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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1918-04-05
ANNUAL STATEMENT

TEN Piute Mining and Milling
Company, for the year ending De
cember 81, 1917.
Location of property, Tenn Piute
Mining District, County OF Lincoln
State of Nevada.
DEBTS
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1918-04-05

First pub 1922: last pub. 4-19, 1918.
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THE LAW OF BIRDLAND

How should know" was Blue
Jays disappointing answer. 81 was
asking YOU"
groaning because you had filled IL up
Owl.
The Birds twittered nervousIy. and
Blue Jay glared peevishly at Judge
Owl.
But that hollow groan was nothing
to what heard a minute later"
What was it?" the Birds cried
eagerly.
"A laugh! A horrible, gurgling,
creepy laugh! A laugh that made
my knees tremble-a laugh that froze
the blood in my veins--a laugh that
stilled all the night noises and made
the forest as quiet as a tomb-a laugh
that was like"
"Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw!
brayed Balky Sam.
mo. it wasn't 'hee.haw, hee-haw,'"
screamed Blue Jay, while the Birds
again Uttered. 1T was a ghost laugh
AN awful ghost laugh. And right
after 1t came another creepy noise. a
howl-a wild. weird howl. And after
that howl came the cry of a deep voice,
said" Blue Jay paused and looked
around, enjoying the sensation he was
causing among the Birds.
what did it say?" they cried.
"It said: 4 want Miss Purple Swal-
low! 1 want Miss Purple Swallow for
my bride!"
"Oh.oh! cried the former Miss Pur-
pie Swallow. It was after mel"
General Swallow, in spite of the sem
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CHAPTER XIII
Tr.c,J..

CHE heard a few phrases pass between
- them and then, without lights. the
machine suddenly moved forward The
explosions Of the engine, muffled though
they were. seemed like rife shots to
ears newly accustomed to the silences
of the night. But the speed of the mo-
tor increased rapidly, and she felt the
damp of the river fog brushing her
cheek. She could see nothing, though
she peered into the blackness eagerly.
The car was rushing to destruction for
all that she knew. yet Karl was driving
straight and hard for the entrance of
of lantern, heard a hoarse shout, and
then the sound of shots lost In the crash
ing of the timbers of the bridge, as they
thundered over the throttle wide, past
the bridge house at Bosna-Brod upon
the other side of the river. and on with
out pause through the village into the
open road beyond. All this in darkness,
which had made the venture the more
terrible.
1t was with relief that she heard the
light laugh and even tones OF Captain
Goritz.
."That is well done. Karl. Your eyes
are better than mine. But / have no
humor for a bath in the Bosnia, so we
will have the lights. II you please"
They will follow >us?' stammered
Marishka.
There is a greater danger of deten-
ton at Dervent or Duboj, but I'm hoping
the bridge-tender may keep silent. IL
was stupid of him not to guard the
chain
You lowered TT"
"It made fearful racket, but the
roar of the river helped"
A little further down the road, at a
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are signed, you will observe, by General
Won Hoetzendorf himself"
Il am sorry, but you cannot go
through. If you choose to take up the
matter with my superior officer. you will
find the KaSerne in the main street near
the mosque I shall pass you only upon
his wise. That is final You will please
turn your car and return TO the village
Captain Goritz gazed longingly along
the pale beam of the motor lamps into
the dark reaches of the bridge, and
then at the shadow of the heavy chain.
At last with reluctance he gave the
order TO turn back. There seemed no
doubt that the restriction was unusual
and that the visit of the Archduke had
much to do with the obstruction of traf-
fic between Sarajevo and central Eu-
through the darkened village in the di-
rection from which they had come. while
Goritz planned what was better to be
done. The nearest other crossing at
Kobas was twenty miles away, over the
road by which they had come, and they
knew that the roads upon the Bosnian
side of the river were mere COW tracks.
If the officer at the bridge refused to
that they would fareaany better at the
hands of his superior. probably crusty
village official who would not relish
being awakened in the small hours of
the morning, even by belated army
At the order Of Captain Goritz. the
chauffeur Karl. backed the car into
meadow and put out the lights. Then
Goritz lighted cigarette and smoked
rapidly.
''Brod is Serbian for ford Is the
passage above the bridge or below?"
Below. Herr Hauptmann, but danger
Gus at this season. l should not risk
it,
"Ah. I see.' He paused a moment.
thinking rapidly. rs there a chain at
the other end of the bridge?"
Il have never seen one, Herr Haupt-
mann"
Very good. You will await me here"
And without further words he got
down and disappeared into the darkness.
Marishka sat trembling with uncer-
tainty, trying to pierce the obscurity in
the direction in which her companion
had gone. Silence, except for the dron-
ing of insects and the distant rushing
of the river. Fifteen. twenty minutes,
in which Marishka sat tensely waiting.
hoping, fearing she knew not what, and
then silently merely a darker shadow
of the night itself, a figure appeared and
silently mounted into the seat beside
the waiting Karl.
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tence of Judge Owl that he should be
separated from his bride. was quickly
by her side consoling her. He glared
at Blue Jay.
Il tell you right here, Blue Jay. II
this isn't true, I'm going to give you
real thrashing for soaring my WIFE"
How will you ever know IL It's true
or not" taunted Blue Jay. You
weren't there"
But I'm here and you're here. Don't
forget that"
II looked out of the tree to see where
the voice was coming from" continued
Blue Jay, land there in the forest
most terrifying dark shape you can
imagine.
THE hollow groan came again, and
then the deep, deep voice, I want Miss
Purple Swallow. want Miss Purple
Swallow for my bride!"
Mrs. Swallow shuddered. Even
Peggy was under the spell of the story.
There came another groan, and the
voice said: Blue Jay, you must help
me. You must steal Miss Purple Swal-
low on her way to marry that big
ninny of General Swallow, who
thinks he is great fighter, but who
couldn't whip a fiea.'".
General Swallow made. move
toward Blue Jay, who retreated has
tily and went on to explain.
I'm Just telling you what the ghost
said. Don't blame me If he calls you
names. The ghost said: 9lue Jay. II
you don't steal Miss Purple Swallow
for me I'll kill you. and I'll kill the
other Jays. and I'll kill Judge Owl.
and I'll kill Princess Peggy. and I'll
kill Balky Sam, and I'll kill all the
Birds, the Orioles, the Robins, the KILL
deers, oh. all of them"
The Birds were listening with open
mouthed awe. Blue Jay lowered his
voice.
"And the next night, the ghost came
again. 1t said: IF you don't steal Miss
Purple Swallow I'll kill every one at
the wedding! I'll kill all the Birds!'
What could I do? had to save the
Birds. I had to be a hero. I had to
steal Miss Purple Swallow for the
ghost I did it. And here I am. I am
a prisoner, a martyr. instead of being
rewarded for my heroism. oh, you
ungrateful Birds!"
Tears fell from Blue Jays eyes and
from the eyes of the other Jays. The
wonderment and some Of Them were
quietly sobbing. Peggy was puzzled
Could this story be true?
Then suddenly General Swallow
darted forward. He nipped Blue Jay
by the ear and hissed loudly: Con
fess. confess, you rascal, that this is
all story!"
"Ouch! Ouch!" screamed Blue Jay.
'Of course it's story, but isn't 1t a
good one?"
(Tomorrop ,oiI be told the results
of the trid. OF the Jdys)
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CHAPTER XII
The Thick OF the. Fight

MTHEN Jerry dealt with the class
w es as individuals he encountered
many things that disquieted him. one
was the number of good citizens who
had not registered He remembered
that in the Town Meeting Campaign
there were said to be forty thousand
unregistered voters. One of the things
the Real Republican organization had
been most jealous about was the mat
ter of getting best citizens" registered,
yet every day he encountered men who
should have been with him who had
neglected that formalty
Another disquieting thing was the
number of first citizens who were not
citizens-that is, they had removed their
voting residence to some suburban or
country community, often in another
State.
you make me sick!" derry broke out
In disgust after hearing this excuse for
the twentieth time. "Move back here
you. why you with your big store. or
you with your great factory. you create
some Of the most difficuit problems OF
municipal government. You're always
around wanting confederation at the
hands Of officials, seeking protection or
demanding II. and you don't even vote
here. Is that right, now" ask you,
Is ite"
And after the young man had blurted
out his frank disgust, which was the less
offensive because 1t was so obviously
honest, he had recourse always next to
one of his most persuasive smiles, and
1t was astonishing to learn how often
he won a mans promise to transfer his
residence to the city; which Is to say,
to come back and do his part to make
Philadelphia a better governed city.
Most Irritating of all to Jerry in these
days was to meet the quailing, quail
flying, weak-kneed citizen who. with
clammy fervor. would declare:
II am with you. old man., but"
II don't want anybody who is with
me, but" snapped Jerry, after he had
ants for. several days, That's what
the weak sisters and lame ducks of
citizenship used to tell Rudolph
Spreckels and Francis ]. Heney when
they were forcing through the graft
prosecution in San Frencisco-the pros
ecution that produced the overturn that
has made California a well-governed
State and sent Hiram johnson and
James D.. Phelan to the United States
you. but vcsers of Philadelphia, |
don't want anybody to come to me and
say, I'm with you, but You are with
me or you are not with me-where are
you?"
But you're making lots of people
angry" some of his advisers protected
ut makes no difference how many
are angry IL I'm licked" he retorted
while, II We win, the administration
will have chance to show for itself"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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GIT WAS a bowling. blizzardy night
i in June" began Blue jay.
Huh" interrupted Judge Owl.
who ever heard of a blizzardy night
in June?"
"I've just told you about 1T. Please
do not interrupt me again. You spoil
the dramatic effect of my story"
1T sounds like a story. all right"
chuckled Judge Owl, much pleased
over his pun.
1T was bowling. blizzardy night In
June" repeated Blue Jay, "and I was
soundly sleeping in the hollow Zee In
which / had been obliged to take
refuge because of the cruelty Of
Princess Peggy sr
when was ever cruel?" demanded
Peggy Indignantly.
"You taught the Birds to become
patriotic crop protectors and to drive
out the crop destroyers. You spoiled
all the fun of us Jays and caused us
to become outlaws" screamed Blue
Jay.
But she has saved the Nation
enough food to feed hundreds of SOL
diers," spoke up Billy Belgium in warm
defense of Peggy. 'If you and the fool
Huns hadn't been stopped you would
have ruined the country's crops"
That has nothing to do with this
story" shrieked Blue Jay. much an.
noyed because his plea for sympathy
had brought only much-deserved re-
buke. IF you want to hear about the
ghosts you'd better keep still"
"Ghosts!" twittered the Birds, grow
ing very much excited. "Oh, tell us
about the ghosts"
1T was a bowling. bizzardy night
In June" said Blue Jay, swelling out
his chest now that he had caught the
interest of his audience. Around me
were snoring the five young Jays who
shared my exile. The storm moaned
dismally among the trees, and shutters
banged in the wind"
What shutters?" asked Peggy.
How should l know what shutters?
I told you / was asleep" screamed
Blue Jay testify. Shutters always
bang in ghost stories. and wish we
had some shutters-up banging on
story spoilers right this minute" He
glared Indignantly at Peggy. then
went on with his story. Suddenly l
was aroused by a hollow groan--a low,
shuddering, scary groan. Oh-oo oh.
ooo-oh.oo! What do you think it
was?"
I'VE don't know Tell us quick.
What was it?" The Birds were all
excitement.
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THE lily NOVELETTE,
A FAIR EXCHANGE
By DOROTHY d. MUIR

TT has never been quite decided
L whether Bob was wakeful that night
or whether the burglar, being an in
experienced burglar, made too much
noise, but everybody does agree that
though the burglary itself was unsuc-
cessful, the affair turned out In a way
that pleased all concerned, and much
better. to be sure. than had been expect
ed. The whole thing began when Bob
awoke with an awful start to discover
that there was surely a burglar in his
apartment. Now Bob, having his own
ideas on the management of burglars,
soon had his very bright, hitherto un-
used and. he feared, unloaded revolver
cooked before him. and stood ready to
draw the curtains separating his room
GLAD you seem to be enjoying Your
self" This from Bob, as he stood,
rather dramatically. between the drawn
portieres, theN revolver leveled at the
intruder.
OH A very startled and almost
feminine exclamation from the burglar
'Ah! A very admiring and extreme
~ amazed exclamation from Bob, as the
burglar, or perhaps We should say burg
age some species of burglar, or thought
baffled him.
please, I'm sorry" She raised a
ty face, with very large brown eyes.
and very red lips. For a moment the
lips trembled, and stgange to say it
seemed as though she was struggling
to suppress laughter rather than tears.
'Hysterical," concluded Bob. though
it was hard to explain the odd twinkle
which he felt sure he could detect in
her eyes.
Please don't send for the police"
she said. I'm never do it again! 1t
was only because-because-
"oh, don't explain. / think l under
stand-you were poor and discouraged,
and tempted"
Yes that was the reason. IL was
so poor and--tred. But now will you
.Of course, in a moment, but won't
you let me be of assistance to you?" He
disappeared into his room. and when he
returned held out to her bill of as
large denomination as he had felt he
could afford.
Please accept it. and try not to steal
again."
He felt that he was handling the sit
uation admirably. He possessed no great
amount of wealth, but what he did have
he would use to help the unfortunate
and, incidentally, the beautiful.
Thank you," replied the fair bur-
glaress, after a brief moment of hesita-
ton, and she took the proffered gift.
was left unfinished as she buried her
head in her arms and her shoulders
shook convulsively..
Absolutely overcome" thought Bob.
with much sympathy. Some time later.
when she seemed to have recovered and
had promised to lead worthier life,
! he led her to the door, and sent her
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The old city, true TO her character and
her traditions, refused to be reused.
She was stirred widely but not deeply.
The great impregnable fortresses of
wepe 4RnSn had been preached but
with Jerry held cooly off from him.
The so-called best element in the COM
diligently, with mild. speculative inter
est. The masses had begun to move.
but the classes, layer upon layer like
rock strata in a precipice, seemed to lift
aloof When Jerry saw that they re-
garded themselves as spectators he set
to work desperately to break up these
crusts and layers into individuals and to
devise means of going after them one by
one. For the purpose Of as It were,
raiding and capturing key-men. he ap-
pointed special committee to work
among prominent manufacturers. an
and third to work among eminent pro-
fessonal men. Even Woman's Real
Republican committee was organized,
with Mrs John Thomas oDay as chair
man.
What is the use?" Mrs. O'Day pro-
tested at first. we women can't vote"
But you win votes" said Jerry. "and
It will be good political training for the
proof that women can be an effective
power in politics will help to hasten the
day of her enfranchisement."
Yielding in part to this argument and
In part to Jerry's powers of persuasion,
Mrs. O'Day went to work with her
usual energy. Within forty-eight hours
she had committee-woman in every
ward of the city: within two weeks she
had one in every division over in the
Fourth Ward Bridget O'Riley was not
the mere leader of a division, like her
son: but, bless you. leader Of her ward
ana the women were making votes
over washtubs, over backyard fences
across alleys and areaways their talk
went on, as well as in clubs and knitting
circles; and in an astonishing number
OF cases what the women decided was
found to be what the man of the house
afterward voted
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- NENsvICK. under secretary of
e SsH9nnIsss}HIKR Ss9nIsss}HI Y sTtsKnTphsNfa.n ytsnphs ana ahe1s she

0ENH1Ck. under secretary OF
a SRRbHnIs9ikR RbnSS9Hi 4 sIIsFnTNi yIsnps nna abs1s shs
w.. overhear on June IL 1914. the
{oee eardens at Konopisht between
0!ermen Kaiser. Won Tirpitz apd the
{auoArchduke. in which the destiny
If0De" 10 sealed
" pact entered into is destined TO
- the Archduke and his uiofranatic
0ochie Chotek. important hGures in
slssSfs sorSIs bnt Marisssa wsea she Learns i1s
n ~ afoot she realizes. that her first
IN 10 to- her country and the Austrian
4frh. Franz Josef, While she Is re-
1I1g to him Renwick is fulfilling his
1fo4 trust and informing his chief.
means an estranCement between Hush
ID WHiNDT. chief of the Austrian
F1[ Service. is placed In charge of that
1t{y's Affairs. with. orders to thwart
D1anp to save the .Archduke; who has
fxfsNS GSR92Tz. GHs92f5zso the h aaee of the
N Secret Service. is on the traii to
nyent the PROPOSED assassinadloni
-. Il at Marishka's service. so Is
noritz who has captured Marishka
Wfndt. promises to do all in MS
I111r 10 save the ArchdIke and Sophie.
- not to release his fair prisoner. ken
~ meanwhile. is in Windts power,
Xmfn In Vienna. Renwick is released
Immediately sets out for Saraleyo.
1l6nai IN black. This person proves 70 pe
\ Austrian agent. and once again hen
5ck is taken into custody. in the mean
~. Marishka and Goritz. DISGUISED as an
SSfriau officer and his wife. are proceed
= tx automobile to SarateNo.
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PUBLIC LEDGER may cause you
to miss an instahment of this very
interesting story. YOa had better,
therefore. telephone or write to the
Circulation Department or ask your
new wsdealer this afternoon to leave
the EVENING PUBLIC EEDGER at
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In Squah Hollow
In the Money

III tne MOHcy
In the trenches, somewhere in
France, just these two:
Mike - Pat, I'm readin' in me
hum paper that the King hez Of
fered a bonis of $50 for ivry Ger
man captured.
(After a lapse of twenty-four
hours,)
Pat-Mike. Mike, wake up, the
Germans are coming.
Mike-How menny, Pat?
Pat - Fifty tousand, Mike, il
there's wan of thin.
Mike-Thank God, Pat; our for
tunes made.-EXchange.
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slumber. inwardly regretting that girl.
with such a lovely face, should be. a
end all the next day he thought Of her.
He was disgusted with himself for not
getting her address and managing to
see more of her II only to be of
expected happened. A letter came from
Betty. Betty was Bob's sister who lived
some distance away with the rest of his
family, but who was In the same town.
with friends. at the present time. on a
visit. As he opened the envelope
rather crumpled greenback fiuttered out
of 1t and as 1t was bill Of the same
night before, he hastened to read sister
Betty's letter for an explanation.
ing the inclosed, with M1uch praise for
your generosity and many thanks from
my friend, Margaret Allan. perfect
you have made under strange circumt
stances. They have a perfectly. de-
lightful club over here and last night
they initiated Margaret-U suggested
for you remember had a key to your
apartment)-and that's why she played
burglar, Bobbie, dear.
Hope you won't be cross Margaret
was a good sport, anyway, for 1t was
a daring thing to do! And she car
iicu IL OIL HHe, even II you ulu us
cover her. will tell you that she was
very favorably impressed, If you won't
get too conceited, and, of course, ! can
arrange a meeting il you wish. But oh.
Bobby! what will happen to you If
Introduce you to Margaret? Love from
Betty"
1t hardly needs to be said that at his
eager request, Betty soon arranged for
the meeting, and Margaret, with her ir-
resistible smile and altogether charming
vunn 10 frr1 tIHop
he had pictured she would be.
The acquaintance ripened into friend
ship. and the friendship grew deeper
and stronger. until one day Bob said,
very tenderly. to Margaret:
Don't pretend you're a lady. Mar
garet, for you're only little burglar
after all. Margaret. dear. do you know
you have stolen my hearth"
But Margaret. her eyes beaming with
lovelight, answered: "Oh, no. Bobbie,
dear, | have not stolen your heart. 1t
is only fair exchange"
TomorroD's Complete Nopelette- =
"THE RUBY RING"
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Business Acumen

You let the burglar go, to ar
rest a motorist?"
Yes. The motorist pays a fine,
and adds to the resources Of the
State; the burglar goes to prison,
and the State has TO pay for his
keep"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
CHAPTER V
RIue I0y's Story

On Judge O,cFs queer court. Uhere
the JAYS are placed on trial for steal
ing Miss Purple Stcdllo,c, the jury
consists of the tcitnesses. including
Peggy. Blue Jdy Is called on to ten
his Story)
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Divided Name Between Them
\ What are the twins called?"
Henrietta"
Not both the same name?"
Certainly not. One Henry and
the other Eta" = Boston Trans.
cript.
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Tomorrop's Complete Nopelette-
"THE RUBY RING"
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GIT WAS bowling. blizzardy night
i in June" began Blue jay.
"Huh!" interrupted Judge Owl.
"Who ever heard of blizzardI night
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