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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-03-11
TRAILS OF THE DESERT
BY H. NJ. Beardsley-

} %--By H. M. eardsley-@9 " @ .
The trails of the forest are blazed by the ak;
The trails of the mountains by stones;
The trails of the prairie by wagon tracks,
And the trails of the desert by bones.
Bones of burros, and cattle that strayed;
Bones bleached bright, and bones %decayed;
Ribs of rustlers, ranchers, raiders,
Cows and coyotes, tourists and traders.
Horses and horse thieves, side by side;
The tenderfoots skull by that of his guide;
Bones of greasers, and gunner, and mules,
Freighters, fighters, preachers, and FOOLS
The trails of the forest are blazed by the ak;
The trails of the mountains by stones;
The trails of the prairie by wagon tracks,
And the trails of the desert by bones.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-03-11

The Panama canal force Is proud
of the way the big ditch behaved dur
ing the war. 1t was completed barely
in time to play its part in a1ording
quick passage to the nitrate ships
| carrying their Indispensable cargoes
from Chill to the United States and
Europe, and its machinery had hard
Iy been more than tested before 1t
was called upon to do yeoman service
for the cause.
The departure of General Goetnals
| also put a new governor at the head
of the administration In this critical
period, but Governor Harding's hand
| at the helm has been no less success
full than was that of his predecessor
in making the canal. The period of
the war has witnessed fewer Incl
dents here Of an unpleasant character
than any other place under the Amer
lean flag. There have been no slides
| from the sides of the "cut," no strikes
or other labor troubles; no sabotage
no interruption to traffic no short.
age of supplies; no lack of adequate
provision In arranging for all the
needs of the Zone.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-03-11
.ISTHMUS PROUD
CT WAR RECORD
Canal Met Every Demand That
Was Made Upon 1t.
QUICK PASSAGE FOR NITRATE

Machinery Had Hardly Been More
Than Tested When It Was Called
Upon to Do Woman Service for the
cause-Witnessed Fewer Unpleas-
ant Incidents Than Any Place un-
der American Flag.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-03-11
KEEP YOUR MONEY AT HOME
J. P. Crandel

Buy baked goods of Nevada -four
made by citizens of this city. and keep
your money in Winnemucca. Goods
baked the day you eat them. Patronize
The City Observation-Disclosures
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-03-11
Free Life, and Air Clear and Vibrant

AGEBRUSH COUNTRY" says Mary Austin, writing in Cali
fornia," is one of those local terms that stand for a type OF
landscape as distinctive as the moors of England and the cam
pagna of Italy. That sounds rather good. We don't know, of
course, whether Mary Austin ever got a broader glimpse of
sagebrush country than one obtains from a car window, and we
do know that many PERSONS have attempted to write ON the
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-03-11
Enemy Plots Frustrated.

Germans were promptly interned
and all suspicious characters deport-
ed. Precautions against spies were so
thorough that the impossibility of
getting by the Zone police has been
a subject of comment on all sides.
Tons of German propaganda were In
tercepted and all sorts of tentative
plots nipped In the bud. A revolu-
tionary movement against Costa Rica,
engineered by political exiles here,
was promptly squelched.
A volunteer news service was Or
ganized by canal employees and a
counter-campaign against German
propaganda was carried on all over
Latin-America, which has had good
results In the attitude of many of
the governments In South and Gen.
raj America.
More than 10 per cent of the canal
employees went to the war. Those
remaining worked overtime In every
department. The Zonites gave 10000
a year TO the Red Cross; subscribed
nearly $5,000,000 In all to the Liberty
loans and never once complained
about high prices OF grumbled over
conditions imposed by the war. None
If them showed alarm over the sub
marine menace.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-03-11
Women Do Their Share.


The women knitted and sewed for
the Red Cross, and entertained the
British wounded on their way to Aus
tralia and New Zealand with a hospi-
tality which has been commented
upon in the newspapers of those coun-
tries and officially recognized by
their governmen
The health department has been
notably efficient. The malarial rate
has been lower than at any time since
the American occupation. The infu-
enza epidemic was so handled as to
be practically negligible. The opium
and cocaine trade was broken up, and
the soldiers and sailors protected
from other forms Of dangerous vice.
Tens of thousands of acres of land
In the zone were cleared and planted
or turned into pasture and stocked
with cattle against any possible block
ade. The fishing business was devel-
oped with the same end In view.
Altogether the little American col
Ony on the isthmus feel that they
have kept their work going at a high
pitch of efficiency, and the big DEM
onstrations held on the victory day
were full Of evidences of their loyal
ty and enthusiasm In the parades, the
speechmaking and the absence of any
Earring note.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-03

way, from Nenana to the coast, has
convinced him that the work Is pro-
crossing satisfactorily now, and he ap-
preciates the fact that Alaskan condi-
tions demand that the work continue
without interruption. He is interested
only in seeing that Alaska Is given the
opportunity to develop. He knows
what the territory has done In the
past, in the way of contributing to the
wealth of the nation, and he believes
that the future has greater things in
store. He is an optimist of the first
water, charged with a thorough
knowledge of Alaska, and primed with
the Seattle spirit, combination
which should prove invaluable to the
secretary of the interior in prevailing
upon the new congress to assume a
friendly attitude toward Alaska.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-03

the election. Wickersham can't even
contest until one is held.
But the way out of contest is
easily found. The special election pro-
vides IL. Let Judge Wickersham enter
the race as a candidate for the va
cancy and run aginst the man whom
the Democratic party will select. And
in this manner let the people of
Alaska again say whom they desire to
represent them in congress.
Such procedure will clarity the
situation greatly. 1t will save the
country money and will satisfy all
Alaskans who believe in fair play.
And if the majority of Alaskans are
satisfied neither Wickersham nor any
other individual has right to kick.
1t is a sporting proposition as we'll
as being econmoical Wickersham told
the house of representatives last
January that he wasn't going to con-
est if he lost in the November
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-03

But let them hammer and knock all
they wish. Alaska is all right and
Anchorage is all right. Indeed the
tone of this town has improved since
the departure of our contribution to
this quartet We can only hope that
they make, this inharmonious crew
ployed in knocking Anchorage and
Alaska on the outsiee that they will
not find time to observation-disclosures
Times.
The present election laws OF
Alaska allow many loopholes for filing
a contest In fighting such case one
is almost certain to get dirty fingers.
Such cases are very seldom clean.
And no worthy man is going to get
mingled in one if he can help it.
A special election costs the territory
of Alaska money. A contested election
costs the government of the United
States more money. Both are neces-
sary But there is no way to avoid
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-03
PAINT UP AND CLEAN UP

Cooperating in the own-your-own-
home campaign now being carried on
by the United States department of
labor are thousands of men and
women who already own their homes
or who rent dwellings, and their part
is to aid in the national cleanup and
paint-up activities. The appeal to
make every town and city in the
country better place to live in has
been answered east and west, north
and south. AS the weather permits,
improvements will be undertaken in
every state on a more thorugh scale
than usual, for the homecoming of
the soldiers adds a special stimulus
to the annual labor of removing the
winters accumulations of rubbish.
This task, always imperative as
Safeguard to health, is more than ever
necessary now, when your armies are
coming back from overseas.
Hardware merchants, proprietors Of
paint shops, and florists have been
asked to aid the cleanup and paint-up
campaign now being carried on in
many cities. Requisites that window
exhibits be arranged so that the sug-
gestion of gardening, repair work, and
general improvements may be given to
passers-by have been quickly COM
piled with, and it has been demon
strated that wherever the actual task
of cleaning up and painting up has
been begun the idea of making town
or city healthful and beautiful has
quickly spread.
The first thought naturally is the
removal of dirt and waste matter
from alleys and cellars. Business cen
tiers have been sadly neglected during
the war and they present tasks that
municipal governments must perform.
In number of the smaller cities vol
unteers are helping in this work,
which is<accepted as patriotic serv-
|
provides against and prevents the
spread of disease as time when
soldiers are returning from France.
Painting restores houses even when
they have a most dilapidated appear
ance, and after the houses have been
painted the next thought is the gar
den and lawn. Thus there is a de-
mand for gardening tools and for
grass seed and flowed bulbs. Spring
cleaning" has always had fascina-
ton for women, and for the last few
years national interest in gardening
has been on the increase. This season
probably will show that more thought
than ever before has been given to the
surroundings of the home and to city
parks, both by the housewives and by
the community at large.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-03

real value of Alaska's resources than
could be obtained at this time.-Fair-
banks Citizen.
Nenanaites should take special
pride in making their property pre-
sentable. The town has natural
beauty, with good buildings, wide
streets and substantial sidewalks, a
combination of attractiveness which
gives rubbish the appearance of being
more than usually out of place and
which should prove an incentive for
the early and thorough cleaning OF
unsightly premises. Let us hope there
will be a prompt response to the re-
minder of the townsite manager to
get busy.-Nenana News.
AS the spring sun comes out and
warns up the ponds the croakers be-
gin to sing their doleful requiem,
Childish minds often imagine these
dismal notes mean impending doom,
and they flee from the DOGGY. More
mature and stronger minds know how
harmless are such croakers, and go
ahead with their enterprises, firm In
the assurance that as the season pro-
crosses and prosperity makes the
land blossom the dolorOus denizens
will fall into the obscurity which they
deserve. And so it works out. The
processes of nature sees the enter
prising citizen aourishing like the
green bay tree while the old crOaker
dries up in the mud which was the
level of his vision.-Dawson News.
Well, Well! Looks who here! We
have before us a copy of the Seattle
Union Record marked copy sent
all the way from the Spirit City, con-
tanning an interview with one w. J.
Henry, who says he Is from Anchor
age and who warns each and every
reader Of the labor paper to keep
away from this town; to stay away
from Alaska, too. The sending Of
paper containing marked article il
an invitation for the paper receiving
It to publish 1t. But in this instance,
we beg to be excused. We see moth
ing in the article worthy OF reproduc-
ton same old knocking STUFF. Henry
is posing as an Alaska newspaper
man." now. Well, he IL. He used to
peddle newspapers on the creeks IN
the interior country. so mere is merit
in his claim.
With the new addition, the knock
ing quartet is complete John e.
Ballaine, Dunstan, Packard and
Henry. But what discordant music
they make. this inharmoni GUS crew
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-03
VOICE OF THE NORTHlANO
PRESS


1t is claimed by local boys that a
Perfect thirty-six" is reality at the
present time ON Douglas Island
Douglas News.
1t is quite generally conceded that
the returned soldiers are entitled to
their old position If they SO desire.
That is an elementary fact in the re-
patriation situation, and while this Is
not always the case, it is generally
observed Ketchikan Miner.
The price of gas boats on Gastineau
Channel has advanced. With the COM
ing of spring it seems that almost
everyone feels he should own a boat
with which to catch fish. Next fall
40 doubt there will be number of
very good fishing boats for sale
cheap News.
Ladies who have no cares In this
world and who are in no wise partic-
ular whom they mate up with might
find good home by answering the
advertisement for wife in this issue.
The only requisites are that woman
must be q willing worker. poor
talker and willing to make living
for an apparently shiftless husband.
There amt no such animal. Valdez
Miner.
While It is regretted that the con-
ference Of governors Of the states,
which was to have held its annual
meeting In Alaska this coming sum-
mer will not be held according to
plans, 1t Is perhaps better for the ter
ritory that 1t is postponed until 1920.
BY that time 1t ID possible that condi-
tons will be much improved and the
members Of the conference will be
able to get much better idea Of the
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-03

election. The present situation offers
him an opportunity to make his word
good and still give him fighting
chance. He has claimed that the peo-
pie of Alaska are for him. If he knows
this to be true, he should not hesitate
Alaska's delegate in the next congress
for them to settle. Will he do it,
Fairbanks Citizen.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-03
BOLSHEVIKI DEFEATED
ON EASTERN FRONT

HELSINGFORS, May 3 (by Asso-
ciated Press The Siberians have de-
feated the Bolsheviki on the entire
eastern front.
An Unexplained Rumor
PARIS, May 3 (by Associated
Press) 1t is reported that the Films
have captured PetrOgrad.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-03

real value of Alaska's resources than
could be obtained at this time.-Fair-
banks Citizen.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-03

It is claimed by local boys that a
Perfect thirty-six" is reality at the
present time ON Douglas Island
Douglas News.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-27

About six months ago G. Bernard
;ha said. said: ~ thank my stars that: as
ters from ours only in being more
.horoufhiy carried cut, and much more
war by virtue of being less 'cducat cd
than our chief antagonist"
The crushing disasters that have be-
OF tho fetish "system''--and incidentally
s,artms , irish"nn ,an ara Wss Wien
spoken. And did II take the collapse
OF Germany 70 make us question the
over by the laws Of formal procedure.
especially in relation TO our school
system?
American parents have never been
wholly receptive to the tedious class
room Grind, the long hours devoted TO
home work examining for examine
we were bit cowed by reports OF the
excellcnee achieved in Germany by
against our better Judgment
The sporadic questioning In various
parts Of the country as 70 the benefits
OF these methods has finally become
focused in an association for tho adj
vancement OF progressive education,
G Of wh ama pn c ~ vi l;9, pres.
president. The movement for progress
sive schools throughout the country
Eliot, so long and brilliantly identified
with formal education. nov in the
past two years. coming ont for sweep
ing reforms. He declares himself In
complete sympathy with the orsaniza-
ton whose plans have been worked
out by a small group Of men and
women in Washington aud Baltimore.
parents. progressive teachers an1 Low
ors pf youth. who believe that no
amount Of information or mental dis
ciplinc can atone for crainped soul.
Progressive education they say Inn
piles the frccst ana fullest develop
men, of the Individual. based upon tho
scientific study OF his physical. mental
spiritual and social needs.
some of the aims OF this association
are: TO act as an exchange bureau
Tor progressive education. TO give al
vice 20 parents, To establish means Tor
training teachers in tho principles and
methods Of progre Ssivc education.
one OF the first considerations or
progressive education Is tho health q!
the pupils. The action Of the human
machine" Is found TO he startiingIy
direct. And when the carly Christinn
spoke of the body "a the tempe OF
tho holy Spirit he was merely fore
Sailing modern science in the tro-
mcndous stress II has laid upon tho
health o, The body.
In progressive school. recently
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-27
Responsibility Of Victory.
ny DAVID GEORGE.

WIN In our y5,a boys reu5ninE from
nm sr,T,, Of hesn oH1ss'9n
Of f fs "sy even s no
selfish national pride is minin.izcd
II was a new kind OF var they fought for
d dTf OF d OF 'Ta from The hshs
in tho ranks. tho consciousness OF those ideals
It M" tie Hhysit % Gr Tr w t
force that won the splendid victory
none OF their fcrvor nor nave they been for
/ns p"ate F V@or" h dGci3 GS he i st%
rmm p mas s,r msprrd %oniId%nc: in Their r%,za
IGN, OF a higher aud better Civilization.
ThSsS me" are Fsnrnms Wild clearer mn-
They have stood beside the I.ng!ish:nan. the
They have fought with him and died With him
laughed with him and PRAYED with him. They
his past sufcrings and his future hopes, and
he have found rh him cutie like themselves in
view has been displaced by the international
nave they found understandnpg n nd" ,ruth
Their fight was for the liberation OF mankind
eids of France After they return. The they Viz
G Ions Of re" arrn G pt oc 70
work is. not finished. and ours has only begun
Pose Which they Get out to do as ciizcn aO there
is IMPOSED upon us the duty Of weaving our
social poitiea econoinie and moral faSric
And this is the SSespsornsls,,y which victory
nnsgishy poured on their FOR the
re IN YSn 81 and @e hss s not hnye
no, bo betrayed to those who would make mock :
shall not he placed at tho mercy OF competition
for livelihood nor made pawns in the game OF
The world has done with cures: it demands
permanent remedies for future prevention Our
tain respects. The remedy is "a funSlamental
reformation We have the power what do we
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-27
Without Government Regulation

NE producers OF anthracite coal have
served notice upon the trade and the
trade upon the consumers that there will be
no April reduction in the price of hard coal
as mas been the case annually for decade
instead. the operators declare that there will
DC monthly increase beginning May | of
10 cents Il ton until September meaning an
aggregate increase of 80 cents n ton before
the coming winter. There is complaint from
the consumer. There is dissatisfaction on the
part OF the coal dealer who must bear the
burden Of the consumers iH-feeling
But there is no recourse. The fuel admin
iStration has ceased to function as regu-
lator oil prices or as Il guarantor of supply
1t still exists, as sort of dying institution.
hut 1t has no power, or if it has power il
frankly admits that it will not exercise it.
This means that the whole decision as to
the price OF fuel rests with the people who
own and mine it. If the anthracite operators
should include that it would be safe to Law
tax of dollar ton upon the coal user.
no appeal from that program could be made
There is no body or agency or government 10
appeal to.
The countrys experience in this situation
should be answer enough to those who OBJ
jcctcd TO government regulation of basic
products during the period OF the war And
thcre were plenty Of dissenters In every
community there were men and women who
preferred 10 take their chances with tho GOOD
ola law or supply and demand but some of
them doubtless will change their mind as
they contemplate the extent to which they
arc now at the mercy Of tho coal producer
All OF which causes reflection upon tho
possibilities that might have been last winter
ana the winter before last IL thcre had been
no firm hand upon the collar OF tho coal
operator PrIces wcrc not materially reduced
uurlnS thls period, it is true, but if there
had been no power or control over Tho sunnlv
ana the distribution OF fuel it is conceivable
that prices would have been raised beyond
all reason. The demand far exceeded tho
supply during tho first winter OF the war. il
MOI the second, and the country might VOL
feel grateful for the intervention of tho fuel
administration in its behalf
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-27
SEEN ON THE SIDE
BY HENRY EDWARD WARMER
There Is No Height.

There is no height towering but
1t can be scaled: there is no stream
So deep 1t will not yield 20 ono
Who swims with triumph in his dream
i here Is no thing-no single task
Given by rate to Man to do
That can resc. the will to clcave,
Determination to go through.
There is no peak, mountains breast
Eut can be won by Force and Grit
No opportunity too far
For ono who makes the most OF it,
Md he who reads his stars with Hope
Will cast his horoscope Alright
Md swim tho stream. and do the task,
And happy climb the shuddcrinE height,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-27
News Of Fifty Years Ago
From the Richmond Dispatch Mar. %, 1860.

All the candidates for Governor were in the
civ Yesterday colonel Robert Il. Withers the
Conservative candidate. was stopping the
Exchange, where he held conferences with sew
tho ''administ ration' candidate, was. 40 the
Spot swood all day.: and Henry II. Wells, the
candidate the Petersburg Republican con :
vcntion. was also In the city, and for while
was before United states Commissioner Chahoon
TO answer the charge brought by Edgar yam
keel allan Tor taIhpcrlhS win inc united states
;, The dead body OF the negro woman found
hanging to n tree near Coalfeld. in Ches,crtic Id
County, was taken down yesterday, and in
quest held by the new Justice. II. w. Dcy.
The verdict was that tho woman commit cd sui
eide.
II is announced that Colonel Darlington. of
tho Exchange Hotel, has become the purcha err
OF the Spotswood Hotel property in this city
Colonel i. q. Chandler. chief quartorma g, or
United states Army, assumed charge Of his
Office yesterday.
The velocipedc sensation here is on tho in
crease. The school Of .Ioslyn & Down. on Main
Street, opposite the post office is well patron
lied every day by parties anxious learn the
Rev. DR.. John Il. Edwards is holding an In
tcrcstinR series of meetings I'm the Broad Street
Methodist Church, commencing ut Quarter
five every afternoon.
Twenty Of the wives OF Brigham Young of
Salt Lake CITY, arrived at Council Bluffs iowa
on Tuesday. After visiting friends in that city
and Omaha they VIII go to Washington.
The public meets with little encoura gom on t
now to visit the White House. tho ,rcsdent
ing appointments. etc.
in Dakota have marie s-Tnd Ian women who IT
f ga III, mako faithful and ndnstrtoug w iyea :.