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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21

NOT ELIGIBLE FOR MEDALS

Investigation of the awards made
Of army decorations bids fair to pro-
woke a scandal greater than that at
taching to the Daniels-Sims contro-
versy ove the navy medals. The
probing OF this matter In the other
branch of the service has begun un-
der the activities of house sub-com-
mittee No. 8, looking into the expendi-
lures of the war department. One
witness, Brigadier General Robert C.
Davis, president of the A.E.F. board
for bestowing the army rewards for
merit, has so far been examined.
Some startling admissions were made
by this frank, but cautious, member
of the military establishment.
There were three decorations to be
won These were the Distinguished
Service Medal for exceptionally,
meritorious service in positions of
great responsibility; the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for such
service without such responsibility
and the Medal of Honor for an act
especially heroic. General Davis
said that about a thousand officers
got the Distinguished Service Medal,
but that as far as he knew, no private
received it. In fact, he admitted, that
according to the policy of the wal
department, it was impossible for an
enlisted man to win it no matter what
patriotic DR. heroic deed he might per-
form.
Il believe hat one soldier did get
the medal remarked Representative
Bland, who was in France. "Now
isn't 1t a fact, general" he asked the
witness, that practically the board
awarding the army decorations was
an officers club and that it did not
consider the privates?" General Da-
Wis tactly admitted this was so, but
pleaded that the policy" had to be
followed. with the result" said
General Samuel T. Ansell, the COM
mittee's counsel, that even among
the officers there was rank injustice
DONE"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21
His Opinion.

"True, women's fashions are so i'm
modest as to shock the pure" said j.
Fuller Gloom. 1.-THE summers are also
hotter and the winters colder than they
ever we're before. Just as usual. the
country is going h%eadlong to the dogs.
Every town in America has more fools
and crooks and gossips In it, In proper
ton to its size, than any other town In
America. The poor are always growing
poorer and the rich growing fatter.
The end of the world is always at
hand. and probably always will be. In
fact. there is everlastingly something
to howl about. If you want to howl.
The women have always r exactly
what they pleased in just the manner
that suited them best, and there never
was and never will be any help for it.
And if their diaphanous garb offends
you there is no law compelling you to
keep edging around until you get a
comedy woman betwixt yourself and
the sun, confound you r'-Kansas City
Star.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21
HOME STORE "

The relation that grows up between
the stores in Winnemucca and the
people, is a very intimate one. The
merchants and their clerks are able
to make a study of the individual
needs, tastes, and desires of their
patrons.
When you visit a big department
store in some other place, the sales
people eve saw you before and
v expect to recognize you again.
They have little idea of what you
want, and they are less likely to be
able to please you.
Your home store merchant OF
clerk sold you a similar article last
year and probably for several years
He at once knows the kind of thing
you are looking for, and he helps yot
to select 1t.
The result of making this kind Of
purchase is always economical. Peo-
pie will use a thing much longer II
it meets their desires and tastes. The
things that cost high are the insists
that they get in stores where theil
individual desire is not intelligently
assisted.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21
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"A LITTLE NONSENSE NOW
AND THEN Is RELISHED BY
THE BEST OF MEN,

No rose, no cheek but n day fade,
No eyes but lose their luster;
No dollar bill but must be changed,
However we hate to buster!
Nature never takes any vacations.
TIT
So far, it is only a treaty of pieces.
ttf
Thank you," often pays dividends.
Gold is valuable only because it Is
scarce.
Many very fine residences are not
homes"
Politeness, like an air cushion eases
the jolt.
The hardest thing to tame is ones
own tongue.
Don't stay long and you will be in
vited oftener.
ftf
Fast autos keep ahead of their
owners incomes.
You can't place a mortgage on a
castle in the air.
ne can't regulate a balky hors
or a balky person.
Grating pertains to horticulture
politics and trusts.
Old-timers remember things others
wish they would forget.
Some singers have no u tc
throw stones at the cat.
TIT
Beware of the chap who doesn't
know anything and don't know it.
The devil is dangerous because he
is always insisting that he does moi
exist.
TT
While a new name was being glyei
to limberger, a new smell should also
have been found for it.
The milk of human kindness is not
put up in tin cans, but it is condense
more than it ought to be.
Sometimes a man makes such {
loud noise he can't hear anything else
and so figures that he is a leader 0
men.
Don't get discouraged because your
part in the game of life is small. The
flea is not large, but he makes other
people scratch like blazes.
If
Somehow the kaiser reminds us Of
a verse in Byron, where a woman is
saying to a pirate chieftain: Dark
shall thy doom be; darker still thine
Immortality of ILL.,"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21
INDUSTRIAL NEWS IN BRIEF

Carson City-Many applications for
water prospecting filed under act oil
congress.
Fallon-Lignite coal found in test
we'll on Williams ranch.
Dayton-Assembly work or giant
lredger under way.
Imlay-Last Chance mine changes
hands; machinery to be installed.
Arrowhead plans road cutoff to
Warm Springs.
Fallon-Six drilling outfits in ac-
ion in local fields.
Goodsprings-Work started in the
Potosi Mine under new management
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21
IDEAS TERSELY PUT

@ Better still clean the plate, and
9 then lick it. Z
@ Some ask for justice when they
9 really want mercy. {
Q Some entertainers should be &
@ arrested for false pretenses. {
9 An old cat has not much luck
9 initiating a kitten. {
" Try representation on your
Q spending money.
9 Camouflage is only a recent (
Q synonym for fiapdoodle.
@ There is now a lot of mis-fit :
Q crowns in the pawn shop. {
9 Many cannot aim guns or autos Z
9 straight.
@ The 1920 political hot air jazz {
@ Is now IN.
800 % 90 O
o q o o o o @ o @ o o o @ "
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21
TEN YEARS AGO

The Elite Liquor Company has had
a wire cut in at the local Western
Union office and will receive returns
from the Nelson-Wolgast prize fight
Tor the lightweight championship of
The world, which takes place tomor-
row at Richmond, California.
The Golconda Power and Telephone
Company has about completed the in
stallation of their new service in Win
nemucca and expect to be ready for
business in a very short time.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21

up the town where your interests lie
While a good stylish window dis
play is no substitute for newspaper
advertising, since one hundred people
read the advertisement for every one
who sees the window, yet a street
full of attractive store windows makes
a town look alive to visitors.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21
In Years Gone By
TAKEN FROM THE FILES
OF THE SILVER STATE
FIVE YEARS AGO

Miss Eta Mac Donald and Harrey
r. Baker, both well-known residents
If this city were married in Salt
Lake City yesterday, according to
word received in this city by friends.
The young couple. after their honey
moon, will return to this city to make
their home.
Born-In Winnemucca, Nevada,
February 10, 1915. to the wife of Nels
Johnson, a daughter.
Eugene Kruger, who has been at
Jackson Mountain for some time, has
returned to this city and reports a
rich anthony discovery on his prop
erty.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21

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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21
Knew the Stock.

Thomas-Has the boss got any
horses for sale?
The Groom-No. sir, but l reckon
Mr.. Smith has.
Thomas-Why?
The CROMWELL. the gov'nor sold
him q couple last week.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-21
TWO SPOTS

Nv SPOIS
The country boy does not usually
ear as high a collar as the city chap,
but his head does not have to be
propped up to keep him awake.
Support the stores of your home
town. and they will return it not
merely by loyal service, but by work
ing every day of the year to build
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-19
$3.50 Lawrence Velvet
Hand Bags }$1.45

A pretty and prac-
tlcal gift at a sub
stantial saving.
Black. brown, navy
and taupe. Highly
ished engraved
frame. Purse and
mirror.
First Floor, sth st.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-14
FEEDING LIVESTOCK
BIG FAIR PROBLEM
More Than $50 Toms Hay and
81 Straw and 25 Tons Grain
i Needed for ''Eats" !.

Over $50 tons of straw and hay,
and Is tons Of grain and mill feed,
will be needed to provide "eats" for
the hosese, cattle, sheep, swine and
poultry at the Minnesota State Fair,
Sept 4 to IL. IT,. ..s5 81 y.
No exhibitor of stock is to be per-
mitted to bring any feed for, his ami
mails to the Fair this year. It must
all be bought of forage department.
The piling up of hay and grain IN big
piles In all the barns so increases the
fire hazard as to make the policy q
dangerous one. 1t also takes UP lots
of valuable exhibit space. The fair
will sell all It's feed on a cost basis,
and rigidly enforce a standardized
scale OF prices for everything.
The sugar shortage is going to
work real hardship upon the live
stock at the fair this season, Up
to this year, whenever herd has
"gone off its feed" it has been the
custom for the owner to buy hum
dred pounds or 50 of brown sugar Of
the forage department tor use as an
"appetizer." There will be no brown
sugar for sale this year. Sugar beets
are to be sold as possible substitute.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-14
FRAME LAND LAW
10 OFFSET CALIFORNIA;
(By United. Press)

Ss Tokyo. (By MafD "A particular
I'M Interesting bill which is likely TO-
10 introduced In the session OF the
Diet which has Just opened, is that
sproviding for ownership by foreign
sers of land In Japan, which may act
\ @ counter-move to the proposed anti
Japanese land legislation in Caltfor-
nis. al q matter of fact, such bill
i passed the Diet some ten years ago,
hut as It was never promulgated 1t
shas remained dead letter. <s@:.s
ssThe feature of the new law" said
the Minister of Justice, Mr.. Okla.
Hes ID the reciprocal feature underly-
ing lt. II Is q marked improvement,
on the old law, recognizing land own
serShip by foreigners, provided Japan
ssse are granted reciprocal rights in
their respective countries. Further
more, this new law will be applicable
10 Ill parts of Japan, except Korea
ana districts having strategic value"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-14
Fish Nets, the First Laea

Examine q piece Of fine and costly
lace. What ii It fundamentally?
It rs d net. BY origin 1t is a fish
net. The first lacemaker was fish.
erman, or perhaps his wife.
All OF the beautiful laces we know
Today are developed from that clever
Invention. the fish net. They bark
back, therefore, far into the prehis-
torfc. .s .#z. &, ts
4 The hrst white men who came to
i America found no lacemakers on this
continent, but they did find the In
adians weaving fabrics Of -cotso ION, yucca
1 and other fabrics, with elaborate pat
fern designs. They were particularly
skillful ct i certain sort Of drawn
I work. =
4 The California Indians Of today
make cotton lace, but the art has been
i taughf to them BY white people. The
POTTERY they make for sale is some.
sfinpes adorned with this lace.
/ witch suggests mention Of the fact
hit tAe early Indians often decorated
asfheir pottery with textile patterns By
ssasnprSe 5due thss latter upon the clay
u
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-14
|ROPO RURAL WORK
OF SALVATION ARMY
MEETING ENCOURA CEMENT
nrveys Show the Great Need
sc Such ! Work in Many
Counties Of State e. %

Gratifying encouragement OF the
SaSSalyatiOn Army's proposed plan to
Sextend its activities to the rural dis
Eiricts have been revealed through the
receipt at Provincial headquarters In
Minneapolis of a large number OF con-
s6dential reports covering survey OF
local conditions by the Salvation
Army County Advisory boards thru
sout the states of Minnesota, North
Dakota and South Dakota. =
Startling disclosures OF a laxity
ISsof morals in the numerous counties,
sOf poverty cases where the recipients
are totally dependent upon the state
and counties, illigitimate births
RANGING from two to fifteen. yearly
Iii each county except one from which
reports have been received, mean to
The Salvation Army that 1t did not
Judge amiss in electing to extend its
activities into all parts Of the north
west, said Colonel Stephen Marshall,
the Northern Province
sof the Army.
Numerous cases called to the at
steutf0n Of the Army by Advisory
Boards have already been sattcfactor-
lily disposed of. ,-
70 date there are nearly two thous-
ana prominent citizens in the three
states who are actively cooperating
With the Salvation Army in their
counties They comprise
sfhe Salvation Army Advisory Boards
saln the. 40 counties which have been
UP to the present time. Ev-
Nv remaining county in which the
sHalvation Army expects to extend its
activities lis expected to fall in line
within short time. ..s ~
The board will be permanent In
natnre and thru them the Salvation
Army hopes to build a gigantic or
sranisation for social service reach
slnx into every corner of these states
2and Of every state in the union.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-14
NEW STATE FAIR BARN
TO HOUSE 1000 HEAD
Finest and Largest Barn q
Its Kind in World to Be
Opened at the Fair

The largest and most up to date
cattle barn In the world will be form
ally opened to the public at the COM
ing Minnesota State Fair, Sept. \. to
III. Z 3 r {. .44
The barn-built on the lines Of q
mod ern hotel--will9 house 1000 head
Eof cattle. me building, which Is 400
feet long and 235 feet wide, one story
high, with a mezzaine door at the
ends with herdsmen's quarters and
full basement is being erected at q
cost of 100000. :.s d; {. q q =
In this building, under one roof,
will be exhibited all of the cattle en-
tered in the Fair competition: The
new barn, which is Of brick and rein
forced concrete, replaces eight older
cattle barns, which were razed at the
close of the 1919 Fair.
The last word in equipment is be-
ing installed in the barn. All steel
stalls, costing more than $24, 900, are
being erected. Running water, with
individual buckets, will be provided
for every tier Of stalls. Mammoth
conduits provide improved sewerage
facilities, insuring perfect sanitation.
the ventilation system. VI &
The new barn has been made nee
essary by the wonderful growth of
the cattle industry, which ranks as
the northwest's leading business. The
cattle department Of the State Fair is
[offering premiums totaling $2O,750
for this years winners. 2@$%
The new barn, with the 1000 mead
Of show cattle to be exhibited there,
will be one of the most interesting
and impressive sights to be seen at
the Fair. - ,s..->-. ~.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-14
FAMOUS GRAVEYARD TOWN
Il II MAY CENSOR EPITAPHS

Here lies the body OF Mary Ann
Lowder, '.'s 5s u l.%
She burst while drinking a seidlitx
powder, Il. i S95S
Called from this world to her heav-
emily rest p. styt 8
She should have waited till 1t effer-
vesced." IT,. .o'.s 81
Leighton sBuzzard, England. (By
Mail. )-Tombstones in the tiny Sc
cluded church yards of this old-world
place abound with epitaphs like the
above. and 1t is felt that in bygone
days the rollicking country yokels
buried their best beloveds with far
too much mirth and levity.
The town clerk Of Leighton Buzz
zard has been asked to confer with
the chairman of the burial board
with a view to censoring epitaphs.
Hitherto the stonemason mas carved
the tombstone faithfully according
to copy regardless of spelling and
grammar, as evidenced by the fol-
lowing: -1r'. >5.- s. 1s3
Sacred to the memory of John
Wardle and his wife and five chill
dren all Of who passed away In their
infancy. -. +
Others, true, are philosophical
without undue emotional display.
The following masterpiece Is traced
on the tombstone of long-deceased
innkeeper: -, ts& - s4y5a@. .a5s 5 5s%
"Our life Is but a winners day,
Some only breakfast and away,
Others to dinner stay and are full
fed,. - 49, u,
The Oldest man but sups and goes
to bed r., ....-,.> 49,. 7-
Large is lis debt who fingers out
|. the day,
Who goes the soonest has the least
to pay" re
It is difficult to find tombstone
in Leighton Buzzard with scriptur-
al epitaph. The old, old grey stones,
leaning against each other for sup
port, depict the gamut of human emo
lions, from the sanctimonious to the
burlesque, but none Of them have
borrowed words of comfort from Mat
thew, Mark, Luke or John.
However, the town clerk has ord
cred a new Office Bible, the chairman
of the burial board is polishing up
his scriptural quotations ana Leigh
ton Buzzard will have to learn to be
orthodox. .,: i
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-14

nSust 1872 Auto Tour TO- Cry
~ district. II ds ~ ,,,5{
81 August 26-27 - County Sunday
le6Ool convention, Bemidji.
d Geptember Opening date Of Be-
6edjI Public schools. i j,
september Opening Of fall term
eBemidji Normal school: 4
A Sept 8. Bemidji Business college
lIenS fall term. X 1. .s ., ~, ~.
M 9optember 6-11-Minnesota State
~ \ .i. .s3: 5'....,
Ispt. Is. 1s, Beltrami County
e1lr 3s'3 ~ ~ Il. :, :. NJ ~ 4. I'M
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-14
7aft's Unique Walking Stick.
Former President Taft owns q walA

Former President Taft owns walA
ing stick that is $4,000 years old.
When Prof. w. 8. Foster Of Spokane
was investigating the geological his
tory Of southern Alberta a few years
ago he discovered a stump in peat
bed amid glacial drift in the valley Of
Old Man river. The age Of the stump
was estimated by biologists at a quar-
ter Of a million years.
Professor Foster took the stump
home to Seattle with other souvenirs
of the glacial epoch and when tho
Spokane people on one Of Mr.. Taft's
visits wanted to give him unique
present they had cane fashioned
from the wood. ." 49,, :.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-14
1000 CLUB" HAS
. UNIQUE PURPOSE

No mystery about our schools
1000 Club says F. L. Watkins,
Pres, Dakota Business College,
Fargo, N. D. II is simply the
1000 pupils we'll need within =
year to supply help for our patrons.
81 Good jobs are plentiful. Re-
Gently the Hull Implement Co., of
Edeeley, asked for 4 $40 man.
We sent w. c. Sommerfield. The
N. p. r. R. Co. had 500 pos
ition open. Miss B. Hagen was
sent. Trained help is scarce. ~
Join the 1000 Club. Follow the
! Slcce&bful." Fallterm beeinsSept.
/. Address FL. Watkins, Pres. :
sos Front st., Fargo, N. D. G..,@
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-14

81 London.-England's young gener-.
alton shows much greater soberiety
than that Of few years ago. Inns
provement Of conditions by social or
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-14
FOR CONSTABLE KINGMAN PRECINCT
PERRIN COMPANY HAS
 GREAT LAND HOLDING

The state land commission and it's chairman w. A. Mouer have been tax ed with all sorts of crimes against leases of state lands, the main com plaint coming from Dr. E. B. Perrin, who claims that he was badly and even unlawfully treated by the land board. Perrin, it will be safe to say, is one of the largest land holders of the state and is constantly seeking other lands to conquer. He has the Santa Maria grant, in western Yava- pal county, which is 12 miles square. He also owns large acreages in south ern Arizona and in Coconino county. Not only does he own in fee simple and by leasehold nearly 100000 acres of land, but he has suit against the Santa Fe for the delivery to him of about 10000 acres more. He had lands under lease from the state con- tiguous to his Santa Maria grant, and these lands were taken from him and, as we understand it, given to cowmen who needed the acreage. This action Dr. Perrin bitterly resented and is making every effort to make the land board come through with the lands. Investigation has shown that these lands are not needed by Dr. Perrin nor should he or others owning enor- nous tracts of grazing lands be all lowed to grab the state lands to an extent that it will put out of commits sion the smaller stockmen. If these lands or any other under the control of Dr. Perrin been used for grazing and developed as they should be the people might look upon these amazing holdings with equinamity, but they are all left in their wild state with out dollar being spent on them from year to year, with the expectation, it is supposed of their gaining largely in value by the efforts of surrounding land owners.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-14
ANNOUNCE NEW RULING
 IN INCOME TAX LAWS

A new ruling made by the treasury department relative to the transfer of surplus stock by a corporation to its capital stock account designates that no income tax may be collected upon the new stock which is issued to stockholders, acording to telegram received by Chief Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue w. E. White.
 This latest ruling reverses former decision of the same department that tax could be levied upon such distri- buttons of stock. No chnge is mde, however, in the former ruling that when a cash dividend is declared by the corporation, which at the same time increases it's capital stock with the understanding that it shall be buttons of stock. No change is made, tax may be collected.