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Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01

The bill extending the time in
which assessment work may be done
on mining claims for the year 1920
until July l, 1921, has been passed
by Congress and the signature of
President Wilson affixed yesterday
made it a law.
The bill as first introduced pro-
vided for the changing of the period
in which work must be done from the
calendar year to a fiscal year end
ing July l. 1t was found that such
a measure would entail prolonged de-
bate, so the present emergency was
substituted and passed. The original
measure is now in the hands of the
senate committee on mines and will
receive attention later.
Following is the text of the relief
measure just passed:
"a Bill extending the time for the
doing of annual assessment work on
mining claims for the year 1920 to
and including July 1, 1921.
BE it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in congress as
sembled that the period within which
work may be performed or improve
ments made for the year 1920, upon
mining claims, as required under sec
ton 1924, of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, is hereby extend
ed to and including the first day of
July, 1921; so that work done or i'm
provements made upon any mining
claim in the United States or Alaska
on or before July I, 1921, shall have
the same effect as if the same had
been performed within the calendar
year of 1920. Provided, that this act
shall not in any way change or modi-
fly the requirements of existing law
as to the work to be done or improve
ments made upon mining claims for
the year 1921-Nevada Mining Press.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
SHOP NOTES

c. P. Kuhman, engine inspector, is
back on his job after spending seven
days under the doctors care in Los
Angeles.
Bill Nusser, air inspector, had one
of his stockholders out Tuesday ev-
ening looking over his oil we'll back
of the round house.
Boiler Maker H. G. Grisman is
back on his shift after spending
Christmas in San Bernardino.
julius (Shorty) DeBrink and A. A.
Richards, machinists helpers, have
returned after a nine days visit to
Los Angeles.
Harry Anderson is back after
spending the holidays with his folks
in Abiline, Kansas He reports that
the weather there was cold and dis
agreeable, and that he is glad to be
back in the Nevada sunshine.
Carl Law, boiler maker, is now
speeding about town in an Oldsmo-
bile.
C. E Whitney, boiler maker, is
laid up with a severe cold.
Chas. Koecke. night machinist,
was off several days on account OF a
bruised hand BY special request, Ed.
Gillette, night round house foreman,
carved the turkey for Mr.. and Mrs.
Koecke on Christmas day.
Paul Fresh, boiler Inspector, is
now taking a course in correspond
ence school on "deer hunting."
Engines Nos. 37O1, 371O. S711,
1905, 1926, 1865 and 34O2 are now in
the back shop for general repairs.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
EHRET BADLY INJURED
BY EXPLODING CAP

George Ehret, manager of the Ne
vada Lime and Rock Company at
Sloan, Nevada, was seriously injured
by Illuminating cap which exploded
in his hand, Tuesday.
Mr.. Ehret was on the hill above
the quarry putting in a shot to open
up some new ground. He was pinch
ing a cap onto a fuse when the cap
exploded, shattering his left hand and
tearing his abdomen. The shock
threw him off the cliff and he fell
about 25 feet, sustaining some minor
injuries in the fall.
Drs. Martin and Mildren were call
en- and went to Sloan and dressed the
wounds of the injured man.
Mr.. Ehret came to the Las Vegas
Hospital Thursday morning and was
given treatment of anti-tetanus sy-
rum. Although the injuries are Sc
rious and very painful it is hoped
that the patient will make a rapid
recovery.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
OVERLAND HOTEL NOW
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

The Overland Hotel today passed
into the hands of Mr. w. P. Dressing
ham, formerly of Salt Lake City, the
lease of W. E. Arnold having expired.
Mr.. Bressingham has made sue
cess of the hotel business and is
making plans to make the Overland
the most popular house on the Salt
Lake Route. He contemplates many
improvements in the place and will
make every effort to bring comfort
and that home-like feeling to his pa
irons.
Mr. Bressingham is man of pleas
ing personality and a live wire and
should prove a valuable acquisition
to the enterprising element of the
city. We predict for him success in
his new enterprise.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
MASONIC INSTALLATION

Vegas Lodge No. 32, F. & A. M,
installed officers to serve for the
coming year, the evening of st. Johns
Day, Monday, December 27. Past
Master Henry NJ Lillis was the in
stalling officer and Past Master w. B.
Mundy served as marshal.
The following were installed:
w. MA. w. Ham.
S. wa. S. Jones.
j. Wv. L. Scott.
Treasurer-Ed. Won Tobel.
Secretary-H. M. Lillis.
S. D.-Wilfred G. Fulton.
J. DIV. E. Griffith.
Jr. Stewart-Harry T Coffey.
Tyler-W. B. Mundy.
Chaplain-Donald Mccall.
Following the installation the ta-
bes were set and bountiful lunch
con was served. A pleasant feature
of the occasion was the presentation
to the newly installed Master, of a
beautiful silver mounted gavel, sent
from Los Angeles by Mr.. Hams faith
er and mother.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
FAMOUS OLD MINE HAS
NEW LEASE OF LIFE
Old Mexican" Mine Near Oak
Spring Relocated and Com
pany Incorporated

The Ell Picacho Mining Company,
recently Incorporated, held it's or
ganization meeting in this city yes
terday, electing the following Off
GERS:
b. M. Bower, president.
Roy N. Bower, vice-president.
E. C.. Ironside, secretary and treas.
urer.
The Ell Picacho Mine is the famous
old Mexican Mine" at Oak Spring,
near the Groom Mine. 1t has a his
tory full of romance, having been
worked by two Mexicans along in
the seventies. They took from the
property quantities of very rich sill.
yer ore which they packed on mules
to Reveille. These two Mexicans
disappeared under mysterious circum.
stances and for years the mine was
lost although many searched the
country for it. When it was finally
relocated the fabulously rich silver
ore could not be found, although two
veins of fairly rich silver, lead and
copper, with some gold, were uncov-
cred.
No serious effort was made to de-
velop the claims and they passed
through various hands, title finally
lapsing by reason of failure to full
fill the legal requirements.
Last summer the claims were re-
located by B. M. Bower, who was
spending the summer at Oak Spring.
Since that time development work
has proceeded steadily. A strong
vein of lead and silver, it is said, has
been uncovered, besides several 9TH
er veins, all dipping toward COM
mon point in Oak Spring Butte.
The ore is a fine fluxing ore, which
is said to be very desirable Off
omelters. Work will proceed during
the winter, the plan being to open
up the ore body before spring, when
shipping will begin.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
YELLOW PINE COMPANY
TO SELL LIGHT AND POWER

The Yellow Pine Mining Company
has applied to the Public Service
Commission of Nevada for permission
to furnish electric light and power
to the inhabitants of Goodsprings,
Nevada, without becoming public
service corporation. A contract has
been submitted for the approval of
the Commission providing for a rate
of fifty cents per month for each
sixteen-candle power light used, or
it's equivalent, with a provision that
this rate may be raised If it is not
found to be compensatory.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
ARIZONA WILL Join
IN COLORADO project
Proposal Made That Water Be
Diverted From Black Can
yon For Irrigation

PHOENIX, Dec. 27-A movement
has been started in Phoenix toward
a survey of contour lines, and of
lands lying within Arizona and along
the course of the Colorado River to
determine the part that the state
shall ltake in seeking part of the
benefit from the impoundment of
the flow of the great stream and
from the water power that is to be
generated.
This task has been entered on at
the suggestion of Geo. H. Maxwell
director of the National Reclamation
Association. and will be carried to
the Legislature on the basis of a
resolution that now is being fromed
by a committee selected at Cham
ber of Commerce "town meeting"
this meeting being one representative
of both local business and agricul-
tural interests.
Plan Great Ditch.
Tentative plan have been made for
a great ditch. possibly 125 feet wide,
16 feet deep, and several hun
dred miles long, that will have its
head at a 400-foot storage, diversion
and power generation dam in one of
the lower gorges of the Colorado,
probably in Black canyon, some dis
tance below the mouth of the Virgin
River. Much land for reclamation is
available within Mohave county,
while the contour, mith canal fall
canals course. There would be a
return toward the river, as the
mountains narrow toward the chan
mel, opening again below Bill VIII
liams fork into the great plain that
stretches eastward and southwark
from Parker. Still beyond from
the same great canal, could be a
broadening of the cultivated land
eastward and southwark from Yuma,
while the contorr, with canal fall
| of about a foot to the mile, is ex-
pected to take the canal to point
on the Gila, where its waste waters
could be discharged into the Senti-
mel storage reservoir, project long
considered.
A 500 foot dam contour line might
even reach to Arlington, fifty miles
southwest of Phoenix, embracing a
vast expanse of land north of Gila
Bend.
Apprehension Felt.
At the local meeting there was
agreement that Arizonas would as
sist in the development of Colorado
River water power by either public
or private enterprise, but there was
expression of apprehension that con
struction of a dam at Boulder Can
Won might serve to prevent similar
construction in Black Canyon.
The latter is considered the proper
site for a dam that might supply the
east side lands, but 1t might be placed
in the position that its complete NIL
ing would be legally impossible, fol
it lies less than twenty miles below
the Boulder Canyon site and the back
water from the lower dam might
serve to blanket and decrease pow
er generation above. with 100 feet oil
more of water backed against the
downstream face of the upper struc
ture.-Los Angeles Times.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
ORDER RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 1921

The Order of Railway Conductors
held their annual election of officers
and the following were chosen to
serve for the year 1921:
Chief Conductor-C. M. McGov-
ern.
Asst. Chief Conductor-C. H. Ma
laney.
Senior Conductor, F. c. DeVinney.
Junior Conductor-W. P. Micheal.
Inside Sentinel-Geo. L. Ullom.
Out Side Sentinel-C. H. Wishart.
Trustees-J. E. Carnes, T. ]. Par
ker, W. N. Hall.
Membership Committee. H. Nc
Cam, w. H. Colvin, C. w. Barnes, s.
s. Harris.
Legislative Representatives. ].
Silk.
Secretary and Treasurer-Geo. A.
Goodwin.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
BORN

GUIDO: At Main and Lewis streets
in this city Tuesday, December Fl,
1920, to Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Guido, a
daughter.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01

Now comes a Chicago man with
this query: "If the women do form
a third political party will their en-
blem be the spare-rib?"
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
Total Receipts ........ .$273
EXPENDITURES

This leaves a balance on hand of
$7397, which will be held for relief
work during the year.
The committee desires the Age to
thank all those who so generously
aided in making this years effort a
successful one.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01

There is always room for improve
ment-and it's about the only room
you don't have to pay any rent for.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01

There is this difference between
death and taxes-you know you will
sometimes get through dying.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01

Many a woman who is compelled
to ride in a Ford wishes bustles had
not gone out of style.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01

We can't see why Greece insists
on having a king. It's so much easier
to cuss a president and get by with
n
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01

No matter how hard you work to
earn your money, the public will al
ways talk about your good luck"
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01

Flour and bread appear to be about
the only things that have not heard
of the tremendous drop in the price
of wheat.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
TIME EXTENDED FOR
ASSESSMENT WORK
Relief Measure Eextends Time
to July 1-President Affixes
His Signature
(Dispatch)

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec.
31.-President today signed bill
extending time for assessment
work to July first.
KEY PITTMAN.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1921-01-01
SANTA CLAUS ON HAND
At COMMUNITY TREE
Open Air Christmas CeIebra-
ton Brought Delight to Hun
dreds of Children

The Community Christmas Tree
celebration was carried out success
fully Christmas eve and brought de-
light to hundreds of children. There
was music by the Grammar School
Band, singing of Christmas carols by
the school children and then Santa
Claus himself appeared and distri-
buted his large stock of apples and
candy
The secretary of the Community
Christmas Tree, has rendered the
following statement of donations re-
ceived and expenditures made for the
tree and relief work:
RECEIPTS
U-Wah-un Study Club ......$ 500
Vegas Lodge No. 32, F. & A
M. .................. z5.0O
Charleston Lodge, No. SO, X.
or +. lU.OO
Artesia Lodge, No. 43, l. o.
y. r. .................. lO.UO
Machinists NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1000
Auxiliary B. of R. T. ........ 500
Railway Clerks ......... 500
|. B. B. D. F. & H. ........... 500
Mesquite Club ..............1 1000
Boilermakers' Union ...... 1000
Pipe Filters Union ....... 500
Bullfrog Div. No. $40 o. R. c.. 1000
Elks OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $500
Southgate Chapter, o. E. S.. 500
Bro. Locomotive Engineers. -. $3.50
Ladies G. l. A to B. of L. E.. 500
Ladies Auxiliary o. R. c.. ESQ
ReDeccaS ................. OOO
B. of L. F. & E. No. 749. ... 1000
Eagles ............ .'......... 1V'oV
Balance from year 1919 ...... 74.40
Total Receipts .$273.40
EXPENDITURES
The Washington herald., 1921-11-07
Glue the Ship
Your Address
And She Goes
German InUentiop Lets
HeLnisma1 SnO0ze in
His Bunk.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-when a New
York harbor pilot climbed aboard the
German steamship. Hansa, at Sandy
Hook today. he found no helmsman
at the wheel
What is this-the Flying Dutch
mani" cried the American pilot in
establishment
NO." replied Capt Thomas Kier,
formerly master OF the Imperator.
smiling. not without pride" but my
ship steers itself"
was known as the Deutschland, Is
equipped with a new mechanical
steering device by means of which
a helmsman is made unnecessary. The
device Is controlled by gyroscopic
compasses. In addition to the regular
compass there is q compass corrector
when the ship swings on the set
course, due to the motion Of the
sea, the corrector turns the rudder
to the exact extent necessary TO
bring the ship back into line.
The Hansa Is the biggest German
steamship now afioat and is owned
by the Hamburg-American Line. 1t
is making its first transatlantic trip
since 1914. On. the Flagstaff al, its
stern may still be seen the old ban
per Of the Raiser-the imperial Ger
man flag. Capt. Kier explained that
this flag was used by all merchant
vessels Of Germany instead OF the
emblem OF the German republic
The Washington herald., 1921-11-07
Meatless Tables
Of Europe Hurt
Argentine Plains

Especial Gable to The washinstsn Herald
BUENoS AIRES, Nov. s.-AEita-
ton in favor of appropriation of
American and other foreign packing
houses has been dropped as far as
congressional circles are concerned,
following the submission to Con-
gress of a report from the Argen-
tine Rural Society asking that Con-
gress devote more attention to
opening new foreign markets for
Argentine meat. The society asks
that the government cooperate with
the huge amount of private capital
which the packers have invested in
the Argentine meat industry instead
OF fighting the private corporations
A congressional committee which
has been studying several projects
for limiting the liberty of action of
the packers asked the rural society
to study the situation and to SUBJ
NIT a recommendation. The report
said that an Investigation had
shown that the present low prices
OF cattle. which are largely respon-
sible for the anti-packer crusade.
were not due to the machinations
Of the packers, but were q result OF
the scarcity Of demands for meat
from the European markets and
especially the British.
(cspyrixht. mn.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-07
Legion WiHHelp
hDedication of
Memorial Elrns

Two American elms will be dedI-
Gated by the American orestry As
sociation this moping at the
Twenty-third street entrance to the
Lincoln Memorial grounds to mark
the opening of Armistice Week. The
elms will be dedicated by Charles
Lathrop Pack. president of the as
ISOLATION. Members Of the various
American Legion posts in the Dis
trict will place the trees. The elms
will be at the head of what is to
become an international avenue of
memorial trees by the governments
of the world. according to plans be-
ing worked out by Lieut. Col. Sher-
rill, in charge OF public buildings
and grounds.
Mr.. Pack arrived here firm Lake
wood, N. j., yesterday afternoon.
With him for the tree planting IS
DIR. Henry S. Drinker. former presi-
dent of Lehigh University and for
several years a president of the
American Forestry Association.
The ceremony will be very simple.
The invocation will be pronounced
by Col. John T Axton, chief of
chaplins ( the United States Army,
and the benedictin will be said by
Col. John r. Frazier. OF the United
States Navy. There will be q short
address by Mr.. Pack.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-07
Weeping Bavaria Buries
Ruler With Olden Pomp
Prince Rupprecht, Monarchist Hope, Follows
King Ludwig's Coffin, Hailed as
Heir to Throne.
Especial c.bl. to The w..hinstsn Herald,

Especial Cable to The Washington Hsrsid)
MUNICH, Nov. s.-The boast Of
heraldry and the pomp OF power
lead but to the grave.
The late King Ludwig Of Bavaria
was buried here yesterday after a
funeral procession far more sor-
geous than that which attended .ho
burial of the Kaiserin and amidst
a military display seen only In Jun
ker Germany. in the height OF jun
kerdom long before the war.
Crowned heads blossomed, old
field marshal uniforms were pressed.
old decorations were polished, pag-
eantry was revived, and the hrst
real attempt made to forget that
Germany was a republic and that
times had changed.
The Living witteIsbaeh.
In every way the tone OF King
Ludwig's funeral differed from my
Germany's first regal funeral. While
ths, Hohenzollerns followed :te,r
hopes to the grave in the funera:
OF the Kaiserin, the Wittels5achs
took TO everlasting rest only one
Of their leaders-one who had seen
Germany's greatness and Germans
fall. And behind the coffin walked
the new hope of the Wittelsbachs-
the former Crown Prince Ruppracnt
of Bavaria, addressed by the Hun
garian government as King Rup-
precht Of Bavaria aai by hts side
walked a grand ducneSs OF LUXem-
bourg, now his wife.
Royalist Bavaria IN hundreds OF
The Washington herald., 1921-11-07
REPUBLICAN PARTY
IN VIRGINIA LIKELY
TO REGISTER GAINS
But Overwhelming Dem
ocratic Victory Is Gen.
orally Conceded.
tsp.ci.i to II. Washington Hsr.ld.l

RICHMOND Va, Nov. 6.-on the
eve of the quadrennial gubernatorial
election in Virginia. the question
that is bothering political prophets
s, how Will the Republican vote on
Tuesday compare with its showing
in previous State elections?
So far as Overwhelming Demo
cratic victory is concerned, that is
foregone conclusion. Whatever
public predictions" may be made
to the contrary every national OBJ
server knows that tn cold Dominion
will not turn to a party whose State
platform carried a plank providing
for repeal of the "grandfather
clause" Of the State constitution. as
adopted in 1902. But there is a large
element, particularly among the
younger Democrats and people of
independent viewpoint. which be-
lieve too long-continued power has
built up a more or less recationary
Democratic political machine in the
Stae, and that at least a strong
minority party should be in the off,
ing in order to keep that machine
functioning to a larger degree as
public interest demands II should
function.
For this reason. many votes may
be cast tomorrow for Col. Henry W.
Anderson Republican candidate for
governor. which he would not re-
ceive II there were any real chance
of his election. merely as a warning
to the Democratic machine. Aside
rom this. Supporters of E. Lee
Trinkle. Democratic candidate, are
entirely warranted in ridiculing ex-
ccssive Republican claims.
That the degree OF dissatisfaction
in Democratic ranks may throw
enough votes to the Republican can
didate to more than offset the 1900
negro votes which he Is expected to
lose as a result of the lilly white"
stand of the white wing of the Re
publican party. is well within rea-
son. One OF the surprises of the
campaign, especially within the last
few days, has been the large num-
ber of prominent citizens, formerly
Democrats, who have openly enlisted
under the Anderson standard.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-07
Promise to Bride
Forced Stealing
Auto, He Says
Sir Footer Met Trouble
In AHigood, Districts
Smallest Cop"

His desire to make good with his
bride of six months caused Jack
williams Stinchcomb. % years old.
17lS Fourth street southeast, to be
turned over to the Georgia authori-
ties yesterday, on the charge OF
stealing an automobile Stinchcomb
is accused of taking the machine
of DR.. w. l. Bush, in Winder, Ga,
on September s.
Stinchcomb, who is six feet tall,
was arrested by Headquarters De-
tective> Frank Alligood, washing
smallest cop" on E street near Thir-
teenth street northwest, last week.
after the plain-clothes man discov-
cred that the motor and chassis
numbers of the machine had been
Clipped. OF.
AS Sherifr H. o. Camp, of Winder
County. Ga, was about to march
away from headquarters yesterday
morning with the prisoner, Stinchr
comb confessed. He told the police
that in order to win his bride he
had informed hire that he was the
owner of an automobile.
After the ceremony, which he said
was performed in Washington, mar
itaI difficulties arose and the bride
wanted to know where the automo-
bile was, he said. Police were told
that she even went SO far as to Sell
her own machine to raise funds for
the husband to go to Georgia and
return with his promised automo-
bile.
The trip was made. but Stinch-
comb told police his nerve failed.
Upon his return he told his wife
that his automobile was undergoing
some repair work. This alibi,' he
told the police, didn't satisfy the
bride, so early in September a sec
ond trip was made. He had a hard
time getting the stolen automobile
out of the garage, he informed the
police, but after accomplishing his
purpose he said he was we'll paid
until Alligood came along.