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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-14

ries j. H. Mrs. is a title used nova
days to signify a married woman only.
1t is an abbreviation for mistress
nothing else. The word mistress has
different meanings, of course, but we
are talking now of the %abbreviation
of it used to indicate a married
woman.
A very common and ridiculous mis-
take is to write MRS. Julia Smith
When a woman marries she takes the
whole of a mans name, not half of it.
Her name is still Julia in law, but
not Mrs. Julia. 1t is impossible to
conceive of Miss Julia becoming by
some hocus pocus Mrs. Julia. A wo-
man is not married to herself nor
can she become mistress of herself.
if that meaning of the word is con-
sidered.
There are certain cases of extreme
formality where a woman desires to
sign her own nam and still indicate
that she is married. She writes it
CMrs.) Julia Smith, thus showing she
Is not claiming the title. 1t is never
necessary to use this form in news
paper work. The use Of Mrs. Julia
Smith never indicates that the m
is a widow. The fact of the husband
dying in no way tends to transform
Mrs. John into Mrs. Julia. 1t simply
cannot be done. The only way to
indicate that a woman is a widow is
to say SO. You may use the word
"relict" if you want to, but it sounds
like old-fashioned tombstones.
In one ems the word mistress is
the opposite of the word mister-a
silly title. Another meaning of the
word mistress is the opposite of the
word master, and in this case a wo-
may be the mistress of a house
just as a man is the master of it.
In the same way a woman may be
the mistress of a profession, as a man
is the master of one.
1t is often strange, in English, how |
common usage seems to alter cases. |
1t is considered well enough to speak
Of the mistress of a house, but to
speak of 1.-THE mister" as is commonly
lone by the so-called Pennsylvania
Dutch" is described by Webster as
vulgarism.
We sometimes use "Messrs." before
he names of men, but the abbrevia-
OF the French word messieurs is |
'nly used because we have invented
10 abbreviation for the word misters.
The a~bbreviation If this plural title
would be Mrs. which we have al
adopted as the a%bbreviation Of
he word mistress.
To use the French title messieurs
n English writing is not good, and is
generally altogether unnecessary. No
,ood can come from writing "Messrs.
and Jones'" Plain Smith and
Tones" is better.
Probably unmarried women are
IS particular about their distinguish
ng title as are their married sisters,
md perhaps in a Rooseveltian view
I might always be well to indicate
Hiss Julia Smith, for the sake of
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-14
Application No. 5610.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PERMISSION TO APPROPRIATE
THE PUBLIC WATERS OF THE
STATE OF NEVADA.

Notice is hereby given than on the
14th day of July, 1919, in accordance
with Section SO. Chapter 140, of the
Statutes of 1913, one Alexandra
Duferrena, of DEMO, County Of Har-
ney, and State of Oregon, made appli-
cation to the State Engineer of Ne
vada for permission to appropriate
the public waters of the State of Ne
vada. Such appropriation is to be
made from Cowden Creek, at a point
in the NEANWA. Sec. T.. T. AZ NJ,
r. 80 E., M. d. B. & NJ, by means
of a dam, and OBS cubic foot per Sec
ond is to be conveyed to NEANWA,
NWANEA, Sec. 8, T. AZ ~. r. 80 e.,
NJ. d. b. & NJ, by means of bitches,
and there used for irrigation and
stock watering purposes. from April
until September of each year Water
not to be returned to stream.
(Signed)
j. G. SCRUGHAM,
State Engineer.
First publication, July IL. 1918.
Last publication. Aug. IA. 1919-Th.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-14
NOTICE OF SALE OF SEWER
BONDS

Notice is hereby given that under
and pursuant to a motion and resolu-
ton of the City Council of the City
of Winnemucca, duly made and
adopted on the 21st day of July, 1919,
the said City Council hereby offers
for sale. and at the hour of 2 o'clock
pm. of the 28th day of August. AID.
1919. the said City Council will sell
to the highest bidder for cash. twenty
of the Sewer Bonds of said City. num-
bered c~onsecutively from / to 20, in
elusive. in denominations of $500 each,
bearing interest at the rate of 6 per
cent per annum. redeemable at the
rata AZ two bonds annually, consecu-
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-14
MRS. JOHN
OR MRS. JULIA

An employee of The Silver State has
written a letter of instruction to a
correspondent, regarding certain mat
tiers of composition which should be
understood by those writing for the
press. The advice contained therein
is so much to the point, and SO avail
able for everyday usage, that it is
believed it will interest readers who
are not correspondents. Perhaps il
is not too much to say that correct
writing for the press ought to be a
matter of common education in this
land of government "of the people,
for the people, and by the people,"
To be sure, this letter touches only
a few minor points, but they are ru-
dimental and important. The discus
sion regarding the common use of
Mrs. John" and Mrs. Julia" becomes
really interesting as one delves into
its possibilities. The letter:
Just a word of the practical things:
Please bear in mind, when you write.
the time when the matter may be
printed, which will be three or four
days from the time you mail it. per-
haps. For instance, do not say this
week" in case We are not to receive
the copy until Monday. And do not
say "last Wednesday when it will
be last Wednesday week" before we
will be able to print it.
All this is but another way of say
ing we want to print the truth, and
sometimes we are unable to deter
mine what that may be, when a cor
respondent makes notes from day to
day and finally send them in.
What people are thinking and do
ing-their mental activity, in other
words-is much better news than is
their mere bodily presence "in town."
We want to print names correctly.
There are several different ways of
spelling even Smith-Smithe, Smyth,
Smythe, Schmit, Schmitt, Schmid.
Schmidt, ETC., etc. There is only one
rule. in law or ethics, for spelling a
mans name-that is the way HE
SPELLS 1T. Therefore a newspaper
a is under the constant necessity
of asking a person how his name is
spelled.
1t is very easy, and a common
thing, to mistake a persons name
entirely when hearing it. For in
stance, only recently a reporter was
told about a Mr.. Laurentz. He caused
the name to be printed Lawrence
a more common name with exactly
the same sound.
One man objected strenuously to
u spelling his name Dead-man,
when it is Dedman.
We want the correct initials. 1t
is % good news-writing to speak
of "Mr. Smith of Paducah" when in
Producing a man. 1t is all right after
his name has first been correctly
given.
We do not use Mr.. before a mans
name when the initials are given. 1t
is meaningless. To say Mr.. j. HI.
Smith. or Mr.. John Smith. is apply
ing a foolish and exaggerated little
title. With women the case is differ
ent. There are two kinds of women
it seems-married and single. 1t is
Miss Julia Brown when she is single
and Mrs. John Smith when she mar
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-14

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The Washington times., 1919-12-14
SPECIAL
CLUB
for
Any
AMOUNT
first and Decrease Your Payments Each Week
Who Gets the Money You Earn?

Money spent Is money gone Money Banked i
1t isn't the money you make that counts, but
no better way to acquire bank account than by jo
Ask any wealthy man how he got his start
banked his money.
Get your start. Get it today. Come in and joi
The Washington times., 1919-12-14

Yesterday morning q spokesman for
the mattresses visited Miss James and
told her of the attitude Of the girls.
Miss James told them the order would
be enforced. The girls then left the
dining room. Most Of them today are
seeking places to live.
Girls living in the dormitories vol
unteered as mattresses. while others
waited upon themselves. The hotel
dining rooms were practically .
cafeterie today and yester lay.
The mattresses had been receiving
$40 month and room and board. They
worked about FIVE or six hours . day.
Eight of the mattresses refused to
strike yesterday. 1t is understood
that two Of the girls have families
dependent upon them two have just
taken positions, but the reasons for
the others remaining could not be
learned.
None Of the white women who
went on strike will be given their
positions back. Miss James declared
today. She also stated that their
positions are being rapidly filled to-
day by colored women. She predict
ed that by nightfall all Of the jobs
would be taken.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14

were the principal commodities i'm
ported.
The total values of these commodi-
ties were: Furs, $3.50, 600; tops, $780,
900: silk, $99,0s3; sugar beet seed,
$so9.se7
Exports to Germany from this coun-
try during October more than doubled
as compared with the previous month.
In october. exports totaled 20.663,-
52l, as compared with $8,836,693 for
september. There were no exports
TO Germany during October, 1915, be-
cause of the war.
OF the exports during October, $12,-
100000 consisted of meat and dairy
products. Cotton took up another five
and half millions. other commodi-
ties exported were: Petroleum jelly,
S17,447; coal, s111,000; cocoa, 60,273;
Knit goods. $4,000; fertilizer, $186,000;
canned fish. $51. 900; machinery, $780,
900; leather, $4,000: soap, $121,00
vegetables, $4,000.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
1wenty-eight DC. Naval Men
Are Awarded Honor Medals
Five Admirals and Lieutenant Commander Read,
Hero of Transatlantic Flight, Among 1OS
Men Decorated for Conspicuous Actions

thur Macarthur Rear Admiral Hugo
Osterhaus, Rear Admiral Christian
j. Peoples, Capt. Edwin T. Pollock,
-Comdr. Charles F. Preston, Comdr.
william L. Pryor, Third Lieut.. Earl
G. Rose, Rear Admiral Harry H. Rous-
seau. Capt. David F. Sellers, Capt.
Thomas ]. Sem, Rear Admiral
Thomas Snowden, First Lieut.. Joseph
E. Stika, Rear Admiral Edward r.
stitt, Ensign Robert NJ. Stocker,
Lieut.. Comdr. Andrew j. Stone,
Capt George L. p. Sotne, En-
sign Albert d. Sturtevant, Rear Ad-
miral BENJAMIN Tappan, Capt. Mont
gomery NJ. Taylor. Capt. David w.
Todd. Gomdr. John H. Towers. Capt
Charles R. Train. Capt. Frank B. Up
ham, Capt Chester Wells, Ensign
Walter White, Capt. Spencer s. Wood,
Capt. Harry E. Yarnell, Lieut.. Col
Thomas Holcomb, Lieut.. Comdr. Thai
bert h Afford, Capt. William c. As
serson, Capt. Reuben e. Bakenhus,
Comdr. Owen Bartlett, Lieut. Comdr.
Howard H. j. Benson, Capt John D..
Beauret, Capt. Frederick c. Billiard,
Lieut. Richard H. Booth. Comdr. Sam
uel w. Bryant, Capt. Lloyd II. Chand-
Ter, Capt. Charles NJ. De valin. Lieut..
Dwight Dickinson. jr.; Capt William
G. Dubose, Ensign Roe c. Duffle, Rear
Admiral Charles, w. Dyson, Lieut..
Howard r. Eccleston, Capt Francis
T. Evans, Lieut.; comdr. Earl T. + ar
well, Comdr. John c. Fremont, Rear
Admiral William A. Gill, Lieut.. Will
lam T. Gill, Capt. Henry NJ Gleason
and Lieut. Col Harry R. Lay.
ID. C. Men Given Medala-
Washingtonians enlisted in the
navy who received the cross were
William E. Burch, seaman, hospital
apprentice. first class. G. A. Jones,
Thomas R. Smith. gunners mate, first
class, and Louis Zeller, pharmacists
mate, first class
The following marine officers were
awarded the cross: Maj. Alphonse De-
Carre, Capt George w. Hamilton.
Capt. Leroy p. Hunt Lieut.. Fred
Israel, and Lieut. Henry E Chandler.
Pvt Samuel Gluckman and Corpl.
George w. Screech, enlisted men in
the marine corps. were rewarded with
the navy cross
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
GERMAN XMAS TOYS
BEING SOLD HERE
Government Report Shows
PIaythings Worth Thousands
Find Market in America.

German toys worth hundreds of
thousands of dollars are on the Amer
lean Christmas market, according to
Government reports here today
Figures at the Department of Com
merce showed that German dolls and
toys valued at S515,000 were imported
during September and October. I'm
ports during November and Decem-
Der are expected to swell this total
by anothr million.
That Germany Is losing no time in
her efforts to secure a foothold in
American markets, is shown by other
imports during October, as compared
with September. During October, i'm
ports from Germany totaled $2,157,-
sos, an increase of half a million
dollars over September. During Oc-
tober, 1915, imports from Germany
amounted to only ss5,417
Furs, toys silk. and sugar beet seed
The Washington times., 1919-12-14

Names of los officers and enlisted
men of the United States Navy and
Marine Cocps whose homes are in or
near Washington and who have been
awarded the Navy Cross or the Navy
Distinguished Service Medal have
been made public by Secretary of
the Navy Josepheus Daniels
Twenty-eight local officers were
awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal among-whom are Admirals
Benson, Mayo. Coontx, Wilson and
Braisted. This list also includes the
name of Lieut.. Comdr. Albert c. Read,
the hero of the hrst transatlantic
Hight.
Upon authority Of q Congressional
act approved February 4, 1919, eighty
members of the sea-service received
the Navy Cross suspended from its
blue ribbon with a one-eighth-inch
white strip down the center Admiral
Grayson was among the recipients Of
this award. -
Awarded ID. 9. Medals.
The following were. awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal:
Rear Admiral Charles j. Badger,
Capt. Reginald r. Benknap, Rear Ad-
miral William S. Benson, Rear Adj
miral William c. Braisted, Capt. Ros-
coe c. Bulmer. Oapt. John v. Chase,
Capt. volney o. Chase, Rear Admiral
Robert z. Coontz. Read Admiral
Ralph Earle, Read Admiral Frank P.
Fletcher, Commander Simon Fulltn-
wider, retired: Rear Admiral Robert
s. Griffin, Capt Alfred w. Johnson,
Lieut. stanton F. Kalk. Capt. Richard
II. Leight. Lieut. Comdr. Frank V.
Loftin, Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Rear
Admiral Joseph s. Mexican, Rear Ad-
miral Albert P. Niblack, Rear Ad-
miral Charles p. Plunkett, Lieut.
Comdr. Albert c. Read, Rear Admiral
Thomas S. Rodgers. Rear Admiral Jo-
seph Strauss, Rear Admiral ID. W.
Taylor, Rear Admiral Henry B.
Wiley, Vice Admiral Henry B. Wilson.
Rear Admiral Albert T. Winterhalter,
and Col. Harry Lee, u. s. NJ C.
Navy Men Honored.
Naval Officers who received the
cross were Rear Admiral Cary T.
Grayson. Comdr, william +. HaIsey,
jr.: Comdr. John M. Hancock. Lieut.
Comdr. Hamilton Harlow, Capt John
+. Hines, Capt Charles F. Howell.
Comdr Jerome C. Hunsaker, Corndr.
c. T. Hutchins, Rear Admiral Hilary
p. Jones, Capt Thomas A Kearney,
Capt Dudley w. Knox. CaptHenry
f. Lackey, Capt. Harris Lannfng,
Capt. George w. Laws, Capt William
L Littledeld, Capt. Edward McCauley,
Jr.; Capt Ridley Mclean. Capt Ar
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
PLAZA MATTRESSES
MUST REMAIN OUT
Places of Strikers Being Filled
At Government
D0rmitories.

II consider the acts of the wait
resses as a piece Of unealled for in
subordination started by several
girls" said Leroy X. Sherman. Di-
rector of the United States Housing
Bureau today. when asked about the
strike of fifty mattresses employed
in the Government hotels for war
workers. He declared that the bureau
backed up Miss Harlean James, gem
eral manager Of the hotels, in every
step she had taken thus far.
The Mattresses walked out at 7:20
yesterday morning, just as breakfast
was being served. The walk-out
came as result of an order issued
by Miss James which prohibited
Mattresses from sitting down any
time during meal hours.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
JURY CONDEMNS DANCES.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 14.-Dances in the
best hotels and cafes are a disgrace
to civilization. and immediate steps
sould be taken to remedy conditions,
the october grand Jury held in a spe-
cial report
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
GREY REFUSES MO. DATE.

Owing to his departure early in
January for London Lord Grey, Brit
ish ambassador. will be unable to ac-
cept an invitation from the Missouri
Agricultural College to speak at Co.
lumbia, Mo-. in January, 1t was stated
at the embassy today.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
BISHOP HAS NICE JOB.

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Bishop
Charles Sumner Burch and John
Avery are to be the only male mem
bers of cast including 1900 society
girls, who are to put on a benefit
pageant
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
COLO. RATIFIES SUFFRAGE.

DENVER, Col, Dec. 14.-Colorado
completed ratification of the woman
suffrage amendment to the FEDERAL
when the House Of Rep
rsentatives unanimously passed the
Senate resolution providing for rat-
hcation.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
HOW TO JOIN

I,ook at the different Clubs in table below
and select the one you wish to join, the Sc, 1Oc,
Soc, $1.OO, $500, or any of the clubs; then come
to our Bank with the first weekly payment. We
will make you member Of the Club and give you
a Christmas Banking Club Book showing the
Club you have joined.
1t costs nothing to join and is an easy way to
ACCUMULATE money.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-08-14

Maine, was cut in half because of the
attack of a fungus disease. Potato
bugs take their toll all over the coun-
try. No section is free from the early
blight The business farmer foresees
all these troubles, and insures to pro-
tect himself against loss from bugs,
beetles and blights.
The diagram shows something OF the
increase of the potato crop which may
be expected from spraying At the left
of the heavy vertical line are shown
the crops grown either without spray
ing or with only the half-spray-the
spray which "gets' the bugs but does
not prevent the blights. At the right
the crop has received complete spray.
Spraying has evidently done more than
merely guarantee to the farmer that
he will get back what he puts into the
crop-for it has turned splendid
profit.
How Potato Spraying Brings Results.
These astonishing results are secured
only by proper spraying. First, the
poison of the spray kills the potato
beetles. Second, the spray so dfscour-
ages the destructive flea beetles as to
cut down by nine-tenths the damage
which they do. Third, the early blight
is prevented, and the vines allowed to
come to full maturity. Fourth, tip
burn is reduced so it amounts to but
little; and fifth, the potato blight and
rot is stopped.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-08-14
Our Potato
Column
Article No. 1.
PROTECTING THE POTATO IN
VESTMENT.
Spraying lnsures the Potato Farmer
Against Loss From Bugs,
Beetles and Bights.

How much does it cost YOU to raise
an acre of potatoes?
How much of your own labor, or
that Of your men, goes into the potato
crop?
What is the cost of the fertilizer and
manure which you use on the crop?
How much does the seed cost you?
What should you charge for the use
of the land?
What part of the money which you
put in do you actually get back?
The chances are that you cannot an
swer all of these questions. Probably
no one can. The figures will vary in
different cases. Yet what you know,
and what all potato farmers know, is
that this year labor costs more than
ever before, fertilizers are more diff
cult to get, and good seed is hard to
find. Your investment in the potato
crop will be more this year than it usu-
ally is-and even under the best of
conditions it is so high that you SILVER
at the thought of losing the crop.
In 1916 the potato blight caused the
great Irish famine, and half a million
people starved to death because Of
the failure of the CROP. In 1917 the
potato crop of Aroostook county,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-08-14
APPLYING FERTILIZER.

ST am thoroughly convinced that APP
plying fertilizer broadcast, on or too
near the surface, is mistake, as the
little feeding rootlets of the potato
have most wonderful way of search
ing for and finding fertilizer, and to
draw these near the surface between
the rows and then cut them off with
the cultivatOr does not give the best
results, hence our effort to get some
of the fertilizer below the seed piece.
My objection to applying fertilizer with
the planter is the difficulty in getting
the fertilizer deep enough without
planting the seed piece too deep, and
then, too, we never succeeded in
spreading and applying the fertilizer
in as wide a ribbon as does the dis
tributor. Eighteen hundred pounds Of
fertilizer per acre has proven to be
the most profitable amount to use, and
potash, even in these war times, has
been proven both economical and nee
essary, 3 per cent being used this
year" Earl Dilatush in Rural New
Yorker
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-08-14


is THE city of Washburn going to
permit one of it's valued employees
to get away because of the small wage
paid? That is the question that is
being asked in the case of our present
street commissioner, Joe Arseneau.
The Council has failed to take into
consideration the comparison of the
salary paid the street commissioner
and the present high cost of living
and unless some action is taken they
are going to lose one of their valued
employees. A manufacturing concern
has made Mr.. Arseneau a tempting
offer, realizing he can give value in
the way of services, and the city must
not hesitate to make an equally good
offer in order to retain the services of
this man. Good men like Arseneau
are hard to get in these days and the
city can well afford to pay salary
comparing with that paid by other
concerns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-08-14
EDIsoN's VOICE IN RECORDS
Inventor OF monograph, for the First
Time, Makes Short Speech Which
Will Be Preserved.

Thomas A. Edison, who invented the
monograph ~ years ago, has for the
| first time consented to have his own
voice recorded on a phonograph rec
ord. The reproduction, which is on
the back of record containing the
national anthems Of our allies, was
heard recently for the first time in the
Edison laboratory at Orange, N. ].
Mr.. Edison celebrated his 72nd birth
day on February IL. The talk, which
is Mr.. Edison's first comment about
the war since America ent sred the
fight, follows:
"Our boys made good IN France.
The word American has new mean
| ing in Europe. Our soldiers have made
it mean courage, generosity. self
restraint and modesty. We are proud
of the North Americans who risked
their lives for the liberty of the world,
but we must not forget, and we must
not permit demagogues to belittle the
part played by our gallant allies.
Their casualty lists tell the story.
However proud we may be of our
own achievements, let us remember al
ways that the war could not have been
won If the Belgians, British, French
and italians had not fought like bull
dogs in the face Of overwhelming
odds. The great war will live wildly
in the minds of Americans for the
next 100 years. hope that when we
do reverence to the memory Of our
brave boys who fell in France we
shall not forget their brothers in arms
who wore the uniforms of our allies.
81 believe that the national airs of
France, Great Britain, Italy and Bel
GUM should for all time to come be as
familiar to us as our own Star
Spangled Bannor'"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-08-14

1T HAS been reported to US that
boys in this city have been making a
practice of seeing just bow much dam
age they can do to other peoples pro-
perty and as result of their acts
many fine shade trees have been wan-
tonly destroyed. One citizen reported
that the boys have destroyed his shade
trees and that in order to protect other
trees along his boulevard that he had
an iron fence constructed, but this was
also destroyed. Boys who are doing
this sort Of thing are on the wrong
course and parents should see to il
that they are given different start
or the law will have to step in and
possibly cause untold hardship to the
parents of these youngsters.