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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-23

FOR IMMEDIATE SALE-Two dapple
grey Percheron stations. five and
six years old. 1900 and 1900 pounds;
price cheap; to be seer in Loyelock
next week. Apply G. Gallo, Arobio
saloon. Lovelock, Nevada.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-23
TUNGSTEN STRIKE

A. A. Hall. who has made a lungs
ten discovery at Mill City, was in
town today, consulting with l.. d.
Hubbard, the assayer.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-23
HIGHEST PRICES FOR HIDES
AND FUIRS

W. will pay the highest prices Tor
hides. furs and pelts. NEVADA HIDE
q JUNK CO.. Winnemucca Ney.--lAd-
vertisement 81
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-23

CHIX-Barred Rocks. X. l. Reds.
Anconas, Minorcas, orpingtons, Bun
Brown and White Leghorns. Order
now. Season will soon close. Enoch
Crews. Seabright. Cal.-(Advt 1883
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-23
"Gets- lt'-2 Drops
Then to the Dance!
Goodnight to Corn Pains-Corns
Peel Off With "Gets-It."

"Say, girls. you can laugh at
tight shoes. or damp. c~orn-pulling
weather. big bumpy corns. calluse5
on the soles Of your feet. corns be.
tween the toes: hard and soft corns.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04
MACHINERY AND
 MATERIALS ARE y NEEDS OF NAVY

One horizontal boring. drilling and milling machine, belt driven, Oct. '. One double emery grinder, column, floor type, belt driven, Oct.~7.
 Bourrelet gauges, rotating band gauges, Oct. 15.
 One milling, horizontal two-spindle machine, Oct. '.
 Two hack saws, high speed, 13 in. by 1 Gin, motor driven, exclusive of all spares, Oct. [.
 One drill press, power feed, back geaTed, stationary head, motor driven and spare parts, Oct. '.
 Twenty-Five floor rammers, pneu- matte; suitable for steel foundry work, Oct '.
 About 10000 cubic feet 100 tanks, acetylene. About 25,O0O cubic feet 25O tanks, oxygen, Oct. :.
 About 1000 pounds nuts, standard, brass, Oct. z.
 Fifty Stiflson pipe wrenches, 36 inch, 800 wrenches, engineers 15 degree dou- ble head, 100 bench vises, universal swivel. inch jaw, 800 mill files, smooth, inch. Oct. T.
 About 3,4S0 &s. 4,000 tubes, con- denser. About 1,53O tbs. 20 sheets cir cular condenser tube. Oct. '.
 Brass plates, seamless condenser tubes. Oct. z.
 6etter pins, brass. steel cotter pins. Oct. 2.
 Cotton insulation tape, about 5000 lbs. Oct. '.
 Five dish sterilizers, carving ta bles, combination plate warmer, hot plate and broiler. 5 refrigerators. Oc- tober 2.
 Carbon twist drills, straight shank. Oct. '.
 One foundry pan, f. diameter, for mixing or grinding sand. Oct. T.
 One hundred drafting machines and parts, 20 counterpoise weights. Oct T.
 Portable metal lockers. Oct. '.
 One hundred and twenty-five thou sand brass stuff1ng caps. Oct. IS.
 About 10000 lbs. enamel, bitumin- ous, 400 gallons bituminous solution. Oct. z.
 Circular rip hand feed saws. 2s
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04
THE TIMES: OCTOBER 4, 1918

the country through which they are supposed to pass during a proposed advance.
 Information reached the American officers recently. that moving pictures had been put on the screen for the benefit of the Germans who took part in the offensive which started July Is in the Marne country, the pictures showing certain stretches of land so as to familiarize the adyancers with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04

teeth. Cross cut saws. rip saws. combination saws, dado saws. Oct. z.
 Three hundred thousand bus bars. copper, for junction box fittings. 600,- 900 binders, copper. Oct..7.
 Thirty thousand sets of hardware for ditty boxes. Oct.-T.
 Six motors, horse power, 1 coal crusher. Oct. z.
 Lighting and power wire, lead
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04
MERDEN CLOSES CHURCHES.

Meriden. Oct. 8-Closing of Prot estant churches here by voluntary ac- ton will probably be decided by the pastors tomorrow or Saturday if the influenza does not show improvement. City Health Officer J. A. Cook today estimated that there were 1000 pa- tients in the city. The number of deaths has been few.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04

Voluntary nurses are asked to assist in an emergency hospital which will be opened next week. The Meriden hospital is being equipped with more beds but is handicapped by lack of nurses.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04
MOVIES SHOWN TO
 GERMAN TRUoPS

With the American Forces in France, Oct. 8. Before going into battle German soldiers in certain in- stances are shown moving pictures of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04

General Pershing reported the award of the Distinguished Service Cross to 10 more officers and enlisted men.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04

the terrain. Some of the wooded dis tricts and fields shown on the films were never reached by the Germans owing to the counter attacks of the French and Americans which began on the morning of July IS, complete ly' upsetting the German plans.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04

Tsheathed. duplex. 500 volts and less
 wire. Oct. '.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04

The names of IS Americans were contained in the Canadian casualty list.
The courier-index., 1918-05-10
THE MAP ON YOUR FACE

You have heard the expression. the map of Ireland" or some otner country, on his face.
 Do you realize that you are mak- ing a map of your inmost thoughts on vour own face every day? some day you'll get the surprise of your life when you look in the glass. ana vou won't discover it until it has become known to your friends ana enemies alike.
 You are mighty careful not to sit on your hat.
 You are careful not to wrinkle that new overcoat or suit of clothes
 Why? Because you want them 10 look new and fresh and presentabie as long as possible.
 But how about your face and tne map which your bad temper ana your mean thoughts and your seifish- ness have stamped with lines that every man can read?
The courier-index., 1918-05-10

of the Mann act violations, it was discovered after a close examination of the sworn answers on question naires, have occurred in other states, and government agents there have been advised at once of the informa- tain obtained by the Detroit bureau. James J. Brady, collector of internal score of drug addicts who kept their craving for forbidden narcotics secret until they claimed exemption from military service on the ground of being permanently addicted to the drug habit From these men informa- tion has been obtained which has enable officers to trail drug peddlers who had previously escaped the eye of the government agents.
 Non support cases, many of which have been revealed, have been turned over to the government for further investigation. In many instances it has found that husbands in their ouestionnaires claimed exemption be- cause they were the sole support or dependent wives. These men have been arrested, and their names, in- stead of being inscribed on list of men accredited to cantonment, have been placed on a police blotter, with charges of non-support written after them. In addition to their mar ital derelictions for which they will be made to answer. these men will be tried in federal court for mak- ing false affidavits to their question naires.
The courier-index., 1918-05-10
now TO FIGHT POTATO BUGS

~Please tell me the best ana most economical spray for the potato pug
 l had supposed by this time every one who grows potatoes knew 'na' Paris green or lead arsenate is the means for destroying potato peeties' Grown on a large scale, a power sprayer is needed, and the potatoes sprayed with Bordeaux mixture m which a pound of lead arsenate powder is mixed with 50 gallons oi the Bordeaux. This to serve the pur- pose of preventing blight and at the same time killing the larvae or the beetles. Of course any spray nius' be repeated when washed off on sman scale, I prefer to mix one par. lead arsenate powder in 50 parts or air-s,ackedc litne. and dust this over the plants, with an old tomato can. an. the bottom of which is pancned w'A holes les.-PrOgressive Farmer.
The courier-index., 1918-05-10
wHisKEy YOU GET IN L. R.

This story may or may not be true
 and may or may not be new A
 planter who lives near Little Rock tells it and says it is both new and true This planter came into pos session of a quart of whiskey recent ly. In these days when the purchase of whiskey requires about the same amount of secrecy that the burglariz- ing of a house requires, the pur- chaser buys sight unseen. The plant CT did not buy this whiskey, but it was bought. He took it home. tasted it. and found that it was indescrib- ably bad Then he decided to give it to one of the negro tenants on his plantation. The negro was overjoy. ed with the gift and on the following
The courier-index., 1918-05-10
sEATs sAERLock HOLMES

taa.' seuol Mich, May 4.--As a de- oa s',e the selective service law is e ma. hundred per cent Sherlock Hol- ha,., wore than five hundred known nres re,uses from justice have been ap- nsa 'nueo as result of the work a,ss v the draft regulation. Hun sas ' oi others, government officials atta.. sie expected to come to the as .A'iOn .A ot the department of justice
 ,a 1e operation of the law continues. vh;osrOeo in the lists of offenses tionr.,paV nm nave been revealed in the oues- yiO,s..ss isss are dozens Of Mann act sIe,s I0ns and a, number Of drug sd osssss Wiie ahandonsrs and minor
 sfs have been ureartheS. Many
The courier-index., 1918-05-10

was putting on her best blouse, so six-year-old Bobby had to entertain Sues young man. AS is the way with his kind, he began to ply. the unfortunate caller with questions.
 MT. Brown" he began, what is a popinjay?"
 Why era popinjay is a-eh- vain bird''
 Are you a bird, MT Brown "
 No, of course not"
 Well, that's funny Mother said you were popinjay and father said there was no doubt about your being a jay and Sue said there didn't seem to be much chance of your poppin' and now you say you aren't bird at all."-Pittsburg Chornicle Tele- graph
The courier-index., 1918-05-10
BRIsTLED RIGHT UP

Miss Iones,' said the hostess, permit me to introduce MT Hogg, author of those delightfully."- clever poems you must have read'
 q am glad to meet Mir. Hogg,v said the young woman. Pardon the question, but is that your real name.'
 Certainly" said Hogg. bristling up. Did you think it was my pen name. ."-Boston Transcript.
The courier-index., 1918-05-10
The Largest Selection of Seeds in Lee County
Is To Be Found at Our Store

See the pretty window display showing the varieties have Red Clover White Clover Burr Clover Alfalfa Seed CornGoden Red Cob Strawberry Mexican White Navy Beans Cond Beans Bean Hook Butter Beans Sorghum Seed Amber Orange Japanese Seeded Ribbon Onion Irish Potatoes Plant melon patch this with these seedGeorga a bert Honey Keckey Augusta Raesnak Rocky Ford and Eden Gem Canaoupe Plenty Pumpkin plant We selling quantities of Rape Lespedeza Sou dan, Red Top other
The courier-index., 1918-05-10

morning he showed. when he met the planter, that he had sampled it..
 How was that whiskey, Jim?'
 The negro grinned broadly. Boss, it wuz jess right Elf hit had bin any better. you wouldn't have give nit to me, and ef hit had CT bin wuss I couldn't have drunk hit."-A. O. A. in Gazette.
The courier-index., 1918-05-10

Barbed wire cuts, ragged wounds, collar and harness gals heal up quickly when Ballard's Snow Lini- ment is applied It is both healing and antiseptic. price 25c, soc, and
 s1 per bottle. Sold by Harrington Bros.
The courier-index., 1918-05-10
A TRUE PATRIOT

Why don't you get an alienist to examine your son?"
 "No sir An American doctor IS good enough for me '-Baltimore American.
The courier-index., 1918-05-10

When you come to our shop to buy your fresh meats you can see just exactly what you are getting. You pay cash and carry your own package. This means big saving to you Try it. w A. Willis. *30
The courier-index., 1918-05-10

Look al the work we have cone elsewhere in Mariana, then le' us figure OF your concrete work. J. w. Fielder. extractor. ''
The courier-index., 1918-05-10
JEFFERSONVlLLE

-O---O--O 1 Those spelling in review last Fri
 by without missing are William Hale
 the first grade; Mary Lyon, Lem kardwell and Eugene Williams of the
 econd grade; Rec Harris, Stella liar fs, Lennox Hale and John Lyon of
 he third grade. l The community has expressed it.
 ef as well pleased with the enter hinment given by the school Friday Night The program follows: Part l I Recitation, Welcome" by Mary Lyon.
 Recitation, Aunt Tabitha," by Bes- 5ie Hale, Song "Buttercups," by Mary King Ind Georgia King. Recitation, The Good Doctors" by Stella Harris. Defamation, The Sword of Bunk Hill,' by Lennox Hale. "The Corn Husking," concert tecitation and folk dance by Marie Hale Grace Lyle, Bessie Hale and Mamie King. Recitation, What Would You Dor by Doris Jones. Recitation, Suppose" by Rec Har- Fis.
 Song, King Papsy." by Mamie King and Georgia King. A costume reading, Aunt Melissy pn Boys" by Grace Lyle. Defamation, Boys Wanted" by Qohn Lyon. Recitation, The Last Hymn" by Marie Hale. Part 2 play and grand march, The Phirteen Original States and the West of Today.' by the entire school with Marie Hale as Goddess of Liberty.
 May Day Festivities" by the school with Grace Lyle as May Vueen. In the last scene the May Vueen stopped the gayety because of me presence of the Goddess of Lib trty and a very interesting dialogue between the Queen and the Goddess lohowed oD the War and It's Pur- poses.
 AS the school started to march off ,eo py the Goddess of Liberty, Mrs. " M Hale, Mrs, Jas, A. Gray and Oreighton Lyle began the familiar srains of America" MT. and Mrs. ' N, Lyle were on their feet next instant MT. Lyle giving an impressive gesture for all to stand up. The nsmn was sung with fervor and made an enthusiastic closing.
The courier-index., 1918-05-10

ALL THERE BUT THE POP Mother was out and Sister Sue
The courier-index., 1918-05-10

when the baby takes too much ,Ooo the stomach turns. The result s inuigestion. sourness and vomiting. .isuush'iy the bowels are involved r there is collie pains and diar- .Aoea. McGee's Baby Elixir is a s.snu corrective remedy for the svaiach and bowel disorders of ap'es Il is pure, wholesome and r,easant V to take. Price 25c and 5Oc pe' bottle. Sold by Harrington Bros.
The courier-index., 1918-05-10
Cultivate Your Crops With Improved Implements

The Janesvie PvotAxe Combination Riding Cultator ped with disc shovel and spring tooth attachments interchange able, cutivators the market We also have full line of J. Case riding and walking
 
 We have a Sudebaker ordered by The factories  you wagon advise to repair your old and make it last that the thing We selling for less than their replacement value.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
CLAIMS FOR EXEMPTION
BROADER GROUNDS PROVIDED N
NEW REGULATIONS.
Will Govern the Classification Of Men
setween 10 and @s Who Reg
lister on Sept. 12.

wsstern Newspaper Union News Service.
WashinEton.-Muc broader grounds
for the establishment OF claims for
exemption from military service are
provided In new regulations being
worked out by Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder to govern the classifica-
tion OF men between 18 and As who
will register on Sept. IL.
Important notifications are based
upon the change of few words in
the original draft law made in paAs-
ing the new manpower act. Tine te-:n
industrial occupation" is eliminated
and the law now provides persa ns
may be given deferred classification
when engaged I'm occupation or an
ployment. including Agricultural
which can be established as necessary
to the military establishment"
This section, officials pointed oat,
with the regulations constituting It
will definitely allow district exemp
tion boards to exempt bankers and
bank emplo,@s. men in necessary
commercial enterprises and necessary
workers for Red Cross and kindred
organizations.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
ABOUT WHEAT PRICES
HEARING ON AVERAGE COST OF
PRODUCTION.
Thompson Tells senate Committee
Growers Can Make Money
At 322o.


Western Newspaper Union Eews Service.
Washington.-The average cost Of
wheat production was estimated at
3225 bushel by +. II. Thompson. act
ing chief Of the bureau OF farm man.
xsement. testifyilE before the Senate
agriculture committee. Mr.. Thomp-
son said that most Of the wheat pro-
duced sost considerably less, and even
with further increase Of 10 per cent
In costs, the farmers of the central
West should be able to break even
st the primary market price of $2.20
fixed by the President for next years
crop.
In the north Central states the cost
for the crop of 1917 ran from 3l.50 to
$3.50 a bushel. the committee was told
while for . majority Of growers there
the cost ranged from GLIB to $3.50 q
buHhel
Then to stimulate production you
would have to fix the price above that
amount" asked Senator Norris OF Ne
braska. referring to the average cost
Of S225 q bnshel.
Isn't the cost increasing constant
ly now at rapid rate?" the Nebrasks
senator again asked.
Mr.. Thompson said from present In
dications the cost for the 1918 an.
1913 crops would be much higher Ht
estimated the cost of producing tht
1sl7-1s18 crop was from 60 to IS pei
cent greater than during the prevail
period.
Can wheat in the central West bt
produced at a profit at the Chicago
price fixed at 1920 n bushel?" asked
Senator Norris.
Judging from information we have
and with normal conditions. the bull
of the wheat can he produced At
profit"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
BRITISH CROSS OU NORD
Ham and chauny Captured, and Ger
mans Yield Ground from Yprss
to the Rheims.

Paris. Sept. THE French have
occupied all their old trenches along
the whole Of the front to the north
OF the Aisne river and also have cap
tured the towns Of Ham and Chauny
In the salient southwest OF st. Quen-
tin. says the official communication
issued by the war office. South Of
the Aisne the American troops have
made further progress in the region
of Villers-en-Praveres and Revillon.
The French advance cant OF the Canal
du Nord at some places has reached
n depth OF more tlon ten kilometers
(about six miles).
The Germans are giving ground
over the 15O-mile front from Ypres
to Rheims.
To the north the British have
pushed their lines eastward for i'm
portant gains and daily are increas-
ing the menace against the entire
German line.
In the old Noyon salient the French
have captured the important junction
towns of Ham and Chauny with their
railroads and high roads leading re-
spectively into st. Quentin and La
Fere. Across the Canal du Nord they
have penetrated at various points TO
a depth exceeding six miles.
The little forest of Coucy, the
western portion OF the great wooded
sector east of Laon that has barred
direct advance eastward. has been
entirely taken and across the Ailette
f~s-
reoccupied additional points which
brought them abreast the old Ger
man defense line. outflanking the
present German line in this region
and that north Of the Aisne. which is
being pressed backward toward the
Chemin des Danes.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
BRING DOWN ass
ENEMY MACHINES
SUPREMACY OF BRITISH AvlA-
ToRs OVER GERMAN AlRMEN
SHOWN BY STATEMENT.
DROP 911 TON OF BOMBS
sIxTv.oNE GERMAN BALLOONS
SET ON FlRE-sRlTisA LOSE
2e2 MACHINES.
Western N.~,pap~- Union New. Service.

Western Newspap~ Union News Service. i.
London-The official statement on
aerial operations Sept says:
twenty-five hostile machines were
brought down by our airmen Sept. 4,
and no less than nine balloons were
shot down In flames. In addition, four
teen hostile machines were driven
down out of control. Sixteen Of our
machines are missing
Since Aug. 8, 465 enemy machines
have been brought down by our air
men, In addition, the total of enemy
machines proved to have been driven
out OF control, many of which must
actually have crashed. 10 exactly 200.
The above figures are exclusive OF
the considerable number OF enemy ma
chimes brought down by gunfire from
the ground. Sixty-one German bal
looms have been set ON fire. Nine hun
dred and. eleven and a half tons of
bombs have been dropped by use.
Practically the whole of the air
fighting has taken place on the enc
my's side of the line. The number of
our machines which have failed to re
turn during this period 10 262."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
RAISE FOR MILLION RAIL MEN.
Get $2S Per Month Increase BY order
Of Secretary McAdoo.

Washington. 100000 rail-
road employees. including clerks. track
laborers and maintenance of way men
are to receive wage increases Of $25
a month. the equivalent OF 81 a day
or IL cents an hour. over the pay they
received last Jan. 1 under q wage or
der issued by Director General Nc
Adoo. Advances are effective rs OF
Sept. L. This order. affecting half the
railroad men In the United States and
adding approximately $150.000.c00 to
the annual payroll in calculations OF
la Dor representatives.. represents the
second largest aggregate wage IN
crease ever granted in American in
dustry. 1t is supplementary u the
general railroad wage order issued
nearly four months ago. providi for
about $500. 100000 increases, ard for
the classes OF employees affec,ed 1t
supplants provisions of that order
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
U. s. BAN, MAKING Of n..r.

Washington.-The s12,000,0o0 emers
ency agricultural bill with its rider for
national prohibition from next July
until the American armies are demob-
ilized after the end Of the war. was
passed Sept 6 by the Senate without
a roll call. The measure now goes to
the House. President Wilson has de-
creed the cessation of the brewing Of
beer and all other malt liquors on Dec.
l next and the immediate suspension
Of the purchase of unmalted grains for
brewing.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
prouoht Ruin, south's Cotton.

Washington.-A disaster unparal-
leled in the history Of the cotton grow
ing industI in the United States has
befallen the American cotton crop
this year as the result OF severe
drought in July and August The gov
ernments September cotton prospec-
tive production is placed at 11.137. 900
equivalent to 5O0-pound bales
-4,O98,OOO bales less than was
forecast at the beginning of the
season. there being decline of 17.9
points in the condition on Aug. 25 as
compared WITH July 25.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
crowder Cali. 7,72s Draft Men.

Washington.-Provos Marshal Gen
eraI Crowder Monday issued a school
call for 1925 white resistrants with
grammar school education and quail
fled fer genera! military service. They
will entrain Sept 1s. Among the al
lotments of the Western states and
the schools at which they will train
are Colorado-Colorado College. so;
Montana = University of Colorado.
257; Texas-University of Texas. 800.
Colorado College. 1856 Ne
braska-Kansas College, SIS.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
M.mb.r. ef cud.hy Crew Landed.

Washington.-Twe members OF
the armed naval guard OF the Amerf-
can cargo steamer Joseph Cudahy. to-
pedoed and sunk off the English coast
Aug. IL. have arrived safely at an At
lantic port. the Navy Department an
nounced. Arrival at another Atlantic
port of sixteen members OF the mer-
chant crew also was reported to the
Navy Department. Only thirteen OF
the sixty-two persons aboard the Cud-
ahy remain unaccounted for.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
Holland Protests Sinking Of Ships.

The Hague.-The Dutch minister at
Berlin has been instructed TO protest
against the destruction by German
submarines Of vessels within what Is
designated as the barred zone and
against the sinking of seven Dutch
fishing vessels on Aug. "a.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
REVENUE ACT BEFORE CONGRESS
Bill to Raise $4,000. 900 900 In Take,
and Twice a. Much in Bonds.

Washington-Witho evidence Of
political division, Congress Friday be
gan work on the greatest revenue
measure in all history. providing for
the raising OF $24 ,00O. 900 .O00-$S. S.000,-
900 10000 in taxes and twice as much
In bonds-to pay Americas share of
the cost Of the war next year and for
loans to its cobelligerents. In the
House Democratic Leader Kitchin,
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee explained the draft OF the bill
while hearings on It were begun by the
Senatef nance committee.