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The nonpartisan leader., 1921-10-31
Wages Were
Cut Down
Last July

0HE statement Of the men,
bers of the railroad labor
Il board representing the
public points out these facts.
These members Of the wage
board say: 49,. .r. l..
On the first day Of July, the
railroad board made effective a
decision which reduced the wages
of railway employees IL per cent,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
LIKE THE TRADITIONAL .RED RAG

Hugo merchants are showing no
little concern over the bill introduced
in the Senate by Ross N. Lillard Of
Oklahoma City and Joe Sherman Of
Sherman, limiting retailers profits to
rs per cent Of his gross costs Of busi-
ness.
At a meeting of merchants at the
chamber Of Commerce Monday after.
noon w. A. Goforth and r. Eastland
were appointed to go to Oklahoma City
to aid in switching sentiment on the
side Of the merchants in order to defeat
the bill. Upon comforting with Sena-
tor Holloway. they were advised that
their presence would not be needed at
present.
The bill covers businesses Of all
kind and all commodities. For VIC.
lation Of the law. a penalty 10 placed
at six months In Jail or a fine not
to exceed $500. or both.-Hugo Huson-
ian.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
THE "BLUE LAW"

There ts great deal Of space being
devoted In the daily newspapers and
magazines these days to a discussion
OF this country's possible return to
the old blue laws" Of Pilgrim DAYS
and since the matter has become M .
honal In its scope naturally citizens
Of Kingston are taking their share
OF interest in the discussion.
Out Of Washington comes n renor,
that the Lords Day Alliance PROPOSES
to stop everything on Sunday which
involves nay kind Of manual labor.
That would mean all trains would stop.
milk couldn't be delivered. Sunday pa
pers would have to suspend. drug stores
and Ice cream parlors would keen
their doors locked and auto pleasure
riding would cease. Not gallon Of
gasoline. or anything else-could be
sold on Sunday. At the same time
there comes denial Of this, a high
official Of the League declaring that
1t is proposed only to stop everything
which borders on commercialism. There
could be ball games, II no admission
was charged. and autos could be run
provided 1t was in order to get owners
and their families to and from church.
We do not believe there is a more
law-abiding community in all the land
than the one in which this paper il
printed and circulated. And we do
not want to see Sunday commercializ-
ed to the extent that 1t will mean only
a money-grabbing day. But we do feel
that our citizens are entitled to fresh
air and exercise and such innocent
pleasure as they feel is best for them
after six days of labor. And any at
tempt to legislate them into being
any better than they are is going
to meet with II hearty protest from
them right off the reel-Kingston
Messenger
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
UNCLE sam NOT BROKE

Acting Treasurer Allen announced
today that total Of $13.sS3.Sls.s26.36.
two. thirds in cash and the balance
securities, was found in the treasury
Of the United States. as a result Of the
count necessitated by the resignation
Of John Burke an treasurer.
This total Is about $4,000. 600. 900
greater than usual and is accounted
for by approximately that amount of
notes deposited by foreign governments
for war loans.
No shortage was revealed by the
count. Treasurer Allen said. the cash
and securities being found just as
they had been. A receipt for the more
than $4,000. 100000 will be signed and
given to the former treasurer. relieving
him Of responsibility for his guardian
ship of the treasury's money.
The count was begun on January 6,
land was actually completed on Jan.
sary 20. but the additional time was
required to list and check the various
Items.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
FIGHT lLLITERACY
MI, In Congress Ts Estasish Feeersi
nepartnent Of Edscation Ts Aie
Different states.

Thar. has been reported In the House
-. Representatives u bill. which II
.as.ed will create a federal Depart
mi of Education. the secretary OF
.'h;cb shall be a member Of the Presi-
s.nt,s cabinet. and which shall have
an annual appropriation of one hun
ared million dollars. to encourage the
s,,tes in the promotion and support
Of education.
Under the terms of the bill. three
,,nr,bs of the money that is allotted
a., any state IL to be used for the
.,aucation of illiterates over fourteen
,.,rs of age. the instruction dealing
,,i,b the common school branches and
,bs duties of citizenship. The amount
On On TO each state will be determined
h, the number of immigrants of that
age.
part of the fund will be expended
IN paying the salaries of the now un-
serpaid teachers in the common
schools.
Probably no bill of recent years
has been the object Of 80 much propa-
eanda for an adgainst as this bill,
and a warm fight is promised on 1t
when II gets on the floor for debate.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
NEGRO GETS DEATH SENTENCE

ed with the murder Of fellow prisoner
was convinced and sentenced to die In
the electric chair. after a trial by jury
at McAlester ended Saturday. The jury
had deliberated thirty-s hours. and
Walker had expressed confidence that
II would not be able to agree. as was
the case In the first trial. at the OPEN
ing Of this term of court here. Walker
was charged with stabbing to death
a white prisoner during a fight with.
in the prison.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
NEW CONFLICT SEEN
ON JAPANESE PACT
Csiifornian Says IL woula Abrsgase
California; Anti-Alien Lana
Holding Law.

A conflict between President Wilson
and the Senate rivaling the long fight
over the League Of Nations covenant
threatened II the President accepts
the proposed plan for settlement of
Japans protest against the California
anti-alien land laws.
Senator johnson Of California. in IA
warm statement on the floor Of the
Senate. said that II the pact as pro.
posed. Ia carried out between the
American and Japanese Governments.
1t would nullify the California anti.
alien land law. but Secretary Colby
says 1t will not
japan seems to be seeking a way
to permit her people to enter this coun.
try and own property. while California
has Il law forbidding it,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
SAYS SOLONS NEGLECT
DISABLED SOLDIERS
Rec Cross Head says AZ Ok1ahena City |
says Feur Thsasana war Vet.
erans OF The state Need Aia

d. I. Johnston. chairman of the Ok
lahoma County Chapter Of the Red
Cross, declares that the Legislature
has shown apparent lack Of concern for
the welfare of the disabled returned
soldiers, and that they have utterly
lacked to make any provision for them.
Mr.. Johnston declares that in Okla
homa today there are 1000 returned
soldiers suffering from tuberculosis.
and 5000 more who are suffering from
mental or nervous arrangement as a
result of wartime experience.
In his statement, made public Mon
day. he gives case after case Of help
lessness. on the part Of disabled SOL
diers and their people. whom. he says
are fit objects for the aid of the State.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
NEWBERRY-FORD CONTEST

After Senator Newberry defeated
Henry Ford for that job before the
Michigan election. Henry got peeved
and declared that he had not only de-
feated Newberry but that the latter
had used fraud and a lot Of money TO
win. After much counting and having
Henry got decision for a recount.
After that has been finished 1t is
found that Newberry still wins by
about 1900 votes. However Henry uf
Ford fame, did gain sume 1900 votes
in the recount
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
MORE GOLD BEING IMPORTED

Gold bars valued at 335OO.OUO were
at New York this week. in a
single shipment from Europe. of which
$2.l00.0O0 was consigned to one firm
OF international bankers. This same
firm. II Is said. has imported more
than One-hundred million dollars I'm
gold bullion in recent months.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
eoVERNMENT TO PROBE
S32,OO0 ROBBERY

Ellis hishara. 1t shoe maker at Okla
to"a 'itS. told last week that he had
zen called from his place by a woman
Fnu 'hen robbed of $4,000, in $1,000
Piils, by five men, The poiice investi.
("'s' 'he story and evidence was gath
'a tending to show both the truth
"u 'he uhtruth of the claim. Bishara
la'a mat the money. which he car
eu On ms person. represented a life
bne oi saving. The Internal Revenue
par.ment Of the Federal Government.
("'s mat Bishara made no income
A statement last year. and will probe
PIE matter. T'"e
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
TO ERECT NEW HOuysn

A. r. Rutherford will shortly com-
1, o"e erection of modern new
[n,,D oo" bungalow on ground he re-
y acquired on Sixth avenue and
(nn,' streets. He says that reduced
"" ns costs enabled him to erect the
,o,a, 'or about sl.5O0 than the price
80 MN for construction a year
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
fEw WALKS N BUSINESS SECTION

New concrete walks are being built
(n the north side of Main street he.
iween First Avenue and the railroad
ne Ola walks had not only played out
Phureiy' hut were built d long time
tso' ana We're not of standard width
For the business section of town. The
ew walks will decidedly improve that
part of the city.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
HAD TO APOLOGIES TO GERMANY

Grover Cleveland BergdOll. rich Phil
|adelphia draft dodger. wanted by our
Government is In Germany. Major
General Allen commanding the army
|ef occupation on the Rhine has so ad-
fvised the war department. That is not
|all. Army intelligence officers, in an
attempt to arrest Bergdoll and his car
driver entered unoccupied German ter
Fitory. neutral territory. and for this
General Allen formerly apologized to
The German government.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
KATY SHOPS RnoPrNAD

Tne Katy shops At Denison. reopen.
ed Tuesday after q weeks shut down,
winch was brought about as part Of q
retrenchment program. While It 10
not expected that any great number
OF the men will be laid off. 1t is like.
ly that all will be cut down on the
number Of days work each week.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
BIG STATE SURPLUS OF MONEY

State Auditor Frank Garter. in a
public statement. says he estimates
that the state will have IA cash sur
plus on hand at the end Of this fiscal
year of $4,7ss,O51. Cash now on hand
is nearly three million dollars.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
CANADA BOOZE SALES LIMITED

The new law. forbidding inter-pro-
'incial traffic in liquor in the Canadian
provinces Of Alberta and Saskatche-
van into effect this week. Prior to
he laws becoming effective, a grand
lush to get boOze was seen
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04

,. '"e'f' who Recently underwent
,,i1 '"h at Sherman Hospital re-.
,tn nome to Durant "Wednesday
civ ,.n.' ana seems to have en-
recovered his health.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
m'LD STRUCk BY AUTowou,,E

- 10 10 'he nine year old daugh-
,ra,. wi ana Mrs. Oscar Pearce was
ons ny the front Of an automobile
~. ana Knocked to the ground
,yor '"hh'"iy sustained no injury
' S''akihg up and Il few scratch
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17
TODAY AND TOMORROW.

from remarks
on the street, more people this spring
appear TO have taken cognizance of
the fact that April has been a month
OF alternate tears and shivers than
Eel before. This may he a psyche
logical condition. With so many
standing around and listening TO the
silence of unemployment, IL is per.
fectly natural TO kick at the weather.
One man said: 1T has showed
every day but one this month"
Another remarked: The only
busy thing just now is the fuel bill
That is working day and night
In a word. with a great many the
outlook is upon a dreary world. Just
one darned thing after another.
But on a recent morning there was
one viewpoint from another source,
II was a cold, dismal dawn with a
snow-laden wind sweeping down the
Steptoe valley from the frigid north.
1t was moi a morning TO make any
one feel like giving three rousing
cheers. To the average householder,
particularly the one out of a job. the
inclination was strong to find fault
with his wife,. slap the baby, kick
the dog out of doors and be generally
fncis ihNHf INV AiAo OiaiiOuo tob
dition Of human emotions. like a ray
of sunlight in a dark and musty
room, there came a melody. Some
where out in the cold and wind and
snow a lark was singing. Loud and
clear the liquid notes rose above the
growl of the wind and the surge OF
the snow. In some way the little
~feathered songster was seeing the
light and giving thanks that back of
the stormclouds the Il was shining
with cheerful warmth. This lark
feathers were full OF snow. his feet
were cold and his stomach was prob
ably empty. But the little heart was
strong witt! the hope reflected in his
mating song.
Ii a lark can sing under such con-
iitions. thuman kind should take
cheer. Keep singing. It's better for
the physical body and brain than te
generate the toxin of hopeless and
morbid thought. Perhaps things
not prove so bad as they seem;
in fact, everyone will awake some
fine morning TO find that the clouds
passed on and that this busy old
is looking better than ever.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17
THE TIDE Is TURNING.

The fioodtide OF Industry, which
began in March, is increasing in vol
ume day by day and week by week
Mills are starting up. unemployed
persons are becoming fewer in the
cities, and there is "A general air OF
prosperity in the manufacturing cen.
tiers. Statesmen r reporting a bet.
ter feeling among tradesmen and a
Frightening of business. These
straws indicate the flow of the tide
that is rolling in, and 1t is the hope
of the nation that it will continue to
mount higher and higher until every
wheel shall he turning and every
wage-earner employed.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17
Cleanses the Mouth.

Canned tomatoes and fruit juices
are splendid stimuIants TO the mucous
membrane and salivary glands OF the
mouth, and the former is also a notable
n~ntiscorbutic when swallowed. Vine
gar, produced from either wine or ci-
der, when well diluted with water, Is
an excellent mouth and teeth cleaner.
Tooth pastes and dentifrices are not az
popular in Italy. Spain and France
as 10 the United States. wine being
preferred as II mouth lavage.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

A county Judge in Alabama has
rendered a decision that a man may
carry a snake to church, provided the
reptile Is used in religious rites. II
is not probable that a religion that
rquires snakes in its observance will
become extremely popular. That
kind of religion went out of fashion
all over the United States when John
Barleycorn ceased TO rule. That Il IL
still practiced in a limited way by
some OF its overZealous devotees Is
admitted: but. as in all reformations,
it is necessary TO have the horrible
example.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17
WE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN.

More than three thousand soldiers
OF the American army on the Rhine
have married German brides. Now
what have we TO say regarding trad
ing with the enemy or who won the
war? If America won on the field
of battle. Germany has won on the
hhine. The situation is complicated
Eas the United States army Ameri'
canized the German frontier. or has
the German frontier Germanized tbs
American army? Well. you say.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17
An Irish VIII.

The Will of enc Henry Green, dated
December %, 1919, "as recorded gave
to his sister, Catharine Green, all his
lands, and after her decease to others
In trust. upon condition that she
should give four green waistcoats to
o u poor women In a green old age
every year, such green waistcoats to
be liked with green galoon lace and
to be delivered TO the poor women on
December p so that they might be
worn on Christmas day."
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

Spain. with her forests a matter
of history, demands lumber in large
quantities. importing annually about
800. goo. 900 feet, 5000. 900 of which
is from the United States, and mostly
of southern yellow pine.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

The fact that the consumption of
beer is 10000, 900 gallons less per
year in Germany than it was before
The wal is easily accounted for in the
fact that there are several millions
fewer beer-drinking Germans thaH
there were before the a IL would
hardly be a s%uppOsable case that each
individual is going 10 drink twice as
much as before simply to sustain the
reputation of the fatherland.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

Some cities that were rated high
in the recent census would show a
big decline in population were an.
other census taken today. Thousands
OF people have gone back TO the
farms and many more thousands will
go later. and the big figures of the
census will mean nothing unless il
be to emphasize the list of empty
tenements.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

For many years Turkey has been
referred to as the sick man of the
east" Centuries OF illness have not
sufficed TO carry him off and he has
fingered along. a malignant cancer in
the yitals of the world. and still he
lives. under the protection of the ma.
lions whose interest requires his re-
inOval. yet whose lack of harmony
permits him to live and perpetuate
his unspeakable crimes.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

c. A. Strobe. VINO has been EN-.
rloyed in The Nevada Northern gen.
eral Office, expects to leave Thursday
morning for San Francisco 10 enter
the employ of the Southern Pacific
Company.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

The Red Cross and other beneyo-
lent institutions have been doing a
great deal in caring for ~ex-service
men: in fact, more than their share,
The work is now to be centralized
and administered by a commission
with Charles G. Dawes of Chicago at
It's head. and there will hereafter BID
a more systematic conduct OF the
work at national expense.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

Eternal vigilance is said TO be the
price of liberty and of good Amer
lean government. II that be the case
we can now recall instances when
some of our TRUSTEES must have been
asleep at the switch"
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

Nevada. DESTROYS of making a rec
ord of something more exciting than
that furnished by the divorce courts
now has 212 companies drilling for
oil. and every native is putting his
spare money into oil stocks.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

Six or hundred years ago
knowledge was considered a crime in
England. Roger Bacon was impris.
oned for his superior knowledge. as
an emissary of the evil one.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

Bolshevism is TO be suppressed In
Mexico. This is refreshing news. for
between the holsheyists and the ban.
dts life Is altogether too exciting IN
that country for the average Amer.
feau
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

r. II. Dean, son of b.. h. Dean. j
former resident of East Ely and who
left the district several years ago, is
running as mail clerk on the Cobre-
Fly postal route over the Nevada
Northern railway.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

The old-fashioned notion that
kings ruled by divine right has near.
~ passed. It still exists in Japan and
8 few other countries, but the king
business is practically an institution
of the past.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

Ohio farms are mortgaged for
S3S7,000,0 00. They are worth all the
claims against them, and then some,
and IL it is necessary to raise a few
dollars to properly equip them with
modern machinery and l~abor-savine
devices a few hundred thousand dol
lars is in the aggregate well spent
Keep your eye upon Ohio and you
will see her farmers growing rich, re.
CARELESS of the mortgages.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

When the United States ceases tc
export more than it imports her in.
dustries will languish and her labor
will be unemployed. 1t does not APP
pear To be good policy TO take man.
ufactured goods in payment of for
eign de0ts
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

Short terms of Office and constant
preparation for reelection lower the
efficiency of American legislators.
Iublic welfare Is not best served by
men who are on the anxious seat"
before the political altar.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

safe to assume that the rich Ameri-
can travellers who r going TO Flu
rope will leave behind them suf-
ficient cash to go a long way toward
fehabilitating the wartorn countries.
Europeans delight 10 see the coming
and will give them ample opportunity
10 spend their money most layish1y.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

Horns upon the heads of humans
are rare: but a horn five inches in
length was removed from the head
of Lee Wilson. a Baltimore negro.
The horn resembled a huge round
finger nail and grew from the scalp
and not from the skull. This Is \
rare disease. II horns grew upon the
heads OF those who deserve to veal
them It is quite probable that human
ivory would be "A m~erehantable com
modify.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

In the United States the war pro
duced an abnormal growth Of the
manufacturing cities. and particular
ly those engaged in the manufacture
of munitions. Such was not always
the case in Europe. P~etrograd lost
10 per cent Of its population, Vienna
lost heavily, Paris held its own and
London grew.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

Word has been received from Los
Angeles that Bert Walker. who was
operated upon for tonsilitis and ade-
noids. the operation being performed
by DR.. f. L. r. Wallace, is rapidly
conyalesciEg.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

II. o. Wade. a former engineer On
the Nevada Northern railway, ieil
yesterday morning for Pueblo. Col,
where his family preceded him a
short time ago.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17

E. L. Fletcher of the Lincoln High.
way garage has purchased the Blair
property, on hurry street, and will
tring his family from Salt Lake City
10 again make their residence in Ely
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department OF the Interior, u. s..
Land ONCE at Elko. Nevada
March Is, 1921. No. O39lG.
Notice is hereby given that Matt
kocgin. of Ely. Nevada. who. or
November %. 1920, made homestead
entry. No. 03916, for NJ sWH
SEA SWA, 81 SEA see. 33 and
We SWA, SEA SW section "a,
township 10 ~, range G2 e.. NJ. d
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make final three-year proof. 10
establish claim TO the land above
described, before +. ID. Oldheld. coun.
ty clerk OF White Pine county at
Ely Nevada, on the 29th day OF April
1921.
Claimant names as witnesses
itay Carter, OF Ely, Nevada; william
Z Bradley, of Ely Nevada; Millard
T. Collins. of Ely Nevada: Demitar
p~ragosayac. OF Ely, Nevada.
JOHN y. ROBBINS, Register.