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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-06
AUTO FIRMS ANNOUNCE IMMEDIATE CUTS IN PRICFe

Il found II out after fully studying
the Mirrors OF Washington II says
there all about the singing remarks
OF some of them alleged statesmen In
washington. and how they very often
pcrspiro like hippo. These puns.
however. have nothing to do with the
main point"
Il am prepared tn state that many
of those aforesaid statesmen rank
In my mind with both tho mosquito
and the hippo and various other ami
inalculae ANA such" commented BUS
ter Brown. "Anh In this connection
may say that made no losing bots
in the late primary. To my mind. the
harder yWi slap the machine. IN.
faster IL goes"
President Taylor cndcavorod to
hcad-on the Impending political dis
cussion. 10y merely remarking ;ha. no
tried his durndest 10 vot" for tho
winner. but thai az his precinc, was
Chucked out because OF triviniitics,
his vote didn't count FOR nobody
How do you make mosquito and
hippo belong to the same spccics2''
Fred Putnam vcntured.
Yes" Tony Lucas urged. how did
you? hippo don, ~. does III"
NO" responded claude. neither
does mosquito swea, food Blu,
at the same time they both are In
tho same class"
That's good one" Fred Powell
op!nod "How'd you likc to have n
h!ppopotanus light on your nosc In
the middle Of tho night, and how
would a hippo look flying around
jus, outside the nett
The thing Ia prcpostcrous TO start
With" concluded Roy Dudley "I'yc
lived IN Lee Ward a long time. and
have grown an adept "A: ,wntting
mosquitoes. and ! amt seen no hip
pos. not even out as far as Bryan
Park"
You amt seen no chimpanzccs.
neither, ] expect" said Brother Bat
kins. nor ring-taN snorters, nor ant
caters"
Cnk- Eaters In Clay wnrd.
There's plenty II cakc eaters IN
Clay ward" Percy Smith av"rrcd.
III tell YOU what 20 do" con-
nnu"d Claude. Oh" r-H, Zinc any ~
you catch mosquito "xaiulu" his
v"rtcbra". or whatever than thing!s
and YOU VIII Observe tina, he Is ok.
act!y Ike It hippo. oven In his habits.
You know, from the primer got GU,
BY Doctor Levy. that a mosquito Jus.
grows from the bottom g.. a pool Of
water So does hippo Ru, tha,
amt IN" only way YOU prove what
say"
-'rm Certain" tho president re.
marked that none OF us arc going
70 Try % p-o"e What you say. for +,
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07

They were accompanied to that
place by Mrs. Minor and children,
who have also been visitors here.
Miss Vera Haviland left the fore
part of the week for Reno, where
she will attend the state university.
w. E. eastman, attorney of San
Francisco, is an arrival in this city
and is attending to legal matters
here.
Max Mass expects to leave this
evening for Dallas, Texas, where he
will visit for several weeks with
relatives.
Miss Fern Lowry and brother,
Albert Lowry, have gone to Reno
to attend the university during the
fall and winter months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Brown left
today for their home at Midas, fol-
lowing business visit here. They
made the trip by auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Stock and son
were arrivals here yesterday from
Paradise Valley to attend the fun
eral of the late VIM. Tyist, neigh
Dor.
Mrs. Stanley Wines and children
left today for Salt Lake City, fol-
lowing a visit of several months
with her father, J. w. Bell of this
city.
Miss Frances Van Reed left Tues
day evening for her home in Love-
lock, following a visit of several
days in this city with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lyle Minor.
Miss Helena Snider of Haley,
Idaho, who has been visiting at the
home of her brother, Emiol Snider,
for the past month, left yesterday
for Salt Lake City.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07
First Phone in Vermont.

At a banquet recently one of the
officials of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company, while recall
ing some of the early history of the
development of the telephone. men
TONED the fact that In the museum of
the company at Its Boston Offices was
the first telephone instrument In YER
mont, known as the Childs-Chamber-
lain set of Brattleboro, VT, dated prob
ably 1878. This came to the attention
Of c. F. Childs of c. F. Childs Co.,
who discovered what he did not know
before. namely, that the Childs of the
Brattleboro telephone was his father.
The old telephone bears every In
dlcation of antiquity. 1t is fashioned
by hand, and for a diaphragm an old
daguerreotype had been used. the pic
ture on which can be clearly seen
today.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07
"Gas Mounds"

Gas mounds" Is the popular name
In Texas for the low, circular emf
nences, averaging 20 feet in diameter
and two feet In height, which abound
In forest and prairie regions In Louisi-
ana, Texas, southern Arkansas and
Oklahoma. On the supposition that
the mounds have been raised by
ascending gas from subterranean oil
pools, they are regarded as indicating
oil beneath. A government geologist,
who has examined the mounds. dis
putes this theory of their origin. They
occur in many districts where not the
least sign of oil or gas has been dis
covered. He thinks that they owe
their existence mainly to the unequal
settling of the ground in poorly-dralned
areas subjected to abundant periodic
Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07
WRITING ALMOST A LOST ART
Typewriter Has Practically Put the
Pen Out of Business, With
Some Unfortunate Results.

Who remembers the old days when
men of commerce and industry wrote
good business hand"-when hand
writing was one of the accomplish
ments and letters written In ink could
he read with small effort? asks the
Nations Business. Handwriting has
gone out of style because 1t gave way
to something infinitely better. 1t was
the old story. Hand work could not
compete With machine work-the pen
could not compete with the type
writer.
But we view with sorrow the fact
that the decline and fall of hand-writ-
Ing has also meant the decline and
fall of the business signature. You
pick up the ordinary business letter
these days, and while the body of
the communication stands forth in
clean-cut typography, you are lucky
II you can make out the signature.
Unless you know who wrote 1t. the
name may be anything from .Blatz"
to Jones'" Some of them appear to
be perfect; they are made up of regu-
lar, sharp saw teeth, but when you
try to decode them you can't tell the
JUS" from the ms" or the as" from
the "t's." Others confuse and dazzle
you with scrolls and flourishes. And
still another type is just plain awful.
Plainly something should be done
about it. Maybe congress could be in
duced to pass law making 1t COM
pulsory for every letter to have the
name of the signer typewriter in the
near neighborhood of the signature.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07
Personal NOTES
AND LOCAL ITEMS

C. E. Crawford of Inlay is a
business visitor here.
John Clothier is visitor in this
city from Burns, Oregon.
T. H.. Shone returned home last
night from business trip to Reno.
Mrs. Simon Lasa of McDermitt is
receiving treatment at the local
hospital.
F. C. Brakeman of Lovelock was
an arrival in this city yesterday
from Lovelock.
A. E. Almind is spending a few
days in this city from the Buck
skin Mining property.
Miss Alice Stauffer has gone to
San Francisco to resume her studies
at the state normal there.
Mrs. Duane Bush is visiting for
a few days with her sister, Mrs.
E. Marvel, in Battle Mountain.
Madison Anderson returned last
night to Golconda after attending
to court matters here yesterday.
E. Reinhart left Tuesday even
ing for San Francisco, where he
will attend to business matters.
Martin Echave left today for his
home in McDermitt, following a
stay of several days in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Sullivan returned
to their home in Paradise Valley
yesterday afternoon following a
stay of several days in this city.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07
A Living Sure.

What you could buy for 81 before
the war now costs $1.70 In the aver
age large city. This is the latest cost
of-living report from the national in
dustrial conference board.
The figure is lot lower In small
towns. The man who insists on living
in the city has to pay the piper.
The solution of the city mans cost
of living is to move to the farm. lie
might not get much for his crops. hul
he at least would be sure of living
Chicago Evening Post
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07
WANTAD COLUMN

WANTED-Western Union Mes
senge boy. Call at Western
Union office. So SO
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07
Value Of Hope.

A man without hope is the poorest
man alive because the lack of hope
dulls vision. 1t is hope alone that
makes us willing to live. Man sees
nothing to urge him on to aspire to
higher levels without hope as the foun-
dalton. And where there Is no hope
there is no endeavor Cecilia Anthony
writes in Thrift. Great hopes make
great men aud the man who does not
try Is pronounced failure. Hope
makes man see the brighter side of life
and makes him believe that there Is
pathway that leads to greater things.
When this belief Is assured man will
strive to reach the desires of expecta-
tons. And the imam who honestly
strives for that which he desires
here is hope for him.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07
Russian Postage.

A letter from the Ukraine was re-
ceiyed by DR.. Salvador of Baltimore.
which contained 100 stamps valued at
9,104 rubles. The envelope would
not hold all the stamps. so Il strip of
paper was pasted on 1t to carry the
leftovers after the face and back had
been completely covered.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07
APPRECIATED GIFT OF SHOES
Mismated Footoear Eagerly Welcomed
by the Unfortunate Children OF
Wretched Armenia.

A shoe factory In Boston recently Of
fered the Near East relief conslgn-
ment of mismated shoes-offered them
doubtfully, not knowing whether such
gift would be acceptable. Neverthe-
less, the gift was joyfully accepted by
the organization, and the odd shoes
were more than eagerly received by
the little folks In Near East relief Or
phanages.
For children In Armenia are no diff
ferent from children anywhere. They
love new shoes. Although these shoes
were not mates they were without
holes they were shiny, they were solid
and they ereaked. They were, in short
shoes-real shoes-and when one has
been entirely shoeless for a long time
or has worn at best old, wornout pieces
Of shoes, shoes full Of holes, which
have not seen polish for so long that
they are quite the color Of the earth
even mismated shoes, that are shiny
and new, seem veritable boon from
heaven.
And the mismated shoes meant for
the Near East children more than
pleasure. They meant health itself. A
recent report from an overseas work
er contains a simple statement which
makes one realize the larger value Of
the gift.
"As a result of giving shoes to the
children" the statement reads, "dis-
pensary cases dropped from over forty
to about twenty."-New York Herald.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07
(Serial No. 03696)
NOTICE For PlJRt ICATi0N

Department of the Interior, U. s. Land
Office at Elko. New, Aug. IL, 1922.
ST. CLAIR. of McDermitt, Nevada, who
on July 81, 1913, made homestead entry
No. o3696, for SEASWA, Sec. rs. SWA
NWk, N1zNWA, Section 80, TOWNSHIP
AZ NJ. Range AZ e.. Mount Diablo Meri.
dian, has filed notice of intention to make
3-year proof. to establish claim to the
land above described, before ]. w. Davey
County Clerk. at Winnemucca, New, OF
the 21st day of September, 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses: Don
Gebhart, of McDermitt, New; Andy Mer-
rift. OF McDermitt, New; Frank Arm
strong, Of Paradise Valley New; Glen
Walcott, of Jordan Valley, Ore.
First publication. Aug. 15. 1922.
Last publication. Sept. IL, 1922. Tu
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07

Have The Silver State delivered
to your door every other evening.
Only so cents a month.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07

A four-line wantad-50 cents for
three times-will accomplish results.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-07

FOR RHNT-Sewing machines for
ssnt. ohvsrius Z Minor. Psens
lJ9. Nl0
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-16
Salem To Enter
Tlree-Cornered
Debate On 24tkl

A triangular debate in which
Salem, Jefferson and Silverton
nigh schools will compete and
which promises to be of consider
able Interest, will be in progress
in the three towns Friday, Febru-
airy "a, at 8 o'clock, it was an
nounced this afternoon.
The Salem affirmative team
will meet the Silverton negative
team at the high school here; Sa-
lem's negative team will argue
with the jefferson affirmative at
Jefferson, and the Jefferson mega
tive will meet the Silverton af-
firmative at Silverton.
Ralph Emmons and Kenneth
Perry make up Salem's negative
team, and Ward Southworth and
Benoit McCroskey comprise the
affirmative team.
"No admission will be charged
for the Salem debate and we hope
to see the boys supported by local
people," high school officials said
this afternoon.
Salem high school debate teams
have been very successful during
the last few years.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-16
ROBBERY
OF TAYLOR
SUSPECTED
Movie Directors Oil
Stocks and Money
Not Yet Found, In
vestigator Declares

Los Angeles, CAL, Feb. 16.-
Oil stock and money, believed to
have constituted part of the es-
tate of William Desmond Taylor,
murdered film director, are miss
ing, according to Charles A.
Jones, Investigator for the district
attorney. Jones made this state
ment after checking up Taylor 3
personal papers and belongings
and then comforting with Miss r.
M. Berger, an income tax expert,
with whom Taylor is said to have
discussed his 1921 income tax re-
port a short time before he was
slain. From this 1t was learned,
according to Jones, that Taylor
was prepared to pay tax on Sc
curities and money which have
not been located. .=--
Further investigation into the
murder was planned for today.
Thomas Lee Woolwine, district at
torney, stated witnesses would
not, however, be summoned to his
office but would be questioned at
their homes by his agent, 1t was
believed the publicity attending
t3eir visits to / is office frlghten-
ed persons into keeping to them
selves what might prove a clew.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-16
Three Alarms Answered

Three fire alarms, nine OF
which proved important, were re-
sponded to by the Salem fire de-
partment Thursday. The first run
was made at 1880 O'Clock to the
corner Of Trade and Commercial
street where a flue fire was ex-
tinguished. The second alarm, at
$3.50 o'clock, came from the
spaulding Logging company mill
and proved to be false. The last
run, at 1925, was made to the
corner OF State and. High streets
where smoke was reported to in
dieate a blaze. Its source could
not~be determined.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-16
Silverto1l Man
Elected Head
OF Federation

George w. Hubbs, of Silverton,
was elected president Of the Ma
rion County Community fedora
ton at its annual election of 'of-
ficers held at the Commercial
club here last night. A. N. Fulker-
son, of Salem Heights, was chosen
vice president, and G. ]. Espey ot
Donald was made secretary.
Delegates in attendance were
as follows:
Salem-T. e. McCroskey, w. C.
Franklin and l.. ]. Chaplin.
Silverton-George w. Hubbs
T. p. Risteigen, John Steelham'
mer, H. B. Latham and Charles A
Reynolds.
Salem Heights-Fred Thomp-
son, r. d. Hulsey, George Will
son, Harvey Burnside and A. N
Fulkerson.
Jefferson-George P. Griffith.
Donald-James Feller, ]. l.
Groth and G. ]. Espey.
Aurora-A. w. Krause and Pau
Robinson.
The cooperation of the fedora
tion in putting across music week
was asked by Mrs. William Ever
off Andnrann Whn addrncqed the
meeting. ........
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-16
Says Daugl1erty
Is Inspired By
Mail Order Men

Chicago, Feb. 16.--H. II. Hart
Of Long Prairie, Mimi, speaking
before the Interstate Merchants
Council here today, said that there
seemed to be only one class oi
merchandise distributors that
have had a good standing with
either the democratic or republi-
can administration, and those are
the mail order houses"
'If the accusations Of the attor-
ney general against the retail
merchants were not inspired by
the mail order interests" he ask
ed, "by whom were they in
spired?
IF you are going to be success
full in 1922 you must meet this vi
cious propaganda, you must an
swer the question In your adver-
tising to your own community.
You stand convicted without q
trial by one Of our national Off
cials.
Who is this man Daugherty :?
Where did he come from? He
must have been reading back
number of the paper published In
his old home town during the war.
He thinks the same prices are in
effect"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-16
Agreement Reached.

London, Feb. 16.-(By Associ-
ated Press. michael Collins re-
turned to Dublin after only twelve
hours in London and his admission
that he was no dissatisfied with
the results Of his conference with
government officials here are TAX
en- to mean that the British evac-
uation Of South Ireland will be
resumed forthwith and continue
uninterruptedly.
This will relieve the situation
of one of its mbost serious fea-
lures. No Official explanation Of
the assurance given Mr.. Collins,
however, has yet been made.
No troops have been moved
from the south since Monday ex-
cept 400 cavalrymen who embark
ed at Dublin for Liverpool last
night.
Notwithstanding declarations
that several kidnapped unionists
were released yesterday, only
three have reached their homes,
according to latest dispatches
from Belfast, where there is no
relief in tension, pending arrival
Of the others.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-16
Hostelry Where
ID. Harum Traded
Horses Is Raided

Homer, N. Y, Feb. 16.-The
David Harum hotel here, where
the original of the character In
the famous novel made many OF
his "hoss" trades has been raided
by Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith,
federal prohibition agents with
headquarters in New York city,
who have gained much newspaper
attention by their DISCUSSES.
Posing as cigar statesmen they
struck up a friendship with the
hotel keeper and were shown
around the place. And then, on
the door Of rear room. Izzy says
he spied a sign quarantine" He
and Moe say they were told not to
go in because there was a patient
with influenza inside, but in they
went, nevertheless, and found liq-
uor. The proprietor was arrested.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-16
Today Birthday
Of Elks, Order
81 Years Old

One million--inore or less
American men, Several hundred OF
whom reside In Salem, today are
celebrating the 54th anniversary
Of the founding of the Benevolent
OF the original 16 charter mem
On February 16, 186S-fifty-
four years ago today--a little
group Of men sat In a stuffy room
in New York city. Twice they
voted on a matter they had been
debating for weeks. On the sec
ond ballot, the now almost forgot
ten fraternal order of the "Jolly
Corks" was disbanded, and the B.
P. o. E. was born.
OF the Original 16 charter mem
bers, only one survives. The
founder of the organization
Charles Algernon Sidney Vivian, a
travelling English actor, died
March 20, 1880, at the age of "a
years.
Only a handful of men today
recall the name of w. l.. Bowron
Of New York. Yet it is to him
that the Elks owe their name. On
the second ballot, when a name
was sought, switched his vote
from Buffalo" to elk" Vivian,
in the chair, though an ardent ad-
vocate Of "Buffaloes," ratified the
majority of one and the B. p. o. e.
was formed.
Only in Elkdom's archives and
the memories Of a few surviving
old timers Is the history Of the
Jolly Corks" held intact. The
one charter member OF Elkdom
now living is Joe Norcross Of New
York,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-16
DOORS OF
PORTLAND
BANK SHUT
Affairs Taken Over by
Examiner; Malicious
Rumors Blamed by
President

Portland, Or, Feb. 1S.-The
State Bank of Portland today was
in the hands of the state bank ex-
aminer, following decision last
night not to open today.
Conrad P. Olson, who became
president of the bank February l
announced that the decision to
close was due to malicious
rumors." He declared he antici-
pated no loss to depositors but had
taken action to prevent run on
the bank which might result in
loss to late comers as well as tc
the stockholders.
"Our affairs are in good shape,
said Olson. "Our deposits are ST.
100000 and our loans $1,000, 900.
Our reserves are in good shape.
We expect to reopen again in a
short time"
The sum of $4,000 is on de-
posit in the State Bank of Port
land which closedt oday, accord
ing to information from State
Treasurer Hoff's office. 1t is pro-
tected by security company bonds
of deposit in the office of the state
treasurer in the sum of SITS, 900.
Depositors Safe.
Plans are already on foot for
the reorganization of the State
Bank of Portland which was
closed this morning, according to
Frank G. Bramwell, state superin-
tendent of banks.
The State Bank which only re-
Gently absorbed the Peoples Bank
at Portland was capitalized at
100000 with deposits of approx
mately $4,000, 700.
According to Bramwell the in
stitution will be reorganized with
an entirely new management and
none of the depositors of the bank
will suffer any loss. m
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-16

unsolved at several board meet
ings because the directors were in
no position to take any definite
action. Talk there has been of a
new building, of another annex,
or portable schools-but nothing
has been done.
In the meantime months roll by,
the fall term comes closer, and the
question looms bigger.
AS a result of the large gain in
attendance when the new semes-
ter started this week, two new
class rooms were provided in the
basement where the manual train
ing work formerly had been car
ried on. There were those who
disliked to see this space utilized,
but the extra 93 students had TO
be placed somewhere.
Now, however, there is no place
to which officials may go for more
room. It is believed that the
housing problem will be disposed
of by the school board at an early
meeting.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-16
Union of All
Irish People
Is Predicted

London, Feb 16-H. H. Asquith
former Prime Minister and pre-.
sent leader of the opposition in
the House of Commons, with ar
optimism equal to that of the
Premier himself, sees a United
Ireland as an assured thing Of
the future.
In recognition Of the splendid
spirit with which he ignored
,party questions and forgot a per-
sonal and political feud of five
years duration, in promising
Lloyd George the independent
Liberal Party support for the
irish settlement, the Prime Minis
ter's first act when Parliament
met to ratify peace was to shake
hands with Asquith, before the
eyes of the assembled house.
Government and Opposition
have been one on the question.
Acquith now sees virtually eye
to eye with the Premier regard
ing the future.
mo one knows better than the
people of Ulster" he says, "that
Ireland cannot in the long run
afford to keep two governments.
II do not mean merely from
the point of view Of pounds, shil-
lings and pence, but from moral,
social and economic considera-
tions.
II am glad to see that the
latest pronouncements of the u
ster leaders encourage the hope
that, whatever may be the diff
ficulties of the moment, when
passions still run high and un-
compromising phrases still echo
in the air, they will feel their
way first to approximation, and
then, before very long, upon a
broad basis of give and take to
ultimate unity.
"The treaty lays the broad
basis upon which there may be
built up and cemented as old
fabric of liberty for self-gov-
erning Ireland"