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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
AMENDA TO START
DRILLING APRIL |

J. E. Amenda, president of the
Illipah Petroleum Company, and
Mrs. Amenda, spent the day Thurs
day in Carson, the guests of the
Brodigans, says the Carson News.
Mr.. Amenda has for the past year
or more been very active in the bor-
ing of an oil well at Illipah basin,
in White Pine county, and expresses
himself as very sanguine of the ulti-
mate success of his company in
developing an oil well of paying
quantity and high grade. Against
all the odds and difficulties of de-
veloping oil in new field, he has
persisted, and last year was SEEM
ingly about to realize his hopes.
His well had reached a depth of
about 1000 feet, had penetrated
the oil sand, and a flow of oil was
coming out over the top of the well
casing. For some reason the drill
lers stopped work for a short time
and the well filled up for a short
distance, and when drilling was re-
sumed it was found that cave-in
had taken place, and the company
found it impossible to continue to
work. Attempting to send down
the casing the pipes became snag-
ged, or whateyer the term is for
sticking in the hole, and when it
was attempted to draw them out
and start over the pipe pulled
apart, causing SO much damage that
it was determined to be cheaper
and more economical to bore new
hole than to try to save the old
one. This new we'll has been
started, and is now down 687 feet,
with the formation identical with
what was encountered in the first
hole.
On account of the extremely Sc
we're weather, it was determined to
stop work last fall and wait for the
spring weather, and Mr.. Amenda
says that he hopes to have every
thing in readiness by the first of
April and resume drilling operations
and, with good luck, he expects to
bring in an oil well of the first
magnitude before another winters
storms compel a stoppage of the
work.
He reports that the heaviest
snow in a great many years has
fallen in that locality, at Hamilton
Summit over fourteen feet of the
beautiful having accumulated.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
MINER HANGS SELF

Matt Hill, a miner, committed
suicide during Saturday night by
hanging himself to bed-post.
Hills body was found in his room
Sunday morning. He had used his
belt to strap himself to the bed
and had then flung his weight
against it, dying by strangulation.
Hill came to Virginia city a short
time ago from Tonopah. For the
last few days he had been out Of
work. He was forty years old.
An inquest was held over the re-
mains.-Chronicle
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
HELD LAST NIGHT

A committee from the high school
Mothers Club, headed by Principal
j. D. Scott, appeared before the
city council last night to discuss the
request that the council put in a
public play grounds and athletic
field on the high school grounds
The matter is considered important
by members of the council and ii
was decided no definite action
should be taken until all members
of the council are present. Council
man Sites was not in attendance
last night because of illness. The
committee explained the proposition,
estimating that an expenditure OF
about $2500 is required to buy land
necessary, leveling and installing
athletic apparatus.
r. E. Tilden, city engineer, ap-
peared before the board on the old
proposition of Strengthening and
making sidewalks along Bridge
street of uniform width, and also
installing curbing and cutters. This
matter was taken up some time ago
but was laid aside as the business
slump grew. Councilmen are favor.
able to the plan, but await pro
pitious time.
Chief of Police Lamb was au.
thorized to employ a man to take
charge of nine Mexicans now in the
county Jail on minor charges, the
plan being to put them at street
work or spring cleaning of any sort
Two ordinances were read for the
first time concerning license charges
upon gambling and soft drink par.
lors. Both were read without the
insertion of figures and it was not
decided what the new charges will
be. This phase will be taken up at
the necessary second reading of the
ordinances and the figures probably
then set. Fifteen dollars per quar-.
ter has been mentioned as the H.
cense fee for soft drink parlors
though nothing has been said about
what shall be charged the gamblers
The license for gambling games is
now $75 per quarter and may be
left at that figure. The tendency OF
the council, however, has been te
make the vice element pay for extra
police expenditures, the members
apparently believing necessity fol
extra police vigil is soccasioned by
activities of the gambling ,elemeilt
and that it is right and. proper thai
the charge should be paid where ii
originates. .
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
OROVADA DISTRICT
BEING DEVELOPED
Twenty New Settlers, All Men of
Means, Expected Here This
Spring to Take Up Land in
Quinn River Valley

/. ]. Studebaker of Orovada ar
rived in this city yesterday to attend
to business matters. In speaking Of
weather conditions Mr.. Studebaker,
who keeps the government records
at Oroyada, stated that he had noted
temperatures in Winnemucca almost
always run ten degrees lower than
is the case in the Quinn River val
ley. Snow has consequently melted
more rapidly and north of Cane
Springs the road is actually dusty.
South of that point, however, Mr..
Studebaker recites, roads are next
to impossible. He anticipates a slow
return trip, for he says unless the
roads freeze up at night ''the bot
tom is liable to go out altogether"
Mr.. Studebaker states there will
be at least twenty new settlers come
in to take up land in the Orovada
district this spring, most of them
good substantial men who have
reached the conclusion it is cheaper
to pump water for irrigation pur-
poses than it is to pay water and
maintenance charges on government
irrigation projects. There are three
Of these men in Winnemucca now,
according to Mr.. Studebaker, all
with extensive equipment for start
ing ranch work. Eighty home
steaders who have gone into the val
ley during the last two years are
all doing well and are satisfied with
their decision to improve their land,
he says.
Dairying is the ultimate occupa-
ton for farmers in Orovada dis
ptrict, Mr.. Studebaker believes, and
he predicts that next fall there will
be a good-sized dairy project in the
valley. Butter making furnishes
way for compact shipping of prod
uct, one of the matters that has
asen drawback to improvement of
the district because of distance and
|peor roads to this city. Alfalfa can
be grown cheaply and in profusion
in the valley, fed to dairy stock and
the products resulting can be
shipped to this point with a mini
Emum of expense that can easily be
Iaabsorbed, he says.
Homesteaders who come to the
country for the purpose of making
farms meet with considerable dis
couragement, Mr.. Studebaker stated
yesterday, when they are advised
that the proposition is not feasible
for the reason that pump irrigation
is too expensive. He calls attention
to the fact, however, that figures
have been made up showing that
pumping costs are actually less per
acre than are water charges on some
irrigation projects. "A point not
Ito be overlooked in this connection"
he says, s'is the fact that the home
fsteader is usually willing to undergo
ljseveral years of hard work to make
ljsis place productive. 1t is not to
3sbe expected that a ranch worth
thousands of dollars is to be devel-
oped within year or so, and with
1 little work, any more than that any
Property similarly valued can be
obtained"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
Quinn River Bank Elects

j. d. Minor, capitalist of this city,
has returned from McDermitt, where
he attended the annual meeting of
stockholders of the Quinn River
Bank. The board of directors and
officers were reelected as follows
F. j. Palmer, president; J. D. Minor,
vice-president; G. C. Crawford,
cashier; C.. F. Low and F. R.
Sprague. The affairs of the bank
were found to be in excellent condi-
ton.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
PLEASURE TO DIE
BY CAS- METHOD

Another sympathic citizen from
afar off has written Governor Boyle,
giving his experience in having been
overcome by gas, and commencing
the governor for the humane man.
ner in which Nevada has arranged
to end the earthly careers of hard
ened criminals. The following is
the letter as it came to the COVER
nor:
Houston, Texas, March 6, 1922.
To His Excellency, Governor Boyle,
of Nevada.
Honored -Sir:-I take the liberty
of writing you in regard to the pro-
posed trial of gas in the execution
of Hughie Sing and Gee Jon, an
account of which l saw in a local
paper.
As to gas being an easy, humane
and painless way of shuffling off
this mortal soil, can testify from
experience. Fifty years ago very
little was known of the use or abuse
of gasoline. At that time l worked
in an oil refinery in Erie, Pennsyl-
vania. | was new hand. 1t was
my first week on the job. l was
sent with four others to clean the
benzine tank. The man hole had
been left open "a hours or so to
allow the gas to escape. All the
other hands went into the tank and
worked short time and then came
out. Then the foreman said it was
my turn to go down, but he said
nothing of the danger of the gas.
l squeezed through the manhole
and down the ladder to the bottom.
The gas caused my throat, nose and
eyes to smart for a few minutes.
The heavy iron spud with which /
first struck the hard sediment made
terrible noise in the tank. While
| worked the other men sat around
on top of the tank talking and for
got all about me. In the meantime
| was working away inside the tank.
The crashing ringing noise l made
turned to music. l heard a band
playing. ] saw a beautiful summer
scene on the bank of a river-men,
women and children having a picnic.
Ny sensations were most delightful.
| seemed to float in the air. Just
then a frightened voice called to
me. l looked up and then fell over
back. l don't know how they ever
got me out of that small hole. In
few days | was at work again.
l am 72 years old. l have seen men
die, but none of them seemed to en-
joy it as l did when l nearly went
the way of gas. If had to go as
those two must, l should dread
electricity and very much prefer
gas.
Your idea is to be humane as pos
sible. | honor you for that. It's
a terrible thing to take life, but it it
must be done let it be as painless
as possible.
l write this letter in the interests
of humanity, feeling sure that you
work to the same end. God be with
you.
Respectfully and humbly,
B. L. RUSSELL.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
FLOAT BOND ISSUE

The Adams McGill company, hold
ing extensive raIching and livestock
interests in White Pine, Lincoln
and Nye counties, has been success
full in floating a bond issue through
the Bank of California for $500, 900
which became necessary owing tt
the depressed condition of thu
ranching interests during the pas
two years.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
Section Hand Injured

Jesus Taboras, Mexican section
hand employed by the Southern
Pacific Company at Herrin, was
brought to this city Sunday for ply
sician's attention. A new tie being
put into position slipped in such a
manner that the mans right leg was
broken. After first aid by DIR. Pope
the Mexican was sent to the S.P.
general hospital at San Francisco.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
Dragging Highway

". H. Goodin of Loveloel3 presi,
dent of the Overland Trail Club,
was in Winnemucca yesterday for
short time. He has in charge
the clubs truck and road drag and
is experimenting early road work
on the Victory highway Between
Winnemucca and Mill City. Only
superficial work is being doi3e. at, this
time, but nevertheless the efforts are
expected to ,put the road in good
condition for travel.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
Blacks Return to Reno

Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Black and
two sons left last night for Reno,
where Mr.. Black will secure medical
treatment, returning to his work
with this newspaper within a week
or ten days. A surgical operation
may be necessary to relieve the i'll
ness of the older Black boy.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
Special Meeting

Special Meeting
A special meeting of the Ladies'
Aid Society is called for Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30, to meet at the
home of Mrs. Livingstone for the
purpose of transacting important
business. A full attendance is de-
sired.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
Weather Report

For the twenty-four hours ended
at 8 am. today: Highest tempera-
ture yesterday, 81; lowest this morn
ing, 81; mean temperature yester-
day, 81; normal temperature yester-
day, 80; prevailing wind direction,
southwest. Weather forecast for
the "a hours ending pm. tomor-
row: Cloudy tonight and Wednes-
day.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14
Just Use the Phone

Just Use the fhone-
Don't hesitate to use the tele-
phone, but call up the Winnemucca
Meat Market, Telephone 1891, stat
ing your wants and our delivery
will serve you onFthe instant. We
assure you the same careful service
at home as over the counter.
AdvtJ24tf.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14

Game birds and animals of China
are being wiped out owing to the
wholesale expectation in cold stor-
age to satisfy the demands in for
eign markets. There are no ade-
quate game laws in that country.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-14

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The New York herald., 1922-12-01
PASTEBOARD CLUB
HAS HOUSEWARMING
More Than 400 Guests At
tend Reception.

An informal housewarmng OF the
Pasteboard Club, new social organiza-
tion drawing it's members from society
and the professional world, was held
yesterday afternoon in the clubhouse at
no East Fifty-ninth street. formerly the
residence of Mr.. Paris Singer. More
than 400 members and guests attended
the reception and admired the novel
decorations. There was tea and dancing.
Those present included Mrs. oliver
Hartman, Mrs. WILDER Bloodgood. Miss
Rosalic Bloodgood. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Hollister Pease, Miss Elizabeth Curtis.
DR.. James Clemson, Miss Dorothy Glenn
son, Mrs. Thomas =. Gaunt, Mr. and
Mrs Henry S. Conan. Mr.. w. Scott
O'Connor, Mr.. George Blumenthal. Mr.
Bertram l.. Taylor, Miss Blanche Bates,
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Peale and Mr..
and Mrs w. d. Orvis. all OF whom en-
tertained guests.
Tomorrow this new organization Is to
enter upon its regular career with a
| special dinner. for which tables have
been taken by Mrs. George Maxwell
| Mrs. Carroll l.. Wainwright, Mrs. Jerome
| Napoleon Bonaparte. Mrs. Samuel j
Wagstaff. Miss Rosalie Bloodgood. Mrs
Duncan Sterling, Mrs. F. G. Brown. Mrs
Ludlow Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan
Pell. Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Abbott and Mis-:
| Ethel Merritt.
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
OFFICER AND WOMAN DASH
OFF NAVY DOCK IN TAXICAB
Chauffeur Drives Through Chain at Brooklyn Yard
but Nobody Is Hurt-Another Car Plunges 45 Feet
Over Forty-second ST. Abutment; Driver Is Dying.

a taxloab chauffeur, who did not
know his way about the New York
Navy Yard in Brooklyn, drove his
machine in which a naval officer and
woman were passengers. off doclS-No
3, opposite Carlton avenue. which ends
at the navy yard fence. The taxicab
alighted on a sidewalk and was wrecked,
but the passengers were not hurt. The
chauffeur is said TO have received a
slight cut on one of his hands. which
was treated at the Navy Yard Hospital
Capt Todd. in command at the Navy
Yard last night. said that the taXicab
entered the yard at about $3.50 and
proceeded 10 Dock No. 3. near which
the cruiser Rochester is moored. There
was no water under the dock. and a
chain was stretched across the end to
keep back vehicles. The taxicab, how
ever. plunged through the chain and
OFF the dock. 1t WAS reported that
the male passenger was named Bartlett,
but Capt. Todd said he did not know
the man and that there was no one
named Bartlett at the yard. 1t was
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
HARLEM CROWD TRIES
TO LYNCH CHAUFFEUR
Attacks Policeman After Ne
gro Is Run DoUn.

Reserves of the West 1s5th street sta
tion were called to 141st street and
Fifth avenue last night TO help Patrol
man Daniel Mandall protect his prisoner.
Ralph Rosenfeld, taXidriver OF SAB
Eagle avenue. The Bronx, from being
lynched.
A crowd accused Rosenfeld of trying
TO escape after Nathaniel Matthews, %,
negro of 100 West Eighty-eighth
street, was run down by a taxicab.
Matthews was crossing Lenox avenue
near 136th street when he was struck
by a taxicab. The chauffeur did not
stop. but raced north in Lenox avenue.
Mandell. off duty and riding in his
own automobile. saw the accident and
gave chase. 1t lead TO 14lst street and
Fifth avenue, where Rosenfeld and his
taxi were found in O garage.
Mandell arrested Rosenfeld, but q
crowd attempted TO take him away. Two
negroes, friends of Matthews. urged the
crowd, the majority OF whom were ne
groes. TO take the law into it's own
hands and Mandell was rapidly getting
the~>worst of II when patrolnan from
nearby beats and later the reserves ar
rived,
The New York herald., 1922-12-01

learned. however, that an Ensign Bart
lett is flag officer OF the Rochester.
An accident somewhat similar oc-
Cured early yesterday morning when a
touring car plunged over the abutment
at the east end of Forty-second street
and landed in First avenue. forty-five
feet below. The chauffeur, James Will
hanson, [of 656 East Sixteenth street.
was thrown from the machine and re-
ceived a compound fracture of the skull
and internal injuries which are expected
to cause his death. He was sent to
Bellevue Hospital. According to the
police the license plate on the machine
had been issued for another car, and
Williamson has not recovered suffi-
GENTLY to tell how the accident occurred.
Marks on the street indicated that Will
iamson had applied his brakes fifty feet
before the abutment was reached, but
the machine appeared TO have been go
ing fast and crashed through the rail-
ing. The only damage done to the car.
however. w~A punctured gas tank ana
twisted tenders. 1t landed right side
up.
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
AUTOMOBILES KILL
TWO MEN AND A BOY
Janit0r Said to Have Won Suit
for $4,000 Legacy Hit on
Upper Feast Side.
THREE DRIVERS SEIZED
Joseph Stewart, A, Run Down
While Crossing Forty-eighth
Street With Brother.

A four-year-oid boy and two men
were killed In automobile accidents IN
New York city last night and many
other persons were injured. A third
man was seriously hurt in Bayonne
when the. touring car In which he was
riding struck a truck. Another died in
Greenville Hospital IN Jersey City as a
result OF injuries received In en- acci.
dent there Wednesday night.
Charles Warren. 65, a Janitor's helper.
OF GA East ilsth street. The Bronx. who
was said to be about TO get a legacy
OF $4,000. received fatal injuries when
struck by an automobile a. Seventy
fifth and Exterior streets. The driver
was Don Elmer OF $40 East Eighty
fourth street. who was arrested on four
charges, including technical homicide
and driving while intoxicated.
Warren's employer, Mrs. Mary Sela-
house, at the Bronx address. told Ne
police OF his fight for the $4,000 whseh
reached success on Wednesday after
fifty years litigation. She said he had
sued Henry stevens OF Aoboken,
cousin. and had settled.
lUsOtN az hAiVSsSS
Elmer, alleged that he did not sIoT
after running Warren down. Erwin
cemmandeered an automobile and fol
lowed Elmer UP Exterior street, stop
ping him at Mghty-first street.
The boy who was killed was Joseph
Stewart. son Of William Stewart of 600
West Forty-eighth street. lie was
crossing Forty-eighth street with hi:
| brother. William. TO- when he was hit
| by a truck driven by James w. Dorry
and owned by the Polar Products Com.
| pahy OF II West Forty-eighth street
| Dorry kept on. but returned wher
| boys yelled to him that he had killed
| some one. He was arrested on q tech
nical charge of homicide. William Stew
art told the police that he tried to pul
| his brother back from the truck, bu
| lost his hold on the younger boy.
| hand.
jeremiah Coleman. laborer. died If
| Beekman Street Hospital as resul
OF injuries received early yesterday
when he was run down by an automo
| bile at Oak and New Chambers street
| The machine was operated by Jacot
| Peltz OF q Pitt street, who was ar
! rested.
| The man injured in Bayonne. who Is
! expected to die, is Salvatore Telemeptc
! of 143 West Twentieth street. Bayonne
| He has a fractured skull and a broken
! jaw.
! James Williamson of CSC East Six.
| teenth street. received a compound frac-
ture OF the skull and internal injuries
soon after midnight Wednesday when he
| drove his automobile over the abutmen,
| at the east end of F'orty-second street
into First avenue, forty-five feet below
The New York herald., 1922-12-01
JAMES R. MANN, 65,
DIES IN WASHINGTON
Continued from First Page.

Lus.tanla, that something more serious
than has happened should happen before
the United States should permit itself
to be drawn.into the European war.
In 1915 Mr.. Mann put through Con-
gress a resolution which authorized
him TO appoint committee OF five TO
inquire into the supply and production
of pulp wood, wood pulp and other
articles entering into the manufacture
of print paper. At that time II was al
legged that the print paper industry was
controlled by combination.
In 1917 the Illinois Representative re-
ceived praise from all quarters OF the
country when he suggested 10 the Sec
retary OF the Treasury that an authorf-
ation 10 purchase site for branch
post office in his own district be held
up until times were better. He also
received considerable criticism for MAX
Ing the suggestion, the criticism coming
from Congressman who were interested
in pork barrel legislation.
AS chairman of the Suffrage Commit
tee. Mr.. Mann introduced the woman
suffrage resolution In the House.
Representative Mann had not been d
healthy man for several years. In 1917
he was confined TO Johns Hopkins Hos
pital In Baltimore for some time, suf-
fering from neuritis.