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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

home at the Jackrabbit property.
The Phoebe ball team motored to
Caliente last Sunday and pummeled tie
railroad boys to the tune of ,5 to 10.
the home team. In the near future
Caliente will cross bats with panasa
and then Phoebe will take on the win
ners of the latter game for the decid-
ing game of the season.
Hans Olson took number of Pr
o.,che oche girls to Caliente SUNDAY to see
parked on the Caiiente side, but the
girls We're cheering for Pioche This
was too much for Hans: loyal to Cali
out of the car and wouldn't let them
come back until after the game.
The second installment of taxes for
the year 1918 is now due and unless
paid before Monday, June 2, will be-
come delinquent and 10 per cent and
| the total Taxpayers should bear in
| mind that 1t takes money to run the
affairs of the county. and they should
| not wait until the last moment to pro-
| duce their share of the cash.
The Electric Movies will present on
to Fight and the Ford Weekly. The
Story of Steel" Monday night Good
Night. Paul" featuring Constance Tai
bsats M ee syep yen the Road Wit
Sallie" as a laugh getter. Patrons of
the movies need no additional encour-
| agement. 1t is Constance Talmadge at
her best in her latest Select picture.
After an absence from the city of
five months duration Judge Charles
of the week. Judge Horsey has been
in New York and Los Angeles in the
interest of his numerous Phoebe min
ing connections Mrs. Horsey will re-
| m piocbp from Los Angeles In
! about a month, when they will again
take up their residence in their home
intention of resumng the practice OF
his profession, but will devote all OF
his time to- the mining industry,
Mrs. Ethel Orr, formerly assistant
secretary of the Petaluma (CaL.
Chamber of Commerce, is the new dep
uty county clerk and succeeds Mis-
: Myrtle Horwege, who resigned. to as
cept fine position with the Pacif
!: Improvement Company. Mrs. Orr ha
had abundant preparation for her nev
. the best wishes of a host of friends
4 | SAYS a Petaluma exchange. Mrs. Or
II was formerly resident of Phoebe an
!, has many friends in this locality VIII
!, II wish her well in her new position.
y One of the reporters was seen shoot
e g ing craps downtown with one of tn
: returned soldiers Gambling in thi
q q town must stop. The officers shoul
e see that the law is enforced to tn
IL strict letter. 1t is not known whethe
the soldier enticed the innocent re
porter into the game or whether tn
| young soldier was being roped in b
the reprobate. At any rate, 1t shoul
stop. That the game was stopped whe
the reporter lost his Is cents is no el
=, cuse for the officers failing to be o
= hand to do their duty. If they wei
- on the job the reporter might hay
ahead of the game. These big gan
e. bling affairs should be stopped-at II
right time.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

A letter from Sergeant Charles Hos
mer, formerly of Phoebe, says that he
| has been assigned to replace one of the
men in the 42d division and is now
| stationed in Hackelberg, Germany.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Mrs. Thomas Dixon. who visited old
friends in Caliente this week, has re
turned to her home in Santa Cruz. Cal
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

George e. Coke, formerly Of pio che
| and lately of Hanover N M, has
moved his family to Eastland, Texas
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

New beets, new cabbage and other
fresh vegetables on special sale tooay
at the Phoebe Market.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

The Phoebe ball team motorel TO
Caliente last Sunday and pummeled tie
railroad boys to the tune of IS To 10.
A large crowd of rooters accompanied
the home team. In the near future
Caliente will cross bats with pana2a,
and then Phoebe will take on the win
ners of the latter game for the decid-
ing game of the season.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Fifteen thousand shares OF TUMG, na
sTEN-CoMET Mining stock rd 2wnni wtIl
in need OF nnnRain immIin,aA Address Box 4s
pioche New.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Sheriff William Culverwell is spend
ing this week in Barclay collecting
cattle tax.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16
FOR SALE.

NV 29-30th interest in patented claim
M, & H No 1, at Atlanta, New, adjoin-
ing Atlanta Home mine. Submit offer
to DR.. J. d. Campbell. Phoebe. New.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16
Alamo Home Is
Destroyed by Fire

Last Tuesday Alamo was visited by
destructive fire which entirely de-
stroyed the home and household ef-
fects of William Lamb Sr. The family
had been away from home during the
day and about O'Clock in the evening
son returned. After half an hour
spent in the house he went into the
yad was and On few n sors es nouss aa
alarm could be given the fire had
gained such headway that it was i'm
possible to save a single piece of fur
is estimated at $4,000. AS no fire had
been started in the house Mr.. Lamb is
at loss to know what started the
M ham6 G Is 3ns q the
valley and lives in Alamo. He will re-
build as soon as the necessary material
can be secured
A home coming welcome was ten
| dered to two Of Alamo's returning SOL
diers last Tuesday evening in the Ala
| ing We're Ed Weaver and james Wads-
worth, who We're mustered out of the
| service at Fort Russell, Wyoming. re,
| Gently and returned to their homes
| ments We're enjoyed by one Of the
| largest assemblages ever gathered to.
| gether in the Pahranagat valley, near
ly 200 people being In attendance.
Farmers of the valley will commence
| to harvest their first crop of alfalf;
the first of next week. The hay Is IL
fine condition and it is anticipated tina
| it will yield one and one-half tons pc
acre. Four crops are harvested in thi
valley each year.
| Two Ford trucks are now employs
in hauling produce and supplies be
tween Alamo and Caliente. They ar
operated by James Jones and Clai
Stewart. the latter having the maj
| contract.
The mail service between Alamo an
. | Caliente has recently been improve
by the addition of third trip weekl!
+ Two trips weekly are still made t
| Hike. Carrier Stewart leaves Alan
for Caliente in the morning of Nor
, day, Wednesday and Friday, returnin
to Alamo in the afternoon OF the sam
, days. He leaves Alamo for Hike
| the morning of Tuesday and Saturda,
{ returning the same days.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

A company of tank men," command
ed by Lieutenant Jerome V. Fite, pass
ed through Caliente Wednesday en-
route 70 Ogden. These men have been
selling Victory notes in Los Angeles
from tank and reported sales of
$500 900
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Flower Seeds at the Drug Store
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

The Drug Store has received large
stock of flags Of all sizes eor the cele-
bration Show your colors for the
boys. Buy early. Flags are scarce.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Stationery and office supplies at tn
Record ofice.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Miss Mamie Orr came up from Las
Vegas Sunday enroute to Phoebe.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Phoebe Ore Shipments for the Week
Ore shipments from Phoebe for tho
week ending May Is aggregated 1850
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Apples. oranges and grapefruit at
the Phoebe Meat Market.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Garden Seeds at the Drug store.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

oche girls to Caliente Sunday to see
the ball game The machine was
parked on the Caliente side, but the
was too much for Hans, loyal to Call
ente, so he threw the fair passengers
out of the car and wouldn't let them
come back until after the game.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

c,ocks. watches at the Drug Store.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Garden Seeds at the Drug Store.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Among the Piochers who attended
the ball game here Sunday We're Mrs
Jerome Sears. Mrs. Dan Franks, Mrs
Jay Christian. Mrs. George Franks.
Mrs. Isabelle Ewing. Mrs. j. l.. Bow
man, Mrs. Arthur Thomas, Mrs. F.
Woodhead Mrs. A. A. Carman. Misses
Isabel Osborne, Matte Orr and Adeline
Christian. Jack Fitzgerald. Dixie Wolf
enstein, Dan Franks. Jess Freudenthal.
Herman Prudential. Addison Freu-
denthal, William Hautier,, Maurice
Bowling, Ikey Orr, Howard Ruther-
ford, Peter Buol, c. A. Thompson.
Lockey Bowman, Alex Lloyd and H.
w Rand
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Flower Seeds at the Drug Store.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Ivan Fidestrom. u S. d. A., is regis
tered at the Caliente hotel.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Mrs. Edna Foster and daughter, Mrs.
John Wright. went to Salt Lake Mon
day to meet Mr.. Wright. The Wrignts
will return overland in their new car.
Another daughter, Mrs. William Sey-
mour, has returned to Los Angeles
after weeks visit here
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16

Sergeant Merrill of the British Roy
al horse addressed the employees. of the
Salt Lake shops Thursday morning on
the subject of the Victory loan The
sergeant is an American, but fearing
that we might not get into the SCRAP
he enlisted with the Canadian trooDs
shortly after war broke out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

goods have got to know how to pick nv
songs and jokes, for they are my stock in
trade, just as shoes and shirts are the other
fellows stock in trade. Past reputation
doesn't count as much people think. If
a salesman doesn't bring in the orders his
reputation drops in the trade In the same
way If don't get my orders in the shape
OF laughs and applause, drop also
Like most statesmen, got my selling
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
The Two Drinkers
BY Witter Bynner
From the French Of Charles liidrac

"T HEY hare sat douw together FOR
little drink
H. They are leaning auth oil their
lceiglst on their eIboios:
Their rords are meeting and their eyes
Ind their cheeks and roices and eyes
are laughing
Across the table,
And, oh, qchot good ones they're telling!
They ore really happy for the moment;
They are really happy to- be together;
And get,
# tomorrow they hare to hurry
through a door
Not 10ide enough> for tico,
Where one mast pass after the other,
They tcil pause before it
Wjth an ugly change in their faces,
With an ugly look Mt each other,
And slonting took tolcGrd the door.
As dogs, nth bone betVeen them,
Gro1cI, tcd17aing each other of,
SO mag these two become tomorrow or
tonight,
These ttoo soho no1o are friends because
Of little drink
That Is true enough, and it's sad, too,
But that's not the 10Gy to say III
TINS is the aoay to sag it:
These tho men rcho are laughing
Might be fighting for no reason:
They might ind a thousand reasons
To be fighting;
There are reasons d-plcnty!
They need only pick, they need only
chsosei
But no,
Deep IN that old heart of theirs,
Is the secret need Of anion and Of ,nirth,
nd IN a moment Of unberding,
While the spite Of life has left that
poor old heart 10 itself,
See hoa0 their eyes are Iaughtna,
See holc they slap each others shoulders.
See holo they hare no doubt Of each
other,
See ho'o they Ike to offer each other
drinks,
And, oh, iohdt good ores they're telling!
Prom Contemporary Verse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
That Noise

In describing how the audience often
spolIs laugh, Al Jolson says:
l want to say word about whispering
and talking in theatres When people
cough come in late, talk, shift the feet and
DO the hundred and one things that an audi
ence does do, they are making it mighty
difficult for the statesmen to sell their
goods. In way. it is just as though
man whom salesman was trying to sell
was very rude and curt. That nav seem
far fetched, but it isn't People have no
idea how disturbing these little things are.
IN drama actors work through half the
play TO lead up to tense situation, and
then foolish giggle or careless sneeze de
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

experience in small stores. These stores
were called vaudeville, and in these places
picked up many valuable selling point
l learned such tricks OF selling as how to
approach my customers, when to close the
sale, and how to put my goods over And
even to-day, after about eighteen years Of
selling experience, am constantly learning
new ways.
i can easily demonstrate what my selling
experience in small stores did for me by
telling what happened when | went to one
of the biggest department stores In my
line that you can find in New York mean
The Winter Garden.
ain vaudeville had learned that the
average human being loves 10 have people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Surprise

ION almost par with contrast would
put surprise.
"Flguring out what the audience expects
and then doing something different is grea.
Jun to me- In one of my pictures, The I'm
migrant the opening scene showed me lean
ing far over the side of ship ONLY nv
back could be seen, and from the convulsive
shudders of my shoulders it looked az
though | was seasick n had been il
would have been a terrible mistake to show
1t In the picture. What was doing was de-
llberately misleading the audience. Be
cause, when | Strengthened up, 7 pulled
fish on the end Of line into view, and the
audience saw that instead Of being seasck
| had been leaning over che side TO catch
the fish It came as total surprise and
got roar Of laughter
There is no mystery connected with max
ing people laugh. All have ever done is to
keep my eyes open and my brain alert for
any facts or Incidents that could use in
my business. | have studied human nature.
because without knowledge Of it 7 could
not do my work. A knowledge of human
nature is the foundation Of success"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Now Then, Jolson

And here is how A Jolson Gets
Laughs IS related in "The American
Magazine" Comparing himself to a
salesman, he says:
Just as any other man sells merchan-
disc, | have to sell my goods to the audi
ence SO when people say | know how TO
put song across they are merely saying
that, like a salesman of shoes or shirts. I
know how to sell my goods
TO bring the point down further, just as
the buyer must know how to select hi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

~ kings of comedy, Charlie Chap
Il lin and Al Jolson, are able tc
command 'the laughter of the
rods." and others, is here related in their
.rr words. The first confession is that
~ Charlie Chaplin (taken from "Thc
Grand Magazine"). in which he unveils
Few Of the professional secrets which
govern his success;
The one point OF human nature TINT I
.,.v upon moro than anything else Is that
i, ,,rkcs people ms funny when they see
.or,e one else placed IN an undignihcd and
embarrassing situation.
~. isn't the mere fact Of n hat blowing
"A that Is funny, 1t ia the ludcrous eight
presented by man chasing up the street
With his hat blowing and his coat-tails fly
ing that makes people laugh When a man
wslks quietly along n street he is not
funny. Placed in an embarrassing and ride
Nous situation, however, the human being
nrovokes other humans to laughter
DAll comedy of situation is based upon
this fact Comedy moving pictures were an
instant success because most of them
showed policemen falling down coal holes,
sl;puing into buckets Of whitewash. falling
off patrol wagons, and getting into all
sorts Of trouble Here were men repre-
senting the dignity of the law, often very
uompous themselves, being made ridiculous
and undigniied. The sight of their mis-
fortunes at once struck The public funny
bone twice as hard as if private citizens
were going through the experience.
Even funnier than the man who has
been made ridiculous however, is the man
who. having had something funny happen
to him, refuses to admit that anything out
Of the way has happened and attempts to
maintain his dignity. Perhaps the best
example is the intoxicated man who, though
his tongue and walk give him away, at
tempts In dlgnlhed manner TO convince
you that he is quite sober
"Hc lie much funuier than the man who.
wildly hilarious, is frankly drunk and
doesn't care a whoop who knows it, In
soxieated characters on the stage arc al
most always slightly tpsy, with an at
tempt at dignity; because theatrical mana
gers have learned that this attempt at dig
nifty is funny
For that reason all my pictures are built
around the idea of getting me into trouble
and so giving me the chance to be desper-
siey serious in my attempt to appear as
normal little gentleman. That is WHY, no
matter how desperate the predicament is.
! am always very much in earnest about
cutching my cane, Strengthening my DERBY
nat and fixing my tie, even though I have
just landed on my head
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

AL Jolson, above, and Charlie
Chaplin, on the right. The figure
disporting hinself in the fore
ground-but nobody needs TO be
told which of the pair this is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Harder Than %

People often ask me how l pick my
jokes Well, take my word for it. finding
good jokes is harder than working twenty
four hours a day. I get swamped with
Jokes from every part Of the country. but
| rarely find one good enough to purchase.
Most of them are either too long or too
risque for me to tell. Every joke tell
has to be simple and short People sort
Of cock their ears to catch every word.
That is strain SO the shorter Jokes ate
the better
also to be really funny, Jokes have got
to be personal. They have got to be about
something people have experienced them
selves. or, at least know all about. The
man who laughs Is always matching up the
joke from his own experience, and while
he is laughing he ia secretly tickled TO
death that while Jones's wife, for example
goes through her husbands trousers each
night, his wife leaves his trousers alone
Jokes about married life go well because
the ma ority of people married and know
all about it.
'ln this seasons Winter Garden show
| told joke about negro barber. 1t was
one of my best and I know why-simply
one sort or another with a barber He has
either been kept waiting an hour or his
neck has been nearly cut off, or he has one
barber who has shaved him for twenty
years. If | tried to tell joke about the
boatmen of Venice, might better go and
drown myself in the Grand Canal Nv au-
dience wouldn't know or care anything
about the boatmen in Nenice
Songs are easier to pick than Jokes vet
the selection of the right ones is very i'm
portant. Any song l sing has got to have
swing to it, that | can get the people
tapping their feet, swayng their heads, or
hummlng the tune along with me- When
they do that | know they are ENJOYING
themselves. The words have to be simule
and easy to pronounce; the idea behind the
song very clear, that people can know
what am singing about, and the melody.
OF course. must tickle the ear If the song
Is supposed to be funny, the words are all
important, whereas the melody does not
count AS an example Of that, consider two
big song hits such as Poor Butterfly and
Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Fri
day on Saturday Night In the first song
any words could have been used because
'ne melody was wonderful. In the second
song the melody did not count because the
words were very funny"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

stroys the entire interest in the play. In
comedy, where the lines are so important
points are constantly being lost through
noise in the audience. From my own OK
perience | know that one man rising in a
seat in the middle of song or story can
destroy the entire point. At once the eyes
of the audience follow him to see where he
is going. Being curious, people speculate
as to why he should leave in the middle nj
the show, and it makes it difficult for me TO
hold the interest"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Contrast

Another point about the human being
mat l'use a great deal is the liking of the
average person for contrast and surprise in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

get confidential with him and tell him in side
stuff that he thinks no one else knows about.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
" the Kings Of Comedy Make You Laugh

his entertainment 1t Is a matter of simnle
knowledge, Of course, that the human likes
to see the struggle between the good and the
bad' the rich and the poor the successful
and the unsuccessful He likes to crv and he
likes to laugh, all within the space of a very
lew moments. To the average person CON
trast spells interest, and because 1t does
am constantly making use of 1t in nv
pictures.
"lf am being chased by policeman I
always make the policeman seem heavy and
clumsy, while. by crawling through his legs.
appear light and acrobatc If | am being
treated harshly IL is always big man who
Is doing it; so that, by the contrast between
big and little, get the sympathy Of The
audience, md always try 70 contrast nv
aeriousncss Of manner with the ridiculous.
mesa Of the incident
ut If my luck, OF course that am short,
ana SO am able TO make these contrasts
without much difficulty. Every one knows
chat tho little fellow in trouble always
gets the sympathy of the mob Knowing
that 1T is part of human nature to SYM
pathze with the under dog always ac-
centuate my helplessness by drawing nv
shoulders in, dropping my lip pathetcally
and looking frightened. 1t is all part of the
art OF pantomime, of course. But if we're
three inches taller it would be much more
difficult to get the sympathy of the audi
ence. should then look big enough to take
care of myself. AS it is, ,he audience, even
while laughing at me- is inclined to SYM
pathlze with me. As some one once said. it
feels like 'mothering me-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

wow two of the most famous
kings of comedy, Charlie Chap
l. n lin and Al Jolson, are able to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-31

John Rosgen to First State Bank
OF Lacrosse, auto, two-thirds crop Ell
on neg, seq, sh of swq 24-l3-37,
$565.39.
John F. Imbler to w. S. Imbler,
live stock, machinery etc, $4,000
Releases
II. ID. Mills to John A. Kelly ct ux.,
real mtge, $4,000.
ColfaX Mercantile Agency to J. @.
Reynolds ct uX., real mtges, $23O.25.
c. J. Bropghton to w. H. Vannice
ct uX., real mtge.
G. b. Grant to S. NJ. Watson ct ux.
5000.
w. S. Imbler to John f. Imbler
ct ux., chattel, S2600.
j. l. Case Threshing Machine Co
to E. Il. Snyder, chattel, $2557.