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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18

with stealing cattle from Miller q
Lux. Sheriff Lamb went to ouihh
River and placed Howard under ar
rest and his preliminary hearing
will probably be held within the
next few days.
A. C. Brown of the Winnemucca
Mercantile Company has gone 70
San Francisco.
A movement is on foot to secure
the return of the Southern racine
terminal from Inlay to Winnie
mucca. The Chamber of Commerce
has circulated a petition requesting
the Southern Pacific to make the
change which has been signed by
every business man in town.
Two real estate deals have been
closed by James G.. Allen q Co.,
whereby James Edmunds bought
so acres of land in Grass Valley
from Sarah E. Roberts, and four
lots in upper town from c. ID. Mac
kay. ..
DR.. C. E. Swezy, Humboldt
,county's sole Republican member
of this years legislature, will Leave
for Carson City this evening.
Tonopah-New California reports
two ore strikes assaying $62 and
5000 to ton.
Goldfield-Fine ore showing re-
ported in Silver Pick lease OF Red
Top mine.
Goldfield-Gold assaying from
5000 to $1,000 opened in Combina-
ton property.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30
FUN AND ACTION GALORE

Here's something new in the way Of humor-a broadly humorous
novel Of English life by Engnshmsn who has had the advantage Of
a postgraduate course in American humor; lives in the United States
and writes largely for the American pubHc-P. G. Wodehouse. There
are not many EngIshmen who have succeeded In adapting their talents
TO American ideas Of humor-charle Chaplin and Stephen Leacock are
two conspicuous examples. Mr.. Wodehouse got his education in Eng
land and began his literary career by conducting a funny newspaper
column. He made his debut is a novelist in 1902 and now has a dozen
or more books to his credit In 1909 he came to the United States and
his address is % 6enport, l.. !.
Three Men and a Maid" Is clean full of action and chockabIock
with amusing situations The maid is WiIheImina Bennett, a nice Amer
lean girl, redheaded and full of pep. One Of the three men is Sam
MarIowe, an amateur British golfer, son Of an eminent London lawyer.
Another Is Eustace Hignett, Sans cousin, son Of Mrs. Horace Hignett
the worldfamous writer and lecturer N theosophy. The third is Bream
Mortimer, American; his father and Wlhelmtna's father re lifelong
friends and are bent on a match between their children.
The story opens in New York. Mrs Hi9nett Is about to begin a
lecture tour. She has Eustace with her; her constant care is to shoe
the girls away from him, since she is a widow and Windles, the ancestral
H1anett estate, belongs to him. Bennett has been Fostering her to lease
Wlndes-a crime in her eyes.
Bream informs Mrs. Hignett that Whhelrina Is waiting for Eustace
II the Little Church Round the Corner. Mrs. Rignett "pnches the
trousers" Of her son. WiiheImna-Bile for short-thereupon calls the
wedding off.
The author then gets his three men and a maid on the liner Atlantic,
bound for England. Sam runs into Billie and falls in love at first sight
Eustace mopes In his cabin, heartbroken. Bream is tentatively engaged
TO Billie. Mrs. Hignett does not know Billie is on board; neither does
Eustace. Sam poses as a hero and wins Billie only to lose her. Eustace
falls in love with Jane, a big-game hunter, Biiies travelling companion.
A pretty lively voyage, that!
Eustace leases WlndIes to Bennett and presently the three Ter and
the maid are all at the Hignett home. Sam has rehabilitated himself
with Billie by another display of heroism. Eustace and Jane are engaged.
Bream is hanging around. Then appears Mrs. Hsnett, with red in her
eye. Action and fun galore!
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30
"He found himself face to
face with an extraordinary pref
II girl"
(TOtBE
Lord Hero Of Romance.

The fame of Lord Richard ("Dick")
Wilmington, who in the latter part of
the Fourteenth and early part Of the
Fifteenth centuries was Mayor OF
London. Is due mainly to the popular
romance Of which he became the hero.
According to this legend. the lad Whit
tlngton went TO London and found EN-
ployment as a scullion. 70 he freight
az an outgoing vessel he contributed
his cat. which was sold for N large sum
In Enrbary. When the ship returned
To London he heard the Row bell.
sounding. calling him to the future
mayorsiiip. He received tn, price ~
Ills cat. married his lady fair, a,'t
living happily, rosr to the lnnored p,si
az mayer. There Is, however, n,
foundation for th,s tale. noe fot "a,
accounts ~ his be n made Il kB;g.l
and o. his burning the Kings bond
for iar.r uan ~. him
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30

proved, would be in New York short
ly, passing through III his way back
to England, and hoping that she would
see something of him. Altogether a
dull mail. Mrs. Hignett had just risen
from the table when there was a sound
Of voices in the hall, and presently the
domestic staff, a gaunt Irish lady OF
advanced years, entered the room.
"Ma'am, there was a gentleman"
Mrs. Hignett was annoyed. Her
mornings were sacred.
Didn't you tell him l was not to be
disturbedT"
II did not. l loosed him into the
parlor."
The staff remained for n moment In
melancholy silence, then resumed. "He
says he's your nephew. His names
Marlowe."
Mrs. Hignett experienced no dini-
mutton of her annoyance. She had not
seer her nephew Sam for ten years
and would have been willing to ex-
tend the period. She remembered him
as an untidy small boy who, once or
twice, during his school holidays, had
disturbed the cloistral peace of Win
dies with his beastly presence. How
ever, blood being thicker than water,
and all that sort Of thing, she sup
posed she would have to give him five
minutes. She went into the sitting
room and found there a young mar
who looked more or less like all other
Young men,, though perhaps rather
litter than most. He had a brown
! and amiable face, married at the mo
ment by an expression Of discomfort
somewhat akin to that Of a cat in q
strange alley.
"Hallo, Aunt Adellne!" he said awk-
wardly.
"Well, Samuel" said Mrs. Hignett.
There was a pause. Mrs. Hignett,
who was not fond of young men and
dlsliked having her mornings broken
into, was thinldng that he had not
improved In the slightest degree since
their last meeting; and Sam. who
imagined that he had long since grown
to mans estate and put off childish
things, was embarrassed to discover
that his aunt still affected him as of
old. That Is to say, she made him
feel as II he had omitted to shave,
and. In addition to that, had swal-
lowed some drug which had caused
him to swell unpleasantly, particularly
about the hands and feet.
Jolly morning" said SAM perse-
veringly.
$50 / imagine. Lave not yet been
out"
Thought I'd look In and see how
you were"
THAT was very kind Of you. The
morning is my busy time. but (.
yes, that was very kind Of your
There was another pause.
"How do you like American" said
Sam.
Il dislike It exceedingly"
Eyes? Well, OF course some people
do. Prohibition and all that. Person
ally. it doesn't affect me. / can take
1t or leave 1t alone" 4.
"The reason I dislike America"
began Mrs. Hignett bridling.
II like 1t, myself" said Sam. "Tve
had a wonderful time. Everybody's
treated me like 4 rich uncle. I've been
In Detroit. you know, and they prac.
tically gave me the city and asked
me IL I'd like another to take home
In my pocket. Never saw anything
like it. ! might have been the miss
Ing heir. l think Americas the great
est invention on record"
And what brought yoc to Amer
icay" said Mrs. I~llgnetts unm0yed by
this rhapsody.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30

Curriculum.
"What place does football occupy In
the college curriculum
81 believe it's an optional study"
While Rome burned Nero played the
fiddle instead of the hose.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30
'oh, | came over to play golf. In &

| "Oh, | came over to play golf. In a
tournament, you know"
Surely at your age" said Mrs. i7lg-
nett, di~sapprovingly, you could be
| better occupied. DO you spend your
whole time playing gOlff"
"Oh, no. | hunt a bit and shoot n
bit and l swim a good lot, and / still
play football occasionally"
81 wonder your father does not IN
sist on your doing some useful work"
Gle is beginning to harp on the sab
ject rather. / suppose | shall take a
stab at ii sooner or later. Father says
/ ought to get married, too"
"He is perfectly right"
II suppose old Eustace will be get
ting hitched UP enc Of these days."
said Sam.
Mrs. Hignett started violently.
"Why do you say that?"
"Eh?"
"What makes you say thatY"
ooh, well, he's a romantic sort of
fellow. Writes poetry and all that"
There is no likelihood Of Eustace
marrying. He Is Of Il shy and retir-
ing temperament and sees few women.
He is almost n reclusc.'
Sam was aware of this and had fire.
Quently regretted it. He had always
been fond of his cousin and in that
half-amused and rather ~patroniZing
way in which men Of thews and sineWs
are fond Of the weaker brethren who
run more TO pallor and intellect; and
he had always felt that if Eustace had
not had to retire TO Windles to spend
his life with a woman whom from his
earliest years he always considered tie
Empress Of the Wash-outS much might
have been made Of him. Goth az
school and at Oxford, Eustace had
been-if not n sport-at lease n de
cidedly CHEEKY old bean. Sam remem-
bered Eustace az school breaking gas
globes with n slipper in a positively
rollicklng manner He remembered
him at Oxford playing up to him man
fully at the piano on the occasion when
he had done that imitation of Frank
Tinney which had been such Il hit at
Nv liihill llibh1l' TO-, IAuSldNt iIl'l
had the making of a pretty sound egg,
and it was too bad that he had al
lowed his mother to coop him up down
in the country miles away from any
where.
"Eustace is returning to England on
Saturday." said Mrs. Higrett. She
spoke q little wistfully. She had not
been parted from Ter son since he had
come down from Oxford and she
would have liked II keep him with her
till the end Of her featuring tour. That,
however, was out Of the question.
1t was imperative that while
she was away, lie should be Mt
Wihdles. Nothing would have induced
her to leave the place ut the mercy Of
servants who might trample over the
nower-beds, scratch the polished floors,
and forget TO cover UP the canary at
night. HE sails on the Atlantic"
That's splendid" said Sam. I'm
sailing on the Atlantic myself. I'll 60
down to the office and see if we can't
have q stateroom together. But where
is he going to live when he gets to
England?"
"NNhere is he going to live? Why,
at Wlndles, of course. Where else?'
But l thought YOU were letting
Windles for the SUMMER"
Mrs. Hignett stared.
Letting Windles..' She SPOKE as
one might address a luaatic. 'What
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30

put that extraordinary idea into your
head?"s
IL thought father said something
about your letting the place to some
Americana"
"Nothlng Of the kind!'
1t seemed to Sam that his aunt
spoke somewhat ~vehemenily, even
snappishly.' In correcting what was n
perfectly natural mistake. lie could
not know that the subject OF letting
Vindles for the summer was one which
had long since begun 10 infuriate Mrs.
Hignett. People had certainly asked
to let Windles. In fact people had
pestertd her. There was n rich fat
man. an American named i'enne;,
whom she bad met just before sailing
at her brothers house la London. In
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30
Children Cry for "Castoria' 81
Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages

Mother. Fletcher's Castoria has
been in use for over 30 years as a
pleasant, harmless substitute for
Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops
and Soothing .Syrups. Contains no
narcotics. Proven directions are on
each package. Physicians everywhere
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30
cuticura Soap for the Complexion.

Nothing better than Outicura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear,
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum, and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Observation-Disclosures.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30
To Be Continued.

Don't start to quarrel in the street,
Paula. 1t looks bad"
"All right! Let us take a taxi
hompi I"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30
A Standard for 90 Years.

AS q laxative and blood purifier there
In use throughout the world.-Adv. :.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30

Does anyone deeply regret spend
ing money that really gave him a
good time?
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30

Many a sunny-haired girl has &
cloudy disposition.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30

No regular woman ever listens to
half the things she says.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30
Why Suffer Pain

Why Suffer Pain
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stops pain instantly and heals quickly
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ford, Ill.-Advertisement.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-30

recommend it. The kind you have
always bought bears signature of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-22
FOOTBALL OUTLET
 FOR BOYS ENERGY
Great Game Has Become Part Of Life Of Amer
 iCan Youth

CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-(By Associated Press.) )-Some nations have their rev. olutions, while America has it's foot ball, to give vent to the energies of young men, John L. Griffith, commits sioner of athletics for the western conference concludes after a resume of the 1923 grid iron season.
 How general football battles have become in this country can be seen from the fact that at least 15,000 school and college teams were or ganized; over 100000 games played and 5o0,oO0 boys participated, Major Griffith said.
 Who will say" he inquired, "that the football season of 1923 has not helped in making more virile courageous and. sportsmanlike citi zenship.'
 Summarizing points of interest in the last season. the western confer ence commissioner said:
 First, there were very few fatal ities compared to the total number of contestants. Second, in spite of the fact that the competition was intense the sportsmanship for the most part was of a high order and there were fewer disputes and quarrels than for merly. Third, the coaching has imr proved and the effect was noticeable throughout. the country. This may be attributed in part to the effect of the coaching schools which have been es- tabhshed in large number of uni versailles. at
 Fourth, the general plan of attack and defense was not materially diff ferent from the style of play decade ago, but there was marked improve ment in the technique of playing. Fifth, there has been less criticism of the game this year than formerly. This is due to the fact that football has been accepted as permanent and valuable adjunct to the educational institutions. Educators are quite gen orally agreed that football when properly conducted constitutes school of good manners and morals"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-22
ERTLE MAY AGAIN
 REFEREE FOR BOY
Official Who Caused CoIum- bus Near-Riot May Get
 Another Chance }

NEW YORK. Dec. 21-There is a bare possibility that Harry Ertle, the New Jersey fight referee, who thought he saw night shirt grow when he was hurriedly putting that state behind him a few months ago, will be given a chance to settle a grudge with Dixie on New Years Day.
 As the foremost Jersey referee, who handled the Dempsey-C Carpenter bout capably. Ertle may be chosen to referee the fight between Young Stribling of Macon, Ga, and Dave Rosenberg of New York, Stribling' s first match in the region of New York. The fight is to be held in Newark, and will be a 12-rounder to no decision.
 tween Young Stribling and Mike Me- Tigue at Columbus, Ga, few months ago.. After he gave his de- cision, saving the light heavyweight championship for McTigue, Ertle found himself the center of petulant unrest evinced by several thousand friends of Stribling, His shoes got so hot on the hasty journey home that he put the taxpayers of the in tervening states to great expense to repair their tar roads. When he re- gained his breath in Jersey, Ertle in- timated that there were three out standing difficulties in the situation at Columbus, all imported, to-wit: One Yankee referee, which was him self; one Irish prize fighter, which was McTigue; one Hebrew fight manager, which was Joe Jacobs, then business agent for McTigue.
 In consequence of the. distress in- flicted on the three visiting sports men in Columbus, and the allusions to violence by the townspeople, Young Stribling has been treated with scant fairness in New York and Boston. being .hissed and booed in both places. The same temper ap- pears to trouble the minds of quite a few fight fans on the Jersey side of the river, where Ertle is rather popular.
 Stribling will come north after spending Christmas with his mother and father, better known by the quaint diminutives of ma and pa, re- spectively. They will camp at Fred die Welshs old training farm on the Jersey hills, where Ma Stribling will take charge of the cook shack and Pa will handle the bull whip to see that the schoolboy-boxe doesn't lag at his road work or neglect his lab oratory exercises in the science of poking people on the nose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-22
Giants Will Not Buy Rogers Hornsby, But Offer Of S300,000 Was Made For Him In 1920 By Giants, Says 1Muggsy'

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-John J. Mc- York Giants, celebrated his return from abroad aboard the Leviathan today from a several weeks tour of Europe by settling number ofques- tion that have been mute topics of baseball discussion during his ab- sence.
 Taking advantage of the delay caused by the grounding of the big liner down the bay. McGraw, in an interview denied that deal was pending whereby the Giants would obtain Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis star, and declared he had no im- portant trades in view, but disclosed that he had practically completed negotiations for tour of Europe by the Giants and White Sox at the close of the 1924 season.
 Told of the S275, 900 offer for Hornsby made by Brooklyn at the recent baseball gathering in Chicago, MeGraw laughed and declared:
 The Giants topped that mark long ago. It may not be generally known but the Giants offer for Hornsby in 1920 was $300,000. We needed Horns- by that year as Larry Doyle was slipping at second, and we offered s250,00O in cash outright for the St. Louis slugger and S50,000 cash in a bonus to the Cardinals, provided the Giants won the pennant. The offer was spurned and the Brooklyn Dodgers copped the flag that season, but I feel sure we would have won with Hornsby.
 Since then, every time I have talked with Branch Hickey, manager of the Cardinals, about deal for the second baseman, he mentioned crank Frisch. 1 wouldn't trade the Ford ham flash for Rogers even up.'
 Discussing other plans, McGraw de- nied that he intended to part with Billy Southworth, outfielder, who came to the Giants in the deal which sent Dave Bancroft to the Boston Braves as shortstop- manager. lie said he expects great things next season of Travis Jackson, young ln- fielder, and also Jimmy Connell, out fielder He asserted he was not seek ing Shortstop Joe Boley or Pitcher Lefty" Groves, of Baltimore, char acterizing the s100,000 price tag to have been attached to Groves as too high"
 The Giants may train next spring at Sarasota, Fla, according to Mc- Graw, who said that John Ringing, circus man, was interested in getting the National league champions there, NcGraw will go south soon to look over this and probably other sites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-22
SPRINGVILLE FIVE WINS FIRST GAME

sPRINGv1LLE. Ala, Dec 2l.- Special Springville High school played their initial basketball game of the season here and defeated the St. Clair County High school qulntet of Odenville by score of IA to [. The game was rather slow. but re- markably free from rough play Chandler played good game at center for the locals, controlling the ball we'll and getting three field goals. Jones and Cosby worked to- gether well at forward, the latter Slipping two in the basket while while closely guarded. Draper played good defense, though an injured ankle caused him to be removed in the sec .ond -half,- McGinnis substituting .ss.s-.-
 Walker was especially good at get ting them off the bank, returning the ball to his side nearly every time. lie also made two field goals, looping one of his favorites from well out on the court For the visitors, Riddle | played a splendid game at guard, giv- ing his nan no uncovered shots. Hamilton, Watson and Courtney scored a field goal apiece for the visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-22
May Bar Mixed Bouts

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-A decision on whether mixed" bouts between white and negro fighters are pec- missible' in this state is expected to- yday from the New York State Boxing commission.
 If the decision is affirmative it probably will open the way for a bout between Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills for the worlds heavy weight championship next summer. It is said the commission has been impressed with the conduct in and out of the ring of negro boxers, who have been permitted to meet each other in bouts since the sport was reviyed here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-22
SisIer And Shocker Are On Good Terms

e. SIT. LOUIS. Mo, Dec. 21.-There is no serious discord between Urban Shocker and George Sisler, respec- lively, star and pitcher, and new manager of the St. Louis Browns. Sislcr made plain in letter received here Friday.
 Sisler, who is out on the Paclf1c coast trying to recover from the eye trouble, which barred him from the game last summer, expressed the opinion that Shocger is the best pitcher in the American league and declared that the Browns would never trade him for any less than they consider such pitcher to be worth.
 sTm sure that if Shocker 'stays with the Browns, that we personally can get along all right together, as we always have" Sisler said, and that he will prove valuable asset"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-22
Washington Stars Out

SEATTLE, Dec. 21.-Fears that Ed Kuhn. tackle and captain-elect, and Les Sherman, premier quarterback, may not be in the lineup of the University of Washington against the United States Naval academy at Pasadena New Years day, were ex- pressed here yesterday.
 Sherman has been i'll and Kuhn was hurt in a game with Washing ton State college. He has been gain ing strength steadily and it is hoped that he will be in shape to play New Years Day.