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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
MARSHALL'S DISCOVERY OF
GOLD IN CALIFORNIA

In the last issue of the Oakland
Tribune 'rhe Knave" discussing the
discovery oi gold in California by
Marshall, hecomments on the fact that
it took comparatively long time for
the news OF the discovery to spread
as to the rapidly with which such
news now travels
He does not so express it, but from
what he does say il is possible to draw
the conclusion that there was an OBJ
ject in keeping the news secret Tor a
time 1t will be recalled that at the
time California was still Mexican ter
ritory. The treaty of Guadolupi HE
dalgo, which ceded California to the
United States, was still pending, and
was not signed until nine days alter
the Marshall discovery. Had the
news been made public it is doubtful
if Mexico would have consented to the
transfer,
General w. T. Sherman was in com
mand OF the U. s. troops in the vicin-
ity of San Francisco at that time and
in his Memoirs, he relates how Mar
shall and Suffer came to him at his
headquarters, with samples of the
gold and the news of the discovery,
which they were keeping secret. He
relates how the gold was tested as to
its genuineness, but says il was de-
cided not to make the news public
just then.
II is probable that General Sherman
knew df the terms OF the pending
treaty, and for that reason counseled
silence till the treaty should proclaim
California as a part of the United
States. 1t must be remembered that
General Sherman was a particularly
quick-minttd man. and though he
modestly disclaims any credit FOR the
Withholding of the secret, until the
treaty wss pissd. it il h4Aly rH0I,sblc
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
ROAD CONTROVERSY SETTLED

County Commissioner Boeflin de-
parted Tuesday for Carson to appear
before the State Highway Commission
to explain why the route chosen by
the road construction company north
of Dry Creek on the Walker Lake
highway was impracticable. Mr.
Boerlin convinced the commission that
a road through the gravel beds would
cost nearly $4,000 more than the
higher up" road, and that the gravel
would be continual nuisance, as no
real, permanent road could be main
tanned there The commission finally
instructed the construction company
to adopt the higher road.
Commissioner, Boerlin deserves the
thanks of all taxpayers for his untir-
ing efforts to not only save large
amount of money, but also for insist
ing on roadway that will last for
years.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The monthly meeting of the Spanish
Club has been postponed until next
Friday, because several of the pupils
are going home for the week end.
The High Schools English classes
were to have their reports on their
outside reading this week, but these
reports have been postponed until the
first part OF March. This is on &C
count OF the short story contest for
which the pupils are now preparing.
An exciting game of tennis is being
played by the pupils OF the M. c. H. S.
Carol White and Frank Burkham are
playing against Mary Wright and Bert
Burkham. They have been three days
playing the game and each day they
stop with a tie.
1t looks like love match.
A Washington's Birthday program
will be held Tuesday morning. Feb. q
at 80. Each student will give a Sc
lection The program will last about
one hour.
The Mineral County High School
has a new pupil. Miss Florence Min
ert of Los Angeles is now living with
her aunt, Mrs. Gerbig, and is attending
school here.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
RE oRT OF STATE BUSINESS
ISSUED BY GEO. BRoDIGAN

i ring the past two years l.4Sl
cor, oratlons have been Horned in Ne
vada IN addition to large number o,
tore IN corporations, which have
con- into the state to do business
acco ding to the biennial report OF
Seci -tary OF State Brodigan which
has iust been issued In addition TO
the corporations articles sll land
patents and miscellaneous documents
consisting OF commissions, deeds con-
tracts, etc, were filed by the secretary
ard the office fees for the year total.
ed $24o,562 y.
There were registered and licenses
issued for o,304 automobiles. l24
motorcycles and 65 dealers in 1919 and
lO,4o4 automobiles, l40 motorcycles.
Is dealers for 1920, the report shows.
The records of the above Office have
been thoroughly searched and indexed
by card system back to the territorial
records and these records will be in.
deXed and the Office documents re-
corded up to the minute during the
coming year,
Brodigan's report which is the
largest and most thorough ever
issued from the secretarys Office,
gives list of state officers and sub
ordinates for l921-lo22, detailed ac-
count of receipts for the past two
years, list OF land patents filed, num-
Der OF law books sold, trademarks
registered, nomination papers and
statements Of expense OF candidates
at the last elections. statements o.
money and securities in the state
treasury, corporation papers filed,
list OF. notary publics in Nevada, and
commissioners of deeds in other
states, summary of election returns.
list al present county officials and
national and state officers since
statehood,
The Office is in excellent working
order" the report states, and with
the system employed, which is up to
date, simple and practical as can be
made, expense considered, the vast
amount of business transacted in or
through the office is handled with
the greatest dispatch
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
May Divide Lyon County

Word was received in Yeringon
yesterday to the effect that petitions
are being circulated in Dayton asking
that bill be introduced in the Legis-
lature- transferring the north section
of Lyon into Ormsby county, the pro-
posed line coming as far south as
Churchill county The petitioners ask
that all that portion Of Lyon county
including Mound House, Dayton, Sill
yer City and all railroad mileage and
ranches as far northeast as Fort
Churchill be segregated from this
county and attached to Ormsby coun-
ty. The petitioners urge as reason
the high tax rate in Lyon county and
the remoteness oil their homes from
the county seat.
People here do not take the matter
seriously, and scout the idea of the
Legislature taking any notice of it.
However, the Legislative Committee
of the Commercial Club will hold a
meeting tonight to inquire into the
matter, and N necessary, take steps to
prevent action by the Legislature.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
Mineral County's
Power Line

The bill authorizing Mineral
to bond itself for $50, 900 for the
purpose of buying the power line
now running from Lundy, Califor-
MIA, to Hawthorne is now being
considered by the Legislature.
During the past fortnight petit
tions have been circulated in all
parts Of the county and the result
shows that 90 per cent of the tax
PAYERS are in favor of the measure.
1t is proposed to buy the present
line outright and extend it to I.un-
ing, Garfield, Nina, Omco, Simon
and Candelaria. People familiar
with this class of work estimate
that the purchase of the present
line and the extensions mentioned
can be made for $50, 900.
No opposition is anticipated to
the passage OF the bill through the
Legislature and its approval by the
Governor.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
A PRIZE WINNER

r. A. Maher of Thorne is in receipt
OF the following letter, which is self ex-
pianitory:
Your letter submitted in the recent
Valspar Prize Contest has won the re-
eognition OF the Committee on Awards
and we are glad to congratulate you
as winner of one of the fifth prizes.
Our check is enclosed.
This contest created unusual interest
Thousands of letters were received,
sailing our attention to many new,in-
teresting and unique uses for Valspar
We thank you for your interesting
letter and should we at some future
time conduct another contest, we hope
you will again participate and that you
will be fortunate enough TO carry off
the first prize.
VALENTINE & COMPANY.
Tommy says the Valspar is a good
thing to put on pick, hammer and
shovel handels. They never become
loose and you always have sure grip
on the handle.
He also rubs il on the soles OF his
shoes and says 1t keeps cut dsmpness
He says II will stop leak 10 tin can
or cracked crockery.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
TO DEVELOP COUNTY

Mineral county is going to promote
public utilities on scale that means
development of dormant resources Of
unreasonable potentiality. All that
is needed is the consent of the legis-
lature to the issuance of $l50,000 in
bonds carrying 6 per cent. There
cannot be any doubt about the attitude
of the members of the senate and as
sembly when bill providing for this
departure in county management is
introduced fof it implies utilization of
enormous mineral resources that will
add millions to the taxable wealth of
the State Mineral county is prepared
to capitalize its latent riches as ma
jority of the taxpayers have already
signified their willingness to engage
in the undertaking. The assessed
valuation of Mineral county is $5,-
100000 and the tax rate is only 500
one of the lowest in Nevada, The
county had $780, 600 In its treasury on
the first of January and Is free from
debt of any kind. This makes very
attractive proposition for bond issue
and some Of the leading bond houses
stand ready to subscribe for the en-
tire issue which would carry 6 per cent
and be exempt from county taxation.
--Tonopah Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
Our Sick List.

Mrs. J. 4. Furneaux. who has
been suffering the past week with
an attack of acute neuralgia, is
convalescent.
z. B. Ravenelle. who has been
wrestling with disti essing attack
Of indigestion, is resting easier to-
day.
Charles Feiretti is very sick, and
lis friends are greatly worried.
He has been an invalid for several
months in Reno, and come here
about two months ago hoping that
the change would be beneficial.
He is afflicted with enlargement Of
~ li1sr.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
LAND AVAILABLE FOR
DRILLING FOR WATER

In reversing a ruling made by him
last October, the Secretary of the
Interior has held that lands, which are
unreserved, unappropriated, non-min-
cal, non-timbered and not known to
be susceptible OF successful irrigation
from any known source d water sup
ply at reasonable cost, they should be
designated as available for drilling for
subsurface waters under the provision
81 the Pittman reclamation act The
October ruling denied an application of
Rose Mcmillan and Is Others for per-
mits to prospect for water under the
act in Ivanpah valley.
The earlier ruling was based upon
a report of the geological survey that
studies or ground-water conditions in
the central part of lvanpah valley,
where the land is located, including
data obtained by actual well-drilling
explorations, showed that, owing TO
the depth to water, pumping for irri-
CATION purposes was considered i'm
practicable and furthermore. that the
quantity of water obainable was in
sufficient for ordinary irrigation pur-
poses, adding that it was his opinion
the region embracing the lands had
already been explored sufficiently to
demonstrate with reasonable degree
of certainty that ground-water for
irrigation purposes could not be de-
veloped, at reasonable cost, and that,
therefore, segregation would be use
less"
The case was appealed and on jan
uary II the ruling was called to the
attention d; Senator Key Pittman and
he filed a brief with the secretary OF
the interior protesting against the de
cision on the gounds that it was con
trary to the spirit of the act and
threatening in its effect the fullest de
velopment under the act.
al respectfully call attention to the
fact he stated in his argument, that
the act specifically describes the char
acter of land that is subject to the
permit. If the director of the geo
logical survey had reported that water
was known to exist under the surface
of he land and in quantities and under
conditions that it was known that it
would produce at profit agricultural
crops other than native grasses upon
not less than 20 acres of land as re
quired under Section S OF the act,
then the land could not bedesignated
as the character Of land subject to
nssnit'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
No Short Session

In spite OF the apparent determine
ton of some of the members to
shorten the session and to complete
their labors within 40 or so days il is
not generally believed that this is
possible. 1t is pointed out that in
telligcnt action on the budget to be
submitted by Governor Boyle about
the twentieth day will DO impossible
until the two proposed investigating
committee complete their tasks. 1t
is certain to be about the tenth day
eli the session at the earliest before
the committees can be appointed.
The resolutions pending provide that
the committees must render their re-
port not later than thirty days after
their appointment. Men familiar
with such work claim that it will be
physically impossible for the commit
teemen to do the work mapped out
for them to do in less than the maxi
mum time allowed. This will mean
reports about the fortieth day o. the
session, with general appropriations
TO be finally determined and acted
upon, and other appropriation meas
ures to come up later. In fact, some
persons around the capitol to go as far
as asserting that the volume OF
highway business to be investigated
is in itself sufficient to keep the com
rsiyAes tsfs1 n luast axtp deYs.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
Items of Local Interest

George Thompson of Nina drove in
Saturday, returning Sunday.
Miss Ida Hogensen of Luning WIS.,
tied Mrs Crownover over Saturday
and Sunday
Messrs Brown and Lowry of the
highway camp were in town Saturday
night.
Mr.. Tomiin and son and daughter
Clara and Glenn, and Mrs. Weems
and Bobby Overman of Thorne, came
TO the dance Saturday night.
Al Hayes went to Reno last week to
consult dentist J. E. Furneaux is
working in his place in the Miller Ho-
tel during his absence.
A. Peterson of Cottonwood went to
San Francisco Wednesday.
w. A. Perkins who has been in Carson
in attendance on meeting of the high
way department, returned home yester-
day.
n The following were among our Lun-
Ming visitors Saturday: Mr.. and Mrs.
J. P. Lowney, Mr.. Ross, Dick Wright,
u. G.Wright and Charlie Senter.
Joe Marshall and wife and Harlow
Kiblinger of Luning were visitors last
week. Mrs. Marshall is Grand Chief
Of the Pythian Sisters and came in to
attend a meeting of the focal lodge.
]. H. White returned. from brief
risis to Tonopah Tuesday.
Mesdames Hammill, Wade and Cole
and Messrs Box, Nelson, Cook, Lewis.
Fay Baker, Elmer Meyers, Wederta
and Mesdames Simon andNurmberg
were visitors from Nina to attend the
dance last Saturday.
A. Jensen of Gardnerville is visitor
this week.
T. H. Brown, the Internal Revenue
collector, is helping the citizens make
put income tax statements this week.
Mrs. Tachino, sister of Charles
Ferretti, and her son, Edward Cas-
SMELL, are visitors from Reno.
w. A. Perkins, until recently sup
ervising engineer Of the Walker Lake
highway, who has been IN Carson for
past week as witness before the CON-
mite of the Nevada Legislature which
10 investigating highway matters, re-
turned yesterday. Mr.. Perkins is a
capable and energetic engineer and
thoroughly familiar with the matters
in dispute between the Highway de-
partment and the County. In fact, it
is generally believed that he knew too
much to please the Highway Depart
ment, hence his dismissal.
A bill has passed the legislature
making the terms of all county Off
GERS, except County Commission
ers, four years, instead Of. two, as
3 present. The law will take effect
in 1922.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19

tina, California owes its present no
sitis 4 to the keen soldier.-Calaveras
Pre- Dect
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-02-19
Committee Report

J. c. Roddtr chairman of the
committee sent 10 Carson by the
citlzens'to fight for the retention of
the electric light line in Hawthorne,
reports that the subjoined amounts
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-11
DELICIOUS HUMOR
IN bright SKIES

People who love laughter and wbim-
sical fun cannot afford to miss tho en-
tcrtainmcnt to be given at the Steel
Works "Y" thcnter on Saturday al
tcrnoon and evening by tho lady pat
roncsSes OF the McClclland OrphanaEc,
and for the benefit OF that splendid
home for orphan children. The attrac-
ton will he Bright Skies movie
picture by the Robertson-Cole Superior
Picture corporation, and it cannot fail
to appeal to all who see II.
ZaSu Pitts. tho newest of tho screen
comediennes to achieve fame. furnishes
most OF the humor and tho heart
throbs. assisted by a fuzzy black kit
ten and a quaint pockct-sizc monkey.
Unlike many screen plays built
around tho peculiar capabilities of "A
star, Bright Skies" Is a picture with
a story and message. Miss Pitts
whose position In tho motion picture
world was established by able charac-
tcrization of a slavcy in support OF
Mary Pickford in The Little Princess
is again a slavey.
In Bright Skies Miss Pitts takes
tho part OF Sallic, maid of all work
in the cheap roomins house conducted
by the captious Mrs. Cassidy in the
heart of New Works picturesque East
Side. Saliio came to Mrs. Cassidy
from nowhere as sho puts it. She
is disturbed by her lack of a right
name"
Then, along comes Antonio, an organ
grinder. with his CHEEKY tunes and his
trained monkey. Sallic dances to the
strains of the organ rs though her feet
were winged The old Italian realizes
the possibilities of having her us an
assistant and requests her to accom-
pany him on his pursuit of the open
road"
Sallie joins Antonio when she finds
that Mrs. Cassidy has tried to drown
hcr pet kitten In u rain barrel. Their
ends at the little village
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-11
OTHERWISE It WAS
. VERY QUIET IN The
! GREAT COURT HOUSE

Oratorical echoes resounding, rumoI-
ing. reverberating and reboundins
thru the rotundas, Railways and intri-
cate rccesses of the court house yes
terday at times made tho great temple
of justice sound as one would Imagine
the confusion of tongues at the tower
Of Babel.
The acoustic cchoness OF the court
house is a marvel to begin with; this
Impeachment in its hearing apparatus
was once remedied insofar as the large
court rooms were concerned, but I'M
mediately after the artificial ceilings
had been placed and the results pro-
nounced good, along came the decor
ators and painted and ornamented
with more paint the aforesaid ceilings
them so that tho last stage was just
about equal to the first so far as the
echoes were and are concerned.
But it's all pretty. so never mind.
Yesterdays enlargement of tones
basso profundi and tremulously tenor
were coming from three and part OF
the time four courts at the same time,
and the doors being open, these tones
mixed and tangled and butted each
other back and forth from cement floor
to decorated dome and then back and
forth criss-cross and sidewise until the
stranger within the court house could
not determine what 1t was all about.
from whence 1t all came or whittier
It was venting.
At one and the same time there We're
criminal arraignments in tho justice
courts. divorce trial in the county
court. an assault to murder examina-
tion OF witnesses by several attorneys
In district court division r, and n
three handed oratorical contest over
an important civil suit in division A.
Nt the same time there was n crowd
OF people rushing into the treasurer
office to pay taxes. a rival sized crowd
in the clerks office after auto licenses
and on various other business. People
were going into the assessors office to
Kick about their assessments. tne
county commissioners were receiving
callers, and so was the school super
intcndent and the sheriff, while hithcr
and thither and yondcr were people on
business bent in every portion OF the
building.
Pretty busy court house.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-11
PERSONS AND. EVENTS
MY CREED


I would be true, for there arc those
that trust me;
would be pure. for thcro arc those
who care.
would be strong, for there Is much
to suffer;
would be brave. for there is much
to dare.
/ would be friend OF all-tho foc-tho
friendlcss;
would DC giving. and forget the
gift.
would be humble. for 1 know my
would look up-and iaugh-and love
and lift.
BY Harold Arnold Walters.
Tho wedding OF Miss Martha Louise
Corey. OF san Francisco. Calf. and
Mr.. Max Morris, formerly OF Pueblo,
was solemnized quietly Wednesday
evening by tho Rev. c. NJ. Benight at
his residence. In the presence OF near
relatives The bridegroom was reared
IN Pueblo. graduated from Central
High school, and is now connected with
the inheritance tax office at the State
House in Denver. Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Morris left Immediately for Glcnwood
Springs as their wedding trip. and later
viii reside in Denver.
The woman's department OF the first
Presbyterian church will meet this af
tcrnoon at ESQ o'clock In tho home OF
Mrs. II. \. Tice. eo3s Greenwood street.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Randall Call
announce the marriage OF their daugh-
ter, Florence Louise. to Mr.. J. Frank
lin Buchcl Wednesday. February .. at
tho parsonage OF Bethel NJ. H.. church.
tho ceremony being performed by the
. Roy. L. b. Tyre.
The Executive board OF tho McClcl-
land Home will present a motion pic
turo tomorrow afternoon and evening
at tho Steel Works for the benefit OF
this institution and arc hoping for a
capacity house at both performances
Mrs. Ben Bcrgcrman has sent out
invitations TO two luncheons to be
given In her homo next Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Tho regular meeting OF the City Fed
Grafton OF Womcns clubs will be held
tomorrow afternoon at $50 o'clock in
the Commerce club.
Tho womcn's Missionary society OF
Central Christian church will meet
with Mrs. II. II. Stanwood. 9o3 Eliza
beth street. this afternoon at o:50
o'clock. Mrs. Leroy Reynolds will be
leader OF tho study hour.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Burch. Mr.. and
Mrs. IL. II. Ellington are planning to
leave next Monday for New Orleans,
La, and later, enjoy sojourns in Flor
Ida and Cuba.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-11

OF Meadowdalo following Antonios
death. Left alone, Sallie is forlorn. but
a home is found for her on a nearby
farm by chance acquaintance, a
farmers boy. Jovo steals upon the
former little tenement girl. Her joy
is grief whom she is claimed as n
daughter by a millionaire oil man who
had lost trace of his family for cigh
teen years thru an accident that caus-
cd him to lose all memory of his for
mer ltfc.. Sallio has riches and II
right name Mt last and she should
be supromely happy-but. she isn't.
Tho climax OF the story reveals why.
Don't miss this opportunity to sec
a movie that is filled with fun and
athos. You'll like tho play and the
orphans need your help. saturday af
ternoon and night at the Steel Works
"Y' thcatcr.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-11
High School Debate

Today Mrs. Lille o. Baker. county
superintendent OF schools. will visit
the Nicholson school where Lincoln
day program will be rendered by the
teachers and tho pupils. Mrs. Baker
will also deliver an illustrated lecture
ON Egypt.
This evening there will be joint dc
batc at Excelsior school between the
high school pupils of tho Lakeside
Nineland and the Excelsior schools.
Tho topic under discussion will be
should strikes he abolished by the
Public Utilities Commission
San Diego. Cal.-Construction OF
the first unit of n United States ma
rire brigade post, which is expected
to he tho largest OF it's kind in the
west. will DO completed hero about
March Is.
The government, II is said. already
has spent more than $4,000. 900 on tho
post. and another S2.0OO0 900 will be
needed to complete tho work.