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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17

ALABAMA BUCK KEEPS WORD
Former Negro Preacher Evolves Per
feet Answer to Theology
Of Huns.

Paris.-"Rev." Arthur Jefferson is
his name. Before the war he used to
preach 'roun" in northern Alabama.
Now he's the Quickest buck private In
a negro regiment that has already
earned fame in the line. He evolved
the perfect answer to Prussian theol-
ogy Is minutes after he got into that
line. The Germans op~posite-it was
a quiet sector-had hung out a big
sign bearing the Potsdam proclamation,
"Gott NIT uns."
Arthur Jefferson took n long look
at 1t. Then he disappeared into a
dugout. He appeared later with the
legend, laboriously inscribed on the
top Of a biscuit box:
Germans: Consign your souls to
the Lord. In bout four minutes your
bodies going to belong to Alabama"
And they did
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
AMOUNT OF FOOD NEEDED
Committee OF Experts Has Decided
Just What Must Be Supplied to
the Average Man.

AS a basis for calculating the amount
Of food which must be provided for
the human system the %interallied scien-
tifc food commission has found that
an average man of 154 pounds working
eight hours a day requires food having
an energy value Of $500 calories.
The commission consists of repre-.
sentatives of the United States, France,
Italy, Belgium and Great Britain, and
its purpose is to consider the food prob
lem of the allies from a scientific point
of view, and In agreement with the in
terallied executives to make proposals
to the allied governments.
The commission agreed that, In event
II should become impossible to supply
$500 calories Of food, a reduction Of
10 per cent could be suffered for some
time without injury to health. The
minimum ration of fat for the aver
age man" was determined upon as two
and fve-eighths ounces a day.
The commission recommended that q
uniform average milling extraction OF
SO per cent for wheat be adopted
throughout the allied countries, but
this extraction may vary from 80 per
cent In summer to 80 per cent In win
ter.
The commission held sessions in
London, Paris and Rome.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
Dynamitinu the Pothunter.

The newspapers of the country have
almost everywhere been a powerful
force in crystallizing the sentiment OF
n protection by proper laws of fish
and game as important OF
the commonwealth.
A New Jersey editor, a thorough
sportsman, says Wild Life, recently re.
ceived from a reader who desired to
a * a fish by questionable means q
letter that contained this request:
please advise me how to dynamite
a stream"
The newspaper man sent the follow.
ing advice:
-Four sticks Of dynamite are SUN
Client. Tie them securely around YOU
neck. attach fuse, light 1t and run a.
fast as you can away from the water
to avoid injuring the other snakes ant
reptiles"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
A Reel Treat.

Ladies and gentlemen" began the
manager OF the D~illydally moving pic
ture theater. appearing In front of the
screen. ut affords me pleasure to as
sure you that we are about to present
for your entertainment a unique de
parture In modern motion pictures
1,O00-foot film, on which. after about
800 feet have been used In exploiting
the title. the lame of the author, the
oxlike countenance Of tine famous star,
Francis X. Mushman. the fact that II
was produced under the personal su-
pervision of a great genius Of whom
you never heard before, and the infor
nation that the photography. which Is
no better and no worse than common.
was done by another total stranger
there will positively be nearly 200 feet
pr pictures given City Star.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
COLONEL HAD LAST WORD
Officers Joke Was All Right Until the
Commander Got Tired Of
Hearing IL.

A well-known French colonel had a
mania for questioning his officers about
their families, invariably starting of
with: "What is your fathers profess
sion, your mothers. and your sis
ter's?"
Some of the subalterns became so
wearied of this endless repetition that
they decided among themselves to give
each in turn the following reply /:
MY father Is a shoemaker, my moth
er is a laundress, and my sister is
very fllghty."
On the following Sunday, after the
customary church parade, the colonel,
who had already received the same
answer to his questions from two or
three of the officers, turned to another
and started off In the old stereotyped
strain: what is your fathers profes.
sionf'
HE Is a shoemaker" 4sSSzxsL
"And your mother's?"
"She Is a laundress."
THAT will do" interrupted the
colonel, II know the rest; your sis
ter is Eighty and you will consider
yourself confined to barracks until
she behaves better"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
SAVE BASEBALL STUFF FIRST
Such Was Decision Of Yanks Caught
In Tight Corner and Ordered
to Retreat.

Paris.-Next to rife, ammunition
and canteen, American soldiers seem
to rank baseball supplies among the
list of the necessities of life In the
front lines. At least such was the de-
cisIon of a Yankee unit operating
with the French forces lately. 1t hap
pened that this unit got into a very hot
corner and the order came to retreat.
The necessity for haste made 1t Inn
possible for the men to carry much
with them in the way Of personal be-
longings, but when they arrived at a
station out of immediate danger II
was found that the baseball parapher-
MALTA had been saved, while many
kinds Of personal belongings had been
sacrificed.
The balls and gloves had been fur
nIshed by the Y. M. G. A. and the men
took II upon themselves to carry them
In preference to their own little lux
uries.
AS soon as the unit had reached a
quiet place the supplies were turned
over to the Y. M. G. A. secretary. who
was Immediately called on to reissue
them for a game. The tide Of var
GIBBS and flows apparently. but base
ball goes on forever.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
WHY SHE BECAME CHRISTIAN
Religions Of Orient Make Slaves OF
Women, Says a Japanese, and
Rebelled.

"And how did you happen to be-
come q Christian7" / asked Nine. HI
rooka, a widely known Japanese.
writes Tyler bennett in Asia.
81 wanted women to be good and 1
wanted to help them to improve their
lot" she replied tersely. II found that
| could not accomplish what / de-
sired without religion. That conciu-
sion sent me to study religion from
the woman's point of view. l found
that there is no hope for women In
any Of the religions of the Orient.
They teach that from the cradle TO
the grave women are inferior to men.
They regard women as evil. Confu-
clan ethics. for example, teach that
fools and women cannot be educated
A woman cannot be a heavenly crea-
ture.' Ii teaches that ii is better to
see a snake than a woman, for the lat
ter u passion.
Japanese women have been so long
oppressed by this kind of teaching that
they no longer stop to ask why. They
are afraid like slaves. Then / began
to read the Bible. / did not like some
parts of 1t any better than I like the
religions of the East. / did not see
why any woman should call her hus-
band Lord and Master st. Paul
made me very angry. He was an old
bachelor; any one can see that. He
didn't know much about women But
III ~ If
he understood women. One can see
that from his epistles.
"When l read the gospels / found
that Jesus made no distinction between
the sexes. / liked that. We are all,
as well as men. children of
God. / came to the conclusion that
the only hope for the women of the
Orient to attain their true position is
through Christianity"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
ENGLISH 0NE-MAN C0LLIERY
Unique Industry Is Matched by Rail-
road That Is Operated In the
United States.

One-man businesses are many In
these days of depleted STATS. but a
working coal mine, controlled, super
vised, and stated entirely by a single
individual Is something of a novelty,
says London Answers.
This one-man colliery is found ut
Hether Heage, Ambergate. The own
er works the mine every day and all
day to secure an output of 1000 tons
of coal a year. The mine Is small, and
the produce near the surface, while
the coal is smut-used hitherto In the
manufacture of backing. but thought
of greater value In war time.
The other side of the Atlantic can,
however, match us In one-man indus
tries. There, on the Idaho Southern
system, is found a road run solely by
one man.
The track was once q portion of an
irrigation system, long since abandon
ed and a high-powered motor car with
Hanged wheels has been built to run
along the rails. II carries 16 passen-
gers. and In the two light trailers go
the freight and luggage. This quaint
railroad has neither guard nor porter,
yet 1t has q printed time table Of its
own. and runs its trains strictly on
time.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
Insects chum With AvIators.

According to Lieut.. Depret Bixio Of
the French army, who is a naturalist
as well as a flying man, many insects
follow captive balloons in their ascent.
He has seen flies go as high as 2,970
feet. after which they die. Grasshop.
pers cling TO the basket of the balloon
until the air becomes too rarefied for
them. when they let go and fall. He
says the swallows have a glorious time
following the balloons and catching
these insects.-Scientifc American.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
Wartime Nerves.

AS the war progresses to Its finish.
which will come some glad day. per-
haps even nearer than is now expect
ed, the strain upon those who await
it's outcome with the most intense anx-
iety daily becomes more dificalt to
stand. The tense situation encour-
ages the development of a state Of
mind which is harassing, and one
which, If not checked, must ultimately
result In a more or less serious col
lapse after such long-continued pres
sure. Great restraint of natural i'm
pulses toward over-excitement con-
corning the war is essential as we'll
to the individual as to the national
well-being. Americans must keep their
heads cool and their bodies strong in
order to do their full duty In this
great emergency. They must not give
way to feelings of dependency when
temporary discouragements to the adj
vance Of the cause occur, nor should
they become too sanguine of immedi-
ate success when the news comes of a
decided advantage. The %untroubled
and serene mind Is to be sedulously
cultivated in these stirring times
The Bellmaa.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
Had First Call on Dance.

Down at Quantico one night recent
ly there was a dance for the men
Of a certain company, who were to
leave for France the next morning.
OF course, other marines than those
about to go were on the floor. There
was n man who was a mighty good
dancer. and all the girls liked to dance
with him.
There was a very popular girl there.
too. She had her dance program full.
There wasn't a dance left.
A marine came up.
May / dance with your" he asked.
The young woman said she was sor-
ry, but her program was full.
II am 10 sorry" she said.
II am sorry, too" replied the young
man. II just came into the hall, and
l did want one dance before / leave
for France"
He started to turn away.
The soldier who had the dance grab
bed him by the shoulder.
you take my dance" he said.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
REPUBLICAN PARTY SAYS
"STAND BY THE WAR;

Chairman viii II. Hays of the Ma
tio..al Republican Committee, in a
patriotic and ringing editorial in The
National Republican of October IL,
calls on all citizens to stand by the
war, and spend the last drop of blood
and treasure for this purpose, if
need be.
The Republican party says to the
country-Stand by the War.
"In this declaration of purpose is
included the statement which the
Democratic party seems to have
adopted as a slogan-'Stand by the
President
stand by the President in support
of all measures is a duty and privi-
lege which the Republicans have as
sumed as a matter of course, as to all
that the great office implies. and in
the performance of which duty the
Republican party has functioned far
more fully and efficiently than the
Democratic party, and in which course
we shall persist without waver OF
shadow of turning.
"The Republican party says-Stand
by the War.
This includes more. 1t includes
Stand by the President; it includes
stand by every public official, high OF
low, measured by the thoroughness
with which that public official stands
by the war; it includes stand by the
government; stand by this country;
stand by our allies, every one; stand
against our enemies in this war, ever!
one; stand by our soldiers in France
and the soldiers of our allies; stand
by every effort for war saving and
war giving in this country; stand for
the fourth liberty loan and every other
war effort; stand for the cause fol
which we fight; stand by the ire
ducible minimum of peace terms so
splendidly ~enunciated by Senator
Lodge; stand by the war aims of this
country to vindicate American rights
interests and honor and to forever
end Prussianism in the world and the
oppression which it typifes, and to
make certain forever the inability of
Prussian or otherwise, to
disturb again the peace of the world;
stand irrevocably for a peace with
victory only and not for a peace based
on a compromise of principles which
would make of our sacrifice a sacri-
lege to be made again by u grand
children.
All this we say-STAND BY THE
WAR-and for this purpose we dedi-
cate the last of our blood and of our
treasure.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
Argentine Meat-paekIno Plant.

Some months ago a group OF Pata-
gonian capitalists sought and obtained
a concession from the Argentine gov
eminent to establish a packing plant
In Rio Grande. In the territory OF Tier
ra del Fuego. the southermost district
OF the republic. The plant was to fur
nish a market for the stock of the
sheep and cattle owners of that dis
trict, and to stimulate the growth OF
the industry there. The company or
ganized. brought In the necessary ma
chinery. and commenced ut once on
the construction of the plant itself. On
February 20 operations were begu,
with the killing of 10000 ANIMALS.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
SHE WAS GRATEFUL, ANYWAY
And the Young Lady's Error Was
Quite Natural. Under the
Circumstances.

Edward Barrett, stxte geOlogist, who
lives at Thlrty-sixth and Meridian
streets, was on a Meridian Heights
car on his way home recently. At
Massachusetts avenue a young couple
got on the car. They appeared to be
very attentive and devoted TO each
other. There were only two vacant
seats on the car, n at the side of Mr..
Barrett, and the other On the opposite
side of the car. The young woman sat
down in one of the vacant seats and
the young nan in the other, but too
far away to talk to the young
The couple looked at each other with
longing eyes, as If they wished to sit
together. The car was rattllng along
at a noisy rate, which made 1t impos-
sible for one person to talk to another
any distance away. Mr.. Barrett mo-
toned with his fingers TO the young
man, and pointed to the seat he was
occupying, and also to the seat the
young man was occupying, indicating
a change of seats.
The young man gladly accepted the
proffered change of seats, and soon
the two were seated together and en-
joying each others talk. The car
stopped at the next crossing aud Mr..
Barrett was surprised and amused to
hear the young woman murmur to the
man, as both looked at Mr.. Bar
rett with thanks In their eyes:
ut was so kind of that deaf and
dumb mar to give you his seat"
And the car jostled on.-Indianapo-
liz News
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
Cure for tuberculosis Claimed.

An Italian physician, Prof. Domenico
Lo Monaco. that he has
evolved a remedy for consumption.
The base of his discovery lies In his
finding that sugar applied to the bron-
chial ~secretions caused the disappear
ance not only of the secretions but of
tubercle bacilli as well. The impor-
lance of this lies In that the bronchial
secretion is held to be a necessary We
hicle for the existence and growth OF
consumption germs.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17

A private in the quartermaster's
corps at Camp Pike decided that he
would sooner be In a more active
branch of the service, so asked for and
received a transfer to the artillery.
After bidding him good-by, his bunk
mate hung a service flag with one star
in front OF their barracks. On being
asked what 1t all meant hs said: ~Our,
Joe has Joined the army
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17

Notice Is hereby given hat on tx
2ith day OF September. 1918. In 10
cordance with Section 80. Chapter LEA
of the Statutes of 1913. one Carl john
Anderson. of Battle Mountain. CounxJ
OF Lander. and State of Nevada. MADE
application to the State Engineer q
Nevada for permission to appropriate
the public waters of the State OF ~
vada. Such appropriation Ia To o
made from Blue Lead Creek. al
point whence to Il corner On Soun
boundary Of Sec. 80. T. 20 NJ. r 20 =.
NJ. d. b. & NJ. bears 8. s5' 10 ". zsso
feet. by means Of a dam. and I'VE
cubic feet per second In to hs on
veyed to shSEk. Sec. "a. shSWN'
Sec. So. T. 20 NJ. r. 40 E.. NJ. d. b
NJ, by OF bitches, pipes. ana
tumes. and there used for irnsauoo
and domestic purposes from March
lat until November lat OF each year.
Water not TO be returned to stream.
(Signed) SEYMOUR CASE
State Engines.
Date Of frst publication. Sept .. lyLs
Oats q last Dubiacstzss. Oct - IN
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
Cured.

The author Of Trivia" writes
what a bore II is waking up In the
morning always the same person." We
had often fretted over this. until the
shudder-giving thought struck US that
we might wake up some morning and
find ourself the kaiser. And 1t would
be Just u luck to be Bill on the day
OF retribution.-Boston Transcript.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
NEW ZEALANDERS EAT
PRISONERS, HUNS TOLD

London.-New Zealand troops
always eat their prisoners. Such
is the latest output of the Ger
man behind-the-lines propa-
ganda which recently armed the
Americans with tomahawks and
shotguns.
First the New Zealanders
give you cigarettes, then you fig
ure in their menu" officers had
informed a bunch of Huns re-
Gently captured. They refused
the cigarettes.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17

A~pplloalou N0 9E6g
sOTICE Oh APPLICATION f0a
PERMISSION 10 APPROPRIATE
THE PUBLIC WATERS or fHF
STATE or NEVADA.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-17
Cenevieve L. Harro.an
Announces c~aaG4uaoy a.
Independent cand.daL
for ofice of
ASSEMBLYAAN
ASSEMBLYAAN

from Humboldt county. TO the yotsss
OF Humboldt County at the Gensra.
Election. Tucsdsy November sih ;s5
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-02-11
DEATH OF CHARLES W. FULTON

By the death of ex-Senator Charles w, Fulton, the state of Oregon susans the loss of of the abest pub
 lie men who have graced its records Many eminent Ore gOnianS have been distinguished for length of ser vice than Mr. Fulton but eXceled him in the bril- liancy and value of the service rendered.
 When Charles W. Fulton went to Washington to rep resent his state in the United States senate Oregon not prominently before the country through any manifest aton of statesmanshp the part of it's congressional delegation When Senator Fulton fairly in the har ness and got the tugs strengthened so to speak, Oregon was carried into the forefront of all satesmanke debate and activity.
 By his industry and his superior intellectual attain ments Senator Fulton made place of leadership for himself not much in political organization and policy as in the thought and debate which determined questions of great economic and financial import to the country In the council of debate and in the value of his committee work Senator Fulton commanded the highest respect of the senate. To mind richly stored he brought marvel industry, and no senator of his time thought more clearly succeeded in making his thought of great prac tical effect than he
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-02-11
HARRY LAUDER'S MESSAGE

You don't know yet that there's war On and that is your war. You will SOOn-sOOn enough, When you big ships come into port back from the front with me who will never see again men who will never hear again men who will never walk again you will realize it. You have the atmosphere of war but the bloody heart Ot 1t too far away for you to know it-yet"
 That is the beginning of message from Harry Laud- CT to the American people published in recent number of EverybOdys magazine. It might both the be- ginning and the end It would serve as such if were SeiuSy to ponder every sentence and every sentiment It comes from the heart and soul of who has been touched in the very endereSt fiber of his being by the Ice which this war demandsa sacrifice similar to that which so many of must pay It is uttered by one who has the right to utter the most solemn nunctOnS to Stm uate patriotism from sober sense of duty.
 Do not think that am bitter that my son called by God to make the supreme sacrifice said this genial and bOnny ScOhe best known and possibly the best Ov ed ScOtchman in all the worId-n the course of another article in the American magazine Killed in any other way in times of peace think my life would have been sOured and would have become embttered against the world but dying as John Lauder did, can only say that even with the knowledge of what pain his death has cost me- would send him to France again to risk his life anew were it possible today to resurrec him from the ground Because since his death have been to France and have seen the bleeding lily and have to to realize more than ever that John Laudes life not given in van uSeleSSly" %E
 When we get the view point of this man who has SUI fered who has seen and who knows will strip from the selfish bckerngs the disposition to consult our and gratify our greed which nterferes with the full dis charge of our war duties and in many ways tends to barrass and impede the conduct of the
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-02-11
TWO CANADIAN CHILDREN ARE
 GIVEN MEDALS

LONDON, Feb. 11.--In recognition of their courage in fighting oil wIth their fists a cougar which attacked them, King George has awarded the Albert Medal to two children of Cow ixhan Lake, Vancouver Island, Brit ish Columbia. The children are Dor cen Ashburnham, eleven years old and Anthony Farrer, eight years o;G According to the account of the incl dent recorded in the Official GaZe;te it transpired as follows:
 On the 23rd of September, 1916, the two children left their homes at Cow Nhan Lake for the purpose of catch ing their ponies and, when about half a mile from home, they were attacked by the cougar. They were almost up- on the animal before they saw it crouching in a path at corner, The cougar first sprang upon the lit tie girl and she was knocked down with her face to the ground, the ani- mai being on her back. The Ooy at once attacked the cougar with Lis fists and riding bridle driving the anim al off the girl. It then attacked him and his companion getting to her feet, came to his rescue, fighting with her clenched hands and bridle, even put ting her arm into the cougars mouth to try to prevent it from biting hlm. She succeeded in getting it off the boy. It then stood on it's hindquar- ters and fought with her but evident ly was disturbed by some sound as 1t presently slunk away and ran under a iog, where it was afterward killed.
 The cougar measured over feet from nose to tip of tail.