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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
WEATHER LORE OF
FOREFATHERS SCORNED

Young Indians, claims Harry
Dixon, chief of the Indians of this
part of the country, are not follow
ing in the footsteps of their elders,
and as each new generation grows
up, part of the years of observa-
ton on the part of the ancient In
dians, is being lost to the world.
The young Indians place no faith
in the signs of nature and natural
phenomena by means of which the
old tribesmen were able to read the
weather, forecast the seasons, and
otherwise tell by signs and indica-
tons just what could be expected
from time to time.
At present the "pine nut" omen
is generally accepted by the Indians
as an indication of the severity of
the weather, but Chief Dixon claims
that there are many other signs
which the old Indians employed in
determining the severity of the
winter season.
Late in the fall the old Indians
paid close attention to the large
sparks that scared upward in the
warm current of air from their
evening campfire. If the sparks
assembled skyward in a fairly direct
line, the Indians looked for mild
winter, with no great amount of
snow. If the sparks rose in an
angle pointing towards the nearest
mountains, the watchers around the
campfire were aware of the fact
that the winter season would be
long and severe, with very deep
snow. Indians at the Elko village,
it is declared, predicted the unus-
ually heavy winter that occurred
here in 1921, and their prediction
was based upon the action of
sparks arising from the fire.
Another sign of unusually heavy
snowfall, Harry Dixon says, is the
occurrence of thunder during the
fall of the year. When thunder
boldts crash during the autum
season, it means heavy snow, he
says.
Chief Dixon would not assume
that these Indian signs are always
true. He said that they had been
told him by his grandfather, when
Harry was but a child, and that
other methods of determining
weather have also passed down
through the various generations. The
older tribesmen, Harry said, were
highly skilled as weather prophets,
but as each succeeding generation
comes into being, there is a sceptic-
ism manifested by the youngsters
regarding the lore of the ancients,
and gradually the old practices are
being lost.-Elko Independent.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
COLDFIELD DOWN, BUT
NOT OUT

While the splendid entertainment
arranged by Carson City people with
the aid of Carson Valley folks and
a Reno theatre manager was pri-
marily given as a benefit for the
several hundred Goldfield people
who were rendered homeless by the
fire which swept across the southern
Nevada camp a little over a week
ago, it was also a testimonial that
this section of the state is anxious
to see the famous gold camp stage
a come back.
Pictures from the south indicate
that the town is alomst in ruins
and mining reports show that there
is little encouragement from the
mines. 1t will take heroic efforts by
the Goldfeld people to build up
their town again in the face OF
these odds, even though they are
given moral encouragement such as
Carson gave, but it is an even bet
that the Goldfielders will be found
at work again in a few weeks time
building homes and stores and
churches and schools to replace
those which the fire swept away.
There will be some business with
drawals, Of course, but the de-
parture of a few business men will
be made up by young blood and
new capital and it is safe to say
that a new Goldfield will be on the
map at a not far distant date.
1t is the history Of mining camps
that they pass through circles of
prosperity and booms and slumps
and despair. Look at Virginia City.
She has been down hundred times,
but never out. Goldfield will be
the same. She is down now, but
she is not out.
Nevada wants her to come back
and she will.-Carson Appeal.
Society and Commercial Printing
at The Silver State Office.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
GOOD SEED A BIG FACTOR
IN PRODUCING GOOD SPUDS

One of the reasons why the aver
age production of potatoes per acre
in the United States is lower than in
Canada, Great Britain, and Euro
pean countries except Italy, says
the United States Department of
Agriculture, is that less attention
has been given to the character of
the seed. Good seed is one Of the
determining factors in the produc-
ton of maximum crops of potatoes.
Five methods of improvement
practices which may be used in
securing a bodybuilding and COM
mercially desirable strain of pota-
toes are outlined and discussed in a
new bulletin just issued by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, as Farmers Bulletin 1882,
Seed Potatoes and How to Produce
Them, by William Stuart. They are
the tuber-unit method, hill section,
mass selection, field roguing, and
strain testing. For the average
grower "mass-selection" and field
roguing" are better methods as
neither involves the growing and
keeping separate Of a large number
of individual selections. Both are
so simple that any person of ordi-
nary intelligence can practice them.
Mass selection differs from hill
selection in that the tubers from
the individually selected plants are
not kept separate. Generally those
who practice mass selection do not
go to the trouble of marking promis-
ing individual plants during the
growing season, but simply go
through the field before harvesting
the whole crop and dig by hand
those plants which show the de-
sired vigor and stem characters
which are thought to be correlated
with productiveness, trueness to
type, and uniformity in size of
tubers of the particular variety
grown.
Field roguing consists of remov-
ing the diseased, weak, off-type, or
variental mixture plants during the
growing season. The field from
which the seed is to be saved should
be gone over in this manner at
least three times during the grow
in gseason, to insure the removal of
all plants affected with transferable
diseases, such as mosaic and leaf
roll, as soon as their presence can
be detected. In the field-roguing
method no attempt is made to select
the progney Of individual plants at
harvesting time, the whole crop
being dug and all desirable seed
stock gathered and stored in bulk.
The bulletin contains information
on cultural practices, harvesting
and storing, seed treatment, and
preparation and fertilization of the
soil. A copy of the bulletin may
be obtained free of charge as long
as the supply lasts, from the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, d. C.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Third street last Saturday evening.
Many friends of this popular young
woman gathered for the evenings
card play and a most enjoyable
time was had by all.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
next Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. S. G. Lamb at ESQ.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Sheldon and
daughter, Miss Alice, motored to
Carson City and Lake Tahoe this
week for a few days outing and
fishing trip.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

The goodness that is cheap In beauty
makes beauty brief In goodness; but
grace, being the soul Of your complex-
ion. should keep the body Of It fair
Shakespeare
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

First Lamb Sale in Elko-
Sixteen thousand lambs belonging
to the Williams Estate, and nine
thousand lambs belonging to George
B. Williams, have been purchased
by Jack France, of Twin Falls,
Idaho, through the offices of the
Elko Livestock & Wool Commission
Company, according to word re-
ceived from James Holland, of that
concern. The lambs are at the
summer range and will be delivered
to the Idaho line, where the buyers
will take charge Of the fiocks and
drive them to Twin Falls.
The sale Of the lambs marks the
first big lamb sale of the season.
No announcement was made regard
ing the financial end of the trans
action, although Mr.. Holland stated
that a highly satisfactory price was
paid for the lambs.-Elko Independ-
ent.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
HiIIman Case Settled

Hillman Case Settled
A compromise was effected in
the famous Hillman case in the dis
trict court at Elko, between John C.
Hillman, administrator of the estate
Of his son, Charles, and James C.
Davis, agent for the President of
the United States, when the plain
tiff in the action agreed to accept
voucher for $500 in settlement
OF all claims against the federal
government which was operating
the Western Pacific Railroad at the
time Chas. T. Hillman was killed.
The accident occurred on No
vember FL, 1918, at Shafter, when
Hillman, who was an engineer in the
employ of the Western Pacific, met
his death in a rear-end collision,
which was claimed to have resulted
through negligence on the part of
the railroad company. Suit was
started by the parents of Hillman
to recover $4,000 damages, claim
ing that their son was their sole
support at the time of his DEATH
Elko Free Press.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
featured at the Baldwin Locomotive
works.-Elko Independent.

Insurance Loss Not Large
The Goldfield fire cost the in
surance companies $49,871.49. The
total of insurance carried on prop
erty destroyed or damaged amounted
to $101,625. The insurance paid
on property that was a total loss
amounted to $41,525.04. The in
surance paid on damaged property
was $8,346.45. These figures were
prepared by the Pacific Coast Ad-
justment company and were fur
nished the press by Carroll Hender-
son, cashier of the John S. Cook
bank. Mr.. Henderson pointed out
that the loss to the companies is
comparatively small; about the cost
of one fair-sized fire in a city,
Tonopah Bonanza.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Investigation of the death of a
sheepherder, whose body was found
near San Jacinto, north of Contact,
ate Sunday afternoon, is being
made by Sheriff Harris, according to
word from the office of the dis
trict attorney. The man, an en-
ploye of the Utah Construction
Company, who have large holdings
IN that vicinity, was shot, according
to information received in Elko.
Whether he committed suicide or
was the victim of foul play has not
yet been determined. Details re-
sarding the affair are lacking, even
20 the mans name.-Elko indie
pendent.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Charles Young, the only negro
ever to rise to colonel's rank in the
United States Army, was buried at
Arlington Amphitheater, May 81.
Colonel Young was graduated from
West Point in 1889. He served in
the Philippines, in Indian campaigns
and as military attache in Haiti and
Liberia.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
Helpsui Advice.

"When a man go broke he fin' out
mighty soon who he friends" said
Charcoal Eph. moodily, "Yussuh: all
he friends come aroun' an tell him
what damfool he been r-Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Colconda Lady Winner
The lot that was given by Father
p. F. Meehan in the interests Of the
Catholic church will probably be-
come the property of Mrs. G. M.
Jefferies, now living in Golconda,
according to the check made by
the ladies Of the Alter Society of
Sparks. No. 70 was the winning
number at the drawing last Friday
evening and on a check of the
tickets it was disclosed that Mrs.
Jeffries had for sale a block num-
bered from 81 to IS and that
whether she took the entire block
or sold them to other parties will
not be known until an answer is
received to a letter that has been
sent her.-Sparks Tribune.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Drake but Halt a Pirate.
Many Of the exploits Of Francis
Drake were looked upon as piracies,
but for the most part he had at least
quasi-official sanction from his gov
eminent for what he did.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Demand More Money
The city trustees of Carson at
a special meeting passed a resolu-
tion demanding apportionment and
payment by the county of Ormsby
to the city of Carson of approx
mately sixty per cent of the 1922
road and bridge fund.
As the 1922 total assessed valua-
ton of Ormsby county was ST.
1904, and that of the city for
the same year was $f,034,021, the
city's proportion carried out in deci-
mails is 1896. At the rate of
forty cents the total road and bridge
fund for 1922 would amount to
s6,940.30 for the county taken as
whole. On the apportionment
and division now demanded by the
.ity trustees Carson City would be
untitled to $4,136.07, while the
.ounty's share of the 1922 county
road and bridge fund would be only
S2,S04.23.-Carson News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
School for Eureka


The County Board of Education
his week received from Architects
George A. Ferris & Son of Reno, the
'ompleted blue prints and specifi-
atoms Of the new county high
school building. Tuesday and We'd
lesday, they were displayed in the
lrug store window of DR.. William
1. Bremen, President of the board.
The sheet displayed pictured the
siews of the four sides of the build
ng. On account of the bright sun
fading the prints, they could no
onger be left in the window. Any
Dne wishing to look over the entire
let of plans may do so by calling
1t the Sentinel office, or by speak
ng to Principal C. M. Luce.-Eu-
reka Sentinel.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

A satisfactory temporary repair Of
leaking wafer pipe may be made by
binding around several layers Of
string well soaked In thick oil.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
RehabiIi,a.ion a, CoId6eld-

The work of rehabilitation after
the fire is proceeding smoothly and
lib cases of those who were losers
are being investigated to determine
what aid is required and how the
cases can best be DISPOSED of, says
the Goldfeld Tribune. Members of
the local relief committee and Miss
Cornell and Miss Brownlee, the Red
Cross representatives. are averaging
more than fifty interviews daily, IL
Illustrating the amount of detail work
being handled. Miss Cornell said
that a great deal more Of this de-
tail and other work remained to be
done.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
Nobleness 10 piffused.

As one lamp lights another, nor
crows less, SO nobleness enkindleth
nobleness.-James Russell Lowell.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
Editor Coming Home

Editor Coming Home
Word received in Elko from Win
nepeg, Canada, from Editor E. M.
Steninger of the Elko Free Press,
states that they have started home
ward, and expect to arrive here
some time around the first of
August. On the return trip they
will visit Glacier and Yellowstone
National Parks.-Elko Free Press.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
Hay Fever Follows Fire

Hay Fever Follows Fire
The annual epidemic of hay fever
started in Goldfield the day of the
big fire. Men and women who are
yearly victims of the sniffles had
been free of the nuisance up to
that time, but since they have been
in the usual agony. 1t is supposed
that the smoke, the dust, the glare
of the fire and the heat started
the epidemic, the Goldfeld Tribune
says.
Another result of the fire is that
the bird population of the town has
been reduced by hundreds. The
scarcity of birds now is very notice
able and the young ones were all
killed during the fire. The birds
had their nests in the buildings that
were destroyed or other buildings
where the heat became intense.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Dill Burners for w. p
Three oil burning Mikado engines,
the first Of a shipment of six that
will be used on the Western Pa
cific railroad between Winnemucca
and Portola, Calf, have arrived
in Salt Lake, Utah, and are ex-
pected to be present in Elko in a
few days. The engines are ex-
ceptionally heavy in construction
and are considered ideal for work
in the mountainous country over
which they will operate. The en-
gines cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000 each, and were manu-
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
Wells Contact Telephone

Nells-Contact Telephone
Construction of a telephone line
rom Wells to Contact will pre-
EIDE construction work of the Union
Pacific Company, according to infor-
nation received in Elko. 1t is re-
ported that a group of Twin Falls,
Contact and Wells men are inter-
ested in the proposition and have
already made tentative arrange
.nents for the installation of the
telephone line. The work, it is be-
iieved, is to start in the near fu-
sure.-Elko Independent.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
CURRENT EVENTS AS REPORTED BY
EXCHANGES FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE
OF THE STATE

Seek More Water
A resolution asking the state engi-
neer to grant permit No. allowing
an additional fifty thousand feet Of
water from the food waters of the
Humboldt river for the reservoirs
Of the acknowledgements Irrigation
Light & Power Company, has been
sent to that officer and to Gov.
]. G. Scrugham.
At a meeting of the directors of
the water users held during the
week levy of .05 was agreed upon
for the expense Of distribution of
the water this summer.-Gazette.
To Sue for Right-of- Way
Acknowledgement M. A. Diskin
left for Elko a few days ago, where
he went to institute condemnation
proceedings for the highway depart
ment against the Union Land & Cat
tie Company and ]. w. Pruett for
highway rights-of-way in Elko coun-
ty and he will lalso appear for the
state in the matter of the estate of
the late Thomas Costello, which
will escheat to the state.-Carson
Appeal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Granted Railroad Permit
The Oregon Short Line Railroad
last Saturday received permission
from the interstate commerce com.
mission to proceed Immediately with
the construction of ninety-eigh,
miles of new line between Rogerson
Idaho, and Wells, Nevada, at a cost
of 5000, 200, reports the Gazette.
At Wells, the new line will con.
meet with the Southern Pacific anf
Western Pacific systems and will
give an outlet for farm products
from irrigated areas in Southern
Idaho.
Standard Oil Pays Tar
The Standard Oil Company has
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
Subway an Office

Subway an Office
The subway under the Southern
Pacific tracks on Virginia street
will be closed and one of the rooted
ornamental approaches to the tun-
mel will be converted into an office
and headquarters for the Nevada
Highway Association, if negotiations
now pending are carried out, it was
stated by Mayor E. f. Roberts Of
Reno, says the Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Greatest Fishing Stream.
The Columbia river is the greatest
fishing stream In the world.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Mrs. George Cavanagh was the
motif of a. very pretty surprise
party given by her mother, Mrs.
Dora Cooney at her home on East
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. Scott left last
week for San Francisco, where they
will visit for some time with Mr..
Scott's mother and uncle, Major
Winfield Scott.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
500 For Cold6eld-

The sum of $500 for Goldfield
relief was realized through benefit
show at Virginia City. The Virginia
City theatre was crowded to over
flowing. while numerous persons
stood out in the street after paying
their admission fees.
Reno artists supplied ten acts of
vaudeville, while there three other
acts by Virginia people. Following
the show the entertainers were
guests at a supper.-Carson Appeal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
ormsby Assessment Roll Lower

Ormsby ASSESSMENT Roll Lower
The Ormsby county assessment
roll for 1928, will show a decrease
of about $4,000 in the amount of
assessable property over the total
of last year and this years total will
be about $1,876,000 as compared
with $1,886,000 upon which taxes
could be collected last year. The
decrease would be larger, were it
not for the fact that there is a
large number of new automobiles in
the city this year.-Carson Appeal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Class "A Dairy
The Chaser Dairy at Elburz was
recently granted the grade of "a"
on its milk product and is the first
Elko county dairy to win the COW
eted rating. Grade "a" milk as de-
fined by the State Bureau of Food
Control is the highest quality of
mily procurable and attains high
percentage standard as set by the
state department. Other Elko coun-
ty daries rank high in grading, but
the Chaser products holds the COW
eted position at the present time
Elko Independent.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Society and Commercial Printing
at The Silver State office.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

paid its tax on retail gasoline sales
in Carson City. The amount paid
into the city treasury was $1i.6O,
representing cent on each of the
1859 gallons of gasoline sold at
retail at the company's Carson plant
between April /, 1922, and July /,
1923.-Carson News.
Six Hold Outs-
Out of the twelve land owners in
the Spanish Springs Valley whose
property must be acquired by the
government, in order to construct
the immense reservoir, six have al
ready agreed to accept the price
named by the appraisals while six
Of them have not accepted the price
that their property was appraised at.
Carson Appeal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

This evening Miss Bertha Wolf
will be hostess to guests for ten
tables of bridge at her home on
Bridge street. A most enjoyable
time is anticipated by all those who
have received invitations.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Standard Oil Pays Tax
The Standard Oil Company has
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26

Mrs. J. A. Furgerson, sister of
Mrs. E. H. Gilman of this city and
with whom she has been visiting,
was called to her home in Forest
Hill, Calf, on account of the ILL
ness of her mother-in-law. She
departed Monday.