The silver state. [volume], June 02, 1921, Image 1

About The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925

Image provided by: University of Nevada Las Vegas University Libraries

                
THE SILVER STATE
H E TIMES A WEEK—TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY ESTABLISHED lN4f ALL THE NEWS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND TRADING TERRITORY
gfFElt ( OFY—AUK) PER YEAR_W1NNEMUCCA, NEVADA, THURSDAY, JOE 2, 182!_VOLUME 58. NO. HIS
One more alleged dispenser of
moonshine was taken into custody
Tuesday evening shortly after C
o'clock when May Allen, proprietor of
the "Creeu House ' in the restricted
district, was surprised by Chief of
Police K. O. Lamb and Sheriff Brady.
wrho were In possession of a search
warrant for the place.
Although enough of the forbidden
juice was secured for evidence, this
. evidence was secured only through
quick action of the officers, who dis
covered the ludy with her hands be
hind her hack pouring the contents of
a bottle Into the kitchen sink, they
say. When asked what she was doing,
it is said, she stated that she was get
ting rid of the evidence, and that if
she had been given a few seconds
more she would not have been caught.
As It was, a small quantity of liquor
was secured In three different con
tainers—a gallon demijohn, a milk
bottle and a pickle bottle.
Although the woman was taken to
jail for a few hours, her ball of $750
was furnished aud she was allowed
to return home. The same evening
her house was reopened for business.
Her bearing which was to have
been held yesterday, was postponed
until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
The charge against her is violation
of the state prohibition law t,y having
intoxicating liquor in a nlai e where
soft drinks are sold.
It may be that after her trial cer
tain other activities in connection
with the sale of moonshine will be
available for publication.
prospectors eiTTore bubti
CLAIMS MAY B2 JUMPED
During recent days the rush has
been on In The Silver State office be
cause of frequent sales of mining lo
cation blanks and other mining
blanks. The secret of the sudden ac
tivity came out this morning, however,
when one prospector was asked if he
was going out in the hills, the query
being put In hope of securing news.
He was non-committal, however, and
only let the rat out of the bag when
he said: "Some of these fellows who
don't do their "cinch" (assessment)
work are going to be sorry.” The
time limit for doing 1920 assessment
work on mining claims expires June
30—the end of this month—and claim
holders who do not attend to this de
tail. within the time limit, may find
some new men on the property when
they next visit their claims.
MISS MORRISON IMPROVED
Dr. M. E. Morrison reports that
word has been received of the Im
proved condition of his sister, Miss
Mae Morrison, who was taken to Reno
last Monday to receive medical treat
ment. Although it will be some time
before she will be able to be about,
no alarm is felt for her condition.
RUSTLIN't» TAXES
Most people are hustling (he money
for taxes this week, as they are now
due and will become delinquent on
next Monday, June 6.
FLOUR
YOU CAN NOW BUY
Big R Flour
60-LB. SACKS FOR
$2.75
Harvest King
60-LB. SACKS FOR
$2.65
Wlih the assurance that yon
have the best Hour made and the
lowest price.
Winnemucca
Mercantile Co.
Inc.
;^B==E=ae========a«
! _ J
I Special Coksmpondenck]
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 27—Sev
eral pet measures which members of
the House had hoped to attach to the ^
deficiency appropriation bill have
gone by the board this week. Legisla
tors appear determined to permit no
trilling with the necessary measure
In this the Republicans often are
backed by Democrats, as witness the
following little gem of opinion deliv
ered Wednesday by P.enresentativj
Blanton of Texas, who Is all of what
he calls himself, a "partisan Demo
crat”:
"I thank God, and I congratulate
the people of this nation, upon the
fact that in the general grab-hag pe
lection of officers in the political turn
over last November ‘ je , c;>le, never
theless drew a big man in the White
House. (Applause on th: Republic:!’!
side.) I thank God that the people
through that grab bag sele tion drew
a man who believes 'n eeeuomy, who
stands four-square for it.
"And I want to wai .1 you, If he Is
the kind of a man that he has made
me believe he Is, he |j going to make
you take every one of these wasteful,
un- etesst rv items out of this bill, be
cause he promised th people of this
nation, in New York day before yes
terday, that he was going 10 stop this
extravagant expenditure of ntoiej,
and that he is going to cut down this
office force in Washington. And 1 Id
lieve him. I have looked h!oi in the
eye. and I believe he Is hottest in it,
and I am backing himVtp. Though
a partisan Democrat, I appr?-iate o ir
President and his efTorts for the coun
try.”
The day before, during debate on
the same measure, when the matt si
of deficiency in the prohibition en
forcement office was up, and the
House was endeavoring to satisfy
itself regarding the many failures
charged against that office, Represen
tative Volstead, chairman of the com
mittee on judiciary, yielded the floor
to the Congressman from Nevada, who
said:
"Before the enactment of the eight
eenth amendment, if you wanted to
buy a still, you went to a chemical
supply house and signed an affidavit
and went through about as much form
as you would in taking a civil-service
examination: and after purchasing
that still and putting it in a chemical
laboratory or an assay office, a Fed
eral commissioner came there occa
sionally to see if you owned that still
and had not transferred It to someone
else. But a short time after the en
actment of the eighteenth amendment
the Democratic Treasury Department
rendered a decision that all you need
do was to All out a form declaring
you were not going to use this still
for manufacturing intoxicating li
quors. At the present time in the Po
lice Gazette and other publications
there are advertisements for the sale
of stills to anyone on the receipt of a
postal card. Now, tliere Is not any
thing that is more responsible for
moonshining and bootlegging than
this one thing." (Applause.)
As this letter is written, Congress is
preparing to adjourn Friday until
Tuesday, for observance of Memorial
day. The prediction is freely made
that visitors to the National Cemetery
at Arlington will be more numerous
this year than ever before. Already
patriotic decorations are being placed
in front of the Municipal building
here. In opposition (perhaps) to re
membering dead soldiers, many near
by beach resorts and pleasure places
are preparing to open Saturday (May
28).
Speaking of the Municipal building
JUDGE NOT YET APPOINTED
Governor Boyle, who was busy with
the tax commission, stated at a late
hour yesterday afternoon that no ap
pointment had been made in the
Washoe county judgeship made va
cant by the resignation of Judge
Lunsford of Reno. Judge Lunsford
will not be affiliated with Judge Cole
L. Harwood and Sam R. Tippett in the
practice of law at Reno.
FOB YOUR DRUG WANTS
Mall orders given prompt attentio;
Our large and varied stock of goo I
puts us In a position to serve yoi
best Give us a trial on your next
mail order.
| Adv. EAGLE DRUG CO.
AMUSING INCIDENTS j
—
By JAMES F. O'BRIEN
There Is something indefinable
about certain mining camps that at
tracts men and women of unusual
types -who are generally referred to
as ‘‘characters.’’ This was true of
the Comstock in its bonanza days, to
a lesser extent was true of Goldfield,
and is again true of Silverhorn—Ne
vada's latest aspirant for stellar
honors.
Among the out-of-the-ordinary char
acters who have visited Silverhorn is ,
a lady who evidently believes in pre
paredness. She has made up her
mind to sell something to the miners,
their wives and children, and came
prepared to satisfy any wants that
already existed or could be created by
the power of suggestion. Perhaps she
did not have as large and varied a
stock as Wannamaker's in New York,
hut for a lone woman traveling in a
sparsely settled country miles from
the railroad, she was quite well pro
vided.
For the mother, with children in
sight, she had flavorings for cold
drinks, to make them forget that an
elaborate soda fountain had not yet
been established in camp. If an ap
peal to the stomach was not success
ful, there were "aids to beauty” that
would transform a cinder Ella Into a
Cieopajra. If neither worked, she
offered a patent washing machine.
For the male human animal she
brought forth from her reticule—if
that is the right word—artificial flow
ers to wear on “Mother’s Day.” Next
on the list was hair dye, and its vir
tues were eloquently described to the
man whose head was almost as inno
cent of hair as he. himself, was In
(Contlnued on Page Three)
reminds one to be careful not to say
City Hull, as is customary at many
places. Washington is not a city—
that is, it is not the City of Washing
ton, and therefore it has no city hall.
The correct title is. Washington. Dis
trict of Columbia. It is not a muni
cipal corporation. It is the Capital
of the United States of America. And
perhaps we might continue right
along and repeat that the name of
this country is not “America.” Much
as that name was used in official doc
uments during the Democratic ad
ministration (requiescat in Pace!),
the title of this republic lias never
been changed.
One of the surprising hits of in
formation around the Capitol this
week is that Representative Janies W.
Good of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is about
to resign his seat in Congress. Mr.
Good holds the important post of
chairman of the House committee on
appropriations. He is serving his
seventh consecutive term as Repre
sentative in Congress.
Congressman Arentz of Nevada was
today named as the second member on
a committee of fifty Congressmen to
present the petition of the Southern
Tariff Association, regarding hides
and vegetable oils, to Chairman Ford
ney of the House committee on ways
and means.
Chickens
ALL KINDS
for
SATURDAY
Catfish
WEEKLY
SQUIRES’
GROCERY
Every thing Cheaper
"Life is a joke a huge joke
whether it is on us or the other fel
low; when we tan see it—well, then
it Isn't on us.”
What's this all about? Just one of
Dr. Carey's maxims. Who is Dr.
Carey? A new kind of physician, one
of the principal characters in the best
little comedy ever staged in Winne
niucca. which will be presented by the
Senior class of the high school next
Wednesday, June 8, in the high school
auditorium.
The application of the laughiug cure
to a stubborn case of lack of humor
and a chronic invalidism, with the re
sults accomplished is calcuated to
keep the audience in the state which
Dr. Carey, assisted by Mrs. Hanson's
family, tried to induce in her.
The Senior class is putting on this
clever comedy to raise funds to assist
in paying commencement expenses)
and the students have been practicing
faithfully for the past month to make
the production the success it is sure
to he.
"Laughing in big doses is the best
beauty dope on the market," says the
doctor. "Regularly applied, both in
ternally and externally, I guarantee it
to remove every wrinkle from both
brow and brain. Take In the big show
Wednesday night and lose some of
those wrinkles."
DEATH OF LOVELOCK GIRL
STARTS FRO RE OF DOPE RING
A I-os Angeles dispatch contained in
the San Francisco Call states that as
a result of the tragic death at the I*os
Angeles receiving hospital of Ruth
Benedict, 23, an attractive young
woman who went to Los Angeles two
months ago, the police began a probe
of the activities of a gang of drug
addicts.
Doctors at the receiving hospital
said Miss Benedict died from an over
| dose of morphine. Lawrence Bour
| dietr, 26. is being held by the police
! on a charge of suspicion of man
' slaughter in connection with the case.
; The police allege he was with the girl
when she used some of the drug.
Miss Benedict's parents. Mr. and
I Mrs. J. M. Benedict, are residents of
i I/jvelock. Nevada. She had been work
! ing as a bookkeeper, but was taking
| a course in scenario writing.
I REVENUE COLLECTOR NAMES
REPUBLICAN APPOINTEES
I Miss Theckla Wright, formerly a
Winnemucca girl and later employed
| by a Tonopah bank, has been ap
, pointed as secretary of Louis A. Spel
; Her, collector of internal revenue for
the district of Nevada. Miss Wright
! is a daughter of C. C. Wright of this
I city. Other appointments by Spellier
| are Frank R. Evans of this city as
deputy collector, to take the place of
Frank Reber; William J. Royle of
East Ely and John T. Walters of Gold
field, also deputy collectors. The new
appointees have already entered upon
their new duties.
UHAl'TAUQUA COMMITTEE
ARRANGING TICKET SALE
The committee on Chautauqua ar
rangements has been holding night
meetings In the office of J. W. Davey,
and details are being lined up In re
gard to the sale of tickets. A com
mittee for this purpose has been ap
I pointed, each guarantor being given
a certain number of names of pros
pective buyers. This system is ex
pected to do away with confusion and
at the same time insure every oik
getting a ticket.
Save time—therefore money. Us«
the wantad column. 3 times. 50 cents
Flowers
APPROXIMATE PRICES FOR
DARBEE'S FLOWERS ARE
NOW AVAILABLE
QUALITY FIRST
The PURITY STORE
Phene 421
■■■ ~ ■ - ■ ■—--i
WAGE REDUCTION OEI
ROADS; STRIKE TALK
An average reduction of twelve per
cent is ordered in railroad wages ef
fective July 1 by the United States
railroad labor board. The cut varies
from 0 to 18 per cent and it is ex
pected that the reduction should slash
$100,000,000 from the wage bill of the
nation's railroads.
Shop crafts are given a nine-cent
reduction, as are also switchmen.
Train service men receive a seven per
cent cut, while the carmen are given
a ten per cent cut. Section men are
handed the biggest cut by the labor
board and their wages come down
from $3.70 per day to $3.02 per day.
Press! dispatches say that union
railway employes west of the Mis
souri river will quit work rather than
accept a cut in wages. VV. W. Wolcott,
general chairman of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen for the western
lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railroad, declared. The senti
ment of the men has been determined
fairly well before the decision of the
railway labor board in Chicago was
made public, he said. "The men can
not afford to accept a cut," Wolcott
said.
Heads of the four railway brother
hoods withheld specific comment on
the announced wage reduction. "Not
a word until we get a chance to look
at the order," said \V. G. Lee, presi
dent of the trainmen.
NEW PRINTER ARRIVES
Leroy D. Murray arrived in Wlnne
mucca yesterday from El Paso. Texas,
to accept a position In the office of
The Silver State. Murray will be re
membered as having been similarly
employed in this office three years
ago, when his father, K. M. Murray
was connected with the National An
timony Company at Mill City. Since
leaving here Murray has been em
ployed in printing plants in Denver
1 and Telluride, Colorado, and in El
Paso. His parents are now residents
of Hurley. New Mexico, and hope to
1 soon make arrangements to again re
turn to Nevada. Leroy Murray is a
young man of sterling character and
many friends made here several years
ago were pleased at his return yes
terday. The Silver State is likewise
1 gratified in being able to secure his
j services.
VISIT IN CALIFORNIA
Mrs. B. Klucny and Miss Pauline
Deiss left today for Kenwood, Cali
fornia, where Miss Deiss, who has
been attending school here, will join
| tier father, who resides in Kenwood.
After visiting a month. Mrs. Klucny
will go to coast points before return
ing to her home here.
—
ORANDEL ESTATE
An order has been made by Judge
Callahan setting aside the estate of
the late J. P. Grandel for his widow.
First papers declaring intention of
becoming a citizen of the United
States were taken out in County Clerk
Davey's office yesterday by Esther
Cotter. Applicant is a native of the
Isle of Man, England.
I j
lL_
RENO IS AFTER THE
‘WHITE MOLE’ BUNCH
An ordinance aimed at liquor traf
fic in llcno containing seme of the
features of the so-called “red-light
abatement" law cf California, insofar
;'s it proposes to penalize property
owners for transgressions committed
in their buildings, is now being con
sidered by members of the city coun
cil of Reno. The measure may be in
shape to be presented for action at
the next meeting of the council, ac
cording to the Gazette.
If the plans which have met the in
dividual approvi 1 of numbers of C.
council are him ked, an ordinance will
l e prepared providing that pe-.von I
convicted of selling, giving away or
having unlawfully in their possession
liquors or beverages barred by the
prohibition laws, shall forfeit their li
cense and I hey shall not be qualified
to obtain another license for any pur
pose for a period of thirty days; it
would also provide that no person
cculd obtain a license to operate any
hu iness covered by the license ordi
nance In the building where the law
was violated. Moreover, the measure
now under discussion would provide
that the place where violation is de
tected would he designated a disor
derly place and the person operating
the business would be designated as
a disorderly person and haled lulu po
lice court as such.
It is understood that another meas
ure also iB being considered classify
ing soft-drink emporiums and fixing
n scale of licenses for the operation
of such places.
IIKOIM TAKING INVENTORY
FOR WATER k LIGHT 10.
F. O. l’roili of Reno, electrical en
gineer, has been employed by the
Winnemucca Water & Light Company
for the purpose of taking inventory of
property owned by the company. It
is said by Chester D. Smith, auditor
for the company, who is engaged in
numbering meters and other portions
of the work, that no inventory of the
property has been taken for many
years and in consequence exact
knowledge of value has not been
available. Though a task of consider
able proportions, listing every item
used in connection wilh water and
light service, it is expected the work
will have been completed within a
week from the time started.
SOCIETY NOTES
Mrs. C. E. Swezy was hostess to a
few friends yesterday afternoon. The
time was spent in playing cards,
Mrs. George Brady entertained a
few friends at cards last night at her
home in upper Bridge street.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Meth
odist Episcopal church is meeting this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. W.
Richardson in Lay street.
NOTICE
The next regular meeting of the
Humboldt County Chamber of Com
merce will be held next Friday even
ing, June 3. All members requested
to be present
THEODORE GRADY,
Advtl Secretary.
I
IN GIFT BOXES
A very useful and suitable
Gift for the girl or boy gradu
ate. Let us show you our big
assortment. 75c to |3.
Phone 51
STEPHENSON DRUG
COMPANY
“THE CORNER DRUG STORE"
I- ={,