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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
USE DOUGH IN MATCHMAKING
Minute Screws Make II Necessary for
Special Method to Be Employed
In Their Handling.

In the manufacture Of watches -four
plays rather important part, two
barrels of flour a week being not I'M
usual In factory turning out 1900
to 1900 watches weekly. Since baker
uses about three pounds of -four to
five loaves of bread, 1t follows that
for every watch the maker uses the
equivalent Of almost third Of loaf.
The -four Is made into dough and the
dough Is used to handle screws, rivets
and other small parts.
Each man in that part of the bust
ness has lump of dough always at
hand; and when he wants to examine
a screw he jabs the piece of dough on
1t. Then, turning It over, he has a
good chance to look Mt 1t with his
watchmaker's microscopic eyeglass.
Many Of the screws are too minute to
pick up easily with the fingers, and
many more, though large enough to be
picked up, would be so covered by
the fingers or the forceps as to be al
most hidden from sight.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
TENANTS CHOOSE
HOME IN WISESf
PART OF TOWN

Choosing the wisest place in the
city as their summer domicile, a
couple of Minerals pets-not Min
erva Gump, but Minerva who fire.
quented the Olympian plains of
Greek mythologl-have taken up
their residence at the county court
house, says the Elko Independent.
They have used a part of the
fancy decorations which embellish
the front of the court house in i'm
promising their home. At a point
beneath the place where the ewes of
the roof converge, is a shield shaped
decoration, which is topped by a
scallop-shaped projection which ex-
actly suited the needs of the home
seekers. So they settled.
The new residents at the court
house are a pair of boot owls. For
centuries, owls have been looked
upon as birds of wisdom. Minerva,
the Goddess of Wisdom, always had
an owl handy, and the bird has
further established it's reputation for
wisdom by merely looking the part
and keeping its beak closed. There
are many people who could well
emulate the owl and gain a reputa-
ton for possessing knowledge.
Be that as it may, the fact that
the pair of owls have chosen this
particular point of vantage for their
home seems rather appropriate, and
lends an air Of distinction to the
court house.
Inquiry among officials at the
county court house indicates that
this is not the first season that owls
have been tenants at the building.
Indeed, it is unusual for a season
to pass without the court house hav-
ing a pair of owls living in the
scallop-shaped ledge which seems
designed especially as an owl nest.
Last year pair of great horned
owls lived in peace and quiet and
reared their brood of owlets and
almost every year since the court
house was built, owls have in
habited this nook, it is said.
From this state of affairs, it is
fairly safe to assume that the owl
does not belle it's perpetual look of
wisdom for the nesting place now
inhabited by the boot owls is about
as inaccessible and safe from nest
robbers as any place in the country.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17

The following pupils are entitled
to meritorious mention each having
attained an average grade in school
work during the past school month
of ninety per cent or more:
First grade-Virginia Grandell
Vera Bulls, Verna Bulls, Marian
King, Hattie McClain, Caesar Siard,
Bertha Bowrin, Tom Shone, Merle
Snider, Willie Giblin, Sherman Rey-
nolds, Harold Egoscue, Earl Thorn
son.
Second grade - Louise Ayres,
Floyd Butler, Walter Clausen,
Gladys Ward, Dale Smith, Marjorie
Guthrie, Nellie Lorinzoni.
Third grade-Dorothy Carlson,
Gloria German, Margaret Selby,
Lois Hutchinson, Walter Borwin,
Belvel Boyd, Helen Dern, Pauline
McClain, Eileen O'Carroll, Herbert
Reinhart, Ernest Yribarne.
Fourth grade-Evelyn Grandel
Grace Etcheverry, Theron King,
Fifth grade-Evelyn Foster, Myr-
tie Mccain, Thelma Powell, Ger
hard Reil, Hermine Giroux. Phyllis
Cocks, Charles Branting, Electa Rol
Inns, Veronica Pedroli, Eunice Bell,
Lawrence Tilden, Robert Black, Lee
roy Brophy, Harold Clausen.
Sixth grade-Teddy Moore, Rob-
ert McClain, Virginia Robinson,
Jeanne Crawford, Alice Holmes,
Bertha Thomson, Marion Lorentz,
Mae McClain, Walter Blattner, Mar
got Evans, Kathryn Pearce, Lois
Carlson.
Seventh grade-Frank Ford, Doro-
thy Fisher, Blanche Cosby, Gustav
Seeliger, Josephine Cosby.
Eighth grade-Bernice Rossier,
Gladys Tregaskis, Magdalene Selby,
Geraldine Blattner, Carol Bulls.
kindergarten - Dorothy Fair,
Betty Herline, Doris Damon, Dick
Morrall.
The Winnemucca School Greed
The Winnemucca boy is trust
worthy. II he were to violate his
honor by telling lie, or by cheat
ing, or by not doing exactly a
given task, when trusted on his
honor, he is not a real Winnemucca
boy.
The Winnemucca boy is loyal. He
is loyal to all to whom loyalty is
due-his teachers, his home, his
parents, his country.
The Winnemucca boy is helpful
He is ready to help persons in need
at any time, to share the duties of
home and school. He does not
shirk doing good whenever he can.
He does one good turn at least
every day to somebody.
The Winnemucca boy is friendly.
He is a friend to all and brother
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
HARDING SAYS He
IS NO WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, d. ca new
story about President Harding went
the rounds in Washington recently
and it was a true story because the
President told it himself in the
course of his informal address be-
fore the American Society of News
paper Editors.
The story was related by the
President as one of the motivating
influences which in his later life as
editor of the Marion Star led to
the adoption Of a code of ethics for
his newspaper.
In the language of the President,
the story follows:
"When / was a boy about eight
years old it was my fortune every
summer to go to the home of my
grandfather on the farm. One of
my chores was to bring in the cows,
and one evening got my orders to
go for the cows and was unwillingly
complying, but as l skipped along,
boylike, l picked up a stone that
we called a 'sailer'-a thin stone
that you throw and it sails in the
air-and l let it go without any re-
sponsibility or design at flock of
geese.
"And, by some misfortune of fate,
the sharp edge of this stone struck
fine gander right in the side Of
the head and he fell dead.
"In my excess of sorrow that I
had killed the gander and my sense
of injury to my grandfather I
rushed after the cows without a
word of explanation. And when l
came back l found my grandfather
plucking the gander to save the
feathers and grandfather was orat-
ing.
'He had examined the dead bird
and had concluded that it had been
killed by an ill-behaved turkey COB
bier, and he had reasoned out that
the gobbler had struck him in the
side of the head and had killed him,
and thereupon decreed the gobbler
should die.
"And there I stood, boyish cul-
prit and liar through omission, say
ing nothing in the gobbler's defense
and he went to the block and l
helped to eat him, and a more in
nocent gobbler had never lived and
died"
Editors all over the land have
been wondering if President Hard
ing's confession" will gain as much
fame as its one hundred-year-old
companion story of George Wash
ington and the cherry tree. At
least, it is assured that it will not
get into the first grade school books.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
CROSS MARKS HISTORIC SPOT
Erected In Canada In Region Which
French Explorers Traversed In
the Year 1870.

On March %. 1910, two sulpician
priests, Dollier and Galinee, during
their exploration of the Great Lakes.
took possession, in the name of King
Louis XIV Of France, of the land in
the Lake Erie region. As memorial
to this historic event, the national
parks branch of the Canadian Depart
ment Of the Interior has erected tall
cross, on commanding site, at the
mouth Of the river Lynn, near Port
Dover. on Lake Erie. The cross rep
resents the original, and will bear the
arms of France and the ''proces
verbal In French and English, In
scribed on either side of the base, with
a standard tablet on the front Of the
pedestal bearing suitable inscrip-
ton.
These two missionaries of the Sui
plcian seminary of Montreal were the
first Europeans to winter on Lake
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
TWO FOREST ROADS
FOR STATE OF NEW.

Additional expenditures totaling
$58, 657 to apply on the construction
of two road projects in Nevada have
just been approved by Secretary OF
Agriculture Wallace. This money is
to be taken from the national forest
highway funds which were made
available for roads serving the ma
tional forests and for roads within
or adjacent to the national forests
which are of primary Importance to
states, counties and communities.
Of the $58,657 just approved for
expenditure, $4,000 is to apply on
the Austin east highway project
and the balance, $21, 657 on the
Currant creek project. Including
these expenditures the amounts ap-
proved for these two roads total
1851 900 of which $4,000 is for
the Austin east road and $4,000
for the Currant creek project. Not
all of the sums approved, however,
are from the national forest high
way fund some of the money having
been set aside from other federal
road funds.
The Austin east project is to be
six and one-half miles in length, be-
ginning at the east end of the
road in Lander coun-
ty. The road touches the Toiyabe
national forest and is a section in
one of the main east and west high
ways through the state.
The Currant creek project will
cross the line between White Pine
and Nye counties and is partly
within the Nevada national forest.
AS now planned this road when
completed will join the west with
section of highway being built by
the Nevada highway commission.
The highway in question is a part
of the national trail and is import
ant as connecting road between
different parts of the Nevada ma
tional forest.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
NJ DE RM|TT NEWS
CORRESPONDENCE

McDERMITT, May 49, T. j.
Defenbaugh of National arrived in
McDermitt last Wednesday on his
return from the Montana oil fields.
Mr.. Defenbaugh met Gordon Camp
bell, formerly a mining man of
National, who has been most sue
cessful in the oil fields and who
brought in the first oil we'll of
Montana. Mr.. Defenbaugh is con-
tinuing work on his National prop
erty and expects to do considerable
development work this spring.
On Saturday, Justice of the Peace
Crawford officiated at wedding,
the contracting parties being Miss
Neva Governor and Weiser Crutcher,
both residents of the Indian reser-
walton.
Mrs. Maria Lasa has purchased a
lot in McDermitt from Mrs. Clara
Baber and expects to move her
house from the ranch to the new
site and make her home in Nc
Dermitt. Mrs. Lasa has been living
at the post in order to be nearer
school for her children.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Kennedy of
Long Beach, were in McDermitt
few days last week en- route to
Boise, Idaho. Mr.. Kennedy was
promoting oil leases in the Bexar
county.oil fields of Texas.
VIM. Bretz returned to National
Monday after four weeks stay in
McDermitt where he has been en-
ployed by Joe Lyon in putting up
a windmill and in making other
improvements.
James Baber is engaged in gravel
ing the school yard at the Nevada
school.
Joe Lyon, garage man has the
contract to haul the timbers and
mine supplies for the development
work to be started by T. J. Defen-
baugh at National.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17

Erie. After wintering three-quarters
of mile inland from Lake Erie they
planted cross on the lakeside near
Port Dover, with the arms of France
at its foot and an inscription declar-
Ing that this unoccupied land belonged
henceforth to the king Of France.
Gallnee's narrative Of this momen-
tous journey was presented to the
Canadian public In an English version
by DR.. James II. Coyne of st. Thomas
In 1908, through the Ontario Historical
society, and there are few contempt
rary narratives that indicate so dra-
matically the courage and endurance
Of these early explorers Of Canada.
Their place of sojourn on Black Creek,
called by Galinee "the earthly para
disc Of Canada" has been identified
by the researches of the Norfolk His
torical society, and 1t Is hoped that
the site will be secured as a national
memorial and a suitable monument
placed thereon.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
PLAY BASEBALL AT
los IN THE SHADE

A few days ago was gala day
for the residents of the Death Val
ley section. A special train was run
from Ludlow, carrying rs ball
fans from that place to Death Val
ley Junction to witness the ball
game between the Death Valley
Swatters and the Ludlow Braves the
Tonopah Times reports.
. Death Valley Junction is COM
posed of a population of 100 souls.
most of the employees of the Pa
cific Coast Borax Company refinery,
and the thermometer radiates from
40 above to the 100 point, and
yesterday was a cool day, it being
only 105 in the shade, there being
one tree in the desert town that
provides the shade for the Their
mometer.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
observatIon Worth considering.

A sage of old observed: "Ile who
makes others happy makes possible
happiness for himself" This OBJ
servatlon reversed is also pertinent.
lie who makes others unhappy
makes possible unhappiness for him
self" Apply this to business and In
dustrial conditions today.--Grit.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
HeIfer Mother Of -Four Calves.

MISREPRESENTATION heifer In New.
foundland, almost three years old,
gave birth to four calves. They were
much smaller than the average first
born calf, but were fully developed
All were either born dead or died with
In few minutes.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
Men With Big Ears Are REQUIRED.

One hundred and fifty red-haired.
large-eared men are required to at
tend the United States Naval Militia
school for wireless operators. Experts
have discovered that men with red
hair have an added alertness, and
that large ears are an advantage In
tuning the wireless Instruments.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
Dam Contract Awarded

Contract for the building of the
big irrigation dam at Bridgeport,
California, to impound the waters
of the East Walker river and to
involve expenditures approximating
$500, 900, was awarded to C. 2. Hill
of Reno. Journal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17

A London (Eng.) man has rather
a hard head. He fell over the back
of an omnibus, striking the ground
violently with his head. He got up.
dashed after the vehicle and took his
seat quit unconcernedly.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17
Mares Eyes Color of Masters.

A British Columbia man who has
odd eyes, blue and brown eye. owns
a mare which presented him with a
colt last fall. The colt rlso had a
blue eye and n brown eve.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17

Take Heed Of Losing Friend.
You hardly make q friend In q year,
but you can easily offend one In an
hour.-Chinese Proverb.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17

Printing, ruling, engraving-any-
thing in the printing line. The Silver
State. Phone II.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17

Have The Silver State delivered
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per year.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16

rthat treatment of the mind, or imagi- nation, win put the patient in a con- dition better able to submit to the good effects of the medical treat mcnt that goes to the root of the whole trouble. Ii is difficult for q vaudeville entertainer. for instance, to make a person laugh who deiies him to do it. A good humored audience, prepared to be amused, is much more likely to be affected by the attempts of the entertainer than is an audience determined not to be entertained. Similarly patient who is ready to believe that the physicians can cure him is far more apt to be cured than one whose mind is obso ossed with the idea that he simply can not be cured. Perhaps even Dr. Mayo recognized there is place in medicine for the psych ologist. Certainly he would not deny that study of psychology aids the physician in his splendid work.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16

speak and act as He will through us, which begets loyalty: not liberty for us to act as we will which begets lawlessness. The Rev. Andrew Mur- ray tells us, Tn nothing am l behind the very chiefest apostles, though be nothing" e Cor. 12-1D Paul tell ing us to be nothing. Why? Because God hath chosen the things that are not" And why is this? "That no flesh should glory in His prcs- ence." This was the secret of St. Pauls joy, and strength. and sue cess. The Attest instrument for God to use is-nothing, A man who is nothing before Him. St. Paul writ ing to his nephew Timothy to preach the word God teaches in His word that we must humble ourselves and make surrender utterly of the flesh and the self life to be nothing before God and the soul does not know that this experience is just one of Gods most precious lessons, and that to be nothing will be the only way to let God be all.
 WORKER,
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16
GIRL SCOTT DRUM CORPS

There is one organization in the sctty that seems ready to respond to evry call made upon it to aid in the success of every movement of pa- triotic or civic nature when there is needed an air of energy and inspira- tion to brace up faltering parading feet or to liven the atmosphere of any function. This organization is the Girl Scouts Fife and Drum Corps.
 Often, lately, members of men's organizations have failed to report for duty when that duty involved a pars ade or other spectacle requiring some exertion. Not so the Girls'~ Drum Corps, They have answered present. with cheerful acquiescence, and they have tapped their drums and shrilled their flies through the air as though they would make anything success which emphasized something fine and ennoblinE.
 A condition has come to the people of the city that makes them hesitate to start any new movement, fearing that lack Of active support would make it a failure. Something has en- tered the lives of people which turns them away from physical exertion and makes the side lines far more at- tractive to them. Something of the old pep" is gone-perhaps there is lacking that sentiment which has kept the men of old days marching on through all the years when patriotic occasion called them.
 The Girl Scout Fife, and Drum Corps is doing much to revive that pep" They are setting the younger mon an example that shouiu make theatter bit ashamed, perhaps. But whether this is so or not, certainly they havedono much to make celebra- tions successful when their services have been asked.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16
IuA.INaRY DISEASES.

There is a great deal Of truth in the old oppression. '1Io only thinks hes sick" as revealrd ty th" statement of, pr. William Mayo, celebrated physician. of Rochester, Minnesota. tf there are Imaginary diseases" as indicated by this physician's declara- ton. fl is noi strange that 'cures" may bo made through appeals 10 the imagination.
 After statiHr that certain often mis- understood ailments result from the clash when the conscious mind at tempts to gain control over the nn- conscious. Dr. Mayo says: Disturb sures which more or i"ss resemble real diseases arc caused The trained observer knows them 10 be faise. but the uuenIightened patient accepts them as true. Herein lies the sue cess of the cuts and qusckerins, who play these diseases for tho reah thing and reap q harvest"
 Thus this medical expert gives a reason for the apparent success Of all sorts Of persons who use no essen- tialiy medical treatment but rely
 npon the influence of their own per l sonalitics. or the influence upon
 which they csn to aid them. This { is by no means saying that some ! certain troubles. caused by physical | disturbance. may not be successfully treated also without medical aid. Dr Mayo simply states that quacks arg 1 successful because Of these imaginary : ills caused hT the struggle between the conscious and tbe unconscious minds. He refrains from denouncing
 as ouaoks all those who treas ailments
 without medicine.
 And this is along the line Of com
 mon sense and brosdmiBdedness. I
 suggests. also. that real illness maj
 be exaggerated by the mental eondi
 ton. of nervousness to such aa 1n
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16
PRORARIY ENDS IT

General yon Ludendorff undoubted- ly was real organizer of the mon archists. Adolph Hitler, a would be Mussolini, was his mouthpiece.
 Hitler proclaimed a new regime in Germany. As its regent" or head, he named Dr. von Kahr, who was act ing as dictator of the German state of Bavaria. He nominated himself (Hitler) as chancellor" Luden- dorff was to be military commander. Presumably the idea was to make Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria emperor of Germany.
 Rupprecht repudiated the whole thing. Kahr not only repudiated 1t but told loyal troops to put the upris- ing down. Hitler and Ludendorff had to surrender. Hitler's said to have escaped later but Ludendorff remain ed a prisoner.
 That probably ends it all, for the present.
 The ex-crown prince has returned from Holland to Germany, which may or may not mean something. He's as much a citizen of the country as any other German, so why shouldn't he live there?
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16
COMMUNICATED
A Little Support.
Editor New Britain Herald,

Editor New Britain Herald
 City.
 Dear Sir:
 It is ratlfer amusing to read some of the letters from your readers on the subject of your editorial in last Mondays Herald. One might get the impression from a perusal of most Of them, that you are hand in glove with the bootleggers. or that the edi- torial in question was an argument to give comfort to the "wets''.
 They are all asking where you stand" on the question, when, If they had read and digested the edi- torial as it was written they might have noticed that you simply took ex- ception to the dissertation Of Gods House with remarks such as MT. Davis used last Sunday evening.
 The stand" that you took--and I thoroughly agree with you--was that Davis not only talked too much, but that talk closely bordered on abuse. You said nothing against the 18th amendment, or made any plea for the "old days" to return.
 - Rev. Davis, of course has many friends, and most of those friends arc so impressed with the idea that he can do or say nothing but what is strictly proper. that 1t is like waving a red flag in front of bull, to even faintly suggest that he stopped over last Sunday evening.
 Just because man is minister, a- obnatld anHnfp- nance such a line of talk. Where does he, or anyone else get his license to say that any man who bought a drink would lie, steal and commit adultery? The writer has not pur- chased drink since Mir. Volstead and | the 18th amendment showed us the light toward the correct way to live But he admits that several have been given him, and which Che blushes tc state), were not spurned. Presum. ably someone bought it from a boot. legger. Then if l drink some of it, am even worse than bootlegger-- according to the reverend gentleman 1 But I must insist that Mir. Davis ha' | the wrong impression, of me, fl h' thinks I will lie, steal and commit adultery.
 Many have told me what a strong sermon it was. Yes, there is no doubi about that--it was strong. It wal several stages stronger than that. II was strong, even ss meat and othel edibles get into that condition,
 You spoke of his ''sbsurd state | monts." True enough. Can vol ina zine anything more absurd. or asi nine, coming from the lips of any one-let alone a minister-thsn thu remark that "he hoped our local fur niture dealers would put in new supply of baby carriages So that cer tain members Of the Shuttle Meadow club, who cried for q drink could he wheeled around town?"
 Who wants to wheel 'em around town? Would Mr. Davis do it? Ant how does he know that they ''criet | for a drink?" Absurd? 1 shoult | say SO!
 i BEN ZINE.