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section running into bronze and yell
low. a sudden outburst OF dark green
energies from another spot, blending
its spray to an apple. olive and finally
nile Shade, with the beautiful contrast
Of a deep blue at It's side, this also
changing from navy to its more deli
cate colors.
Little springlets OF quickly revert
ible brown, pink and orange play to-
gether, and link over each other, drop
ping hack into the large .-ool in an
entirely different tone. namely, violet.
Immediately on top OF this, heliotrope
and pale lavender bounce up and so
they go on. always Illuminating the
tiny drops differently upon their
descent.
With all these marvellous interplays
4 every existing hue, perhaps the
greatest splendor of the scene lies in
the fact that each radiance of dew
takes turns at shooting up the high
est, and often one must cast his
glance TO a considerable height when
gazing upon the tallest little bubble.
The sun., 1919-08-10

fever Of which you may have been
possessed You could take your choice
between faro, roulette, craps, slough
(some game thaD, Rondike, stud.
draw. twenty-one, the wheel of for
tune, fantan or stop. You could get
down a bet on anything.
Just turning in the Gold Bug Is
Diamondfield Jack Davis. the most
picturesque OF Goldheld's bad men. He
hadn't broken loose recently at least.
The citizens were getting tired Of bad
men. Fargo Frank went berserk in
the Del Monte a few weeks before and
I they didn't take the trouble to bury
him. Diamondfield was a good enough
sort when he was behaving. These
Vigilance Committees rather cramped
his style and he had been quiet enough.
Diamondfields latest rampage had
cost him his popularity. He ragged up
and down Main street for an hour
threatening to shoot somebody and
the folks got sort Of fed up on his
threats and told him about It.
Where tho sky Was tho Limit.
Tex Richards Northern saloon is
worth a tumble. Goldfield owed a lot
to Tex. He 1t was who staged the
first of the towns big ring contests.
He was a real gambler. with all the
true gamblers nerve. He put up a
purse of 1000 for the Gans-N Nelson
fight in Goldfeld and made 100 per
cent. on his investment.
No matter how big a gambler you
are you could have been accommo-
dated In any Of those saloons or gam
bling houses. A man came over from
Reno a few nights before with so
much money that he bent over carEy-
The sun., 1919-08-10

fall Of 1906 Hank Weber arrived in
Goldfeld so broke that he squeaked
when he walked. He had come afoot
from Tonopah after making that town
on the top Of a freight car. Six months
later he sold his interest in the Great
Bend Extension for s1,250,000.
We cite Walter, Charlie and Hank
in passing. There were thousands like
them; thousands who came In without
dollar and. unless the life got them,
left with anywhere between $3.50, 900
and s1.o0o.0o0. Some there were, to be
sure, who left poorer than they ar
rived, but 1t was not the fault Of the
lode 1t was not to be expected that
Goldfeld would not attract every type
Of criminal that society knows. The
gambler, the tout, the thief. the conn.
The sun., 1919-08-10

years diving for pearls IN the South
Sea Islands.
Playing bridge whist with them was
chap who worked in the Transvaal
diamond fields for twenty years. His
partner used to be a Cuban filibuster.
The grizzled veteran reading the
magazine near the stove at the far
end of the room had laid thousands OF
miles of railroad tracks in Mexico and
was shot five times while doing 1t. The
youth trying that masse shot on the
The sun., 1919-08-10

billiard table had Just blown in from
Alaska
over in that corner was an ex-Gov-
ernor OF the State, and with him a
sheepherder who was worth about
S12 100000. The man who had Just
spoken to them was a United States
Senator.
Wen try Shanghai Larry" Sulli-
vans place. Along this row (this is
Fifth avenue, yos know you could
satisfy any species OF the gambling
The sun., 1919-08-10
Memories Re-
main of the Wild
BoomDays When
Life Was All a
Gamble and There
w as No Limit on
the Game

wagon and rail to Divide, twenty miles
| north, where something of q boom 10
seen. You can buy almost any of
| these shacks for 500
New Years Day, 1908, saw Goldneld
! under the rule of the United States
Army. The inevitable strikes had 3
grown In their intensity. and not even
, the panic Of 1907 had quite subdued
Goldheld, although its star had set
The l.. W. w. had followed all other
products of our civilization into Gold .
Held and had intamed the already
riotous strikers to all violences. Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent the soldiers.
Probably no figure in Godfield was
more picturesque than Sydney Flower
Mr.. Flower was q journalist and his
ability was robust. Likewise Mr..
Flower was a promoter; but virtually
everybody in those parts was a pro-
moter then. 1t is to Mr. Flowers Jour 4,
nalistic tendencies we turn. His pub
lIcaton was a monthly magazine
known as Goldfeld Gossip.
His range of literary talent was wide.
Easily he swung from invective to phi
losophy, from humor to tragedy. The
results he accomplished were notable.
tONoIu u lIlo emu MT. flOWer was more
or less ably assisted in his journalistic
Efforts by one Malapai Mike, known to
his family as Tod Goodwin. Mr. Flower
editorialized the Malapai one thus:
Tod has more than dash of genius
In him; witness that little verse of his
beginning Hello, little dandelion.'
which We printed some months ago.
Since he puts off his writing until tho
last moment and sends his stuff direct
to the printer in Carson I don't get a
chance to cut 1t out. Hence the power
to curb and correct him does not
abide in me-"
Again. writing about a certain Gold
field character Mr.. Flower came to
the point thus:
HE win pardon us for remarlSins
that he would look much pleasanter
dead We will add that we should be-
more than pleased to attend his fu-
neral and see that the last sad rites
are decently observed"
In the Days of the Decline.
Naturally the financial stringency
that was throttling Goldfeld toward
the last came in for a comment or so
from Mr.. Flowers trenchant type
writer. He put it in the form of
Leaves From a Brokers Diary" like
this:
November Looked up bank ac-
count to-day. Find I'm $500 over
drawn. Bank reported in a bad way.
Sorry.
November MAN called at ONCE
with bill. Asked payment. Had him
arrested as a dangerous lunatic.
November S.-Customer came in to
buy some stock. Office force tainted.
November funny man propound-
ed query: Would you rather have a
gold piece without a motto or a motto
without a gold piece?" Kicked him
for luck.
November 5-Borrowed 81. Credit
still good.
November s-Borrowed so cents.
Gloomy day.
November 7-Borrowed dime. To
hell with it
November s-Stopped eating
November 9-To the. Salvation
Army. Hallelujahl
And thus very ably did the editor OF
Goldfcld Gossip set forth the decline
of his town. From days when men
paid 800 for a pair of boots. Just to
show that they didn't care for money.
Goldfeld fell to that and inside three
yearA To-day Goldfeld cart even
scare up a church choir scandal to en-
iiven the drabness OF It's post norton
] days ..-.-.
The sun., 1919-08-10

Above-GoIdfeld Hotel, archi-
tecturaliy the most pretentious
product of the boom, and now
about the one cheap hotel in
the world. The automobiles are
those of sightseeing tourists.
At Ieft-Columbia street. which
was the business thoroughfare.
The banks, brokerage Offices and
mercantile establishments were
here. Now they are empty and
falling into decay.
The sun., 1919-08-10

At nigbtThe gdd boom population
Hppodrome Theatre patronng
ured into the Nevada desert Now Hippodome
die BowThe skeleton Northern gambling of which
Tex Rickard of the During
cashed between 100000 and checks
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21

LONDON, March 20.-An official
communique today announced that
the bolsheviki were defeated yester-
day in an attack on the Allies oppo-
site Archangel. The defeated force
left on the battlefield many dead and
wounded, while many prisoners and
a number of machine guns were cap
tured by the Allies.
A Copenhagen dispatch received
today stated that the Lithunian in
formation bureau has announced that
a strong, new anti-bolshevili move
ment has started in Lithuania, and
is Spreading.
A Berlin dispatch, quoting the Ma
tional Zeitung, conveys the infoma-
tion that it. believed in that city that
the Russian bolsheviki are planning
an invasion of Germany, coincident
with new uprising predicted in
Austria and Germany.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
| rs ANGELES PEOPLE Die
FROM SUFFOCAT|0N BY
GAS ESCAPING FRO M
BROKEN STREET PIPE
An Entire Family Of -Four
Wiped Out! Seven Others
Taken to a Hospital In a.
Very Dangerous Condition.
VICTIMS WARNED OF DANCER OF FIRE,
UInited Press Service,

los ANGELES, Calf, March zO'
An entire family of four members
suffered death from -asphyNlatlon
last night and seven others were re-
moved to an emergency hospital TINS
morning in serious condition, the Ia
talities having been caused by gas
escaping from a street main ana
working it's way into the three nous
es during the night.
The dead are Sarovia Rueles, his
wife and their two children.
Yesterday a gas main broke in the
ground under the street. The pohce
warned residents in the vicinity Oh
a danger of fire. When they went to
the locality this morning for inspec-
tion they found the Rueles family
dead, three others in an adjacent
house nearly dead, and four uncon-
scious in house across the street.
The only explanation is that damp
air caused the gas to travel along the
surface of the ground, then seep into
the houses through cracks in the
floors.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
TAKES ALARM AT THE
THREAT OF INVASION BY
RUSSIAN BOLSHEv|K|
Considering Means And
Methods For Meeting And
Combating The Danger,
Greater Than That atHome
Dol LSHEV WIKI MEETDE "A 7 IN THE: NORTH

COPENHAGEN, March 20. = The
German government has called
council of war to determine the best
means for defence of the country
against the threatened bolsheviki in
vasion.
The German government fears that
an attempted invasion of their coun-
try by Bolsheviki army would be
the signal for a general uprising Of
all radical elements throughout the
nation.
President Ebert considers the Rus
sian bolsheviki menace greater than
the menace from Spartacans.
Saving Money Oh. -..-...- -...--.- -.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
DOMINATION OFTHE
WORLD BYA SINGLE
Power, ,ORLEACUE,
SAYS SEC,.Y BAKER

LOS ANGELES, Calf, March 90
here today Secretary Of
War Baker declared that there are
but two ways for preserving a world
wide peace: One is world domination
by single nation. as Germany at
the other in formation of a
league of nations with the five big
powers associated. He said the five
great powers-Great Britain, France,
United States Italy and Japan, are
the only nations capable of making
a war which would disturb the peace
of the world.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
Governor Has 1t
In His Power 10.
Create A State.
Highway Board

PHOENIX, Ariz., March 20. = A
chance remains that Arizona may yet
have what she wants and most de-
sires-a modern highway department,
through which can be secured an
adequate system of state highways.
The chance, however, is a remote one,
for it depends entirely upon Governor
Campbell, and he has as yet shown
no evidence of caring as much for
highways as he does for his own
power and authority.
Before the legislature adjourned, it
passed Senate Bill No, 1885, which pro-
vides for a state highway commits.
sion, to consist of three high-grade
business men of the state, Of known
integrity and ability. These men, un-
der the terms of the bill, are to be
appointed by state highway board,
consisting of the governor, the secre-
tary of state, the state treasurer, the
president of the senate ond the speak
;
er of the house, and it is generally
conceded by fair minded people that
these officers, who were themselves
chosen by the people, could be relied
upon to choose a high-grade highway
commission. However, Governor
Campbell vetoed Senate Bill No. IT.,
which contained provisions similar to
Senate Bill No. 1876, chief1y-in fact,
although he assigned other reasons,
Lit is generally considered that he did
so -entirely-for the reason that the
measure failed to leave him in sole
and unlimited authority over the
commission. Therefore, it is assum-
ed that the same fate awaits the late
bill passed by the Legislature, despite
the fact that it would provide the
most modern machinery for the man.
agement of the State Highway De-
partment, and would supply splen-
did fund = $1,500,OOo.00 per year =
for highway construction, and enable
the state to take full advantage of
the splendid federal appropriations
available for cooperation with the
states. Governor Campbell's failure
to rise to the occasion and give his
iappreval to the legislation before him
will undoubtedly meet with the sew
crest condemnation, but it is. never
] theless more than an even bet that
his partisanship and vanity will pre-
vail, and that there will be no high
way Legislation which does not ack,
nowledge hi mas lord and master.
Anent the highway tangle, the Re-
!, publican newspapers Phoenix - the
Arizona Republican and the Arizona
Gazette - have hastened, in their de-
sire to square the Governor with the
people, to give out story to the eff
feet that Governor Campbell proposed
to approve bill in which George
Kingdom of Jerome, George Olney OF
Phoenix and Judge Frank ]. Duffy
of Nogales, would be named as the
state highway commission, but the
legislature would not agree. From ar
absolutely authoritative source the
truth of the matter has been learned
AS result of negotiation with two
Democratic senators the Governor die
agree to approve bill which would
name Kingdom, Olney and Duffy as
commissioners, but when the senat
ors, after securing. the sanction O.
Continued on Last Page
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21

Bring in every club Of $50
that you possibly can before 9
o'clock tomorrow night, and
take full advantage of the BIG
100000 EXTRA VOTE OF
FER. Out-of-town candidates
can mail in their remittances,
and as long as their letter
shows by postmark that it was
mailed before 8 P M. Satur-
day, March 22 it will count on
this offer, no matter at what
time received by the campaign
department.
REMEMBER that the sec
ond extra vote offer that goes
into effect Monday, March "a
! is only 175,O00 extra votes for
each club of $25 in campaign
collections, and that the extra
vete offer that will be in eff
feet the last three days of the
the contest will be only 125,000
extra votes for each club of
! S25.O0.
By the above you can readily
see the great gain in votes by
turning in every subscription
possible before 9 o'clock tomor-
row night.
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The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21

Facing the alternative of making
the big extra vote offer which closes
tomorrow night, Saturday, March %,
bring the greatest returns of their
entire campaign, or else becoming
outdistanced in the spirited race that
will soon bring the pluckiest to the
final goal, candidates in the Daily
Morning Oasis contest are calling
upon their utmost capabilities to ac-
complish everything possible ere the
special vote offer ends Saturday
night. One more day after today is
all the time candidates have to gain
liberal additions to their votes on
subscriptions secured, during this
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
JAPANESE ATTITUDE
- SERIOUS

WASHINGTON, March 20.
Officials here consider the
Japanese request for insertion
in the constitution of the
League of Nations of a provi
sion preventing Japenese i'm
migration, is the most serious
question that has arisen in
connection with. the work of
the Peace Conference, and it
may defeat the league plan.
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The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
COTTON CROP 1918.
WAS BIG. ARIZONA.
AND CALF OR n IA.
WERE BOTH IN IT..
Omitted Pres. Service.)

WASHINGTON, March 20. - To-
tlav the Department of Commerce an-
nounced that the total production OF
cotton in the United States in the
year 1918, Was 11,8S3,938 bales, ex-
elusive of Enters, which output ex-
ceeds that of 1917 by $4,000 bales.
California raised 714,779 bales.
Arizona's production reached 55,-
$50 bales.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
EXCURSION TO MEXICO
CHICAGO, March 20.

CHICAGO, March 20. = A
party of 400 American business
men, financiers, merchants
and manufacturers, will leave
this city within two weeks for
Mexico, on a trade promotion
trip, the excursion being un-
dertaken in acceptance of an
invitation by President Car
rama, extended through the
Chicago Chamber Of Commerce.
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The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
MURDERER TURNED
LOOSE
court. STATE OF
WEST VIRGINIA.
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CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 20.
For the first time in the history of
West Virginia, man convicted of
murder has been discharged by the
state supreme court. John Jackson
has been discharged upon techni-
cality, his trial had been continue,
three times without his consent,
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21

LEWISTON, Pa, March 20. =
Sometimes advertising does not pay.
G. F. Stackpole lost bunch of keys
and advertised a reward for the find
er. Instead of returning the keys
and claiming the reward the finder
used the keys that night, one of them
admitting him into Stackpole's office,
the other opening the safe, from
which $140 were distracted.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21

Judge w. A. O'Connor is in Mo-
have county, holding court at King
man, in the place of Judge E. Elmer
Bollinger, who is disqualified in cases
that are on trial there.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
SHORT TELECRAMS
CONVEYING PITHY
.ITEMS:LATE NEWS
Omitted Press Service)

WASHINGTON, March 20. = The
Federal Farm Loan Boards report to
the Secretary of the Treasury, pro-
.mulgated today, shows that total
of 4,209 persons have borrowed dur
ing the past year from the farm loan
banks total sum of $14,799,000. :.
WASHINGTON, March 20. : Sen
ator Chamberlain, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Military At
fairs, has written Secretary Baker
fthe War Department declaring
that the latter is fencing" instead
of admitting that the army court mar,
tial system is unjust, which would
open a way to permit Congress to
provide remedial legislation.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
VERY INTERESTING
STATISTICS ABOUT
DIVORCET To SET
FOLKS MORALIzINC
Omitted Press service)

WASHINGTON, March 20. - To.
davs the Census Bureau announced
figures showing that one marriage
out of every nine ends in divorce. The
number of matches in proportion to
population is shown to be increasing,
but the ratio of divorces increases
more rapidly
Nevada still continues to hold the
record of the highest percentage Of
divorces, Oregon second, Montana
third.
Desertion is the cause of the great
est number of divorces, then cruelty,
infidelity, neglect, drunkenness, in
the order named.
More women deserted their hus-
bands than men deserted wives.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21

Yesterday Doctor and Mrs. T. j..
lies were in from Rain Valley, in the
region north from Elgin.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
Always Another

One of the callers at the campaign
office yesterday was young woman
who stated that she had "gotten"
everybody in her district. Half an
hour later another candidate came in
and produced three subscriptions
from the same territory, all of which
goes to show that no matter how
certain one may be that nothing is
left, some other candidate will comb
over the same territory with gratify-
ing results. Real, sincere, effort is
the prime requisite if results are to
be obtained.
No one who tries will fail to be re-
Continued on Dapa 9
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21

thecampaign's greatest extra vote
offer. Do not forget that all sub
scriptions secured count on the pres
ent vote offer of 100000 extra votes
for every club Of $25 in contest col
lections. Many of the candidates
have expressed. the belief that it is
now OF never. And they are right
Those candidates who produce the
most during this present extra vote
offer are the most likely ones to be
the winners in the end.
Candidates, Read This
When it is taken into consideration
that just 20 days remain before the
contest closes, the imperative neces-
sity of putting forth the best efforts
is apparent. There is no one in, the
race who can rest assured that he or
she will be the winner. The only
method of playing safe is to gather
every subscription possible. Every
contestant" has friends who have
promised to subscribe before the con-
test ends, and many will do their
greatest work before the whistle
blows for the finish. Contestants
should not let one opportunity go by
without exhausting its value and Sc
curing votes. The telephone, letters,
and best of all, personal calls are the
most acceptable methods of covering
the territory thoroughly.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
100000 EXTRA VOTE OFFER
CLOSES TOMORROW NIGHT
How Many Extra Votes Have You Secured This Week?
Don't Be COntented With Few-Keep Right After
Them-2OOO0O Extra Votes for Every Club OF
S25 Brought In Before O'Clock Tomor-
row Night Saturday, March ~
WARNING TO CANDIDATES

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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-06-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The WEEKLY is authorized to
announce the following named can
didates for offices in Monroe county.
subject To- the action of the Dem
ocratic primary elections in 1919:
For State Revenue Agent.
STOKES V. ROBERTSON.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-06-06
Chill dren Cry
FOR FLETChER'S
G a 8 Q RIA
A Pick Tn!

Thirty-Six pairs of our famous
Spring Tension Shears will be
given away to the first Thirty
six subscribers who respond to
this offer.
We are going to present a pair
of these Shears to each person
who hands in his subscription
to the Aberdeen Weekly alone
or to either of our club offers, as
follows:
Vardaman's Weekly and Alb
erdeen Weekly for one year and
a pair of Shears for $3.50. The
Progressive Farmer and Aber-
deem Weekly one year and pair
of Shears for Sis. We have
only .Thirty-six pairs of these
Shears on hand. The first three
dozen persons who answer with
their subscriptions will get pair
of Shears each. 1t is a pickup.
Pick it up while the picking is
good. Come or write,
THE ABERDEEN WEEKLY.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-06-06
That Aberdeen and Cotton
Gin Road.

In conversation with several gen.
tlemen of Aberdeen and the territory
traversed by the Aberdeen and Cot
ton Gin road. it was learned that
considerable interest is being mani
tested by both townspeople and the
resident rural people in the surfac-
ing of that road.
The recent protracted rains have
demonstrated that this road, in its
present condition. is not dependable
for travel, even during the spring
months. This deplorable condition
initiates against the convenience of
the people who live on the road. and
also detracts from the trade of Alb
erdeen by turning the people to-
wards the competitive towns that
have better roads leading into them.
Interest in having this road surfaced
has, reached the point where one