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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Harriet Dixon, 10, OF 1925 S. Bel
mont Ave, was playing little
mother" when she got hurt
She was carrying Luella Stone,
eighteen months, Of 1886 S. Belmont
Ave, across the pavement at Bel
mont Ave, and Miller ST.
AS usual, it was an automobile
that did 1t.
The baby was injured only slightly
when she was hurled out of Har-
riet's arms to the pavement, but
Harriet received serious cuts about
the head
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Friends Miss Little
Girl Killed in Street

P a y ma t e s
missed Irene
Barton, 8, the
daughter Of e.
w. Barton of
Beech Grove,
today.
Monday eve
ming Irene was
playing in the
sand in a street
near her home.
She started to
run across the
street. An au-
tomobile driven
by w. R. Hank
ms, 706 N. Ban
croft ST, struck
her. She died
in st. Francis
hospital a short
time later.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

An acre Of tobacco plants yields
about 700 tons of tobacco.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Sixteen thousand grocery clerks in
Chicago are threatening to strike
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Steam vessels are usually six times
as long as they are wide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Asparagus is believed to be the
Oldest known plant used for food.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

A normal mans heart beats s2,16O
times a day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

There are 2,174 different characters
in the works of Dickens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

There are about $4,000 seeds in
bushe}sof wheat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

1t would take 5000 bees to weigh
pound
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
CUT OUT POLITICS

However, the vital question is
one that the Legislature should very
carefully consider and that is how
will this money be spent? That is
the vital burning question. II a
hoard of hangers-on is to be given
soft jobs at fat salaries to collect
and look after the gasoline tax then
1t Is possible that the funds will be
fritted away and the state will re-
ceive but little benefit from the
extra tax levied upon the users of
motor vehicles. On the other hand,
IL officers now drawing salaries can
have the supervision Of enforcing
the law and seeing that the gasoline
tax is collected-and there would
seem to be plenty of officials
throughout the state who can take
on this extra work without over
Durdening them--then the state
highway funds might derive ma
terial benefit, if the legislature finds
that the enactment of such law is
experimentation Eagle.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
NEW RESOLVES

Ambition is now in the saddle. The
good old horse New Resolve will
make gallant attempt to see that
the rider reaches his destination
And yet, year after year, semester
after semester, a million such com
binations start squirting toward e
million different goals. This year is
under way and the race has started
Seven hundred horses and riders are
entered in the contest. Out of this
number how many will cross the
line? Resolutions are like many
friends, a thousand poor ones can
not take the place of one that is
sincere. Too many people slip into
their new year resolves as they
would into a new suit and like the
suit, the resolves soon become worn
and are in little while discarded.
There is only one resolution that
need be made and that it "try to do
lbetter.'-U. of N. Sagebrush.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
THE RED MENACE

Judge Thompson is right when
he says that the country is in dan
ger from those who would subvert
its foundation principles. There is
no safety for American institutions
except in the recognition of these
revolutionists as common enemies.
The change that would be involved
in passing from the present order
to the one which they picture would
amount to complete upheaval of
society. All that five thousand
years of civilization has accom-
lished is weighed in the balance
against that change. This is a
hazard that it would be lost.-Tono-
pah Bonanza.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
sTEAMBoATING IN NEVADA

1t is not generally known that
the Colorado river was one of the
most important means of transpor-
tation in the early days of Nevada
and Utah. So important was the
stream that the United States MAIN
tanned a garrison at Fort Scoville,
situated close to Boulder canyon,
where ruins of the warehouses to-
day remind the visitor of the pris-
tine glories of the river. Steam
boats with commodities, some of
which came around the Horn for
delivery at Phoebe and various Nor
mon settlements reached by long
OK trains. Reclamation will estab-
fish navigation on the upper river
with high powered passenger steam
ers and barges capable of carrying
thousands of tons at a single load
ing. This will revolutionize Clark
county and have helpful influence
on the business of Nye and White
Pine counties chiefly by removing
their splendid isolation and project
ing them into the limelight where
their resources will be developed
Tonopah Times.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
BETTER MINING CONDITIONS

Copper, lead, silver, zinc and
last but most important of all, gold
mining have good year ahead Of
them.
The market for all these metals is
growing better and better every
day and also in every way, per DIR.
Coue. pronounced Coo-ay.)
Western states can hope for
larger investments and employment
of more labor in mining than ever
before in their history.
Legislators should be slow to i'm
pose new taxes, new regulations, or
heavier license fees of any kind on
mining operations.
Industries that employ large in
vestments of capital and maintain
big payrolls, must sell their prod
ucts in the open market of the
world.
Political handicaps only restrict
operations and prevent the largest
possible amount of money being
placed in circulation through labor
and development work by menas Of
improved machinery increasing out
pu.t.-The Manufacturer.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
THINKERS NEEDED

This world owes every advance it
has to its thinkers. Yet upon the
roll of the worlds real thinkers how
few are the names entered. Some
times those men have been per-
secuted and burned for their
thought. But the sacrifice they
made for themselves proved to be
advancement of the world. Every
Ill which the world has suffered is
directly traceable to the mental
laziness which prevents its inhabi-
tants from thinking. Finding it
easier to take their opinions ready
made from the printing press and
the soap box, they neglect the ex-
ercise OF those more painstaking but
by no means always more competent
than themselves.-Carson Appeal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
THE LEGISLATURE

This week the Nevada legislature
convened at Carson City and for
a period of sixty days will grind out
laws for the supposed benefit of the
commonwealth and the people in
general.
Taking a look at the compiled
laws of Nevada, conveys the idea
that already we are we'll supplied
with laws. Even a hurried examina-
ton of the books will prove the con-
tention that hundreds of laws have
been enacted that are dead letters;
others that have never been, nor
ever will be enforced.
But we must have legislation, the
good to be taken with the bad. To
enact laws, trading will be resorted
to as in the past, which is one of
the most diabolical features under
which laws are made.
There are some splendid men in
the personnel of the incoming legis-
lature and it is believed that econ
omy will be the watchword.
Although in the last campaign it
was denied that the tax rate in Ne
vada was anything but normal, the
Nevada Tax League gives facts and
figures to substantiate that the tax
rate in Nevada has increased dur
ing the past few years at an alarm
ing rate. By carefully scrutinizing
the state budgets and looping off all
unnecessary expense, the Nevada
legislature has the power to be of
real benefit to the interests of Ne
vada. - Gardnerville Recourd- Cour-
Ter.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
OPINIONS OF OTHER NEVADA EDITORS
Excerpts from Editorial Expressions in Nevada and
Other Publications, Showing Trend of Public
Sentiment in Other Places
THE GASOLINE TAX

The demand made upon public
officials at the present time for road
construction and improvement pro-
grams is rapidly exhausting all pre-
vieus and existing sources of rev.
enue and it is quite probable that
If this method of taxation becomes
popular, the tax imposed will con-
tinue to be made greater and greater
until it will react against the healthy
growth of this form of transporta-
ton. 1t seems certain that small
tax, If the revenues are properly
expended will not be seriously OBJ
jeeted to by the motorists.-Tono-
pah Bonanza.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
oREcoN's SCHOOL LAW

Knocking the new administration
by the 81 told you so route: The
Ochoco irrigation district needed set
tiers. A colonizer was sent into the
congested districts of Wisconsin and
succeeded in interesting a colony of
Lutherans in the project and they
were to have moved out in the
spring. They heard the election re-
turns on the Compulsory School
Law and cancelled their contracts.
Figure out for US how many peo-
pie of any denomination will volun-
tarilly move into a state that tries
to regulate their worship.-Jordan
Valley (0regon) Express.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
CURRENT EVENTS AS REPORTED BY
EXCHANGES FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE
OF THE STATE

Ogden, Utah, the first of the month.
The animal was sold after the show
and brought Il cents per pound. A
carload of baby" beef. owned by
the same company, were also first
prize winners and were also sold,
being purchased by the Skaggs mar
ket of Salt Lake.-Gazette.
Lion Kills Airedale-
While Jack Mallory was hunting
cattle near Powell creek last Sunday
his thoroughbred Airedale dog "Jazz''
got on the trail of a mountain lion
and followed it for ten miles
through the mountains. When the
dog had been gone some time NAL
Tory followed his track through the
snow and finally found him dead.
He was disembowled, terribly torn
and partly devoured by the ferocious
beast. 1t is supposed the lion jumped
on the dog from tree or large
rock. Jazz was the finest hunting
dog in this section and Mallory and
other big game hunters feel his
loss greatly, and threaten dire ven
gence if they ever get within gun
shot of Mr.. Lion.-Walker Lake
Bulletin.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
WORK BUT NO VOTE

Georgia is raising hob because ne
gro laborers are leaving the state by
thousands to profit by better wages
and conditions of employment in the
north. Georgia wants her negroes
to hew wood and draw water, but
they cannot have the vote. However,
they are counted for representation
purposes, and they afford an oc-
cassional holiday or the reason for
barbecue when Judge Lynch takes
his term in court.-Carson News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
BOOST FOR WINNEMUccA

In passing we might remind our
readers of the very substantial
beauty of the buildings in our sister
city of Winnemucca. Here is a
settlement not nearly so wealthy as
are we-with a positive dearth of
resources as compared to ours
yet she is so superior to US in style
and solidity of architecture as to
make comparison entirely unneces-
sary. Her citizens have builded
with civic pride as we'll as with their
money. There is no reason why we
cannot be proud to match our fu-
ture buildings with those of any
community in the state-if we will
but draw upon our fund of civic
pride in erecting them.-Elko In
dependent.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

The county commissioners have
been engaged for two days drafting
town ordinances that will enable the
Tonopah police to file complaints
without invoking the statutes and
prosecuting offenders without the
necessity for paying fines into the
state treasury. The town is adopt
ing little Volstead act that will re-
plenish town funds and make the
town self-supporting, according to
the estimates of Henry C. Schmidt,
chairman of the board. One of
the first acts will be to increase the
licenses for soft drink establish
ments where it is known the chief
beverage violates the law and, by
enforcing the license law, it is
hoped to reduce the number of
bootleggers and abate nuisance
about which the previous grand
jury found cause for complaints
Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
NO SACRIFICE

In Los Angeles a girl is offering
to wed man of good character,
who loves children, who is an Ameri-
can, who is under so, who will give
her parents $4,000. For her par
ents, she says, she is willing to
make the sacrifice, because they
need the money. Where's the sacri-
fee? Millions of girls would be
glad of an opportunity to wed such
a man. Most Of them have done
so, long before the man had ac-
cumulated $4,000. If every girl
waited for man of good character,
with $4,000, there wouldn't be many
marriages.-Goldfield Tribune.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
CONSISTENCY NEEDED

For years the New York World
has been preaching against prohi-
bition. For over a year the New
York World has been preaching
against the Ku Klux Khan. 1t is
remarkable that this intelligent and
powerful wielder of public opinion
has not traced any connection be-
tween the contempt of the law and
abandonment Of principles of gov
eminent involved in its prohibition
heresy, and the same contempt and
abandonment on the part of the
Ku Klux Klan.-Reno Journal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

ment Of the University of Nevada,
spent Thursday in Lovelock in
specting the John Dotta silo, which
was the first and ouly silo erected
in Persfing county and has a ca
paeity of 100 tons. Mr.. Dotta ex-
planned that he did not fill his silo
to capacity, but cured down about
ninety tons. For ensilage he used
crop of poor wheat and sweet
clover that would have been other
wise worthless and this week began
feeding it to his dairy cattle. It
was several days before the cows be-
came accustomed to the new feed
and would eat the required amount
for feeding. The ensilage is fed
mornings and evenings explained
Mr.. Dotta, and is supposed to repre-
sent half the food ration, hay being
fed during the day. Mr.. Scott said
that he found the ensilage properly
cured and in fine condition. The
ordinary plan of silage is thirty
pounds per day to the COW and, ac-
cording to Mr.. Scott the silo ven
ture in Pershing county is proving
successful. Mr.. Dotta plans to
erect another silo in a couple of
years.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
AN EXISTING EVIL

An Indian murdered an aged
Chinese at Carson City last week be-
cause he refused to furnish him
with narcotics. While there is no
excuse for such wanton murder,
yet the condition has been brought
about by the Chinese, not only in
Carson, but in Gardnerville and
other Nevada towns, who for sew
eral years have peddled narcotics
to the Indians, thereby making dope
fiends out of hundreds of the In
dams. A dope fiend will not stop
at even murder when deprived of
dope, and as in Carson, this was
proven.
There was no justification in the
murder in Carson, and the Indian
must be held responsible. However,
Chinese that have peddled dope to
Indians are indirectly responsible
Gardnerville Record-Courier.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

In the U. S. district court Inspec-
tors Hicks and Hamilton of the in
terstate commerce commission testi-
fed that flat car operated at a
stated time along a designated sec
ton of the Western Pacific railroad
in this state was equipped with a
drawbar one and one-half inches
higher than allowed by government
law or regulations. No testimony
was offered by the defendant COM
pany. 1t is said that the decree,
which must be given on the show
ing, is a penalty Of one hundred
dollars and costs.-Carson News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
Chain Gang for Town


A reglar chain gang will be in
troduced to street work at which
the members will be kept employed
for the duration of their sentences.
Judge Cuddy will add a rider of
hard labor to all commitments to in
sure supply of able-bodied vag-
rants for street service. The first
one on the list was Ernest Best, a
chevalier from the land of love,
who was committed for so days.
Pete Scovich was fined $40 for
disorderly conduct and officers are
looking for Louis Bozonich, who is
wanted for leaving without paying a
bill of $61.75 owed the Montana
observation-disclosures Times.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
THE OTHER FELLOW

One Of the greatest drawbacks to
a community is spirit of grudging
the other fellow something that is
his. We are a little
afraid that a mite Of this spirit re-
mains in certain quantities and To-
calties in this little city of ours
and we had great hopes that it had
been almost entirely swept OUT
Elko Independent.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

During the heavy wind of last
week, two sheets of galvanized iron
were torn from building at the
Biaggi ranch near Sheridan. They
were carried for distance of about
two miles and were later found near
the old Bull ranch. At the Henry
Godecke ranch a small barn was de-
molished by the wind and a feed
rack was picked up by the miniature
cyclone and has not yet been found.
-Gardnerville Recour-Courier.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

The lives of Domino Doherty, a
miner of Butte, and A. Chasseur of
Nevada City, We're snuffed out be-
tween one and two o'clock Saturday
morning on the 120-foot level of
the Confidence mine at Virginia
City when an upshoot in which the
meme were at work caved in.
The CAVERN was heard in other
sections of the mine and men
worked in relays to dig out their
comrades but soon all hopes of res
euing them alive was abandoned.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
S. P. May Win Temporarily

A finding favorable to the South
ern Pacific in the fight for tenn
porary control of the Central Pa
cific was indicated yesterday when
the Nevada Public Service Commits
sion was advised by the Interstate
Commerce Commission that it had
under consideration a plan for
Southern Pacific control upon which
it desired expressions from various
western states, according to the Ga
zette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

Glen Wolcot was found guilty of
"rustling" cattle from Martin Ec-
have by the trial jury after IA
hours deliberation. The convicted
man will be sentenced by Judge
Dalton Biggs on Saturday.
Wolcott was arrested some time
ago by the sheriff's office upon a
warrant charging him with the theft
of animals. The grand jury re-
turned two indictments against him.
Wolcott put up the defense that
the cattle in question had been pur-
chased by him right after the war
and that he had been running them
in Juniper Basin ever since them
Vale (Oregon) Enterprise.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

Fourteen of the Tonopah mer-
chants, consisting of drygoods, boot
cry and haberdasheries, have signed
up to close their business places at
8 p. m. Saturday nights and all pay
day nights and evenings proceeding
a holiday. During the remainder of
the year, with the exception of pay
days and holidays, the stores will
close at p. m. each evening
Tonopah Bonanza.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN

Those big international bankers
who are yammering for the United
States to cancel its foreign war
debts could set a good example by
cancelling the government bonds
now in their possession-Ely Times.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

Observation-Disclosures of 2
large local copper properties re-
ported.
Goldfield-New owners to develop
Florence Goldfeld Mining property
on company account.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
Badger Fighting Revived

The proposed revival of badger
fights at the state capitol during the
thirty-first session recalls the prepa-
ration of a measure in 1919 to sup
press them and the recollection
brings a smile. 1t was decided that
the badger fights as conducted for
the entertainment of the legislators
could not be classified as cruelty to
animals, although they produced
thrills aplenty. The Miller badger
It Hawthorne is vicious brute and
has come out of every battle with
flying colors. He will serve as the
mascot of the Nevada legislature
and the while will put on an &C.
casional show. Badger fighting is a
fascinating sport and the old menu
bers who are assembled here have
whetted their appetites for further
exhibitions.-Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

1t is reported that a colony of
600 families from Toledo, Ohio, is
seeking a location in this part of
Nevada and have had soil tests
taken near Fallon and also in Men
docino county and near Sacramento.
The people are soon to be placed
on the retired list by big scale
manufacturing company which has
been setting aside bonuses from
salaries for this purpose.-Fallon
Eagle.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

A new state dry bill is in the
making. Lester d. Summerfeld,
district attorney of Washoe county,
declares that it is his purpose to
draft a measure similar to the
Wright act Of California and to
hand it to some member of the
legislature for introduction. The
way the situation sizes up, three Of
four prohibition bills may find their
way into the house and senate
Reno Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
Winter Sports for Reno

"Reno's Chamber of Commerce
should be taking steps to draw some
of the winter crowd of sport seek
ers," declared John NJ. Fulton of
the Southern Pacific Company, as
he made the announcement that
about 800 persons of San Francisco,
San Jose and other California points
were planning on spending the
weekend at Truckee, California.
Sports equipment could be put
in that would draw some 10000
persons to Reno each winter" he
declared.-Reno Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
Six Dollars for Hay-

Word of large hay transfer has
reached this city, it having been re-
ported that j. j. Hylton has recently
purchased the hay crop of the
Sadler ranch. The crop, stacked
last season, totals almost a thou
sand tons. The price for the hay
was in the vicinity of six dollars
per ton, it is said. 1t is also re-
ported that cattle are beginning to
move in different parts of the
country. There have been at least
two buyers in the county during the
past week.-Elko Independent.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
Eighty Indictments-

A federal grand jury, which has
been in session since Tuesday,
brought in its final report to Judge
E. S. Harrington and was discharged
by him, says the Carson News.
Eighty indictments, great ma
jority of which were for alleged
liquor law violation cases, were re-
turned and 81 cases were ignored.
U. S. District Attorney Spring
meyer asked that the indictments be
placed on the secret file and it was
so ordered by the judge.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

There were two arrests Tuesday on
charges of violations of the city
traffic ordinance, each car being
driven after night with but one
head light. The accused appeared
before Police Judge Frank Woodlift
and one was fined SIS, the other $40,
the latter being guilty of the third
offense. 1t probably would be
cheaper to buy new headlights or
have old ones REPRESENTATION
Eagle.