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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-02-21

Who is the patriotic citizen?
Is it tho man who is running around
with chip on his shoulder shouting:
ITO hell with Germany"
Or, Is It the man who is cOnserv-
alive and who wants to know what
all this fuss Is about before he gives
his unqualified Endorsement OF a war
policy?
There was a time when it was &C
copied as the only true gospel, as far
as a mans duty In matters pertaining
to his country were concerned that:
His was not to reason why; his was
but to do and die"
But that time has passed.
The average American wants to
know.
He does not blindly accept the die
tates Of anyone.
The fact that some man has been
elected to position OF honor and
trust-elevated to that position by the
votes of those who believed him cap.
able Of filing it-dOes not make that
man infallible, nor does it., give him. a
situation Of eminence before. which
the better judgment of the people
must, as q matter of fact, lbow
In this country the people are SUI
preme-that is in theory.
OF course" no sane man will con.
tend that the people, in this country,
are supreme in fact But in theory
we are supreme. Our national struc.
ture is built upon the superstition, the
assumpti that the people rule. We
are supposed to be a selfgoverning
nation, That there is a good deal OF
a joke about that no one will deny
but the fact remains that in the
school books we are 80 considered
and In the minds OF the unthinking we
are so accepted.
The common viewpoint lis that we
do rule-that is, we, the people.
II that is q fact, we mean, theo.
retical fact, then it must follow, that;
when, it. comes to matters of import
ance the people, and not any one man;
no matter how perfect, or how holy
that man may be in the eyes of hia
followers, have the last say-have the
decidinG; voice.. .-... > ----..
The dares ,Greater than any
ono =-tha .fis tjn sthsolty ,-sand
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-02-21
LONG, LAKE,,

Long Lake. Feb. 19-Services will
be conducted in the Long Lake
church next Sunday at II a. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. J. Bratberg and
Mrs. Halvor Nilsen visited at the c..
Hendrfckson home at, Spicer' Sunday.
Lars Arneson visited with relatives
at New London last Friday: =
Mr.. and Mrs. o. N. Peterson were
Sunday visitors at the p. J. Thorsten.
son homie
The Ladfes'.Aid entertained by Mrs.
Bratberg inI,the church annex last
Thursday,was well attended,!
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Olson Mrs. Dav-
i'd. SwensonS and Miss Ola Larson
were entertained at the b. G. diversion
home Sunday afternoon. =
Miss Thora 7Netlaiud left Saturday
for New London: where she teaches
school. ..-.... - j. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-02-21

Buy your National Mazda lamps
from Hedin and Erickson. They han.
die the famous eryan-Marsh line.-
Adv.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-02-21
School. Social.

A program and basket social will
be given by the pupils Of Dist. No. sc
near Eagle church Friday evening
February 23rd at o'clock. Every
body cordially invited. Ladies please
bring baskets.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-02-21

Victor Skoglund of Fahlun re-
turned Wednesday from a weeks visit
at Minneapolis.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-02-21
THE DANGER OF JiN0oIsM

We have had in mind, mind dis
tracted too much by many local mat
tiers, for some days to write our views
on the war situation. Here comes
Bro. Gunnar Bj0rnsOn of MinneOta,
and speaks his mind in a way that
has our full approval and for that rea-
ate his editorial:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-02-21

The time is serious. the situation is
critical.
1t is up to every loyal American to
do his utmost for his country. and that
utmost should be confined to keeping
the country out of war.
When we get the notion that we can
control the actions and dictate the
policy OF the governments of Europe
then We are treading on dangerous
ground.
Let every American be loyal-loyal
to the highest principle and the mob
lest ideal that the United States have
ever stood for-world peace.
When it comes to numbering people
In order that a few Of the human hogs
that call themselves American, may
have more millions to spend upon lust
and lap-dogs. then let us pray that
we may have the moral courage to say
as once did President Wilson that we
are too proud to fight."-Minneota
Mascot.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
MARK S0MERS
VICTIM Of
ACCIDENT
FORMER GOLDFIELD YOUNG
MAN KILLED IN COLLISION
IN LOS ANGELES

Los ANGELES, Jan. Is. - Miss
Louise Heffner, Miss Della Renie,
Mark e. Somers and an unidenti-
fed woman are dead and Morrell
Drummer may die as the result Of
,lieir automobile colliding with a
standing street car at midnight,
The motorman and conductor
jumped, escaping injury when the
platform collapsed. The chauffeur
of the auto has not been found.
The police are Investigating to
learn whether the accident happened
when the street cars light was out
while the trolley was being changed
at the end of the line.
Mark h. Somers was the Oldest OF
four sons of Peter j. Somers, for
mer district judge of the seventh jul
dicial district of Nevada and for
many years a resident of G%oldfield,
and was a brother of Peter j. Som
ers, Jr., employed in the Charles S.
Sprague brokerage offices here.
He studied law in the office of
Thompson and Thompson in Gold
field and about 1910 was admitted
to the Nevada bar, passing the ex-
aminations at the head of those adj
mitted in that year. He left here
in 1911 for Los Angeles, where he
worked for some time as an adjust
er and later entered the employ of
the Goodyear Rubber company. His
brother left this morning for Los
Angeles.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
Many Applicants

Many applicants for the various
positions at the disposal of the
legislature are making known their
wants. In the senate, former State
Senator George T. Mills is a can
didate for the se~cretaryship of that
body and it is also rumored that
r. A. Mckay, former chief clerk
in the state engineers office, IS
seeking the same position. Harold
Vonderhyde is an applicant for the
position of messenger. In the as
sembly there are three candidates
for the chief cherkship: c. L. Sla-
vim of Tonopah, w. l.. Hacker Of
Reno and Edwin c.. Mulcahy of
Sparks. Numerous applications have
also been made for other jobs at
the disposal of the Legislature and
the number is being added to every
day, SO that by the time the two
bodies meet there Will be enough
applicants to fill every position sew
eral times.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
ST|MlER MINE
TO Be WORKED
PROPERTY AT COTTONWOOD
CANYON WILL BE DEVEL-
OPED AT DEPTH

c. w. Watson, superintendent of
the Nivloc Mines company, former
ly the Cottonwood Canyon Mines
company, at Stimler, IL miles
southwest from Silver Peak, has
spent several days in Tonopah on
business with Harry Stimler, who,
with VIM. H. Calvin of Chicago,
OWNS control of the property.
Mr.. Watson is working a force
of men in what was formerly the
Wheeler e. Watson leasehold,
where a body Of high-grade ore
was discovered a year ago. The
lessees never succeeded in shipping,
because litigation ensued and the
property was shut down.
All judgments against the com
pany resulting from the litigation
have been paid off. They totaled
over $4,000. The company is nov
out of debt and has a good trea-
sury, so that work can be carried
on extensively. II. G. Stimler has
been chosen general manager of the
company. He will press develop
ments and says that if depth shows
a continuation of values now expos
ed in the upper levels a mill will
be constructed.
In the Wheeler e Watson lease
the original discovery was made on
the 60 foot level, but Mr.. Watson
has since cut the ledge on the 12O
and 165 levels, where the vein is
stronger and the values higher.
The Gold Crown group of six
claims and the Homestake claim,
containing the extension of the Niv-
loo veins at Stimler, in Cottonwood
canyon, have been purchased from
f. w Watson and Robert Martin
by H. c. Stimler, who acted as rep
resentative of a coterie Of New YORK
financiers. The purchase price is
not stated. Development work will
be vigorously prosecuted from o
on.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
COMSTOCK AT
DEEP LEVELS

H. L. Slosson, Jr., president of
the Union and other Comstock mines
departed last evening after spend
ing two or three days in town, and
visited the many working points in
the deep levels and elsewhere. He
stated yesterday that at the Union
shaft fine progress has been made
in the preliminary work to the in
stallation of the new electric hoist.
The foundation cement is all in
place, and it is expected that with
in about ten days the hoist will be
in working order and ready for
business.
This is a very important change
at the Union, for the hoist is much
larger than the one it d~isplaces, and
will make possible the use of dou-
BILE deck cages, and thus greatly in
crease the working capacity of the
shaft and also provide for enlarged
operations in all of the mines that
utilize this shaft as a working
Ddoc. Iul IS lhO Ioiot S''
no work is being done underground.
At the Ophir mine it is stated
that conditions in the north drift
OH the 2700-foot level appear bet
ter than at the levels above, the
formation being harder and there
fore considered more favorable. 1T
is estimated that this drift has yet
60 feet to run before getting under
the territory which has proved very
productive of ore on the levels
above.
Mr.. Slosson was also impressed
with the information in the west
cross-cut of Con. Virginia on this
level and says it is the best he has
seer yet, and conditions are very
encouraging in this property. Drain
age below the 200 is proceeding
most satisfactorily at the Mexican
& Ophir winze.
At the Combination shaft, al
though work has been under way
only about six weeks, the buildings
are completed, hoist installed, hoist
ing cable ordered, sheaves put in
line, the power line connected
transformers placed, Best & Bel
cher power cable in. and many de-
tails completed, all of which has
been accomplished in spite of much
adverse weather conditions to con-
tend with. 1t is expected that cages
will be running in the shaft in
the very near future, all of which
is most important for the middle
mines.-Virginia Chronicle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
UVADA MINE
MAY BE SOLD

In all likelihood a deal will be on
sumated within the next ten days
whereby the properties of the Iva
Ga Copper company, located in the
Jack Rabbit and Bristol districts
VIII pass to a strong syndicate Of
Salt Lake mining men. The pre-
liminary examinations has been
made, certified checks covering the
initial payments have been depo-
sited and it is expected that before
the end of the week two engineers
will arrive to conduct the final
examinations and upon their report
depends the final outcome.
The deal has been engineered by
Joseph S. Free of Salt Lake, who
returned to Sale Lake last Wednes-
day after spending several days in
camp looking after local mining
interests. 1t is understood that the
people associated with Mr.. Free are
we'll pleased with the result of the
properties involved in the transac-
tion and if the report of the en-
gineers who are scheduled to ar
rive this week bears out the find
ings of the others the deal will be
brought to a termination.
The consideration named in the
option was not given out by the
Records informant.-Pioche Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
ROAD OFFICIAL
VISITING HERE
HEAD OF LARGEST FREIGHT
BUSINESS IN COUNTRY
is HERE

ID. w. Luce, freight traffic man
ager of the Southern Pacific Rail
read company, is making his first
visit to Goldfield and is being cs-
corted over the district by w. L.
Forster, general manager of the
Tonopah & Goldfield railroad. Mr..
Luce, who was porn in Sacramento,
started with the Southern Pacific
as a boy and has work
ed his way through the various
grades to his present position, in
charge of all freight traffic for the
S p. company, recognized as the
biggest job of it's kind in the world.
Accompanied by j. M. Fulton,
assistant freight and passenger agent
at Reno. Mr.. Luce arrived here to-
day to visit Mr.. Forster, who was
formerly Mr.. Luce's chief clerk.
Railroad men declare that Mr..
Luce's spontaneous geniality and
faculty for making and retaining
friends have been an important fac
tor in building up the business of
the great road he represents, in
this and other territory. Mr.. Luce
said he had been fascinated by stOr-
les of Goldfield and the desert and
he expressed agreeable surprise at
the sable and businesslike appear
ance of Goldfield.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20

Club presidents and secretaries
would be of great assistance to the
Bureau of Information if they would
forward to this department the var
ious papers prepared for their CLUB
meetings. A majority of the clubs
oil the state have no library at their
command, and must secure all refer
cree material from the Bureau and
the Cooperative Reference Lib
rary. Many requests have been
made for papers and addresses
which they have read about in the
club notes and which the Bureau
could not supply. Some time back
those delivering addresses at the
last federation were also requested
to forward these papers since there
had been so many requests for the
same, but SO far only Mrs. Hugh
Brown of Tonopah and Miss Minnie
Fiannif al have complied
with the request. 1t is hoped that
this appeal will not be made in
vain.
III CAlldCJ Is I'd
from an editorial in the Yerington
Times written at the time the club
notes contained an appeal for help
in swelling the Student Loan Fund:
1.-The little banks mentioned in
the federation are intended to be
used for collecting 10-cent pieces
to be added to the sum available
for students. Every person who
can afford to should secure one of
these little safes, fill it with dimes,
and add them to the student loan
fund. This is not a charity. 1t
is an investment and a good one.
the more of our young people who
are educated the more good citi-
zen there are, and the community
profits by their presence. To give
a student an opportunity to fit
himself for the battle of life is a
gilt edge investment. In this case
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
Recall Petitions

Charging that Mrs. ]. w. Sex
smith and Mrs. Margaret Wegener,
members of the school board Of
Virginia City school district No. 2,
have been guilty of arbitrary ana
illegal conduct inimical to the pu0-
lie good and welfare of the public
schools, Miss Ida M. Marks recent
ly filed two recall petitions against
them. The action is the result Of
the dismissal of Miss Marks a few
weeks ago by action of the two
trustees, who said that she refused
to comply with requests Of the board
when told to teach vocational sub
jects in addition to her regular
classes.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
NEVADA SOL0NS
HAVE CONVENED
AND ASSEMBLY BOTH
ORGANIZE AT CARSON CITY
TODAY

CARSON CITY, Jan. 1.-THE as
sembly was organized today with Ben
Luce of Tonopah as speaker, he hav-
ing won in the democratic caucus
last night by AZ votes to 6 over
Frank Williams. The republicans
gave their complimentary vote to j..
II. Fulmer of White Pine. r. M.
speaker pro TEN, and II. w. Ed
wards of White Pine chief clerk.
The senate organized by electing
A. w. Keddie as president pro TEN,
the republican caucus last night hav-
ing chosen him for the place by
sever votes to five for Chaplin of
White Pine. Richard A. Mckay of
White Pine vas elected secretary.
Governor Boyle, when notified of
the organization, said he would de-
liver his message tomorrow at IL
o'clock. 1t is 1000 words long.
A. T. Mackenzie of Nye was chos-
IN sergeant at arms of the senate by
the caucus, defeating II. b. Maxson
and Captain J. p. Donnelley. Sena-
tor Buol of Clark is chairman Of the
finance committee, Thatcher Of
mines and Chaplin of roads. r.. c..
Mulcahy of Washoe was chosen SER
geant at arms of the assembly. 1t
is intimated that the aucus votes
showed the prospective stand of the
legislature on the wet and dry is
sue, with the vets far in the lead.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
State Gets Road Money

at the Ogden headquarters OF the
forest service that the secretary Of
agriculture has approved the allot-
rient of funds for the second year
under the federal aid road act.
This money is for the construction
and maintenance of roads and trails
within the national forests. The
allotment for the fiscal year begin-
ing July /, 1917, Idaho receives
$10S,730; Utah, $41,167, and Ne
vada $19,296.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
ELECTRIC POWER
HELP TO FRANCE
VAST QUANTITIES OF GOODS
MANUFACTURED BY HY-
DRAULIC PLANTS

PARIS, Dec. 10. - The water
power or the Alps, the Pyrenees and
the central m~ounta1nou region is
playing a big role in the military
effort of France and will nave an
even greater share in the after
war economic strength.
Many new hydraulic power plants,
bern of the wal needs. are turn
ing out shells, chemicals and other
necessities for the army. Many
others. born of the coal famine and
its lessons will replace steam power
after the war.
France utilized 10 per cent OF
its total estimated natural water
power in 1914. She was utilizing
more than 20 per cent in July Of
this year and the proportion is every
day increasing. Competent engir-
GERS fix at 100000 horse power
the energy France could secure
from its waterfalls at low water,
while 100000 horse power is the
estimate for average seasons The
total steam energy used in France
before the war was only about g.
100000 horse power divided among
about $4,000 establishments.
The water power OF the Alps has
given the name of the "Vale OF
Aluminus'' to the valley of the
Arc. where $4,000 horse power is
used Transforming alumine into
aluminium bars. A Romanche in the
wild valley from Bourg d'Oisons to
Pont de Claiz is the valley of car
buret and metallic alloys" absorb
ing $4,000 horse power. Electric
steel plants are concentrating in
the basin of the Arly where one
concern has installed a complete
mill with electric furnaces run by
turbines of $4,000 horse power.
Seven important new plants are be-
ing built in the region of Grenoble.
In the valley of the Durance new
plants aggregating $4,000 horse
power for the electro-chemical in
dustry are under way, while above
Modane one of the biggest chemical
works in France has acquired rights
~ "pOut WV i po"SI VI
water fall that will be utilized speed
lily.
Electric energy for Paris brought
from the Alps is the most ambitious
project of the future. A dam rs
yards high in the Rhone at Gents
stat. backing the water up IA miles
to the Swiss frontier, will furnish a
fall sufficient to operate a power
station of 5000 horse power and
240, 900 kilowatts. The energy is to
be transported to Paris in the form
of an alternating current under a
tension of 100000 volts. The line
of transmission will be 312 miles
long.
One hundred and twenty million
francs is the estimated outlay-the
cost of about a day and a half of
val to France.
This enterprise would alone econ
omiZe 800 900 IONS of the 20,O00,-
600 tons of coal France imported
annually before the war. Engineers
figure that current brought from
the Swiss frontier may be sold with
sufficient profit in Paris al 3 CEN
times a kilowatt hour; an economy
of about so per cent in the cost of
current produced by steam before
the war.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
DOG IS CAUSE
OF EXCITEMENT
CRAZY DOG CAUSES WILD NIGHT
IN GOLDF1ELD
SALOON

Goldfield died last night. Not
the town. They shot this Goldfield
kand it is agreed that the town is
mot yet ready for the same fate.
This Goldfield was a dog, born here
10 years ago, one of the pioneers
of the camp n known to all its
residents. 1t was owned by Mrs.
Richards, proprietor of the Nevada
hotel, and for some months past
has been a companion of Frank
Hertzer, a linotype operator for the
Tribune.
Like his namesake, the dog had
seen much of life until he met the
man whose companion he has Deen
Of late and it is thought that he
learned much more from him. lie
died, with three bullets in his body,
in the rear of the Club saloon on
Crook street, after making a hard
fight for his life, in the course OF
which he ran from the old brewery,
south of town, back to the saloon
with a .32 bullet in his head.
The dog had been acting in a
strange manner and swapping at
people for two days and last night
was in the saloon and snapped at
everyone there at the time. 1t was
seer that the time for finishing the
animal had come and it was taken
to the old brewery by Henry Haas,
Oscar Anderson and Hertzer. They
went inside with it, closed the door
and Anderson shot it in the head
with a 80 automatic, the bullet
going clean through it's head.
When shot the dog started after
the three men, who climbed up on
the rafters in the room and hung
there with the dog jumping at them
until the door blew open and it
ran out. The animal tore Ander-
sons trousers in seveia places be-
tore he could get beyond its reach.
They then dropped to the floor and
went to the saloon, where the dog
appeared a short time after, snap
ping in all directions and scatter
ing blood over everything in the
place.
The saloon was crowded whCn
Goldfield made its appearance and
the crowd scrambled onto the bar
and tables, one man climbed on
top of the stove and another grab
bed a light fixture in the ceiling
and hung from it.
The dog kept everyone in the
room at bay for about five minutes,
(iuring which the man on the stove
was getting uncomfortably warm
and the man hanging from the light
fixture was becoming exhausted.
Nels Thylander, the bartender, then
entered the rear door and the dog
went after him, chasing him
through the door and forcing him
t. do quick work in getting over
the back fence to escape being bit
ten.
The door blew shut after Thy
lander and the dog went out and the
latter was then caught in the rear
yard and was unable to escape. Bob
Ellingston then braved the beast and
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20

REACHED a GERMAN TRENCH But 5ROhE DOWN CHOTE DAMAGED 5EE0

Quent mention of the work of the
tanks" One example follows:
protecting trenches to the west had
been captured, in an interesting
fashion. In the early morning a
tank started down a portion OF
a trench held by the enemy, from
the northwest, firing its machine
guns and followed by bombers. The
enemy could not escape, as we held
the trench at the southern end. At
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20

This picture made from one which
reached America a few days ago,
shows q British tank" astride a
German trench. The monster fought
we'll, but emerged from the battle
with a damaged caterpillar belt,
which forced it to remain where 1t
was-in the act of crossing one
Of the enemy's trenches: Field Mar
shall Haig's recent report on the
battle of the Somme contains fire.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-20
To Erect $50, 900 Building

At a regular meeting of the
stockholders of the First National
bank of Elko, J. A.. Sewell was
elected president to succeed A. E.
Kimball, who has been at the head
of the bank for the past five years.
Sewell recently purchased a con-
trolling interest in the bank. In
the spring he will start the erec-
tion Of a $4,000 building, into
which the bank will be moved.