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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
PROSPECT0RS OF NEVADA
ARE OFT IN HILLS AGAIN

The mining prospector. who almost
disappeared from the hills of Nevada
during the high tide of war wages
and war prosperity. is rapidly going
back to his old calling. according to
reports which are coming in from all
sections of the state. Once again. ac-
cording to mining men. 1t is possible
to encounter prospectors In almost
every mineralized range or district.
and they predict an increase In ore
discoveries as result.
The decrease in the number of
active prospectors soon after the war
was one of the unexpected develop-
ments of that disturbing event. The
scarcity of labor and the high rate of
wages paid drew thousands of men
from the search after precious metals
and landed them in the mines. on the
farms or in the construction screws of
the railroad companies. with the
slowing down of industry, however.
they have become footloose and they
are taking to the hills again from all
sections of the state.
Hundreds from Ely, the southern
Nevada camps and elsewhere are
looking for mineral, and II will be
many years before there is another
such desertion as that which occurred
during the war period, according to
those who profess to know.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
FANATICISM AND
COERCION

1t is never wise to go to the ex-
tremes in anything. Those who dc
go to the extremes are not mentally
well balanced, and they invariably en-
deavor to coerce everybody else into
their way of seeing and doing. They
are always in vast minority. hut
that fact does not seem to enter into
their heads at all. 1t never occurs to
them that the big majority might
possibly be right and they wrong. and
the reason for this is that because
when they go to the extremes they
become egotistical and fanatical.
The ultra radical element among
the Communists, the Bolshevists, So
cialists and Union Labor become die.
tatorial and undertake to force Others
into their ways and views, and that
element of such organizations is to
blame for frequently getting their
cause and their organization In bad
with the great majority of the people
who think and believe otherwise. II
is also applicable to religion. One
can get as crazy over religion as over
anything else, and go to the extreme
. with 1t, and seek to coerce others
into modes of living and beliefs which
are entirely obnoxious to them.
Right now there is a bill before
Congress which seeks to prohibit by
law the running of any train on Sun
day for any purpose whatever; it also
prohibits the printing and reading of
Sunday newspapers. closes all thea
ters and all factories and every place
of business on Sunday. 1t prohibits
the delivery of mail, the sale or de-
livery of milk, and all other articles
of commerce. The preacher who got
1t introduced in Congress said it
was better for the babies to go with
out milk than. for others to sell il
and make delivery Such a man is
not only coercive fanatic, but he is
also fool. He hasn't the common
sense of worm, and belongs in a
sanitarium where he can receive treat
ment. 1t is never good sense to go
to extremes. and fanaticism and CO.
ercion always fail.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09

than doubles the work of the mail
clerks everywhere.
There are some government publ
cations that are of value. These are
mainly statistical, such as the reports
of the United States Geological Sur
vey, the bureau of education and the
like, but nine-tenths of the bureau
and department output is utterly
worthless. Its production should be
stopped and the persons employed in
writing it should be given indefinite
rest from such labors.
1t is questionable whether any ad-
vance in the postage rate would be
necessary If the literary productions
of the various subdivisions of gov
eminent were to be curtailed. At any
rate the dismissal of the writer's
would save large sum annually to
the taxpayers without cent of loss
to the government or to the people
Reno Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
CUT OUT THE
BUNC0MBE

An advance in the rate for letter
postage from two to three cents is
understood to be favored by President
Harding as one way of meeting part
of the cost of government, and the
public will not be likely to complain
knowing that the increase is neces-
sary But the public will complain
and will have right to if some effort
is not made at Washington to reduce
the immense quantity of stuff sent
free through the post office by the
various departments and bureaus of
the government.
The United States printing office
at Washington is kept busy, as every
newspaper in the country can see
from the stuff sent out, printing eff
fusions of officials who in many cases
do not know how to write Their
product is very properly termed po-
litical buneombe. The franked en-
velope. 1t should be understood, that
brings government rhetoric to the
editorial rooms. is not productive of
a cent of revenue, but it cutters up
the mails day and night and more
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
BE YOUR OWN
DYNAMO

The old simple life business las
gone, and gone forever THIS is an
age of great achievement and tie
man who does not fit himself 20 keep
up with the procession gets run over
and mussed up with the asphalt All
around us we see men climbing to
great heights In the business world,
accomplishing big things, accumulat-
ing immense fortunes, and we wonder
how they do it. Some of use give
them credit for having more brains
and ability than we have, others say
It's opportunity. or maybe just luck.
Is 1t not possible that they are versed
in the science of psychology. and we
are not?
The most impressive discovery in
recent years is that a dynamo and
intelligent power resides within each
individual and that we each possess
mental facilities whose existence was
not even suspected fifty years ago.
The knowledge of these latent mental
faculties, and the training of them to
our own will in the accomplishment
of our desires, is nothing stranger
than the discoveries in recent years
of electricity. telephony, aeronautics
or motor propulsion.
We have felt some such bug as that
buzzing around in the back of our
head for some time, and didn't know
what 1t was--thought maybe it was
just wheels, or maybe the godlike
spark scrapping with the devil spark
instead of what the scientists now
call sub-conscious mind. If that is
what it is, instead of bloodclots caused
by eating too much canned goods, we
are going after it with a club and
wake II up AID ask it some questions
and IL we find out from it any pro-
cess for our beating Morgan and
Rockefeller to it we will tell the read
ers all abonut it later on. 1t may be
just bone and ivory instead of dy-
mamie intelligent power with red eyes
and saw teeth.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
TRAIN BANDITS AND
SOLDIERS DO BATTLE

One man is dead, another dying, 2
fhird missing and three others in
jured as the result of a gun fight be
tween train bandits and ex so oilers
of the Tenth United States cavH al
moving freight train northeast OF
Wichita, Kansas.
Men were thrown. fell wound, d. or
jumped from a speeding Rock Island
train at points over a distance Of
six miles
Two men. thought to be members
of a gang terrorizing harvest hands
by nightly holdups. attempted to rob
a group of harvest hands and others
in coal car.
Four negro ex-cayalrymen in uni
form were among the harvesters, and
drew automatic pistols TO defend the
crowd. In an exchange of shots one
OF the troopers probably was fatally
wounded f
The men, with bleeding faces,
broken jaws and bullet wounds.
limped along the railway tracks be-
tween the towns of Furley and Kechi
or lay where they had fallen beside
the road bed.
The dead man ana the missing man
are unidentified.
Five of the alleged bandits are be-
ing held here for investigation.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
]. c. TAYLOR TELLS
Of DESERT GROWTH

John G. Taylor Neyada's largest
owner of livestock, farm and range.
is in Fallon from Lovelock on busl-
ness matters. Discussing this valley
and its certain future yesterday, he
said:
.The great wealth of Fallon and
the Newlands project is contained in
the great artificial lake Is miles west
of Fallon. The water supply guar
anteed by this great utilitarian basin
created through the foresight Of the
engineers who represent the govern
ment reclamation service, has a value
that cannot be estimated. 1t forms a
guarantee of permanency for Fallon
and those who reside in the Newlands
project
81 cannot emphasize too strongly
the need for active work on the part
of those who are emphatically favored,
for much remains to be accomplished
if the fullest possible measure of
good is to issue from the assured ir-
rigation water supply. In this con-
nection drainage of farm lands
must have first place. You have the
water in plentitude; now you must
arrange to take care CT this water
when | first went into the valley
of the Humboldt, drainage difficulties
were unthought Of My land hold
ings were 35 feet above the under
ground supply, yet as years passed
others appropriated water and irri-
gated and in a comparatively short
time | found my alfalfa fields pass
from their early status and crops Ian
guished / did what you will posi-
lively have to do here and Instituted
drainage with the usual results. Fer
.ility came back, yet some of my acre
age required three years of treatment
before a full reclamation had been
effected.
Thus you will see that | suffered
loss through failure to understand
the true situation, and my observation
here teaches me that the land own
ers in this valley are TO suffer SINH
larly unless they combine to hasten
the institution of drainage. Lacka-
daisical and procrastinating policies
have no place in the present situation
n this valley.
II see a tremendous field for in
vestment of money and energy in the
Newlands project, and 1t is my opin-
ion that you are to have one of the
greatest agricultural districts in the
entire country TO be sure, dairying
small fruits and garden truck must
be depended upon TO bring sou 10 the
front, but You have q warm soil. long
growing season, backed by a great
water supply. and the ultimate result
is certain.
Il feel that the Newlands project
residents should understand and APP
preciate the efforts of Mr.. Wingfield
is directing toward development in
the Fallon neighborhood. He is moved
by high and constructive ideals and
has no thought of personal gain. II
is true that he strives to conduct his
Enterprises along strict business lines.
yet fair people would ask no other
course He has invested fortune in
this valley and maintains an interest
in its possibilities that stamps him as
man of broadcast vision Fallon
Standard
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
BASE SINGER STRIPS GEAR

During the rehearsal of the Elks'
snow list night one of the singers in
the heavy second base section stripped
a gear while changing from his lower
10 upper register and delayed the re-
hearsal until hurry-up call was sent
Tor blacksmith who made a temper
airy weld in the vocal cord enabling
the singer to proceed with his work.
Several of the female artists were
frightened by face at. the window
which at first was thought to be that
OF Slim JIM" but they were soon
quieted by the sturdy members of the
company quickly drawing their
breaths and firing volley in a flat
major.-Ely Times.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
BE NATURAL TO WIN
DIAMONDS, SAYS FILM STAR

tits the girl without the camou-
flage these days that cops the mas
culine affection. the diamond soli-
taires and the pretty bungalow"
Thus Norma Talmadge, the heart
breaker of the screen, advised today
as she hurried to catch a train for
New York
"Be natural" she said ut Is the
only safe way. | know very well I'd
hate to act part and then have a
man / was interested in find me out.
BE natural in all things"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
PARAGRAPHS
"a LITTLE NONSENSE NOW
AND THEN Is RELISHED by
THE BEST OF MEN"

A Russian coal miner named Pelkski
One day took his pick off the shelfski,
He said. You want coal,
Go jump in the hole
And scratch up a ton for yourselfski."
Tact is what enables a woman to
simulate keen enjoyment when she is
really bored stiff
The people who imagine they are
the government are fooled in several
other ways.
A broken heart is seldom fatal,
there are so many able healers for
that particular ailment
i t
Our boys took Chateau-Thierry in
three days, but couldn't learn to pro-
nounce it in three years.
tt II
So live that your friends can con-
scientiously defend you-but never
have to.
There are different ideas of heaven
but to satisfy boy there must be
plenty to eat over there.
II =
While ii is fine thing to be brave
it is just as well to give a bee or
hornet the right of way.
80
A bum digestive apparatus causes
more sleeplessness than a rebellious
conscience.
Quite large percentage of the un.
employed are those who will not
work for less than big war time
wages, and that class has no SYM
pathy coming.
Among other secret resolves DO,
makes is one to the effect that his
boys. if he ever has any. won't hear
as many don'ts as have married his
young life.
You may as well smile friend. as
otherwise, because when you smile
the world smiles with YOU. and when
you crouch it steps on the gas to get
away from you.
Drouth is so severe in eastern Kan
sas that the hootleggers can't ge
enough water f. their brew. Year
ago 1t used to ne the western part OF
the state that lot so dry that the fish
kicked up a dust.
/ +
Officials of police and detective
forces state that % per cent of the
crimes now committed are by young
men of from II to % years of age.
Bad bringing up and neglect is given
as the cause.
The simple life is the life to lead
and is full Of robust health as well
as bugs thistles and thorns, but ii is
difficult to rear a modern family on
locusts, wild honey and goats. They
have a wild and untamable banker
ing for porcelain bath tubs. manicure
sets and teabone steaks.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
VETERANS OF CANADA
OWN FIVE MILLION ACRES

If Canada's soldier-farmers were to
pool their holdings they would have
one giant farm of five million acres
dotted with grain fields, cattle, hogs
patches of fruit trees. silos and many
sturdy houses and farm buildings.
Population of this one big figurative
farm, according to a report on the
work of the soldier settlement board.
would be more than 10000, estimat-
ing an average family of five for each
soldier.
The actual number of ex-service
men who have been placed on land
through government aid Is 25.443.
Short courses have been held in idle
months and all phases of mixed farm
ing scientific dairying and pure bred
cattle-raising given intensive study.
according to the report. Experts have
been sent into many district to pro-
vide continuous supervision.
As result of the aid, financial and
educational. very high percentage of
the men are becoming successful
farmers, the report says.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09

!" Economists tell us how to save
" money after we have spent it,
+" After eating a raw onion there
:. is no use denying It,
+" The mole in the young mans
o eye is a young woman.
o II is easier for many to pay q
/. tax on income than on expense
o When the one now in the way
o gets out. somebody else will get
o in.
/" There are 200 religious creeds Z
@ and about the same makes of
@ cars.
o Mentally big men are on top
3" because they are mentally-big.
T" The old time bartender did not Z
o need a certificate to practice Z
Z. medicine. 4
o The latest Paris skirts consist Z
" of waist band and buckle. 4
Q Penrose won't even let Demo- Z
o Gratis tote water for the G. o. P. Z
@ elephant.
o o o o o o o Q o o o o o o o o Z
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
EQUALS DIR OWN MOONsHINE

Overcome by mQlasses fumes while
on ladder in the hold of a ship at
Mobile. Alabama, John MARITIME, third
assistant engineer of the vessel. fell
and fractured his skull He died in
a hospital
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
BOARD PAROLES TWO

Announcement of the granting of
paroles to Henderson and Turner was
made by the state board yesterday af-
ternoon. The men escaped from the
prison last year and were not allowed
to renew applications for parole I'M
I'll serving year after running away
from the prison.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
EAGLE MEETING DATES

regular meetings of Winnemucca
Acre No. 4S7, Fraternal Order OF
Eagles, are held on the fourth Mon
DAY evening of each month in Win
neya hall. Visiting Eagles are cor
daily invited to attend all sessions.
A. A. WENDELL. W. p.
G. b. SMITH, Secy. Adv
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09

refrigerator ear and well lined.
j. A. Rogers of this place an
nounces himself a candidate for
county recorder. During a residence
of about IL years here, Mr.. Rogers
has been in the employ of the rail-
road and has engaged in the mercan-
tile business.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-02
TYING THE SPORT TRAIL.
With Geo. E. Fiirstbrook

Az The all weight when meets Jack Dempsey July with the ayodupOs weigh the foreigner anywhere
  sprinting and Wed the title from the Boston Corbett it Lgne man Ian o1 the 
  Now the question M Will itself? It has
  sounds in there another opnions O handicap. brought a O hukst siusser alive As Lets "Jen Mace the fought @ eigh1g than 50 Delaney used iye on him against any 25o pounder you can get"
  bigger admit that not buik' that counts in the prize ring
  he in
  cut the lip with pocket knife in1tw very little the worst of it. He fought eh 20 round fight in Frisco bare nosed ouah his
 a who was notm muchtan than weIov feet JoeW He tandhe make fellow skill Jim with
 
 a in the ring Bonbardier Wells the Frenctnnan dropped
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-02
Classy Soccer
 Card Sunday

The annual soccer classic of the season will be played on Sunday af- ternoon next when the final round of the International series of the Con necicut State Football association will be played at the Meadows. The conteSting teams are England and Scotland and all star players from all over the state will be present and participate in the game. This annual game is eagerly looked forward to all season but this season there has been a great fight for the English men to appear in the final round as it took the team fully three and one half hours before a winning goal could be scored against the Spanish eleven. The latter has played sensa- tiona ball all season and the John nicS'' knew this before the finish. The teams met six weeks ago and re- suited in tie score and the replay took place last Sunday and at the end of the usual 90 minutes allowed for the game, the result was again a tie and two extra periods of Is minutes each was played in which time the Englishmen scored the winning goal and qualified to meet the boys from Bonnie Scotland in the final round for the possession of the Herald Cup on Sunday next
 The referee will be Jimmy Miller of New Haven. while the linesm en will be Fla bian Faust of the Swedish A. c. and Adolfo Luque of the Span ish A. C., while the game will start promptly at 2:15 o'clock.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-02
CARPENTER HAD A HARD SOCK WHEN
 HE FOUGHT SMITH

happened. Carpentier, according to his own version, missed a heavy right and fell to his knees. Before he could rise, he says, Smith, who had started a blow, hit him in the back of the head with such force that his nose was smashed on the ring floor. Corri then gave the decision to Car pentier.
 The important incident in this fight, however. was Carpenters S knockdown of Smith in the fourth round. At that time Smith was a dangerous man for anybody to fight. He was rugged and he could sock One of his swings landing squarely would have put any man to sleep. His main fault was that he was very slow yet his slowneSs did not offset the dangerous quality of his punch in the least
 Smith outweighed Carpenter by many pounds, yet Georges dropped him for a long count with one light ming like punch. Any boxer who. can do this can hit and Georges, as I have said before, has plenty of poundage behind his punches, he is big enough to fight anybody.
 Carpenters most recent bouts, with Beckett and Levins<y, are of little or no importance except that he demon strated on these two occasions that he apparently lost none of his punching power during his period of service in the world war and on July Dempsey will face Georges at his best
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-02
By EDDIE SHUGRUE.

The Bridgeport High track team finished it's training in preparation for the dual meet with Crosby, which will be run off at Seaside Park, Saturday, at 1:S0 (daylight saving ume). All members are eligible and victory by a big margin is predicted. Of the 26 members of the Brass City squad en- tered in the Yale interscholastics, McCabe, a 40 man, was the only one to place, taking third in that event
 It was previously reported that the HlItoppers would finish their work, Saturday, but Coach Al Anderson is seriously thinking of entering the A. A. U. handicap meet which will be held in Naugatuck, June IS. If the Red and Black team enters this it will have to be the last meet of the school year as studies close the day pre- vious.
 The track team has established a record to be proud of this year. In fact, record never attained by any other squad that ever represented the Lyon Terrace school. The cinder path squad began its season by being defeated by Bristol in a cross coun- try meet Members of the regular squad were not allowed to run be- cause of scholastic difficulties. The following week the Red and Black lads defeated Choate Prep at cross coun- try, taking the first three places The locals started their indoor season by entering the De Witt Clinton meet in Gotham. They finished in tenth
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-02
SCHOOL SQUAD
 READY FOR CROSBY

place with one point. The next time the Hnltoppers were heard of was at the A. A. U. meet in the Elm City, where they finished second to Yale. The following week the Red and held here by a big score.
 The AndersOnites opened their out door season by taking fifth place in the N. '. U. Intersch plastic with points. The best showing of the year was when Coach Anderson took six men to Columbia where they won second place. On May II the cinder path squad won the Trinity relays with half a point lead over Hartford Again they added another point tro- pfly to their list by winning the high school end of the Yale Intersch olas- tics. The only black mark of the year was put on by Choate Prep. who sprung a surprise on the Hil1toppers, beating them 61 to 39. Last week the Red and Black put New Haven on the small end of the 51 to 90 tally.
 Coach Al Anderson, who is respon-
 sible for the work, is a volunteer worker. He takes pride in saying that his squad next year will be prac- tically unbeatable.
 The men who will probably receive their letters this year are Captain Matty Skane, Jack Fitzpatrick. Harry AmseI, Ray Whelan, 4Dud' Saur Hopkins, Griffin. Lee, Carroll, Nc Keor, Adams. Ryder Jepson, Nich- olson Lyon and Quigley