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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
Carson City-Irrigation district on
Truckee-Carson project carried at a
special election.
City of Memorlea.

The fair city of Compiegne is called
by the London Chronicle, "a city of
memories. sad and romantic" 1t was
there that Joan of Arc was made pris-
oner and handed over to the British.
1t was on the bridge across the river
that Louis XVI awaited his bride, the
Inflated Marie Antolnette. 1t was
there that Napoleon made Marie
Louise his wife. The first ceremony
had been performed, as was the Gus
tom. by proxy In Vienna ; the civil and
religious marriages were to follow In
Paris. But, the story goes, the ardent
emperor, tearing up set programs.
drove f~uriously through a storm, met
her at Courcelles and FASTENED her to
her bridal chamber In Compiegne.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
DUTCH TAKE TO BAGPIPES
"Doedeizakspeel"'La Craze in iioI-
land and People Can't Get
Enough.

Observation-Disclosures Is all the
rage at The Hague.
Doedeizakspeel is Dutch for bag
pipes.
Some of the British released pris-
oners have brought the bagpipes, and
their kiltles, through Holland-anu
Doedeizakspeel has become the jazz
band of the nation.
No cabaret is complete without it,
and highland filings are flung about the
restaurants of the white light district
with the same abandon Broadway
knew when the tango was at Its high
est
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
TAKING A REST
Worked for Years and Then q Po-
liceman Spoiled Vacation.

Worked for Years n Then q Po-
!iceman Spoiled Vacation.
John Witort, a Russian, was before
Police Judge Gordon at Seattle, and
this is how it happened:
Judge Gordon-Why don't you go to
work?
Witort-I am taking my first vaca.
ton in fourteen years.
Gordon-Have you any money!
Witort-Oh. l have a few thousand
dollars. For instance. l have $4,000
on deposit at the First National bank
That represents a portion Of my say
ings. l thought l was entitled to q
rest after working steadily for four
teen years. but the policeman evident
ly thought / was entitled to arrest.
Judge Gordon dropped the case arr
sho0ed Witort out Of the courtroom
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
HE SURE Is A BIG
MAN AT THE FRONT

Topeka, Kan.-Is a mule
driver essential to the winning
of the war? This is the prob
lem before the industrial ad-
visory board of the First dis
trict. 1t was the first case to
come before the board. The mule
driver claims his work is essen
tial to the operation of a Kan
sas mine.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
AMUSE YANKEES.
REGARD Them as Toys Until They
Take Ride.
RENDER EXCELLENT SERVICE

Coaches and Freight Cars Are Small
and Light, but They Get Speed Out
of Them-Women "5rakemen" Are
Found to Be Very Eficlent-Freneh
Roadbeds Are Always Kept In Good
Order.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12

The Chicago Telephone Company
has declared a regular quarterly divi-
dend of 81 a share. payable December
81 to stock of record December 30.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12

Naturally.
a manicurist's business Is bound
to Be successful"
How do you make that outr'
Because a manicurist Is sure u
have something always sn AaaA-
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
Roadbeds Are Well Kept.

French roadbeds are kept In good
condition, and the through trains make
good time. The French, not being
In such a hurry as the Americans, do
not believe In a grade If a cut or a
fill can overcome II. They will bore
a tunnel through a hill rather than
make a curve around 1t. The sides Of
the cuts are frequently paved with
stones to prevent slides. The straight
tracks. together with the fact that
there are no grade crossings In France,
permit speed. French engineers never
blow their whistles except In the sta
| lions, and the machines" as they call
their locomotives. are not equipped
with warning bells.
One of the things that have inter-
ested Americans not a little In con-
nection with operation of French rail-
ways are the women brakemen. French
freight trains don't use air brakes, and
they don't have cabooses on the tail
end of the train. The train crew gen.
orally consists of q man conductor and
two women brakemen. The women
wear black uniforms with the initials
of the railroad embroidered in the
collar of the coat while cumbersome
skirts have been superseded by balloon
style knee trousers. They ride In the
"crummies," as the dog houses" on
French freight cars are called. Old
conductors say the women make sur
prlsingly good "brakemen."
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
Directory of Mines
ROCHESTER MINES COAPANI

Nevada corporation. Mines and mil
located at Rochester. Nevada Aaa
office. Loyelock, Nevada. Capf4i
stock, S2.250,0o0. par value 81 pg
hare. fully paid and -non-assessable
Officers: l. A. Friedman. Pres,
"illism Adams. Viee-Pres.; d. /!
Murrish. Nice-Pres.. X. Neazel. SseI
Directors: l.. a. Friedman. william
adams. b. ii. Conkiin. Oliver ii. dicks,
j.. T.. O'Brien and III. j. MurTish.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
RVCHESIEk IOMBINkB hnh
CuyPAhf

Nevada corporation. Mines al h9lAs'
ter. Nevada. Office. FnedIasa H1
LoYelocS, Nevada Capital es9St
$4,000 par value 81 per ssAss
FULLY paid and non,assessablA
Officers: l. a Friedman. FIssj
Oliver ii. Hicks, V~isg-PreS.: N1us
Adams. Wce-PraG.; Ii. J. AnTfsA
Nice-Pres.: X. Nenzel, Socy.-Trs2S
Directors: W. J. FlyRn, y. ;. ssp'
derkloot. W. ". Parko, =. X 3oass
v. A. Twigg.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12

French trains look funny to Ameri-
can soldiers. Using these as models.
the toy makers made their strings Of
play ears for them when they were
youngsters. And the Americans are
prone to look upon them stiIl as toys
until they get aboard and travel across
the country with the speed of an Amer
lean express train, or. arriving at the
front. note with what thoroughness and
dispatch these "toy" trains running
right to the edge of mo Mans Land"
keep them supplied with their bacon
and canned Willie"
Take the French passenger coach,
for instance. Mounted on its -four
wheels, which are not solid Ike
American car wheels, but have spokes
In them, IL does not look very com
modious, but when you come to count
the number of persons II hauls and
the service 1t gives your apprecia-
ton is likely to increase materially.
The ordinary French coach Is divided
into six compartments. each compart-
ment seating ten persons. That's 60
persons to a car. The average Ameri-
can car seats 60 persons. But 1t takes
two French coaches to occupy the
space of an American car. In that
way the carrying capacity Is doubled.
The fact hat the cars are much light
err and that there are few heavy grades
on the French lines permits much long
er trains.
Freight Cars Are Similar.
It is true that the French local
trains do not have the accommoda-
lions of the American lines. When
you get into an apartment you have
to stay there until, at least, the next
station. But most of the journeys are
short. Few persons travel far.
The French freight cars are built
on the same general principles. The
average load is ten tons. Being light
they are easily shifted around in the
yards. Virtually all the switching is
done by hitching q horse to the car
and sporting" it where it is wanted.
All yards have a small turntable
where the ears may be turned and
shunted to other tracks. All the
larger yards are equipped with an
electric carrier. The car Is pushed on
the carriage and then carried by
means of an underground trolley
right across the yards and deposited
on any track.
Both freight and passenger cars
are constructed with the idea of
serving the maximum of people with
the minimum of cost in rates. The
ten-tou shipper can compete with the
rival who ships thousands Of tons.
Passenger rates are in the same ratio.
A soldier, for instance, can travel 60
kilometers (37h miles) for 1.6O francs
go cents).
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
SEVEN TR0sGHs MINING Gov
PANf

PANi
Utah corporation. Mines 1t Vernon
Nevada. Offices, Friedman b4ag7
~Loyeolck. Nevada. Capital s1ocA'
$1,000, 900. par value. 81 per sha'''
fully paid and worcestershire.
Officers: l.. a. Friedman, Pfss'
r. J. Evans, Vico-Pres.; h. Nen4s4
Secy.
Directors: A. A. Williams and = =
lilger:
The Lamar register., 1918-06-19

During May produced
milk
preceding
MI. Shell, all Holly
This
milk Mr. Shell Mr. Jensen feed ration along
while makes milk
a because that milk flow Many would
certainly production feed the
merby feeding SUCH
months turned dry
frhened the fall their production
while producing
gett he
do
A Holsen buffalo her roughage
Turpin Valley
do that these will be them They have
a bull built n silo
OF
frst of June.
The Lamar register., 1918-06-19
HAROLD J. RYAN, Tester.
Colorado Agricultural Survey.
first of June

Colorado
o
decided Potatoes beans about
in of about l3 cent
Colorado
reports
carried
listed follows:
Las Baca, Kowa, Prowers.
of
considerable
could
a itself
b DARRoW, County Agent.
The Lamar register., 1918-06-19
GUNS

IL urging the o,hor day that Great
Br.tiEn's contribution to the war
should be made better known, Lon
don paper used this interesting illus
tration:
How many persons, for instance.
realize that Great Britain is clothing
American troops in France and provid-
ing nc;.rly all their armament, except
artillery ?"
If it had been added that the artil-
lery is supplied by France, the infor-
nation respecting the equipment of
the American forces would have been
approximately complete. Fourteen
months after entering the war, the
Uaitcd States is still dependent upon
the Allies for weapons and ammuri-
ton. Most of this, however, is an old
story, and does not need new empha-
sis. Moreover, the humiliating condi-
tion will gradually be remcdied. for
the production of American munitions
is now reaching stage wh,rc results
accumulate rapidly. Yet there is one
vital lack which must remain for
months a factor Of per:urbing menace
Because Of the calamitous' record,
and also because Of the drastic inter
vention Of President Wilson to prevent
a congressional inquiry. the dangerous
delays in the aircraft program have
bcan impressed upon the public mind
TO the exclusion of another deficiency
Of no less concern. The truth is that
the production Of American ordnance.
from machine guns to heavy artillery,
has been oven more backward than
that Of airplanes, and has been oh
structcd by tho same kind of indeci-
zion, blundcring and wasted effort.
Making all allowances for the vast
ness and intricacy Of the project o
creating artillery enough to make the
United States factor in the titanic
European conflict, the laggard results
achieved to date arc astounding. The
fundamental reason, Of course, is that
the government, in pursuit Of de-
jerate policy, neglected the most ele-
mcntary preparations for the newt
able. In February, 1916. member
of the house who knows the details
of ordnance manufacture urged that
immediate measures be taken to pro-
cure the necessary gauges and other
appliances. With rife in his hand
he explained that 100 gauges Of the
utmost accuracy were required in max
ing the receiver alone, and that liter
ally thousands would be required be-
fore artillery weapons could be produc-
ed in quantity. But at that time the
administration was keeping us out
of war" and no preparations for ma
tional defense were countenanced As
result, American tropps must be
supplied with guns this summer from
the stores of Britian and France
Philadelphia North American.
The Lamar register., 1918-06-19
TELLS STORY OF RED CROSS
Harriet Bird Warren Relates Incident
of Hun Barbarity.

Harriet Bird Warren, the Americap
front-line hospitals, where they bring
the wounded soldiers right from the
firing line, will tell about the activi-
ties of that wonderful organization at
our Chautauqua.
Recently she told the following in
cident to n group who were gathered
about her. listening to some Of her
interesting stories:
"He was brought to my ward on a
wheeled stretcher by the orderlies, a
mangled and torn mass of humanity.
that at one time had been a strong boy
of France. The wages of war were
placed heavily upon MIN and even !,
who had by this time grown aceustom-
ed to the horrors of the work OF the
Huns, ground my teeth and clenched
my fists as looked and wished in my
heart that my own beloved country
with its power and strength would step
in and stop, or at least return TO the
aggressors some punishment for this
waste of Gods handiwork, human life.
1--WE were not in the war then, and
yet in the air all about me could
feel the strength of the call America.
won't you help us?' Yet not once did
hear it from 4 soldiers lips.
Several days later, convalescing
patient from another ward visiting "a
member of his company in my ward,
saw this boy of who m | speak and
recognized in him a chum from his
home village. My patient asked his
friend, who was so much better than
he, to write to his mother. When the
visitor left the ward he called me
aside and with tears in his eyes and
quivering lips, he told me that the
boys home village had been invaded
by the enemy. that his two sisters,
one a girl of IA years and the other
II years old, had been taken by the
Germans, who, no one knew, and the
mother in frantic grief, had watched
those daughters being taken off. A
short time later, she died. Meanwhile,
the boy was waiting every day, hop
ing to hear from mother or sister.
We had Swiss orderly, speaking
French fluently and in little while
we were able to tell the soldier that
his sisters had escaped to Switzerland
and his mother had succumed to n
heavy cold. Not until he fully recover
ed did he learn the truth and then only
one desire was left in him, to fight
until the end. He returned to service
in the course of time and in a letter
which | have, he speaks of twice be-
ing decorated for bravery and being
cited in the Orders Of the Day"
The Lamar register., 1918-06-19

its employees" declared Secretary Me
Adoo, referring to the recent strike in
the railroads shops at Alexandria, Va.
Have the railroad employees. under
government control, lost the power to
cocrce or intimidate the government
which they possessed month before
the election of 1916?
The Lamar register., 1918-06-19
DR.. X. c. SAPERO

the well known eye, ear, nose and
throat specialist of Denver will again
visit Lamar on Saturday, June 29, at
Ben-Mar Hotel. Classes fitted scien-
tifically. Consultation and examina-
tion free.
The Lamar register., 1918-06-19
CAPITAL CHAT
Mine Royalties

Mine Royalties
Washington, June lS-(Special cor
respondence) )-Senator Albert b. Fal!
of New Mexico has come out in hearty
support of the bill to facilitate min
ing on Indian lands by the leasing
system. At the san'e time he believes
that the high royalty, 5 per cent of
the gross output of the mines, is ex-
cessive and will tend to prevent the
development that the Legislation seeks
to accomplish. 1t is understood the
rate of royalty was fixed by members
whose solicitude for the welfare of
the Indian exceeded their knowledge
of practical mining. Senator Fall has
called the attention of his colleagues to
the fact that many mines, particularly
copper. are being worked today on a
five per cent profit. 1t the same
methods were applied to the contem-
plated operations on the Indian lands
the proposed royalty would take all
the profits and put an end to further
development. 1t is more than prob
able that the arguments Of Senator
Fall will induce the Senate to amend
the bill in line with his suggestions.
Cummins' Dragnet
The enforcement or the duty OF
every qualified citizen either to labor
in a useful way or bear arms in the
defense of his country" is the declared
purpose of an amendment to the army
appropriation bill presented by Senat-
or Albert 3. Cummins of Iowa. Mr..
Cummins would cause a registration
to be made of all male citizens of the
United States between the ages of lS
and As. Those accepted between Is
and 81 are not to be sent abroad at
once, but will be provided with a uni
form and assigned to some school for
a course in military instruction. Mr..
Cummins has so framed his amend
ment that every mans service will be
utilized. Those physically fit and
otherwise acceptable will be sent to
active service in the field, while those
rejected for the fighting forces Will
be assigned to other work necessary
to the winning OF the war.
Skelton's Nationwide Lobby
National banks, which, as a rule, do
not favor the guaranty of deposits
which Senator Owen of Oklahoma is
attempting to produce by federal legis-
lation, are being circularized by John
SHELTON Williams, comptroller of the
currency, in favor of the Owen bill.
This is a questionable use of the comp
troller's powers and influence He is,
bv law, the arbiter of the fate of the
national banks of the country. by
oppressive regulations he may render
their business difficult, by refusing to
renew their charters upon their term
ination he may put the banks out OF
business. 1t is not ethical, to say the
least. that he should use his official
position-to say nothing of his official
frank in the mails-to dragon banks
into supporting measure which rs
unsound and prejudicial to safe
finance.
"The government cannot, OF course,
l.. oarcad mr. intimidated by any OF
The Lamar register., 1918-06-19

"The government cannot, of course,
be coerced or intimidated by any oil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-27
FOR ME UND COTT
Kaiser Watched Rheims Battle
and Sent Slogan to Troops.
s.With God for the Emperor and
the Empire"

Amsterdam, July 27.@Emperor
William, who, according to his favor
lite correspondent, Carl Rosner
watched the battle of Rheims from a
tower sent his troops, Rosner reports,
the following telegram:
His ma jesty informs his troops that
he has arrived behind the front of
the attack and shall watch the battle
from a tower. His majesty's good
wishes accompany his troops. His
ma jesty's word to his troops Is with
God for the emperor and the en-
pre-"
This telegram was sent on July l s.,
at the opening of the German often
sive, which was broken by the allied
counter attack. Rosner says the en-
peror mounted the eighty-foot tower
early on this day to watch the battle.
.'At o'clock in the morning" con-
tinued Rosner, the emperor turns to
a staff officer and says: The army
shall know that i am with it in these
serious hours and that my wishes ac-
company it,
"A few moments later at a shaky
table. by the dim light of a small
pocket lamp, he signs the telegram
which he Immediately dispatches to
all his troops"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-27
RILEY BAND HERE
TwentiethInfantryOrganizatiOn
Coming to Topeka Aug. 8.
Base Hospital Singers and Spe-
cialists Appear on Program.
ROTARY Ct lib STANDS SPONSOR
Three Concerts Will Be Given
Auditorium and Gage Park.
Opportunity To See Soldiers
Stunts-Money to Mess Funds.

A series of three military band on
certs is planned for Topeka. The
Twentieth Infantry band from Camp
Funston. and the base hospitals sing
~ers and specialists will come to To-
peka Saturday, August 8. The use of
the city auditorium is to be given for
the concert. A second concert will be
given by the band and the base hos
pital musicians at Gage park Sunday
afternoon at o'clock, and the third
concert will be given. probably at the
park also, Sunday evening at o'clock
THE Soldiers Dream"
Besides a good many first class
band numbers, a selection for The pro-
gram will be the newest bidder for
fame in military musical circles, THE
Soldiers Dream" The number is a
composite arrangement of airs por-
traying, successfully, life at the train
ing camp, at the concentration camp,
the embarkation. the voyage across
the ocean, submarine lodging, the
landing, the training in France, prep
aration for battle. the actual battle.
and the number closes with the strains
of victory.
This Soldiers Dream is a strictly
war number which has been arranged
by army musicians, and it's rendering
III Tie COlCSIl SUITES al 1Opchd VIII Ue
its initial hearing in the west. 1t is
said to be a remarka BILE selection, and
there is much curiosity concerning it.
Special Stunts on Bill.
The base hospital singers and spe-
cialistS are from the base hospital de-
tachment at Fort Riley. They will
give some solos and glee club num-
bers and Scotch ballad singing. They
will also give some special stunts that
cannot be seen, except at these con-
certs by anyone who is not permitted
to visit the drill grounds at the camp.
The Topeka Rotary club is sponsor
for the entertainments. The club has
brought a number of military organ
izations to this city in concert.
A silver offering will be taken at the
park concerts, and all receipts will go
to the boys at the camp for little extra
expenses, and will probably be used
chiefly for their mess fund.
A large attendance is expected at
all three performances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-27
"OLD TWO-BY-FOUR"
That Is the Name They Give tl,-
Pioneer Sergeant in British Army.

Behind British lines in France, JULY
27.-The Pioneer Section" of a Brit
ish battalion consists of sergeant and
te-t men, attached t. headQua rters.
The members of this little band are
really men of all trades and all
round workmen, ready to do plumbing,
painting, carpentry, or almost any
thing else.
The pioneer sergeant Is generally
known by the nickname "Old Two-by-
Consequently derived from the
carpenters Lame for a piece of wood
with cross section two inches by four
inches, which is the foundation in the
building line.
If the pioneer sergeant is asked for
a bed, he must produce il forthwith
Four short pieces of two-by-four for
the legs, two long and two short pieces
for the frame, together with stita BILE
amount of wire netting, and the result
is what seems in the trenches the best
bed in the world.
The pioneers are as handy with the
paint brush as with the saw They
paint the tin hats of the battalion in
the regimental colors and with the
letters of the different companies, an
invaluable devise in fighting when
companies get mixed up.
OF course the pioneer is prepared to
do his fighting when necessary. He
is a trained soldier. like every other
specialist. His knowl edge of saws and
planes and paint has been merely
added to his knowledge of bombs and
rifles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-27
CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT

New York, July 27.-The actual condi-
ton of clearing house banks and trust
companies for the week SHOWS that they
hold ST., $50, 10 in reserve in excess of
legal requirements. This is a decrease OF
So 022 $40 from last week.
The statement follows:
Actual Condition.
Loans, discounts, etc, s., 3S1. o5I 900; in
crease, S11S,3G6.0O0
Cash in own vaults, members federal re-
serve banks (a), 500, 49,, 600; decrease,
S151 coo.
Reserve In federal reserve bank of mem
Der banks, S521, 641 900; decrease, S1,46s,-
000
Reserve in own vaults, state banks and
trust companies OBJ, S11,291,O 900; decrease,
Reserve in depositaries. state banks and
trust companies, $780, 600; decrease,
S2SO,OO0.
Net demand nd deposits, $3.50, 422, 900; in
Net time deposits, s1ee 10000; decrease,
81, 203, 900.
Circulation, $3e95s,Ooo; increase. $685.
600
Specie included in ta} and (b). se4,1es.-
5ss, 900.
Aggregate reserve, s546.5 900.
Excess reserve, S72,3S3.71O; decrease,
81, 022, $40.
Summary of the state banks and trust
companies in Greater New York not in
cluded in clearing house statement:
Loans, discounts, etc, $724,916,IOO; in
crease, So, Isl, 600.
Legal tenders, S70,17s,000; increase, S701,-
800.
Total deposits. s763, 543 900; decrease, ST.
1o9, 500.
Banks cash in vault, s13,967 100.
Trust companies cash in vault, $67,969,