is Necessary.

A pillow in proper condition runs
smoothly and at an even depth, with
very little effort on the part of the
plowman. When a plow does not run
smoothly, when the plowman must
bear down or lift up on the handles, or
must constantly hold the pillow either
one way or the other to keep it from
tipping over, something is wrong with
it. The point tips down or up too
much, or the cutting edge of the share
is dull or slants down or up too much.
A good plOwman must know how a
good pillow should work and when it
does not go right should know what
is wrong with it. To know these things
requires as much thought and study
and mental and mechanical ability as
to understand telephone or a tele-
graph instrument.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-07
HEN MANURE IMPROVES SOIL
oroppinss Should Be Collected Daily
and Mixed with Substances to
Preserve Nitrogen.

According to the Maine station, the
| droppings should be collected daily
and mixed with substances which will
! ID prevent loss of nitrogen, (2) add
sufficient potash and phosphoric acid
to make a better balanced fertilizer,
and (3) improve the mechanical con-
dition Of the manure so that it can be
applied to the land with a manure
Ispreader.
This can be done as follows: To
each 30 pounds of the manure add ten
pounds of sawdust, good dried loan,
or peat, 16 pounds of acid phosphate,
eight pounds of kainit. Such a mix
ture will contain about 1.25 per cent
Of nitrogen, 40 per cent of phosphoric
acid, and 2 per cent of potash, which,
used at the rate of two tons per acre
would furnish 30 pounds of nitrogen,
185 pounds of phosphoric acid, and so
pounds of potash, and at the present
price of fertilizing ingredients is worth
about $40 per ton. The mixture would
furnish a well-balanced stable ferti-
liZer, which, although not fine enough
to work well in drills, can be success
fully applied with a manure spreader.
The treated manure should be well
sheltered until time to apply to the
land-that is shortly before blowing.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-07
CHAPTER XXI.
De Spain Worries.

They parted that evening under the
shadow of Music mountain, agreed to
meet in Calabasas just as soon as Nan
could get away. She hoped, she told
him, TO bring good news. De Spain
arranged his business to wait at Gala
basas for her, and was there, after
two days, doing little but waiting and
listening to McAlplns stories about
the fire and surmises as 20 strange
men that lurked in and about the
place. But De Spain, knowing Jeffries
was making an independent investl-
CATION into the affair." gave no heed TO
McAlpin's suspicious
To get away from the barn boss, De
Spain took refuge In riding. The sea.
son was drawing on toward winter,
and rain clouds drifting at intervals
down from the mountains made the
saddle a less dependable escape FROM
the monotony of Cnlabasas. Several
days passed with no sight Of Nan
and no word from her. De Spain. as
the hours and days went by, scanned
the horizon with increasing solicimdr
When he woke on the sixth morning,
he was resolved to send scout into
the gap to learn what he could of the
situation. The long silence, De Spain
knew, pOrtended nothing good. He {
sent to the stable for Bull Page.
The stumbling burnman, summoned .
sruhly by McAlpin, hesitated rs he up
pearod at the office door and seemed
to regard the situation with suspicion.
lie looked at De Spain tentatively, as
Il ready either for the discharge with
which he was daily threatened or for
renewal Of his earlier. friendly rela-
tons with the man who had been
queer enough TO make a place for him.
De Spain set Bull down before him
n the stufry little office.
Bull" he began with apparent
'rankness, 81 want to know how YOU
ike your job"
Wiping his mouth guardedly with
lis hand to play for time and as an ,
Introduction to carefully worded re-
'ly, Bull parted. Mr.. de Spain. {
want to ask you just one question" (
go ahead. Bull"
Bull plunged promptly into the sus-
icion uppermost in his mind. HAS
hat slat-eyed, flat-headed, sun-sapped t
neak Of a Scotchman been complain $
lg of my work? That, Mr.. de SPAIN I
Emphasized Bull, leaning forward. sis d
hat l want to know first-is it a fair
uestionT
Bull" returned De Spain with
and ceremonial empha- s
Is, sit is a fair question between man t,
nd man. l admit it; 1t is a fair ques- D
on. And 1 answer. no, Bull. Meal $.
Ia has had nothing on the face of a
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-07

made years ago, when broadcast SOW
ing was the rule. Recent correspond
ence shows that drilled grain is practi-
cally safe from injury.
Weed seeds are by far the largest
single component $3.50 per cent? of
the food of horned larks, and over 10
per cent of the 1854 birds examined
had eaten them, no fewer than 2O6 in
dividuals having fed on them, exclu-
sively. Conspicuous among the weed
seeds eaten are those of the foxtail
grasses, smartweeds, bindweeds, anna
ranth, pigweeds, purslane, ragweed
and crab and barn grasses. Horned
larks are among the most efficient
Notwithstanding birds.
The insect food of these birds in
cludes such pests as May beetles and
their larvae, the white grubs, leaf
beetles injurious to strawberries, cab
bage, melons and sugar beets, clover
leaf and clover-root weevils, potato
stalk borers, nut weevils, bill bugs and
the chinch bug. Grasshoppers are
favorite food; cutworms are eaten
freely.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-07
DESTROY MANY PESTS
HORNED LARkS RANGE OVER
PRACTICALLY WHOLE
COUNTRY.
Birds Are Particularly Fond of Weed
Seeds-Insect Food Includes May
Beetles, White Grubs and
Grasshoppers.
Ry W L. M,ATEEl

Horned larks are small but hardy
birds which frequent the open country
and never live In forests. They range
over practically the whole United
States, and are easily recognized by
the conspicuous black mark across the
breast and the small pointed tufts of
dark-colored feathers behind the eyes.
These are often erected and cause the
appearance referred to in the common
name. These birds nest early, often be-
fore all the snow has disappeared, and
they have a joyous flight song in the
mating season.
The food of horned larks consists of
POS per cent of animal and 1914 per
cent of vegetable matter. Not quite a
sixth of the vegetable food is grain,
mostly waste, though some sprouting
grain is pulled. This is the most seri-
Gus charge against the birds and is sus-
tanned, but it must be admitted that
all the complaints were
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-07

way, but at the end of some evasion
admitted he had orders not to do it.
Nan famed at the information. She
disliked Pardaloe anyway, not for any
reason she could assign beyond the
fact that he had once been a chum of
Gales. But she was too high-spirited
TO dispute with him, and returned to
the house pink with indignation. Go
ing straight to her uncle, she protested
against such tyranny. Duke was in
sensible alike to her pleas and her
threats.
But next morning Nan was up at
three O'Clock. She made her way into
the barn before a soul was stirring
and at daybreak was well on her way
to Sleepy Cat. She telephoned to De
SPANS Office from the hospital ana