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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-08-01
FIRE TRAPS MEN
IN MINE TUNNEL
Lives of J. T. Bolam and p. E.
Madsen Endangered When
Timbers Burn at National:
Released in a Hours

Presence of mind and knowledge
of mine fires probably saved the
lives of Superintendent Joseph T.
Bolam and Peter Z. Madsen late
Sunday afternoon when they dis
covered themselves trapped in two
thousand foot tunnel at the Ma
tional mine, timbers supporting dirt
and rock in the tunnel having be-
come aflame.
Cut off from the entrance to
the tunnel by the fire, the tunnel
having only one entrance and no
other air connection, the two men
Immediately constructed a dirt and
timber bulkhead to keep smoke out
of the rear of the tunnel and
waited for four hours until men
arrived from McDermitt, who ex-
tinguished the fire and dug the
loose dirt and bulkhead away, re-
leasing the trapped men. Aside
from being temporarily weakened
by the experience, Bolam and Mad
sen have suffered no i'll effects.
1t is said by the best authority
obtainable that the men estimated
the fire would burn out of itself
within 36 hours after starting, as
the timbering extends back only
$50 feet from the tunnel entrance.
By bulkheading as they did they
believed they could live for three
days on the air thus saved in the
tunnel. Mr.. Bolam, it is said, has
had several experiences in mine
fires in Colorado.
The fire started in the blacksmith
shop and communicated to the tun-
mel timbers by short snowshed
protecting the entrance to the tun-
mel. The loss is conservatively
estimated by L. G. Campbell, at
torney for the National Mines Com
pany at 5000.
Word of the dangerous predica-
ment of the men was first received
in Winnemueca about 6 O'Clock
Sunday night, Constable Lyon OF
McDermitt phoning here for help
A party composed Of c. E. Haviland
of the Winnemucca Garage driving
REQ Automobile; L. G. Campbell
+. M. Stowe; Tom Murphy and
DR.. f. d. Giroux, started for the
mines as soon as possible, taking
gas masks and a pulmotor, and the
passengers report today that at no
time did the speedometer of Mr..
Haviland's car drop below i5 miles
an hour and most of the time was
at so or better. A second car,
driven by Harold Haviland, with
Sheriff George w. Brady and
others, started soon after.
A second telephone message from
McDermitt reported that the tun-
mel was caving in when earth and
rock were released as the timbers
burned and that little hope was
held that the men could be saved.
This gave occasion for many express
sions of hope that the men could
be released in time, they being
held in high esteem in this city.
Shortly after o'clock, however
the third message was received that
the men had been saved, and that
the Winnemueca rescue parties had
been turned back at Reble Creek.
This announcement was made at
the American Airdome and was
warmly greeted, particularly by
sighs and audible expressions of re-
lief, and hand elapping.
The National Mines Company
property is located rs miles north
of this city and it is said at
least ten million dollars were re-
covered from the property from
1909 to 1911. The property is
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-08-01

where they will visit with relatives
for some time.
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the various rancherss throughout
the state, using pumping plants,
with record book that all expense
of operation may be recorded in
detail. The knowledge therein
gained will be used for the purpose
OF promoting a more practicable
method of developing the under
ground water of the state for ir-
rigation purposes.
And presuming that a book of
similar ehara fter was retained to
record the little hammer taps.
that are dealt to our good state
each day, how would you stand in
the record. Have you said, did or
repeated some little thing that
might be other than a boost?
quite often we have found this to
be the case with people working
earnestly for the welfare of the
community, county and state, yet
unconsciously, little things are said
or done that lead to misconceptions
to interested outsiders. Let's watch
our step, lay down the hammer"
folks, take up the hoe and cultivate
a good row of propaganda.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-08-01

Count the Chevrolets'-
A new Chevrolet touring car has
been purchased by Gerhard Tholen
of Paradise Valley, the sale being
made by c. f. Haviland of the
Winnemucca Garage.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-08-01
New Pharmnc cist-

New Pharmncist-
Arthur p. Cropper of Denver,
who has been identified with the
Scholtz Mutual Drug Company of
that city, arrived here yesterday
and today took up his new duties
rs pharmacist at the Stephenson
drug store
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-08-01
Proving Up Today

Harry C. Estes, ranches of the
orovada district, is today proving
up on his homestead before County
Clerk j. w. Davey.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-08-01

Notice OF ihankS-
We express our gratitude to the
friends in National, McDermitt and
Winnemucca who rendered such i'm
mediate assistance at the time of
the fire at the tunnel where we
were working last Sunday.
i IT R0TAM
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-08-01

Mrs. j. d. Corbeil and three chill
dren left today for Pomona, Calf,
where they will visit with relatives
for some time.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-08-01

Bigger and Better

It was promised that
The Silver State would
be made bigger and bet
ter. Observant folk will
recognize fulfillment.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-08-01
Established 1869

The Silver State is one
of Nevada's oldest news
papers and has survived
every storm since the first
issue was printed.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
Tariff Must
Not Rob

~ HE tariff bill, which ,passedthe
House and is now before the
i Senate, proposes to increase
the present import duties on hosiery
until they exceed even the duties
on lace, the highest in our tariff.
The increase is by means of com
pound duties that hide the rob-
berry. y.
Does our hosiery ne ed more pro-
lection from foreign competitionf
Let us see. ~
America has led the world in the
invention of knitting machinery.
For example, the present automatic
machines knit a full sock, includs
ing the ribbed top. Each woman
operator runs twenty-five ma
chimes, knitting $50 dozen pairs
daily. She gets So per day, which
is 2 cents per dozen pairs. =.
Can anything be. more unjusti-
fled than for American hosiery
manufacturers to contend that high
American wages require a high
tariff on their productf True,
the operators weekly wage is
twice the British level and six
times the German. But so mar
velous has been the development of
our automatic machinery that the
wages are only 2 cents per dozen
pair, as low as anywhere in the
world.
We used to get our hosiery from
France and Germany. Today there
are shop windows in Chemnitz-
Germany's knitting center-dis-
playing American hose. Our silk
hosiery is freely sold in the Paris
stores. Our imports of these ar
ticles are largely novelties like golf
stockings, which we do not care to
make.
There are American products
that need additional protection.
But there are others whose unit
labor costs have sunk and whose
duties should be lowered if they
are changed at all.
The public will not stand for
arbitrary increases in protective
duties not based on labor costs,
but designed solely to allow COM
panies of American manufacturers
to boost prices and fleece their
fellow countrymen.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
The Collector
NOLLECTING is a mild form of
mania that is quite common.

TOLLECTING is a mild form of
mania that is quite common
~ 1t is prevalent in lunatic
asylums, where many inmates will
pick up any bit of paper and
secrete it carefully,
Among members of society who
are rich or otherwise idle. this
mania may also be found affecting
grown men and women.
What about collecting postage
stampsi Stamps are seldom beauti-
full, and all the geography and his
tory that they teach you could put
in your eye.
They are collected merely for the
pleasure Of collecting. There are
stamps, however, for which col
lectors give thousands of dollars,
merely because they are rare.
Collections Of postal cards are
mainly valuable for the purpose
of driving beauty out of art.
Collecting of arms and armor and
gold snuff boxes are usually con-
fined to the rich, but there is on
record case of one poor man who
collected barrels of common pins.
Tourists over the battlefields are
now busy picking up bits of shells,
bullets and bones to bring home as
souvenirs.
And then there are collectors of
autographs. Whom may heaven for
givel We cannot.
But why continue the sad theme
furtherf
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
We TOWNE GOSSIP

X. c. B:

Dear X. c. B.-what would you do II you
had q husband who always wanted to be on
the 60 and never enjoyed his home, who never
cared a rap II It was nice and ctean, and
wouldn't even drive q tack or q nail until he
was begged to do sor have wanted to build
trouble and he doesn't want to bother about
coal and wood. I want flowers and growing
things, but he says II is cheaper to buy them
Tell ma. IL there q remedy Tor him-or me?
e. c. N.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
WAYSIDE WISDOM
Copyright. lS21J
S. E. Kiser
ALL TO THE GOOD.

THINGS aren't always going wrong,
i They turn out often they should;
Not all the wicked men strong,
And there are strong men who arc good;
Sometimes plans not upset;
Some picnic parties don't get wet.
COME men, though married have been glad,
- Some wives are truly satisfied;
We open more good eggs than bad,
Worth isn't always pushed aside;
The girls don't always answer no,
And there are fountain pens that flow.
4 RT Is not always fed crusts,
n The doctors pull some patients through;
He Is not always duped who trusts,
And often honest hope comes true;
Faith shames the devil and his works;
There are some civil ticket clerks.
WE do not always wait In vain
w For promises TO be fulfilled;
There's laughter still, despite the pain;
Sometimes the beans remain unspilled;
And canteloupes sometimes are good.
AIOT all Is wrong, and much Is right;
~ The false has not crushed out the true;
Love still prevails in spite Of spite,
The rogues who win respectl are few;
The prospects frequently are fair,
And twins continue to be rare.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
A Man IL, a Million

~ HE slayers Of DR.. Walter
Rathenau killed themselves.
L 1t is a pity that their sui
eide did not precede their murder
of Germany's most useful citizen.
Even believer in the dignity Of
each individual can not accept the
life Of these two as compensation
for the most capable thinker and
the most practical doer that Ger
many has developed in a genera
tion. A democratic age needs to
learn that "a man in a million"
is worth a million men.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

A LII freedom begins in dis
"A cipline. self-controi and the
ability to, endure hardships.
Foundation of freedom is the
delight Of overcoming. The
foundation of slavery Ii the de-
light Of Yielding and being cod
, died.
A man that has developed q
constitution that scorns hea:
and cold and damp, that does
not have to have a fire in his
room nor sleep In a feather bed
nor have several changes Of
clothing every day. such q man
has some right and title to be
called a free man.
Many OF US are under the
tyranny Of clothes. I know one
woman who put in most Of the
three months which she spent
in Paris selecting hats. She al
ready had thirty-two hats. She
really had a good head Of hair
and did not need any hat at all.
She was possessed Of the hat
devil.
even knew a man who. when
he went to spend the season In
London, took with him sixty.
three pairs of trousers. He had
to have an expert to keep them
in shape. Think of an immor-
tai soul consuming its divine
energy in the task of deciding
which pair Of pantaloons to
wear today!
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

WITH proper self-respect.
w Representative Robertson
warns against the use Of Just
such unfair weapons, when she
suggests that women should
ask no odds because of their
petticoata
In the bivouac Of life, let
them be heroic good sports.
And when the Congress.
woman from Oklahoma requests
that women stop fading" she
destroys, with a single phrase,
the vanity case and all i.s con.
tents, the mad pursuit Of
changing styles. all the petty.
picayunish life still 10 dear to
most women. and asks them
TO live--oh. no. not like men
but that iarse-scals, diSnified,
worthwhile life OF which aris.
tocratic democracy dreams.
Copyright, 1914, by King Features
Syndicate. fsc.)
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
Stop Padding
BY DIR. Charles Fleischer-

0F course, your good demo-
" crat minimizes the distinc-
ton Of sex and emphasizes tho
Human common to men.
women, and neuters.
Nevertheless, he does not de-
lude himself with the notion
that even Complete democracy.
with its recognition Of essen
tial equality, can ever do away
with the natural distinction OF
sex.
And, by the same token, he
wants to preserve for society
all the desirable by-products Of
this biological fact, so that .
democratic woman shall not
have less but more Of feminine
charm, tenderness, sweetness.
sympathy, refinement. ideality
than the older type.
But he is willing to forego
the guile, subtlety, indirection.
parasitism. "vamping," and all
the other products of undemo-
cratic days which used to be
woman's stock in trade In deal
ing with the male lord and
master.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
THE SPECTATOR
b.. Freedom
Jeremiah, h:l7

. One form of freedom We an
need to strive for 10 freedom
from the tyranny Of things.
In our Western civilization
human beings have become
slaves Of machines. in fact we
have worked out a complicated
mechanism Of industry under
which the ordinary man has
little freedom, either OF motion
or for development. We live
too artificlally.
You can easily see this II you
think of how much trouble II
Is to travel. The average wou-
an, for instance, II she has to
take a trip to another State. or
to Europe. requires several
weeks preparation. There are
clothes to be made and furni.
ture to be packed away. and an
infinity Of things to get ready.
How many people uv you know
that could pack their grip and
take the midnight train toniEh:
to be gone a year without any
quaips of conscience?
Our stomachs have no free
dom. Most Of us have got IN
eat certain things. I know
some people who are slaves to
butter. others are slaves to
coffee and others are slaves to
hot bread. How few have train.
ed themselves into liberty to
such an extent that they can 20
anywhere and live on whatever
the local people have to eat and
be happy!
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
Old Enough to KnoW

m HOUGH our 146-year-old ma
tion retains all the vigor and
i hopefulness Of youth and has
incalculable untouched material
resources, it cannot afford to
squander its strength and its sub
stance in "riotous living" or in
economic conflict. The United
States should be a state, of mind
united for the common good.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
SAP and SALT
BY Bert Moses

Copyright. 1924. by Premier Syndicate Incl
Scenery is fine. but you can't live on it.
Next to being stung the hardest thing is
to admit 1t.
The supreme test is to finish what we start
and then start again.
To be able to earn living is much more
important than. a college education.
Real estate men are privileged individuals
no one expects them to tell the truth.
Taxation beyond certain limit is some
thing at which the people have always re-
belled, and always will.
Hez- Heck says: Blessed are those who
know when to leave you alone!'
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
ERUPTION FOLLOWS EARTHQUAKE

Last March two mild earthquake shocks
were succeeded by the collapse of the 200
foot eruptive cone of Vesuvius, inside the
crater, accompanied by rumblings, explosions
and the election Of ashes and white.hot
stones: in twenty-four hours the liquid lava
covered an area of 100000 square feet
around the crater II formed a molten band
with a temperature Of 1000 Fahrenheit. Pro-
fessor Malladra, director OF the Vesuvius
observatory, descended into the crater at the
start OF the eruption, and escaped with a
badly-scorched face. The width of the crater
IL now 1900 feet.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
DO YOU KNOW

Chinese literature is 20 ex-
tensive that the catalogue Of
books in four imperial Libraries
which classifies and briefly de-
scribes contents, fills two hun
dred volumes.
In the King James version Of
the Bible, the middle book OF tho
Old Testament 10 Proverbs, willis
the middle chapter is the 2sth
chapter OF Job.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
Stars and Stripes =

One New York barber Is advertising
sut rates.
my doughters." complained the old
Nine, p.
'our figures are thin; we should pme..
How 'nlce Il would be
II we could agree
To combine our figures and ame."
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

RAZoRs for shoehorns means
something in language Of
flowers. II we heed gypsy
warning we will lay in Janu.
ary's supply of coal before next
February. Otherwise, we will
be using furnace for telephone
booth and cellar for spare room
for chronic guests.
FURNA ACES for telephone
booths seems to be all-year-
round sport.
MAN who goes in booth this
month feels like biscuit right
before banquet.
HE asks for Bellevue 564 and
gets Fahrenheit 1S9.
FOR additional five cents he
can get short t-distance Turk.
ish bath.
RooTHs are ventilated by
municipal pound system of
humanitarian suffocation.
"HELLO, is this you, wife?
This Is George. How do
you want me? Rare or done on
both sides?"
ROOTHS have some very fine
bituminous numbers, al.
though there are some desirable
anthracite calls in stock.
RELL thought he discovered
telephone. What he really
found was fireless cooker.
Eases Of suburban booth ex.
plorers who have drowned
in their own perspiration while
waiting for central to trade
wrong number for two useless
ones.
THANKS to recent Supreme
Circus verdict, telephone calls
are now accepted as last wills
and testaments.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

TuHIS is addressed specifically
= to women. But is not a
lecture For Women Only"
The theme is suggested by
a bit of advice that came late
" from the lips Of the only
Lady Congressman, Represent
ative Alice M. Robertson, of
Oklahoma.
incidentally, she declared that
she is not the representative
in Congress of any woman or
Of a woman's party, but is
there in the interests Of all the
men and women Of her dis
trict.
Which Is as It should be,
for there is no. more reason
why a female representative
should be in public office as
a woman than that men should
represent only their fellow
males.
When Representative Rob
ertson, who was visiting Bos-
ton at the time, was asked to
leave a message for the voters
Of New England, particularly
the women, she said:
"stop petty Saddsn0 and study
CoUND' advice for the women
~ of New England-and equal
ly sound for the women and
men of all our land. Stop fad
ding and study the big issues!
Rightly, too, Representative
Robertson, requests her fel-
low females to ask no odds
because of their petticoats.
Therein is the Injustice OF
the attitude Of many Of our
new" women-they want all
the perquisites of he "old"
women and they demand all
the prerogatives OF the male
Of the species.
They want to be treated as
the better sex, and they want
the right to be wrong-llke
men.
II reminds one Of the cynical
anti-feminist toast: Here's
to woman. once our superior.
now our equalr'
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
more nonsense and 1

DERHAPS more nonsense and
L sheer ignorance has been
manifested in the desire for
freedom than In mankind's
craving for any other good
thing.
And even inhumanity. tyranny
and bestiality. !
20 Liberty! What crimes
have been committed in thy
namev"
The child imagines that lib
erty consists in getting loose
from his mothers apron strings
and out from under his fathers
authority; when as a matter CT
fact It Is the help he gets from
father and mother that is the
foundation of any true liberty
he shall ever find in the world.
The workman supposes thaS
liberty is not having to obey Il
boss; when 1t is really the intel
ligent direction Of the boss that
keeps him from the slavery of
confusion.
The soldier dreams that his
greatest liberty is when he is
out on leave and can, roam
around and get drunk as he
pleases, whereas 1t is only, the
discipline he gets from his Of.
ficers that makes him of any
account as a soldier, ana that
many a time saves his neck.
WH picture to ourselves that
w liberty is not having to
work; but those who have moth
ing to do but play all the time
are the most unhappy of slaves.
And the whole world Of fools
conceive that liberty is some
how being relieved from the
restraints Of conscience; where.
as 1t Is conscience alone tina:
makes the world a decent place
to live in.
1t is the ignorant impulse Of
freedom that makes men drink
whiskey, smoke opium and eat
cocaine. The effect of these
drugs Is to paralyze those last
and finest products Of evolution
within us, that is to say, our
moral inhibitions.
Evolution has been at work
for a good many thousand years.
creating the finer moral re-
straints which alone make hu.
man society possible. The
drunkard or the dope fiend kills
these with his drugs. He has
then the sense of being free.
For awhile the poor fool is
happy, as a man Is happy that
has been released from the
responsibilities of manhood and
has become a beast.
The trouble is that he is not
a beast. He remains a soul.
And when he becomes a MAIN
ed soul he is introduced to the
tortures Of a deeper bondage.
EREEDOM rightly understood
l. is the most desirable thing
in all the world. But few peo-
,o1a ,-i0htlv understand IL.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
AN AIRwAYs WEATHER MAP.
J THANK you.

The London Continental airways officials are
erecting a large map at the London station
that, for the benefit of pilots and the public,
will show the weather from hour to hour, at
points along the routes. Wireless reports
from France, Belgium and Holland given.
On the Lympne Field, In huge white letters,
the latest reports from London way. and
pilots arriving from the Continent can thus
what weather will be encountered be-
tween the coast and London.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
RATHER DIFFICULT.

II is becoming about as easy for a camel
to pass through the eye of n needle for a
member OF the old guard to get a vote Of
confidence In a primary election,
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

Ten.year-oid Illinois boy has written
movie scenario. Most Of us have thought
all scenarios wero written by ten-year-
olds.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
JUST A LITTLE BIT.

Smoke Overcomes Firemsn."-Head-
line. Yes; lately we've noticed that the
tobacco could be better.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

WHILE dreaming of future
w honors at his regular Con-
gressional rate Of sleeping, SEN
ator Herring states that he
dreamed he was invited to an
nual peace conference of bellig-
erent European poorhouses. He
states that he was trying to pull
on his new tight shoes and that
he was using razors for shoe
horns.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
FIRELESS
COOKERS
BY BUGS" BAER
copyriTh,. Isaa. by star Company.

IF strikes continue, even bunga-
L lows will soon be at stand
still.
CENATOR HERRING, speak
~ ing in behalf OF our more
important cemeteries. insinu-
ated that he is in favor OF sub
sidizing two-minute eggs in or
der to keep them out Of politics.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

THANKS to recent Supreme
Circus verdict, telephone calls
are now accepted as last wills
and testaments.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

EREEDOM rightly understood
l. is the most desirable thing
in all the world. But few peo-
ple rightly understand 1t.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-16

As usual, the Record was first
in giving its readers the returns
of the election last Tuesday in a
tabulated form. giving the re-
turns of each precinct in the
county as they came in, thereby
letting you know just how every
candidate run in the respective
polling places. In the case of
Mr.. Henry Nelson, Representa-
tive, we were unable to learn
last week how he was standing
in his district but from the re-
turns that have come in they show
that he run like a scared nigger
past a grave yard, defeating his
opponent by something over 1906
majority. Congratulations Hinie