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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-07-13
Ne WsPAPER LIBEL
SUIT IS DECIDED
Plaintiff L. Awarded Verdict BY
Jury in Unites States Court Al
Carson City After Trial of
Several Days
(From the Reno Journal)

The libel suit brought against
The Nevada State Journal by Char
les B. Henderson was concluded
Tuesday in the United States court
at Carson City when the jury hear
ing the case brought in a verdict in
favor of the plaintiff. A total of
$4,000 was awarded the former
senator for the damages he declared
he sustained.
Attorneys for the Journal immedi-
ately gave notice of appeal. Ten
days stay Of execution was ordered
by Judge Dietrich and sixty days
given in which to prepare bills Of
exception.
The evidence was concluded in a
few minutes at the morning ses-
sion and Judge Norcross began the
argument for Henderson at 10:45
and ended at noon. At 1850 p. M,
A Grant Miller opened the argument
for the defendants and made many
telling points. He showed that the
only evidence rs to damages put in
by Henderson was for his injured
feelings and declared that if the
former senator had suffered at all
from the laceration or his feelings
it must have occurred long prior to
the publication in The Journal upon
which he had based his suit, because
the story of Henderson being q
guard in the strike Of 1894 and
firing an engine from Evanston to
Ogden had been circulated for many
years and that the Democratic state
central committee had published q
full page in The Journal, October
13, 1918, referring to the use Of
the fireman story by Democrats
who had opposed his appointment
as senator by Governor Boyle.
At one time Attornew Miller
pointed to the former senator and
said: II ask you, Senator Hender-
son, what was the motive Of this
suit?"
Raymond Benjamin followed for
the defense in a most logical argu-
ment, analysing the evidence and
the editorials in a mastery manner.
His address was closely listened to
by court, jury and the spectators.
S. w. Bedford then spoke at
length and closed the case for the
plaintiff.
Judge Frank s. Dietrich delivered
the charge of the jury. requiring
Is minutes, and the jury retired at
p. M, and returned into the court
ut $50 with a verdict for the plain
tiff. They assessed the former sena-
tors total damages to character,
reputation, feelings and business Mt
$4,000 and assessed The Journal
$4,000 more as smart money.
The Journals attorney immedi-
ately gave notice Of appeal. Ten
days stay Of execution was ordered
by Judge Dietrich and sixty days
in which to prepare bills of excep-
ton.
The court also directed that upon
The Journals furnishing its bond
on appeal. the attachment placed on
The Journal some time ago be dis
solved and released.
There are yet to be tried The
Journals suit against Mr.. Hender.
son for 100000 damages and
George d. Kilborn's suit against Mr.
Henderson for $4,000 damages
on account Of the articles published
by Henderson in the Gazette.
There is also Mr.. Kilborn's suit
against The Reno Evening Gazette
for $4,000 damages.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-07-13
The LIGHT rhs. plsn~ Fal,.

From out Of MRryville comes the
story Of . light that didn't fall. The
Tribune reports that when q large
negro was taken before q Judge
charesd with the crime Of carrying
Q half-brlck concealed abost his per.
son, hs got OF scotfrss when he e.
planned that ~ merely wore Il TO light
bic matches "a when he wantsd to
smoks.--Aisscuh Notes, Kansas City
TiaeA
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-07-13

Vaeatioa Tine
Have your copy Of The Silver
State forwarded to you while on
your vacation trip. This service
gladly performed and at no addi-
tional expense to subscribers. Use
the phone, No. 211. If
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-07-13

Exaspsratsdf Use the wantads.
A four-line wantad-60 cents for
three times-will accomplish results.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20
REMEMBER?

vEYHEN corned beef was
" eight cents pound.
w And they gave spare
ribs away.
And It took a mule to drag away
a quarters worth of cabbage.
And barber chairs were made
of plush.
And doctors charged a dollar
And chiropractors were called
corn doctors.
And nobody ever heard Of pyor-
rhea-
And you could get tooth
pulled for a quarter.
And the best shoes were only
four dollars.
And a suit was twelve bucks.
And everybody went home at
noon for dinner.
And nobody ate bakers bread.
And there weren't many tele-
phones.
And a family Dragged IL they
had a piano.
And music lessons were only
four bits.
And it was scandal If you
came home in a hack.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20
Worse to Come.

Mr.. Nelson based his libel suit
on a handbill which characterized
him as "a monumental liar, the
wild man of Borneo; a dirty, foul.
mouthed old blatherskite; a tom
cat and a thoroughly discredited
old windbag."
And after that. Il was said the
defendant gradually grew abu-
sive.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

Physical culture. father, is per
fectly lovely" exclaimed an en-
thusiastic young miss just home
from college. Look, To develop
the arms I grasp this rod in both
hands and move it slowly from
right TO left"
We'll. well' replied dad, admir-
ingly, what won't science dis
cover next? Why IL that rod had
straw on the other end you'd be
sweeping" American Legion
Weekly.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20
The Crouch
Talks

" DON'T believe the Govern,
ment report that there will
II be bumper tobacco crop
this year. There Is always a
bumper cabbage crop to take the
JOY out OF life.
don't take any stock in home
brew recipes. II they were any
good IL wouldn't be my luck to
get 'em.
! don't believe Ponce de Leon
went to America In search fOi
the Fountain OF Youth. II hr
wanted youth he would most lIhr.
ly have gone TO Africa for
monkey gland.
I don't believe professional
fighters deserve the money they
get. A great many dancers can
show them cards and spades ana
a lot of new steps if they w'r'
given half the opportunity 10 call
themselves fighters,
I don't believe anything will
ever come of the League of Ma
tions. / believe the League OF
Nations feels the same way
about ii.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

The farmer had recently On.
gagged a Scottish laborer, and plsc'
ing a cheese on the breakfast
table. told him to help himslf.
When the farmer returned, some
time later, he found the man still
eating.
SANDY" he exclaimed, "you take
a long time to breakfast don't you?'
"Aw eel," replied the man. "a
cheese o. this size is nae sac soon
eaten as ye may thinkr'-London
Telegraph.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20
Did He Get II?

II find | can think better when
! smoke"
well instead of those small
mild cigarettes you should use
big, strong cigars"
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

do you think motion pictures
are educational7"
"Yes." replied Mr.. stormington
Barnes; although I won't say they
have gotten so far along as to
teach people how to act."-Judge
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

Professor TO class)-Is there
such thing as absolute nothing"
Student-Well, professor, the
German pfenn.g Is worth about
one ninety.sixth OF a mark.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

First Feline-Mrs. Bargayne.
Hunter married a shopwalker at
Gimbel's.
Second Feline-So heard.
"And now she thinks she could
have done better at Macy's.--I.on.
don Mail.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20
It's a Scream!

Miss Mary Hubbard jazzed ou'
TO the cupboard.
To get her a pitcher OF cream:
y mouse on a platter just sal
and looked at her,
And all Mary did was to scream.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

Mother--Is your new friend
Margery what I would call . nice
girl. a dlgnified girl1
Fair Undergrad-oh yes. Why.
when we have plays we always
give her the maids part because
notuiy else has good enough mas
ner---Columbia state
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

TIoltcr--Why all the sounds Of
mirth and rCvclry next door?
Has cook come?
Skelter-No. "A visitor has gone.
Judge.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

rustomer-How do you sell this
cheese?
GroCcr-tve often wondered
myself. madam
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

What does your wife say wher
you are out so late at night?"
II am not married"
Then why do you stay out
30 latc?"--Kasper tStockholm).
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

The nickel cigar is back. an
nounces newspaper.
That explains lot and clears
up mystery. We thought IL
was a tannery.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

llc--prctty hard after we
alwavs had the best of every
thing
Shc--Nos guess that is how
20 got here
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

SOME Of the steaks you get in
the restaurants nowadays
could almost be inhaled through
a straw.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

Customer want TO get a
diamond ring-platinum, IL you
please.
Salesman-Certainly. sir. Let
me show you our combination
sets of three pieces, engagement.
wedding. and teething rings at
10 per cent discount.-Judge.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20


HE'D be liable TO get the ten
dcrloin steak that some other
guy had been sucking all day for.
COME Of the steaks you get In
the restaurants nowadays
could almost be inhaled through
straw.
THIS scientist says that the air
is full of all kinds of good
things to eat II we only knew
where TO get them. The city
would have TO put up signs like
'This block is full OF cream
puffs" or Go two blocks south
for chocolate eclairs."
THE only thing we could draw
out OF the air I'm the street
cars and subways would be gar
lie and onions.
TT would only cost us n nickel
Italian dinner.
IF we wanted wine we'd have
TO go out i'm front OF some
brewery and puff on our straw.
WHEN you wanted TO invite
company to lunch all you'd
have to do would be to give them
. straw and show them the front
door.
WHEN we learn how to suck
food out of the air we'll be
afraid to open our mouths for fear
Wen get full OF meat and 20.
tatoes.
TT will be pretty nice to stand
on the corner waiting for a
street car and be eating your
lunch at the same time.
A MAN can leave the house at
eiSht.thirty in the morning
and eat his breakfast walking to
work.
WHEN he's had enough he can
just put the straw in his
pocket until noon time.
THE clerks and stenographers
won't have to leave the Of
flee at IL o'clock. They'll just
pick up a straw and stick their
heads out of the window.
THEN in five or ten minutes
they can wipe their mouths
and shut the window.
nF course. if they wanted to
they could leave the window
open and cat between meals.
T'IIS would be a great thing
for the real cstat" business.
Everybody would he moving out
into tho suburbs where there
was more Corned beef and cab.
bage and potatoes in the air.
RUT then, some guys are so
greedy. They wouldn't be
satisfied with using a straw.
they'd go after their meals with
. vacuum cleaner.
Copyright 1922. King Feature.
Syndicate, Inc.)
What does your wife say when
you are out so late at night?"
II am not married"
Then why do you stay out
30 latc?"--Kasper tStockholm).
TIoltcr--Why all the sounds Of
mirth and rcvclry next door?
Has a cook come?
Skelter-No. visitor has gone.
Judge.
Customer want TO get a
diamond ring-platinum, IL you
please.
Salesman-Certaiply. sir. Let
me show you our combination
sets OF three pieces, engagement.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

HE'D be liable TO get the ten
dcrloin steak that some other
guy had been sucking all day for.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

CNN you imagine guy walk
ing up and down the main
street with a straw in his mouth
inhaling "A dinner?
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

We now behold
The pumpkins gold
In every field.
y-rem bursting pod
The goldenrod
Gives goodly yield.
The bumper crops
or shredded hops
Are in the press.
And one and all
Proclaim the fall
a great success. Judge.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20
Med dbury
Says
By John =. Medbury.

A MEM YORK scientist says
~ that fifty or sixty years
IA from now dining rooms and
restaurants will be unknown and
people will be getting their food
out OF the air through straws.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

RUT then, some guys are so
greedy. They wouldn't be
satisfied with using straw.
they'd go after their meals with
q vacuum cleaner.
Copyright, 1922 King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

THIS scientist says that the air
is full of all kinds of good
things TO eat II we only knew
where TO get them. The city
would have TO put up signs like
This block is full OF cream
puffs" or Go two blocks south
for chocolate eclalrs."
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

THIS would be a great thing
for the real cstat" business.
Everybody would he moving out
into tho suburbs where there
was more corned beef and cab.
bagc and potatoes in the air.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

THE only thing we could draw
out OF the air In the street
cars and subways would be gar
lie and onions
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

TT would only cost US nickel
any time we wanted to get an
Italian dinner.
The Washington times., 1922-11-20

IF we wanted wine we'd have
10 go out in front OF some
brewery and puff on our straw.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-05
PLAN REST or WORK IN COUNTY
ON THE TRUNK LINE FOR 1924

If Grao County will furnish its share Of the need
ed the state highway department will MAG east from Alma
to the line, with its paved
roadway from Alma Saginaw So desirOus the de-
parment to have this work done that this
end have been made to the Gatiot highway commission
On Friday September 20, committee, consisting of Wm
e. Reynolds city Secretary Crawford of the Chamber
of Commerce. H. S. Babcock and John Chick all of Alma
tied Frank F. Rogers state highway commissioner and inquired
the road for Grao 1928 and then that
definite word received that this the intention of
partment.
Mr. Rogers called attention the fact that
intense amount of traffic the road between Alma Saginaw
it impossible to economically gravel this road and keep in
good condition. necessitang substantial paved road
1t brought out that recommendations have been made
to the raot commission that county
provide for the of the five
miles of paving between ST. Louis and Breckenridge which
IS intended to pave in 1928 He said that would be
for the county to have this the spring
the preliminary work with the state department would
have funds available until the bonds sold
1928 from the state bond The estimated
ment from ST. Louis to Breckenridge estimated
which the counys share would approximately 600
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-05
"THe Tale Bearer" : lust a Litte Sermon for zoday
Shears and Paste Bring Forth From the Exchange Timely
Thought We Pondered Over and We Now Pass 1t On.

gossips, he worships at the shrine of
his own ego, INDUCES in unconscious
and indirect praise Of his own prob
ity. He is eager to bear witness to
his fellows that he is not as others,
he is a pharisee. Or, he seeks the
excitement and interest which centers
around the bearer of news; and news,
he has discovered, is mostly bad
news, something which affords his
hearers an opportunity to compare
their own security or probity to that
of the unfortunate subjects Of the
news. The non-conformists, the men
who deride tandards-measures by
which man judges man-care nothing
for regulations or for the institutions
which form character and establish a
basis for confident intercourse be-
tween men. Conformity is not al
ways desirable, men have different
ideas about the form that should be
given to many things, but there can
be no difference on fundamental NOR
ality, nor can n-conformists sue
cessfully ignore custom and method
in the operation of the established
order. Man seeks the society of or
does business with those who recog-
nize the validity and usefulness of
the institutions and customs to which
he gives his own allegiance. For the
most part these institutions are erect
ed on the basis of trial and error, on
experience, and take their validity
from common consent. They are fixed
or changing, they are the foundations
upon which man must stand in order
to hold the confidence and regard of
his fellows. Habit, ways of doing
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-05
HEALTH CRUSADE.
GETS ENROLMENT
DEVICE FOR TEACHING IIY-
GIENE PROVING POPULAR IN
GRATIOT SCHOOLS.

Knights Of the Bath, If that isn't
their official title it ought to be, for
they win their spurs by royal
achievements with soap and towels
and toohtbrushcs. At the dinner
table, too, they exercise the knightly
virtues Of wisdom and self-control,
for teacher says that health chivairy
means being wise and brave about
coffee and pickles and too much cam
dy. And just like the Round Table
Knights they are avowed 20 be hon
orable and pure and helpful every
day.
Who are they? Why, Gratiot
county Modern Health Crusaders, en-
rolled in a statewide crusade under
the auspices of the Michigan Tuber-
culosis Association. The State De
partments of Health and Public IN
struction have lent their assistance
to the project and call it practical
hygiene and habit formation through
the enlisting of interest; but it's all
pure JOY to Skinnay and his crew.
Of course it's serious, too, in a
way. A fellow has to Go all sorts Of
things; clean his nails every day, and
keep his pencil out of his mouth, and
use his handkerchief when he sncezes,
and all the rest Of the stuff mas al
ways been dinging about. But it's
different once you call it a Crusade
You have a roll Of honor and badges
and pins, and after you've done the
health chores for your service long
enough, they knight you with a real
lath sword, and say, Rise, Sir
Knight" and all, just the way it is
in King Arthur.
Gratiot county schools expect to
enroll two thousand of these loyal
servitors Of health. A report from
State crusade headquarters at the Of
flee of the Michigan tuberculosis as
sociation gives the present state en-
rollment as over 1000.
Attorney John d. Spinney was in
Lansing on business Monday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-05
TRUCTIoNS IN
SAFETY PLANNED
STATE Is PLANNING TO ISSUE
PUBLISHED OUTLINE WITH
ALL AUTO PLATES.

In furtherance Of the state depart
ment of public safety's campaign to
reduce automobile accidents, the de-
partmont Of state from now on will
issue printed cards, illustrating the
proper arm signals for turns and
stops, and outlining set Of license
plates issued.
The Illustrations show the arm
should be held horizontally for a left
turn, the fore arm should be bent up
for a right turn, and the arm should
be slanted downward at a sharp angle
for stop.
The following "auto suggestions"
appear on the card:
BE sure you possess a correct title
for your car. The law requires it.
Do not drive without your identi-
fication card and your drivers Ii
cense.
The law requires every operator of
motor vehicle to possess an operat-
VI D 4l'thnc. NHdullelS require DOtn
operators and chauffer's licenses.
Violations are punishable by fine or
imprisonment. A person must be II
years Of age to procure an operators
license and Is to obtain a chauffer's
license.
The law requires that all license
plates shall be kept clean and plainly
visible for distance Of 80 feet.
Do not take chances in passing 9TH
er vehicles. Sound a warning before
you pass. Give the other fellow a
chance You may avoid a bad acci-
dent and possible death by taking
just a few seconds more time on the
road.
Hold out your hand when you stop
or turn, whether in the city or coun-
try. 1t is simple thing to do and
may prevent an accident The driver
behind you is not a mind reader.
Do not overlook your lamp equip
ment. The law requires two front
and one tail light.
Drive carefully. The graveyards
are filing with reckless drivers and
their victims.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-05

things, fixed ideas, are necessary;
without them man would have no
sense of mental or moral direction
would run around in circles. The lib
Grated minds, the minds which soar
above the mass to heights from which
they can look down upon the en-
slaced, seldom stay aloft-if they are
sane minds. They come back to con-
formity, sometimes with purpose to
"bore from within; but more often
they come back because they have
seen that the leaven which is work
ing in the mass is wiser than they.
The man who wins a reputation for
conformity to the rules which have
been established for the game Of life
is entitled to hold that place as long
as he continues to play these rules.
Any dereliction with which he may be
charged should be proved beyond
question. Mere gossip or report
should be ignored, and no man who
plays by the rules himself will pass
along gossip or rumors which are
likely to undermine the confidence of
the community in other men or in
stitutions. Interested persons owe
themselves a duty to investigate all
reports and rumors concerning mat
ters which involve their own welfare,
but no man should repeat idle gossip
or malicious rumor until he is sure of
the facts, and even then he should
exercise with the greatest caution
and with due regard for the conse-
quences the power for the punish
ment of individuals or institutions
which is placed in his hands-Ex-
change.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-05
SUPREME COURT
IN THE EIGHTH
DISTRICT FIGHT
VINCENT CERTIFIED AS NOMI-
NEE BY MICHIGAN'S SECRE-
TARY OF STATE.
Outcome is Still
Regarded Uncertain

The congressional fight in the
Eighth district of Michigan is still
going on, the developments of the
past week being the writ of man
damus sought by William M. Smith
of st. Johns, the apparently defeated
candidate, to compel the Saginaw
Board of Canvassers to recount the
vote in certain precincts in that coun-
ty in which the ballots were secured
in the ballot boxes as required by
law, but the packages of which did
not bear the endorsements that are
required; and the issuing of the GER
tifcate of nomination by Secretary of
State Deland, certifying to the clerks
of the six counties of the district, the
nomination of Bird J. Vincent as the
Republican candidate.
The recount by the Saginaw board
was brought to a finish on Friday Of
last week, at which time the attor-
neys for William NJ. Smith notified
the Saginaw board that the writ of
mandamus was being sought in the
Supreme Court of Michigan to COM
pei the Saginaw board to recount the
ballots properly sealed in the ballot
boxes, but not properly endorsed. The
Saginaw board was asked to con-
tinue in session until the Supreme
Court had acted on the matter.
The Saginaw board informed
Smiths attorneys that it had re-
counted the Saginaw vote as per-
mitted by law, taking the official
count for such precincts as could not
properly be recounted, because of i'm
proper sealing of ballot boxes or i'm
proper endorsements, and refusing to
remain in session certified to the Sag
inaw returns and adjourned. The re-
count in Saginaw county showed a
net loss to Vincent of ten votes.
Early Monday Secretary of State
DeLand certified to the nomination of
Bird j. Vincent, who on the face of
the recount in the six counties was
nominated by larger vote than the
official canvass gave him, and the
county clerks of Saginaw, Shiawas-
see, Clinton, Ionia, Montcalm and
Gratiot counties were notified, thus
enabling them to prepare to print the
ballots for the November election.
Monday afternoon the Supreme
Court issued an order on the petit
tion of William NJ. Smith directing
the Saginaw board of canvassers to
appear before the Supreme Court
this afternoon Thursday and show
cause why it should not recount the
ballots in certain wards in the City
Of Saginaw, and townships of Sagi-
nav county.
The precincts which are in dispute
in Saginaw county in this angle of
the recount had their ballot boxes
sealed properly, but the packages
were not indorsed by the inspectors
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