The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-04
WASHINGTON NEWS
OF STATE INTEREST

ESPECIAL CoRREsPoNpENcEl
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 3O.-A
wedding of Nevada people was cele-
brated Wednesday evening, July 81.
at the home of Congressman Arentz
In Washington. Harry R. Warren of
Wabuska and Mrs. Alice N. Salisbury
OF Reno were the contracting parties.
Rev. James Shera Montgomery. chap
lain of the House OF Representatives.
performed the ceremony at eight
O'Clock. The Arentz home was pref
lily decorated. potted palms forming
wedding bewer in the archway. Mr.
and Mrs. l.. H. Schmidt of Washington
acted as best man and matron of
honor. The Misses Huguenin, one of
whom Is private secretary to Mr..
Arentz, and Mr.. and Mrs. C. d. Ayres
OF Nevada. were among the guests.
After the ceremony Mrs. Arentz
served refreshments.
Harry Warren came to Washington
TWO months ago in quest of patents
on a seed-cleaning device of his in
vention. With the assistance of his
attorney his ideas expanded until
more and more patents seemed neces.
sary. New applications of his device
became apparent. On seed separa-
tion alone fifteen patents have been
taken out, involving 100 distinct
claims The subject of Mr.. Warren's
Invention presenting SO many possi-
bilities which he desires to protect.
he determined to remain at Washing
ton uitil the work is finished. Ar
rangements were made accordingly
for Mrs. Salisbury to make the journey
from Nevada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren plan to re-
main at the Continental hotel here
until all necessary patents have been
secured. Then they will return to
Nevada, where the groom will settle
up his ranching affairs. prior to put
ting his first machine in operation
In seed house at Kansas City. He
has received flattering offers from
seed men of Ogden, St Louis, Chi
cago and Milwaukee Condemned
and worthless seeds have been sent
TO Washington for experimentation
and have been thoroughly separated.
Some idea of the immense importance
of this new and apparently success
full invention may be gained from the
statement that there is now in United
States warehouses s1O0,00O.000 worth
of condemned seed, and that the gov
ernment annually burns 5000, 900
pounds of seeds which would be
worth from ten to forty cents a pound
could they be purified.
Rev. James Shera Montgomery used
to be printer. and he is proud of the
fact. AS chaplain of the House of
Representatives he has won greater
admiration among Congressman than
any other man who has occupied the
position in recent years. He was on
the lecture platform of the Redpath
Lyceum fourteen years. The evening
of the wedding he became so much
III utoCllptiOho vi 4NCfdud
that he said he would be glad to go
straight TO a railroad station and en-
gage passage to the Sagebrush State.
He told an interesting story of going
E'into printshop at Litchfield. Minn..
while on one of his lecture tours. and
asking for a stick and a rule. and for
permission to do a little typesetting
He had some difficulty in convincing
the boss that "panhandling" was not
the aim of his visit.
The Agricultural Year Book for
1920, a publication much sought after
by agriculturists everywhere, will
come from the government presses in
about a month. 1t is supposed each
Congressman will have 400 or 500
copies for distribution. Representa-
tive Arentz says applications for the
year book received by him will be
filled In order.''first come, first
served"-until his allotment is ex-
hausted.
Gerald b. Turner, Marine Corps,
Twenty-second Company, Searchlight
Battalion, First Regiment. Third
Brigade, formerly of Tonopah and
Goldfield, has been stationed at Guam
tico, Va, since last December, and Is
now serving the concluding two
months of his re-enlistment He says
he will return to Nevada when he is
mustered out of the service. Turner
has so many different uniforms he
confuses the office force when he
calls on Congressman Arentz. He is
not vain. however. When his sar-
torial display elected comment he
told of standing one day In the Ferry
Building at San Francisco, dressed in
the blue Marine uniform, and of a
woman thrusting suitcase into his