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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
FIGHTING AND FARMING

During the last year of the "a the
British army did something other
than fight. 1t farmed. According
to a report of the British army agri-
cultural committee, the soldiers cul-
tivated 665S acres of land in the
country occupied by the home forces
alone. They titled the soil to such
good effect that it was made to yield
a profit of $50 per acre
In France thousands of acres we're
cultivated by the soldiers, and vege-
tables worth more than $2.500,000
we're produced.
BY irrigation, the army in Mesopo-
tamia became self-supporting so far
as vegetables were concerned, and
the grain crop was valued at $751;
OO0,0
The Saloniki army also cultivated
the land back of its lines, and, In adj
dition to harvesting crops worth
something like $780, O0, saved So
900. tons Of shipping which would
otherwise have been required to car
ry supplies to that far off front.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
How Our MIX Is Used

Estimates made by the United
States Department of Agriculture
show how the s7,905, 900 600 pounds
of milk produced in the United States
annually are utilized. F~orty-four
and one-half per cent is used as fresh
milk for human food purposes. while
So per cent of the gross supply is
converted into butter, and 40 per
cent is made into cheese; another As
per cent is transformed into canned
milk, 4 per cent Is used in ice cream
making. 4 per cent is used in feeding
calves and hogs on the farms Of or
igin, and z.5 per cent is lostin shrink
age and other waste of the dairying
industry.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
ANARCHISTS DEPoRTED

A cargo of aliens who abused the
hospitality of the United States are
now en- route to a Russian port to be
dumped there and told to remain.
Many of the revolutionaries left Ellis
island with full purses; some of
them were possessed of small for
tunes. While fouting the govern
ment Of the United States and under
mining its foundations they lost no
opportunity to secure for themselves
a portion of the despised gold of the
c~apitalistic class, under whose DOM
nation, we are told, the proletariat
of America was helpless and hope
less.
The deportations have been inaug-
urated. 1t is to be hoped they will
continue, says the Salt Lake Tribune.
Congress signalized it's adjournment
for the holidays by the passage
through the House Of the immigra-
ton committees bill providing for
the deportation of all aliens affiliated
with anarchistic organizations. The
vote was unanimous. The passage
of this bill synchronizes with the de-
parture of the first batch of Russian
propagandists. Still further legisla-
ton to rid the nations of its alien en-
emies and prevent the entry of those
outside its borders is pending and
prompt and effective action is prom
Used at this session of Congress. This
legislation will take care of the l. w.
w. incendiaries and the extreme rad
icals who call themselves communists
and sovietists.
The Goldmans and Berkmans and
Martenses and their ilk have been
permitted entirely too much license
in the past. Recent events have
stirred the nation into a sense of the
danger attending any further COM
placent federation of their activities,
The cleansing process has begun, and
none too soon. And, having gotten
rid of the frebrands busy within the
borders of the United States, Con-
gress must see to it that aliens who
come to this country in future come
only under probation. And there
must be no easy citizenship processes
to circumvent this imperative, If dras-
tic, legislation.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
NEvADA's 1919 CROP REPORT

In the final estimates of crop yields.
production and values In Nevada for
1919, NJ. M. Justin, field agent for
Nevada and Utah, concludes his re-
port with the following:
The season of 1919 started very
a~uspiciously in Nevada but the splen-
did opening conditions were not
maintained. AS the season advanced
temperature ranged high and pre-
cipitation was light. The crest OF
iood water was reached at an un-
usually early date and later practic-
ally all sections without stored wa
ter needed more for irrigation than
was available. The country along
the uppe part of the Humboldt prob
lbly suffered most severely.
Oats and potatoes are the crops
The farthest below average produc-
lion. Hay crops were least affected
with alfalfa making the best show
ing. A reduction In the acreage OF
Spring wheat was the main reason
for the reduction in value of all crops
below last season though potatoes
also show a considerable reduction.
Range conditions declined steadily
throughout the season until Septem-
Der but stock entered the Winter in
average condition. The lamb crop
was good and the wool crop larger
than the preceding year.. The crop
Of calves was generally short.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27

near the river and during the night
wandered down to the river bank to
drink. The river was frozen over
and the cattle went out on the iceand
the ice broke. Tester found them
the next morning frozen to death In
the river. He skinned the animals
and sold the beef to ranchers for hog
feed.
Just after coming all the way from
Italy with her mother to join her
father whom she had not seen for sew
sral years, s-year-old Irida Silvuvisti
died of pneumonia in a hotel at Reno.
The father is employed by the South
ern Pacific at Truckee.
The provision made for the special
stock fund has proved adequate to
take care of the extra drain imposed
by the condemning of t~uberculine cat
tie throughout the State, according
to reports given out. Since early in
October nearly $4,000 has been paid
by the State to cover losses suffered
by the farmers following inspections
by Federal and State men.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
RETURNED
TO OWNERS ON MARCH
President in Proclamation Wednes-
day Night Also Decides to I'm
scramble Express Companies

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-Control
and operation of the Nations rail
roads, assumed by the Government
q a war measure two years ago to-
morrow. will revert to the owners
March 1 unless Congress fixes an
earlier date.
Express Companies Included
President Wilson through a proc
lamation issued last night fixing
March l as the date of the return put
1t res speculation as to the time Of
the handing back of the roads. The
President in an address to Congress
last May said he intended to turn
back the roads at the end Of the pres
snt year.
BY another proclamation with that
in regard to the railroads, the Presi-
dent ordered the dissolution March 1
of the American Railway Express
Company, which was formed July 1,
1918, under Government direction by
consolidation Of the Adams, Ameri-
can, Wells Fargo and Southern COM
panies. e.
Legislation Needed.
Extension by two months OF the
announced time for return of b rail-
roads was made. said a statement
from the White House accompanying
the proclamation, because Congress
had not enacted legislation to meet
conditions incident to the change In
control and operation.
Leaders In Congress generally ex-
pressed approval Of the Presidents
action.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27

iNeIs Lene of Granite Point was
fined $3.50 for selling homemade
wine.
The Fraternal Hall association of
Fallon is planning the erection of a
large lodge building.
The recent cold spell has retarded
drilling operations at several of the
Fallon oil properties.
DR.. w. L. Kist1er, of Sparks, who
was bitten by a rabid dog, is taking
the Pasteur treatment at Reno.
The Holden Mining and Milling
Company has announced that it will
erect a 25O-ton mill at Tuscarora.
The police of Reno are making a
hit with the public by vagging all
mebers of the l w. w. and other un-
d~esirables who appear there.
Mrs. Candida Mestraiua of Austin
was burned to death last Tuesday in
the store building in which she and
her family lived. Pouring gasoline
on a fire caused an explosion which
set FIRE to her clothes and body.
The contention that the amount
paid to census takers is inadequate
has resulted in there being few, IL
any, applicants for such appointments
in Southern Nevada, according to
Mrs. Murdoch of Goldfield, who is d.
rector for that district of the State.
Oscar H. Grey, former Secretary of
State of Nevada, pioneer of Virginia
City and the first nan in the United
States to advocate equal suffrage in a
bill before a State Legislature, Is
dead in Washington, where he was
employed in the Treasury Depart
ment.
Operation of the Lovelock cream-
cry, which has been closed for over a
year., is being considered by Fay F.
Dean, a dairyman Of Santa Clara.
CAL, who has been there for several
days looking over the valley and in
terviewing farmers.
Sixteen head of cattle belonging to
Frank Tessier were drowned last
week in the Humboldt river near
Lovelocks, during the extreme cold
weather. The animals were pastured
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
NEVADA WILL GROW
COTTON NEXT YEAR

Southern Nevada will begin the
growing OF Egyptian long-staple cot
ton next year on a commercial basis"
Director Norcross OF the Agricultural
Extension Division recently
nounced.
eff field areas of the cotton pro-
luce any where near as high yields
IS obtained on the farm demonstra-
ton plots this year and last, cotton
,rowing will speedily dominate south
ern Nevada agriculture.
I'VE have secured yields on dem
onstration plots in 1918 and the pres
emit year which are quite conclusive
that the Pima variety, generally re-
garded as the best of the long-staple
cottons, can be successfully grown on
large areas In the Moapa, Las Vegas
and Virgin River valleys. may say
that on the strength of these demon
STATIONS a cotton-growing company,
operating in the Imperial Valley, Cal
ifornia, has taken over the Winter
wood tract near Las Vegas and is pre-
pairing to plant 800 acres in 1920. ac-
cording to a report submitted by
County Agent Merrill, while a much
larger area will be planted by others
in the Moapa valley.
VIII Have Ready Market
'Long-staple cotton cannot be
grown in the Southern States on ac-
| count of humidity. It's natural hab-
itat is a hot arid climate where 1t is
grown under irrigation. Only a lin
tied area of the United States, name
ly, portions of Arizona, New Mexico,
| southern California and Nevada. are
| adapted to it's culture. 1t is used
chiefly in the manufacture of auto
| mobile tires and airplane-wing fabric
by reason of its great tensile strength
| I sells at a much higher price than
;hort-staple cotton and its acreage
Yield is higher. The Goodyear COM
| Dany has recently erected a cotton
mill near Los Angeles so there Is d
near market for any grown in this
State.
1.-The best plot grown this year COW
| cred exactly one-third of an acre
It was planted May 10 and the first
| picking occurred September Is. There
was an average of 80 bolls to the
plant. the lint averaging n and FIVE
eighths inches. The rows were sir
feet apart, instead Of four. the usual
distance, hence IL is believed that q
higher yield would have resulted II
closer planted. The lowest yield wal
on poor ground and with improper at
tention given to It's planting and cul
tivation. These plots were grown b,
farmers without previous experienced
in cotton growing"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
NEVADA PRESS COMMENT
EMPTYING THE PRISON

Elko Free Press: Just one more
meeting Of the Board of Pardons and
the big State penitentiary will be va
cant. We are really surprised that
they found the heart Tor courage) to
refuse to parole or pardon the few
who failed to get by. Why should
the courts send criminals to the PEN
itentiary when it is a f%oregone con-
clusion that they will be turned loose
long before they have began to serve
but a portion of their sentence? The
next Legislature should restrict the
activities Of the pardon board.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
MINING TAXES

Humboldt Star: 1t Is estimated
that the combined taxes paid by the
mining industry in all its branches
during 1917 amounted to the enor-
nous total of s770,000,0O0, or about
five per cent Of total corporation tax
es of the nation. In addition, the
excess profits and war taxes are ex-
pected to extract nearly two hundred
million more-when the revenue de-
partment is able to interpret its own
laws. These figures will tell. in Ian
guage ineligible to all, the true val
ne of the mining industry to the ma
tion and particularly the West, where
mining is one of the greatest employ
ers of labor.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27

A New Kind OF Steel Which the L.
coverer Must Not Even Tell Abou.

A New Kind OF Steel Which the L.
overer Must Not Even Tell Abou.
II is stated that q British subje.
has discovered a new way Of hard
ing steel, which he is positively )
hidden to use, to let any one else Z
or even to tell how 1t is made.
Obviously that restriction upon tt
freedom of speech is imposed only b
cause the new steel can in some W.,
now be used to make warfare even
more. deadly than 1t now is. Grea'
Britain wants a monopoly Of th
trick. The inventor, however, is a.
lowed to have 1t conidentially pai.
ented in this country, where our Of
ficials can have access to 1t, which
really decent in the British Cover
ment.
In what way the new steel can pro
duce results more horrible than stee
of the present knowne makes is mo-
stated, but the steel is said to b.
harder than any other steel. The.
say that the inventor uses molybde
num- which is a rare metal, almo
impossible to melt.
What the inventor desires is to &c
rich quick from royalties obtained
from makes Of high-speed tools, which
is natural. He evidently Is unwfll-
ing to wait for the next big war to
cash in. One cannot blame hims
The discovery is apparently real,
as the discoverer, Professor John
oliver Arnold. is a high metallur-
gical authority. and the British War
Office doubtless has good steel sharps
Meanwhile, American metallurgists
are working night and day to invent
the same thing or something better
to get patented before the other fell
low and the prospectors are stalking
out molybdenum mines.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27

Evidence is required in court, al
though suspicion is sufficient to con-
vict on the outside.
Instead of leading a wild, free life,
as the movies might lead you to be-
lieve, a cowboy works hard for just
SO much per.
1t used to be said that II you slept
soundly 1t was because you had eth
er a good digestion or too much IL
quor. Now it's good digestion.
Another sign Of the decadent age
into which we are drifting is, the
safety pin is now used as often to
keep mems socks up as 1t is to keep
the baby's britches up.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
HIGH PRICES HIT THE PRESS

Gardnerville Record Courier: No
business to-day is suffering more
from high prices than the country
newspaper. N~ewsprint has advanced
from Az, and at this time mills have
refused to sell for thirteen cents per
pound. This is but one instance Of
the advance in prices Of the many
things that go into the making of a
newspaper. For the past year or so
the newspapers. or at least most of
them have stood this increased cost
without passing 1t along to the con-
sumner. as have the merchants. How
" the situation is becoming quite
critical, and at least some Of the in
creased cost of operating must be
passed along. II country newspapers
are to continue in business.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
London Pays For Dance Partners

LONDON, Dec. "a. - Supplying
dance partners at sixpence each isone
of the features at a big dancing hall
in the West End. The large inclos-
ures al this hall are reserved for
girls without partners. The male
dancer is permitted to take his choice
for half an hours dancing.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
Ask Any DoughboyW Who
Was "Over There

and he will tell you that American railroads are
the best in the world.
He saw the foreign roads = in England and
France, the best in Europe and in other Con-
tinental countries and he knows.
The part railroads have played in the develop
ment of the United States is beyond measure.
American railroads have achieved high stand
GUS investment of capital, and by the constant
striving of managers and men for rewards for work
well done.
We have the best railroads in the world I'VE
must continue to have the best.
But they must grow.
To the SEQ, 900, 900, 900 now invested in our
railroads, there will have to be added in the next
few years. to keep pace with the nations business,
billions more for additional tracks, stations and
terminals, cars and engines, electric power houses
and trains, automatic signals, safety devices, the
elimination Of grade crossings and for recon-
struction and engineering economies that will re-
duce the cost of transportation.
To attract to the railroads in the future the in
vestment funds of many thrifty citizens, the direct
ing genius of the most capable builders and man.
ayers, and the skill and loyalty Of the best work
ding for capital, managers and men the railroad
industry must hold out fair rewards to capital, to
managers and to the men.
American railroads will continue to set world
standards and adequately serve the Nations needs
If they continue to be built and operated on the
American principle Of rewards for work well done.
SMlU advertisement Ia published hy the
aeooiadongf8aiAva s6ssad1eA
These Sssrss Information esme~~iss tie relrosd nS
sasa neg sksis ta~ssss ~ sriGns 10 The Assecs
zion q Rsassv Esssiss. 81 Broadway. N~s Y~h.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27

The water wagon now Is being used
exclusively for s%prinkling purpose
and not for riding.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-16
WANTS WHEELING TO
GET GERMAN CANNON
business Man Anxious That wheeling
Display Relic Uncle Sam is 20
Distribute.

Is Wheeling IL get on" OF IN" CaP'uFeu
German cannon" \ local business man
in discussing tina; question EoSi"Tda!
sand that ihIs city should nave one "i
tho war relies.
II unGrrs;nnd' said he. that many
..,;i.. ih"nu:.hnui the country have na"c
,oul,rniirn L. the war department uir"''
or through their r"SprCtlr" congressman
r,r = cannon ana they have hcrn assured
ih,t a. Srnn as possible the relics VIII
l." shipped.
"WhrrlinE should ret on" OF the can
u,,u ana set il I'D ~ Tin" city building
lawn. II will hr Nor" than memorial
Ia the vnlur or American soldiers VINO
hv In. way. h;iy" never lost war. H"''
when. pru-(;rrmrnS start anything III
r,vu- al 'vat-rlnnd' or any on" 'iS"
-. far rs that is concerned. ihcy Shoulo
~. shown tho CANNON. il would =" :"
most imrr"SSiv" lesson. III" r"li' """'u
Stand as a s:Ivrt monument III honor ol
,,rr .m.rican soldiers ana when all WI"
with hdisloynl hearts look upon the rene
u, w6uli mi N" damp"r al roS'rH''t
ur.n their enthusiasm for Hunlah".
II trust the city officials wi'l tah' up
,b,, ,roi1,r mt once and that Wheeling
Win ur H., left Gu, when lnrl" sam
h.,,:us distributing h.S .war-w"n prizes
This glorious land ~ ING Tree
aud bravo.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-16
LABOR MASS MEETING
TO Be HELD SUNDAY

What rrnmIscS 10 y" tho largest union
mass meeting held in tin. city FOR :rarS
:; scheduled COR most sunday III INC
ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly
hall Ia pcrf~,I III" "rcani%!tI"n ~ inc
>;aiiunal Iron and St".i WORKERS union
j., ;Iis district; III" district "At";"% from
north al Martins ferry !" S"Hih "i lei
l.,:r, i'm Eastern Ohio and int" In" inter
i,,. If this stat. 10 C'larkshUrE. ,nhFic-
ir.- - uun union men Of II different
.r.,f,s wnr arc rligibl" 10 membership
# is -xrrCicd That every local WALL
i,avr AZ least two members At III" meet
i,,.- SUNDAY Following the r"rt"ctInE "t
TN. organization The Obi" Valley Trades
and lahn: Assembly will j." asked I" en-
.,,y.., the movement. III" reorganization
v;II he affilintcd with til" American Fed
.r;f,inn Of Labor. Samuel t'"'np"rSi
rrrs,d.nt Of that organization. is i'i"
j.. ,.h official to launch ~" ~" steel and
iron workers movement.
TIL, new organization Is for III" rlr-
rnsc If having AL union m"n ciItiintcd
directly and Indirectly with III" iron anil
steel industries throughout III" country
TO Join the movement. carrying out the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-16
WILL CONTINUE
CONSTRUCTION
VEN COAL ROAD
STOCKHOLDERS OF WHEELING
OHIO T. EASTERN HOLD AN
NUAL MEETING AND ELECT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Railroad Work Up Big wheeling Creek
for which Right Of Way Has Been
Secured, Will Proceed.

81 y meeting "f ihr. St"'kh"'"'rH w
rho Wheeling. uhl" n Eastern ralif"An'
held in tn" National l:uMk If West VII
..iuia building yesterday morning. 'H-
annual. routine business was TRANSACTED
and the beard Of directors elected. ''h
account Of tn" war IIItl" progress" PAS
been mad" III the TnicrprIS" Tor tH'
uaSr two years. labor ShnriaE" h"lhS
the main rari:s" for TN" S;r"n"ln"h'
If the work. The opinion IS r"ncra!iF
EXPRESSED hy tn" stockholders 'hat
work will u" continued in tn" rot 'lA'
distant future. Tn" plan is To nun"
n railroad up Big Wheeling creek
through III" coal regions If Greene
county. and to reach tn M"n"nSHh"ih
river near Brownsville. Nearly Tn" on
ire right Of way has b""n SECURED ana
considerable surveying and preliminary
work completed.
The board of directors for III" rnsu-
inr wear consists Of: I. NJ. scott j. ''
Holloway. G. r. Hubbard. H. W. fHt"r-
son. 4, s. List. W. J. SI!trl. T.. {. EWING.
Alexander Glass. J t. Irady and Ii. &
Ogden.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-16
"VANITY FAIR" WAS A
PLEASING PRODUCTION

4 capacity aud!"nc" Grrc'c" Jack
Trainer and his irnuH" "t entertainers
~ the Court Th"a,r" last evening. "n'
urrdirsS to say ali thuSr IN i!'''h"-
anre went home thoroughly pi"AS""
with the feeling. that they mad an Gu
iuyahlc evening, which combined -
r.lIrnt music we'll rendered. ana Il c"IA-
bi,ialivn Of fun makers that cotnrrlicH
laughter Throughout.
Thc program provided tw" acts dt
ucrry-uakinS intrrminElcd wilh up-t"-
thc-rnInut" music and Il Sp!"ndiH ''h''-
rus Of singers while m IN" COULD CONF
rlain ot lack Of beauty. when Nr"""'hI-
mated with the entire female aSFrrEa-
ton on thu stage.
Many sp"rialtl"s were r"n"rrrn
throughout the performance" SOME 81
which were novelties that had never
before been offered Wheeling people:
Jack Trainer. who has An "nNiAhl2 r'i"-
iul,nn rs = fun-rrnN"k"r. never APP
ucarrd tn better advanthG" than IN
"Saniry Fair" and every m"m"ht 'tt''
i've WAS on the stag" was pF"N"'A''N'
Of hearty lnufh'"r. In is "nilr"'E 'h',
performances VAS real cnJ"yh"I', An"
with rrrciition her" wunId draw '"-
other capacity audience.