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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06

Oiympian beginning That beginning,
if any one missed it, is the making
drunk of, and the raising Of hob
with, an intensely real English gen.
tleman's man, in Paris, by a crew Of
intensely real poker-faced American
Northwesterners- the narrator is
the gentleman s man. Mark Twain
should have lived to read it. As a
piece of that distinctively American
litterychoor so many Lift. DIS are
always shifting for, it is possibly even
better than Bunker Bean. 1t belongs
beside The Game and the Nation out
of The Virginidn; our preference
rather inclines toward it, of the two.
The worst thing about the rest Of
RuggIes is having to come after it.
Then The Mixer of Red Gap
emerged and started in to tell short
stories. She told two or three that
are capital, and one of these three,
Pete,s Bother-in-Lar, is in our judg-
ment another classic of the wholesome,
homely humor Of these States-as
sound a brand of humor as we know.
But Mrs. Lysander John Pettengill
kept On. She told a bookful, and she
still kept on. Her. second bookful is
out. II bears her name. ,s.sass !.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06

upon new tales by Leonard Merrick,
of which we could find only favorable
things to say; so, having strong pro-
pensity to manhandle some public
character once a week, we lugged the
more recent Ma Pettengill into that
galley and manhandled her. And
readers-human readers, most re-
markably like you-took pains to
thank US for it. One of 'em mailed
thanks all the way from Columbia,
5. c. Like ourselves, they were wait
ing for something comparable with
Bean or Ruggles to read, waiting 10y
ally but growing weary.
There never has been to our knowl-
edge an American "character" nara
tor, or for that matter an American
"eharaeter" character who wasn't q
narrator, who held up In short story
series forever And the bigger they are
at the outset the harder they fall. Jack
Hamlin grew tame in the end. Wal
lingford, once quite a specimen, may
be rinky- drinking yet-we don't know
and we don't care Judge Priest
rapidly grew thin. Emma McChesney
lost her punch. Potash & Perlmut-
ter's interest exactions became usuri-
Gus. Penrod, the immortal, conde-
seended to a lingering moribundity.
William Sylvester Baxter, the some
what less immortal, didn t. But Will
lam knew where to stop.
Mo PettengW is not hopeless. Ma
is only trife perfunctory and topical
and standardized. She seems to per-,
form to order. Finding a dearth Of
material in Red Gap, she has to i'm
port her themes, and imports what she
thinks the public wants-the movie
male candy-box lead; the urban fe-
male patrioteer; the Greenwich vii
lage emancipate, shocked and SAN
dalled. None Of those three stories is
worth flick of her quirt, though the
patrioteer is hit off pretty sharply.
Much better, but still unworthy Of the
Arrowhead Ranch brand, are The
Animal KingdOm-which breaks into
the long preempted range Of the cow
puneher liar-and CG1 Hopper
which without becoming too malodor-
Gus gets out of skunk what amuse-
ment there is in one. Vendetta is all
right enough, without setting the
creek on fire. The rest are $3.50.
Doubtless Mr.. Harry Leon Wilson
and Mrs. Lysander John Pettengill
can go right along conyersing to any
extent, Frightening the corner wheAp
they are and drawing good income
from it. There's nothing criminal
about it. Alarge public will be CRATE
full. But If there are any more Old
Peter Bineses, or Beans, or Cousin
Egberts, or Ruggleses, up the Will
sonian sleeve, and unless there are any
more Petes and the like (which latter
VIC doubt we take leave to wish that
one of Our favorite living American
authors would get Mrs. Pettengill off
his hands and give them a chance to
come down.
Ma PETTENGLL- BIZ HARzr Lsou
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
Ma Pettengill Performs
Free Fantasia Themes by Harry Leon Wilson, With
Special Reference His Latest and Rather Misleading Lady

OMETHING less than twenty
~ years ago there emerged from
the editorial caverns of comic week
~ with high grade barbershop cir
culation a novelist of the then rather
non-cOmmittal name of Wilson, whose
novel proceeded to spread itself over
the BO0kmdn box scores on Best
Sellers, at that time the fever chart of
the Divine Aiflatus in America.
The Spenders told love story, as
all first successful novels do, except
q few which don't; but the love story
had exculpating qualities of real love,
as humanity experienced by two vigor-
Gus and independently interesting
young persons. And it did more than
that. 1t contained: quite picture of
high life in New York, from high life
In New York S own point Of view (the
ruthless freebooter of Wall Street was
RulOn Shepler, and the adventurous
lady was Mrs. Drelmar) sketch of
young English nobleman on his up
pers who was something more than
the Yankee humorist's stock be
monocled dummy; and, especially, a
grand old Rocky Mountain prospector
who had struck it rich. 1t appeared
that the Wilson party knew the West
and knew his way around the East.
Wherefore some of us waited ap-
provingly to see what else he would
write.
He wrote, or perhaps had written,
The Boss of Little Already. 1.-THE Boss
seems strangely forgotten now. Once
in a while you run across a choice
spirit who remembers it, Then he
went in cahoots with one Harrington,
and they ground out some lucrative
plays. Seven years ago Mr.. Wilson
resumed with a serial called HIS
Majesty Bunker Bean.
This story had its vogue, including
q bad and disastrous dramatization,
and then took its place among the
good stories of Yesteryear 1t won't
remain there. Along in the next CEN
fury some earnest critic will dig it up
wait and see-and lecture on it as
the American Novel of its time. We
steal march and thunder On that
critic. If we don't quite envisage the
full area of his claim we think Bunk
er Bean at least the novel, down to
date, about New York. There is more
of New York New Yorky in it than
there is in an East Sixty Umphth
street block of Houses of Mirth and
such. Also, it succeeds in being every
thing it tries to be, and the trying is
done lightly, playfully, with total lack
of pretentiOusness. In other words,
Bunker Bean for what it is-and it is
a good deal more than many of us
realized, though the author himself
may have been expressing his opinion
when he quietly dedicated Bunker
Bean to Fl. G. Wells-does not fall
very far short of being perfect. A
good-sized assertion which we are pre-
pared to defend at any time.
1t was followed by Ruggles Of Red
Cup, a novel of distinctive and cred
liable if somewhat uneven humor,
both blessed and handicapped with an
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06

Ma rPETTENGILL- BIZ HARzr Lnou
wnsoss. Doubleday Pags 3 Co MA
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-12
Ready to Wear Dept.
SHOES

SHOES
 FORD SHOES We'll known for their perfect fit as we'll as ther excellent wearing qualities present we are ing these in black grey Prces as reasonae the present market permits 'e ."
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-12

ing in mining camps who have fam lilies elsewhere, and these men are put in the above class provided they are American citizens. Class also in- cludes the younger employees. who have worked continuously since Jan uary, 1917, and who have dependents, In this class also are placed old en- ployees who have dependents, but who are not citizens.
 Class 4 covers the men who have worked IS months and who have de- pendents and citizenship. It also in- cludes some Austrians and Germans who had made the first move towards securing citizenship, but who were de- prived of the right to make their final application during the war, pro- vided they had dependents, and had shown evidence of desiring citizen ship.
 Class 3 includes those employees without dependents who have come under the company payrolls during the past IS months. It also includes non-citizens with no local dependents. In some cases there was a question of dependents and citizenship, and these names were placed in higher class pending investigation.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-12
.RESORCES OF BANKS OF
 STATE INCREASE $9,2S0,70S ' IN ONE YEAR OF BUSINESS

The total resources of all the banks in Arizona state and national, show an increase from March 4, 1918, to March 4, 1919, of $9,2s0, ,7Os.69, ac- cording to the report issued by Jesse Boyce, state auditor and bank exam iner
 According to the report, the total resources of all the Arizona banks on March 4 were $79,2S6,S29.7O.
 Since December 31, last, the banks of the state outside of the Salt River valley, show decrease on account of the closing down of mining operations In the Salt River valley, however, the financial institutions have regis tered substantial advance since the first of the year.
 The Salt River valley banks have increased their resources since De- cember 31 last, according to Boyce's report, by $3,O3s,s36.5s. All the banks of the state for the same period show an increase of $2,964,744,O9, which leaves a decrease in the total resources of those outside the Salt River valley.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-12
Darling l Am
 Coming Back

Darling, am coming back, Silver threads among the black; Now that peace in Europe hears I'll be home in seven years. I'll dorp in on you some night, With my whiskers long and
 white.
 Yes, the war is over, dear, And we're going home, hear. Home again with you once
 more
 Say by nineteen twenty-four. Once thought by now I'd be Sailing back across the sea. Back to where you sit and pine But I'm stuck here on the Rhine, You can hear the gang all cr rse! "War is hell, but peace is worse." When the next war comes
 around
 In the front line I'll be found. I'll rush in again pell-mell; Yes, I will-like hell-like hell!
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-12
NO BOLSHEVIST

They had been married three months and were having their first quarrel-which shows that they were a remarkable couple.
 Evidently" she said icily, "you re- gret that you have married me. The step is not irrevocable, however. If you care to be released from your bonds"
 Nav" he interrupted, impatiently. "l'm no ninety-day recruit. I enlisted for the term of the war;
 She couldn't think of any retort, so she maintained a scornful silence Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-12
Waists
SILK, WOOL AND WHITE SKIRTS

of sl and
 satin and fancy popins Our the
 best qualty Of Gabardine' Popn and Pque All IHf@>! enable prices.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-12
NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
 RECEIVES RARE COIN
(Sew York World)

The Meseum of Numismatic society has received gift of probably it's rarest coin. This is the famous, con- federate half dollar, of which but four were made, and today only two are known to exist.
 In the early days of the Civil War, the confederates, when they took New Orleans, seized all government prop erty, which included the United States mint. What coins there were on hand, of course were used. The silver bull lion was also minted into United Stat es coins with the dies then there. The question then came up of distinctive coinage for the confederacy. A die was made for the reverse of the 5O- cent piece, showing a confederate shield and the legend, Confederate States of America. The obverse side of the old United States half dollar, showing sealed figure of Liberty surrounded by thirteen stars, dated 1861, was to be used in conjunction with the new die.
 Four pieces only were struck, prob ably to submit to the high officials in Richmond. No more pieces were ever struck, as the supply of bullion had run out, and during the life of the confederacy no sufficient amount of bullion was ever obtained to strike any silver coins.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22
RHYOLITE FURNISHES HOUSE
BUILDING STUFF FOR DIVIDE

Rhyolite. the boom camp of 1905.
is giving up its best material for the
upbuilding OF the new Divide City.
splendid buildings that made
Rhyolite the queen of the Southern
desert are being dismantled. and the
lumber, window frames, doors and
sashes are being hauled to Tonopah
by the railroad. Then they are taken
out the six miles to Divide City be-
hind long ten-horse teams. The rate
of freight from Rhyolite is only SIS
a thousand, so that the material.
which has the advantage of being
well seasoned, is placed on the
ground at Tonopah at less than the
of new material.-lGazette Cor.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

In a sinful world it is Americas
job to e that no European or Ash
attic power shall stand sentinel over
the Panama canal. We may have the
highest regard for the power that
would like to do so. But we have an
even higher regard for our W safe
ty. And We don't propose to leave
that question to an alien body like
the League of Nations to determine.
When there is fish on the table we
don't leave the cat alone in the room
with it, and We don't take time to
go to court and apply for an injunc-
ton against the cat.-[Kansas City
Times.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22
NOTICE AND PETITION

Winnemucca, Nevada, April 7, 1919.
To the Board OF County Commission
ers of Humboldt County. Nevada:
Gentlemen - In compliance with
Section 1867 of the Revised Laws OF
Nevada. / hereby apply for a leave
of absence for a period of thirty days.
and the name Of the Deputy who will
be in charge of the office of County
Clerk is C. c. Wright of winnemucea,
Nevada. J.w. DAvEY,
a8-m6 County Clerk.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22
MINES ON COMST0CK
RENEWING ACTIVITY

No mine in Nevada is too old for
a comeback in this year Of 1919. and
the old Comstock properties. never
dead. but nearly asleep. are deter
mined to claim their own in the gen
eral boom. according TO the Virginia
City Chronicle. which says:
The rapid advance in values OF TIE
stocks OF the Northend mines during
the past week has been based upon
greatly improved conditions in these
properties. For the past several
weeks conditions underground in Con.
Virginia. Ophir. Mexican. Union. and
Sierra Nevada, have been vastly i'm
proved. Development work has been
directed toward blocking out ore
bodies, and the large tonnage OF ore
which has been produced each week
has come largely from this develop
ment work, raises and drifts being
extended in the veins on different
levels.
The weekly reports show ore sx-
tracted on the 1850 level, the 1850
level and the 2150 level from Con
Virginia, and from the 1900 level, the
1900 level and the 1000 level of ophir.
Thousands of shares of stocks in the
Northend mines have been accumu-
lated in the past few weeks by the
miners now employed. who appreci-
ate. perhaps better than anyone else.
the improved conditions and splen-
did prospects.
II is not generally known or real
lied that the number Of shares in the
stock Of these Northend COM
is so low. The Con. Virginia
IS capitalized at 21e.000 shares. the
Ophir at POI. 500. the Mexican at POI.
500, the Union Consolidated at 200.
BOO. and the Sierra Nevada at 2O0. 900.
This low capitalization has been con
with the capitalization OF
mines in other districts, which usually
s 1000 900 shares. and in some cases
more.
At the present time the price Of
-omstock stocks barely equals the
.ost of surface equipment. The new
mill OF the Mexican Mining Company
;ost in excess of 800. 600. and could
not be duplicated today for twice
hat amount, while the stock at the
quotations is on a basis of
ess than 100000 for the property.
Similar conditions exist in Con
while the surface works OF
he Union, Mexican. and Sierra Ne
ada could not be replaced for much
more than what the stocks are now
at. The Mexican mill is
rushing Ophir and Con. Virginia ore
o its full capacity. and. as stated,
ore m principally from de-
elopment work.
The old Ophir shaft, through which
billions of dollars have been hoisted.
as been repaired and reopened to
be 1465 level. and the old east cross
ut is being reopened on this level
he purpose Of this work is to reach
he ground near the old bonanza
TOPICS of Ophir and Con. Virginia.
Undoubtedly a long period Of in
reased ore production is at hand
III OF the work being done in the
sorthend mines is under the direc-
ion of Supt. Whitman Symmes.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22
THE TRAILS WE USED TO KNOW

Ely Arthur uiterman--s
MOccasins Of moosehide. hanging by your thongs,
Where would you be taking me today?"
Deep among the pine-woods. where a man belongs,
Treading up the balsam-fragrant way.
For the clouds have done their weeping,
All the eataracts are leaping.
White anemones are peeping
From the runnels of the snow;
Down the wind the hawk is riding,
On the bough the jay is Gliding,
And the little fawns are gliding
On the trails we used to know"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

The peace conference has given
Lloyd George a chill. but at that the
British premier has nothing on the
rest of the world.-[The Philadelphia
North American.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

A headline in the Minneapolis Jour
nal says: President Wilson walks
five miles at sea-" Is he walking on
the water, too?
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22
MCKEE SAYS

(votcEl PLEASE 1Ake our \
TAh1 "FOp SALE" 40 OF
MifAs OiGHI AWAY. SOLO
1NE PGeR,oephIoQ eEFOpe
TAe PAPER pAo ReerS OO1 {
TWO AOOpS, 6U1 people
ikeGp CALLING UP O ~ VAE
16lEpAOA6 Ga Q,eAG,NG
1AE DOOR CELL AAO 4, Na,sA
70 GOODNESS KNEW
SOME NnI 20 S1Op 1HEMJ
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

A headline says: Portland and
Spokane Buy Telephone Girl" What
the hello. Bill!
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

Senator Key Piuman attained the highest pinnacle of his career one day
last week when. in one of the flying machines carrying mail between Wash
ngton and New York. he reached al altitude of $4,000 feet-[Carson Appeal
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

Somebody lectred last night on Our Dough girls" in France. What we
need are doughgirs in the homes-girls who knead the dough more and need
the dough less-IHouston Post
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

The Will of God respecting u is that We shall live by each others happi
ness and life. Men help each other by their JOY, not by their sorrow
They are nt intended to shy themselves for each other, but to strengthen
themselves for each other-[Ruskin.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

The Keystone Telephone Company
declared its usual seni-annual divi-
dend of 3 per cent payable MAY / "a
registered April Is.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

AS long a. re have WV. employers W will have Iww. employees" is
the way Secretary Morrison puts it into a nutshen--[stL Louis Republic.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22
Feels He Owes an Apology to Congress

1 least one OF the Democrats who took a leading part in framing
the legislation OF the last Congress has become appalled, at the
result and intends TO obey the call Of his conscience and peni-
tenily apologize to the House. when it reconyenes. for the part
ne played in bringing about the national Reorganization. Rep
resentative AsweIl of Louisiana is the man who initiated the
legislation for the taking over BY the goyernment of the wires
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

When it looks bad we ask God for help But when W e win we distribute
medals and praise among ourselves
MIrKlE cAYc i-lIndianapolis Times
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

There never "a a government in the establishment of which the units
composing it did not surrender some of their individual rights. There never
a a international treaty in which the parties to the pact did n OF each
surrender some Of their national rights.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

NEKZ @ ~DO ~ nv 1tOAoNf "CA II 4eCOufcANss IT Ue par
lNSIaD he played in bringing about the national Reorganization. Rep
OWXSN resentatiye Aswen Of Louisiana is the man who initiated the
- legislation for the taking over by the government of the wires
and cables He says he is thoroughly disappointed yer the result He had
operation would lead to a general reduction of rates. in some cases as much
IS onehaL But lot only have the rates not been reduced. but telegraph
rates have been increased about 20 per cent
4 IN the author" humby confesses Mr.. Aswen, "of the resolution that
vas made the basis Of existing law for taking owe control of telegraph and
telephone wires for the duration of the a I believed in it heartily, and
worked for il faithfully; but l am very frank to state that / am greatly
disappointed and discouraged to note the increase of 20 per cen ordered IN
telegraph rates. am not yet ready to admit that any such increase is jus
tfable or necessary.
This means the deathknel to government control o. ownership of tee-
graph, telephone, and railroad lines. 1 owe it to my people and the Congress
IL Is pleasing to know lat Mr. Aswells vision at asth Ia penetrated The
cloud of wisconsin and government ownership that seemed to inspire him
and his Democrat colleagues. 1t would have been far better for the country
if the predictions of Republicans since proven to be true, had been followed
when the AsweI legislation and similar bills were up for discussion. Apollo
ges cannot repair damage that has resulted from Democrat experiments in
upsetung the established order OF things and substituting untned schemes
The people will be slow to intrust the government again to the control Of
men who have brought such disorganizauon TO railroad and wire systems
and who % seek forgiveness for their misdeeds in abNct apologies.
Verify, the president Of Germany has a nw kind of job. 1t pays good
wages, 100000 marks a month; but he must return what he doesn't spend!
You car almost see President Ebert laying in" a stock of canned goods
and domestcs for mex year, and refurbrishing the wardrobe of "the missus"
There never ws a government in the establishment of which the units
composing it did not surrender some of their individual rights. There never
"a al international treaty in which the parties 10 the pact did not each
surrender some of their national rights.
The will of God respecting us is that we shall live BY eah others bappt
ness. and life. Men help each other by their JOY, not by their sorrow
They are not intended to Stay themselves for each other, but to strengthen
themselves for each other-lRuskin.
Senator Key Pittman attained the highest pinnacle of his career one day
last week when. in one of the flying machines carrying mail between Wash
ington and New York. he reached al altitude of $4,000 feet-[Carson Appeal
Somebody hctured last night or Our DOugh-gir in France. What we
need are doughgirls in the homes-girls who knead the dough more and need
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-04-22

Verify, the president of Germany has a icy kind of job. II pays goo
wages, 100000 marks a month; but he must return what he doesn't spend
You a almost see President Ebert laying in" a stock of canned good
and domesucs for next year, and refurbrishing the wardrobe of "the misus
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-08
Goethe Memorial at weImar.

The genius Of Goethe and Schiller
characterize Weimar in many forms
Of civic beauty Goethe, some years
before his death. laid out a large pub
lie park In the form of a garden and
without an enclosure of any kind
There q quaint relic Of fits originator
remains in the stone altar round which
a serpent climbs t0 eat the vOtive
bread. Upon the altar is an inscrlp-
ton 10 the genius hujas loci"