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THE SILVER STATE
OFFICIAL PAPER OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY - ESTABLISHED 1869 - - PIONEER MINING JOURNAL OF NORTHERN NEVADA
13.00 PER YEAR WINNEMUOCA, NEVADA, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1913, VOLUME 45, NO. 10*
. PARTIAL REPORTS
BY GRAND JDRY
(At 4 o’clock this afternoon, the hour
the Silver State went to press, the
grand jury had not sumhitted its fi
nal report. At that hour, from the
personnel of the witnesses seen in the
corridor, it is presumed that the case
of Alex Dixon, charged with grand
larceny, was under consideration.
It is thought the body will complete
its labors before adjournment this ev
ening.
Submits Partial Reports.
Yesterday morning the grand jury
submitted to Judge Docker the follow
ing partial report:
“We, the grand jury in and for
said county, at this our first session
in the year 1913, rejmrt to the Court
that we have investigated into the fol
I lowing named cases and report there
on as follows, in this partial report,
and further state that there will be
one or more other reimrts at this ses
sion:
“State of Nevada vs. H. H. Cun
ningham; charge, lewdness; ignored.
* “State of Nevada vs. J. F. Cook;
charge, assault with intent to com
mit murder; ignored.
“State of Nevada vs. R. Herman
Ware, two charges, issuing a false
check for the payment of mosey; a
true bill.
“State of Nevada vs. Dee Hughes;
charge, burglary; ignored.
‘ ‘ State of Nevada vs. Bert Scott;
charge, murder; a true bill.
“ Respectfully submitted this 28th
day of February, A. D. 1913.
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At 3:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon
the grand jury presented its second
partial report.
The charges against Thomas Me
Griff of permitting gambling and
against L. It. Sheridan, T. I). Connors,
}j. Gorke, William Werner, C. F.
Caple arid H. L. Murray of gimbling
were ignored. These are the National
gambling cases.
Indictments were returned against
T. G. Pomeroy ami Fred Muller, both
on charges of burglary.
Prisoners Arraigned and Cases Set.
Yesterday and today all defendants
indicted by the grand jury were ar
raigned before Judge 1 bicker, plead
not guilt, and their rases were set, as
follows:
State of Nevada vs. Howard, March
.1,
State of Nevada vs. Miller, March
13.
State of Nevada vs. Ware, March
15
State of Nevada vs. Pomerov, Marc.t
18.
State of Nevada vs. Scott, March
20 .
Orders were made fixing the bail of
Howard at $2,000 and Millfi and
Pomeroy at $1,000 each.
(Trial Jury Drawn.
This morning a trial jury was
drawn, to report in court on March 11,
at 10 o’clock.
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Contest Compromised.
This afternoon the contest over the
appointment of an administrator in
the Jordan estate was compromised
ami County Commissioner W. 11. Coop
er was named.
New Suits Filed.
Through its attorneys, McIntosh &
Keeler, the Original Rochester Miner
Company, a corporation, has brought
suit against P. M. Schick, et al.
Plaintiff alleges that it purchased cer
tain mining property situated in Roch
ester* from defendants for the mm of
$20,000. $5,000 of which was to be
laid on March 3. That it deposited
the amount <>f said first pavmer., with
the Lovelock Mercantile Banking com
pany, to he deliverer! to defendants on
the date mentioned. It now alleges
that defendants are unable at the
present time to deliver a clear tit!'
to the property, on account of pending
lifter.,Con, .""d asks for an order re
straining the Lovelock Mercantile
Banking company from paying over
tilt' money.
In the District Court, this morning.
Nels Olson brought suit against the
Original Rochester Mines Company, a
e< rporation, through his attorneys, R.
II. Young and Stoddard, Moore &
Woo •burn. Plaintiff alleges that he is
the owner of an undivided half of
Rochester and Rochester Nos. 1, 2,
and t mining claims, and asks for an
order restraining defendant from re
moving liny ore from the claims.
Ten Hunting Licenses Issued.
Today is thy first day of the season
for issuing hunting licenses, and ten
were granted by Clerk Pavey.
Another Rochester Corporation.
Today articles of incorporation were
filed in the county clerk’s ofliee by
the Rochester Weaver Mining Com
uanv. The incorporators and first
board of directors are Oeorge Wing
field and C. F. Burton, of Reno, and
II. C. Quaekenbush, of Fierre, South
Dakota, The capital stock is placed
at 1 non,Odd shares, of a par value of
$1.00 each, anil Reno is named as the
principal place of business.
Stipulation Filed.
By a stipulation filed today the ease
of Yellow Dog Mines Company vs.
Baker, et ah, which hail been set for
the sth instant, was continued until
the 17th.
Judge Oeorge A. Shea came in from
Lovelock this morning anil left for
National on the Haviland & Hoskins
auto stage.
MUTING DECIDES
VITAL QUESTIONS
The Parents-Teachers’ association
held a largely attended meeting yes
terday afternoon, in the assembly hall
of the High school building. Presi
dent Lillie presided and Miss Armi
tage was present as secretary.
The subjects discussed were “ LTovs
♦ o Teach Children to Tell the Truth,”
and ‘‘Best Wav to Correlate Horne
and School.’’ Interesting papers were
read by Mrs. H. Warren, Mrs. ( harles
Nofsinger, Mrs. Ernest Brown and
Mrs. K. B. Dorr. The subjects were
also discussed orally by Uev. J. IT,
Henry, Prof. Graham and Prof Max
’ well.
It was concluded that the answer to
the first question was fear of punish
rnent by the child. In regard to the
second, it was agreed that the best
) method of correlating home and school
work was for parents and teachers to
become acquainted and make a study
of the characteristics of each indi
I vidnal child.
The next meeting will be held on the
afternoon of Friday, March 28.
COLORADO VISITOR RETURNS
HOME THIS AFTERNOON
T. Martin, of Jackson mountain, is
in town today, accompanied by his
brother, I. T. Martin. The latter, who
is a resident of Paonia, Colorado, re
turned home this afternoon, after a
month's visit in this section.
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•itiUAL BUKfg
Mrs. .T. II. Henrv, wife of Pastor
Henry, of the M. E. church, returned
Thursday evening from a visit to her
old home at Glendale, California.
Miss Lily Wuertele, who teaches the
Mill City school, arrived in town last
evening, to spend Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wuer
tele.
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TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSAL Y
OF BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
Secretary of War Stimson has ap
proved the final plans for the < elebra
tion next July by veterans in blue and
gray of the fiftieth anniversary of the
battle of Gettysburg on the historic
field itself. The nation has appropri
ated $150,000, the state of Pennsyl
vania $"50,000, and various southern
and northern states other sums to de
fiay the expense of transportation
and of the great joint encampment. It
is expected that between 80,000 and
70,000 survivors of both flags will be
in attendance.
Gettysburg aiay be said to have been
the Armageddon of the Civil war. In
and around the tiny town was fought
the ferocious and bloody battle that
proved the turning point in that mo
mentous struggle. It is peculiarly ap
propriate that a reunion of blue and
gray should here be held, since the
1 attle bequeathed to each side almost
■vial legacies of valor and brillanee.
To the exchange of the last shot, al
most, the outcome was in doubt, so
only matched was American bravery
with American bravery. If the Con
federates suffered defeat, it was only
after a struggle in which their prow
ess, their military efficiency and their
dogged determination reached zenith.
Today the rancor of the strife is
j forgotten. Sectional animosity is bur
ied. The only traditions that survive
are surn as neirner sine would relin
quish.—Atlanta Constitution.
WEATHER REPORT
Following is the report of the local
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours ending at 8 a. m. today:
Highest temperature yesterday, 44.
Lowest this morning. 20.
Mean temperature yesterday, 20.
Normal yesterday, 30.
Prevailing wind direction, 8. W
RAY L. FISHER,
Official in Charge.
Weather forecast for Winnemucca
and vicinity—San Francisco, March 1:
Cloudy, warmer tonight; warmer Sun
day.
SIMPLE NEW REMEDY
HAS POWERFUL ACTION
It seems strange to many people in
Winnemucca that the simple mixture
of buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as
compounded in Adler-i-ka, has such a
quick, powerful action. Our custom
ers state that JUST A SINGLE IH>SE
usually relieves sour stomach, gas on
the stomach and constipation so
yl’lCKLY that it is really astonish
ing. Many say Adler-i-ka is the best
bowel and stomach remedy we ever
sold. Eagle Drug store.—Advertise
ment. _
1 NIXON OPERA HOUSE 1
C. B. SMITH, Lessee.
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COMING!
OUS AND MARION KOHL j
>i; The Clever Juggler and Sensa j
tional Balancer, and the
Only Albino Soubrette
In Vaudeyllle.
! SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
March 1 and 2
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5 IE BANK Will
(I N DOOR MONDAY
Promptly at 9 o'clock lfundk<
morning, the Winnemucca State Bank
6 Trust company will throw op* n it*
doors for business. Today the finish
'ing touches are being put on what is
perhaps the finest banking office in
i the state. For the present the busi
ness of the institution will be attend
ed to by the president, M. Reinhart;
cashier, R. C. Patterson, and a book
keeper, who will arrive from San
Francisco tomorrow.
i The directorate of the bank is com
posed of well known business men and
substantial ranchers of the county, as
I follows: M. Reinhart, president; Ed
Reinhart, Thos. Nelson, Simon Rein
hart, F. P. Snapp, J. R. Harvey and
E P. Ellison.
In honor of the opening, there will
be given a grand ball Monday even
ing, in the new store room of the E.
Reinhart Company, which adjoins the
I hank building. Elaborate prepara
tions have been made for the event,
to which the general public has been
invited, and a thoroughly enjoyable
1 time is looked forward to.
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FORMER WINNEMUCCA LADY TO
ORGANIZE “MOTHERS’ CLUB”
Mrs. John Slaughter, of Oklahoma
City, daughter of Judge M. S. Bonni
; field, arrived in town the first of the
week, to visit with the family of her
father and help organize a “Mothers’
Club.”
Tom MeGriflf and C. F. Caple re
turned to National this morning on
the auto stage.
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TOMORROW'S SERVICES
AT THE LOCAL CHURCHES
Methodist Episcopal.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Preach
ing by the pastor at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. The series of meetings announc
ed to begin March 24 has been post
poned for a time tin account of the
illness of Rev. .1. A. Wachob of Love
lock, who was to assist the pastor, but
we expect to arrange for the meet
ings later.
.T. H. HENRY. Pastor.
St. Paul's Catholic.
Tomorrow being the first Sunday of
the month, there will be two masses
celebrated in St. Pan 1 ’s by Father
Meehan, at 8 and 10:30 o’clock a. m.
First Baptist Church.
Sunday school tomorrow morning, at
10 o’clock. Preaching by the pastor
at 7 p. m. Everybody invited.
H. E. COLBY, Pastor.
Christian Science.
The Christian Science society will
hold a meeting in the schoolhouse to
morrow morning, at 11 o’clock. Sub
ject, “Christ Jesus.’’ Wednesday ev
ening meeting, same place 7:30
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AN INDUSTRY THAT
FAILED TO BOOM
A Chicago aeroplane manufacturing
company has passed into the hands of
a receiver because of poor business.
The flying machines it expected to
build did not go up; so the concern
did.
WTxiti ♦ Li n unrAiilu n a ii'uli q l.ruml.
new contrivance anil public interest in
its performances was at white heat,
many persons expected that history as
it had been written in the case of the
automobile trade would repeat itself
in the development of this new indus
try. They guessed wrong, and some
wlto made such inconsiderable haste
to get in on the ground floor now find
themselves in the sub-cellar.
The demand for aeroplanes has
shown little growth in the past year
or two. Even to the ranks of the pro
fessional aviators there have been few
additions. The big prizes that were at
first offered at aviation meets are not
so numerous. The barnstorming bird
man, who managed to pick up consid
erably more than a living bv giving
exhibition flights and braving death,
finds himself a lesser attraction than
formerly.
As to amateur aviators, engaging in
the sport for the pure love of it, there
are so few of them, in this country at
least, that they are hardly worth men
tioning. A flight or two usually suf
fices the boldest of them. If they land
safely they declare that flying is the
most wonderful sensation imaginable
—but they delay putting in their or
ders for biplanes or monoplanes.
The aeroplane manufacturing indus
try mav vet be placed on a firm and
profitable basis, but the experimenters
will have to go much farther and ac
complish a great deal more than they
have vet succeeded in accomplishing
before the business will yield many
large fortunes.—Cincinnati Times St a r
HOTEL LAFAYETTE ARRIVAL?
Earnest McKinney, National.
M. M. Wolcott, San Francisco.
.1. B. Murchison, Carson City.
Mrs. B. Beemer, Sparks.
Charles Pike, Reno.
E. P. Rogers, San Francisco.
W. E. Roundtree, San Francisco.
Fred Bode, OoMfield.
Thos. McKenna. Carlin.
Thomas Majors, Oolconde.
E. B. Wakefield, Lewistown, Mont.
Thos. Began.
Thus. M. Long, W. P. R *y.
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WANTEB TO RENT—A Piano. Apply
| at thia office, stating terms.
NO SHEARING IN
'j TOWN THIS YEAR
After considerable negotiating with
the Southern Pacific railroad, and with
private parties, it has been decided
that it will be inadvisable to erect
shearing corrals at Winnemucca this
year, and as a consequence there wiil
be no shearing here this season.
The first intimation that Oarteiz
and Corbeil would not repair their cor
rals was contained in an article in
the Silver State about two weeks ago
As a result, negotiations were at once
commenced with the Southern Pacific
for land on which to erect the plant.
That company was willing to lease 16
sections of land, at a rental of aliout
one cent per acre per year, with the
privilege of tapping their watet sup
ply. It was estimated that it would
cost $6.’>0 to erect the necessary pens,
troughs, etc., and while this money
; could be found, it had become so late
that the owners of all the large bands
of sheep in the county had engaged
quarters at other localities, and all
I Winnemucca could hope to secure \
would be an occasional small band. . j
However, the matter will not be al
lowed to drop, but will be brought to
the attention of the next meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce, which will
be held next Thursday evening, when
it is hoped steps will be taken to have
the corrals in readiness for next year’s
shearing.
FREIGHT RECEIPTS AT
SOUTHERN PACIFIC STATION
Yesterday Johnson & Becker receiv
ed a carload of Fredricksburg beer.
Today a carload of lumber was re
ceived by the Verdi Lumber Co.
GRAND OPENING GOLDEN
RULE STORE NEXT SATURDAY
On the fourth page of today’s issue
of the Silver State appears the an
nouncement of the grand spring open
ing of the Golden Rule store. On his
recent buying trip to the easten mar
kets, Manager Morgan purchased one
of the largest and best assorted stocks
of goods ever seen in the state, all of
which will be sold at Golden Rule
I prices. ‘‘Everything cheaper.”
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EDISON HONORED FOR HIS
MINERS’ SAFETY LAMP !
Edison's practical electric safety
lamp for miners and for workers in
tunnels, in factories where explosives
1 are made and where explosive gase3
are generated or in use, which brought
its inventor the Rathenau medal, the
greatest honor at the disposal of the ,
American Museum of Safety, is de
scribed, with illustrations, in the
March Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Rathenau medal is w’ell known
in the European scientific world. It
was presented to Dr. Emil Rathenau,
president and founder of the Allge
meine Electricitats Gesellschaft of
Berlin, on the occasion of his 70th
j birthday, with the felicitations of the
Kaiser. Rathenau is the man who in- i
trodueed electric lighting into Ger
many.
Much is claimed for the practicabili
ty of the Edison safety-lamp outfit,
and the American Museum of Safety,
in bestowing its highest honor upon
the inventor, apparently finds these
i claims justified.
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THE SUPREME COURT
i
On June 2(1. 1857, Abraham Lincoln
made a speech in Springfield, 111., re
plying to Judge Douglass’ encomium
upon the Supreme Court for the Dred
1 Scott decision and accusing the Repub
i licans of resisting the judiciary. To
this Lincoln replied:
I “We believe as much as Judge
Douglass (perhaps more) in obedience
to and respect for the judicial depart
ment of government. We think its de
cision on constitutional questions,
when fully settled, should control not '
only the particular cases decided, but
the general policy of the country, sub
ject to be disturbed only by amend
ments of the constitution as provided
in that instrument itself. More than
this would be revolutionary. But we
think the Dred Scott decision is er
roneous. We know7 the Court that
made it has often overruled its own
decisions, and we shall do what we
can to have it overrule this. We of
fer no resistance to it.”
Lincoln then proceeded to refute
I some of the assumptions underlying
the decision, and he retorted vigorous
ly and effectively to the arguments
offered by his opponent. At no point
in the speech was there any denuncia
tion of the court. He did not charge
the justices with being fossils or the
tools of the rich engaged in oppressing
the poor. He never suggested that
they should be removed for rendering
an opinion of which he disapproved.
He did not intimate that if the de
•isiou was not in accord with the pub
lic opinion of the day it ought to be
disregarded, or that a popular vote
should be taken to decide whether the
decision should be. overruled.
Instead of insisting that the con
| stitution should be made to mean
whatever was the prevailing public
opinion of the time, he said that the
court’s construction of the constitu
• tion should control the general policy
of the country, “subject to be dis
| turbed only by amendments of the
constitution as provided in that in
strument itself. More than .‘his would
b« revolution. ’ ’—Philadelphia Record.
BILL FOR HUMBOLDT
IRRIGATIONDISTRICT
Last Monday there was introduced
in the assembly by Welshons, of this
county, a bill creating the ‘‘Humboldt
Irrigation District.” The boundaries
of said district are to be the outer
limits of the watershed of the Hum
boldt river, in the state of Nevada,
and the state engineer is directed to
furnish to the county assessors of
Elko, Humboldt, Eureka and Lander
counties plats and lists of the legal
subdivisions of the government survey
which exist on the outer limits of said
watershed.
Section 3 of the bill provides that
the Humboldt Irrigation District shall
have the following power:
1. To have perpetual succession.
2. To adopt a seal and alter it at
pleasure.
3. To sue and defend in all courts
and places and in all matters and pro
ceedings.
4. To take by grant, purchase, gift,
devise or lease, hold, use, enjoy and to
lease or dispose of real and personal
property of every kind within or
without the district-' necessary to the
full exercise of its powers.
5. To acquire or contract to acquire
irrigation works and water rights,
lands, rights and privileges and con
struct, maintain and operate con
duits, pipe-lines, reservoirs, power
plants, works, machinery dams,
ditches, canals, head-gates, tlumes,
tunnels, bridges and other propertp
useful or necessary to store, convey,
supply, drain or bold back water, or
to develop water power, for the bene
fit of the district.
6. To control as far as practical
the runoff of the Humboldt basin be
yond a practical working minimum,
and to deliver under rules and regula
tions prescribed by the state engi
neer’s office or by the courts, the wa
ter held for irrigation, without charge
to those having vested rights therein
to the extent of such vested lights,
and thereafter to deliver to such per
sons at fixed charges water so stored
and held for irrigation and to deliver
the excess to all other persons desir
ing it at the fixed rates in acco.dance,
however, with the rules prescribed by
the state engineer’s office or ly the
courts, or where not so prescribed, in
accordance with contracts made with
individuals.
7. To store the excess waters of
any season for use of those who now
have or may hereafter acquire the
right thereto either by appropriation
or by contract, to the end that such
waters may be delivered by said dis
trict in the following season at times
best suited to the needs of each user,
and especially at the beginning of the
following season in those years when
the natural flow is not yet available.
Also to store the excess waters in
those years when the precipitation and
runoff within the boundaries of said
district is above the normal, and to
hold the same in storage for use in
the succeeding years when precipita
tion and runoff is below the normal.
Also to establish and make public
record of such normal precipitation
and runoff.
S. To assess and collect from land
owners the benefits accruing b> re
clamation or drainage to any lands of
the Humboldt basin as a result of the
construction, operation or mainten
ance, of any works leased, purchased,
constructed, operated or maintained
by said district. Such assessments
shall be made in a fair and impartial
manner and so far as applicable in ac
cordance with the laws of the state of
Nevada for the assessment of benefits
arising from the operations of a
drainage district.
9. To have and exercise the right
or eminent uomam ana in tne manner
provided by law for the condemnation
of private property for public use, to
take any property necessary to supply
the district or any portion thereof
with water for irrigation, to condemn
any irrigation works or system or any
portion thereof, owned by any person
or corporation. In proceedings rela
tive to the exercise of such right, the
district shall have the same rights,
[towers and privileges as a municipal
corporation.
10. To borrow money and incur in
debtedness and to issue bonds or other
evidence of such indebtedness; also
to refund or retire any indebtedness
or lien that may exist against ’he dis
trict or property thereof.
11. To cause taxes to be levied for
the purpose of paying any obligation
of the district.
12. To divide the Humboldt river
basin into irrigation units and to pro
vide one diverting ilain and the neces
sary canals leading therefrom for each
such irrigation unit.
13. To straighten out the river
channels and provide levees therefor.
14. To provide flood channels
wherever in order to reclaim irrigable
land such channels are necessary in
any portion of the district.
15. To make contracts, to employ
labor and do all acts necessary for the
full exercise of the foregoing [lowers.
Section 4 provides for the manner
of election of the board of six direct
oils, three of whom are to be elected
by the qualified voters of the district
for a term of six years and three for
three years. Thereafter, on the last
Saturday in March, every third year,
there shall be elected three dilectors,
for a term of six years.
Introduced by Mr. Swezy.
Last Monday Assemblyman Swezv,
of this county, introduced a bill, en
titled “An act to make it a misde
meanor for any person, company, firm,
copartnership, or corporation, or the
agent or representative thereof, to
discharge any employe for having as
DOPE ON SENATOR
DELI'S POPULARITY
Senator Bell of Humboldt, is with
i out any question the most popular
! man In that section of the country,
j Much of this no doubt comes from
I his magnetic ways and general affa
bility, but the real source of it nat
urally comes from his efforts to re
move the capitol to Winnemueea
During a campaign when he it in
troduced to an audience the people
rise up, stand on their chairs and
cheer and swing their hats for sever
al minutes.
The chairman of the meeting don’t
have to mention his name or say a
word. He is known even to the
children of the county as the man
who will some day come home with
the capitol building, and babies and
streets are being named after him
every year.
Or course if the question should
ever be settled Bell would be out of
a political job. He keeps the idea
dangling before the noses of the
Humboldt people and they feel bo
cock sure of it that they will elect
Bell to the senate for the next forty
years.
Each time he merely states to his
admiring constituency that he is go
ing “down to Carson to educate the
people a little more’’ on the question
and he goes no further. Panaimoni
um breaks loose and the shingles on
mm 11/ smewise wim me cneer
ing.
It the capital question were ever
settled definitely it would be a sad
day for Mr. Bell. A* it iB his face
wears that happy and contented smile
j that we all know here and like so well,
and it might be a good idea to keep
the smile there.
No one takes the question serious
ly outside of Winnemucca and some
of the outlying portions of Carson
(. ity, and so the game may as well go
on. It pleases Bell and keeps him
coming here and the Appeal knows of
no one in Winnemucca that it would
rather meet than Bell.—Carson Ap
peal.
WOMAN WHO KILLED ROBERT
TALBOT MARRIES IN EAST
The marriage of Mrs. Lydia May E.
Talbot in New York to OTville Har
rold, operatic tenor, recalls the young
woman’s marriage which culminated
in her acquittal on the charge of kill
ing her husband, Robert Talbot,
“Prince of gamblers,” at Reno, ia
1911.
In 1908, when 20 years old, Lydia
| May E. Locke was living in St. Louis,
| studying music. One day she disap
I peared and the next heard of her was
I in a telegram from Denver saying she
I had been married to Robert Talbot.
I They had been married a year when
i she became unable to walk, as a re
i suit of treatment she had received
from Talbot.
One morning she and her husband
met in an attorney’s office to arrange
1 a property settlement. They were sit
ting side by side on the couch convers
ing quietly. A few minutes later Tal
i hot was killed. She was acquitted af
; ter a trial for murder.
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UNITED STATES LARGEST CON
SUMER CIRCASSIAN WALNUT
j The United States, says the Depart
ment of Agriculture, is probably the
| largest consumer of Circassian wal
nut. one of the world’s best known
| and most expensive cabinet woods.
' The high cost of Circassian walnut
; is due to the scarcity of the beauti
fully figured variety demanded for
] furniture and interior finish, for the
itree itself is more widely distributed
|t'ian almost any other of commercial
j importance. The demand for the best
! wood, however, lias already outrun the
j supply. Even in the eighteenth cen
tury, wnen wars in r.urope were rre
, <|uent, so much Circassian walnut was
j used for gunstocks that the supply
i was seriously depleted. Early in the
nineteenth century the wood of 12
000 trees was used for this purpose
alone. Single trees, containing choice
hurls or fine bird’s-eye figure] have
sold for more than $3,000.
The tree is native to the eastern
slopes of the Caucasus and ranges
eastward to the foothills of the Hima
laya mountains, from which it ex
j tends southward to northern India and
the mountains of upper Burma. It has
been widely planted in Europe and
the United States, in this country un
der the name of English walunt.
The wood grown here, however, has
not the qualities demanded by the
cabinet and furniture maker. Much
of the Circassian walnut now used
1 comes from the Black sea and from
| other parts of Asia.
According to a circular just issued
1 by the Forest Service the demand for
! Circassian walnut has resulted in the
j substitution of other wood*. Our own
i red gum is often sold as Circassian
walnut, and butternut is also similar
1 in general appearance to the less high
| Iv figured grades. Many good African,
: Asian and South American woods re
semble Circassian walnut, though
! none possesses the magnificent figure,
' delicate tone and velvety texture of
the latter. The circular discusses the
supply ami uses of Circassian walnut,
and those who wish to know how pos
i sible substitutes may be distinguish
ed can learn from this circular the
distinctive marks which the govern
ment's experts have discovered
Harry Bunn arrived in town from
San Francisco, and will spend a few
days visiting old friends.
signed his or her salary or wages, or
a part thereof, and providing a pun
[ishment for the violation of this act.”