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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-02
PEOPLE MUST A
TO VOTE INTELLIGENTLY

The proprietor of a Winnemucca
grocery store brought into The Silver
State office several copies of a weekly
trade journal, The Retail Grocers'
Advocate, saying, Il wish you would
just show che people how prices are
going up. l have become ashamed of
constantly having to raise prices of
my goods. l know the poor man can't
afford to buy what he really needs in
order to live comfortably nowadays.
l believe the packers combine is at
the bottom of the trouble, because it
seems to be 'cornering' one source of
food supply after another"
The grocery man was right, to this
extent: The combination of packers"
~so-called, is the greatest, the most
apparent, profiteer before the public
today. Proiteering, however has be-
come a disease which reaches many
times to the most Insignificant bust
nesses. Proiteering is a sort of po-
lite-sounding word, but what it means
differs little from The work of the old
fashioned road-agent. 1t is, in short,
holding people up in an unexpected
or not understood way.
In the national Congress the day
before yesterday it developed that de-
mands for more wages were pending
before the railroad administration
from several hundred thousand en-
ployes. Perhaps the frankest talk
which government officials have heard
in a long time came in the form of
a statement by w. G. Lee, president of
the trainmen, who told the wage ad-
justment board that an increase of
wages is not the solution of present
economic h%ardships from which work
ingmen suffer, because wage raises
were sure to be followed by new in
in the cost of everything,
which would more than absorb the
additional pay.
Until all classes get together to
stop proiteering, he said, the only
thing for the individual to do is TO
get all the wages he cana course
which he declared would eventuate in
precipitating an "upheaval" which
even now stares the country in the
face. Just what Mr.. Lee might have
meant when he used the word up
heavel" must be left TO individual
imagination. The talk is common
alarmingly common. 1t seems it
should at least cause a pause in the
mad rush of millionaiers to accumu-
late more millions-just to see how
much they can gee.
The Senate took up the discussion
OF the baldface robbery of poor people
by spectators and profteers, and
proposals to do this. that, and the
other thing in the way of making new
laws were numerous. Senator Myers
(Democrat) of Montana said the great
amount of money in circulation was
partly responsible for present condi-
sons, q otdtOiuShe WHICH tHc dfcldSe
wage-earner with a family to support
will laugh Aft he is not in too ugly
mood. The poor man feels pretty
sure that, when profiteers are per-
mitted under our laws to increase
their robberies at the rate of millions
a week. a great deal more money
should bs In circulation. and be COM
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-02
APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED

Extending his congratulations Sena-
tor Henderson this morning wired
Mrs. Minnie L. Bray that the senate
yesterday confirmed her appointment
as register of the United States land
office in Carson City. Mrs Bray will
probably take charge of the Office
some time the coming month.-GCar-
son Appeal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-02
INDUSTRIAL NEWS IN BRIEF

Senator Henderson introduces bill
in Congress asking ST., 500 for con
struction of Federal building at Fall
Ion.
Goldfeld Development Company is
arranging to increase capacity of the
Consolidated mill from it's present
1900 tons to 1000 tons per day.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-02
Jy17t3

1900 ACRES LAND, all fenced, water
rights. put in COO tons of wild hay
and alfalfa; 100 bearing fruit trees.
all kinds; s artesian wells; / pump
well; S-room lumber house; black
smith shop; lumber bunk house;
3 wagons; 3 buck rakes; 2 hay
rakes; 4 mowers. and all the har-
ness go with the ranch; $50 per
acre; 500 head Of cattle. more or
less. S55 per head for what are
branded; $50 head of horses. SIS
per head for what are branded.
Address Amado Miranda, Andrews.
Oregon. m1Otf
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
WHEN PEACE CAME
Oppressive Silence Followed the
Great Crash.
Hard at First 70 Realize That the
Carnage Of Four Dreadful Years
Had Ended--Huns Defeated
but Unrepentant.

With silence like that which fol-
lows the mighty crash of great or
gan, the great war came suddenly to
IN end. No longer do the weary sol.
diers at listening posts strain their
ears through long night watches; star
shells have ceased to burst and fame
over No Mans land; cannons have
cooled; machine guns utter no sound;
the exchange Of all manner of deadly
missiles has stopped At last peace,
which for four slow, dreadful years
has seemed afar Off like mirage, has
come. The thousand and one activi-
ties Of battle, intense to the last ounce
of possible human effort, are relaxed.
Ships now cross tho ocean In safety;
smoke from thousands of ammunition
plants no longer darkens the sky
tired workers return once more to
their homes; armies are demobilizing
reconstruction of devastated homes
and farms and factories is contem-
plated; the dreadful military debauch
has consumed itself; the world draws
o great sigh of exhaustion and relief |;
the conflict is ended.
In all history no message ever sped
so gladly nor so fast as the few words
flashed through the air, and under
oceans, and over land wires, until
around the whole world and to its ut
termost accessible parts the news was
carried. What wonder that all civilian
ton gave vent to frenzy Of joy al
most barbaric, that men shouted and
women wept; and little children wit
messed an event which threescore
years and ten hence they will relate to
other wide-eyed children. In our Joy
let us not forget those millions Of ia
theirs whose voices refused to cheer
and those mothers and wives and
sweethearts whose eyes were dry, be
cause their hearts were bowed down
with sorrow no victory can ever COM
pensate.
The Huns ceased only when physi-
cally exhausted; when their ammuni
ton was spent: when the war had
reached their own borders; when they
no longer possessed the ability to muir
der the defenseless, to gas the brave.
Their regret Is that they failed. but
not one single word of penitence for
the harm they have done, the sorrow
they have caused. Instead they think
only of their bellies and demand, not
supplicate, the food they have SO wan
tonly destroyed for years; they whine
lest the very cars they stole from
France and Belgium be returned to
their rightful owners. They have been
beaten In what was for nearly four
years an unequal struggle, but for any
word which has yet to come out of
Germany they are the same unregen-
crate Huns who, casting aside all the
obligations of civilized nation,
marched into Belgium In August, 1914.
Chicago Evening Post.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
Field Water Service.

The British had the best system OF
piped-in water, though the system
along parts Of the Italian front was
admirable. One sanitary officer In
formed me with pardonable pride that
the supply for three army divisions
was piped from small lake a mile
or more within the German lines
This same officer was able to pipe wa
ter after great battle to the new
ground won--three miles. farther for
wnri-within FIVE hours.
English sanitarians devised one OF
the most perfect combinations OF pump
ing and purifying machines that could
be imagined. It's crew could dip its
intake pipe into pond OF scum-cov-
cred, pea soup-colored, stagnant wa,
ter, start the engine, and out from
the discharge pipe would flow a steady
stream Of clear, sparkling, pure. we'll
tasting water, at the rate Of 1000 gal
Ions an hour. To look at the pond
and at the water pouring into the
drinking tank Is said to have given
anyone positive shock. WOODS
Hutchinson in ''The Doctor In War"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
Zine Pearl Necklaces.

OF 30 necklaces which have been
made from the magnificent collection
of pearls contributed to the Red Cross
from all parts Of the British empire,
two are of considerable interest.
One Of them is composed almost en-
tirely of the fine collection of pearls
sent from Egypt as result of the
Red Cross appeals. and the other is a
specially beautiful necklace of pearls
of the straw-colored tone which is so
much sought after by buyers. The
necklaces are not Of uniform size !;
they vary In length, in color and, Of
course, in value But all of them are
Of great beauty, for they consist Of the
best pearls from many famous neck
lnces, as well as from less well-known
ones, matched by the chief experts In
London.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
The World Does Rove.

The war has made many changes in
world conditions. None perhaps Is
more picturesque than what has hap
pened in Mesopotamia, the land over
which Nebuchadnezzar once ruled
This years harvest tells The story.
While not busy fighting the Turk
and his Teutonic associates, the Brit.
ish found time to dig out a hundred
ancient Irrigation bitches and to bring
Into cultivation $4,000 acres. They
have also given to Bagdad electric
lights, paved streets, waterworks, sew
erage, fire department and a police
force.
The natives must be rubbing their
eyes in astonishment and WONDER
Modern brotherhood.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
)scALlFoRNIA SYRUP OF FIGS"
CAN'T HARM CHILDREN AND
THEY LOVE IT.

Mother Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See II tongue is
coated; this is a sure sign the little
! stomach, liver, and bowels need a
cleansing ct once.
When listless, pale, feverish, full Of
cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't
eat, sleep or act naturally, has stom-
ach-ache, diarrhGa, remember. a gen.
tie liver and bowel cleansing should
always be the first treatment given.
Nothing equals California Syrup Of
Figs for children's Ills; give tea
spoonful, and in few hours all the
foul waste, sour bile and fermenting
food which Is clogged in the bowels
passes out Of the system, and you
have well and playful child again.
All children love this harmless, deli
cious fruit laxative" and 1t never
fails to effect a good 'inside" cleans
ing. Directions for babies, children
of all ages and grown-ups are plainly
on the bottle.
Keep 1t handy in your home. A little
given today saves sick child tomor-
row, but get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for q bottle Of California
Syrup Of Figs" then see that 1t Is
made by the California Fig Syrup
Company."-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
| am Sincere! Stop CaIomeI!
| Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone
Listen to mel Calomel sickens and you may lose
days work. If bilious constpated or
headachy read my guarantee

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful; make your work a
pleasure; be vigorous and full Of am
bition. But take no nasty, dangerous
caIomel, because 1t makes you sick
and you may lose a days work.
Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking 1t up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramp-
ing.
Listen to mel If you want to enjoy
the incest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced, Just
take spoonful of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone tonight. Your druggist or
dealer sells you bottle Of Dodson's
Liver Tone for few cents under my
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
culliotincd HInh Eesla.

No one could he at his best with
ont minimum Of -four, or i've miles
walk day, or some o;her form ot
open-air exercise, said Or. TRULY King
lately at the National Health society.
Before women could take reasonable
exercise they would have to give un
absurd high-haeled boots. he added. In
the mcnt;1 hospital to which 10 WINS
attached, the first thing done on the
arrival of woman patient was to
guillotine her boot heels.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14

personal money-back guarantee that
each spoonful win clean your sluggish
liver better than dose Of nasty Gallo
mel and that 1t won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know 1t next morn
ing, because you win wake up feeling
fine, your liver will be working; head
ache and dizziness gone; stomach will
be sweet and bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and can
not salivate. Give 1t to your children.
Millions Of people are using Dodson's
Liver Tone instead Of dangerous Gallo
mel now. Your druggist will tell you
that the sale Of calomel is almost
stopped entirely here.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
Mean lnslnuation.

A good story Is going the rounds con-
corning Sir Hall Game.
1t seems that the famous novelist,
dining at a London restaurant, found
himself seated next to a. well-known
newspaper paragraphist, with whom he
got into conversation.
Sir Hall, after complimenting him on
his work, asked him: How ON earth
do you write twenty jokes day."
with typewriter" the newspaper
man answered with smile.
us that SOP said Sir Hall meaning
ly; Il thought perhaps you used some
sort of copying process!'
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
six General Acts lndexed.

No 2 of the public acts is the sliding
scale rate of taxes for state purposes,
or senate bill rs. Altogether six gen.
eral acts have been indexed by the sec
rotary OF s.ste as laws of the state.
Besides the two taxation measures,
the law repeating the Bowers anticapi-
tai punishment act, is chapter 8 the
public acts OF 1919, while bills abolish
ing the office OF clerks OF the pardon
and parole boards and placing the du-
ties Of these officers on the governors
are chapters 4 and 5.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
First General Laws.

First General Laws.
The first general law, or chapter l..
public acts OF 1919, Ii Senate bill n,
increasing the powers Of the Tennessee
railroad commission by imposing the
duties OF a state board of equalization
on 1t. AS taxation reform was the most
important subject urged on the gen.
eral assembly by Gov. Roberts, 1t is ap-
propriate that the first new general
law should be the law providing for
fair, equal and just assessment Of prop
erty in thu state.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
Changes Name Of Commission.

Senate Bill 314, which was offered
as the latest taxation and assessment
reform or remedy introduced at the
suggestion of Gov. Roberts, embodies
his ideas OF proper legislation to cor
rect unsatisfactory conditions in regu-
lation and assessment This bill
changes the name of the Tennessee
railroad commission to railroad and
public utilities commission OF the
State Of Tennessee. The measure, in
addition to changing the name, gives
the commission complete control Of
regulation OF all public utilities. It
adds to the duties and It is said pro-
vides legislation that vitality interests
the corporations and the public. This
bill is one Of the measures designated
to make the railroad commission a
very active central head Of assess
ment and taxation in the state.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
Joint Session Hears Address.

joint session Hears ADDRESS.
The General Assembly convened
last week, the senate and house meet,
ing at the same hour and going into
joint session to hear an address on
Government Ownership and Control
Of Railroads" delivered by Lawrence
B. Finn, chairman of the railroad COM
mission of Kentucky. Both branches,
after the joint session was dissolved
at the conclusion Of MIR. Firms adj
dress, resumed their deliberations.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
Passed Third Reading.

Following the receipt of special
message from the governor relative to
the development Of the Herbert Do
main, the senate called UP senate bill
No. 319 for final reading. The bill
provides for the development OF the
Domain and all its resources in line
with the text OF the governors mes
sage. Senator Haston urged its pass.
age, and the bill then passed Its third
reading without opposition.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
CORPORATION TAX BILL
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
THE TENNESSEE FISCAL MEAS
uRE NOW GOES TO
THE SENATE.
INCREASES SALARIES $500
Railroad Commission VIII Receive Ex-
ira Remuneration for Assess
Ing Valuations Of
Corporations.

NASHVILLE. TENN.
Senate bill No. lis, the corporation
assessment measure, intended to
reach all corporations in Tennessee
which In the past have either paid no
taxes, or else have paid but trifle,
was passed on final consideration in
the house Of representatives last week.
The bill, as 1t came from the senate,
was amended so that the salaries Of
the members OF the railroad commits
sion OF Tennessee, which will assume
additional burdens under the law, will
be increased 5000 per year. instead
OF $1,000, as provided in the senate
bill. The salaries will, therefore, be:
Chairman, $4,000, and associate mem
bers, $500 each.
As amended in regard to the sala-
ries, the bill will go to the senate for
action, and 1t is likely that the action
OF the house in changing the salaries
will be concurred in and the bill soon
be on its way to Gov. Roberts for his
signature and approval.
This bill imposes on the railroad
commission the duty Of assessing for
state, county and municipal purposes
all corporations that are not. now as
sessed by the commission. The as
sessments of properties by the com
mission will be equalized by state
board of equalizers, of which the gov
ernor is a member.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14

On Thursday, Feb. Is, John Edger-
ton. Of Lebanon. president Of the Ten
nessee Manufacturers Association,
addressed joint session of the as
sembly on resolution Of the state and
the possibilities of industrial develop
ment In Tennessee.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
House Votes Against Whisky.

The house, by vote OF So to 10,
passed on final reading the bill to
make the possession of intoxicating
liquors prima facie evidence of VIC
lation of the bone dry law. Violation
carried with 1t fine Of $50 to $500.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half p mt of water add OF. Bay Rum,
4 small box of Barbo Compound, and Y
o. Of glycerine. Any druggist can put this
up or you can mix it at home at very lit
Gle cost. Full directions for making and
use come in each box Of Barbo Compound.
It will gradually darken streaked, faded
gray hair, and make it soft and glossy. II
will not color the scalp. is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub ff.--Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
Portrait Of Hooper.

Wednesday, Feb. IL, was Lincoln's
birthday, and the portrait Of Ben w.
Hooper, the first Republican governor
of Tennessee since 1882, was added
to the portraits OF governors of Ten
nessee in the state library.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
Keen Children Erect.

To make a child maintain an erect
position while writing at school desk
German has invented a rod to be at
tached to desk, terminating In a cup
against the child's chin.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14

Declaring to committee represent
ing the commission for state memo
rial to Tennessee soldiers and sailors
who have taken such notable part in
the world war for democracy, that he
was heart and soul in favor Of a proper
and lasting memorial to Tennessee
soldiers, Gov. Roberts added that he
would take pleasure in sending a spe-
cial message to the general assembly
uring prompt action in the matter. He
win point out that Tennessee should
vie with other states OF the Union In
paying its tribute to these heroes.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
Increased Collections.

Secretary Stevens has just complet-
ed a statement showing the business Of
his office in the matter Of recording
charters, commissions, etc., for pc.
Rod of % months, or from the time he
assumed his office, March /, 1917, unit
Dec. 81, 1918. Compared with the re-
ceipts under his predecessor, Secretary
Stevens has increased collections al
most 100000. In other words. Secre-
tary Stevens has collected in, twenty
two months, exclusive Of automobile
tax, sum of $444,029.16. Whit previ-
ously receipts for two years YVES $34S,-
745.25. Secretary Sneed's receipts were
also exclusive OF the automobile taxes.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14

Every city woman thinks that she
could make fortune In three years If
she had place to raise chickens.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14

Gov. Roberts was engaged last week
with the Tennessee highway commits
sion, and he went over the highway
situation in every detail. Gov. Rob-
erts pleaded highway work in the same
category as taxation, in that he wants
practical results early. Gov. Roberts
took up various problems Of admins
tration and as he is ex-officio a mem
Der of the commission, he stated that
he intends to do all In his power to
build roads. Legislation that may be
needed was gone over and also the
government propositions for highway
construction,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14

Chattanooga. - AS result Of the,
demand of textile workers for an eight,
hour day, the owners Of the United
Hosiery and allied mills announced
that they would operate on six and
half hours basis.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14

1t is better to keep in the old rut
than to climb out only to fall into the
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14

Jackson. The Southern Supply
Company, capitalized at $4,000, was.
organized here. The company has
taken over the mill supply department
of the Southern Engine and Boiler
Manufacturing Company.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14
Senate Kills Bill.

The bill providing for the election
Of county school superintendents by
the people was laid away by the honse
and will no more disturb the dreams Of
some superintendent. While this
bill passed two readings with appar'
emit clear sailing 1t struck great big
snag In the house. Representative
Houk offered and secured the adop-
ton Of an amendment to the bill which
exempted the county of Sullivan from
its operation, and after wounding II
In this manner he moved that the bill
go to the table, and by viva voce ac-
ton the house put 1t on the table,
where it will require two-thirds vote
to take It off. The vote on the adop-
ton OF the Houk amendment was a
test vote, and it showed So against
the bill and eight for it.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14

Some people who give SKINNED milk
to the poor expect the Lord to credit
II as cream.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-02-14

inheritance TAX Law.
Last week was for the greater part
taken up with local legislation, and
but few important measures received
the attention of the solons. The bill
providing for the state railroad COM
mission to assess large corporate in
terests was passed. The house passed
the inheritance tax law, which places
tax upon sums inherited kslpding
insurance, government bonds, etc.
This bill is one of the special reform
measures Of the administration, and
will place tax upon property that has
been escaping taxation. Under this
act non-taxable government bonds may
be taxed when they become inherit
ance.