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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-12-27
FOUR YEAR GIRL
LOST LIFE IN FIRE


Little Viola Smith, four-year-old
daughter and only child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. r. Smith, lost her life
shortly before noon Friday morning
when the three-room frame cot
toge on what is known as the River
ranch, belonging to the Union Land
and Cattle Company, burned to the
ground. The place is about eleven
miles north of Tuscarora, in Elko
county, and the Smith family was
employed by the cattle company, the
father as a ranch hand and the
mother as a cook for the crew Of
men working on the place.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Mrs. Smith had started dinner for
the ranch workers, who were feed
ing cattle two miles away, and the
men had started for home for their
meal, and could see the FIRE, but
arrived too late to give aid. In re-
citing the occurrence, Mrs. Smith
said that her first warning Of the
conflagration came as she was busted
about the kitchen, the fire being nm
der way in another part Of the
building. In her excitement she
failed to get the little girl to safety
and the child ran into the blasting
bedroom and climbed onto her bed.
where she was surrounded by flames
within a moment that prevented the
frantic mother from effecting her
rescue. Such occurrences carry in
dividual stories that stand ont dis
tinct from all similar happenings
and this ranch fire is said to have
consumed the frame building 30 rap
idly that the pause Of the moment
and the innocence Of an unlnownine
little girl resulted in the fatality.
The remains of the child were
recovered when the fire subsided
and on the day following Mr.. and
Mrs. George Ca1ligan accompanied
the grief stricken parents to this
city, distance of 1874 miles. The
party made the trip in an automo-
bile truck, frequently bucking snow
two feet in depth. They arrived in
this city Saturday night.
Funeral services were held for the
child at 10 o'clock Sunday morning
at the Carlson undertaking parlors.
Rev. j. H. Westervelt, ME-. pastor
in this city, preached the sermon.
Burial was made in the Winnemucca
cemetery.
The Smiths formerly worked on
one of the Harvey ranches in Para
disc Valley, going there from the
state of Utah, where the child was
born. They went to northern Elko
county two months ago.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-12-27

Wantads work wonderfully.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-12-27
CHRISTMAS DOINCS AT
EPISCOPAL PARISH HALL

A good time was held out to the
children of the st. Mary's Episcopal
Sunday school at the parish hall
Saturday evening. A splendid pro-
gram was given by the children of
the body, and the parish hall in
terror was very tastefully festooned
with Christmas decorations. Carols
were sung by the children and pres
ents distributed, after which games
were played until past the usual
bedtime hour. The affair is char
acterized by the children present as
one of the incest in their young
lifetimes.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-12-27
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR LATE c. M. HARVEY

Funeral services were held this
afternoon for the late Charles M.
Harvey, well known mining man of
the Central district, who died last
Thursday morning at his mining
property. The services were in
charge of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles and were held in the Carlson
undertaking parlors. Rev. J. H.
Westervelt, ME-. pastor, delivered
the sermon. Burial occurred in the
FOE. cemetery plot. Ms.y old
time friends Of the deceased at
tended. The family was represented
by the nephews, w. d. and ]. G.
McSherry, brothers, of Glenns
Ferry, Idaho, who will remain here
and attend to the business affairs
left by the deceased.
Friends of the dead man speak
in highest terms of his qualities Of
temperament and recite that in the
nearly 40 years Of acquaintanceshir
marking his residence in this county
he was always genial and uprigh,
and honest to the last degree. He
was a natice of Missouri and about
20 years of age. Coming here about
40 years ago he never went back tt
his boyhood haunts, never married
and left the county infrequently
giving his entire life to the develop
ment of mining properties in thii
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-12-27
ACCUSED MAN RAN
BOOZE BLOCKADE
J. L. (Red) Richards, Awaiting Trial
On Bootlesging Charge, chafed
Under Restraint and Tried
to Resume Activities

J. L. (Red) Richards, who is to
have his preliminary trial tomorrow
on the charge Of having violated
Nevada's prohibition law, and was
enjoying his liberty following the IL
quor raid of last Thursday night,
when his place was investigated by
officials, was arrested again Sunday
afternoon as he was making his way
into town from his ranch three miles
down the river from Winnemucca.
Don Hunt, one of his employees, and
Leona Cattnach, a woman who is
said to keep the Richards ranch
home tidy and homelike, were also
apprehended, the three being placed
under arrest by Sheriff G. w. Brady
and Night Policeman Perry Boyd
after it was discovered that they
were bringing load of moonshine
booze into town, apparently in or
der that Reds holiday transactions
should not be interferred with. The
incident is characterized by the
peace officers as one Of the choicest
bits of effrontery to show during
their tenures of Office.
When taken into custody the
party formed a guard Of honor for
seven and one-half quarts Of moon
shine booze and travel was being
effected in a brand new sedan car,
purchased a few days ago by Rich
ards. The booze conveyers had
made their way to a point near the
cemetery where the officers con-
fronted them. Richards is alleged
to have stopped the car and ad-
vanced up the road toward the Off
GERS to make overtures. The Gait
mach woman was entrusted with the
task Of destroying the evidence"
but the ruse failed to work, as Off
Ger Boyd abandoned the peace par
ley and jumped for the sedan. One
bottle was broken and six quarts
and a pint were recovered and taken
to the county Jail, where they form
the evidence of Richards last Of
fense.
The officers lodged Richards, Hunt
and the Cattnach woman in the
county Jail and went out to the
ranch, where search was made for
q still, supposed to be maintained
and operated when necessary, but
failed to locate the source Of manu-
facture of the Richards booze
supply.
The county officials are now in
communication with the federal Off
GERS in the western part of the state
and an effort is being made to lodge
q federal charge against Richards
and his accomplices. Judge Richie
will not accord the prisoners a pre-
liminary hearing unless it is de-
termined that the federal authorities
will not move in the matter. All
three are in Jail this afternoon.
Richards is enjoying the unique ex-
perience of having furnished $1,000
as surety for his liberty and still
languishes in Jail. He has watched
the progress of the latest snowstorm
and taken note of the sa!cbrity of
the weather through the Jail win
dows. Its fine weather for the
crops on my ranch," he said this
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-12-27
RAILROAD WORKER R
ARRESTED MONDAY
Community Controversies of War
Period Brought to Mind Yes
terday When Sheriff Brady
Arrested Local Man

War time days, when the last
word in approbrium consisted of
calling your neighbor pro-German,
were brought to mind yesterday
when Sheriff G. w. Brady, acting
upon the instruction of the district
attorney in Grand Island, Nebr., ar
rested F. A. Beal, Western Pacific
employe, at his home on the north
side. The warrant and complaint
were sworn to by the Nebraska Off
cial and recite that Mr.. Beal, whose
correct name is Schultz, was one of
three men to steal and slaughter a
hog, weighing 1875 pounds, of
value of $40, the offense against the
peace and dignity Of Nebraska stat
utes occurring on August 8, 1918.
Mr.. Beal's brother was convicted
on the charge and served IS months
of four-year sentence in the Ne
braska penitentiary. The third party
was given a similar sentence. Mr..
Beal jumped his cash bond, put up
by his father, came west and as
sumed a new name and went to
work, repaying his father in full.
Shortly after coming to this city
three years ago he sent for his fam
lily and in the years that followed
he created an enviable reputation
for himself on the scores Of honesty
and industry.
Howard Wells, Western Pacific
roundhouse foreman, asserted to
Sheriff Brady this morning that Beal
is one of his most dependable and
hardest working men and that he
could not be convinced that he had
been guilty of law infraction of
the gravity of felony.
Mr.. Beal maintains that he was
not a party to the theft, but did as
sist in butchering the stolen porker,
learning afterward that he was m
innocent party to an occurrence
which seemingly carries a heavy
penalty back in the corn belt, where
people think almost as much of hogs
as men used to think Of their saddle
horses in the western range country
at time when lynching bees were
often brought about by the larceny
of horsefesh.
Mr.. Beal's version of the entire
affair leads to the conclusion that
he is victim of a controversy that
was waged in cosmopolitan COM
munities that were rended by con-
fiicting wartime sympathy. Men,
bers of his family are largely pro-
German, just as the officialdom of
the section is largely pro-German,
and he argued throughout the war
period as a loyal American born
citizen who placed his country above
every other affiliation. The rancor
and bitterness of the period is,
thinks Sheriff Brady, reflected in
the action against Mr.. Beal of the
present time and he is moving in
the preparation of petition that
will call upon Governor Z. d. Boyle
to refuse to grant extradition papers
should the Nebraska officials come
to get Beal. The petition has been
signed by all Western Pacific rail-
road employees and many of the Off
cials, business men and other resi-
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-12-27

Rosevear Improving-
Elmer Rosevear Of this city, who
was operated upon week ago in
Portola, Calf, for appendicitis, II
reported today as doing nicely, and
all fear of complications is gone.
Mrs. Rosevear and their son are
with him.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-12-27
facationing in California

Vacationing in California
Clay Hampton, well known and
popular Paradise Valley school
teacher, left yesterday for Bishop,
Calf, where he will spend two
weeks visiting with relatives and
friends.
>~~~~~>~>~--~~~>>-.><~s-'
afternoon, and when asked what he
had planted, said: "Wild oats"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-12-27
dents of this community.
Sheriff Brady had the varra

dents of this community.
Sheriff Brady had the warrant for
Beal's arrest in his hands for sew
eral days in advance of Christmas,
but concluded to waive the for
mality until after the great Yuletide
event had passed into history. When
the sheriff went to the humble Beal
home yesterday he found the little
tree still standing with its galaxy Of
decorations and presents and two
pleased little tots, age five and three
years, who could not understand
why their papa should be sum-
marily taken away. Other men,
bers of the Beal household are the
frail little wife, her sister and their
aged mother. Beal's monthly pay
check has gone to pay for the up
keep of his dependents throughout
the three years Of residence here.
Beal is being held in the county
Jail in this city pending the outcome
of the matter.
In this apparent recrudescence OF
wartime bitterness the old saying
mans inhumanity to man has
caused countless thousands tt
MOURN" is full appropriate.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-12-27
ARENTz MINING
BILL UP SOON
Wire to This Newspaper Asserts
That Formal Hearings VIII Be
Held Next Month, When
Bill Will Come Up

The Silver State received a tele-
gram this morning from Congress-
man Sam1 s. Arentz, which reads
as follows:
preliminary to formal hearings
Of the Arentz mining bill, now be-
for the House committee on mines
and mining, which will be held early
in January, a meeting began this
morning in the large conference
room of the department of the in
terror, for the purpose Of arranging
and considering the great mass of
correspondence to be brought before
the hearings by Congressman Arentz
and the Bureau of Mines of the fed
eral government. The meeting is
attended by the introducer of the
bill, H. Foster Balm, mining Bureau
director, and other officials of the
bureau. Senators, representatives
and other parties in interest are
also in attendance. Further sug-
gestiops from the west regarding
this bill must necessarily be made
by WIRE"
From the statement thus made by
Congressman Arentz it is certain
that whatever protest goes forward
from Nevada must be fastened and
the opposition, already voiced
against the bill from many quarters,
has little time in which to make its
showing. 1t is asserted that the pro-
posed measure is inimical to the best
interests. of this states mining in
dustry, and opponents to the bill
will do well to heed the admonition
put forward by Congressman Arentz
to hasten their arguments if they
would have them considered before
the formal hearings occur in COM
mittee.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-12-27

Still doing business in the same
old location and prepared for every
thing that comes our way.
THE SILVER STATE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23
Pimples Denote
Waste Products
In The Blood
So Do Blackheads, Boils and
Similar Skin Disorders

The human system Is forever
striving TO get rid Of the waste prod
ucts. II L. a iife.work which goes
on forever. when waste products
get in the blood. they cause n low
cred vitality. As a result. we be.
come subject To many painful and
embarrassing ailments.
When these symptoms appear. Ma.
ture Is warning US. To throw off
the waste products, the blood must
DO purified. Don't clog your blood.
Just clean II out. Nature will do
the rest Pure, rich. red blood nour.
ishes the body and fights off dis
casa.
s. &. s.. the standard blood puri-
fier and system builder. is the ideal
remedy for skin eruptions. The ef.
feet of s. $. s. Is to rid the system
OF the waste products which are
causing the trouble. For over so
years s. s. s. has proven TO be OF
unusual merit Begin taking s. S. s.
today and write for 56-page illus
trated booklet. Facts About the
Blood"--free-
Personal medical advice. without
charge, may also be had by sending
a complete description Of ysur case.
Address Chief Medical Director,
Swift Specific Co. TAI s. s. s..
Laboratory. Atlanta. Ca. All drug
stores sell s. s. S.--Advertisehent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23
NIGHT SCHOOLS
/. Of K. c. TO OPEN
: Knlght. oh Coiumbus tree puh.

The Knights Of Columbus free pub
sc night school. At broadway and
Marion st. win open for the winter
season on Monday. October :. Il was
Announced today.
The school Is open now for regis.
trauon. and all prospective students
aro urged 10 register early. 70 that
as complete elaxscs as possible may
be on hand for the opening night
Tho the school IL conducted by tho
Knights OF Columbus. all are wei.
coined. regardless OF religion. race.
class. creed OF color. The school IL
conducted with surplus funds raised
for the X c. war work.
The school teaches practically all
standard subjects and trader. ihclud-
Ing commercial art. radio. auto me-
chanlcs. acetyIene welding. com
meroe and business
Persons who IN their youth were
denied the advantages Of evan . com.
mon sehoo, education. and who
would like 10 learn. thinu which
younss4srs sn the carly grades arc
learning. win have classes Of their
cvR. n enough Apply.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23
Hose

Women's Hose
sales Doeth
Upper MaBa F'1e~s
Si1k Hese-500 pairs. fuu-
fashioned and in black
only. They are In sizes 81
TO 10 and have slight fac
tory defects Special sat-
urday. . pair. e1.2o.
LisIe Hose-1n . broker
hne: fuli-fashioned and IN
beaver. field mouse. taupe,
eordovan- piping rock and
white Sizes are Sh. 3 and
10. but not each size In
every color. $50 pairs: Sat-
urday. . pair. ne
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23
Local Police Join
Hunt for Murderer

Seattle police have Joined the ma
tion.widc search for the murderer OF
c. W. Upton. service station employe
OF the Standard on CO. Of California
who was shot from ambush recently
In TurIock. Cal. as he was returning
from work hi company with his wife
and another woman.
The Standard on CO. has offered
reward ~ 1900 for Information lead.
ing TO the arrest and conviction Of
the slayer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23
Marks Murder Spot
in Brumfield Case

RosEBuRG. Ore. Sept, al. II
Booth. owner OF an orchard abu,ting
upon The Pacific highway at the spo,
whers Dennis Russell 10 alleged TO
have been killed By Dr. Richard Mel
win Brumfeid. has painted two OF
the fence posts white 10 mark the
spot and win erect a sign.
He declares his prune picking has
been shot to pieces already by pass.
Ing tourists. stopping to talk over the
Brumfieid case with his iaborrra. and
insisting upon being shown exactly
the spot where the tragedy occurred
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23
Caravan of Mobiles
Back From Alaska

Headed by Past Potential. John
Rex Thompson and Noble Frank
Dunn. the caravan Of Mobiles Of the
Mystic Shrine from Nile Temple.
Seattle. have returned here after
guiding a. Initiates inside the Holy
City Of Mecca a. Cordova, ALASKA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23

los ANGELES -Because he was
continually on the CO. Mrs Dor.
othy Burrows I'm. wife Of the son
Of the late James J. nm. Walter J.
Hin. Was granted . divorce here
Thursday. The decree Was granted
on the ground Of dsscrtion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23
Will Delay Tariff
for Two Months

WASHINGTON. Sept ss.--The 70
publican tariff bin win Be Laid aside
for NJ least two months. while the
treasury experts work out details OF
the American valuation plan adopted
by the senate finance committee.
Chairman Penross announced yestcr.
day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23

BEI.LfNCHAM.--one man leaped
from q wUeow and others fled 60
the streets in their bed clothes when
the Lax Apartments, here. were de.
stroyed By fire Friday morning.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23

MIDLAND. Tex.--C. p. shearrnan
and his two sons. John and Neil.
charged with the killing OF prohi.
bition Officer C.. A. Wood, acquitted
IN the district court here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23

FUN course dinner. Use. at Boldt's.
Served TO 9 y. m---Advcrtiscment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23
Wonen's Fall
Styled Bags

Here IL . charming
assortment Of new Pail
Bags In attractive de-
sigma materials sad col
ors Made OF veiyety
duve tyn and veivets in
the new shapes and
beautifuiiy beaded
Prices range from e1ss
TO oiS-SS each
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-06
125 GIRLS AND
BOYS FOR HIGH
FLOOR TEAMS
SEVENTY FIVE YOUNG LADIES
TURN OUT FOR FIRST PRACTICE
FOR GOLD AND BLUE.
Ross viii Have Fifty Boys on Floor
Today for F1rBt workout-sked
BotnR Drawn.

Seventy-tve Young ladies and fifty
Young men. students at Wheeling high
school. will b. candidates for the
schools two basketball teams this sea-
son. The young aides reported to Coach
Taylor Yesterday afternoon, md the
boys Will report TO Coach Ross this
afternoon.
Never before in the history of the
school have there been as many candi-
dates for the Two teams, and Judging
from the wealth Of material. the Gold
and Blue should be reprcsentcd by two
championship teams this fall.
The process or wedding out the can
didates will start - once, but It will
be 4 great task facing the coaches. The
formation Of leagues in the grade
schools and the playing Of regular
schedules hns resulted In the training OF
the youngsters in the grade schools. and
when they enter high schools they are
preTared for playing to cage game.
The girls havc three regulars left
from last year. all three all-statc play
ers, Misses Robinson, Steinhickcr and
kettler. Miss stevens leaving school
and Miss Clendenning graduating last
year. On tho boys team Br!nkman.
Beuleke and Watkins are left. Byrd Is
still in school. but finishes the first OF
the wear. while ~SteinbIcker graduated
last June and Is now irving out for the
West Virginia university qu!nt.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-06
BETHANY CAGERS
MAY MEET PENN
BUFrALoS MAY MEET NArrANY
LION IN EDS LAIR FEBRUARY
IL U PLANS CARRY.
Net Last Yer on Diamond-Team HAS
Promising Tuturo Ahead for the
Coming season

Penn State may be one OF the high
spots on the Bethany college floor
schedule, according TO al announcement
concerning the schedule which was
made today. The Nattany Lion met tho
Bethany Bison in baseball. last spring,
and the Bison earned his respect to such
a degree that he is making overtures
for meetings in other lines OF athletic
cndeayor.
TIE date suggested by the State
management is February II. Providing
Graduate Manager Boyd can make a
change in his home schedule and get
another date to shorten the jump up TO
probably be closed.
Though the Bison basketball schedule
was not announced in its entirety today,
and will not be for several days. ii Is
plain from what has been made public
that it is the best that Bethany has had
since She resumed tue floor game three
years ago. Several sort jauntS feature
the action Of the ten weeks during
which the floor sport holds the attention
OF collegiate fans. A seven day trip
which takes them TO Buffalo. Rochester
and Geneva. y. Y. another two day
jaunt to Cincinnati and another 10
Pittsburgh. with n mid-week date at
". & J.. mean a few features on the
Bison schedule.
Material Ia better than any that has
shown itself 80 far at Bethany. With
six letter men led by Captain Roark and
u host of new material Of the first grade.
things look bright for a real season on
the foo
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-06
President Of The Central League
Coming to Wheeling Next Week
.theSreen
ofSort
bv NaAS4AL4~~
by N~&S:9~Met~

thing. IF Lafayette proves it's inno-
ccrce. it establishes 4 bass Of ama-
reurism. At least il has established a
basis of fRir play. II has ,deIlcd every
one TO come and prove the charges
against players. and stands upon that.
Lafayette Ids a great deal 1T Ntakt.
II IL loses only it's capt"IH. who. did not
play this season becauS. his ankle WAS
hroNen in the tirSt game M one strong
sub, the team stands intact for next
season. It WAS ratnd by the majority
$ one of the three strongest teams In
tho United Statcs--with no chance TO
test which of the three iS the ~strOngeSN
With an intact team 10 START next yeat
there ought no: to he much argument
about which will be the best team next
year.
The point OF tho entire thing Is the
0pcnneSS and c~leanaeSS Oc Lafayette in
forcing tho issue. The dean. the ath-
lciic director. the graduate coach. all
the members OF the team and newspaper
men representing many metropolitan pa
l'"rs wer" prescott. Not one OF tho
charges against tho players was Sus-
tanned 10y evidence. While there were
tens III thr records 5i some Of tn.
players that m ght b open 30 crir!rism.
there was no proof nf profcs sinnalisrN
adduccd.
If the colleges Of the tinted States
will Institute such open forums. the
came OF football VIII be kent clean for
ever and the runners and in~nuendnes
viii l." %stiln !. If H. IL Ycite does moth
ing else. it * AL \m"r'ctn IN It's open
ness in ror,irc III" inveStlration.
~Copyrighr. 1927. TIL" New York
Evening MaIl.)