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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14
CURRENCY IMITATION
MAY Be DISASTROUS

WASHINGTON-The senate naval
subcommittee has decided to make an
investigation of Admiral Sims charges
that the navy was not prepared to en-
ter the war in 1917. Chairman Hale
has let it be konwn that as o o as
he has completed the investigation
into the award of medals by Secretary
Daniels. he will take up the Sims in
dictment OF the secretary and his
methods. and get at the facts.
Disaster Unless Imitation Ceases
Congressman Luce of Massachu-
sets has sounded a warning to his
colleagues and the country that I'M
less further imitation of the currency
is prevented nothing can avert a finan-
cial disaster. He claims that there is
in circulation at the present time,
more than two billions of dollars of
paper money based solely on credit.
As the basis for his assertion he
points to the daily balance sheet is
sued by the treasury. Recently that
sheet showed outstanding federal
notes to the amount of $3,143, 137, 94S,
against which there is in gold and
lawful money $1,126.2 61. 900. Mr.. Luce
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14

white n with green shutters and red
roof It's just a little higher than the
rest. You cannot see the canopy be-
fore the door. I'll tell yon why It's
there.
Five years ago the troops were or
dered out to fight invaders from across
the Rhine. To that house came Mar
eel Duval to tell his Jeanne Good
by They were to have been rarried
the next month, and 1t was very hard
for them to part. Marcel had light
hair and blue eyes; he could talk Ger
man better than the rest, and he was
not to fight with gun and sword. but
with the cunning Of his mind-to be a
spy.
II looked down at them as they
stood before the house. The evening
wrapped them close. but / could see
Jeanne's eyes were wet-gray, like the
twilight through the mist. Her
dark head pressed against his coat.
The circle of her arms cleaned white
about his neck. They kissed. She
choked her sobs and smiled. He looked
just long time-then he turned
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14
AS BELGIUM APPEARS TODAY
country's Condition - War-Torn and
Barren as When the Arm stiee
Was Signed.

Although small armies of men. most
ly German prisoners. have been work.
ing nearly a year. devastated Belgium
looks today just as barren and war
torn as when the armistice sent the
German armies h%urrying back into the
distance from which they had come. So
immense is the reclamation task be-
fore them, II Is not noticeable that the
workers have made any impression at
all.
Ypres itself. a collection of ruins.
has hardly been touched. The debris
has been swept from the streets and q
lean-to station put up near the site Of
the old. A few restaurants have been
reopened for tourists and relatives OF
fallen soldiers visiting the zone.
A. small gantlet of postal card sell
ers and curio vendors forms regularly
outside the station a few minutes be
fore train time. Several liverymen
and garage owners do a 6ne business
driving sightsesrs over the battis0s1dA.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14
DINNER

To prepare and serve a luncheon
for six persons for two dollars was
the problem this week in the second
year cooking class. The six persons
included one g~uest-two members OF
the class-the home economics teach
err and the two girls who prepared the
luncheon.
The following outline was used:
First-Plan a menu of at least three
courses for six persons, figuring the
cost of the amount of each item used
in each recipe. Second-Make a list
of the necessary supplies and pur-
chase. Third-Plan a time schedule,
including the preparation of each
item. the serving and clearing away
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14
BeIgiumSketches
Glory of the
Morning
Ccopyrisht. isao. western Newspaper Union

The world was opaline. From high up
In the citadel I looked down into the
heart Of II. The sun, half hidden by a
cloud. sent streaks of flame across the
pearl-gray sky. Within the shadowy
girdle of the hills a rainbow haze en-
meshed the valley. II melted the red
and yellow of the peaked roofs that
crowded by the streams of flowing
gold, thinning where the waters met.
There In the weird and mystic light
lay the unreal earth, and / was far
away-up there alone In reality. Sud-
denly / longed for some one else to
look with me and feel the eerie beauty
Of II all. The loneliness pinched at
my heart and. made 1t ache.
And then a voice within the stones
behind me cried: II built this cita-
del long centuries AGO. and every day
I've watched the journey of the sun
from morn till night. I've watched the
people living underneath those peaked
roofs. You cannot see them you have
not my eyes. Always ! watch the peo-
pie Of Namur."
The voice did not seem strange to
me. 1t was ali answer to my longing
for some one. / feared that 1t might
go-might leave me there alone above
the wonderland. l begged it: Tell
me what you've seen. what you are
seeing now"
"Oh, I can't tell you. 1t takes too
long; but something-yes. You see
that house down neal the church. the
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14

one who passed, hoping to find the fea-
lures of Marcel. A spy might not be
in Germany; he might be here amidst
the army Of the ~conquerors In Belgi-
um, In Namur. and any time. But all
her hopes were vain and. as the
months dragged into years n no
news came, she ceased to look at ev-
cry passerby. for disappointment only
emphasized her fear.
Then one night, when the lights
were out and all was still. she heard
a gentle tapping at the door. Her
mother opened II a little way. and
through the space a mans voice whis
pered: I'm weary; l have travelled
far today. Once, long ago, they told
me IL / visited Namur. I'D find safe
shelter in your home" Her heart beat
quickly as they let him In. Was II
Marcel3 At least. perhaps some news
But no, the stranger knew only that
once-two years ago-he and Duval
had beer together on a bit of work In
Austria. Duval had said that II he
CHANGED to reach Namur. they'd give
him lodging in that house. Duval had
cent a message, but that was long ago.
and since then-well. no n had heard
from him. The stranger hid there all
next day, and then Ut night departed
and was swallowed by the dark.
Five years Of hopeful tomorrows
turned to dreary yesterdays. To me
who has lived for centuries, hve years
are like a minute Of the day. To
Jeanne, each year out of the five wal
like a century. 1t was the imprison
ing silence, not the Boche, that crushed
her soul. The Huns were driven bach
to their own land. Namur was free
and, n by one. the soldiers who had
lived returned, to stay at home again
And still no one could tell h fate
Of lost Marcel Duval. And then
The voice broke off, for down below
the bells began to ring. h chimes
that drove the cloud from off the sun
The opalescent sky turned turquoise
blue; the sunlight tore the rainho"
haze and sent a golden shower across
the world. And from the church doc
came n bridal pair. I heard y wh'sno
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14

subtracts one figure from the other
and reaches his conclusions as to the
enormous amount OF money which has
behind 1t nothing but the credit OF
the government The congressman
ridicules the idea that the cost Of liv-
ing can be lowered by prosecuting
profteers. IF a man Is attacked
with appendicitis" says he "he should
not devote his energies to catching
flies" The real remedy, in the opin-
ion of Mr.. Luce, is in the stimulation
of production in every industry, and
the practice of the most rigid economy
on the part of the government and
individuals.
College Vote on Treaty
Senator Mccormick has had placed
in the congressional record an analy-
sis of the recent college vote on the
peace treaty and reservations. The
final figures are as follows:
Total number of ballots 15S, 1910
For unqualified ratification. 4S.232
For the Lodge reservations. 27,970
For compromise reservations. 61,494
For Knox resevations-- 6,449
For rejection of the treaty. 1888 /.
In this voting there are three
groups, according to Mr.. McCormick's
conclusions. The first class, for un-
qualified ratification, is one group;
the second, third. and forth classes,
for some sort of effective reservations
are the second group; and the fifth
class, for outright rejection Of the
treaty, form the third group. Those
favoring unqualified ratification were
30.5 per cent of the whole number;
and those for rejection were co., per
cent of the whole. Senator McCor-
mick contends that it should be obvi-
ous to everyone that only those votes
in the first group were in support of
the President. and all the others were
opposed to him. In other words, he
was distinctly beaten by 30.5 to sos
or much more than a t~wo-thirds ma
jority.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14

Science is yet in its infancy" de-
clares Professor H. Wallace Bugg,
prominent inventor of Wilmington,
Delaware. addressing the meeting of
the Ladies' Thursday Afternoon Busy
Be Social and Needlework Circle.
in future I propose to establish
the greatest power plant the world
has ever seen. To do this l shall
cross that European insect known as
the 'cootie' with the South American
centipede. The latter having one hun
dred legs with which to scratch,
something resembling perpetual mo-
ton will result, and. through a simple
wiring system, limitless power will be
at our disposal" Professor Bugg was
interrupted frequently in the course
of his address by applause and cheer
ing.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14
NOTICE OF THE TINE AND PLACE
SET FOR PROVING WILL

In the Sixth Judicial District Court
OF the State of Nevada, in and for
the County of Humboldt.
In the Matter of the Estate of John
Doherty, Deceased.
Whereas, Robert II. Aikens did on
the End day of February, AID. 1920,
duly file herein a petition praying
that a certain document, duly pre-
scented and filed herein, purporting
to be the last VIII and Testament of
John Doherty, deceased, be admitted
to probate as the last Will and Tesla
ment of said John Doherty, deceased,
and that Letters Testamentary there
on be issued to the said Robert H.
Aikens. the said petitioner;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given that Friday, the Goth day of
February, AID, 1920, at the hour of
10 o'clock am. Of said day, and the
courtroom Of the above entitled Court,
at the courthouse of said County, at
Winnemucca, said County and State,
have been appointed as the time and
place OF proving said purported Will
and Testament, and for the hearing of
said application of said Robert II.
Aikens for the issuance to him of
Letters Testamentary thereon; at
which time and place all persons in
terested may appear and show cause,
if any there be. why the said pur-
ported Will and Testament should not
be admitted to probate, and Letters
Testamentary thereon be issued, as
prayed for in said petition.
j. w. DAVEY, Clerk.
j. A. LANGWITH,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Date of first publication, Feb. 3, 1920.
Date of last publication. Feb. IA, 1920.
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and ran. He dared not look again.
The smile died on her lips. She sank
upon the door step and her shoulders
shook.
1T wasn't long before the German
horde came to the hills about the
town. They stormed the forts for
three days, till at last they won their
entrance into old Namur. They occu-
pied the place. They took the best and
sold the leavings to Namur folk at
triple price. They occupied my home.
paraded round about my walks. ! knew
them well, and l was sorry for the
people In the city down below. ] saw
Jeanne and her mother trying TO live
on nothing. but II wasn't only lack OF
food that made Jeanne's eyes 20 big
and dark In the pale ivory of her face.
Always her quick glance searched each
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14

The Woodland singers will hold an
entertainment in the high school
auditorium Saturday night.
Each of the artists composing this
evenings program and their offerings
will include solos. duets and quartets.
Their selections have been carefully
made and includes gems from the
most popular operas of all time, as
well as individual compositions of
graver and lighter tone.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14

Tommy" said his mother suspi-
ciously, as her small son came down
the stairs, did you take a BATH"
mo, Ma, l didn't" was the inno-
cent answer. "is n missing?"
| never saw a teachers pet, / never
hope to see one.
But this / know, I'd rather see a
teachers pet than be one.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14
PERSONALS

After a weeks illness, Frank and
Phil Tobin and Helen Rose have again
resumed their studies.
Ellen Thacker has been absent since
Monday on account of sickness.
Mildred Gulling has gone to Fallon,
where she will continue her school
ing.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14
The Humboldt
DORIS COoNEY and oRMANDE BELL, Editors

the work to be divided as nearly equal
as possible. Fourth-List the china,
glassware and silverware to be used.
Perhaps you think planning a menu
for this amount not a great task, but
do you stop to consider the cost of
each of those little items which COM
prise your recipe. a tablespoon of but
ter, a teaspoon of sugar. a speck of
salt. which In "a months time form a
larger part of your grocery bill than
you may realize. Two menus served
by the class were:
Shrimp Salad Saltines
Spanish Meat Loaf. Tomato Sauce
Mashed Potatoes Bread Butter
Pineapple Snow
Tuna Fish Salad Saltines
Pork Chops. Gravy Mashed Potatoes
Bread Butter
Tapioca Custard, Cream Coffee
1t sure does make me awful sore
To think of things before the war,
Compare the prices then and now,
1t makes me want to be a cow;
| could go in a field and eat.
All the grass about my feet,
And worry not about the price
or a gram of coal or an ounce of ice.
It's lot hard to recall the time
When ham and eggs were but a dime;
You didn't need a bunch of dough
To take your girl to a movie show;
If she got hungry and asked to dine
AT a swell hotel just down the line,
You didn't stand and get all red
And say you couldn't buy the spread
Begging the pardon of Navy JurnelD
I've been going to school a year,
And never had a single fear;
But now my feet are IN the ground,
And my clothes are ragged all around,
And if the high cost of living don't
stop its pace
| will drop clear off the earth's
SmOOtn race.
Our poor teachers are no better now;
1t makes them want to be a COW,
With all the grass about their feet
Don't have to worry when next they'll
eat.
Professor said the other day,
He thought they'd get a raise in pay;
But if they didn't school might close
! For lack of food and lack of clothes.
Another year has come to pass;
I've been put to rest at last;
| am living cheap today
l am six feet deep in solid clay.
hope some day they'll put a stone
Above my Solid Ivory Dome,
And in the stone these words be
driven
He died from High Cost of Living.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14

Divide-Concordia Company puts in
new machinery.
Elko-Machinery for oil drilling in
Burner Basin en- route.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-14

The circulation of The Silver State
covers Humboldt 20. like a blanket
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23

ory nuts for himself, and here he was
WIN hardly enough TO count, stored
away, ana there We're 10 more Rusty
Ime Ime toN Squirrel had all the rest
Chattercr understood now WHY Pust,'
ald not appear. There was nothing TO
come for. T'''''s -
Chatterer flew into terrible raoe
lle pretended that i, was all on &C.
count OF Rusty, but right down inside
ne knew better. He was in a rage VIII
Nlmseli. lie was reaping the reward
ol selilstness, and he knew il. There
uaa Oeen more than enough fat hicl-
Vfy nuts Tor himself and Rusty. too
n"7 ne had selhshly wanted all of
,Nt'n' 50 instead Of getting his share
ne mad spent his time irving TO tnd
NuStN storehouse in order to roh i
Nnlle Nusty had kept right on work
Now the fat nuts we're gone. and he
was no wiser than before in regard to
Rusty storehcuse, and ali because Of
ms selhshness. And the funny th;n~
aDoAt IT was that as Cha.terer worked
hmselt into such a rage he was sit
'!ng on the edge of the very stump in
the hollow of which Rusty had hidden
most OF those fat nuts. Because If
was right there close to the big nick
ory tree Chatterer hadn't once thoucht
to pull over those dead leaves and
lock under thonl. And he didn't think
Of it now
teopyrisht l92o. " IT. W. Durseasl
IT,. rex ssory: "Cha,.eror D.seo~ore
NNNtnr
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
Supply of Turkeys
Much Larger; Price
Higher Than in 1919
Stage Set for Big Drop at
Eleventh Hour it Buyers
Hold Back : Fruits andNes-
ctables Below Last Year

Inside information from the turkey
market yesterday revealed the follow
ing definite admissions:
The supply OF live turkeys and
dressed turkeys for 1920 will be much
larger than the turkey output Of 1919.
The price OF turkeys will be consider
able higher in 1920 than in 1919.
The explanation FOR this contradic-
ton is that the dealers always need
the money and that the wealthy public
and tho well-to-Go public and that sec
tion of the public not we'll to DO, but
with the turkey habit WI developed,
Will have It's turkey, regardless Of the
cost.
If, say the turkey prophets. the
public should hold back and establish
a sort OF Thanksgiving blockade en- the
turkey market, it would give the deal
prices at the eleventh hour.
If this attitude develops, then tur-
keys will drop lower than in 1919, and
market optimists see 4 chance for a
turkey dinner for FIVE, with the trim
minGs, costing IN round figures IS, as
against the estimated figure Of So. a
year ago.
Retail prices on turkey ranged yes
tcrday from 65 to GS cents pound,
WIN some Ue1lerS pTcdlCllNG 4 drop 10
55 and 60 cents q pound if the public
stages the embargo on the high priced
fowl.
Ducks we're retailing at 45 cents q
pound; chickens at 10 cents q pound,
and geese at varying prices, had little
demand from a Thanksgiving public.
Among market prices on the trim
mings Tor the Thanksgiving dinner
were found the following:
Cranbcrries, 90 cents quart; sweet
potatoes, three pounds for 25 cents;
onions, five cents a pound; carrots.
FIVE cents bunch celery, IS cents a
bunch.
The foregoing prices are greatly re-
duced over the prices of 1919, and the
prices on fruits and vegetables gem
orally, it was reported, represented
about ne-half the amount asked dur
ing the Thanksgiving period year
ago.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23

For three days Chattc.er the Red
Squirrel spent most Of his time trying
to find the stOrehouse Of his big cousin.
Rusty the Fox Squirrel. Part of the
time he spent spying on Rusty, hoping
that the latter would lead him 10 that
storehouse But all he discovered was
that Rusty, like Happy Jack, the Gray
Squirrel, buried many nuts under leaves
or IN the soft earth. As only one nut
was buried in each place, Chattercr
gained nothing. He could pick up nuts
UEder the big hickory tree much faster
that he could dig up those buried bv
Rusty.
Then he tried visiting all the hollow
limbs, trees, stumps and logs with holes
oiG enough for Eustv TO get in that he
could think Of. ne knew every hole in
that part Of the Green Forest. There
wasn't one tnat at enc time or another
Chatterer hadn't pokcd his head into
and examined. SO he knew just where
TO go without wasting time
But IN not one did he ind Rusty's
s'orehouse Finally he made up his
mind that it must be that Rusty hadn't
q storehouse. but buried all the fat
hickory. nuts he picked up under the
might as we'll give up the idea of.
stealing all those fat nuts from Rusty.
for it would be a hopeless lob to trv 70
find all those fat nuts buried in so
many places.
SO when he wen. to bed the NIGHT Of
the third day Chatterer made M his
mind that the best thing he could do
would be TO get busy and get his share
OF the tat nuts under that big hickory
tree he mad tried to claim ~ his very
own. The next morning bgqht and
carry he was over there. RusSt wasn't
- Pe seen. Chatteler was clad Of n
Hc would work hard and inst and cot
IS many of those fat nuts as possi1l.
before Eusty did arrive
:, Ihen Chatterer received shock
Yes SIR, he received a shock. Tners
we're no fat hickory nuts. Three davs
before the ground had been covered
with them, and now, though he
searched frantically all about. all he
could ind were three or four worn,v
ones; He looked up in the ton Of ths
pig hickory tree. Ghere were no fat
nuts w there. The Merrv Little
breezeS had shaken down ,he rer,
II ever tAero was GA anu.o. and H..
appointed Squirrel tA&t Oh, WAS ,l,f.
teHcS. A!i tn~oacl the FAN Ae haa
ooVn5nd oar hNfie.. az lhoao .si h'rt
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
Smiles on a Woman Jury and
Is COnuicted Ha 10 Minutes
feddler, Who Pulled Teeth as Side Line, Boosted
That Feminine Leniency Would Save Him. but
Illusion Is Blasted; Had No Dentists License

Jack Segal is young man who had
illusions about women until Yesterday
afternoon at 1926 o'clock. He lost
them at that moment, when Mrs Ever
EFT Colby. chairman of the woman
Jury In Orange, n. j., reported that her
eleven collaborators had found the
young man guilty Of practlcing den
tIstry without license
Throughout his trial segal, who is
just twcnty-one years old and pos
sessed of rosy cheeks. brown eyes and
curly black hair. had sustained him
self by faith in the tender-hearted :
ness of women.
81 am glad to have a woman jury try
this case he said. Il believe that
women will be more lenient to me than
jury of men would be-"
The twelve women, however. appar-
emily applied their tender hearts to
sympathizing with the witnesses who
accused Segal of having deprived them
of their teeth.
There were eight Of these witnesses.
a girl OF ten, five women and two men.
All testified that Jack Segal, who is a
fruit peddler by trade. had employed
his time after peddling hours iii pull
ing teeth.
me woman jury "nlch found HIM
guilty after sixteen minutes delibera-
tion~-during which it took two bal
lots-was the second in the history Of
Jersey justice, but the first to hear a
criminal case. Judge Daniel Dugan,
presiding magistrate of the Orange Dis
trict Court. was so we'll pleased with
the performance of t. firss woman
jury in a dressmaker's pattern case
last month that he summoned women
again to serve in the dentistry case.
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison. wife of the
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23

inTentor, was the first woman sum
moned, but she telephoned Judge Du-
gan yesterday morning that her hus-
band had severe cold and that unless
1T were a great breach of judicia,
etiquette she would like to be excused
from jury duty. Mrs. Everett Colby
Wlfe OF the former State Senator and
a prominent suffragis., TOOK her place
as forewoman of the jury.
cer,alnly, believe in women or
jurics.' she said. I'VE women have
won the right to politica, nower w. w.
must be equally willing to take ON,
share of political duties.
II should be glad TO see women serv.
ing on the jury. not only in inino,
cases, but in the great criminal pro.
ceedinss as we'll. A mixed jury would
be best. think, as the point of view
Of both mcu and women is neccysary.'
The second jury Of women was not.
able for its political connections. Most
Of the pillars Of Orange society were
represented and there was one present
who is 4 pillar in her own right, Mrs
Jennie {. Van Ness, the new membe,
from East Orange Of the New Jersey
Assembly.
The wife of the Mayor Of Orange
Mrs. William A. Lord, was the third
member OF the jury; the wife Of the
Police Commissioner was next, Mrs
isaac Shoenthal. Behind her sat Mrs
James u. Moriarty wife OF the Post.
master. and next to her Mrs. Edgar E
Lethridgc, wife Of the former Speaker
Of the New Jersey Assembly. Mrs. Han
ran Fell, another Of the jury, is presi-
dent Of the First Voters League.
The other juryworen were: Mrs
Frank G. Coughtry, Mrs. Carl Henncke
Mrs. Augusta II. Smith, Mrs. Joseph Y
Gasner and Mrs. George Naulty.