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preparations have been made;for a whole
sale rising, while the Hohen zollefn pro-
paganda is spreading throughout the
entIIe Empire. Wilhelm is reported to
be hurting the millions allowed him by
the German Republic, back into Ger
many to buy its downfall. The weak
ness Of the present Govt. in the face
OF the threatened Bolshevik revolution
is driving many persons who are not
really sympathetic to the HOhenZollern
revolution into its camp Germany feels
the need of a strong executive and
WIlhelm>s adherents are recalling his re
cord as an administrator before the war
as the chief argument [or his return.
Toronto, Feby. 9th. In a letter re-
ceived from Mr. Gibbs, Secretary of the
Mission of Shanghai, China, by Mr..
BroWnlee, Secretay of the China island of
this city, it is stated that in the recent
earthquake in China whole towns were
swallowed, hills collapsed, big valleys
opened up and engulfed hundreds of
human beings, black water rushed from
the ground and a whole caravan of
camels disappeared in the earths open
ing. Mission property suffered consid-
erably, according to Mr.. Gibbs letter,
but so far as was known, all the Mis-
slonarles were saved.
The Hagus, Feby. 9th.-The Foreign
Minister today announced that Holland
had agreed to the section of the Yer
sailles treaty concerning the navigation
of the Rhine, and that the Allied proto-
col had been signed in Paris.
London, Feby Oh. A.. Johannesburg
cable says that at l a. m. this morning
the returns showed that the South Afri-
can party had selected 80 candidates, the
Nationalist 5, the Labour Party 8, and
the Constitutional Democrats l General
SHUTS has been returned for Pretoria.
west, by big majority. The feature of
the result is the collapse Of the Iabour
party, which lost eleven seats. Anpar-
emily the Labour Party will only have 8
members in the new assembly against
Fl in The last house. Working men voted
against the secession isSu d raised by
General Hertzog, and did not pay much
attention to sectional issues raised by
Labour leaders.
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KILOGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.

81. CROlA OlAllON.
Copenhagen, Feb. 9Th .-Denmark is
watching with fear the result of the
German election OF February Goth, an
ticipating this date may be the oc
casion for the counter-revolution which
the former Kaiser is planning and
which would probably mean to Den
mark the loss again OF these border pro-
Vinces which Germany once before seiZ-
ed and which were returned only by
the Versailles Treaty. News from Ger
many is not reassuring TO these Danes,
who seek peace. In East Prussia all
, 1921-02-14

Will note that q new serial will be
shown there this evening. This is the
thrilling production which it had been
necessary to postpone. Be sure to see
the first parts of this film.
We learn with much pleasure of the
receipt by last arrival of the S. S.
Guiana of a complete ut OF new instru-
ments for the Native BRASS Band IF this
town. For some time the lack of good
instruments has been a great draw back
to this popular and persevering organise
ton which is the oldest of its kind nov
in the island, and this accounts for the
less frequent appearance of the band
lately. We are sure everybody will join
In congratulating Mr.. Fred. G. jackson,
Jr,, leader of the Native Brass Band on
the fulfllment of this much desired aim
to equip his men with instruments that
will enable them to win credit for their
tuition, n do justice TO their own
talent.
Ii is requested mentioned that owing
to the reduction in the price Of fresh
fish the fishermen in this town purpose
going IN strike and enlisting similar &C.
ton by their colleagues in Frederiksted
it being their argument that all the ar
ticles required for their business re-
main at the same high prices. We have
been informed that the reduction as
passed by the Food Commission at its
last meeting, was based upon the in
creased value of The local dollar tie
exchange which was 16 per cent when
the former prices we're arranged, being
now only Z; also that the prices of near
ly all articles Of food imported to the
island have gone down considerably,
thereby reducing the cost of living in
general. We trust the matter will be
soon settled satisfactorily to all concern
cd
, 1921-02-14

CldHldCIon declared a pubic holiday,
was1very quietly observed, most places
OF business being opened in the morn
ing hours and in the evening. The
post office was opened all day for the
reason, as explained to US, tn t owing
to the uncertainty in arrival of the
weekend mail it was impracticable to
Tx beforehand any limited time of SER
vice that would meet the convenience
of the general public.
The motor schooner mystery" arriv-
ed at Frederiksted Friday night and
sailed again the following evening. She
did not bring nor carry mail as our
contemporaries announced she would,
and it is ascertained that she has not
been awarded a mail contract as adver-
tlsed by Mr.. Ramsay. In answer o
our special request for information in
this matter, Mr.. Larsen, Postmaster,
here writes US There is not ing de-
finite regarding the Mystery. Her own
ers he We submitted bid for contract but
no advice has been received from the
Post Office Department. Information
published claiming contract, and repre-
sentlng change in schedule of sailings
between Porto Rico and St. Croix, and
in regard to closing of the mails, by
which the public has been misIed and
confused, is unauthorized and should be
disregarded. Notice concerning matters
affecting the postal service of immediate
interest to the public will always be
issued through official channels. In
this connection attention is invited to
the provisions of Section I'LL of the
Postal Laws and Regulations reading
as follows: 1t shall be unlawful x to
give notice, by publishing in any news
paper or otherwise, that any steam
boat or other vessel, or any car. stage
coach, vehicle, or other conveyance, is
used for carrying the mail when the
same is not actually so used; and every
person who shall violate, and every
owner, receiver, lessee, or managing
operator thereof, who shall cause, suf-
fer, or permit the violation of any pro-
vision of this section shall be liable and
shall be fined not more than one thou
sand dollars, or imprisore ed not more
than two years, or both | have just
received from the Department bulletin
advertisements for power boat service
between San Juan and Christiansted via
St. Thomas, which in dicates that no &C.
ton in the matter of awarding contract
will b. taken until after the date limit
for receiving lids therefor, March LIST"
Tho pOoohopt1c oruiuoJ Of Ero1ou;Z
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
FORMER NEVADA GIRL
SUICIDES IN CALIFORNIA

Miss Margaret Heuer. 26 years Of
age. a graduate of the University of
Nevada, a teacher in the Alameda
schools, was found in a dying condi-
ton in a room in the vendome hotel,
San Jose, CAL, last Friday from bull
let wounds self-iniicted, the police
say.
The teacher had taken the room
under an assumed lame. Definite
motive Of the young woman's act is
lacking, although a report from AL
ameda is to the effect that she had
been under the care Of a specialist
and also had been respondent.
A sealed letter was found on the
bed beside her addressed to Miss Gar
retson, also a school teacher In Ala
media and a close friend.
Miss Huer's parents live In De-
troit.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
IS, 900 GIRLS LOST
IN u. 5. A.

washington, April 27.-Sixty-nve
thousand girles disappeared last year
in the United States without leaving
a trace. II was declared in a story
brought to the National Congress OF
Mothers and Parents and Teachers
associations in convention here to-
lay. The great majority are lured
a big cities from small towns and
arms. They drop from sight and
heir fate is an unsolved mystery.
Lieutenant Catherine Van Wrinkle of
the District of Columbia police de-
partment made a plea for the crea-
ton of a central bureau to help ind
missing girls. She declared n OF
the biggest needs Of the country was
to save the army of girls lost in the
shuttle in the big cities. Plans are
being laid by the women to launch q
campaign against loose morals. They
will demand the abolition of the
checking of corsets by school girls
and older ome at dances; the wear.
ing of knee length skirts and dia-
phanous attire; the use OF rouge,
suggestive dances and objectional
movies.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
NINE SAFETY LAW
vIOLATOR FINED

Virginia City, April 26.-Charged
with violation of the mine inspection
laws by neglect In not having the
cage at the Imperial shaft in Gold
Hill properly equipped with gates at
the time Louis Toleff lost his life In
that shaft by falling from the cage on
April IL, r. M. Hardy. general mana
ger Of the United Comstook Mines
Company In Gold Hill has been ined
$3.50 by Judge Pollard In the local
justice court.
Hardy was arrested on a complaint
sworn to by State Mine Inspector A.
]. stinson after a ooroner's jury had
found that Toieff's death was caused
by negligence In the Gold Hill prop
erty. He pleaded guilty and paid the
fine.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
OF CO-PARTNERSHIP

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that we the undersigned
members of the co-partnership OF Ro-
mano & Penrose. have. by mutual
consent, dissolved said co-partner-
ship on the 18th day of April, 1921;
that hereafter no person shall have
any right to contract for or In any
manner respecting said co-partner-
ship; that the undersigned are all the
members of said co-partnership; that
all accounts due and owing said part
nership shall be paid to Tony Ro-
mano. and that all debts and ac-
counts owing by said partnership
shall be assumed by and collected
from said Tony Romano.
In Witness Whereof the parties
hereto have hereunto set their hands
and seals on the day and year here
inabove mentioned.
TONY ROMANO,
JOHN Il. PENROSE.
First publication April 80. 1921.
Last publication May IA, 1921.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
NEVADA WINS SUIT
AGAINST MILLER ESTATE

Washington, April 25.-Nevada to-
day in the Supreme Court won its
suit to compel the heirs of Henry
Miller, formerly of San Francisco. to
pay the tax on the transfer of stock
in the Miller & Lux Nevada corpora
ton.
The above suit was taken to the
United States Supreme Court on APP
peal by the Miller estate. The suit
was originally heard before the Ne
vada Supreme Court and decided in
favor of Nevada. From this Edward
T. Treadwell. attorney for the. Miller
estate, took the appeal.
Recently Attorney General Fowler
of Nevada and Mr.. Treadwell argued
the case before the court at WASH
ington. The decision came promptly
and sets the collection of inheritance
moneys within the hands of Nevada.
Attorney General Fowler was in
Reno to-day and his deputy, Robert
Richards. in Tonopah. Mr.. Tread
we'll was in Carson. however, and on
being shown the above telegram by
an Appeal representative, stated that
he had done all he could to win, but
the law of the land rules.
When asked what the sum involv-
ed was he stated that 1t would be be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
George Cole. State Controller, who
brought the suit originally through
the lower court, Is now figuring how
the State can use the money. He al
ways commended that the inheritance
tax was based ON sound law and that
Nevada would win the suit eventu-
ally.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
FREIGHT RATE HEARING
ON NEVADA co,.

A hearing started at Rs,.
nesday before an examiner :,
terstate Commerce Comm,..a
the Nevada Public Service &c
sion's application for a reduce"
rates on coal from Utah and W.
ing coal fields to points in Ne
Representatives of practically 49,
large railroad carrying coal ,n.s
vada is represented at the be.,,s-
Traffic Manager E. H. wsnss
the Reno Chamber of Comma.~a'
assisting the Nevada comm,..,sN
an attempt to establish the un,a..A
ableness of the charges on co.,
rying. He has prepared data w.t.
shows that the rate from castler,,.
Utah. to Reno is s7.12h cents :.
ton. while the charge from c..,s.
gate to San Francisco, a further =.
Of 244 miles. is 1925 per ton. Cha.
es to Goldfield r shown BY ths -.
fc manager to be s12.1o a ton ~,
Castlegate and to Las Vegas n ~,
per ton, the same charge that Il u.s
for Los Angeles.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
CALIFORNIA FIGHTING
ACT

That the citrus, vegetable, apple
and deciduous fruit industries OF tne
Pacific coast will combine In a bat
tie to obtain radical amendments 10
the transportation Act Of 1920. is the
statement made by c. c. Teague'
president Of the California Fruit
Growers Exchange and the California
Walnut Growers Association. Cnar-
acterizing the Act as the most vici-
Gus Federal statute ever enacted"
league stated that 1t had brought
the heavy tonnage producing indus-
tries of the Pacific coast to the verge
of ruin.
The transportation Act of 1920 au-
thorizes the Interstate Commerce
Commission to establish railroad rate
schedules which will earn six per cent
on the combined railroad properties
in the United States.
by this Act, the Interstate Com
merce Commission is charged witt
fixing rates on the shippers OF the
United States that will produce an
earning on billions Of dollars OF
worthless property" declared league
Roads which should never have beer
built, roads which on account OF Inn
proper location or lack of business
tributary to them, do not, have and
never can, produce an earning thai
would pay interest on their cost.
This iniquitous transportation
Act pools all these worthless rail-
roads," he continued, with the gooo
roads of the country and DEGREES thai
the shippers must pay freight rates
that will produce six per cent earn
ings on this combined capital.
''In an attempt to produce thi'
earning, rates we're advanced while
the roads were under Government
control, twenty-five per cent in 1915
and again thirty-three and a thire
| per cent by the Interstate Commerc'
| Commission in 1920. The result Il
that these rates are prohibitive Il
many classes OF freight and the who'll
scheme is an absolute failure, boil
| from the standpoint of the railroad
and shippers.
=
THE tonnage OF the carriers ha
| so fallen off that they are not doinl
business enough to produce the ST.
| per cent. Industry in many cases !
| paralyzed due to the excessive rates.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
CHARGED WITH ENTERTAINMENT

On complaint of l.. e. Nance, SUI
perintendent of the Miller & Lux
ranches. Clancy r. Roelsma was TAX
en- into custody by Sheriff Brady. The
complaint was issued out of the JUS
.tice court and charges the ~felonious
embezzzlement of sheep belonging to
the Pacific Livestock Company by
Roelsma, who was foreman Of the
company's Alder Creek ranch, says
the Winnemuccca Star.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
WILL BECOME
OWN SALOON KEEPER

Vancouver, B. c., April 25.-Hav-
ing a monopoly Of fortified moisture
from the Pacific to the st. Lawrence,
and from Mexico to the Yukon, the
government OF British Columbia,
which under the new moderation Act,
will opel up as sole purveyor OF ey-
erything from beer to champagne, in
The province May /, proposes that
tourists coming to this alcoholic oas-
is from surrounding desert areas to
refresh themselves shall pay for the
privilege and then pay some more.
To begin with, the government has
n o intention of allowing any repro
duction, by tourists or anybody else.
of the old brass footrail conditions.
The resident must pay SIS a year for
a permit to buy liquor at the govern
ment store and go to jail for six
months If he buys it anywhere else.
This latter condition also applies to
the tourist, but his permit, which
costs SIS also, is good for a fortnight
only.
Having bought his package, the
purchaser must take 1t away, outside
and not inside his person. II a resi-
dent, he oes home with the precious
cargo. II a tourist, he may take 1t to
his hotel room. The only persons
who are allowed to have liquor in no.
tel rooms are bona fide registered
guests. The wandered who parks his
car out In the suburbs and camps in
1t must do without liquid sustenance
| stronger than coffee. Liquor cannot
be consumed in a public place, and
| according to the act any place to
which an automobile may go. except
a private garage, is a public place.
Festive tourists have hitherto
found that even under the prohibition
law the beer supplied by the near
beer bars was of a distinctly cheer
ing quality. Residents had already
found it put and near-beer bars have
fourished accordingly. All that is
about to disappear. Near-beer has
been abolished by statute. Real beer
alone will be recognized in British
| Columbia hereafter and 1t will be
sold by the government only under
the same conditions as other intoxi.
cants. Sixty bars in this city, beauti'
fed places that nobly e~ndeavored tc
fill the vacancy created when the pro
hibition act, repealed by the will Of
the electors of the province as ex
pressed in a plebiscite taken last DC
tober, wiped out the regular hote
bars three years ago. American bar
tenders who found a haven in thu
near-beer bars after their occupation
had been eliminated in the States arr
inquiring as to passenger rates Il
their home towns and finding tina
American exchange, which worked 81
we'll coming this way, has a revers'
action.
Numerous clubs, too, many OF then
returned soldiers organizations, ar
hard hit by the new legislation, whicl
takes away their principal sourc o
revenue. Without the near-beer bar
especially since the beer has been 81
much nearer, they will find some diff
iculty in carrying on.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30

Census Bureau Report Discusses Agricultural Development IN
Detail6Crop Values Advance From $S,s7s,4z5 to
$13,sso, 3o3 During Last Ten Years

sss bushels; and Of pears, 4,1o4
bushels.
OF the 3,163 farms in Nevada in
1920. 1904 reported domestic ami
mails. Horses were reported by g.
s17; mules by $50: cattle by 2,516;
sheep by 730. and hogs by 1923.
HORSES DECREASE IN NUMBER
The number of horses on these
farms in 1920 was 50.4s6, which in
cluded SS,735 horses 2 years old and
over, 6,104 colts from 1 to 2 years
old, and 5,647 colts under l year old.
The value reported for horses was
s2,sOS,606. an average Of $3.50 per
head. The number Of horses or April
Is, 1910 Excluding Spring colts, in
order to make a fair comparison with
the figures for January /, 1920) was
65,717.
The number of mules In 1920 was
2,45O, of which S4s were colts under
2 years old. The total value was
s175,765, an average of $71.74. The
number of mules in 1910 Excluding
Spring colts) was 1854.
The total number of cattle in 1920
was 356,390, including 332.2ss beef
cattle and 24.091 dairy cattle. Beet
cows numbered 145,363, and dairy
cows 1886. The value reported fol
cattle was s16,304.472. The number
of cattle in 1910 Excluding Spring
c~alves) was 421,247.
OF the SS0,5S0 sheep on farms in
1920, 2O9,619 we're lambs under ]
year old, 615,322 ewes and 55,63s
rams and wethers. The value re
ported for sheep was $9,S71,200, al
average of $11.21. The number o.
sheep in 1910 Excluding Spring
lambs) "a S24,S75.
The 26,645 swine reported in 1926
included 1888 pigs under 6 months
old, 4,095 sows for breeding, 521
boars for breeding, and 10,131 hogs
These swine were valued at $344,350
The total production Of milk II
1919 was 6,312.105 gallons. as com
pared with e.543,172 gallons in 1903
The production of wool in 1919 wa
6,401,S17 pounds; Of honey, SIT,
SIS pounds; of eggs, S95,4S7 dozen
and the number of chickens raised
was 187,7SS. The value Of all dair!
products, excluding home use of mill
and cream, was ss63,966; of wool
$~3,O0S,S54, and of eggs, $429,S34.
Domestic animals kept In villag'
barns, city stables and elsewhere no
on farms were reported as follows
Horses, 1,7S5 in 1920, as compared
with 6,944 in 1910; mules, 304 IL
1920 and 931 In 1910; cattle, 2,42-
in 1920 and zoos in 1910; sheep
sal in 1920 and 20.05s In 1910; ant
hogs, 523 in 1920 and 5s2 in 1910.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
RETAIL REDUCTIONS
NOT KEEPING APACE

Washington, April 25.-Studies by
the Department Of Commerce disclose
that reductions in retail prices are
not keeping pace with those in the
wholesale trade, Secretary Hoover
said to-day. The inquiry is being
continued, but Mr.. Hoover said that
SO far as his department was con-
cerned there was no apparent remedy
for the situation.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
MOVING BACK TO ToNoPAH

General Offices and headquarters of
the Tonopah Belmont Development
Company viii be moved back to Ton
opah by May 1, according to advices
received from Philadelphia. This
move will cause considerable change
in the personnel Of the Offices and
bring back . number of the old en-
ployes who were attached to the Of
1ices in San Francisco.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30

OF interest is an interview in the
Erko Free Press with former Senator
Charles B. Henderson, who returned
a few days ago from Washington. d.
c., who is quoted as announcing en-
phatically that he would not DO a
candidate for the United States SEN
ate at the coming election. in 1922.
Nor would he express himself on the
rumor that he would be a candidate
for Governor next Fall, saying that
he had not been approached on the
subject and had given it absolutely
no thought or consideration.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT

Mrs Louis Haviland of Tonopah ac-
cidentally shot herself in the right
forearm while cleaning a pistol. Her
husband on leaving the camp left the
pistol. In attempting to clean the
weapon 1t was discharged, resulting in
a painful wound.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
ELKO GRAMMAR SCHOOL
HAS WIRELESS PLANT

A complete wireless outfit is be-
ing installed upon the roof Of ths
Eiko grammar school by the girl and
boy pupils of the seventh and eighth
grades. The youngsters have their
sending and receiving apparatus in
place and will be ready to send and
receive messages by the middle of the
week. The instrument. when COM
pleted, will be capable OF sending and
receiving messages from Salt Lake
City, Reno. winnemucca and possibly
San Francisco.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30

DRY Wash" Wilson. one of the
best known mining men of the Man
haitian district, Is to esum opera
lions or his placer ground. Wilson
is credited with taking out ove $780,
900 In placer gold from his Manhat-
tan holdings.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30

Manipulation of the market for
foreign silver continues in London.
but with a gradual advance in the
price. Quotations have been as high
an s6M pence in London and 6Sh
cents In New York. The air is filled
with rumors of Britishers and a
wealthy resident Of India being In
New York and Washington and OF
ne possibility of the reconciliation
Of silver, says the Nevada Mining
Press. The B%ritishers are believed to
have q secret mission to feel out this
Government and leading bankers and
snanciers as to making silver amoney
metal in the real sense OF the word.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
TONOPAH HOsTITAL FILLED

The county hospital at Tonopah is
filed to capacity. A series of acci-
dents account for the unusual condi-
ton. The matron states that should
any more applications be received the
county will have TO find other &C
commodations.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
BONDS IN DEMAND

Walker River irrigation bonds are
in demand. as $4,000 worth Of the
bonds have been taken over by San
Francisco agencies. As the bonds
are pledged by the valuations Of the
farm holdings Of one of the best Sec
tons in Nevada the investment II top
notch.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-30
WHITE COLLAR PRICES
ARE BACK DOWN AGAIN

San Francisco, April 26.-Pre-
war prices on white collars reached
San Francisco to-day, a leading hab-
er-dashery announcing that three ma
tionally advertised makes would be
sold at Is cents or two for 20 cents.