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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-06-04
Yerington Wins

(trom The Yerington Times)
Tse Ycrington baseball club won
the first game for the 1921 season
last Sunday defeating Hawthorne
wit. to4 score. Approximately
800 people saw the game, many of
who paid at the gate, the revenue
iron this source totaling SIS. Twelve
auto loads Of Hawthorne folks came
over to see their players take the
coun', and before the game the Haw-
thorre sports had plenty of money to
back their team, with few takers.
The game started promptly at 2.
Mayor Gelder tossing the first ball
over the plate, the same being received
by Chief Kelly in real league FORM
Hawthorne was first at the bat and
passed out without reaching first base
Yerington scored one in the first
inning, Hawthorne evening up the
count IN the second. Two Yering
ton men crossed the plate in the third
and two more in he fourth, making up
their total of runs. Hawthorne scor-
ed three in the eighh after two men
were out, and for few minutes the
game appeared to be in danger. A
rotable feature of the game was the
perfect work of the Yerington out
6eldcrs Welsh and Butler each catch
ing long fly and John Perry account
ing for three, when an error in either
case would have changed the. result OF
tCe game.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-06-04
FROM LoWLY TOLL TO FAME
Edwin Dallin, Ranked as Great Sculp-
tor, Was Once Wheelbarrow Boy
in Mine in Utah.

One Of Americas greatest sculp-
barrow boy in mine in Utah, where
he toiled all day for less than dollar.
The miners uncovered a stratum of
White clay one morning, and Dallin,
forgetting his work, sat down and be-
gan TO model likeness of one of the
workmen. So lifelike was 1t that his
teacher, when he returned to school
in the fall, sent 1t and some of his
drawings to q state fair being held
In Salt Lake City. A rich mine owner
had his attention called to the little
clay bust and he offered to furnish
the boy transportation to Boston
where he could enter an art school.
The boy worked long and hard, and
BY the time he was twenty-one he had
a studio of his own, the Detroit News
recalls. He went to Paris shortly
afterwafd' and began series of In
dian poses using the Indians from the
Buffalo Bill show at that time in
France. His first masterpiece, THE
Signal of Peace" was finished at that
time and he was recognized there
after as one of the worlds greatest
sculptors. His "Ann Hutchinson"
made for the Boston state house; THE
Medicine Man" in Farmount park,
Philadelphia, and the great golden an
gel on the Mormon temple in Salt
Lake City are among his best known
works.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-06-04
Big Mining Venture

A group of claims near Carter sta
ton, owned by George Springmeyer,
Prince Catlin and others. were re
Gently sold to Ed. ]. Roberts, mining
engineer of San Francisco. Thelat-
ter Immediately organized what is
known as the Vita C,rande Mining
Company, which is composed of some
of the most influential minirg men of
California and Nevada, among them
being several who are heavily inter
ested in Tonopah.
The Vita Grande Company has had
all the claims surveyed and the rec
ofds of transfer are recorded ut the
Minden court house. Adjoining prop
critics have been secured through To-
cation and the company holds big
tract of mining ground in the Carter
Station district.
From Tonopah comes the report
that work will start within very
short time in erecting hoist ior a
double compartment shaft on the Vita
Grandc property, and that develop
ment work will be carried on in a
systematic manner. A o00-foot tun-
mel and shaft disclosed the ore bodies
of this property.
That men high in mining affairs
have become interested in properties
in Douglas County gives encourage
ment to the belief that the mining
industry which has been on the de-
cline here for years, Is to be revived.
and will undoubtedly become one of
the chief resources of this county.
Coupled with the report of the in
tended activity of the Vita Grande
Company, comes the news from San
Francisco that the Minnesota Nevada
Copper Mines Company, subsidiary
of a S50,OO0,OO0 enterprise formed for
the operation of great steel plart at
Sacramento, has acquired Al mining
claims in the Buckskin district. this
county, containing measured tonnage
OF 100000 of iron ore valued at ~
cents per ton, or $40O0,0O0.
, The records at the Minden Court
house show that Otto Taubert has Sc
cured this ground for the Minnesota
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-06-04
LAND IRRIGATED BY INDIANS
Before the Advent of the Spaniards
the System Was in Vogue Among
the Aborigines.

Irrigation began In Texas many
years before The lands embraced
within its boundaries became a part
of the United States, years before
those same lands made up what was
known as the Lone Star republic,
writes james Il. Freddy in the Ameri-
can Forestry Magazine.
To bring the time down to more
tangible date, the first irrigation work
was done-according TO tradition
when the Pueblo Indians constructed
the peculiar bitches about El Paso
tiles of today claim were built for irri
CATION purposes. Another tradition
coming out of the past tells that these
bitches were built by the Yuma In
dians when they We're driven west
ward by tile Conanches and Apaches,
and not by the pueblos.
When Coronado, the rowing ex-
plorer, opened this country to the
Spaniards he found well-worked irri-
cation systems among the Indians i;
this was in 1910 when he was pushing
toward the north The practice of
irrigation was continued under the
Franciscan fathers, who constructed
The five mission bitches that were
found near the present city of San
Antonio. Even under Mexican rule
the work did not stop, and grants by
the Mexican government often read
US follows:
"ln the name of the Mexican ma
ton, grants him one day of water with
Its corresponding labor of land"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-06-04
Grammar School Day

Wednesday, June Is, has been des.
ignated as grammar school day al
Hawthorne. The pupils of the
seventh and eighth grades throughou,
Mineral County are cordially invited
to be present as gcests of the high
school. The main features of the da,
will be field day sports and a picnic al
the Lake, and in the evening the Senior
play, After the Came" will be piven
in the highschool auditorium.
The sports at the Lake will be as
follows:
Broad jump, Grammar School Pupils
High Jump, Grammar School Pupils
Relay race, 90 rods, G. S. VS.. H. S.
Five rod handicap for 9TH.
Relay Race, 90 rods, G. S. is. H. S.
10 rods handicap for Grammar school.
Equal numbers will be entered in CON-
peting teams.
SO yard dash. Grammar School
Pupils. Girls.
SO yard dash. Grammar School
Pupils. Boys.
Sack Race.
Shoe Race.
Finals in Tennis, singles & doubles,
will be arranged at a convenient time
to be announced later. These will be
played ON the new court at the high
school.
Class Day Program will be given
the evening of June Is. The Senior
play, After the Came" will be the
main feature.
Professor Sydney Wilcox of Reno
has accepted our invitation to deliver
the commencement address, the even
ing of June II. Professor Wilcox
was suggested to us by DR.. Clark of
the University. We are sure Of a
fine address.
Misses Faith White and Mary
Wright are the students whom the
Mineral County High school will grad
uate June 18th. Let the friends of the
school and the friends of these young
ladies come out and help make COM
mencement grand occasion.
In order to bring the grammar
school students into touch with the
high school and give them agood time,
the pupils and teachers of the M. c.
H. S. have arranged a special day
which we will all enjoy together on
the lake shore. Fiel dsports, games
and a picnic lunch will be enjoyed at
the lake. The visitors will be our
guests also at the Senior Day Program
in the evening. Eighth grade gradu-
ates in the county and newly promot-
ed seventh and eighth graders are in
cluded in the invitation.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-06-04
Drink Poison Liquor
(From the Yerington Times.)

| -fASe 4h OiiNoJ SNNiiiiS dDOul
o'clock, Special officer O'Niel and
Deputy Sheriff Ambrose raided a
jackass whiskey joint at Mason and
took possession of a very complete,
though filthy, distillery and about $50
gallons of corn mash, a quantity Of
liquor in pocess of manufacture as
we'll as some of the finished whiskey.
They also took possession of l.. Meni-
SIM and Bill Butulia, the alleged own
ers of the outfit.
Yesterday afternoon the two de-
PENDANTS were arraigned before U. S.
Commissioner Judson G. r. Smith,
chaged with running the still in viola
ton of law. ]. r. Carroll of Mason,
the complaining witness, testified that
he had been i'll Yerington Monday to
participate in the memorial exercises,
and that when he returned to Mason
about S o'clock he found four or five
children, including his own little boy
| III d StuPClOu Noiiditioii, ooiiiS VI tiiNhi
almost unconscious. Investigation
disclosed the fact that the children,
while searching for bird nests, enter
cd the window of a house i'll Mason.
found the poisonous liquor and drank
enough to render them almost un-
conscious. Mr.. Carroll at once noti-
fed officers who raided the place, with
the results above stated.
Minnie Robinson, OF Mason, testi-
fed that she is the owner OF the prem
ises where the stuff was found and
that some time ago she rented the
house to Menisini and Butulia, who
said they intended to ''batch' there.
Charles DeBoer testified that he
had seen the two defendants carrying
demijohns into the house at Mason.
The defendants denied positively that
they were ever in the house and that
they knew nothing about a still being
in operation there
After reviewing the testimony, Com
missioner Smith said that while the
usual bail in such cases is $500, he was
Obliged to consider the pitiable con
dition of the little children, and their
narrow escape from a shocking death
and he therefore held the defendants
to appear before the United States
court in Carson City, with bail liked
in the sum of $1,000 in each case and
remanded them to the custody OF the
| Sheriff.
The children, all under IA years
OF age gained entrance to the build
ing by cutting the scren. They carried
off five gallons OF the liquor, pouring
the stuff into bottles and pitchers
Lead coils and receptacles were usee
in the process OF manufacture, and
is said that DR.. Edwards, who attend
ed the cases, stated that it was viru
lent poison, and that had he arrived
few minutes later, it would nave beer
impossible to save the lives of at leas
two of the children, and as 1t was
was nearly "a hours before they were
pronounced out OF danger,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-06-04
A Sad Affliction

The many friends of Elsie Shlelda
in this section will be grieved to
learn that he has recently suffered
the amputation of one of | is legs
in San Bernardino, Calf. He has
been i'll for the past year, and re-
Gently, owing to gangrenous con-
dition, amputation became neces-
sary. Now his other leg has be-
come affected and it is feared an
other operation will ha We to be per
formed.
For many years Mr.. Shields lived
in Pine Grove and was county COM
missioner from that district.
Potting Plants.
In repotting plant put layer OF
einders in the bottom for drainage
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-06-04
Not Vocal Sound.

The grasshopper does not use the
throat In producing its shrill note. It
is produced by the wings. One Of the
ribs of each wing resembles tile.
while another part of the wing Is
drawn tight like drum. When the
grasshopper draws one file over the
other 1t Causes the drum to vibrate.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-06-04
FARM WANTED

Wanted to hear from owner OF
farm or good land for sale for Fa
delivery.
L. Jones. Box ssl. Olney. III.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-14
Answers and Submits Problem

10 the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir--In tonishts Peoples Forum there
we're some more problems which I solved.
"F. ". BIS" problem is open 20 discus
sion think, as to what Is meant BY rid
ing II Is plain that the man walks
mile because he walks the whols length
Of the train, but II the train stops In tho
same relative position at each station. II
can be claimed that he rode either three
or four miles AS far any one point Is
tho train is concerned, II goes three miles,
and consequently. the trains power carries
him only three miles: but II can be argued
that since he covers four miles Wills the
train is in motion, he rides four miles.
That all depends on what IF. NJ. b. means
b. riding.
Mr. McCoy's four weights. which weigh
anything from l 10 40 pounds. weigh l. B.
o and 81 pounds respectively. With his
500 he can buy ! OK. o cows. and 30
calves The certain number" is 80.
l have one to submit An army Is march.
inga and messenger starts along beside
Il in tho morning The army Is twenty
eight miles long. and al evening mas
Travelled Just twenty-e.ght miles, 40 that
the rear is where the van was in the morn
ing. During the day the messenger catches
up to the front Of the army and starts
back reaching tho rear Just as they halt.
How far does he travel during the day?
A. VAN VIE INGHAM.
New Brunswick " j.. March "a. 1921.
The train problem was also answered by
e r. Keller
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-14

TO fhe Editor Of rhe Everiuo Pubic Ledger:
6r-In spite OF what your correspondent
II. j. W" and others say. It Is my. arm
Impression that horse pushes instead of
pulls a wagon. Let me take a yoke Of oxen.
Tor instance; do the oxen pull or push by
means OF their yokes. which have no traces
attached?
Seemingly the horse pulls but It is Just as
much a pushing force rs the steam IN a tea
ksttls- for surely the steam doesn't pull the
jumping lid on the kettle. Nor does Il
pull the head OF the piston rod whichsoever
way that head may go, And this Spirit
d Truth Is going TO say that nearly alt
moving power Is pushing force. Nearly every
move is caused by a push. This great and
true power. whether In this or that position
h things, whether in the front, middle or
rear, ib a truth that cant be whipped by
The misty and cloudy. vague and veiIed ex-
preston Of It's enemies.
Because the propeller OF an aircraft is in
It's front IL no sign that II pulls. But that
propeller 10 pushed by tho expansion within
the engines. Tho propeller. whether In front
Or back. IL a minor agency for moving the
traft by means Of the expanding cause nd
pushing cause and pushing force within tho
snsine.
No, Nj. "E. J. w" and others you ar.
~rocs. for tne horse in front Of the cart
no more pulls than a propeller in front OF
All nircrsf, nor the steam in front Of a
train. Notice the shape OF ahoulders OF
horses which have been in harness and those
which never have. You will see the harness
horses deformed backward at the shoulders
By their pushing against the collars while
lhose out OF such life have no .deformity
1T all. T. r. CRAVEN
Philadelphia May 10. 1921.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-14
Married Women and Positions

To the Editor Of the Evrru0 Public LCdgcr:
sir-Some time ago read In your column
an article speaking Cbout married women
working and saying that they work to hep
meet expenses in view Of home OF their
own, and 40 on.
Now, ] can cite several Instances In our
small suburb where young sir!s who are
good workere not the kind who spend one
half or one hour putting paint and powder
on their faces during working hours. whose
ages, ! should say. average from twenty TO
twenty-five years. who have been promi sed
positions, but married women come in and
get them every time.
When a woman marries l always though;
that she marries for better or for worse
and II the man she marries does not hold n
position that Is paving large waga I
think II would be better judgment 10 either
wait until he IL In that position or else
chew what she bit on. II must be very
pleasing 10 a man after working all day TO
come home TO supper of canned goods,
bakers cake and so on because his wife has
been to work all day Don't think that am
an old maid or bachelor or a crouch. for
am not any Of the three bur n young
girl who is waiting for a position.
SINGLE GIRL,
x1zhtstown. n. j. May l@. 1921 =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-14

Even n doctor could not overcome nine
hot dogs attacking at once.
Susan was. to all appearances.
stunned by grief. How she mourned
Black crepe was not enough. Tears
continually drowned her eyes till after
Silas was buried. She talked of what
great love had been taken from her.
and as proof OF her loyalty to his mem
ory she showed her friends n small box
in which she explained she had placed
a memorial of her poor dear husband.
This box she wore suspended from
cord around her scrawny neck. and
tucked carefully under her black alpaca
waist
All the countryside was interested in
that memorial" Every one was curl
Gus. What could old Mrs. Trent be
wearing in that box as remembrance
of her departed third? Could it be a
lock of his scant, rusty hair? No. the
box was too large for that. 1t would
easily have held three times the little
fringe that encrcled Silas' bald dome.
No one was able to satisfy his ever
increasing curiosity. and so the box
| with its memorial was the wonder
and mystery of the village until the day
on which Susan Deborah Mills Fisher
Trent revealed its secret.
1t was not many moons after Sias
Trent's death that Susan was sorcly
stricken with toothache. She hastened
to dentist. She had only seven Of her
! own teeth in her mouth. and he ad-
\ viscd their extraction. Susan at first
! objected. She claimed that she was
minus tn, necessary funds for the pur-
chase OF set of the manufactured va
| riety. She was about to leave the Of
flee when suddenly she stopped. fumbled
at the front of her waist and produced
| the box in which was known to be the
memorial OF Silas Trent. Turning
to the dentist she handed him the box
which she had loosened from the cord
and in patter Of fact tone said:
Land sakes. clean forgot that
memorial. | saved them old teeth of
Silas a purpose to have 'cm made over
some day If I ever had need of EN-"
Thus was the memorial mystery
solved
Next complete noveIette-"The Rest
and Residue
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-14
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
Siids Trenf's Memorial
BY MARJORIE PIERCE

Susan Deborah Mills Fisher Trent
was exceedingly proud of her new hus-
band. her third, as her name attcsted.
She was middle e-agcd woman, tall.
thin, shrill of voice and scant of hair.
What little of woman's crowning glory
she did possess she drew to tight little
knob at the back of her narrow head.
She knew all there was TO be known
about men. according to hcr own judg-
mcnt, and felt that at last she had
chosen Alright.
The poor deceased Mr.. Mills had been
a young, rather good looking fellow
when Susan welded him. That was
when Susan was also young and her
hair was not drawn so tightly back from
her thin face. Mr.. Fisher had been an
older man. perhaps forty-tivc. Susan
had cnsnared him in the gooey net of n
lemon pic when she was running a
boarding house at Green Hill. Fisher
simply could not resist Susan's lemon
pies. and when Susan threatened to de-
part for Howe's Center to work at the
hotel. Fisher decided that the wisest
course for him to take was TO marry
Susan and the lemon pies. which he did
forthwith.
Perhaps tho pies shortened Fisher S
mortal coil. At any rate. Susan was
soon ready for third attempt al mat
rimony She did not even feign love to
Mr.. Trent. He needed housekeepcr
and she needed a home. Thus the two
were married.
Silas Trent was about sixty years
old. slim like Susan. and somewhat bent
from long hours of hocing and weed e
ing. He chewed tobacco and smoked.
After about six months of married
life Mr. Trent decided that he was
due for holiday, and, as the circus
was TO visit the adjoining town, lie
harnessed up the colt and went to the
show" Susan disapprovcd Of CIR
cuses. but she thought that Silas was
going to see prospective customer lor
| the wood lot. so he went in peace.
At the circus Silas enjoyed his free.
dom to his hearts content. Hc saw
all tn, shows. the main one. the side
ones and the animals. and was about
| to feed the colt and start for home
when he decided that he was botr
hungry and thirsty.
There was ''rcfrcshment booth a
/ tho circus. so he betook himself inside
and ordered a supper consisting OF three
hot dogs and q glass Of pink lemon
ade. When the frankfurters and lemon
adc had disappeared Slas was still
hungry and thirsty. so a second orde
Of three hot dogs" and a pink lemon
adc followed the first and finally thirC
took the same trial. Silas was at las
refreshed" and he started home t.
Susan.
On the way he felt rather sick. WheI
he arrived home he felt sicker ant
soon Susan in terror called the doctor
for Silas was writhing and groanini
with agony. Pains seemed to be il
every part Of his POOR thin body at tn
same instant.
The doctor arrived but Silas died
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-14
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
EIfsh the Ell
by DADDY

Harry Up Harry came running up to
them
Come on let us go ahead to the
Fairgrounds - he urged them. 'If we
wait here we will have TO help carry
the lunch baskets. while il We go carly
we will get out of that work and have
first chance nt the swings.
Peggy looked NJ BILLY and Billy
looked at Peggy. Those wer" the same
words Hurry-lp Harry had used in
their dream. They glanced at his shOul-
der TO see If Elrsh tine Elf were sitting
there No, they couldn't see ElfSh, al
though he might have been there in
secret.
Billy grinned at Hurry Up Harry:
NO indeed, we will not go on ahead. y
he answered. I'VE are going to help
Smiling Teacher carry the baskets, and
We are going to have our good times
with the others. We want no more Of
thot mean $. Efsh. We advise you to
do the same.
IIurry-up Harry didn't take their
advice. and what do you think hap
pened? Why. things turned out just as
they had in the dream, only they were
twisted around for Peggy and Billy.
They had jolly ride on truck to the
ricnic grounds they enjoyed n merry
drank cool sweet lemonade, and they
ate all the strawberry ice cream and
cocoanut cake they wanted for they did
not stuff themselves as they had done in
the dream.
As for Hurry up iiarry-well he
didn't have good time at ALL and he
was cross and miserable when the
others started home in the evening, but
that is what he got for listening 10 that
mean elf, s. Elfsh,
Next week will be told n jolly ad =
venture in which Peggy and Billy go
on an exciting trip.