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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
OPPOSE BONDS FOR
ELK0-|DAHO ROAD

Opposition to the railway bonus
bill, designed to provide for bond is
sue of $4,000 by the county to be
paid to Idaho capitalists who are
planning to construct railway into
Contact and Wells, developed at Car
son City yesterday, according to the
legislative correspondence of the
Reno Evening Gazette. The bill was
introduced on January 9th by the
E,lko comfy delegation and provides
for special tax levy to be made suf-
fcient to collect the sum OF $4,000
to be placed in a special tax fund to
be known as the "Rogeison-Wells
Railroad Fund"
Several Elko county residents are
said to be in Carson City actively op-
posing the bill The ground of their
opposition is said to be their opinion
that the county should not pay any
thing to the railroad when the COM
pany building the road will derive all
the revenue.
The Southern Pacific Company, one
of the heaviest taxpayers in Elko
county. also has a representative in
Carson City. 1t is said that the rail
road company is opposed to contribut-
ing by taxation to a bonus to be paid
to competitor for the construction
Of a competitive line.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
NEW FIRE CHIEF

Guy s. Asbury has been appointed
to take the place of Ben F. Gillian
as chief of the Winnemucca fire de-
partment. Asbury has been member
of the fire fighting force since its In
ception, acting in the capacity OF sec
retary. He has been Gilliaas right
hand man and a consistent booster
for an efficient department. Other
changes caused by the resignation OF
Gillian, who has. gene to Reno to re-
side, ere: Lyle Minor, assistant chisf
F. C. Krenkel. captain, and Z. J
Rucktcschler, lieutenant.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
NEW VICAR TO HOLD SERVICES

At st. Mary's Episcopal Church to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock holy
communion will be celebrated by the
new. vicar, Rev. Edward Hoering. who
has recently come here to take charge
of St Marys, after spending some
years in southern California as rector
of one of the oldest churches in that
state. Rev Mr.. Hoering refused the
appointment as archdeacon of New
Mexico, feeling that at this time the
work of a missionary among the scat
tered congregations in Nevada was OF
even greater importance than that in
volved by the high office which he has
refused.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
MENTION Of PEOPLE
WHO COME AND CO

J. s. Pearce OF Salt Lake City is
an arrival here.
Ben volman. mining man of SUM-
shine, is In town.
w. e. Gruenhagen of Reno Is an
arrival In this city.
Robert F. Morris came here yester-
day from Lovelock.
Mrs. Fred Talcott of Unionville is
a visitor in this city.
M. ]. Conway of San Francisco is
a recent arrival here.
c. Y. C. Beck Of Petaluma, Cali
fornia, is in this city.
J. R. Allison of Preston, Idaho, is
a Winnemucca visitor.
Miss Louise Adams Is in from
Jungo for the weekend.
s. C. Cassidy and Ed Christiersson
are in town from Sulphur.
@
James Reed, rancher and livestock
man of White Rock, Elko county, Is in
town on business.
Victor Arsuago Of McDermitt Is in
town. @
Chris N. Lausten of Oravada is in
town. 9
J. A. Sylvester of San Francisco is
In town. @
Luciano vria is in town from Nc
Dermitt. o
III. L. West OF San Francisco Is a
recent arrival. @
Mrs. j. w .Davey and son Gordon
returned home Thursday night after
a visit of couple of weeks at Reno
with friends. .
w. H. Arant. and son Bailey and
daughters Mackie and Vera Arant, are
here from Oklahoma to visit another
son Of Mr.. Arant, Banks Arant of this
city. 9
\ '1aifs. A. IL Walker of this city Is ex-
pecting as guest today Mrs. Jessie
Nfohnlo nf noEIopd ubn uyilI opou
a few days here.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
SENIOR BRIDGE CLUB

A most ENJOYABLE afternoon was
spent yesterday by the members o.
the Senior Bridge Club at the home OF
Mrs. ]. T. Knoles in Bridge street
Mrs. George Brady won the prize for
points and Mrs. Charles Muller the
prize for honors, after which dainty
refreshments were served Those
present were Mesdames Frank But
ton, Charles Muller, II. Warren, T. f.
Powell. George Brady, w. P. Stephen
son, ]. d. Scott and j. T. Knoles.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
WEATHER REPORT

For the twenty-four hours ended at
8 a.m.today: Highest temperature
yesterday. 43; lowest this morning,
81; mean temperature yesterday, 81;
normal temperature yesterday, 81;
precipitation, OLE from snow: pre-
vailing wind direction, southwest.
Weather forecast for the twenty-four
hours ending s pm. tomorrow: Fair
and colder tonight; Sunday fair.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
ENTHUSIASM CONTINUES IN
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

In spite of inclement weather, there
were forty-three interested men in at
tendance at the Chamber of Com
merce meeting held last night. Mat
ters for the welfare of the organiza-
tion were taken up and W. H. Goodin
of Lovelock. president of the Overland
Trail Club, told of road activity and
was assured full support Of the Hum
boldt county organization.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
REBEKAHS INITIATED

Neva Rebekah Lodge No. % held
brief business meeting Thursday
night for the purpose of initiating two
new members. Miss Violet Nelson and
Miss Mabel Reil.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
DRILLED THROUGH SULPHUR

S. c. Cassidy. manager of the Black
Rock Oil Company, is in town today
from the drill site near Sulphur. He
reports drilling going on smoothly
and an interesting fact that the drill
passed through fifteen feet of sulphur
at depth of eighty-five feet.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
GRAND MASK BALL

To be given by Neva Rebekah Lodge
at the Nixon next Friday evening.
February IL. Music by Reavely or
chestra of five pieces. Prizes for best
sustained lady and gentleman char
acters; for best dressed lady and gen.
tleman, and for best character group.
Tickets, including tax, $1.10; specta-
tors and children over ten years. 25c.
Dancing starts at 9 o'clock. Adyt3
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
FANCY ROASTS

Try one of our choice prime RIB
roasts. With our present supply of
beef, fed with cottonseed cake. these
roasts of beef are particularly deli
cious. Come in and look them over.
Adv. WINNEMUCCA MARKET.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05

One Quart of Cooper's Egg Pre-
server will be sufficient to keep fifteen
dozen eggs for nine months. so cents
a quart. $1.50 a gallon at STEPHEN
SON DRUG COMPANY. AdvJ29tf.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
OFFICIAL RETURNS
PORTION Of SALARY

Humboldt county may now claim
the distinction of having a politician
office holder who believes he is over
paid and for that reason returned
part of his salary to the county
treasury. He Is Chas. G. Smith. who
was elected at the last election to
serve as county assessor. If there is
case to parallel Smiths action, In
Nevada. we have not heard of 1t.
Normally and according to law, the
assessor of Humboldt county draws
down s533.O0 a month for salary and
expense money. and that is the
amount Smith believes is too much
for the job. His check for last month
did not come to that figure, because
he had not been in office full month,
but in spite of that fact he managed
to hold out what he thought was right
for his own salary. paid his deputy
hire, and today handed the county
commissioners check for $125.00, to
do with as they saw fit. This is what
we'd call entering into the spirit OF
the times with vengeance. Smith Is
Republican. one of the few holding
Office in this county
Smiths message to the county COM
missioners this morning. when he
gave them his check for $125. follows
ITO the County Commissioners of
Humboldt County: l hand you here
with $125.00 as refund to Humboldt
County from the salary paid me for
the twenty-six days in January, 1921.
during which time have been County
Assessor of Humboldt County. I
hand 1t to you that you may turn II
into such fund in the County treas
ury as you think best.
yours Respectfully.
"CHAS.- G. SMITH"
Smiths action came as a thunder
bolt, and though he presented the
money to the commissioners this
morning, up to press time they had
not announced what disposition they
would make of 1t.
Assessor Smith said he believes
500 a month is ample for his salary.
as II is about what other county Off
cials are receiving, and that is the
amount he intends keeping for him
self, and he will refund to the county
all money over that amount exclusiv,
of his deputy hire. He said he made
tie refund. and intends to continue SC
doing. because he doesn't believe he
should take the surplus any more
than a state official should keep any
surplus remaining from the amount
set aside for maintenance of the Office.
Paying of the $3.50 a month, or
$4,000 year to Humboldt county's as
SCISSOR was commenced two years ago
when former Assessor a. Il. Organ
vas in office. The bill for this pur-
pose was put through the legislature
n order that Organ would have ample
money for expenses and deputy hire
Soon after the bill was passed to pay
Lin $4,000 Il year, the county division
bill passed. creating Pershing count
out Of Humboldt. This reduced the
work of the assessors office, but NJ
change was made in the amount paid
to Organ.
w. II. Goodin, president of the
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05

I Sheriff Brady left last night for
Carson City to place M. Hernandez in
the penitentiary.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
ENTERTAINED AT WHIST

Mrs. A. l.. Walker entertained few
friends at whist at her home In the
Klucny apartments Wednesday after
noon. The guests were Mrs. George
Brady, E. Ferrero and Philip Sanders.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05

w. II. Goodin, president of the
Overland Trail Club, returned to
Lovelock this afternoon.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05

One bottle Of Wright's Liquid
Smoke will be sufficient for smoking
one barrel of meat. Price SLIPS at
STEPHENSON DRUG co. AdvJ29tf
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05

A four-line wantad-50 cents for
three times-will do the work for you.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-05
PROMPT SERVICE AND
FIRST-CLASS WORK

in Kodak developing and printing.
All work done at our store. No more
long, tiresome waits for your pictures.
-[Advt. EAGLE DRUG co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-24

be handled that cannot well wait on settlement by the executive of- fices at St. Louis. It is to the ad- vantage of the Frisco" as we'll as that of Birmingham to have an ex- ecutiye agent of highest authority here.
 The Frisco" did the sensible thing in taking this step in advance of the revival of business. When that comes its executive agent will be familiar with the district and it's requirements and in a position to handle affairs promptly and with satisfaction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-24
DO YOU KNOW

Only a fraction of l per cent of the avalla ble coal in the United States has been mined. According to the geo. logical survey, the amount still un- deyground and within 5000 feet of the surface is more than 53S,000, 000,- 900 tons.
 pr. W. R. Brooks. director of Smith observatory, Geneva, N. Y, who died recently, was the dlscoverer of 27 comets, a record surpassed only by the French astronomer Pons. who discov- cred 2S.
 Paul Bourget, the French author, attended for four months the clinic of prominent Paris specialist in or der that he might accurately describe the symptoms of certain disease in one of his stories. On another occa- sion he postponed writing a chapter of a novel in which he wished to mem tion the after-effects of tropical ma- larial fever until certain physician returned from Central America, where he had gone to make study of this malady, and published his notes on the subject.
 Sand and slaked lime when mixed, pressed and cured in steam, bond to- gether and form a building brick that is manufactured in about 50 widely scattered plants in this coun- try
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-24
cAmIEzI1MIAaanttI
THE LAWS QUIxoIIC AIDS

From the New Orleans Item.
 A new angle to Ku Klux klan ac- tivities is furnished by & dispatch from Daytona. Fla, telling of the beating and shooting of Lorillard Reynolds. international gambler and adventurer, by a party of masked men. It is charged that the assailants were other gamblers. who didn't like Lorillards taking ways"
 Men who sought to avenge private wrongs. pay off old grudges or gain some financial advantage found the original Ku Klux Klan a convenient camouflage in the old days. They knew, that every incident of the kind would be blamed on the klan. whether
 that body participated or not, and
 they could carry out their designs without danger of detection and pun ishment. This eventually drove the best men out of the order in many localities.
 Meanwhile. Texas seems to be beat ing. shooting, tar -and-feathering and running out of the country most of the people who are not generally liked. An exception Is recorded from Waco, where masked men aroused K Cummings in the early morning hours | and told him to come. His wife polk ed wicked looking automatic at them and told them to go. They went.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-24
Penalty One Pays for
 Living in White House

N N assistant to the President, .AA who would relieve him of much of his routine work and per init him to give his attention to the larger affairs of the government, would no doubt be of great help in maintaining the health and eff ciency of our chief executive.
 It is impossible for man to oc- cupy the White House and not be overworked, but it isn't so much the weight of his official duties, which are in themselves sufficiently burd- ensome, as it is the demands made on his time and energy outside of his office that are perhaps the se- verest strain on a President.
 From reading the newspapers and seeing motion pictures one gets the impression that President Harding does nothing /but shake hands with visitors, receive delegations from everywhere and take part in public 1 functions. As matter of fact, .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-24
"The Old Order Changes"
 and the Lotus Club Mourns

TM ESPITE the pressure of more lU important events, memorial service to conviviality held in the basement of the Lotus club should not go unrecorded. The clubs members surrendered to prohibi- tion's drastic code and took down from their little bar it's motto: "Stay Me With Flagons," which had inspired "just one more" for 13 moist years.
 This inscription was taken from a song of Solomon's time, when it was no crime to look upon the wine when it was red, or even to look on it too long and be carried to on,'s perfumed couch. It had been an in- spiration to the convivial spirits of the Lotus club on many joyful oc- casion. But the flagon has become as obsolete as cuneiform writing and the motto was a mockery in this era of the great drouth which we are told by the williamjbryans and the waynebwheelers will never end.
 The obsequies were attended by number of celebrities, including Irwin s. Cobb, George Ade and Booth Tarkington, who were en- trusted with the mournful task of saying good word for the deceased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-24
HOBOEs' RACE
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 In an attempt to decide whether the better hoboes are produced by Australia or the United States, Salt bush Bill" of the Antipodes and "BrAkebeam Jack" whose home ,s anywhere in the United States, are racing from New York to the Pacific coast. If they were not hoboes tho men would be called William West and John Davis, respectively.
 "Saltbush Bill" and 'Brakebears Jack" have been famed throughour hobo populations of many centuries for a number of years, due to their ability to get almost anywhere with out having to spend money in the process. A match to see who is the better man has been pending for sometime. <
 The contestants are allowed [, take whatever route they prefer for the trip, but are not allowed to ac cept any money or to spend any. All their food and transportation must come through the good nature. con scious or otherwise, of the people whom they meet on the journey.
 The decision to start the contes: came at . meeting of the Interna- tional Welfare association board al the Labor lyceum. James Eads How of St. Louis, millionaire hooo," whc is a leading member of the board had heard of the rivalry between tho two men, and he offered prize oi $500 to the winner. The men ex- pected to take about 21 days for ths triu t S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-24

trailing with her father. Girls ara queer, aren't they?" The Stillmaa daughter is 1s.
 Mother and father. each bearing a ghastly moral wound inflicted by the other, must bear in addition the curse of child. The daughter, true to the nature of her sex which casts out those of its kith who betray it., supports her father, as base as heJls,
 while the son, warmed by chivalric blood, disowns his father, embraces
 his mother to shield her from her tormentors-and regardless of every. thing, true men must applaud him. So far as these children are con
 cerned. it matters little how the sordid trial may end. They are ruined. Never again can they know
 what happiness is. For no fault
 of their own their future is covered with hlackness.
 And the father and mother like wise face future of despair. for though they walk among the living. they ara yet dead. What an awful
 heritage the fool does leave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-24
Creating a Job
 Best Form of Help
# # $

7NHE help that counts is a job. H Every householder who places his order for coal will add to mine production, which will give work to more than 60 classes of men employed at mines. The city and the county should go the limit in street improvement and road build ing. That leads directly to em- ployment and helps the entire com munity. It is the most commend able form of relief that can be extended, because everyone will benefit from it.
 The auditorium should be gotten under way without further delay. School plans should be put through with dispatch. He who is ready to build owes it to his community to begin building as soon as he can.
 Let every merchant and jobber, who needs manufactured product go to the Chamber of Commerce and ascertain if it can be gotten in Bir- mingham. If it can be secured here, buy, because that means more men at work in Birmingham factories and pay rolls instead of relief work; ; money for the merchant instead of money or goods furnished by him for the unemployed.
 Build and patronize home indus tries.
 Create jobs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-24
A BOOK OF HIDDEN TREASURE Hcreward Darlington, PhD, in
 T,eslie's

Leslies. \
 For more than seven hundred years an old book, written in cipher, has been in the possession of students, scientists, kings and emperors. But its contents have remained secret until the present year.
 The book was written by Roger Bacon and contains accounts of his scientific discoveries and inventions. Ii Is the property now of Dr. Wilfred NJ. yoynich, scientist and writer of London and New York, who purchased it in Europe some years ago. It's cipher has finally been decoded by Professor William R. Newbold, of the University of Pennsylvania.
 From what has been translated so far. it is evident that Roger Bacon possessed a scientific knowledge far in advance of his time. He appar- ently knew of. and utilized his inves- legations. the microscope and the telescope. and studied the heavens above and the earth beneath. The structure of the bodily cell was of sells appear in his book.
 He possessed secrets as to the na- ture of life which are perhaps ur- known even today.
 He invented gunpowder and devised a number of ingenious machines. He dabbled In astrology and wrote extensively upon drugs, secret herbs and medicines.
 'Indeed, it was his profound learn ing which nearly caused his death and necessitated his great secrecy. Had he divulged all he knew at the time he wrote, 1t Is highly probable that he would have been put to death as a heretic and magician. who had dealings with the devil! Roger Bacon must not be con founded with Francis Bacon, who lived in the time of Queen Elizabeth and to whose pen some credit the plays of Shakespeare. It is curious however, that both these men should possess learning far in advance o4 their age, and that both should write in cipher.
 | It is certain that had Roger Ba- con been allowed to publish what he knew, science would now be seven hundred years ahead of the stage |. has reached
 Roger Bacons cipher is one of the most complicated and ingenious ev- CT siven to the world. The writins is microscopic in size, and can be read only with the aid of a microscope o. strong glass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-24

From the London Times
 N NEW conception of education
 A\ as a physical force applied to
 c S the human brain has recently
 been unfolded by Sir Arbuthnot Lane.
 He speaks as surgeon, whose origi- nality of mind in his own department is known to the whole world. His views are of kind to arouse the
 interest of every teacher and parent in the country.
 Education, he declares, exercises a
 bfain cells are affected by any men, tai routine or habit of thought ex- tending over long period. More
 over, the development of a special
 sense often results in the loss of
 what is usually called common sense by which Sir Arbuthnot under
 stands: "the capacity to arrive at a
 conclusion of people engaged in
 variety of occupations"
 The truth of the influence of our 
 surroundings on our physical frame is well known. Sir Arbuthnot insists that the brain is never excepted from the general rule. The skeleton, hard bony structure as it is. moulds itself to the requirements of the individual. tThe coalheaver's backbone loses it's normal curves, he says, and Is con yerted into "a long, straight rod, or | shelf, on which the load rests" This effect, useful as it is, limits the coal heavers breathing. Should he get
 some lung trouble he is seriously handicapped, and the chances of his
 surviving are much less than those of an individual with normal breath ing capacity.
 A brewers drayman, carrying bar rels on the right shoulder, alters in a slightly different manner, and | the same holds good for other la borious occupations---such work as shoemaking. These changes usually 1 tend to help the individual but to
 shorten his life. In the case of di-
 sestion, the price paid for the erect posture is a tendency to sagging
 downwards of various organs. This
 results in interference with their