davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
NAMES OF ALL WHO
/. PURCHASED BONDS

The Silver State will publish a list
of all Liberty bond subscribers in this
district of Humboldt county, to be ar
ranged alphabetically. This list will
be official and will be published as
rapidly as space will permit. II you
have bought bond and your name
does not appear. notify the council of
defense. Winnemucca, and your name
will be added.
Paradise Valley
Quota, $4,000; subscribed. $55.550;
purchasers, So.
A. F. Abel. William Abel.
Steve Boggio, ]. H. Bradshaw, Min
ME w. Bradshaw, +. NJ. Buckingham.
Burge Bros.
Frances Case, ]. B. Case Co., ID. f.
Cathcart, d. w. Cathcart, ]. A. Cath
cart, Alfonso Costanza.
Mrs T. b. Davis.
Mattias Espinal
Mario Farraro, Steve Farraro, Gid
con Forgnone, Jack Forgnone, John
Forgnone.
Joe Gastanaga, H. c. Gerdeman,
Carlos Gondra, L. G. Grigsby.
Robert Hanson, H. K Harvey, j. F.
Harvey, Mrs. J. r. Harvey, Joe Har-
voth.
Ed Kirchner. May Kirchner, Henry
Kirchner, William Kirchner.
f. j. Lye, Cyltha Lye. F. e. Lye.
Gerhardt Miller Sr., Gerhardt Mil
Ter Jr., Laurence Mile.
Eta Neault, o. }. Nehls.
Alfonso Pasquale, Alfonso Pasquaie,
Jr., Gemma Pasquaie.
Antoine Romasco, Charles Recon-
zone, Elmo Recon sonc, Lorenzo Rec
onzone, Christine Recopzone, :. D.
Riley.
Arnold Schneider, Roberta Schwartz
Emma Schwartz, r. Fl. Schwartz, Mrs.
r. II. Schwartz, Arnold Schwartz, Ru-
dolph Schwartz, B. +. Stanley, +. 3.
Stewart, Mrs. F. B. Stewart, Ed
Stock, William Stock.
Paul L. Travis, Santa Urruti;4, AL
bino Vella, b. F. Wilson, Peter Yru-
eta, Peter FARO.
Rebeccah Lodge.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
RED CROSS Dance
AT NIXON TONIGHT

Tonight is the time, the Nixon
Opera House the place, and the Red
Cross the beneficiary of basket
social and dance. The American The
atre orchestra will furnish the music
and everybody will have good time.
The ladies will all pack a lunch.
the men will all buy lunch and the
local chapter of the Red Cross will
get all the money.
The opera house has been appro-
priately decorated for the occasion,
which will be the gala one of the year.
The committee in charge has ar
ranged to serve coffee and all that is
asked in this connection is that you
bring your own spoons, cups and
sugar. These latter should not be
included in the lunches, but retained
by yourself, as there Is possibility
of not getting them back.
Come on, folks. The boys over
there need the things the local Red
Cross workers are making and the
local Red Cross workers need your
cooperation to supply these things.
There are no slackeTs in Winnemucca
and therefore everyone will be at the
opera house tonight not only to help
along the good cause but also to have
the best time yet. Come on.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
REPUBLICAN CHIEF ISSUES
STATEMENT OF CAMPAIGN

Harry J. Humphreys. newly elected
chairman of the Republican state CEN
trail committee, has issued state
ment which indicates that every inch
of the political battle ground in Ne
yada this year will be contested hotly
In an effort tC land Republican In
every state and national Office at the
gift of the voters. The state chair
man anticipates a campaign by the
Democrats based on the necessity OF
electing their candidates to back up
the Presidents war policies and says
that the war should no more be used
as a pretext for Democratic support
than IL should be the reason for over
throwing the present administration.
The state chairmans statement fol-
lows:
"All over the United States the Re
publican party is actively engaged in
perfecting an organization for the
purpose of enforcing its principles
upon the economic life of the nation
There is no danger of confusing
the aims of the Republican party with
the duties of American citizenship in
support of the problems of war. The
Republicans have proven their loyalty
TO the President and his administra-
ton. both in and out of Congress
While differences existed in all par
ties prior to the declaration of war by
this country against Germany, yet
after the war was on the Republicans
showed their loyalty to the govern
ment in equal strength with citizens
of the Presidents own party. The
war should no more be used as a pre-
text for Democratic support than II
should be used as a reason for over
throwing the present administration
THE President of the United States,
no matter what his affiliation, will
have the loyal support of all good
Americans in times like these.
Republicans are not in accord with
Democratic policies of government
They never have been and undoubt-
edly never will be. These policies are
just as potent now as they ever Were
and a united effort will be made tC
put them into effect for what Republi-
cans believe to be for the best inter
ests of our institutions. We expect to
work untiringly In Nevada to this end
and to elect candidates upon our
ticket.
Republican success has alread3
been achieved elsewhere in this coun-
try and we see no reason why we
should not succeed here"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
CHAIN OF LETTERS
HARMFUL TO u. s.
Reno, April 80, 1918.

Reno, April 80, 1918.
To All County Chairmen:
This is to advise you that the chain
letters which have been circulated
have not the approval of the National
War Savings Committee and it is
thought their circulation should be
discouraged, based on the fact that
they will probably do a good cause
far more harm than good
FRED l.. WHITE,
State Director War Savings.
The chain letters complained of are
as follows:
The chain letter has been invoked
to promote the sale of government
thrift stamps, and having received one
of these chain letters / am picking
you out as one of the links in the
chain to follow me. Enclosed you
will find a government thrift card
with the first thrift stamp attached.
1t is now up to you to buy five thrift
stamps. place each one on card, and
mail the same to five of your friends
or acquaintances with instructions 10
do the same and keep the chain grow
ing. Send the list of the names to the
War Savings Committee, 81 Chamber
street, New York City, and do it right
away before the matter gets cold
Therefore. if you receive one of
these letters it is the request of our
government that you pay no attention
to it and thereby let the matter die
an automatic death. Chain letters are
founded on superstition and always
leave a recipient with more hard feel
ings than good
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Office of the County Treasurer,
Winnemucca, Nevada, May 6, 1918.
You are hereby notified that. the
second installment of State. County
and City Taxes for the year 1917 are
now due and payable under the law
for payment of same at the Office of
the County Treasurer in Winnemucca.
Nevada.
Taxes will be delinquent after Mon
day. June 3rd. 1918. after which date
ten per cent will be added. and the
collection of the same enforced ac-
cording to law.
Taxes to be paid in US. gold coin
or checks on any reliable bank. When
paying tax please give roll number
f. G. HOENSTINE,
County Treasurer and Ex-officio Tax
Receiver of Humboldt County, Ne
vada
Date of first publication. May Z. 1918.
Date of last publication, June 3, 1918.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
WHY 2O0.OO0,OOO SILVER DOLLARS
ARE TO BE REMELTED By us.

The greatest melting of coins ever
seen in the world will soon be made
at the mint in Philadelphia, if the
treasury carries out an idea that ii
has now in mind.
The plan is to put 20O, ,00O, 900 silver
dollars into the pot and thus convert
them into bullion to be used for pay
ing trade balances and incidentally
for supplying Japan, British India and
China with metal they sorely need for
their own coinage.
A cartwheel dollar is one-tenth cop
per and the remainder silver. There
is little more than five-sixths of an
ounce of silver in it, troy weight.
By little figuring you can ascer-
tain for yourself that the silver in
2OO,OOO,0O0 standard dollars would
weigh more than 11,500,000 pounds
avoirdupois, or 57S7 short tons. Melt
ed, 1t would make sizable lake, on
which but for the uncomfortablenes
of the heat one might get a lot of
exercise by rowing about in a plati-
mum boat lined with asbestos.
| The total silver output of the mines
| of the United States IN 1917 was IA
244,5O0 ounces-a vast quantity, GER
| tainly, yet not nearly half the content
of the coins which it is now proposed
| to melt.
For great many years these two
hundred million silver dollars, and a
whole lot more like them, have been
stored in the treasury vaults at Wash
ington, in the Philadelphia mint and
elsewhere. They take up an immense
deal of valuable room and, inasmuch
as they are not wanted for actual
circulation, it would be a blessing to
get rid of them somehow.
An ounce of silver will make s1.29
worth of silver dollars. Thus Uncle
Sam will still come out ahead by TAX
ing the country's entire output of the
metal for the next year or two at a
fiat price OF 81 an ounce.-[Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
CIRCUS TO BE HERE
EARLY TOMORROW

Al G. Barnes circus, billed as the
worlds greatest wild animal show.
comes to Winnemucca tomorrow for
two performances, afternoon and eve
ming. The coming of the great wild
animal circus is always a great event
in Winnemucca and hundreds of visi-
tors come from all parts of Humboldt
county to see the circus.
The circus, with its four rings, in
cluding a steel-barred cage, 1900 wild
animals and 500 people. will arrive
in Winnemucca during the early
hours of Friday morning, coming here
from Lovelock
There are 103 acts on the program,
all of them spectacular and sensa-
tional
The parade will be held tomorrow
morning at 1890 o'clock, the pro-
cession of jungle animals, horses, ele-
plants. zebras. and hundreds of other
animals passing through the principal
streets of Winnemucca. Six bands
and two steam calliopes will furnish
the music.
The performance opens with a
grand Introductory pageant, the great
est extravaganza ever exhibited in any
circus-"The Conquest of Nyanza"-
jungle pageant, showing wild anima
life in the region of Nyanza in darke5t
Africa. 1t was Colonel Roosevelt vino
hnuted the wild beasts in Nyanza ant
presented their bodies to the Nationa.
Museum, but AL G. Barnes is the frs
man to capture these animals and
bring them to the United States to be
shown to the public. The animals
were captured at great expense and
several natives lost their lives.
Among the many features is an ele-
phant war act In which a group Oh
highly intelligent elephants perlor..l
fiirst-aid duties on the battlefil ID.
Cannons are fired by pachyderms ant
when the girl captain of the ele-
plants is wounded the elephants carry
her from the battlefield. twining then
trunks around her arms and ankles
Before removing her from the field
the huge giants of the jungle drape
her body with. an American Tag
Stephen Beatty. famous trainer OF
lions, ventures into a den filled with
thirty full-grown, savage. man-eatifg
African lions. Master of the beasts al
all stages. giving the crowd the thrill
of their lives when he projects his
head into the jaws of one of the lions.
He follows this up by having another
lion eat raw meat held between the
lips of the trainer.
Martha Florine offers a group of
Persian leopards and Dainty Cleo
Weber dances in a den of lions.
Clarence Crosby, under whose train
ing bears of nearly every specie have
been educated to perform in amazing
features, is among the trainers who is
appladued by the circus crowds.
The afternoon performance will be-
gin at o'clock and the evening per-
Torrance at o'clock.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
LOCAL NOTES AND
PERSONAL MENTION

Mr.. and Mrs. John Forgnone are
arrivals from Paradise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fermin Motaro OF los
Angeles arrived this morning and ara
visiting with relatives.
@
Mrs. F. A. Kali, after visiting in
California for the past six weeks. has
returned to Winnemucca.
John Saval and NJ. P. Phipps. sheep
men and ranchers of Austin. Nevada.
are arrivals in the city today.
q
Oliver Mccarthy, prominent mer-
chant of Fields, Oregon, was an ar
rival last night and will leave for
the coast tonight for medical treat
ment. O
Emiol Snider, accountant and busi-
ness man for the Utah. Nevada and
Idaho Telephone Company. arrived
home today after a strenuous fort
night spent in Northern Humboldt
and Oregon.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09

tire tonight, which teens with sensa-
tional incidents and laughable
comedy.
In staging this photoplay Aircraft
has gone to extreme limits, and the
popular Fairbanks must have expe-
rienced strenuous time. for in some
of the scenes he is handled very
roughly. How he really escaped with
his life is one of the studio secrets.
The locale of the story is Europe and
America. and the magnificent settings,
gorgeous costumes and strong sup
porting cast make this one of the
most costly offerings Aircraft has yet
issued from its studios.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
DEATH OF MOTHER

Attorney l.. G. Wilson has received
a telegram from a sister that his
mother. Mrs. Martha X. Wilson. died
yesterday at her home in Washington.
DC. Mrs. Wilson was 73 years of
age. belonged to one OF the Oldest
families of the District of Columbia,
and was the widow of the late George
B. Wilson, at one time a prominent
business man of that city. She leaves
surviving her two daughters besides
her son.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
DOUG. FAIRBANKS
IN MOVIE TONIGHT

From poverty and obscurity to a
royal throne is far jump for an
American youth. And when the pre-
tender to the throne objects to his
occupancy and hires assassins to re-
move the new monarch, who IS a de-
termined and athletic young man,
there is apt to be considerable excite
ment. This is one of the threads of
the new Aircraft photoplay by Doug
las Fairbanks. Reaching for the
Moon." coming to the American thea
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
WEATHER REPORT

For the twenty-four hours ended at
8 am. today: Highest temperature
yesterday, 46; lowest this morning,
so; mean temperature yesterday. 40:
normal temperature yesterday. So;
precipitation, 10 inch; prevailing
wind direction, southwest. Fair to-
night; Friday fair and warmer; kill
ing frost in morning.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
PRESS ASSOCIATION TO MEET

The annual meeting of the Nevada
Press Association, composed of news
paper editors and proprietors from all
parts of the state. will be held in
Reno on May 16 and II, as a part of
the state war conference, which will
take place there on those dates.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
KILLING FROST IN MORNING

In accordance with the weather
bureaus policy of forecasting frosts
dangerous to war gardens, the local
weather report today says there will
be a killing" frost tomorrow morn
ing. Therefore it would be advisable
not to sprinkle and to cover up your
gardens tonight
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
MRS. STEVENS ILL

Mr.. and Mrs j. l.. Workman re-
turned from a business trip to the
outhern part of the state yesterday
and Mrs. Workman leaves for Rene
tonight to attend her daughter. Mrs
Lester Stevens, who is ILL
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
LABORERS WANTED

Nevada has been called upon to fur
nish five men for the stevedore regi
ments, overseas service. quartermas
ter's department of the army. Mel
desiring to enlist should see II. X
Davis, enrolling officer of the U. S
Public Service Reserve.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
TAX COMMISSION TO MEET

M. Reinhart. president of the State
Bank and Trust Company and men,
ber of the Nevada tax commission.
will leave Sunday for Carson City,
where he will attend meeting OF the
board, to be held on the 18th instant.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
SEvENTH-DAY ADyRNTISTS

Services as follows: Saturday -
Sabbath school at 10 am; preaching
at IL; Bible study at 3 pm.
Sunday-Bible study on special top
les at 8 pm. The public is most cor
daily invited to attend all of these
services. C. w. FULLER, Pastor.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
WINNEMUCCA TO RAISE $3.50

Winnemucca will be called upon to
contribute $2500 to the 100000. 900
Red Cross fund drive which starts ON
May 20. according to word received by
local officials. The state is to raise
$4,000.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
HOME ON FURLOUGH

Andy Zalutregui. formerly a busi-
ness man of McDermitt but now al
Camp Lewis. Washington. arrived this
morning and left Immediately for his
home. where he will spend 15-day
furlough.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09

Are you reading Arthur Guy En-
pey's great war story. over the Top,
now being published in this paper?
Every chapter is practically a COM
plete story and right now IL is get
ting into the most interesting part OF
the story. You'll be sorry you've
missed any OF IL.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
OVERLAND HOTEL ARRIVALS

Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Clark. San Fran
cisco: Mrs. w. b. Merrew, Stewart
New; F. w. Miner. Hazen. New; F.
w. 0Donoghue. San Francisco; J.
Frazier. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Jones
The Dalles. ore.; r. V. Rask, w. Viii
liams. t. j. Gettings. Elko; L. Grie-
Itch, Lovelock; c. C. King. S. Cohen
NJ. Schneider, New York; w. H
Helard. Gerlaeh: w. f. Carr, Reno;
G. A. Christensen. Salt Lake; Mr.. and
Mrs. M. A. Wiser, Mill City.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09
NEWSLETTER MAN HERE

L. A. Turner, representing the Ne
vada Newsletter. is here from Reno
and will remain for some time in the
interest of his paper.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09

WE ARE FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS
written by physicians from Maine to
California Insist on having yours
filled where stock is complete, by
competent pharmacists. OUR PRICES
ARE RIGHT.
EAGLE DRUG COMPANY
The ReXall Store
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-09

Use The Silver State want column.
The Farmington times., 1918-02-08
THE SLIDING SCALE

What equity in our courts is to the
just application of the law in the af-
fairs of the world, the sliding scale is
to the miner. If it be right to admin
lister justice in courts of equity, it is
equally right to so administer it in
all the relationships of life. The fact
chat labor and capital are of equal
rank in the production Of wealth it
follows by analogy that there should
be a more equitable division of the
creations Of their combined efforts
than exists in the world today. If
justice were meted out to the miner
in our county and section, instead of
a dimunition of the meager wage that
he was receiving up to the latter part
Of 1917, he would have been given a
substantial increase. Why? Because
conditions justify it. But ~ some
method of legerdcmain, only known to
these companies, in jiffy the lead
market took a tumble, and in a twin
kle wages also tumbled, and this, too,
when there was a world demand for
their output. Is this right, honest,
or patriotic? If it is such did not per-
wade the patriots of seventy-siX. But
the seventy-sixers are no more.
The sliding scale would render
such practices null and void by fix
ing a standard of wages based on
market values. To illustrate: Fix a
minimum, say when lead is salable at
8 1-2 cents, miner shall receive 81
rs per day, and for every advance Of
half cent onsthe pound wages to in
crease 25 cents on the day. Taking
this as a working basis, the miner
now should be receiving at least $3.50
per day, whereas he is only receiving
about what he would receive at the
minimum under a sliding scale. All
who have taken the pains to investi-
gate can readily see that such an
agreement as sliding scale would
impose, while guarding the interests
of the miner would at the same time
conduce to the very best interests of
the mine owners. Under such pro-
gram, no losses would accrue to en-
ployer or employees incident to strikes
or lockouts, as such things would be
impossible under this plan. 1t is
known by all that one Of the large, if
not the largest, individual stockhold-
ers of the st. Joe-Doe Run lead COM
pany is in exact accord with a plan
similar to the above, and would, if he
had the determination CT it, so ar
range. 1t is known that Mr.. Robert
Holmes, both in private and public,
SO pledged himself. May the time be
speeded that he will be placed at the
helm. REX.
The Farmington times., 1918-02-08

Many friends will be pleased when
they see in this weeks Times the
name of Espy E. Jackson, of Lead
wood, in the announcement column.
After some delay, and much deliber-
ate consideration, Mr.. jackson has
decided to enter the race for the DEM
ocratic nomination for Collector of
st. Francois county, subject to the de-
cision of the voters at the Nominating
Primary. He is 80 years old, and for
the past eight years has been Lead
woods popular furniture dealer, dur
ing which time he has won the friend
ship and esteem of practically every
citizen in that community. He is
tireless and indefatigable in anything
he undertakes, and as president of the
Democratic Club in Leadwood last
campaign he demonstrated what a
willingness and determination ito do"
can accomplish, as was shown in the
returns from that township. He is a
native Missourian, successful husi-
ness man, and thoroughly competent.
His name on the Democratic ticket,
so his friends say, will be tower of
strength, especially in that Republi-
can stronghold, which they claim he
can carry.
The Farmington times., 1918-02-08

When the final terms of settlement
are discussed at the close of the war,
there should be present among the
diplomatic representatives those en-
powered to speak for the rank and file
of the peoples of the several govern
ments. Those who have given so he
roically life's holiest treasures on the
altar. of this sublime sacrifice will de-
mand a voice in that council cham
Der where the future of democracy
will be decided. The day of secret
diplomacy, the day when the destinies
of millions are determined without re-
gard to their desires and purposes,
has passed.
The Farmington times., 1918-02-08
CONGRESS PROPOSES
A WAR COMMITTEE

President Wilson is naturally op-
posed to the creation Of a new COM
mittee for conducting the war, or
war cabinet as some Of the Senators
have named it. The war, in which we
are engaged, is the most colossal one
of all history. President Wilson has
not only made gigantic strides in Gre
ating great army and navy, but he
has been compelled to give tremen-
dous aid and support to our allies at
the same time. The proposed commit
tee or War Cabinet would have the
effect Of dividing the power and au-
thority Of the President, which would
be great calamity. We are COM
PEELED to admit that Germany has
made a wonderful fight and she has
done so by concentrating all author
ity into a single unit, and if we are to
win, President Wilson will have to
continue as the single directing head
of our great war measures. Divide
his authority or curtail it and we in
vite disaster.