The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-10-02
MAY Be SOMETHING
DOING AT TONOPAH
Especial corresnondencel

Vi vi COURSE tnt
weather man hung out his Fair and
warmer" sign, but he had that cop
pered The first snow storm of the
season" which was so blythely
heralded in Associated Press dis
patches from Helena, Montana, got
down into Nevada and covered the
Sierra Nevada mountains with the
stuff we may expect to see for "quite
some" months now. People about the
hotel began digging up their last
years "Bennies." the janitor built a
fire somewhere down in the basement
the steam sizzled in the radiators,
and we all faced old Winter as a
rather unwelcome guest who was
coming in on tonight's Limited. /
have not seen one new overcoat.
Will Moore, of Winnemucca, Phila-
delphia and Texas, was in Reno for a
short time the other evening, waiting
for mo. 90" We ate some supper
at the<Grand and talked with John
Petrinovich. Stepping out to the
sidewalk, we both stuck out our
hands and said Hello. Jim Minor"
to man who was passing. Speak
ing to me?" inquired the pedestrian.
We were, and we asked him why he
failed to speak to us. Because my
name is not Jim Minor he said.
His name was Adams, and he lived
in the Carson Valley. he told u.s. Be-
lieve in doubtless
One of the things ! neglected to
mention when telling of President
Wilson's visit to Reno was the action
of people who never before had seen
an aeroplane. Some fellow here has
a good-sized biplane on which he
takes passengers on joy-rides for
consideration which about matches
the price of a new hat nowadays.
He was pretty busy about the time of
the Presidents visit and the cough of
his motor turned many strange eyes
aloft. 1t was real fun to watch the
expressions and hear the remarks of
persons who were getting their first
glimpse of an honest-to- goodness
airship.
joys a scoop" as well as the next
newspaper, always providing it scores.
the journalistic tidbit Well here's
one little piece of Reno news which
the papers of the metropolis didn't
have Wednesday: The two stock
brokerage Offices on Center street
(names omitted because of the ediet
against free advertising) are installing
loops" from the Western Union
wires here, and will have special
operators ready for service Thursday
or Friday. Just what this move
means will have to be left largely to
conjecture. Stock sales have been
rather slow here until Monday of this
week, and the showing is very poor
Wednesday. Unless some change in
the situation is in sight it would ap-
pear to the onlooker that there is not
the slightest occasion for special
wires. Therefore the logic of the
event is that something is up" 1t
is not too much to suppose, probably.
that the Tonopah strike is about to
be settled" whatever that may
mean to you) and stocks are due for
another skyward fight. Now. let us
hope nobody takes this tip for any
more than it is worth. The fact is
stated. 1t suggests another mining
boom. But remember the flour barrel,
| wish the editor of The Silver
State would be a little more careful
about the stuff" he reprints from
the Reno Gazette. The Gazette, you
know. is slightly autocratic in its
tendencies (as witness its calling the
Carson City Appeal "little news
paper'-which will not soon be for
gotten). and it perhaps does not al
ways do unto Others" etc. Tn,
copied article which is referred tc
at this time was printed in The Sis
yer State of September Is. on the
third page, headed, "Englishman Is
Not Sure OF Safety" Ii told of let
'er the Reno chief of police received
rom an English army officer. in
luiring whether Nevada was safe
place for ladies-or. rather, is it a
suitable place? The funny remarks
which the Reno policeman intended to
make in his reply were also printed.
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