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Evening star., 1923-02-11

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as TO your experience. Address Box 24SU,
Star office.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
THE AGE OF ELECTRICITY

The age of electricity has ar
rived and with it the greatest con-
sumption of copper ever known. If
copper can be had at reasonable
price there would seem to be no
limit to its consumption in electri-
flying railroads, in. the building
lines, in the mercantile marine and
in the automobile industries. The
country now has 1900 miles of
electrical railroads and plans have
been drawn to eleetrify 1900 miles
during the present year, and this
will be only the beginning. 1t has
been estimated that $150,000,000
will be spent in this country during
the next ten years in equipping
present steam railroads with cleo
trical' power, and it is claimed that
1875, 100000 tons of coal will there
by be saved annually. With the
completion of the Boulder dam on
the Colorado river will follow the
electriication of all of the rail-
roads of southern California, Ne
vada, Arizona and Utah, besides
which practically all manufacturing
plants in that tremendous section
of country will be utilizing the
Juice" engendered by waters of
the Colorado. Copper is the best
conductor of electricity and with
the coming of the electrical age will
also come tremendous demand for
The red metal, hence there would
eem to be- brighter outlook for
Upper now than at any time in
)ast history.-Ely Record.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
Forest Road Dispute Settled

A telegram received today from
Senator Tasker l.. Oddie contains
the information that the senate late
Saturday agreed to the conference
report on the agricultural appropria-
ton bill with respect to the appro-
priation for forest roads, which
was the last item in disagreement.
The junior senator explains that
the agreement leaves an appropria-
ton of three million dollars, as pro-
vided by the house, for this road
work, but authorizes the secretary
of agriculture to incur obligations,
approve projects or enter into con-
tracts for forest roads and further
that his action in so doing will i'm
pose upon the federal go .ernment
a contractual obligation.
Further, Senator Oddie says
THAT appropriations for forest
roads heretofore made and those or
hand at present as well as those
hereafter made shall be considered
available until expended. This
agreement assures necessary au.
thority for utilization of all ap.
preparations available for work as
needed until the amounts are ex
pended.-Reno Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
DEATHS FROM ALCOHOLISM

Much interest attaches to the
figures of mortality annually pub
lished by life insurance companies.
In various ways they are highly IN
structive. They tend to especially
warn the public against the danger
Of contracting disease of more
Or less infectious nature.
The record for the year just
passed, as given by the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company of New
York, and based upon the mortality
among millions of policy holders
scattered through the nation, may
be regarded as fairly representative
for the whole country.
1t is gratifying to note that the
showing for moth tuberculosis and
typhoid fever is the best ever made.
Both are preventable, and no doubt
the reduction in mortality is largely
due to the spread of education and
sanitation. The death rate for
tuberculosis was only 113 per 1907
900, decline of so per cent in
ten years.
There was a pronounced decrease
also in the mortality from communi-
cable diseases of childhood-diph-
iberia, scarlet fever and whooping
cough.
But the most remarkable figures
of all are those which chronicle
tremendous increase in the num-
Der of deaths from alcoholism. As
summarized by the New York Even
ing Post, the record is as follows:
"The alcoholism death rate rose
from 0.9 per 100000 to 20 which
is equivalent to a rise of 122 per
cent.
"This is the highest alcoholism
death rate since 1917"
Although it is further stated that
The rate for alcoholism was lower
last year than for years prior to
1918, it is also noted that the fig
ures for 1922 do not include deaths
from wood alcohol, which were very
numerous and are fairly attribut-
able to prohibition.
As the Eighteenth Amendment
went into effect on January 20.
1920, and the Volstead Enforce
ment Act was passed by congress
over President Wilson'S veto on
October %, 1919, it appears that
during the second year of actual
trial of national prohibition, alcohol
ism of the worst kind not only
enormously increased, but much
more than doubled.
This was due chiefly to con-
sumption of poisonous liquid, as
the statistics show beyond contradic-
ton, even with deaths and blind
ness from wood alcohol left out of
the reckoning.
Facts like these speak louder
than words as to the failure-or
worse than failure-of bone-dry
legislation.-Tonopah Bonanza.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
Hotel Nuisance Abated-

The French hotel premises on
Center street in which federal pro-
hibition agents have on several oc.
casions found violations of the Vol
stead law We're ordered closed by
Judge harrington for a period of
eight months. The closing followed
trial in Judge Farrington's court
of government abatement suit.
Henry Ritter, found guilty of
violating the prohibition act, was
sentenced to serve four months in
the Washoe county Jail. His at.
torneys gave notice of appeal. John
Venasso pleaded guilty to liquor law
violations and was sentenced to pay
fine of 5000. James Boyd, who
in the trial of Pincolini and wife
testified that whiskey seized at the
Poncolini place belonged to him
pleaded guilty to liquor law viola.
ton and was fined $300.-Reno Ga
zette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
ARIZONA HOGS THE GAME.

After all other states voted for
ratification of the Colorado river
compact, Arizona comes along with
a radically different proposition an
nulling the work of the past year
and denying the rights of other
states to participate in one of the
most beneficial projects devised for
extension of western development.
Unfortunately under the agreement
reached by the Colorado river COM
mission it is essential to the future
of the undertaking that the ap-
proval be unanimous. Without
complete accord there would be
danger of entering the wedge of
legal protest and invite a hiatus
that would prove fatal after the
government had entered upon the
great reclamation. The Legislature
of Arizona knows this as well as
they know they are voting in the
interest of the power trust which
has had its eyes on the Boulder
canyon site for these many years.
There cannot be any evasion of re-
sponsibility. Arizona is acting the
dog in the manger, refusing to eat
the hay and not permitting the OK
to have the rations. By this re-
fusal, amounting to rank political
apostacy, the people of Arizona,
through their representatives at
Phoenix, write themselves down as
renegades to the solemn pledges
on which the good faith of the
state was pledged.
This kills the measure for an
other two years. There is no time
for revamping the resolutions of
the other six states were there any
disposition to do so for the sake of
gratifying the spleen of the minor
ity member of the pact. The pre-
posterious attitude of Arizona is
shown by the attempt to dictate
international law affecting the use
of the waters of the Colorado by
the republic of Mexico. Arizona
has as much to do with debating
to foreign power as it has to de-
clare war on France for non-pay-
ment of its obligations to the United
States. The motives actuating Ari-
IONA may be summed up in one
ugly short word of five letters
Tonopah Times.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
spearhead In Good Condition.

Following the annual stockhold-
ers' meeting of the Spearhead Gold
Mining Co. Reorganized, held last
week in the company's office in
Reno, it was announced that the
company was in excellent financial
condition, with funds in hand suf-
ficient to carry on the present plan
of developing the property in the
Comstock district for the present.
The work of retimbering the Sue
cor shaft between the 200-foot level
and the collar is nearly completed
and within a few lays the timber
men will start on the section be-
tween the 200 and 400 levels, for
which timbers have been provided.
With the upper section of the shaft
completed, development work will
start at once on the 200 level. The
shaft has three compartments and is
in excellent condition.
Officers elected at the meeting
are: A. A. Bushey, president and
general manager; A. H. Butler, vice
president; A. A. Codd, secretary
and treasurer, and S. V. Ward, Aud
itor.-Goldfeld Tribune.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
DRIVE STATE INTO SOCIALISM

Billions of dollars are invested
in tax-free securities, and as a
consequence taxes or other forms of
wealth, other securities, are getting
higher and higher.
This is driving capital away from
investments in land, buildings, in
ddstry, transportation and public
utilities.
The effect of all income taxes is
to put premimum on investing
capital where it cannot be reached.
Fluent capital that builds in
dustries, builds home and carries
on new enterprises to employ la
Dor should not be taxed.
Not over half of the adult vot-
ing citizens and salaried class pay
any tax whatever, and so taxes of
publicly owned utilities are exempt
from taxes, and all securities of
privately owned utilities are taxed.
One helps pay the costs of govern
ment, and the other helps to make
the costs of government greater to
the group that pays those COSTS
Elko Free Press.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
ENTIRELY TOO RAPID.

When Lou Tellegen and Geraldine
Farrar decided that there should be
no publicity of their divorce case
because it might hurt their bust
ness, they forgot another business
- the persistence of the Ameri-
can reporter. Up to date the case
stands like this: Lou met Gerry
and he loved her at first sight.
After they had been married a
while he met Lorna Amber, a
brunette beauty, and he loved her
at first sight. A little later he met
Kathleen Clifford, and he loved her
at first sight. The reporters quit
on that end and called it a days
work.-Goldfield Tribune.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
Wet Mail Caused by Boys :

One batch of mail collected from
a city deposit box reached the post
office soaking wet, some of the adj
dresses being almost illegible. Snow
balls placed in the collection box
were responsible for the condition
and Postmaster Jackson issued an
order to carriers collecting mail to
watch all boxes in their territory
and warn boys against the offense.
1t is prison offense to mutiliate
the United States mails, Mr.. Jack
son explained, and he felt that boys,
even in playing pranks, would not
do such tricks if they realized the
seriousness of the offense.-Reno
Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
Thaw Doing Damage in Sparks

The February thaw, which is now
doing its best to cause a disappear
anee of the large quantities of snow
which have covered the ground for
the past several weeks, appears to
be getting in too much of hurry to
accomplish its object, as far, at
least as comfort and safety are con-
cerned.
The basement of the high school
building at 18th and C streets was
comfortably filled with water, put
ting the heating system out of com
mission and for that reason it was
necessary to call it a holiday.
Also the waters in the Peoples
Drain ditch paralleling the county
road from the Springer ranch to a
point near 18th street, were peek
ing over the banks and threatening
to overflow the highway and ad-
jacent territory and cause consider
able trouble to the street force as
well as owners of property situated
lower than street grade.-Sparks
Tribune.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
NARCOTICS IN NEVADA.

No penalty can be too severe for
infractions of the laws governing
traffic in narcotics. This fact has
been conceded in most states and
it is strange that any objection
should have been raised in Nevada
to a bill providing for the punish
ment Of dealers handling opiates
in defiance of the statute. The
weak-hearted gentlemen of the as
sembly who protested against Jail
sentences should have been referred
to the federal law enforcing the
Volstead act wherein it would be
found that fines have no terrors
for violators and that Jail sentences
are found the only effective means
of checking abuses. The subject
of narcotics is one that is engaging
the attention of almost every state
in the union and the highest Off
Gals of the national government.
Even the president has been COM
PEELED to take cognizance of the
evil by inditing a special message
urging officers having anything to
do with the traffic to redouble their
efforts in an attempt to curb the
distribution. Fortunately the objec-
tors in the assembly thought wiser
Of their opposition by withdrawing
dilatory motions and permitting the
measure adopted by the senate to
go to the governor for his sigma
ture.
DIR. Hermann n Bundeson, health
commissioner of Chicago, is quoted
in his testimony before the house
foreign affairs committee of con-
gress as stating that 80 per cent
of the delinquent girls brought under
his observation owe their downfall
to the use of dope in some form
at the suggestion of others inter
ested in encompassing their ruin.
Dope is the main feeder of vice
among women, as with men it is
the main feeder for crime" is part
of the summary of the physician
who continued his testimony, say
ing practically all the women of
the underworld are addicts. Eighty
per cent of the narcotic users are
A dope addict has an in
sane desire to pass on the habit to
others. One addict in a community
is like a rotten peach in a bushel
basket of peaches-if he is not re-
moved the whole community is en-
dangered."
The worst phase of the enormity
is found in the statement of J. J.
Underwood, representing the White
Cross on the Pacific coast, who de-
posed that "kids at the high schools
and young girls at dances are get
ting dope. "-Tonopah Times.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
DON'T JUDGE TOO QUICKLY.

The people of the state will not
accept the indictment of Judge Nc
Fadden by his political enemy as
proof of his dereliction. Fairness
must be accorded the jurist and no
opinion can be formed until all the
facts are laid before the senate,
which will try the case. But
whether McFadden or Zurich and
the constituents of the latter, are
final victors in the controversy, the
whip should be made to crack about
the heels of some one-for certain
ly, accuser or accused has done
something that merits the decisive
announcement of the people of the
entire State of Nevada.-Elko Ind.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
DON'T TELL 1T.

If you know of a choice piece
Of scandal that would set this town
by the ears, don't tell it. Pushing
it along would be hard on the ears.
Besides, retailing scandal doesn t
do anybody any good, and it does
do lot of harm. Too many limo
cent people have to suffer for the
acts of few.
Then again, if you are climbing
up towards the perfection mark you
can never tell when your own lid
will be blown off.
A still tongue may not always
make wise head, but it will keep
fellow out of many a nasty mess.
-Elko Free Press.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
Lost Both Legs

Charles II. Mayer, seventeen-year
odd student at the Reno high school
who lost both legs near Verdi when
he fell under a moving Southern
Pacific train, died at Reno. Death
was due to shock and loss of blood.
The lad remained conscious almost
to the last, but first aid to the in
Juries and later efforts by physicians
to save hime We're futile.
The accident took place about
five hundred feet west of the Verdi
depot. Mayer, with Herman Cur
reg, r. Mitchell and A. Runkel.
school chums, was on his way to
Auburn to witness the basketball
game between the Reno and Auburn
high schools. They were beating
their way as many students have
been wont to do in recent years.
and were put off the train by a
brakeman at Verdi. He ran to
catch the train as it was pulling
out of Verdi, falling and both legs
going under the moving train. Both
limbs were severed at a point be-
low the knees.-Reno Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
Possible To Elect At Primary

IT the governor approves senate
bill No. Sc, which passed the as
sembly after having passed the SEN
ate, candidates for non-partisan of
fees may be elected in primary
elections.
The bill provides that in the pri-
mary the elector shall only vote for
the number of candidates that there
are persons to be elected, and that
# any non-partisan candidate re-
ceiyes a majority of all votes cast
he shall be elected to the office
without having to go before the
voters in the general election.
The bill was introduced by Sen
ator Scott.-Reno Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
His Valentine

One of the prominent Nevada
assemblymen, according to report
wears neither "gallus" nor belt.
Accordingly, when he frequently
rises to address his colleagues he
finds it advisable to occasionally give
his trousers Glitch" One of the
lady assembly members, lacking
faith in the efficacy of the big fell
lows ebay window" in the holding
up line where garments are con
cerned, and anxious to save him
certain humiliation and embarras-
ment shuold a button "bust" off
saw to it that he received valen-
tine in the form of a pair of strong
suspenders. Perhaps in legislative
circles the gift would be appropri-
ately termed precautionary "meas-
ure. Carson News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
Hotter Is All Blank

Reno is becoming a city of good
behavior, according to the police
,lotter, in which arrests are set out
laily, for the blotter shows a blank
FOR a period of nearly forty-eight
hours, with the exception of two
Or three down and cutters" who
have applied for lodgings. No ar
rests have been made since Tues
day for even the mildest misdemean-
or.-Reno Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
All Undressed-

To have his night dress ripped
from his back and left standing as
innocent as September Morn, was
the experience of Geo. A. Mont
rose, Monday morning. A window
in his home smashed and while at
tempting to repair the damage, a
portion of the young cyclone en-
tered the window and got all
tangled up in Montie's gown. A
rip, and the next that our portly
attorney knew he was all undressed
and had no place to go.-Gardner-
vile Recor-Courier.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
A WOMAN CONVICTED.

For the third time in the history
of Nevada, and the first on record
in White Pine county, a woman
has been convicted of murder
charge, although in this case in a
lesser degree, the verdict specify
ing manslaughter. The result of
the trial is something of novelty
in a countrywide sense, judging
from the newspapers, many of which
conclude that killing by one of the
gentler sex now brings a penalty
no more severe than an offer of
theatrical or movie contract-Vir-
GINA Chronicle.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
Long Trip for Divorce

Travelling all the way from South
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to
establish residence in Reno that
she might secure a divorce from
her husband, Mrs. C. P. Stanislaus
Power, established a long-distance
record in the divorce of this state.
Mrs. Josephine Power was the
complainant in the case, and charged
her husband with extreme and re-
peated acts of cruelty and nagging,
and also that he had failed to pro-
vide her with the absolute necessi-
ties of life, such as wearing ap-
parel and food.-Reno Journal.
Seen 1t ALL
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
Protect the Antelope

A great many people residing in
Oregon do not realize that the few
remaining antelope in southeastern
Oregon are fast disappearing, like
the buffalo and other wild animals
of the middle west a few years ago.
This interesting American game ami
NAL should not be allowed to dis
appear from the face of the earth
altogether, and for this reason the
state game commission of Oregon
and the trustees of the Permanent
Wild Life Protection Fund of Amer
lea have decided to offer re-
ward of 5000 for information that
will lead to the arrest and con-
viction Of any person killing an
antelope in Oregon.-Malheur Enter
prise.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
Joe" Camp Dead

Joseph t. Camp, who published
weekly newspapers in several North
ern Nevada towns at different times,
lied at Wadsworth after suffering
for several years with disease of the
heart. He is survived by a widow
md four daughters.
Mr.. Camp published weekly news
papers at Wadsworth and Fernley,
and prior to coming to Nevada about
eventeen years ago, was a printer
md publisher in Colorado.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
Courthouse Being Vanished

The courthouse is all stuck up
these days, the main reason being
found in the activities of a painter
with his brush and a can of varnish.
All of the woodwork in the various
offices and the Railways is being
vanished, and the building is TAX
ing on a spick and span appearance
that bodies i'll for any unfortunate
who happens to tip over bottle of
ink and mar the surface so lately
polished. -Elko Free Press.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
THE WHITLEY ACT

The Attorney General declares
the Whitley act to be unconstitu-
tional and his opinion is so seriously
accepted by the governor that he
has formally transmitted it to the
senate and assembly with the recon-
mendation that they weigh it care
fully during the the few remaining
days in which the act may be re-
called and reconsidered.
The governor has also stated. ac-
cording to press reporters, that he
will not veto the act, but will allow
it to become law without his sigma
ture.
If the governor believes the White
ley act to be contrary to the state
constitution he should veto it. Ex-
cellent authorities differ as to its
validity, but there seems to be no
such doubt about the matter in the
mind of the executive. Why then,
withhold disapproval?-Gazette.