The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-03-01
in YEARS GONE BY
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

ent to enjoy the fun and listen to
the music by the band.
| AS was expected the masquerade
ball given by the firemen last even
ing proved a grand success. Armory
hall was full to OVERLOOKING, there
being quite number of spectators
and as many maskers.
Following are napes of a few
of the mashers and the characters
they represented:
Misses Mary Bonnifield and Kate
Diehl, white dominoes.
Miss Norma Warren, Lady mayor
ess.
Harry Pearce, saltwater Bill.
w. A. Nixon, Louis XIV.
Bert Bracket, Arthur Stats
Brother.
Mrs. NJ. Reinhart, Pink.
Chris Diehl Jr., Mister Johnson.
Frank Krenkel, Red Domino.
Harry Warren, Name it and take
it.
Bertman Nixon, Yellow Kid
Clown.
Mrs. P Meth, White Domino.
Mrs. d. Pascal, White Domino.
Mrs. VIM. Akin, Tinsel.
Some girls seem to have a great
deal of music in them, and the
leighbors are always sorry when
any of it escapes.
Reinhart Brothers have moved
into their new store building al
Golconda.
The act of Incorporating the city
If Reno, which has been before the
supreme court for several months
was yesterday declared constitu-
tional.
Hello. How did you like
cycling last night?" asked the writer
TO a young lady who came spinning
along on cycles and without cere-
mony or warning sat upon my lap.
4Oh, | Ike it fine," she said be-
tween shutters and gasps for breath
Il know | will be alright tomorrow
| { can keep my feet from turning
md if | have the right kind of shoes
and can hold myself together long
enough to get a start. You saw
how well | did just now" l looked
at her and admired her courage.
Yesterday dispatches from Wash
ngton say there will be no war
Any differences between Spain and
the United States will be settled by
arbitration.
F. j. Button is in town today.
When a person becomes so low
and dastardly as the individual OF
asst night who hurled a large rocl
through one of the windows of the
cycle academy, regardless of in
juring or taking life, we say it i.
time for God or the law to put then
where their breath cannot contami
nate that of half decent people.
The public library proposition il
being agitated in Reno. 1t seem
to have died a natural death il
Winnemucca.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. B. Roberts an,
fdaughter Resale left yesterday OF
No. 4 for San Francisco. Mrs
Roberts and daughter will visi
relatives in Sonora, California, pre-
vious to their return.
Carpenter Wolf is building sane
tum sanstorum for The Silver State
The room is small but cozey anC
is made of glass windows SO as no
to shut out the light from the jol
and composing room. 1t improve
the looks of the office and makei
it more convenient for the editor
We are right up to date.
AT about midnight Saturday fouI
shots were heard fired in quicl
succession on either First or La,
streets. What the object of tn,
shooting could have been still re
mains a mystery. Shooting on oul
public streets must be stopped OF
arrests will follow, as we surmist
the one who did the firing in ques
ton, was some person overbalancec
by an overdose of the overjoyful
A note from W. o. Baber of Nc.
Dermitt says that Charles I. Coburr
killed himself with rifle at Dis.
aster Peak on February "a. Des.
pondency was the cause, as was
shown by letter he left addressed
to his wife.
A visit to Golconda at the present
time would impress any one with
the idea that our sister town is be.
ing struck with wave of pros
perity from all sides, as new build
mgs are going up in every direction
and everybody is on the move anC
appear to be contented.
The New York Worlds Havans
correspondent cabled yesterday thai
the board of inquiry has reached
an unanimous opinion that the
Mamie was blown up externally.
The New York Suns correspond
ent at Havana cables that the
Maine was undoubtedly blown W
by Spaniards.
Yesterdays advices from Wash
ington state that intense excitement
prevails there over the receipt Of
the alarming dispatch from Minister
Woodford, to the effect that five
Spanish ships of war had alread,
sailed for American ports. At frs
the report was discretdited, but sucl
inquiries as were made seemed tt
have confirmed its truth and there
now seems no reason to doubt that
a powerful and at least semi hostile
fleet is even now on its way across
the ocean with no good intent SO
far as this country is concerned.
Golconda has had a shooting
scrape and is entitled to take ranl
as full fledged mining camp. The
incident is somewhat lacking in in