davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
LIVING COSTS DROP

Whatever system the Kentucu
Manufacturer Association and "a.
Employers Association OF Louisur.
use to arrive at the changes in a.
cost Of living, it apparently is an a,
cellent one. In fact, of all the tabls :
published in various parts of tn
country respecting price fluctuations.
this Kentucky compilation is easily
the most comprehensive. concise and
satisfactory, says the Salt Lake Til
bune.
Taking one city, the States chief
town, the report issued by the assoc
alton shows that the cos of living In
Louisville is 23A per cent less than
1t was a year ago. the dates of com.
parison being February /. 1920. and
January Is, 1921.
At this time, the survey shows, an
income of s76.27 will provide thoss
varied articles entering into the aver
age family budget, where, Februar.
/. last year. IL required 500 to d.
the same thing. 1t Is said that thest
comparative figures are no doubt ap.
plicable to other towns and cities Of
Kentucky. The calculation of a drop
of nearly "a per cent is based on act
ual facts, 1t is asserted, and on the
most conservative estimates. Data
were collected on the FIVE items en-
tering into the daily life: Food,
clothing. shelter. fuel and sundries.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
RENO FILES PROTEST
ON PRIMARY REPEAL

The proposed repeal of the Pri-
mary law, which was introduced by
Senator Sheehan. has met a live pro-
test from Reno. A signed protest is
to be forwarded to the members OF
the Legislature asking that the prop
osition be tabled.
The protest Is discussed at length
by Sam Bedford. who maintains that
it to a certain extent is aimed to re-
peal the State prohibition law as it
places election officers in the hands Of
the old boss rule.
The protest is signed by Sadie D.
Hurst. Sam Bedford and Frank d.
Lawyer. The meeting held in Reno
resulted in a general haying of the
proposition to repeal the present Pri-
mary law or interfere with the pro-
hibition laws.-Carson Appeal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
Turned Laugh on Jokers.

We do not think Of NJ. Clemenceau
as the sort Of man on whom practical
jokes would be played. yet he was the
victim of an elaborate jest some
while ago-in pre-war times. needless
to say-and he accepted the position
with c~ommendable grace.
A number Of Parisians received bo-
gus invitations to dine at the pre-
mier's house. Some were total
strangers, and their grateful accept
ance mystifed M. Clemenceau until
he realized the hoax.
He did Got put them OF. He or
dered the dinner. and gave his guests
q pleasant evening. Not until the
evening was drawing to a close did he
inform them that their Invitations had
been sent out by some one Of whose
identity he had not the renotest
knowledge.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
HAD
AMPLE SECURITY

The other day a stranger entered
the Nevada First National Bank at
Tonopah, 1t is said, and asked to bor-
row IS. He was told by Cashier Ar
thur Raycraft that the bank did not
lend such small sums.
But" he went on, lending money
is your business, isn't it,"
The banker admitted that it was.
well, l have a good security" said
the stranger, land I want to borrow
S."
Finally Mr.. Raycraft. half from
fatigue and half from amused curl
osity, agreed to make the loan. When
the note was all drawn up and the
interest of 35 cents paid. the stranger
drew from his pocket $4,000 worth
of Government bonds and handed
them over as security. Before the
banker could express his astonish-
ment the stranger said:
Nov. this is something like 1t.
Over at this other bank they wanted
me to pay $40 just for a safety de-
posit box to keep these things in."-
Tonopah Bonanza.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
NO OLD MAIDS IN B
Ancient City Had a System Which As
sured the Marriage OF All the
Females

The first known auctions of the
world were held in Babylon many
centuries before Christ. The articles
auctioned consisted of all the virgins
in the city, and the sale was held
once a year. On the day selected the
girls we're brought to the market
place and there ordered to remove
their garments. All the young men
of the city we're also gathered and
the maidens. N by one, were led to
a block where the youth of the city
could inspect them. The beautiful
girls were sold first and every effort
made to get as much as possible for
their charms.
The young men of those days were
as eager to win the fairest maid pos
sible by bidding as men Of a later age
were to win them by brave deeds or
pleadings. AS a result fortunes were
in the hand of the auctioneer by the
time the homely girls we're reached.
This fortune was then divided up and
the a~uctioneering took a new life.
The homeliest girl was given the
largest part of the money collected
from beauty and many a poor man
found himself with a very homely
wife. but a comfortable start in bust
The system at least did away
with old maids and bachelors and
insured a steady growth Of popula-
ton and few dependents on the State.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
CONSUMER ALWAYS PAYS

The emergency tariff bill pending
in the U. S. Senate put a duty or tax
Of Is per cent on imported hides. The
Tanners Council protested against
this. They said 1t would add Is mil
lion dollars a year to the cost of i'm
ported hides. and probably 25 million
dollars to the price of domestic hides,
thus adding 40 million a year to the
cost of raw materials for shoes. This,
they said. would compel the addition
of that amount or more, to the sell
ing price of shoes. 1t would raise the
price, on the average. at least a dol
lar a pair. Shoes are very dear al
ready. The duty would benefit only
hide spectators, they said, and asked
all Senators and Representatives to
vote against 1t.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
SHORT TERM DIVORCE
BILL PASSES THE SENATE

The Scott bill, aimed to prevent
the Mary Pickford class Of divorces
in Nevada. passed the Senate We'd
nesday. The law prevents the
found" clause, which formerly al
lowed service on the defendant II
found within the county. The bill
provides a six months residence and
by the elimination of the found
clause makes a six months residence
necessary to procure divorce.
The grounds for divorce remain as
in the former statute, and Senator
Scott explained that there was no en-
deavor to remodel the world or its
people, but to make a law that would
take away the objections raised and
also prevent collision or fraud, which
he believes has caused much Of the
adverse comment on Nevada's d.
vorce laws.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
BAY CITY NEWSPAPERS
RAISE SUBSCRIPTIONS

Newspapers of San Francisco and
Oakland will increase their subscrip-
ton rates beginning February /, ac-
cording to an announcement pub
published by them. Increased cost Of
production is the reason.
The morning dailies of San Fran
cisco will be $1.15 per month instead
of 80 cents. Two San Francisco
evening papers will raise from SIS
cents to rs cents a month. and from
three cents to five cents a copy. while
a third paper will sell At 60 cents per
month instead OF SO cents. and at
three cents a copy instead OF two
cents. Approximately equal increases
will be announced by two evening
papers of Oakland.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
ENGINEER LICENSE
MEASURE APPEARS

Carson, Feb. State Mining In
spector stinson's recommendations
for a license Law for hoist engineers
are embodied In a bill. No. "a, intro
duced in the Senate by Miller to-day.
The bill provides for the examina-
ton Of prospective hoist engineers.
both physically and with regard to
the applicants qualifications, and
places the power to grant an engi-
neer's license in the hands OF An ex-
aiming board instead Of with the
County Commissioners as at present.
A fee of IS will be charged for the
license and this will go into a fund
to cover the expense Of the examina-
ton and license.
Eight boards will be created II the
bill becomes Q law and these will be
located at Virginia City. Winnemuc-
ca. Elko. Ely, Eureka. Phoebe. Las
Vegas and Tonopah. The State Min
ing Inspector or. hfs deputy will be
the chairman of each of these boards
and other members will be engineers
and mechanics.
Two classes of licenses will be is
sued. The first may be given to en-
gineers who have had at least two
years experience as engineers and
the second may be awarded to those
who are able to operate one class Of
engine, but the second class licenses
will not permit the operation of an
engine OF more than fifty horsepower.
The bill provides for the creation
of a fund of $1,000 to carry on the
work Of organization Of the various
boards and 1t will be into this fund
that license fees are paid.
Violation Of the law would be made
punishable by a fine Of from 500 to
$500. or Imprisonment Of from thirty
days to six months or by both fine
and imprisonment.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
WHY 1T IS 'CzECHO-SL0vAK
Sounds Awkward, but Really 10 the
Only Way to Correctly Express
What 10 Meant

Speaking Of the awkward cognomen
Of "Czecho-S lovak." the Independent
says 1t Is partly due to linguistic acci-
dent and partly to political exigence.
The old familiar name Bohemia" has.
like the name Serbia" q territorial
rather than a radical significance and
ID too small to cover the clinical en-
tity on which the modern concept Of
nationality Is founded. The Slovak
language Is only dialetically different
from the Czech or Bohemian, but the
differences were purposely Intensified
during the nineteenth century to keep
the Hungarian branch of the race
apart from the Austrian. Even In
America Slovak and Czech newspapers
are distinct, although either people
a read the other language. Profess
sor Masaryk. head of the new Czecho-
Slovak republic, is a Slovak. The
Slovaks, being inferior to the Czechs
In numbers, wealth and education, are
naturally insistent upon equal rights
and recognition. The spelling Czech"
Is neither native nor English. 1t is a
Polish form Of the word. foisted upon
the world by persistence Of Viennese
journalists. The True Bohemian spell
Ing Czech" Is impossible to our news
papers for lack Of type with inverted
caret over the @. to represent Oh. The
final oh is sounded like the German
cultural or the Scottish ch as In
'loch," but to the ordinary ear Is hard
ly distinguishable from plain k.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
LIVE o MEN
GIVEN HEARING

Carson, Feb. 1.-Iegislation favor
ed by the live stock and agricultural
interests of the State was discussed
yesterday afternoon at a meeting
held by the agricultural committee Of
both houses with Vernon Metcalf,
secretary of the Nevada Live Stock
Association, and others interested in
that industry in agricultural pur-
suits. Metcalf was the principal
speaker.
An appropriation for the extermin-
alton Of rodents probably will be
asked for by the agriculturists and 1t
is probable that the live stock COM
mission will ask for the retention of
the appropriation to carry on the
fight against rabies.
Last year Gov. Boyle vetoed a bill
making an appropriation for the ex-
termination of rabies. Some of the
live stock owners are opposed to any
further maintenance of the work of
the rabies commission. The appro-
priation for its support, $4,000,
made at the last session of the Legis-
lature, is met by a special tax on the
cattle industry. Some of the members
Of the live stock association contend
that to exterminate coyotes encour-
ages the rodent menace. asserting
that coyotes are the greatest exter-
minator of rabbits, gophers and 9TH
err rodents.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05

Many county commissioners Of the
State are In Carson comforting with
members of the Legislature on the
proposed boosting Of salaries Of
ty officials. according to the Journal.
Herman wald, a Reno merchant
who died recently, left 100000 Of
his $4,000 estate to charities in the
East. requests to relatives were also
made. but none reside within the
State.
Senator Fitzgerald Of Nye County
was married in Carson City Tuesday
evening to Mrs. Helen Cornick Of Los
Angeles. The ceremony was per-
formed by Chief Justice Sanders, and
Governor and Mrs. Boyle we're among
the witnesses.
Fred Ranger. widely known miner.
was killed Wednesday in the Tono-
pah Divide mine. He was coming up
from the 1000 foot level, witnesses
said, and stuck his read into the
shaft and struck the timbers. He
fell SO feet to the bottom of the
shaft.
Senator Chaplin Of White Pine
County has been chosen secretary Of
the joint committee to investigate
the various commissions and depart
ments of State government. and Har-
ry Bartlett, Assemblyman from Elko
County. has been named as the COM
mittee's secretary. Two or three
meetings have already been held and
officers called upon to explain their
needs or possibilities Of curtailments
needs or possibilities of curtailment
of expenses.
No ore shipments were sent out
this week over the local railway.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
CATTLE FREEZE

Frank Button. superintendent Of
the Bliss ranches. reports receipts Of
Information that snow is fifteen
inches deep on some level stretches
of Eiko County. He says ranchers
there report the coolest weather in a
number of years. and one instance of
where horses and cattle have frozen.
This is important news to Humboldt
and Pershing county ranchers as in
dicative of a good supply OF water for
this year.-Winnemucca
Silver State.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
More American. In China.

Foreign firms and the foreign popu.
lation Of China are increasing percep-
ffbly. The American population In
creased in 1917 by 10 per ZEN over the
previous year. and American firms
from 1877 to 216; Japanese advanced
from 104.275 persons to 14z.492 and
the number of Japanese firms in
creased during the year by ESQ; the
Russian population decreased by g.
92o. but firms increased by 1892; the
British population decreased, but Brit.
ish firms increased by II. There was
q total Increase over 1918 Of S4,S72 In
the foreign population Of China last
year and Of 1881 firms.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
OUR INTEREST IN MINING

Floyd w. Parsons. In the Satur-
days Evening Post Of January 22d.
reviews the mining situation in the
DATED States and clearly shows that
mining Is n of the two basic indus
tries Of man.. farming being the
other.
Civilization has been developed
on . metallic basis. and the miner has
been the real pioneer Of industry and
empire.
Just now we are much disturbed
by the slump that has taken place in
our metal mining industries. From
. time Of unusual prosperity, caused
by the war. the metal mining indus
try has settled down to q period of
dullness and readjustment.
"Of the many problems the mining
Industry Il now facing none are more
important than the question Of tax
reform. eiue-sky legislation. STAN
dsrdisation and operating costs un-
der new freight rates."
The plainest lesson Of the war was
that the nation which exercises do
minion over the minerals OF the
earth. including oil. controls the
earth. Every westerner should stand
solidly behind the mining industry
and favor only constructive policies
which encourage it, operation and
development. and particularly In re-
gard to foreign trade relations.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
BRIGHT

A trip owe the estate OF the Uni
ted Comstock Mines Company in Gold
Hill and observations made of the
scope of operations under way pro-
vides most impressive evidence Of the
great plan of mining and milling now
being worked out by that company.
This undertaking is without doubt
one OF the largest Of its kind ever
perfected and is destined to bring to
the Comstock new prestige as a gold
and silver center.-yirginia Chron-
icle.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
BIG C DIVIDEND

Chicago, Jan. 31.-The Morris
Company, one of the big Five" pack
ers, has declared a stock dividend OF
thirty sever million dollars. Stock
holders received nine shares of adj
ditional stock and three and one
third shares of preferred stock for
each share Of common stock held.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
Then Il Happened.

4 wonder IL 1t would?" mused the
Rummy.
You wonder IL what would?" de-
manded the barkeep. :.
why. If a man WORKS all night and
sleeps when others are working. I o
der II 1t would be right to call him .
"a dreamerf" replied the rummy, as
ne headed for the door.-MIwsukse
Sentinel.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
then took up promotions.
DENOUNCEs PROMOTION SYSTEM

DENOUNCE6 fttOMOIlON
Nov, as 1t seems the popular
thing to criticise the War Depart
ment. I'll criticise 1t too." he said.
There was a rotten system that per-
mitted promotions higher up. and
which would not permit us to pro-
mote a private or a sergeant who had
shaved in the mud, because the de-
partment wanted to ave a little sal
airy. Gen. Pershing wanted to pro-
mote them. but the chief Of stan or
the department or some body In au-
thority refused. The result was that
thousands Of deserving men came
home with broken hearts. That rul-
ing was largely responsible for the
unpopularity of the army. brought
about by the disgraceful attempt at
cheese-paring when millions and mil
lions were wasted"
When the hearing concluded. Gen.
Dawes turned to Chairman johnson
and said:
IT am able to take all the criticism
anybody wants to throw my way. but
don't over call me general. I'm out
OF the army"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
MURDERED MAN HAD
STILL IN HIS CABIN

Sheriff Harris and District Attor-
ney Castle have returned to Elko
from the northern part Of the county.
where they went to investigate the
killing of Dollard, whose body was
discovered after 1t had lain in the
cabin for three weeks. An investi-
cation of the cabin disclosed a still
for the manufacturer Of jackass
brandy. says the Elko Free Press.
The still showed evidence of being in
use for some time. although but lit
tie brandy was found, except that re-
naming in the bottom of a number Of
bottles in the room.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
CARPENTER IS KILLED
BY WOOD LCoHO

Tonopah, Feb. Joe Bush, vet.
eran ~prospector of Reveille and
Southern Nevada and former mine
owner. dropped unconscious from the
effects Of wood alcohol late yesterday
afternoon and died a few minutes
after being rushed to the county hos
pital.
Bush had been working lately as a
carpenter at Tonopah mines and is
well known here and in other Nevada
No inquest will be held over
remains.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05

A new Cunard Atlantic liner made
its first trip to New Yory last week.
from liverpool. 1t is described as a
one-class steamer. There is no first
and second class, no steerage. but all
passengers have cabins and all have
the run of the entire boat. "Albania"
is the name of this unusual craft.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05

Return of the Five-Cent Loaf
Five-cent loaves of bread have APP
peared in New York, for the first
time since the war began. Only the
smaller bakeries are supplying loaves
at this price.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05

0oldneid Tribune: The ma~nufactur-
ing Arms and jobbers that complain OF
cancelled orders. should bear in mind
that. and not very long ago. the re-
tailers had to complain Of cancelled
orders. When they wanted goods
the big houses did the eancelling and
in many cases they rssoId the goods
to others 1t higher prices than they
had sold them for originally. In
many lines the manufacturer failed
10 deliver the goods they had sold
and they sold them 70 others ct .
premium. Coal orders we're cancelled
In the same way-and then "Jobbers"
sold this coal ct higher prices. There
are two sides to this matter. also. The
retailer who now cancels an order IL
called. in certain circles, . repudiator
and . crook. In too many instances
he got his business ethics and busi-
ness morals from the very quarters
in which the most noise II now heard.
FAvORs SINGLE TICKET BALLOT
Elko Free Press: Now that the
Legislature II asked to thresh out the
election question and adopt some
thing more elective and less expen-
sive than the present Primary cleo
ton Law, It would be . wise thing
for them to consider all sides Of the
question. All right, then we have
something to submit. just a bare out
line. which can be filed in later on.
Abolish the Primary system and
have but one General election. Have
no conventions and have but q single
ballot at the general election, this
ballot to contain the names Of every |
candidate who desires to run for any |
once. Let the voter have IN oppor-
tunity to vote for any candidate ire
spective Of politics. and the candidate
receiving the largest number Of votes
for any given once. to be declared
elected. II more than one is to be
elected to any once. then let those
having the highest number of votes
be declared elected.
Let the candidate get his or her
name on the ballot by petition. and
have . set time when those petitions
must be fled with the county clerk
and with the State officials. The
number Of names on the petitions to
be governed by the importance of the
once. but In nc case should this be
made 30 great a to be- prohibitive.
. fee should accompany each petit
ton. large enough to insure sincerity
and small enough to allow the poor
to run,
Tho registration to be conducted
along the lines OF to-day, but includ-
ing some necessary changes. A copy
the ballot to be printed one week
before the election In two newspa-
In each county.
II this system 10 adopted It will
;ut the expense Of the election in
half. will do away with boss rule"
md will give the people an absolutely
'on-partisan method Of holding an
lection.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
HOT CREEK INDIAN
GOES ON WARPATH

Tonopah Times. Feb. 1: Deputy
Sheriff Gillian started out last even
ing with q posse Of six men to round
up Morey Jack. who broke loose in
the Hot Creek section Sunday and
threatened to kill every human be-
ing, red and white, In that region.
He was loaded with burro brandy
and felt mean enough to do anything.
80 the residents got q 8. o. s. call to
the county seat. Deputies Clute and
Gillian on visiting the seem were told
by the white people that it would be
better to leave Morey Jack alone and
let the booze work itself out. The
deputies returned and last night a
messenger from Hot Creek begged
for help as Morey was On the war
path single handed and was likely to
do serious harm. During the day he
attacked a Mexican girl. who man
aged to get out Of his clutches. Morey
JdCk 10 UdQ MiCulCAuC. I1C 10 tnC
father Of Willie Jack. the 16-year-old
boy who killed Mrs. Charley Williams
three years ago and is serving a life
sentence in the State prison. An
other son known as a desperate char
acter is Wild Bill.
INDIAN BROUGHT IN
Tonopah Times: Police Oficer
Smith and Deputy Sheriff Gillian re-
turned Tuesday from Hot Creek with
Morey Jack, the troublesome redman
Of that region who is charged with
having assaulted a Mexican girl two
days ago. The prisoner made no re-
sistance and DR.. Mcleod. who ac-
companied the party. advised against
bringing the girl to Tonopah. The
girls chest was crushed as though
the prisoner had held her down with
his knees. Morey Jack is 76 years Of
age and appears perfectly harmless.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05

Everything adjusts itself; the rich
have their ice in Summer, the poor In
Winter; the rich have their twin
skies, the poor their elk twins.-Nss
York Evening Man.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-05
RUBY HILL HONOR ROLL

Those pupils who have been neith-
er absent nor tardy during the month
of January:
EIGHTH GRADE-Clarence Kitch-
chen.
FIFTH GRADE-Telfer Kitchen.
FIRST GRADE-George Kitchen.
ADELAIDE JEFFRIES. Teacher.