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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
CURRENT EVENTS AS REPORTED BY
EXCHANGES FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE
OF THE STATE

of the car behind, the latter running
over the tow line. When the head
car took squirt it Strengthened out
the line, taking one wheel off the
rear car, and throwing the machine
onto a pile of rocks.-Virginia City
Chronicle.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19

An unusual accident is siad to
have occurred few days ago in Gold
Canyon near the Donovan cyanide
plant in Silver City, when a Comet
car being towed was badly wrecked,
and the driver thrown out and badly
shaken up and bruised. In going
down the steep grade, the leading
car bad difficulty in keeping ahead
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
First Gasoline Tax Collection

First Gasoline Tax Collection
Miss Nellie Milligan, secretary Of
the Nevada tax commission reported
the first collection Of tax on gaso-
line under the provisions of the
law enacted by the last legislative
session. The reporting wholesaler
was the Union Oil Company from
its state headquarters at Reno, and
the amount of the check was
$632.48. This amount represents
a tax of two cents on each gallon of
gasoline distributed by the company
in this state in the last ten days Of
march.-Carson News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
Horse Ha. Leg Severed

1t is reported in Virginia City
that horse was found a few days
ago on the road between Dayton
and Yerington with its leg cut off
or nearly severed, the animal being
put out of misery when its helpless
condition was found. 1t is said
that broken glass found near the
horse indicated that the accident
might have been the result of an
auto striking the acknowledgements
Chronicle.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
Cattle Quarantine Lifted

A cattle quarantine in Douglas
and part of Lyon county has been
raised effective April 10, through
executive order of Gov. Scrugham.
The order states that thorough
reinspection of cattle in the area
Iuarantined May &c, 1922, has been
made by representatives of the
United States bureau of animal in
dustry and the Nevada state quaran-
tine officer and has failed to re-
veal any evidence of cattle scabies.
Carson Appeal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
TAX RATE RESPONSIBILITY

1
papers are attempting to make po-
litical capital out of the fact that
the state tax rate was increased
from sixty-two cents to sixty-seven
cents by a Republican legislature.
The increase was made by that
body, true enough, but if the part
isan publishers and politicians who
are capitalizing the matter will tell
the whole story they will also re-
late that this rate was calculated
by Gilbert Ross, bank examiner and
Democratic appointee, and recon-
mended by Gov. Scrugham over the
protests of the Nevada Economy
League and a number of Republi-
cans, who contended that the old
rate of sixty-two cents was suffi-
cient.
For years it has been a practice
for the executive and his Capitol
aids to calculate the tax rate. Nee
essarily it must be based primarily
upon the appropriation voted dur
ing the legislative session, in combi-
nation with the fixed expenses of
the state. AS the session was clos
ing, this executive staff reported
that sixty-seven-cent rate was i'm
peratively necessary, particularly,
they held, because state appraise-
ments would fall from about $780,
900 to about 100000. The latter
claim was challenged by those who
contended for a lower rate, but the
executive staff prevailed and the
rate was raised at their specific
recommendation.
The newspapers which are spread
ing this propaganda might also re-
port that increased taxation was
recommended all along the line by
the present Capitol group, which
was a unit in advocating a new
gasoline tax, the new corporation
tax, and the new excise tax upon
liquor prescriptions.
They might also chronicle the fact
that the legislature was called upon
to vote about 100000 to make up
deficiencies created by the various
state departments, and that these
deficiencies amounted to the exact
difference between the old and new
Gazette.
The following editorial appeared
in the Nevada State Journal OF
April II, when the Journalism Glass
Of the University of Nevada was in
charge of that paper for one day:
TO YOUR HEALTH!
Encouragement is meat and drink
to the novice. The fellow who is
lust beginning" stands more in
need of a big brotherly pat than of
criticism. The student
Of journalism is consequently for
innate to receive the kindness of the
seasoned newspaperman who prob
IDLY gained his training under that
most exacting of all teachers-ex-
oerience.
We have been more fortunate
n receiving the assistance and cour-
tesy of the Nevada State Journal
staff throughout the year. They
have talked to US; borne our prying
Inspections of their plant; and, as a
latest favor, have moved out to give
our untried skill a chance to prove
itself.
Much as we are fortified by our
own self-confidence, we realize the
sacrifice that has been made in our
behalf. To risk the production of
an established newspaper to the
whims of young experimenters is, to
say the least, generous move.
We therefore thank most sin
cerely the owner, the editor, and the
staff of the Nevada State Journal
for their kindly aid, and for this
opportunity to come behind the
scenes Of the profession which we
hope to enter.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
Another Law to Unravel-

Attorney-General Diskin has been
requested to give an opinion on the
question of whether a chiropractor
may issue a death certificate which
fully complies with the requirements
of the Nevada law.-Carson News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
Reno Hotel Closed

Judge Harrington disposed of the
abatement case against the Mizpah
Hotel in Reno by ordering the bar,
dining room and kitchen of the
building closed for ten months.
Other rooms to the number of forty
two were ordered closed for three
months.-Carson News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
K;lIed nv Tr.;u

Killed by Train
The mangled body of Raymond
Cecil Laklin, twenty-four years old,
who was killed sixteen miles west
Of Hazen last week when run over
by a train, was brought to Fallon
to be prepared for shipment to Mis-
souri,.
The body was identified by L. B.
Mason, coroner of Hazen, where it
was held until instructions for ship
ping came from parents of the de-
ceased. Letters found in a pocket
revealed the parents names.
1t is said that Laklin attempted
to jump freight train and was
thrown under the moving cars. He
was killed acknowledgements.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19

Case Proves Puzzle
B. B. Blecher, who had been
placed under arrest by Sheriff
Nicholson under a charge of violat-
ing the Whitley act, appeared in
the justice court in answer to an
information filed by District At
torney Edwards, says the Ely Rec
ord. Mr.. Blecher waived his pre-
iminary examination and appeared
III the district court, where he
pleaded guilty to the. charge. If,
under the law, Mr.. Biecher is guilty
Of misdemeanor he should have
been sentenced in the justice court,
and If of a gross misdemeanor he
is subject to a sentence from the
district judge.
Under the circumstances the Judge
has requested several attorneys Ia
act as friends of the court, who
will appear and argue the case and
interpret the law as they under.
stand it, after which the judge will
render his decision in the CASE
Carson News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
To Market Poultry

A meeting at Lovelock of the
Farm Bureau Association of the
Big Meadow district was held at the
Howard Sommers home in the lower
valley last weekend.
Matters pertaining to creating a
market for vegetables, eggs, and poul-
try were thoroughly discussed and
reports made as to what had been
accomplished in those directions.
The project leaders feel that it
is too late to accomplish anything
definite on marketing of eggs but
steps are being taken toward the
marketing of poultry and it is ex-
pected to have definite arrangements
for the marketing of vegetables at
a fair profit and also to raise a
varied crop of vegetables for ex-
hibition at the county fair in the
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
A Titled Visitor

A Titled Visitor
Countess Mariana Wentworth de
Lowe, an English lady who is
heavily interested in mining prop
erty in Tonopah and other mining
camps in Nevada, arrived in Tono-
pah last week in company with j.
E. Adams from Los Angeles. The
Countess made an inspection trip
through the Luckyboy and Alum
creek mining properties, and en-
joyed "roughing it" for several
days, sleeping in the clubhouse
and devouring sour dough and pigs
knuckles with the relish of a hard
rock miner. The Countess greatly
regretted that other engagements
prevented her from trolling for
trout in Walker lake.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19

Pioche-Mining activities in sur
rounding district being revived.
Comet-Preparations under wav
for developments Of Scella Mines.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
Ex.Dry Agent Admits Guilt.

w. d. Mcneil, former prohibition
officer, changed his plea from mot
guilty" to guilty" of perjury and
attempted bribery in the federal
court and is to be sentenced very
soon-Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
Pioneer Resident Dies

Mrs, Margaret R. James, a pio-
neer resident of the Comstock.
passed away at her home at Carson
and A streets, her death following
an illness of about a week. Re-
siding in Virginia City and Gold
Hill since the early days, she had
made a host of friends who will
learn with deep sorrow of her death.
She was a native of Wales, aged
"a years and six month, coming
to this country when young wo-
man. She leaves to mourn her
loss two daughters, Mrs. Thomas
Verron of Reno, Mrs. George Hoff-
man Of Gardnerville, one son, w.
ID. James of Reno. Funeral SER
vices will take place from her late
residence.-Virginia City Chronicle
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
Escaped Prisoner Captured

Escaped Prisoner Captured
Albert Payne, one of the prison
ers who escaped from the Washoe
county Jail on New Years eve,
1921, during a drunken orgy in the
Jail, has been arrested in San Fran
cisco on a charge of vagrancy, &C
cording to information received here
IN Reno.-Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19


A flaw discovered in the title of
an act passed by the recent legis-
lature to repeal the act of 1921,
providing that only one license fee
shall be imposed on motor vehicles,
will render the new act imperative,
in the opinion Of state officials in
Carson City.
The bill was introduced in the as
sembly for the purpose of paving
the way for the operation of other
motor vehicle tax measures. If the
Judgment of the officials who have
given the opinion of the new act is
correct, the state must continue to
5 deduct the price of the motor
vehicle license when taxing trucks
and common carriers.-Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19

Dinsmore to Attend Conference
s. c. Dinsmore, state pure food
officer, has been designated by Gov
ernor Scrugham to attend a confer
ence Of state sealers of weights
and measures to be held in WASH
ington, d. c., late in May of this
year.-Carson News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19

Something's broke loose" COM
mented one of the Reno postoffice
mail clerks, shifting suspiciously.
Just another case of law books
leaking" said Postmaster Jackson,
And that's the way two bottles OF
corn whiskey shipped from New
York were discovered in the Rene
postoffice several days ago. 1t wa.
the second such discovery in five
days.-Reno Journal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19

MANY cattle kiiied-
A large number of cattle have
recently been killed on the line OF
the Union Pacific through Lincoln
county, it is probable that the in
creased number killed is due to
the greatly increased traffic passing
over the system. 1t would seem
that better fencing would save some
of this loss which is severe both on
the Railroad Company and the
owners of the stock.-Caliente News.
Medicinal Liquor Cost $50
R. Yelich, who was arrested in
the Slope bar for having bottle of
liquor in his hip pocket, which he
was taking home for medicinal pur-
poses, was fined $50 by Judge
Cuddy and Terkla, the proprietor,
of the Slope, will be given hearing
later on.--Tonopah Bonanza.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
RentabIe Area In Office Building
Enlarged by Ne,O Planning Body
Saving of $25O,O0O and $22,5OO More
Reuenue Expected From Study of
! Plans by Committee.

ing throughout the country, is. in
addition to Mr. Shultz, chairman, COM
posed of the following members: Clar-
ence T. Coley, Equitable building,
New York; w. H. Ballard manager of
several large buildings in Boston, in
Guiding the chamber of commerce
scot building. Detroit; NJ. S. Halliday.
associated with the construction Of
the Union Trust Company of CleveS
land. Ohio: Louis T. Clark, manager
of the Wright & Calender building,
Los Angeles, Calf, and Lewis B
Ermeling. secretary Of the national
association.
S. ]. T. Straus. senior vice president
of S. w, Straus & Co, in approving
the work of the National Association
of Building Owners and Managers in
creating this building planning COM
mittee to cooperate with builders.
said:
This meeting of the building plan
ming committee, which l understand
is the first of it's kind ever held in the
history of skyscraper construction.
has been a distinct success. and has
undoubtedly saved our company many
thousands of dollars. / heartily en-
dorse both the principle and it's ap-
plication, and congratulate the Ma
tional Association Of Building Own
ers and Managers on the conception
of an idea which will contribute ma
terialIy to the advancement of eff
cient and sound office building con-
Struction."
Evening star., 1923-06-30
Autos Reuolutionising World
Of Business, Babson Declares
Money Spent for Cars Is Kept From
Other Trade-ShOe Dealers Hardest
Hit by "Generati0n on Wheels"

guess is that they will so insist.
l believe in the permanence of the
automobile industry-although. OF
course, many small manufacturers
will be crowded out and 1924 may see
an over-production of cars. The in
dustry as a whole, however, is stable
and Is here to stay. The difficulty
is coming when the man who nSw
buys on credit and assesses his en-
ployer to pay the BILL can no longer
do this. Most industries will stand
such an assessment once: but very
few industries can stand such an as
sessment continually.
Question Hard to Answer.
The laborer whom you are now
paying s25 a week can buy his first
car and can assess you to pay for it
by demanding $40 per week instead of
$25. But can he assess you for his
second or third car: and can his chill
dren do the same thing? Frankly, I
do not know. Only the future can
tell.
The automobile industry is largely
responsible for the condition of bust
ness today. The fact that the Babson-
chart stands at ] per cent above nor
NAL compared with II per cent below
year ago is due largely to the auto
mobile industry. When one considers
that during the first six months Of
1928 most states Will show as many
new registrations as during all of
1922-it is remarkable that business
has not doomed more. The only an
swer is that people have bought auto
mobiles instead OF buying something
else-that is, the sales of other things
have fallen off correspondingly.
The law of action and reaction Is
absolute. Now, what will be the re-
action of a new generation which
knows not the joy of walking?
(Mr. Babson, the noted statistician, who IS
q regular contributor to The Star, will con
tinue his special articles on business and
financial conditions In next Saturdays STAR
Evening star., 1923-06-30
BUILDING FOR WEEK.
TOTALS $749,90
Permits Issued Include One
for the Erection of $375, 900
Structure.

Building permits issued during the
week by the Commissioners aggre-
gated in value $74s,550, the largest
being for the Sanitary Grocery Com
pany to build at 1916 4th street north
east, at a cost of s375,o0o. Other per-
mits follow:
A. Alpert, to repair. 329 E street
southeast; cost, $1.700.
J. P. Dodge. to repair. 216 Sth street
southwest; cost, $1,000.
Mrs. Emily A. Brauenstein, to build.
2909 South Dakota avenue; cost,
$500.
d. ]. Dunigan, to build, seventeen
houses. 2o0-212 Webster street, and
2O1-219 Varnum street: cost. $s5,0o0.
NJ G. Lepley. to build. 400 Nebras-
ka avenue; cost. $4,000.
Washington Heights Presbyterian
Church, to repair, Kalorama and Co
lumbia roads; cost, $4,000.
G. w. Decker. to repair, 1913 II
street; cost. s2,500.
]. Z. Phillips. to build, 1920 Macomb
street; cost, 100000.
A b. Campbell. to build, 5000-5O04
James place northeast; cost. $1,000.
c. B. Asher, to erect garages, 2705-
2713 34th place; cost, $4,000.
F. Frazono, to build. 522 Massa-
chusetts avenue; cost, $26,0OO.
N. H. Luttrell.' to repair, 1401 14th
street; cost. $4,000.
Peoples Drug Stores. to repair. 18th
and Benning road; cost, $2.250.
+. L. Harword. to build, 1856 Haw.
thorne place; cost, $4,000.
S. G. Johnson, to repair. ills Con-
necticut avenue: cost. $1,000.
J. C. Zirkle. to build, 1886 Newark
street; cost. $4,000.
w. A. DUNCAN, to build. 807-S15 Far
ragut street; cost, $4,000.
Stone & Fairfax. to repair, 1905 II
street; cost, $1,000.
l.. and G. +. Stewart, to build,
111S-1736 A street southeast; cost. $751;
OO0
Harrison Ewell. to erect garage, 12
w street: cost, $4,000.
T. A. Jameson. to build, 1722-1140
Potomac avenue southeast; cost, $4o,-
900.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
BUY BANK BUILDING
HERE AS INVESTMENT
Jacob and Hannah Liebster Pur.
chase Eight-Story Structure at
71O 14th Street.

Sale of the Union Bank building.
71O 18th street northwest. has been
announced by Shannon & Luchs. It
was purchased by Jacob and Hannah
Liebster from the Continental Trust
Company. The new owners are un-
derstood to have paid approximately
s35O,000 for the building, and Will
hold IL as an investment The sale
price was not named in the deed. but
It was known to be held for $350.000.
Together with the Commercial Bank
building and the Bond building, 1t
occupies the entire frontage of the
west side Of 14th street between G
street and New York avenue. The
building Is ali eight-story one. the
first floor Of which was occupied for
years by the Union Savings Bank un-
til the merger of that institution with
the Continental Trust Company.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
BUILDING Of HOME
TRAINS IN SAVING
Investment Starts Habits of
Thrift and Payments Will
Yield Real Profit.

Home building is an ideal plan for
saving and earning money. Financial
obligations. like insurance premiums
and home building payment. must be
met, and consequently a determined
effort Will be made to meet them once
they are incurred.
Plainly speaking, home building is
a business. 1t is business of saw
ing ana investing money for safe,
sure returns. 1t does not involve
RISKS II You go at it in a businesslike
way. And home building will net
you a profit just as any other bust
ness should, depending upon the good
Judgment and sound management you
use in conducting your home build
ing operation.
Once you satisfy yourself that home
building and owning is the logical
and economical thing to do. you
should not hesitate to take the step
because of the financial obligations
home building requires.
1t is wrong to believe that home
financing is yoke of everlasting
Indebtedness. 1t is really the begin
ming of savings and thrift cam
paign. Home building has started
thousands of people with limited in
comes on the road to Independence
people who under ordinary circum-
stances might never have built
bank account or accumulated enough
savings to make any substantial in
yeStment.
Aside from the real joy and salts
faction that come from building and
owning a home of your own, there
is the added profit which comes
through acquiring the thrift habit
money saving habit to meet home
financing payments
Few people are fnfallible when it
comes to habits. Suppose you start
bank account with the intention of
saving. but with no stated obligation
to meet; you grow careless and use
your money for other and immediate
purposes. On the other hand. pay
ments on a home must be met at
stipulated time. and the home owner
takes every means to meet them.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
REAL ESTATE men
GET FINAL REPORTS
Also Hear Address by Gen.
Lord at Closing Session
in Cleveland.
BY the Associa ted Press.


CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 30-An
address by Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord. fed
eral director Of the bureau of the
budget, Washington. and reports of
committees and divisional chairmen
brought to a close the sixteenth an
nual convention of the National As
sociation of Real Estate Boards here
today.
Brig. Gen. Lord spoke on The
Nations Business"
Previous to the enactment into law
of the budget and accounting act.
which recognizes the President as the
head of the governments routine
business organization, no attempt was
made to keep expenditures within
probable receipts, he said.
The government at the beginning
of this fiscal year was faced with a
by the various departments Of $685.
100000 more than the expected re-
ceipts. Under the new system Presi-
dent Harding ordered a drastic revi-
sion downward of proposed expendi-
lures, with the result that today we
expect to balance the budget with
surplus of $2o0.O0o.o00 approximately
over expenditures"
Apartment buildings comparatively
owned by tenants are an important
factor in solving the housing problem.
Z. A. MacDougall Of New York de-
clared in an address. He predicted that
within a few years they will replace
private houses near large cities through
out the world.
+, Discussing the future course of farm
land values. c. r. Chambers of the bu-
reau of agricultural economics. Wash
ington. declared that there are three
problems connected with the relation OF
land income to land value They are
the rate of return on current valuation,
what rate of return farmers demand on
money invested in farm lands, and the
actual return on the investment.
The selection of next years meeting
place will be made by the board OF direc-
tors.
The annual dinner to local and state
presidents was held last night. Newton
u. Baker, former Secretary of War. the
principal speaker. made an irnpa ssioned
appeal for America to take the leader
ship in prevention Of future wars.
Evening star., 1923-06-30

Japan is now carrying out a sys-
tematic program OF detailed topo-
graphic mapping Of its entire area.