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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
MISTAKES ABOUT SEA WAVES
Really They Are Not Nearly as High
as Some voyagers Have
Asserted

Voyagers on stormy seas come safe
ly ashore and tell their friends OF
waves that rose mountains high and
at times threatened to overwhem the
vessel on which they brayed the deep
The unframed eyes of the amateur
seafarer generally exaggerate the
height of the waves, and when the
statement is made that the water rose
at least 100 feet above the vessel it is
seldom that any of the auditors can
disprove 1t.
Exhaustive observations made by
scientists give the maximum height
attained by waves at not more than
sixty feet, and then only when the
wind has been of hurricane force. The
average height of waves In strong
gale is about thirty feet, in whole
gale about thirty-seven feet, and in a
storm about forty-five feet. The scen-
lists further state that If waves travel
as fast as the average velocity of the
strongest winds and If there be swift
er waves produced directly or Indirect
~ by action of the wind upon the sea
they do not attain sufficient height to
form noticeable breakers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03

martial aspect to the dress until the
automatic revolver came into fashion.
But comparative wealth and peace
overlook the Georgians and the other
town dwellers who wore the striking
dress, and gradually these cartridges
were changed for decorative imita-
lions. Some of them were made of
ebony at one end and ivory at the
other.
Modernity has gone even further
One of these cartridge cases Is now
sometimes used for a fountain pen, and
the manifestations dandy sometimes
has hollow decorations In whose solid
gold shell is concealed rich perfume
for the mustache.
The North Caucasus is not distin-
guished solely by legendary lore and
fancy dress manhood The broad fields,
which sweep gently up toward the
slopes, produce some of Russa's most
abundant grain crops, and form an I'M
portant field for the sale and use of
modern agricultural machinery.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
SpiIIlno the Chestnuts.

One Sunday In the late fall l took
my sweetheart to the country to call
on one of her cousins, who owned a
farm on which were some chestnut
trees. During the afternoon, we gath
cred chestnuts, filling everything that
would hold chestnuts, even to my
overcoat pockets.
That night we all drove to a neigh
boring village to church. was hold
Ing my overcoat on my lap when the
audience arose during the prayer
service. The preacher irud just begun
his prayer when noise like Lewis
machine gun broke upon our ears.
In arising, had taken hold of the
overcoat, turning 1t upside down and
splitting the chestnuts, which rolled to-
ward the pulpit amid the giggles Of
the younger couples. and to my utter
horror. Is 1t any wonder l was after
wards called "Chestnuts" In that COM
nunlty Chicago Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
City DWeIler Nicked for SIP to
$40 Each Year in Property
Damage Alone.
HOW TO Get RID OF PLAGUE
Bureau of Mines Says Best Way is to
Turn Bitumnous Coal Into Coke
and Gas, Using Coke for Heat
ina and Gas for Cooking.

Washington.-The smoke evil, which
costs each city dweller of this coun-
try from $12 to $40 each year in prop
erty damage alone, cannot be abated
If the people continue to use in the
old way the same smoky coal, accord
ing to the bureau of mines, department
of the interior. Now the bureau main
tains that the best way to get rid of
the smoke plague in the residential por-
lions of the cities Is to first turn the
bituminous coal into coke and gas.
which are smokeless. the coke being
used for house heating and gas for
cooking. The factories may continue
as usual to use the soft Goals, for 1t
has been demonstrated that in the
boiler and heating plants the coal can
be burned practically smokelessly.
Use Smokeess Fuel.
"rhe only way of eliminating smoke
In large cities Is by using smokeless
fuel" says DIR. Van ii. Manning, direc-
tor of the bureau of mines-"a fuel
that will burn without producing smoke
In any equipment now In use. In the
past the only smokeless fuel available
In quantity for house heating was an
thracite However, anthracite Is mined
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
Names Mean Nothing

white man, born in America. living
in Washington. head of family, Eng
disappearing and able to read and
write.
Neither kings horses nor kings men
could drag your name out of the CEN
sus bureau. Draft officials in 1917 tried
1t and failed.
The census bureau gave General
Crowder lots of information about the
number of men between certain ages
living in certain areas. But when the
Stacker drive was on and General
Crowder, with the whole war depart
ment back Of him, tried to get the
names to check up against enlistments
and draftees the census bureau called
his attention to the law.
It's not only against the law to give
out such information, but enumeration
sheets carrying names are destroyed
after the information has been trans
ferred to cards.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
SALAMANDERS OF GREAT SIZE
Proof That Species Long Extinct,
Sometimes Attained Length Of
Five Feet.

In Europe, some time ago, bones
life had been about five feet long.
Every boy Is familiar with nevis,
which he calls "salamanders," COM
monty found In brooks and ponds. A
specimen five inches long is big one.
But five feet-they must have been
monsters.
OF course these giant nevis were of
long-extinct species. 1t would have
been interesting to live In those days,
when so many queer monsters (mostly
of aquatic habits) swarmed the earth.
They seem to have been among ma
lures earliest experiments, abandoned
later.
There were no mammals then; and
the supposition is that all mammals
of today, including man, were origin
ally derived from a reptilan ancestry.
We cannot say for certain that this
queer reptile (Which lived about 1900.
600 years ago. was not actually an an
cestor of our own.
1t was dug up in Texas, and has
been named Dimetrodon. About eight
feet long, the most curious thing about
1t was the enormous fin 1t carried on
Its back-the ribs of the fin being a
series of bones extending from the ver-
tebrae.
OF what use was this fin2 Perhaps
1t was merely ornamental. Or 1t may
be that It was a means of defense.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
Caucasus Is
Rich Country

is flanked by the Cossacks of the Don,
the Kuban and the Terek, along whose
banks the famous Tolstoy served as a
young soldier On the Asatic side
there are the new republics of Georgia,
Azerbaijan and Armenia, partly carved
from Russian, partly from Turkish
lands.
The people who have left the deep
est impress on the Caucasus, although
most of them emigrated to Turkey in
1864, are the Tcherkees or Circassians.
The Tcherkees gave to the Caucasus
and the fancy dress ball the Tcher-
keska the familiar skirted costume of
the warlike Cossack and the 1.-THE
Georgian grandee. 1t is the original
opera bouffe uniform, with narrow
waist and faring skirts above soft
boots without heels. This costume is
also distinguished by IS cartridge
cases ranged across the chest.
Martial Dress Once Worn.
Formerly real cartridges gave truly
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
Contains Fertile Fields and Noun
tains Stored With Precious
Metals.
RABBIT WARREN OF HUMANITY
At One Time There Were 800 Tribes
and Dialects in Region-Is Sort of
Three-Ring Group of Nat
uraI Marvels.

WashingtOn.-With various antibol-
shevic governments seeking resting
place and capital at one end of the
range and fabulous oil boards of Baku
at the other, inspiring covetous i'm
perialistic interest, the long line of
md6nrains which separates Europe
from Asia gives promise of once more
attaining the headline position it so
often has held throughout the ages.
Made up Of 400 miles of majestic
peaks, in three ridges, the Caucasus
stretches from northwest to southeast
like a petrified wave, whose north
eastern face mounts to the snow crest.
but whose southwestern front, facing
toward Turkey, seems dashed into
countless precipices by the titanic
forces of nature, says bulletin from
the National Geographic society.
The Caucasus is the most interesting
rabbit warren of humanity ON the
globe. For uncounted ages various
peoples sifted through the secluded
valleys, leaving fraction of their
number In some remote spot, so that
at one time Ell Azizi said that there
were 300 tribes and dialects in the re-
gion, $50 miles long and 100 miles
broad, which he called the Mountain
of Languages"
Straby spoke of 10 races of men,
some of them armed with poisoned ar
rows and wearing skin shoes with
spiked soles. Troglodytes they were
and are. The Caucasus is a sort of
three-ring group of natural marveis
compressed between Europe and Asia,
between the Black sea and the Cas-
plan.
On the European slope the Caucasus
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
New Wireless Distress Call.

A novel wireless emergency device
by which ships in distress can ring
alarm bells on other ships within wire
less range is reported by the Ameri-
can chamber of commerce in London.
The present wireless system of COM
munication requires that an operator
to hear call must be on duty, wear
ing the usual telephone headpiece
The new device is said to enable any
station or ship equipped with a spe-
clal automatic traDsmitter key to call
up any station or ship within range,
fitted with corresponding receiver re-
lay, even if the operator is absent.
The calling up, according to the Amer
lean chamber is effected by a bell
which starts ringing on the ships
called.
1t is claimed that one of the most
important uses of the devices will be
to insure immediate and general at
tention to S. o. S. calls.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
AUSTRALIA "LOW" IN H. C. |.
Advance Only 48 Per Cent, Sc Pc
Cent in United States and
210 In Sweden.

Washington. ID. Giving costs
have advanced more in six foreign
countries since 1911 than in the Unit
ed States, according to comparison
of retail food prices in nine countries.
including America, made public by
the bureau of labor statistics. IN Ans
tralia and New Zealand. however. the
advance was less than in this country.
The comparisons are made from
the latest reports from the various
couptries. In August, 1919, the IN
crease in the United States was Sc
per cent, compared with 93 per cent
in Canada, 100 per cent in France. i12
per cent in Norway, 116 per cent in
Great Britain and 210 per cent in
Sweden, while in Australia and NV
Zealand prices climbed but As per
cent. April, 1910, the latest REP yrt
from Italy, showed an advance of 1S1
per cent there, against rs per cent in
this country.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
Evil Is
Found Costly

in only one district in the United
States and, therefore, its use is limited
to the area lying within reasonable
mines. Much the larger part of the
country has to depend on soft coal.
Cooke should be used for heating
houses because 1t is a clean and con-
venient fuel. 1t eliminates smoke, re-
duces the necessity of cleaning the
furnace and flues, requires less atten-
ton than coal, and gives more uni
form temperature in the house. By
burning coke for domestic heat, more
soft coal will be used in by-product
plants, which save many valuable by
products that are wasted when the
coal is used directly. The by-products
of popular interest obtained in the
coking process are gas, light oils, am
monia and lars.
By-Products of Cooking.
with soft coal costing 81 ton
turned into its by-products, you will
get 5000 cubic feet of gas valued at
So; three gallons of light oil valued at
- cents; % pounds of ammonia sui
plate valued at $1.25; nine gallons of
tar worth 20 cents; and more than
half ton of coke valued at So.
"When our mineral supply of oil is
exhausted, soft coal will be mate
rial source of motor fuel. The light oil
recovered from coking soft coal now
supplies part of the ever-increasing de
mand for motor fuel. Germany, during
part of the war, was cut off from every
supply of mineral OIL and she depend
ed entirely for her motor fuel on her
coal. AS a result of that condition.
Germany sent most of her coal through
by-product coking plants. What has
been done in Germany may In the flu
ture have to be done in the United
States"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
Your Biggest Opportunity.

If you want to make real money
big money-get into the auto game.
No other line pays as well.
Automobile and tractor mechanics,
oxyacetylene welders, vulcanizers and
retreading experts are needed every
where.
We teach you in a short time, where
you learn the business by actual work
on machines. If you want to learn
right-and in the shortest possible
time-visit our school and see the
students at work.
Thousands of successful graduates
Is our best references.
Special rates for short time only.
Call or write for catalog.
HEMPHILL BROS. STATE AUTO
AND TRACTOR SCHOOL,
800 East 2nd South. ADV.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
Didn't Know He Sanq.

A Nashville young woman employed
In a music store in Indianapolis tells
the following:
"One day lady came into the
store to buy some music, and after
had played several pieces to her,
told her | would play one of Caruso's.
After l had played the piece, she said ::
'Crusoe, Crusoe; why / have heard a
great deal about him and Friday, but
I never knew that he sang"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
You're Merely a Number in U. S.
Census Records.
Identity Lost When individuals Be-
come Cards With a Lot of Holes
Punched In Them.

Washington.-Name mean nothing
at all in the Job of counting noses in
the United States for the 1920 census.
You have name when you come
into the big barn-like building here
where 1000 clerks are tabulating you
and about 110,00000O like you.
Very soon, though, you become moth
ing but card with lot of holes
punched in 1t. You have sex, age, ma
tionality and a lot of other things, but
no name.
Your cara is just as important, yet
as anonymous, as the presidents. In
the census bureau the president isn't
Woodrow Wilson. He Is merely q
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
Spanish to Introduce
GoatSkin Clothes Here

New York.-Branch houses of
Spanish manufacturers of goat
skin clothing will be establish
ed In this country, 1t was an
nounced by Jose Bernitez de
Usaole and Joaquin Hernandez,
representatives of the firm, who
arrived yesterday. Exhibitions
will be given In several Amerl-
can cities and Spanish girl mod
els will display the apparel.
Many OF the skins bear fine fur,
Mr.. Hernandez said. and GER
tain grades are turned into
mems clothing and women's
dresses.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03

"There's one thing I've always want
ed to ask you about your life In
France" she said.
"Yes?" prompted the ex-buck tremu-
lousy.
"What did you and the colonel usu-
ally talk about at meal times ?"-The
Home Sector.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
Central Americas as One.

Ell Paso, Textile republics of Cen
trail America have formed plans TO
unite themselves under one govern
ment, beginning September Is, 1921.
the centennial of their Independence,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03

waits are seldom the things he has
been waiting for.-Implement Record.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
Conditional.

"D0 women generally approve of the
church alliance movement?"
Eyes II II Is a movement up the
aisle to the tune of wedding march,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03

Some of the stones that don't roll
don't gather moss because others use
them for stepping stones.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
All the Same.

Are you wearing your last years
clothes?"
YES; and probably my next years
clothes, too
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03

He who has lost all confidence can
lose nothing more.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
AM GLAD TO ENDORSE
PE-RU-NA -
Glad to Try Anything

Three years ago my system
was in a terribly run down CON
clifton and l was broken out all
over my body. began to be wor-
rted about my condition and [
was glad 10 try anything which
would relieve me. Pernna was
recommended to me as a fine
blood remedy. and tonic, and L
soon found that 1t was worthy
OF praise. A few bottles changed
my condition materially and in a
short time I was all over my
trouble. l owe my restoration to
health and strength to Peruna,
Il am glad to endorse it.n
Sold Everywhere
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03

Rude.
Shelter car ran into n notorious
Nothing very serious, only the enamel
scraped off.
Heller face or the machine?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
The Wav to Do IL.

The Way to Do 1t.
81 wish | knew how to kill time"
"Why don't you join an amateur
society?"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03

The class that is not out for business
has no business to be out.-Marion
Iawrance
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03

A bald-headed man is soon parted.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
Was In q
Terribly
Run Down
Condition

Miss Ricka Leopold,
2SS Layco ST., Menasha, Wis,
Sec'y Liederkranz. Miss Leopold's
letter opposite conveys in no I'M
certain way the gratitude she
feels for Peruna.
Liquid and Tablet Form
The Nome nugget., 1920-03-27

oo,lEo NEW ENGLAND psn- AER EVERY SATURDAY Ar
 Ailo's CAFE
The Nome nugget., 1920-03-27
NOME PIONEER IGLoo WiTADRAWS FROM
 TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION

(Continuea from page onc) cratic policies. has become separate,i. and be il further
 Resolved. that copy of these res- olUtions he mailed to all subordinate lsloos together with a complete de- tailed history of events leading up 10 this action. to the end tha, they may 9Ssi>; us ,o oVerCcme conditions no, oorducire ,o loyal pioneer spirit in thi> Territory.
 \ committee composed of \. role,. Ch.;s Thornton and Thos, McGann N, apI-o.n,ed 70 fuifin the provisions oi she las, section of the resolution '''s: iS nHN preiAarins a circular letter sessinS forth the facts and reasons i,- see Gr;jon cf the Mother lsioo ami -- ';e.,ns the supsor, of the other >t' ordinate lgiao's. These will later }, turwSS,isa 10 all subordinate Ig.oo's , puSh0u, the territory
The Nome nugget., 1920-03-27
G 0 p. HOLDS SUNDAY SESSION

iNsliIe ,h, hlizragd raging las, Sun ds>. a &ar=;e number of the followers of he G- o, r, turned ou, in respouS 10 A eau of the Ecl'unlic,,a Cluh fo & -'s's,ay session. Following is 4 sssct r,.NfI s rrocoes'inss as pru vidyS. Ay >,crVssr, u,.neuSk.
 'rse chair ap.-o,nse,i John Sunu,scr a> one of ' eassgli;., .,, as .svs e,,tn p,s .uS the Cenni;;,v oa t.essSs ,,o,
 \ conamunioa,s'p v-,s aves,a,- >',sZes;sns ,ha, the o'Gee of Cn5,e-- >','sS t'eumisSi,,aevs he ,,,s,te a sal artc,i instead ~s N tvr o'tive
 ssnery Valentine. candidate fo dolssa'e se the t:epuhl.an National cS7Ven'son, wAs endorsed oy the club
 The Secretary ~0s instructed ,s confer with |. S, Commissioner isusa .o'Ncilt with a view to changing the p-alliTs place from ,he Bessie Read ssoetSe ,e the ->SscciSte,i oil Co. s,lans.
 l, wa> serised that divisional esu,. e-Sanizins oussiae ef Nosue Is ,as ot the question N, ,ae p-sSen, .ine. The deT iSSon was made that acrien wils b. taken 'a shis dirse,i0n Ntssr the dele Sa'sS are elected,
 IL Mas reported to tAe club bv ptln- san Menanald shSs, T Anseriean cit, zsS'> Nad voters are Al Lost tsfver an,s four NJ wates> ba, Co,ssr,,.ssfonSs, Marx a, Teller. refused 70 establish a precinct on $ pesitson ssns hira sssin- the establishment, ot $ y.alanx psscs Shere> they might sxercSsss their fran .ehi~e rights,
 The chair aaastnsed a eoSrsrrsssssse a. thFee nlesrse~r~ Messr~ Meppnali 1e'sss and Chase 70 take SaasA steps .as 1raN be proper so secure the sS-as.. iiShnieas of s vosins precinct 8, I.ess River,
 Martin EsaVensslde suggested sha. the political candidates before ,h- paeiie come out ln the open and sx- psess themselves regarding thssr views Israa let the pahlse ssarn what snes favor. The srgssseioa was replsea to oS Capt Sursdnaei- xae stated that i: Is the place and pzirilege os the. oec- fpis 10 tell the eandiGaates what saey sant and not that ct the eardbSas-s 10 tell the voters what thev want
The Nome nugget., 1920-03-27
ALASKA WHALING STILL
 VALUABLE INDUSTRY

Despite the tremendous decadence of whaling in Alaska waters during recent years. the industry is still . highly productive one under the mod crnized method known us shore whal- ing, The picturesque whaling argosies no longer SCOUT the seas; the old TO- nance has departed along with the v-'kish. dingy craft and their motley crews, but that the whaling business Is still highly valuable irdustry, Is indicated by the recent announcement that the three shore whaling stations aska coast during 1917 and 1918 yield. ed collectively products valued at $sS+.ls7 in the latter year.
 As one of the stations took only the white or beluga whale and utilized only the hides, its returns were com- paratively slight as compared to the others. which not only utilized th, oil and hides hut also shipped the neat
 in a frozen state. One of .he latter stations was located a, Por; Arm strong in southeastern Alaska. and other at Akutan. on the Aleu- ian Is lands. The white whale station was situated on the Beluga River ir Cen tr;,l Alaska.
 F'roEen whale meat was shippca to the states hy the stations amounting To liNooo pounds and valued q, S1.- zoe during lalS. while the hide>. bone and other products brought t',c t:l returns to sSSiis7 This was an in. erc,t>e nf si7s,s5s over the preceding yes,'. The number of whales taken wis ii>. or D more than in lsl7: There were Ss5 persons employed in thr industry. es more than in lsi1.
The Nome nugget., 1920-03-27

dreds of tons. He noticed. however, that the craze for spending is appar. ent everywhere and he was told by merchants and dealers that the public demands nothing but the finest grades of products. seemingly with little re- gard for the high prices charged. AL though wages are far above the aver. age of earlier years they are still hard iy adequate to meet the costs of exis- tence, he says. and 1t Is impossible to reconcile ths situation with the dis play of lavish spending. unless one accepts the view that the people ara spending the savings of earlier years. "As long as they have savings to spend it win probably go on." M. Aver said. .'but when the savings are gone 1t is hard to imagine what their situation will be-"
 After seeing how things are out |there," he says ''one realizes that Al. aska is pretty good place to be a, the present time.