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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-27
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER lin weliston. Texas. II
becomes with Buckley Duane a case of
night or run from Cal Balm. Duane kills
mis- man and becomes an outlaw.
CHAPTER HE meets Luke Stew
ems. an outlaw.
CHAPTER UI-Stevens goes into the
town OF Mercer to buy supplies and is
shot by a rancher. Duane buries him.
CHAPTER Iv-Duane goes to BANDS
outlaw stronghold in the Rim Rock and
with him over stevens death. decides
to 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 a
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 and he uses her to fur
Their his plans. Bland returns from .
trip. He asks Duane to Join the band
i . JtAAoh1 VA DhahC Ah0 DA@
and Jennie.
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.
CHAPTER x-when Duane Is strong
enough they travel out OF the Rim ROCK
TO a rancher's house. where Duane re-
covers. On their way to ~Shelbyviiie
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 1one-wolf life for more than
from Captain McNelly OF the rangers
asking him to come to the captain
camp after dark.
CHAPTER xIT-The message Is sew
eraI times repeated. Duane is chased by
a lynching party.
CHAPTER xIII-A price on his head
and accused of numbering q woman.
Duane rides into Shirley to deny. the
murder. After a narrow escape LIo "a
iynching. he proves his innocence anu 10
allowed TO go.
CHAPTER xIv-He goes to McNelly's
ranger camp. McNelly offers MIN pat,
don and social restoration II ne VII
hecore a ranger and clean out tbs
Cheseldine gang in the Big Bend coun-
try.
CHAPTER Xv-Buck Duane. ranger
strikes the Big Bend country ana pc
gins work. CheseIdine is a mystery, q
power and a horror to the country
CHAPTER xvI-Colonel Longstretn,
daughter Ray. and her cousin, RutI
Herbert. are held VI. Duane shoots
one OF the robbers, but Is puzzled pS
the colonel's conduct.
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CHAPTER XIV.

West of the Pecos River Texas ex-
tended a vast wild region, barren In
the north where the Llano Estacado
spread its shifting sands, fertile In the
south along the Rio Grande. A rail-
road marked an undertaking course
across FIVE hundred miles OF TINS
country and the only villages n
towns lay on or near this line of steel.
Unsettled as was this western Texas,
and despite the acknowledged domi-
nance of the outlaw bands, the
pioneers pushed steadily into it.
The Rio Grande flowed almost due
south along the western boundary for
a thousand miles, and then, weary of
its course, turned abruptly north, TO
make what was called the Big Bend.
The railroad, running west, cut across
This bend, and all that country bound
ed on the north by the railroad ana
on the south by the river was as w1id
as the Staked Plains. Across the race
of this Big Bend. as If to isolate IT,
stretched the Ord mountain range. IN
the valleys of the foothills and out
across the plains were ranches ana
farther north, villages, and the towns
of Alpine and Maria.
Like other parts of the great Lone
Star State. this section of Texas was
a world in itself-a world where the
riches of the rancher We're ever en-
riching the outlaw. The village closest
TO the gateway of this outlaw-infested
region was IA little place called ora,
named after the dark peak that doomed
some miles to the south.
Toward the close of a day in Sep
TENDER n stranger rode into Ord, and
in a community where all men were
remarkable for one reason or another
he excited interest. His horse. per-
haps, received the first and most en-
gaging observation-disclosures in that region
being apparently more important than
men. This particular horse at first
glance seemed ugly. But he was a
giant, black as coal, huge in every
way. A bystander remarked that he
had a grand head. His face was solid
black. except in the middle of his fore
head. where there was a round spot
of white.
The rider. like his horse, was a giant
I'm stature, but RANGER, not so heavily
built. Otherwise the only striking
thing about him was his somber face
with Its piercing eyes, and hair white
over the temples. He packed two
guns. both low down-but that was
too common a thing to attract notice
In the Big Bend. A close observer
however, would have noted a singulal
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CHAPTER I'm welIston. Texas. II
becomes with Buckley Duane a case of
night or run from Cal Balm. Duane kills
mis- man n becomes an outlaw.
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but never a word of his den, a
word of his appearance.
Next morning Duane did not return
to Ord. He struck off to the north,
riding down q rough. Notwithstanding
road that appeared to have been used
occasionally for c~attle-driving. As
he had ridden In from the west, this
northern direction led him into totally
unfamiliar country. While he passed
on. however. he exercised such keen
observation hat in the future he
would know whatever might be of
service to him if he CHANGED that
way again.
After a couple of hours riding he
entered a town which he Don dis
covered to be Bradford. 1t was the
largest town he had visited since
Maria. and he calculated must have
q thousand or fifteen hundred In
habitants, not including Mexicans.
He decided this would be a good
place for him to hold up for a while,
being the nearest town to Ord, only
forty miles away. So he hitched his
horse in front of a store and leisurely
set about studying Bradford.
II was after dark, however,
that Duane verified his suspicious con-
corning Bradford. The town was
awake after dark, and there was n
long row of saloons, dance-halls,
gambling-resorts in full blast. Duane
visited them all, and was surprised
to see Witness and license equal to
that of the old river camp of BANDS
in its palmiest days. Here it was
forced upon him that the farther west
one travelled along the river the
sparser the respectable settlements,
the more numerous the hard charac-
ters. and in consequence the greater
the element of lawlessness. Duane
returned to his clearinghouse with the
conviction that MacNelly's task of
cleaning up the Big Bend country
was a ~stupendous one. Yet, he re-
Elected, q company of intrepid and
uuick-shooting rangers could have
soon cleaned up this Bradford.
The innkeeper had one other guest
that night, a long-coated and wide
sombreroed Texan who reminded
Duane of his grandfather. This man
had penetrating eyes, a courtly man.
ner, and an unmistakable leaning to-
ward companionship and mintjuleps.
The gentleman introduced himself as
Colonel Webb, of Maria, and took 1t
as a matter of course that Duane
made no comment about himself.
Duane, as always, was a good
listener. Colonel Webb told, among
other things, that he had come out
to the Big Bend to look over the
affairs of a deceased brother who
had been a rancher and a sheriff of
one of the towns, Fairdale by name
Found no affairs, no ranch, no
even his grave" said Colonel Webb
"And / tell you, sir, if helrs any
tougher than this Fairdale / don't
want to expiate my sins there"
"Fairdale. | imagine sheriffs
have a hard row to hoe out here
replied Duane, trying not to appear
curious.
The Colonel swore Justify.
"What this frontier needs, sir, Is
about six companies of Texas Rang
ers. A fine body of men, sir, and the
salvation of Texas"
Governor Stone doesn't entertain
that opinion" said Duane.
Here Colonel Webb exploded. Mani
festly the governor was not his choics
for a chief executive of the grea
state. He talked politics for a while
and of the vast territory west of th'
Pecos that seemed to get I
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Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

. Shep Case, formerly of The Silver State, but % n of b swift
o comps of the Reno Journal, WI an arrival yesterday to spend the
.holidays with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Case.
. No Silver State came out yesterday. and all sorts of complaints
. and "cusses" of the carrier boys have been pouring into our sanctum
. all this morning. Christmas came on Sunday and the boys insisted
. upon a lay-on Monday to rest up.
. A shipment of thirty tons of hgh-class or was made yesterday
. r0m the mine at Golconda owned by the Hon. w. s. Bonniheld.
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ITO Be Continued)

The National Council of Women,
meeting in Washington for war work.
embraces twenty-seven national wo-
mans organizations, representing
1000, 900 American women.
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benefit from Austin. Duane exerted
himself to be agreeable and interest
ing; and he saw presently that here
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06
Mr.. VANLEER IS
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS

L. S. VanLeer, local representative
of the Dodge Brothers Auto company,
has begun extensive improvements in
his garage and blacksmith shop.
An addition is TO be built to the
blacksmith shop which faces Silver
street, and all manner OF repairing and
blacksmith work will be done in this
building. The garage, which faces
Commercial street, will be used for
parking cars, and he will have a full
hundred feet for this purpose by this
arrangement.
A big oil furnace will be installed
in the basement OF the blacksmith
shop, and both buildings will be steam
heated. Place is being made for 4
fifteen thousand gallon fuel oil tank
1t will be under ground near the West
ern Pacific spur on Silver street.
Mr.. VanLeer proposes to make hi
establishment second to none in the
state.
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SUPREME COURT RULES
APPAN ENGLISH
PROPERTY

WASHINGTON. March 6.-The Bri-
tish Steamer Appam which was
brought into Hampton Roads about
year ago as German prize is now
held to be the property of the British
owners, according to the United States
supreme court decision handed down
by Justice Day. -ss
The court ruling says that the Ger
mans had taken the vessel thousands
of miles across the opean to place her
in an American port. rather than dock
her in the nearest neutral or German
port. To rule otherwise. II is said,
would turn American harbors into
places of refuge for warships OF the
belligerants, thus destroying the neu.
trality of the United States govern
mcnt.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06
SITE GIVEN
FOR ELkO HI SCHOOL

Yesterday afternoon the question OF
giving the old state university site
for n county high school site was de-
cided by the county commissioners.
For number OF years the old state
university building has been used as
Il county hospital.
Ii was the unanimous opinion of the
board that the site in question was
the only logical one for the new high
school building, but there was some
discussion as to whether the county
high school board should pay for the
same.
Mr.. Voight stated that in any event
the result would be the same, as the
money for any and all construction
would have to come out of the pockets
of the taxpayers. He said that to- COM
pei the. high school board to pay for
the site was like taking money from
one pocket and putting it in another.
The question of providing for a new
hospital was considered and 1t was
brought out that several grand juries
had condemned the present building.
and that it was entirely inadequate
for present needs.
Mr.. Volght moved and Mr.. Gregory
seconded the motion that the board
give the site for high school site.
Voight and Gregory voted in the aiIir.
native and the motion was carried.
Chairman Jones did not vote.
The action of the board meets with
the general approval Of the people of
this community.
In the near future the question of
securing n new hospital site and the
construction Of q suitable building will
be- considered.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06
.SAB|NO GOVEA HAS
NEW RAGING CAR

Sabine Govea, who made n reputa
tion at our last Rodeo by the manner
in which he drove Ford racer, has
a new racing machine which he says
is wonderful performer. 1t is a
stripped Dodge, and in tryout yes.
terday he attained sixty miles an
hour. The bad condition of the roads
would not permit of greater speed. He
claims that on good track he will
be able TO do one hundred miles an
hour
He has constructed II new cylinder
head block, and instead of the eight
valves he has twelve, three for each
cylinder. There Is one intake and two
cxhausts. The car is otherwise espc
cially equipped for speed.
Gov6a is considerable OF mechani
cal genius and he says that when his
car is completed it will be the fastest
in this neck of the woods.
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A Visit To The
Industrial School

place, nothing to indicate that IL is a
place of punishment. 1t is like well
regulated boys training school, with
few, if any more restrictions upon the
boys.
In the school room the boys have
the same appearance as in the or
binary public school. The classes are
graded as in the public schools and
the same text books are used. Ath-
letics are encouraged, and there is the
usual amount OF rivalry in this as well
as in the studies. The boys are en-
couraged to write original essays and
poems. and some OF their work Is very
creditable. We propose to publish
some OF the work in this line from
time TO time.
The boys have organized a military
squad. they elect their own officers,
and they have certain rules and dis
cipline. They also have singing
class. and some of them are quite
musical.
Practically all the chores are done
by the boys. and everything is sys.
tematically arranged. Work, play,
bathing, school hours are all according
to schedule.
A library OF more than two hundred
and fifty good books has been secured
by Mr.. Kyle through private donations,
and reading is particularly encour-
aged. One of the boys acts as librar.
ian, and he imposes demerit marks for
the injury of books. II is proposed TO
make the boys more and more self
governing.
The physical appearance OF the
place has also been greatly improved
in the last year. Barns and other
outbuildings have been constructed,
wells have been dug and electric
pumps installed. trees have been plant
ed, and many acres of ground have
been cleared and put under cultiva.
ton. In all of this work the boys have
assisted, and in time the garden truck
raised will go long ways toward
making the place self sustaining.
The experimental stage of the
school has been passed. 1t now com.
-pares fayorably with such institutions
Of other states. and its necessity is
generally felt. There is not a person
acquainted with its work who does not
realize its benefits. and its perman.
! ency is just as sure as any other state
institution.
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CAz|ER COMPANY BUYSI
FINE HEREFORD HE|FERSI

The John II. Cazier e. Sons COM
pany Of Starr Valley has just pur-
chased one OF the finest punches of
registered Hereford heifers in the
United States. The number purchased
by the Cazier company was seventy
five, and ever yone in the bunch has a
calf.
The cattle were raised by the Here
ford Corporation, of Cheyenne, Wyom-
ing. This corporation holds the repu-
tation of producing the finest cattle
of the Herford strain west OF the Mis-.
souri, river.
For a number Of years Mr.. Cazier
has been engaged in raising thorough.
bred Herefords. and his stock are now
known all over the west. Every year
he visits the national stock shows and
selects from the best stock exhibit
ed to improve his herd. Besides his
recent purchase the company has over
hundred head of registered cows and
heifers. The company has been rails
ing bulls Tor the market but they are
unable to I'LL the demand, and at the
present time they haven't a single ami
NAL for sale. In fact they expect to
purchase several more fine bulls in
the near future to place with their
| herd.
Elko county is gaining a wide repu
tatiOn as a producer of thoroughbred
cattle. Besides the Cazier ranch. there
is the Thos. Short & Son ranch in
Ruby Valley, which produces as fine
quality of the Short Horn Durham
variety as can be found in the United
States. On this ranch blooded Short
Horns have been made n specially
since 1872.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06
AUSTRIA WITH GERMANY
On SUBMARINE POLICY

AMSTERDAM, March Cit is un-
derstood that Austria is supporting
Germany in her submarine warfare.
but Is willing TO make concessions de
signed not to break off diplomatic re-.
lati6ns. according tothc Interpretation
placed on her submarine note.
Austria places the blame on the al.
lies, and particularly on England. who
she says. has cast aside all intcrna.
tional agreements with reference to
sea warfare and IL paving the way for
a new set OF rules.
Austria also contends that neutrals
enjoy the freedom of the seas when
they are travelling on neutral vessels,
but she believes that the rights of
the belligcrants should predominatc.
She believes 1t is the duty of neu
trails TO avoid conflict with the policy
Of the belligcrants, and says that she
Will adhere strictly TO the assurances
that she has given the United States
and hopes to avoid all misunderstood.
inEs
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06

Last Friday in company with Super
intendeDt Matthew Kyle. represent
tative of the Independent paid visit
TO the Nevada School of Industry, four
miles east of Elko. A number of
months had passed since our last visit
TO the institution, and we were great
ly pleased with the many improve
ments made in that time. What has
been accomplished by Mr.. Kyle in the
last two years is little short of won
dcrful.
There are now sixteen boys at the
school. and from outward appearances
they are contented and happy. They
are well clothed, apparently well fed.
and IA huskicr and better appearing
lot of lads would be hard to find.
superintendent Kyle has the great
faculty of inspiring youths inclined to
be wayward. to useful lives and good
citizenship. The great secret" he ex-
planned. lis TO place a lot of confidence
in boys They are pretty sure to be-
come just what you expect of them.
Constant nagging and fault finding. or
constantly imprcssing upon the mind
of boy that lie is bad will destroy
all the good that Is in him, and only
bad can be expected. On the other
hand If you place Il lot of confidence
in Il boy, impress upon his mind that
he is above low and mean dealing,
that boy will soon respect your conf
dcnCc in him. The more confidence
you place in him the more you can
trust him. II you place no confidence
in him you will destroy his self re-
spCct, and this once gone a boys case
is hopeless"
Il have come To the belief" con
tinucd Mr.. Kyle, more so in the last
two years than ever before that good
in all boys prcdUminatcs. and that if
given a chance il will come out The
great trouble is that boys are fire.
qucnt!y surrounded by environments
which make only for bad, and once
they get the reputation for being wild
and reckless they are made TO feel
that society Is against them. Then
fthcy drift, and they set their backs
against society. II you wish TO de-
vclop the good in a boy you must not
do things 10 make him feel that he is
worthless. You must not cause him
to think that he is hopelessly bad.
bc!icy" that the best and only way
To develop the best that is in boy
is first To make him realize that you
believe in him. lie will then begin to
believe in himself and once this Is
accomplished there is no end to the
confidence you can reposc in him. and
his possibilities are unlimited.
"Wayward boys. as a rule, are pos.
scsscd with much spirit and as a class
they arc bright. OF all the boys |
have in the school there is not one
who is dull or stupid. and some of
| them are sure to develop into the
! highest type al citizenship"
The Independent representative was
escorted through all the departments
of the school, and he was particularly
impressed with the clean. wholesome
land sanitary condition of things. There
is no depressing atmosphere about the
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JOHNSON ASKED TO RESIGN
AND GO TO WASHINGTON

SACR ENTO. March 6.-The
democratic members OF the California
legislature have planned resolutions
demanding that Governor Johnson re
sign and 20 Immediately to Washing
ton to represent the state of Califor
MIA at this critical period. II is pro
posed to Introduce "a joint resolution
that will be ringing document calling
upon the governor in the name of pa.
'nOtlsm TO occupy his seat in the
United States senate.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06
MRS. SANGER cHEERED
ON RELEASE FROM JAIL

NEW YORK, March 6-Throngs of
cheering men and women greeted Mrs.
Margaret Sanger as she was freed
from Jail this morning after serving
IA months sentence for advocating
birth control. A number of wealthy
women escorted her away in a limo
sine and have planned dinner in
her honor.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06
ZIMMERMAN GLAD }.
JAPS LEARN PLAN

AMSTERDAM. March 6.-Foreign
Secretary Zimmerman was attacked
on the floor OF the reichstag today by
a socialist member for sending the
Mexican note
Zimmerman defended his course.
saying that the Americans had no
cause to get excited since Germany
merely contemplated defensive action.
Zimmerman said he was glad that
Japan had learned Of the plan.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06
ENGLISH ANARCHISTS
PLACED ON TRIAL

DERBY, England. March Mrs.
Alice Whcelman. Miss Kitty Wheel.
man and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Mason
were today placed on trial charged
with plotting to kill Lloyd.George and
Arthur Henderson the labor leader.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06

Harry w. Evans, the local REQ auto
mobile dealer, received a carload of
REQ machines yesterday. Included in
the shipment are two five passenger
cars, one seven passenger car, and
one three-quarter ton speed wagon.
Mr.. Evans has rented and remodeled
the old Harrington building at $40
Commercial street
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RIG LINERS PASS SAFELY
THROUGH BARRED
ZONE

NEW YORK. March 6.-The big
Cunard Liner Orduna has passed safe
~ through the barred zone and ar.
rived at Liverpool, carrying 10 pas
seugers. eight of whom were Ameri-
cans.
The Baltic. RochambeauX, and Caria
are also reported Oft the New York
barbor all having passed safely
through the submarine zone All
these vessels are big liners.
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GERMANS DOWN
18 AEROPLANES

BERLIN, March eighteen aer.
oplanes were shot down on the west
tern front by the Germans last Sun.
day. according to an announcement Is
sued by the German war office this
morning.
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AusTRlA's REPLY ON
DIVER QUESTION RECEIVED

WASHINGTON. March G.-Austria's
reply to the question regarding her
proposed submarine policy has reach.
eu The state department and IL now
being decided.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06

Constable George cotant is i'll with
the mumps. He was around as usual
this morning, but this afternoon he
was obliged to go home.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06

Mrs. A. X. Rose, one of the well
known residents of TuscaTora, rc.
turned from trip to California thi'
morning.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-03-06

L. c. Kelsey, the civil engineer who
had charge OF the reconstruction work
on the Elko sewer last fall, arrived
from Twin Falls this morning.