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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08

Registration of 100000 youths who
have passed their twenty first birth
day within the year instead of the
million which are of that age discloses
the fact that one in every four of that
age are already in the army or navy
by voluntary enlistment.
Men OF draft age who have not al
ready been called to camp for train
Ing are now given an opportunity to
enlist in the merchant marine service
to operate the merchant ships building.
Not so heroic as machine gun work
but equally as important.
Delay in the La Red Cross drive in
Chicago has caused decision to CO.
ordinate all war service work in that
city and perfect one organizatio< tb
put over every drive. Marshall county
could tell them how to do 1t.
McAdoo's idea Of new income taxes
Is to reduce net income from all
classes of Investments more nearly to
the net return from AZ per cent liberty
bonds and thereby force all future in
vestment into the governments war
bonds.
Harvesting has begun in California
Texas, Kansas and southern Nebraska
and will extend rapidly northward
thru the wheat belt says food ad
ministration official on receipt of
favorable reports from all parts of the
United States. Winter wheat will
yield close to 900, 900, 900 bushel II bad
weather does not damage the crop
just as harvest is setting in Spring
wheat, totaling 232,75s,o0n bushel in
1917, will leap possibly 25 per cent.
Reports Of favorable weather from the
spring wheat belt in the northwest are
encouraging"
Indications are that the price OF
wheat substitutes is coming down.
Time has enabled the mills to change
their equipment and produce substi-
tute -four from corn, oats, barley and
potatoes.
Sockless Simpson would not become
so notorious If he had come into
prominence during this war The gov
eminent already has Communicated
all the wool socks.
Any high school lad can learn to
pillow corn and the corn fields need
them all just now. Consult your county
agent for commission In the army OF
! food producers.
The senate has voted to investigate
| every corporation whose profits have
exceeded Is per cent upon invested
cal ital and to compare it's profits dur
| ing the year 1917 with it's profits fol
the year 1915. The purpose is to study
| the habits Of the war profitccr and tc
| devise ways to curb him.
No matter how big this years wheat
crop may be Hoover intends to make
us keep on conserving that we may
have some wheat in the bin in case
next years crop should fail.
| $50
Workmen who strike In these times
| interfere with winning the war and
generally they are profiteering for
these are the times when the workers
can get increased pay without strikes
i sSN M
+ John T. Adams has sought to vindi.
Fcate his loyalty by putting Dubuque
county over the top on the Red Cross
ITO the extent of 200 per cent subscrip-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08
Frat Naval Battle.

The first naval battle recorded In the
worlds history was that between the
Corinthians and the Corcyrans. fought
z,572 years ago. Corcyra., the island of
the coast of Ep!rus. now called Corfu
had been settled by Corinthians. and
for centuries owed allegiance to the
mother city. In 664 B. c. the Corey
rams declared their Independence. and
the Corinthians imm 2diately prepared
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Dubuque Telegraph Herald Is
OF the opinion that "No railroad presi-
dent who received $4,000 or $4,000 a
year for his services need worry for his
financial future. Even in these days
of high cost Of living any man who is
reasonably frugal can save handsome
ly out Of such an income"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08
speeds, Flooring From sawdust.

" examination with cement saw
Austs Of various kinds and colors are
used IN the construction Of special
flooring. such as that used In hospitals
Sue flooring. made with the material
In plastic state can be laid out In
Z single piece, without cracks or joints.
and 20 made germ-proof 1t is, fur
thsrmore. 'silent" and easier to tread
than tile
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08

a fleet to reclaim thor colony, The
Corcyrans sent out a squadron to meet
their foes. After q furious contest the
Corcyrans emerged as victors From
that time on sea battles were frequent,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08

ton. The state OF dubuque under his
leadership raised sS6.100 for the Red
Cross in this last drive.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08

and all OF the petty states OF Greece
built navies. The enmitiee engenedered
by that first sea struggle resulted over
two centuries later in the Peloponnes-
ian war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08
/ a.,xed.on Sermon.

SaWed-On SerTn0H.
n . man fails to open door when
fortune knocks 1t doesn't borrow a
battering ram for the purpose Of
breaking the door down. Indianapolis
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08
B. the First to Smile.

Be the First to Smile.
Don't be afraid to "break the Ice"
with stranger. 1t may be so thin
that the first smile will cause it to
melt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08
Topics Of the Times

Registration of 100000 youths who
nave passed their twenty first birth
day within the year instead of the
million which are of that age discloses
the fact that one in every four of that
age are already in the army or navy
by voluntary enlistment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08

pillow corn and the corn fields need
them all just now. Consult your county
agent for commission in the army Of
food producers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08

The senate has voted to investigate
every corporation whose profits have
exceeded Is per cent upon invested
capital and to compare it's profits dur
ing the year 1917 with it's profits for
the year 1915. The purpose is to study
the habits of the war proftecr and to
devise ways to curb him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08

No matter how big this years wheat
crop may be Hoover intends to make
us keep on conserving that we may
have some wheat in the bin in case
next years crop should fail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08

Sockless Simpson would not become
so notorious If he had come into
prominence during this war. The gov
eminent already has Communicated
all the wool socks,
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
WAR GARDENS TO
RECEIVE BIG BOOST

The following letter from the head
quarters for the state of Nevada CO.
operative extensive work in agricul-
ture and home economies is self
explanatory. All details are COM
plete and the propaganda will get
over" in Winnemucca.
Reno, Nevada, March %, 1918.
Principal ]. ID. Scott,
Humboldt County High School,
Winnemucca, Nevada.
My Dear Mr. Scott:
They say it's always the man with
the most to do who has more work
thrust on him, so I'm calling on you
again.
Dean Knight expects to be in Win
nemucca on Wednesday and Thursday
of this week, March q and %. With
Mrs. Meskimmons, assistant state
leader of boys and girls club work;
Leslie Evans, county agent of Hum
boldt county, and myself. he will ar
rive on No. Wednesday afternoon.
1t is our Intention to arrange a
meeting of the women who will get
back of this movement for late We'd
nesday afternoon and in the evening,
for knight wants to talk to the Busi-
ness Mems Association on labor and
other local problems. He generally
requires about thirty minutes for sucn
talk,
Thursday morning he wants to ad-
dress the high school and the grade
pupils and organize them for war
garden work. This movement is find
ing strong support everywhere in the
state. As he must leave for Fallon on
No. II, it is imperative that his talk
be made in the morning. Will you
arrange for the high school meeting
to cooperate with Miss Diamond, to
whom / am writing in the matter of
a grade meeting?
have written to e. NJ. Bosch of the
Business Mems Club in regard to the
mems meeting and Mrs. Adamson for
the women. We generally work
through the mothers club or parent
teachers, but l understand that this
organization is not very strong in
w iIuSLuuCCd. VIII you Idhe up luS
matter of the mems meeting with Mr..
Bosch and write me at Lovelock Mon
day what arrangements can be made
Dean Knight is the head of the
Nevada war garden movement and, as
you probably know, the dean of the
college of agriculture of the Univer-
sity of Nevada.
am sorry to pile up more work
on you, but you seem to be 'it." Turn
the whole matter over to the local
council of defense, if you like-only
see that the movement gets over.
Very truly yours,
LOUISE p. PECK,
County Home Demonstration,
University of Nevada.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
SHEEP SHEARING NOW UNDER
WAY; PRETTY SOFT FOR MEN

Humphrey & Moffatt began shear
ing some 5000 head of sheep at their
corrals at Loyelock today. The agree
ment has been made TO pay the or
binary shearer from ~ to Is cents a
head with board added, which makes
pretty soft pickings for the workman,
who will average about SIS per diem
and found AS soon as the fieeces
are removed the band will be trailed
to Tuscarora, where they will summer
feed. The same lot of shearers will
handle the fiocks of the company on
their different ranges in Lander
county.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
FANTASTIC RUMOR
ABOUT THE WAR

The Big War is the topic of mo-
ment all over the country now, due to
the muchly touted Spring drive" by
the Germans. In Winnemucca. rumor
has been running wild. On the streets
for the past several days anyone
could hear most any sort of story
imaginable. The predominant story
was to the effect that the English had
fallen back two or three miles only to
allow the Germans to occupy their
trenches temporarily and then they
(the British) set off blast under the
Germans of millions of tons of high
explosives, killing and capturing 400,-
900 Germans. There was nothing in
the story.
However, the story seems to have
carried far and wide, denial of which
has been accepted with reluctance
One man in Sparks declared the Asso-
ciated Press was ssuppressing a Ger
man disaster, claiming to have re-
ceived calamitous information through
railroad channels. That the Asso-
ciated Press would suppress such
news is highly improbable
Fantastic rumors of German and
English collapses filled the air About
noon a story flooded the country that
the German army had collapsed at
San Quentin and that 100000 pris-
oners had been taken. Another story
was that the English line had been
broken and that 250,000 English sol
diers had been captured.
The big drive" is on, all right, but
careful perusal of many dispatches
discloses nothing more terrible than
has taken place before The German
gun said to be shelling Paris from a
distance of rs miles has ceased firing
and may yet turn out to be a myth.
Army officials in Washington are very
optimistic over the outlook for the
allies and believe that the Germans,
through their massed formation at
tacks, losing three men to one, are
only giving themselves the worst of
it and are of the opinion that there is
nothing to worry about. It is gen.
orally believed the attack, the long
distance gun and other features are
calculated for their psychological eff
feet upon the morale of our allies,
but poor old Fritz. like the ostrich, is
only sticking his head in the ground
and refusing to see.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26

TO his desk. / Immediately followed
this action by throwing the kilograms
into the wastebasket. Then we looked
at each other in silence. He was
squirming In his chair and l felt de-
pressed and uneasy.
The telephone rang and / answered
1t. 1t was a business call for me, re-
questing my services for an out-of-
town assignment. Business was not
very good, so this was very welcome.
After listening to the proposition l
seemed to be swayed by a peculiarly
strong force within me, and answered.
81 am sorry that / cannot accept your
offer, but l am leaving for England
next week." and hung up the receiver
The lieutenant swung around in his
chair, and stared at me in blank aston
ishment. A sinking sensation came
over me, but l defantly answered his
look with, "Well, it's so. Pm going"
And l went.
The trip across was uneventful. /
landed at Tilbury, England, then got
into a string of matchbox cars and
proceeded to London, arriving there
about 10 p. m. l took room in hotel
near st. Pancras station for 'five and
six-fire extra" The room was minus
the fire, but the extra" seemed TO
keep me warm. That night there was
a Zeppelin raid, but didn't see much
of 1t. because the slit in the curtains
was too small and l had no desire to
make 1t larger. Next morning the tel
ephone bell rang. and someone asked
"Are you there?' l was. hardly. Any
way, l learned that the Zeps had re-
turned to their fatherland. so l went
out into the street expecting to see
scenes of awful devastation and cow.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
NEWS FROM THE COURTHOUSE

Feofilo Sanches, who was tried yes
terday for slashing ]. NJ. Hunter
Lovelock jailer, with a knife, was
found guilty and time for sentence
was set for Friday morning, March
29 L. G. Wilson was counsel for de-
fendant.
In the case of Roger Rutherford, a
jury was obtained this morning, T. A.
Brandon was appointed by the court
to defend the prisoner, and some evil
dence was taken. The trial was in
progress this afternoon.
A certified copy of the articles of
Incorporation of the McDermitt Mer-
camille Company was filed with the
county clerk this morning. The
names of the incorporators are: ]. B.
Duncan, L. r. Duncan and J. A.
Schaas. The authorized capital is
S50,000. divided into 500 shares of par
value of 800 per share. The amount
of actually subscribed stock is $1,000.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
enlisted. why don't you join2 Nov

enlisted. Why don't you join? Nov
is the time
This argument ought to get many
recruits, Empey. so 90 out and see
what you can do"
He then gave me a small rosette of
red, white and blue ribbon, with three
little streamers hanging down. This
was the recruiting insignia and was
TO be worn on the left side of the cap.
Armed with a swagger stick and my
patriotic rosette, / went out into Tot
tenham Court road in quest of cannon
fodder.
Two or three poorly dressed civil
ians passed me. and although they ap-
peared physically fit, / said to myself,
"They don't want to join the army !;
perhaps they have someone dependent
on them for support" so 1 did not ac-
cost them.
Coming down the street 1 saw a
young dandy, top hat and ALL with a
fashionably dressed girl walking be-
side him. l muttered, "You are my
meat and when he came abreast of
me / stepped directly in his path and
stopped him with my swagger stick,
saying:
''You would look fine in khaki; why
not change that top hat for a steel
helmet? Aren't you ashamed of your
self, a husky young chap like you in
mufti when men are needed in the
trenches? Here l am, an American,
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26

came four thousand miles from Ogden,
Utah, just outside of New York, to
fight for your king and country. Don't
be a Stacker, buck up and get into uni
form; come over to the recruiting Of
fee and I'll have you enlisted"
He yawned and answered, 81 don't
care if you came forty thousand miles.
no one asked you to-" and he walked
on. The girl gave me sneering look /;
/ was speechless.
recruited for three weeks and near
ly got one recruit.
This perhaps was not the greatest
stunt in the world but it got back at
the officer who had told me, '"Yes, we
take anything over here" l had been
spending a good lot of my recruiting
time in the saloon bar of the Wheat
Sheaf pub (there was a very attractive
blonde barmaid, who helped kill time
| was not as serious in those days as
l was a little later when l reached
the front)-well it was the sixth day
and my recruiting report was blank.
l was getting low in the pocket-bar-
maids haven't much use for anyone
who cannot buy drinks-so | looked
around for recruiting material. You
know a man on recruiting service gets
bob" or shilling for every recruit
he entices into joining the army, the
recruit is supposed to get this, but he
would not be a recruit If he were wise
to this fact, would he?
Down at the end of the bar was
young fellow in mufti who was very
patriotic-he had about four "Old
Six ales aboard. He asked me If he
could Join, showed me his left hand,
two fingers were missing, but | said
that did not matter as 1--WE take any
thing over here" The left hand is
the rifle hand as the piece is carried
at the slope on the left shoulder. Near
ly everything in England is "by the
left" even general traffic keeps to the
port side.
l took the applicant over to head
quarters, where he was hurrledly ex-
amined. Recruiting surgeons were
busy in those days and did not have
much time for thorough physical exam
nations Ny recruit was passed as
aft" by the doctor and turned over to
a corporal TO make note of his scars.
| was mystlfied. Suddenly the corpo-
raj burst out with, "Blime me. two of
his fingers are gone" Turning to me
he said, "You certainly have your
nerve with you, not 'alf you amt to
bring this beggar in"
The doctor came over and exploded.
"What do you mean by bringing In a
man i'm this condition"
Looking out of the corner of my eye
l noticed that the officer who had re-
cruited me had joined the group, and
| could not help answering, "Well, sir,
| was told that you took anything over
here
/ think they called 1t yankee i'm
pudence," anyhow it ended my recruit
ing.
Ito Be Continued)
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
CHAPTER !.



II was In an office I'm Jersey City.
was sitting at my desk talking to
a lieutenant of the Jersey National
Guard. On the wall was a big war
map decorated with variously colored
little flags showing the position of the
opposing armies Oh the western front
In France. In front of me on the desk
lay a New York paper with big flaring
headlines:
LUSITANIA SUNK AMERICAN
LIVES LOSTl
The windows were open and q feel
ing of spring pervaded the air.
Through the open windows came the
strains of a hurdy-gurdy playing in the
street, Didn't Raise My Boy to Be
a Soldier"
'Lusitania Sunk American Lives
Lost l"-'I Didn't Raise My Boy to
Be Soldier" To us these did not
seem to jibe.
The lieutenant in silence opened one
of the lower drawers of his desk and
took from 1t an American flag which
he solemnly draped over the war map
on the wall. Then, turning to me with
a grim face, said:
"How about 1t, sergeant? You had
better get out the muster roll of the
Mounted Scouts, as l think they will
be needed in the course of a few days"
We busted ourselves till late In the
evening writing out emergency tele-
grams for the men to report when the
call should come from Washington.
Then we went home.
| crossed over to New York, and as
/ went up Fulton street to take the
subway to Brooklyn, the lights in the
tall buildings of New York seemed to
be burning brighter than usual. as If
they, too, had read 'Lusitania Sunk
American Lives Lostw They seemed
TO be glowing with anger and righteous
indignation, and their rays wigwagged
the message, "Repayw
Months passed the kilograms lying
handy, but covered with dust. Then,
one momentous morning the lieutenant
with a sigh of disgust removed the
flag from the war map and returned
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
LOCAL NOTES AND
PERSONAL MENTION

Mr.. and Mrs. c. Terhune of Inlay
are stopping at the Overland.
Mrs. Fred Tells of INLAY was an
arrival in Winnemucca Saturday.
Miss Ruth Austin of Fernley is
spending a few days in this city.
q
Prof Wood, Arnold Schwartz and
Harry Lye are in from Paradise.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kottke of
Battle Mountain are visitors In town.
J. Chavagano, the King river sheep
man, is a business visitor in the city.
Mrs. ]. F. Asst left today for a visit
of several weeks to her former home
in Berkeley. Cal.
B. F. Stanley of Paradise Valley and
Fred /. Tyler of Loyelock are regis
tered at the Overland.
@
Fay Stanley and Roudolph Schwartz
are arrivals from Paradise and are
loading with supplies.
Misses Bertha and Louise Liotard
are spending a few days in town from
Paradise, visiting friends.
o
w. M. Wilkinson, proprietor of the
Central Service Station, is confined to
his home with la grippe.
Peter Etchart and A. Etcheverry
from Jungo are in town today buying
supplies for their ranches.
F. Somner Schmidt, the Battle
Mountain mining man. is in this city,
guest at the Overland oHtel.
Mrs. Walter Dwyer and Mrs. AL
Card, who have been visiting in Cali
fornia, returned this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. R. Conklin of Oak
land are in town, expecting to locate
here. Mr.. Conklin is employed by
the Western Pacific railroad
@
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Sutherland.
long residents of this city, left yes
terday for Battle Mountain, where
they will probably engage in business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Workman left
today, but in opposite directions. Mrs.
Workman will visit her daughter,
Mrs. Lester Stevens, at Fernley, and
Mr.. Workman has gone on survey
ing trip to his rich manganese claims
south of Golconda.
O
Lloyd Lewis, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. W. Lewis, has enlisted in the
United States army. department of
telegraphy, and left yesterday for
Reno. In few days he expects to be
on his way to Waco, Texas, where he
will doubtless be stationed.
Eli Bradshaw has arrived from
Paradise. @
Miss Lena OFT left this afternoon
for a visit to Reno and will remain
several days. @
Harry Jarvis, formerly the Beau
Brummell and popular mixologist of
Winnemucca, was an arrival from
Denio Sunday. @
Martin and Leon linda, retired
sheepmen, who have been spending
the winter in Salt Lake City, have re-
turned and will again enter the live
stock business. @
Born - In Winnemucca, Nevada,
March 25, 1918, to the wife of Andrew
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
ATTENTION, JUNKMEN

Bids for the clearing of the site OF
Ell Dorado Hotel and the purchase Of
all the material removed will be re-
ceived by the undersigned up to 10
o'clock am, March 20. 1918. The site
must be cleared within forty days
from signing of contract for removal
of everything. including concrete
walls, floors and foundations.
Ell DORADO HOTEL CO., INC.
BY Phil Blume. Manager.
Il Advertisement 107tf.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
THEY F00LISHLY COMPARED
CALIFORNIA WITH THIS STATE

Ramon Montaro and Mitchell
Bedart, former sheepmen of this
county, who sold out their stock in
terests last year and left for Los
Angeles, have returned after a stay
of year and will again go into busi-
ness. They say that after all there
is no country like Nevada.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
WEDDING AT PARSONAGE

The Methodist-Episcopal parsonage
was the scene of a quiet wedding at
o'clock Thursday evening, when
Mrs. Ida Howard and Bode Howard
were Joined in marriage, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. P. H.
Willis.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
PLEASANT GROVE MEAT co.
MAKES SPECIALITY OF PIGEONS

On account of the scarcity and high
price of chickens, the Pleasant Grove
Market will have on sale pigeons at
80 cents apiece, alive or killed to
order. Close at dark Saturday nights,
as there are no lights in temporary
shop. Pleasant Grove Meat Company.
Phone 19S1-[ advertisement.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
k22;2s{2 r

Tuesday March, FARRAR JOAN THE WOMAN
of produced
Wnnemueca at
prices: Adults children War extra
WALSH THIS is THE LIFE lie
by mistake he joined band OF south n
well sentenced TO be shot
davbreak A big ARBUCKLE OUT VEST a
wild andw comedy wild and woody west
Thursday March 2S-MARY PICKFORD "REBECCA OF SUNNY
BROOK FARM" the by Douglas
Wggen achievement of Americas
"Iomeward Bound"