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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
Must Purchase Sugar Every
Is Days Instead of Weekly

Approximately 100000 pounds of
sugar will be saved per year by a
new ruling of the food administration
which will prevent anyone from OBJ
tanning more than two pounds of SUI
gar per month. Many people were I'M
consciously breaking the regulations
regarding the distribution of sugar
by purchasing their sugar on the basis
of one-half pound per capita per week
On this basis of four weeks to the
month there would be only 4S weeks
to the year, or 1886 days. This would
leave 20 days, or practically another
month, during which sugar would be
consumed on a basis of two pounds
per capita. With a population Of 1O0.-
100000 people this would require
about an additional 200OO0,OOO pounds
of sugar. The new regulation requires
the consumer to purchase his allOt-
ment of sugar every fifteen days, o.
semi-mOnthly, rather than every week
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08

Before fixing the fire look at the
temperature of the house and the
weather probabilities and be govern
ed accordingly.
Keep fuel bed moderately thick. Ex-
cept in emergency, do not check fire
by opening fire door. While this causes
the fire to burn at a slower rate the
larger quantity of cold air passing over
the fire chills the heater and carries
the heat up the chimney. Avoid over
heating by. regulation of hampers
Never leave drafts on full except
when absolutely necessary and then
only for a short time.
In mild weather do not shake all the
ashes off the CRATE, but leave a layer
of ashes between the crate and the
active fuel bed as an effective check ON
the draft.
Keep the SCOT cleaned off from ain
heating surfaces and fues.
Close the ash pit door whep you
shake the fire. This prevents the fine
ashes from being carried up through
the fire by the draft and settling on
the heating surfaces and clogging the
flues.
Do not shake down burning coal
Keep the ash pit cleaned out. A pile
of ashes in the ash pit may result i'm
burning out the CRATE.
Sift your ashes if there is unburned
coal in them, but a well-run furnace
should burn the coal completely.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
A DOUBLING HEART

Where are the swallows fed?
Frozen and dead
Perchance upon some bleak and stony
shore.
o doubling hearti
Far over purple seas
They wait, in sunny ease,
The balmy southern breeze,
To bring them to their northern homes
once more.
Why must the flowers die?
Prisoned they lie
In the cold tomb, needless of tears or
rain.
o doubling heart!
They only sleep below
The soft white ermine snow
While winter winds shall blow,
To breathe the smile upon you soon
again.
The sun has hid its rays
These many days;
VIII dreary hours never leave the earth?
D doubling hearth
The stormy clouds on high
Veil the same sunny sky
That soon (for spring Is nigh)
Shall wake the summer into golden mirth.
Fair hope is dead, and light
Is quenched in the night,
What sound can break the silence of
despair
o doubling heart!
The sky Is overcast,
Yet stars shall rise at last,
Brighter for darkness past,
And angels silver voices stir the air.
Adelaide Anne Proctor.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
Why Troops of the Kaiser
Were Given Title of "HunS''

The Huns were a brutal race of
savage people who invaded Europe
about $50, slaughtering the inhabi-
tants and destroying property. When
the kaiser sent his troops to China,
July 81, 1900, he said to them: "Use
your weapons in such way that for
a thousand years no Chinese dare look
upon a German askance. Be as terri
BILE as Attila's Huns" Because of the
Germans brutality and wanton de-
structiveness in the present war they
have been called Huns.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
One of Several Theories as
To Origin of Wedding Ring

Among several theories as to the
origin of the wedding ring is one
which is to the effect that before the
time of minis and coinage the gold
money in Egypt was made in the form
of a ring, usually worn on the finger
as a convenient method of carrying
and safe-keeping. The men and wom-
en-, therefore, had all their gold or
wealth made into rings, and for the
majority of people these rings were
no larger than the plain gold bands OF
today. Thus, when the groom placed
the ring on the brides finger, he meant
exactly what the modern service
makes him say-he did exactly endow
his bride with all his worldly goods.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
Increases of Food Prices.

Retail prices Of food increased 4
per cent from August 10 to September
Is; IA per cent from September, 1917.
to September, 1918. and Y per cent
from September, 1913, to September,
1913, the bureau of labor statistics an
nOunced. The increases were deter
mined from reports by retail dealers
of % articles of food.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
Musical Notes.

Some musicians have sharp
eyes and fiat feet.
OF course the sharp eyes are
the more essential. Unless a
fellow can G natural he may
play off key.
Most any musician can pass a
double bar without stopping if
he is pressed for time.
Bill Shakespeare must have
been at least a dub musician or
he couldn't have written "Meas-
ure for Measure"
Man is like a violin. Some
body is always stringing him.
And he is also like the string
soon broke.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
inconsistency.

Patience-Why do you look so dis
paragingly at that man? He stood up
for you at the meeting the other night
when you were being abused.
Patrice-Yes, l know he did. But
1 came up on the same trolley car with
him tonight and he wouldn't stand up
for me there.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
Gives ST ,432,3 74 for BeIgians.

For relief work in Belgium during
the ten months ending last June 30.
the American Red Cross appropriated
81, 1894 and it has set aside $1,947,-
325 for the remainder of the present
year.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
In Right Class.

$50 your friend
the baker has en-
listed. What part
Of the service has
he jOined?"
81 don't know,
but I guess he's
gone with the
dOughbOys."
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
Microbes on the Screen.

Apparatus with which it is possible
to make motion pictures of living mi
crobes has been perfected by Call
fornia scientist.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
Amber and Jade Mines.

1t is at the sources of the Chirdwen
or western branch of the Irrawaddy
that the famous amber and jade mine:
are which have supplied China witt
these much priced stones for centuries
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-01-08
Salt From Salt Lake.

The inhabitants Of Palmyra get all
their salt by dipping buckets into the
neighboring salt lake and allowing the
water to evaporate.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
TO ADD STRENGTH TO COTTON
Machine Devised by New Jersey Man
10 Something for Which the World
Has Been Looking.

There Is probably no service which
subjects cotton fabric to so severe a
test as that 1t has to endure In an au-
tomobile tire. says Scientific Amer
lean. The fabric serves as a rein
forcement for the rubber. It Is de-
signed to withstand an enormous ten
sile strength In all directions, i'm
posed by steady pressure Of air within
the tire. and must also withstand the
sudden shocks due to the passage Of
the wheel ove Instructions. At the
same time 1t must be perfectly flexi-
BILE; for 1t is flexed constantly as the
wheel u over the ground. The fab
ric cannot have its strength increased
merely by using heavier threads, for
this would interfere with its fiexibil-
ity. 1t has occurred to an inventor,
William q. Trautvetter of Paterson,
N. j., that a fabric might be designed
In which, In addition to the regular
warp and filling. diagonal reinforcing
threads might be Incorporated. And,
starting out with this idea, he has de-
signed a machine which will actually
weave such a fabric. Anyone accus-
toned to handling looms or familiar
with the operation of these machines
will realize how revolutionary must
be a mechanism which will put bias
threads into a wove fabric.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
MENACE TO CAUCASIAN RACE
Practice Of P~oIygamy in the Orient
Constitutes Peril Which Must
Not Be Underestimated.

The storm center of social reform
in Asia for the next quarter OF a GEN.
fury is likely to be over the relations
of the sexes, writes Tyler bennett In
Asia. If any statement OF the men
ace of polygamy were necessary to
bring home to American readers the
immediacy of the subject. some re-
cent statements from the editorial
columns of the Far Eastern Review
would seem to be suitable. The Cau-
casian population of the world Is dou-
bling its number once In a hundred
years: the da~rk-skinned races, which
now outnumber the white population
two to one, are doubling their num-
bers every twenty-five years.
At least such is the case in Korea.
where the most recent figures are
available. The editor of the Far East
ern Review figures out that at the
present rate of Increase the Caucas-
ian element In the worlds population
will have shrunk in a hundred years
to scarcely 8 per cent. The oriental
demands male children, as many OF
them as he can produce. The editorial
in question says: $50 long as the
oriental man is able to arrogate to
himself the right to possess plural
wives, Just so long will polygamy pre-
vail. But there is a way out and n
which is becoming broader and more
easy to tread each year. The wife
with foreign education Is n precious
thing in China in the eyes Of the re-
turned students, since she Is one of
a few women of his WI race that
realizes and understands his peculiar
aspirations. She has 1t in her hands
to be the one and only wife, and II
the few examples that have come un-
der the writer's notice are any critic
rion, she will exert that power to the
utmost"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
THINGS TO LEARN IN NAVY
Old Petty officer Reminds the Recruits
There Are Some Things That
Cannot Be Taught.

The old petty officer In charge OF
the drills drew n deep breath u
looked down the long lines Of newly
enlisted apprentice A few OF
the hoys were from the poorer quar-
| tiers of nearby cities and towns; some
were from the farming districts; but
the greater number were undergradu-
ates from colleges and universities
nocking to the colors at the first In
timation of their country's need, and
ell were astonishingly transformed by
the mere donning of uniforms and
cans, into potential sailors for the
ships of the United States navy.
The petty officer cleared his throat.
writes Harriet Welles In Scribner's.
Somehow the s%unshiny parade ground.
bordered by cheerful yellow brick bar
racks and backed by the sparkling
blue Of Narragansett bay and the dis
tant, pointed spires Of Newport
churches, seemed too anonymously
peaceful compared with the things of
which he was trying to speak. He
cleared his throat again.
ard like to remind you. lads" he
said, that there are some things In
our navy that you'll have to earn for
v urselves. We can teach you the
manual of arms and the drills; and
there are schools here to train you for
any branch of ships work that you
have a leaning toward-wireless. cleo
tricity. signal corps, hospital corps.
engineering, cooking and yeoman's
workout what you've got TO get. II
you're to he Of any real use, is the
spirit Of the navy!
Maybe there's those with educatiop
enough to explain that spirit to you.
i haven't got the words. I only know
what it means In actions. Summed up,
II amounts to about this: Aboard ship
there amt no you and there amt no
there's just us! And we're work.
ing together under the flag of the fin
est country on earth"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
TAXATION OF PATENTED MINES

Under a ruling of the Attorney
Generals office in 1918, owners of
patented mining claims who seek re-
lief from taxes on the ground that
annual work had been performed ON
the claims, must file their afidavits
"at the next succeeding session" of
either the county, o. State, board of
equalization, of the Tax Commission
at its meeting on October LIST. Dec
laration of intent to perform annual
labor. with necessary bond, must also
be filed at the next succeeding ses-
sion" of n Of the above boards.
Owners should see that their afidavits
are all filed with one Of the boards
on or before October LIST. 1t is safer
and trouble II the affidavit is
filed with the county board In July
Each claim for which exemption Is
claimed must be specified. The cor.
rect form for affidavit is set forth in
the law. Chapter FOG. Laws Of 1915.
A. e. ORGAN,
Assessor Of Humboldt County.
4 Hl7-s1v1
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
OREGON RAILROADS. AIM TO
BUILD TO NEVADA

The first announcement of proposed
new railroad construction in Oregon
since the war a formally made at
Bend, Oregon, when ]. w. Foster Of
Portland, construction engineer. stated
that the company which he repre-
sents will build from Mount Angel, on
the west side Of the Cascades, to
Bend, by way of Sisters. for the newly
incorporated Portland and South
eastern Railroad Company.
Construction will not start until
government control has come to an
end, but this, Foster believes, will be
early in September. From Bend the
railroad, he said. will be pushed south
easterly into Nevada, where it will ul-
timately tie into the Western Pacific.
In many respects the line of the
Portland and Southeastern follows the
old Corvallis and Eastern survey. with
the exception that the western ter
minal is to be at Mount Angel, the
present terminus of the Willamette
and Pacific electric line.
While no absolute announcements OF
this point has been made. it is gen
orally understood that the new rail
road also will depend on electrict,
for its motive power, for Mr.. Fostei
admitted that leases for power sit
purposes have been obtained OF
Marion Lake, in the Santiam nationa
forest In Curry county.-lGazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
GOVERNOR OPPOSES
SILVER SALE PLAN

Governor Boyle in behalf of tn
silver producers of Nevada has for
warded a telegram to the secretary
of the treasury, Carter Glass, protest
ing the renewal of the contract tt
sell Great Britain more silver at 81
an ounce. The governor says:
after investigation, l am prepared
to state that practically every silver
producer in Nevada and practically
every miner employed by them arc
without qualification against the
proposition of further contracts with
Great Britain for the sale of silver
at less than the prevailing market
price at the time of sale.
THE pu,k CT the worlds silver is a
North American plcouct. and the
North American silver industry is
largely owned and operated here, in
Canada AMI in MEXICO by u citi-
zens. The silver nlintr was fully
cognizant during the wa, of the near
breaches of true International comfy
which occur ed in the British Indian
import and embargces and the manip-
ulation of silver evch'rge in the
Orient by British banking and gov
ernmental agencies. All of these de-
vices were used ruthlessly to nullify
the natural laws which would auto
m~atically have established higher
prices for silver than were ever re-
ceived. but the miners. recognizing
the then existing crises in world af-
fairs, cheerfully acceded to the prop
osition that England should have such
part of our silver stocks as she might
need and at a low artificial price only
a few cents higher than she at first
ungenerously proposed.
There is no international crises to
be met now, and the law of supply
and demand determines the prices of
our imports from Britain and her
colonies. We owe it to ourselves and
our industries to allow a great Amer
lean product to find it's own price level
and to bring the best price that it
may. To sell England 1000 900
of silver in the treasury at
this time for 81 an unc is squarely
to making her a free gift
of from twelve to twenty million dol
lars at the expense of the American
people, and particularly of the west
ern people.
ION behalf of the silver miners l
most respectfully and earnestly re-
quest that you consummate no such
bargain"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
NO VEHICLE FOR AN AVIATOR
Motorcycle Which Was "~Joseing Along
at Only 81 Miles an Hour"
injured Rider.

At present I am in the convalescent
ward Of an American aviation center
In Italy, recovering from a slight ac-
cident wherein the motorcycle-the
silly beast-shied at a dog and ran
off the road while ] was jogging quiet
ly along at Ga miles an hour. Lieut..
Patton MacGilvray. u. S. A.. writes In
Atlantic Magazine. These crazy cycles
seem to poke along. after one has
been riding In n plane near the ground.
making twice that speed. Hence the
temptation to run wide open on
"high."
| had my usual luck-motorcycle al.
most a complete ~wreck-but I was
gently tossed 20 or 30 feet from the
scene of the accident and thus got out
Of the way. When found TO be suf-
fering from a sprained left ankle, a
rather deep cash down to the bone on
my left shin, a dislocated thumb and
a face that is a sight to behold
never was q beauty until now-it's
quite wonderful how the little expert
ences Of life make q new man Of you.
And really aviation. I am finding, has
its dangers.
Were it not that the accident oc-
Cured IN the line Of duty" l should
probably be explaining TO some stern
court-martial why our camp has one
less cycle. The commanding officer
forbade me riding a motorcycle again.
saying rather delicately that aviators
are toe valuable to waste; but some
how or other have rather a sneaking
suspicion that It was merely a tact
full way Of saying that motorcycles In
Italy are too valuable to waste on
this particular aviator.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of County Commissioners fol
humboldt County, Nevada, will re.
| ceiye bids for the following items In
the construction of q courthouse
| building at Winnemucca, Nevada. ac-
| ording to official plans and specifca-
| ions as revised July z. 1919:
I-Excavating and grading.
2-Concrete work.
3-Stone work (set In PLACED.
4Terra Gotta and brick (set in
place..
5-Plastering and Turing.
6-Plumbing and heating.
7-Oil equipment.
S-Electric wiring.
9-Roofing.
1~0-Carpentry and mill work.
l1-Marbel and tile.
12-Painting and glazing.
l3-Finish hardware.
14-Iron and sheet metal.
General contractors may submit
bids to include more than one or all
The above items in a single amount.
Drawings and specifications may be
secured at the Office of +. j. DeLong-
champ. Architect. Reno. Nevada.
A deposit Of $40 will be required for
each set of drawings and specifica-
tions taken from the architects
Office.
Bids will be received at the office
of the Clerk Of the Board of County
Commissioners at Winnemucca, Ne
vada, not later than 10 am. on August
Z, 1919.
All bids shall be sealed in Opaque
envelope and addressed to Board OF
County Commissioners. Winnemucca,
Nevada. and marked. bid for Court
house Building" Each bid shall be
accompanied by a certified check
amounting to at least 5 per cent OF
the amount OF the bid.
The Board of County Commissioners
reserves the right to accept or rejec,
any or all bids.
Authorized this 7th day of July
1919, by the Board Of County Com
%missioners for Humboldt County.
]. w. DAvEY.
County Clerk and ex-oficio Clerk oil
the Board Of County Commissioners
for Humboldt County.
First publication. July 8, 1919.
Last publication. August z. 1919.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
His Autobiography.

In one of the big base hospitals OF
the army not long ago a new librarian
was set to work by the American Ii
brary association. She was a very
charming young woman. and very
anxious to please all Of her custom
ers." though some Of them didn't even
wish to look at a book. In her ounds
she approached one Of the patients
and he declined to be interested In
her wares. At the next cot she stopped
and offered its occupant a book.
whats II about?" the patient
asked.
"Oh. this Is Bambi." said the IL
brarian. tits about a girl who mar
ried a man without his having any
thing to say about It,"
Hold on there" shouted the man
who had declined all books. He raised
himself up on his elbow and reached
out his hand. "Give me that book.
It's my autobiography."-From a Bull
letin Of the American Library Associa-
ton.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
Human In Spite Of Stars.

A private Of the buck species was
watching a plane duel In the skies.
"Quite a sight" said a voice beside
him. and his head nearly dropped on
when he saw that 1t belonged to the
general commanding the division.
There Is a story In that same divi-
sion about the same general, which de-
scribes how he was seen n day re-
Gently walking along and chatting
with a top sergeant. This shows that
q use has Mt last been found for top
sergeants.
That division did Its share, n paid
Its price for the doing. when II helped
to drive the Hun back across the
Marne. That night some one softly
opened the generals door. and then al
softly closed II. And the word went
around that he sat with his face
hurled la his hands. and his frame
q~uivering with sobA5Ths Stsss 81
NA
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
CATCHING CRAWFISH

It having been called to my atten-
tion that a number Of small boys are
in the habit of catching crawfish
from the Humboldt river for pastime
and destroying them. l desire to call
attention to the fact that these craw-
fish were brought here and planted for
food purposes, and should be caught
only for eating. and should not be
destroyed for no purpose. When
caught II they are not wanted for
eating they should be put back in the
river.
]. A. KIRwIN,
Deputy Fish and Game warden for
Humboldt County.
First publication. July12. 1915.
Last ~pshilcatioa. July -. lsasL
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
NOTICE OF HEARING OF APPLI.
CATION OF NEVADA VALLEYS
POWER COMPANY TO HAVE THE
TERN OF THE FRANCHISE
UNDER WHICH 1T IS OPERAT-
ING, INCREASED TO FIFTY
YEARS.

The Nevada Valleys Power Com
pany having filed with the Board of
County Commissioners of the County
of Humboldt, State of Nevada. its pc
tition requesting to have the term OF
the franchise under which 1t Is oper-
ating increased to fifty years. in ac-
cordance with the statutes in such
cases made and provided;
Notice Is hereby given that said ap-
plication of the Nevada Valleys Power
Company has been set for hearing.
and will be heard, by the Board OF
County Commissioners OF said County
of Humboldt, at the chambers OF the
said County Commissioners. In the
courthouse. at the City of Winnie
mucca. county and state aforesaid, at
its regular meeting to be held OF the
5th day of August, 1919. at which time
objections to extending the term OF
said franchise may be heard and con-
sidered.
Dated July 5. 1919.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
By TOM p. EBERT. Chairman.
j. W. DAVEY,
County Clerk for the County of Hum
boldt and ex-oficio Clerk OF the
County Commissioners of said
County.
First publication July S. 1919.
Last publication August 2. 1919.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19
BRANCH In

A branch Of the Security Savings &
Loan Association Of Reno has been or
ganized at Lovelock this week by
local men. The advisory board is: A.
jain, resident; c. j. Heidtman. vice.
president; ]. W. Kroner. secretary
and treasurer. and board Of appraisers
are o. H. Olesen. John Dotta. ]. H
McCracken. w. C. Thorn and John A
Jurgenson-
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-07-19

Reno-Standard Metals Company
complete sixty-ton mill; power line
being erected.