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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-29
srOpDARD rs OFT OF
CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST

r c. stoddard, director of prohioi-
,;on in Nevada, will not be a candidate
for the Democratic congressiohai
nomination this year. according to the
Reno Gazette. Stoddard has maze
his announcement following the re-
ceipt of a telegram from the head OF
his department informing him that Of
6cials of that department were, under
the regulations, not allowed to seek
nolitical office without resigning-
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-29
E 8 PUT

q The ouija board drives crazy (
" people crazier.
9 With all these troubled wa
9 ters, where is Rockefeller and (
9 the oil.
@ The aircraft board only used
=" up a billion, which amt much
" nowadays. =
q Socialists are lavish with the (
3" dollars of the other fellow.
/" Many brides get a baby buggy
@ instead of an automobile.
@ Have a little mor pep than Z
" one-half of one per cent.
@ Too often vice wears velvet
" and virtue rags.
o When the moon is full the
O stars wink.
O 1t was fight and work, but now 4
O it is strike and loaf.
F." There may be no literal hell 4
" hereafter, but there is one here.
@ 80 @ @ @ @ 4
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-29
WILSON FAVORS;
LEADERS OPPOSE

1t is now possible for the voter to
see what the actual situation will be
in the event of a Republican or a
Democrat victory in November. The
Republican leader in his speech of ac-
ceptance has cleared the atmosphere
so far as Americas peace problem is
concerned. He is for peace at once;
if Cox is elected the Democrats prom
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-29
AMERICAN-B0RN
SCOTCHMAN

The press of Nevada seems to be
gladly welcoming the candidacy of
Sam Arentz for Representative in
Congress. This big-handed and big
hearted American-born Scotchman is
going at his task of campaigning in
typical Western fashion. His cards
are on the table," He is simply point
ing to his practical accomplishments
in Nevada life and telling the people
if they want a man who has proved
he understands mining, irrigation and
ranching, and railroad building, he is
willing to work for them. He has
made his modest "pile"-honestly,
every dollar of it-he has a beautiful
ranch home near Simpson, Lyon
county; he has paying mines in Ne
vada and Utah which he has de-
veloped himself; and now he offers to
work for Nevada.
Many people of Nevada know, at
least by reputation, W.. C. Orem, presi-
dent of the Salt Lake & Utah railroad,
a keen promoter of mining properties,
with a reputation for honesty. He built
the Nevada-D Douglas mine and the
Copper Belt railroad. Arentz was his
superintendent and chief engineer. In
a recent interview Orem said of
AREN'T: HE is a human dynamo; he
never undertook a thing he did not
finish; he sets a pace at work which
few men can follow; and he never
took a dishonest dollar in his life"
Arentz was afterward chief engi-
neer for the Orem interests in con-
struction of the Salt Lake & Utah
lines until called by his country to be
a consulting engineer in the Bureau
of Mines during the world war. He
attained rank as captain of engineers.
He holds the college degrees of Me-
chanical Engineer and Bachelor of
Science.
Modesty seems the key note OF
Arentz's campaign. So far, at least,
he has not talked policies or politics.
He speaks in terms of work and &C
complishment. He firmly believes Ne
vada should be represented at Wash
ington for what she really is, and that
her interests should be guarded by a
practical Western man instead of by
politicians of any sort.
OF course, it remains to be seen
how old-line politicians may accept
the candidacy of Sam AREN'T. Poll
ticians, it may be said, in a general
way, are men who believe there is
some sort of science in their modes
of procedure which indicates that be-
cause a man has been "a politician"
for such or such a length of time, he
is thereby entitled to such or such an
office. But even politicians, along
with other people, are beginning to
suspect that there is not the acme of
real accomplishment springing from
the old idea.
To the critical observer of affairs
in Nevada, the voice Of the people
sounds clear: They are demanding
more good, less of schemes; more of
accomplishment, less of policy; more
real stuff" and less-much less-of
going through the motions"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-29

For "Ad" Service-The Silver Stat
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-29

Enthusiasm for Governor Cox as a
presidential candidate has arisen
considerably among the members of
the grand army of federal job hold
ers since it has been discovered that
as governor of his state Mr.. Cox has
made a record as a money spender
and job creator, little, if any less, for
ward looking than that of the Wilson
administration.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-29

Governor Cox wants a daily report
on party funds. Why not a daily re-
port on the activities of the federal
job holders costing the people a few
hundred millions a year, who are
using the time and power belonging
to the public in promoting the Cox
candidacy for President?
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-29
TOyOPAH PIONEER FOUND
DEAD IN HIS CABIN

lanes G.. Natter. aged sixty-eight'
an old resident of Tonopah, was
found dead in his cabin near the rail-
road tracks at Tonopah Saturday
%venin
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-29

Senator Harding will conduct a
front-porch campaign. President Will
son will run one from the back porch
of the White House. Colonel Bryan
will probably stay down in the cellar
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-29

You'll have to admit that a candi-
date for President who can make
Senator Reed and President Wilson
both think he is N with them on the
league of nations is not lacking in
versatility, or whatever you may pre-
fer to call it.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-29
OWEN MOORE FAILS TO PAY
ATTORNEYS FEE FOR DIVORCE

Reports from Los Angeles that the
claim of the law firm of Ayres and
Gardner against owen Moore for SER
vices in his wife's suit for divorce has
been placed in the hands of a Los An
geles attorney for collection were IN
6rmed by Albert ID. Ayres. Ayres
had charge of Moore's case when his
wife. known as Mary Pickford, got
a divorce at Minden last spring, ac-
cording to the Reno Gazette.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
this FARMERS GRAIN
IS WORTH A MILLION
CANADIAN RANCHES UNDER
HIS CONTROL TOTAL $4,000
ACRES. ARE COOPERATIVE.

LETHBRIDGE, Canada.-One mil
lion dollars is the estimated value of
the grain crop of the Nobleford
Foundation farms at Nobleford, 20
miles north of Lethbridge.
A single field of 5000 acres of
wheat was harvested. Sixty binders
drawn by 240 horses passed out of
sight in their progress from one end
of the field to the other
The farms comprise $4,000 acres,
or more than fifty square miles.
More than 28,50O acres are under
cultivation. Of this area 10,500 acres
are in summer fallow awaiting next
years crop. This year 1887 acres
were in grain, 1881 acres in wheat,
3,517 acres in rye and 1880 acres
in oats. The estimated yield will be
307 $50 bushels of wheat, 70,340
bushels of rye and 137,400 bushels
of oats.
c.. S. Noble is an American. He
learned farming in Iowa and North
Dakota. He started farming twenty
years ago in Alberta on 800 acres.
Today he is the head of the greatest
grain producing corporation in the
world. His farms are working on a
cooperative basis. All his old en-
ployes own stock and share in the
profits. Yearly dividends have run
from IA to 80 per cent.
Noble attributes his success to hard
work and definite goal. AS a small
farmer he made money. He decided
he could make fortune by farming
on a large scale. He moved to Cana
da because he regarded it as the
poor mans last great agricultural
opportunity. He invested his early
profits in more land, until few
years ago he had the biggest farm
in Canada. Half of the land he farms
today was raw prairie three years
ago. He established a worlds rec
ord in 1916 by averaging fifty-four
bushels of wheat to the acre on a
1,0O0-acre field.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
GIRL MINUS BATHING SUIT
STARTS SWIM AROUND
WORLD FROM WINNIPEG

WINNIPEG, Can.-Unencum-
bered by even a one-piece bath
ing suit, Bella knight leaped into
the Assiniboine river here and set
out to swim around the world,
with Montreal as her first destina-
ton.
Police sighted her swimming
swiftly westward when they an
swered a. call from residents along
the river bank.
Bella was frustrating their eff
forts to snatch her from the en-
brace of the waves when one of
the constables had bright idea.
Making a squirt, the policemen
shot their boat past Bella and laid
out a fish net. When she reached
the net the constables hauled it in
and Bella with it,,
"Please don't bother me. I'm on
my way to Montreal" said Bella,
petulantly.
According to police reports, she
swan a mile and q half before she
was captured.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
SEVERAL WOULD Be
SENATE PRESIDENTS
J. D. WEAVER, OF DAWSON, EX-
PRESSES CONFIDENCE OF Sue
CESS. OTHER CANDIDATES.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Indications are
that the race for president of the
next senate will be one of the liveli-
est on record, as four candidates are
already in the running, with others
mentioned as possibilities. The an
nounced candidates are j. D. Weav-
er, of Dawson; Herbert Clay, sena-
tor-elect from the Thirty-ninth
district; J. B. Jackson, senator-elect
from the Twenty-first, and G. A.
Johns, senator-elect from the Twen-
ty-seventh district. Mr.. Weaver, who
is one of the best-known men of
Southwest Georgia, has just been in
Atlanta on business and expressed
the utmost confidence in his pros
poets of success.
Mr.. Clay was formerly solicitor
general of the Blue Ridge circuit,
and is son of the late United
States Senator A. S. Clay. Mr.. Jack
son has been a member of the house
and senate numerous times. He re-
sides in Jones county. Mr.. Johns was
a member of the house from Barrow
county during the session of 1919
20.
In the house there is lively con-
test for speaker between Representa-
tive George Carswell, of Wilkinson,
Representative Cecil Neill, of Mus
cogee, and Representative j. H. En-
mis-. of Baldwin.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
9O-YEAR-OLD NEGRO
LEAVES 100000
MADE FORTUNE FROM LEASING
OIL LAND IN TEXAS. HE BE-
OUEATHS 1T TO CHILDREN.

WEST COLUMBIA, Tex.-Charles
Brown, who died at his home here, a
few days ago, probably was the
wealthiest and most transformations
negro in the world. He was 90 years
old. and generally is reputed to have
left a fortune of considerably more
than 81, 900, 900. Some estimates have
placed his wealth at twice that. He
owned about 5000 acres of land,
most of which is in the heart of the
West Columbia oil field. Brown re-
ceived an enormous revenue from oil
wells under the one4eighth lease
clause. He also was farmer. he
leaves a family of seven children
and a number of grandchildren.
Although. the aged negro did not
recklessly spend money he was free
in providing well for his children.
His physical and mental condition
was vigorous up to few days be-
fore he died. He made no change in
his manner of living when the big
fortune came to him. He was ia
miliar figure on the streets of West
Columbia and surrounding country.
Frequently he was seen driving along
the roads and streets in a farm wag-
on
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
NIP PLOT TO WRECK
DIAMOND SPECIAL y
BAND PLANNED TO TEAR UP
TRACK AND PLUNGE TRAIN
INTO FIFTY-FOOT RAVINE.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-Confessions
from the eight conspirators said to
be directly connected with the plot
to wreck the Diamond Special of
the Illinois Central railroad near
here last Wednesday night were OBJ
tanned by Chief of Police Morris and
federal agents. Officials declared
their belief that had the plan been
carried out not one passenger on the
train would have escaped alive.
Nineteen foreigners are under ar
rest and all are declared by officials
to be communists. The track, accord
ing to the confessions, was to have
been torn up about 800 feet from a
bridge near the village of Bissel, so
that the train would be plunged into
the ravine, about fifty feet in depth:
Whatever passengers renamed
alive, Chief Morris declared the con-
fessions said, the plotters intended
to kill them and "to kick in the
teeth of the rich" The Diamond
Special" was selected because only
the rich ride on it; poor people dom
ride in sleepers."
A member of the gang was to be
stationed at the nearest farm house
to kill its owner if he raised an out
cry. and phone wires were to be cut,
according to the confessions.
"In nv twenty-three years of po-
lice service / have never known a
more carefully and diabolical plot to
destroy life," declared Chief OF 70
lice Morris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
EXTRA SESSION COULD
ACCOMPLISH LITTLE
ALL INCOME FOR 1920 HAS AL
READY BEEN APPROPRIATED
by THE LEGISLATURE.

ATLANTA, Calf Governor Dor
sey should call an extraordinary
session of the general assembly
which is under consideration, it will
not be assembled before January.
Certain state institutions, for the
support of which the present year
appropriations have already been
made, want more money, and claim
that they will be handicapped if not
crippled unless something in the way
of relief is afforded by or before
April 1.
AS is naturally the case whenever
there is talk of on extra session
numerous other things will be asked
for to go in the call, since a special
session can consider only the subject
matter stated by the governor IN
bringing the assembly together Wo-
man suffrage is one of those "other
things"
Two Points For Consideration.
There are two original important
points in connection with both these
propositions to be taken into consid-
GRAFTON in looking forward to posi-
BILE net results in another meeting
of the legislature: First, the same
men will be brought back to go over
the same ground on the same subject
matter they have already passed up
on. Second. the legislative and finan-
cial conditions in the state have not
changed one iota since the regular
session adjourned; therefore, will
there be any new and impelling things
tn move these same men to different
action in January? >.
Among men familiar with the II
nancial situation of the state the
question is being asked: -,
"What could the legislature do II
If met in extra session.
All revenue for 1920, actual and
prospective. has been appropriated
already. 1t seems very doubtful
whether revenue can be increased
without amending the constitution.
This. it is commended, cannot be done
in time to meet the present emer-
eencv for the reason that constltu-
tional amendment passed at an extra
session could not be submitted to the
neople in the general election of NO
vember 8. as the constitution requires
all proposed amendments to be ad-
vertised sixty days in advance of the
referendum. and that period has ex-
pired. The next election at which, a
constitutional amendment can be
submitted to the people is the gen
eral election of 1922.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21

The latest decree of fashion re-
storing the ostrich feather to. favor
has ouadrupled the value of the I'M
portations and greatly increased the
value of the American capital IN
vested in the ostrich industry. Inc
value of the ostrich feathers import
ed into the United States in the ifs
cal year 1920 was S2,5O0,OOO
against a little more than $5OO,0O0
in 1917 and S750,000 in 1918, and
with this advance in demand and
nrice the value of the 10000 os-
triches in the United States has cor,
respondingly increased and runs well
up into the millions. -,
The ostrich industry of the world
has been extended from the original
home of the ostrich, the wilds OF
Africa, to several countries having
a suitable climate, and the united
States, Argentina and Australia are
gradually becoming rivals of the os-
trich farmers of British, French and
German Africa, which, however, still
sunnlv the bulk of the SIS, 0OO,0OO
To SOC. 100000 worth of ostrich
feathers annually entering world
commerce. The imports of ostrich
feathers into the United States alone
since 1900 have aggregated nearly
$50. 900, 900, and were Immediately
nrior to the war running at about
s6,OOO,O 900 per annum, but dropping
to about one-tenth of that value IN
the closing years of the war.
While the South African interests
sought to prevent the expectation OF
ostriches or their eggs, a limited
Number were brought to the United
states as early as 1882 and estab-
lished on farms in Southern Califor-
mia and Arizona, where they multi
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
PRICE OF PAPER
ADVANCED SIS TON
Raise to $3.50 Hundred Pounds or
$3.50 a Ton Is Announced by
The international.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-The price Of
newspaper in rolls has been increas-
ed for the fourth quarter of 1920 to
$3.50 a hundred pounds or $3.50 a
ton. according to announcement by
the international Paper company.
"This," continues Fourth Estate,
"is SIS a ton over the price that.ob-
tains during the current quarter.
"Owners of pulp wood in Canada
personally seen, have said they were
going to have $50 a cord for their
wood or let it rot, and they have
great stacks of it corded up.
mills without their own supply
are paying today $28 per cord, and
every publisher knows what that
means in prices per pound Of paper"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
UNCLE SAM FINDS
SOME POCKET CHANGE
LYING AROUND LOOSE

CHICAGO, Ill.-Local internal
revenue officials today began an
investigation of the presence Of
$2,225,000 in the federal building
vaults. with no record of its
source.
The presence of the surplus
money was discovered when Off
Gals of a corporation called to
explain why they had failed to
pay $225,000 taxes, produced re-
ceipts showing they had paid. The
money was found in the vault, but
the governments duplicate receipt
had been lost and no record made
on the books. The remainder of
the $2,225,000 is believed also to
have been collected as income
taxes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
URGE CONTRIBUTIONS
TO DEMOCRATIC FUND

To combat the effects of mil
lions of dollars said to be in use
by the republican party to win
votes for Senator Harding, dem
ocrats of Terrell and surrounding
counties are urged in message
received by The Dawson News TO
contribute to campaign fund for
Governor Cox and Franklin ID.
Roosevelt, the party's nominees.
The Dawson News on request OF
the Democratic National Commit
tee has opened it's columns to re-
ceive contributions to the demo-
cratic fund, and presents to the
democrats of this section the APP
neal received from Wilbur W:
Marsh. treasurer of the national
committee. MI
The message received by The
News declares the democratic
party must depend on the masses
of democrats to counteract, the
slush fund employed by the repub-
leans over the country. Governor
Cox. democratic nominee for pres
ident. claimed in his expose of the
republican slush fund activities
the opposition party had control
of several million dollars beng
used to win votes for the republl-
can cause.
Response to the appeal of the
National Committee through con-
tributions to the Cox-Roosevelt
campaign fund will be taken as
assurance of cooperation by the
party. the message from MI
Marsh states.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
MAN CONDUCTS A STORE
DOWN IN COAL MINE
He Sells Tobacco, Candy, Soft Drinks
And Other Supplies.

SPRING HILL MINES, Canada
One will occasionally find a store in
quite unexpected place, especially
if one journeys into other climes
than his own, but Everett Martin,
of this place, conducts a small re-
tail business where person would
hardly expect TO find one-down in
coal mine.
Having grown weary of digging
coal, at which occupation he had
worked for forty-two years, Martin
thought of the scheme and went to
see the superintendent about it. With
this officials assistance he got nice
place fixed up, at a handy location
at the bottom of the mine, where he
now deals out tobacco, soft drinks,
candy and other toothsome knick-
knacks at reasonable prices.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-09-21
$780, 900 OSTRICH PLUMES
HIRED TO u. S. BY FASHION
Value of Imports Quadrupled Result OF Feathers Returning
- S+,a-Industrv Thrives in California and Texas

piled with such rapidly that the last
shipment of ostriches or their eggs
from Africa to the United States oc-
Cured in 1901. Since the industry
has extended from California and
Arizona into several of the southern
states, notably Texas, Alabama and
Florida. and the value of the capital
invested correspondingly increased;
The industry wherever established
has proved financially attractive, the
profits of the South African farms
being reported as high as 40 per
cent on the invested capital, while
the value of a single bird of the
higher grades for breeding purposes
runs as high as $500, and the value
of the years feather crop" of a
male ranges from $25 to 500.
Africa still remains the most i'm
portant place of the ostrich industry
and the value of the feathers ex-
ported from British South Africa
alone runs as high as $4,000, 900 a
year and from Africa as whole pc
tween $4,000, 900 and $20,OOO,,OoO
per annum. Formerly large snare
of the African product was sent
from the colonies to the mother
countries for redistribution, but at
the present time most of our ostrich
feathers imported are coming direct
from British South Africa, where
they are produced.
The birds yield "crop" of feath;;
ers about every eight months and
the picking of a bird will yield from
twenty to forty feathers of high
grade. and as they frequently live
to an age of more than fifty years
their individual contribution To the
income of their possessor Is not IN
considerable.