The silver state. [volume], May 20, 1922, Page THREE, Image 3

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THE EGOTIST COLUMN i
Registered in the United States Patent Office
_ By W. C. B.
WE KNOW an old man who claims the name of Brown and he
’ dropped into this office recently in a very casual way, a perfect
specimen of the vagabond, and his face was black with the dirt of
the freight train, his clothes were torn and his shoes were next to
nothing, and his age was plainly close to three score and ten, and;
WE KNOW that he told a harrowing tale in a very pleasant
way and chuckled as he gave a word picture of his travels east and
south, where he had been chased by peace officers and made un
comfortable, and everywhere he went he claims to have found
unemployment rife, and;
WE KNOW that we felt sorry for the old man as he led us
along through his life story which covered seventy-one years of
time, most of which had been spent in the west, and throughout
the period of his grown-up life he said he followed the typo game
in which each type must be k .c accurately in place and lines spaced
true, and when new machinery came into vogue he dropped further
back into remote communities and continued to “stick” type until
he had come to be an old man with a calling that is now a “lost
art,” and;
WE KNOW that to make his story good he gave the name of
the place where he worked last down in a halcyon vale in Cali
fornia and it was there he said that his journey would end and
soon thereafter he would have good clothes again and plenty to
eat and a nice place to sleep and if we ever came there to be sure
and call and see just how much different he would look, and;
WE KNOW that he expressed impatience over his delay in this
city and voiced the notion that in forty-eight hours he would arrive
at the place called home, where sympathy and camaraderie, and
better still steady employment awaited him, and;
WE KNOW that hearts were melted and he was helped with
a good sized coin, and;
WE KNOW that two days passed and we believed the old man
„ had spoken truly and were quite surprised to see him enter the
» front office door, and he still carried his cheery mien and voluble
talk and a quid of tobacco within his old wrinkled face, and he
smiled again as he asked for a second contribution on the score
of a pair of used shoes he could buy in the second-hand store that
were just the thing for his poor old feet, and then:
WE KNEW that he was an imposter and a fraud and that his
previous story was woven out of pure cloth, and he was shown
•the door.
WK KNOW a man who works in a public place where men and
women and boys and girls go and that he suffers from the dread
malady pulmonary tuberculosis, and he handles things that children
carry and he stops to cough and spray his infected sputom about,
and;
WE KNOW that he is a constant menace to the good health
of his community because he is beset with a malady that is more
easily transmitted than leprosy, which also is an insidious disease
that spells death with a fair degre of certitude, and;
WE KNOW that leprosy, feared though it is, is much less
liable to pass from one to another than the great white plague, yet
men shun it as they should, while they seem not to fear the greater
menace because there is no outward marks save flushed and
shrunken cheeks, and;
WE KNOW that there is much to be desired in the attitude of
the medical profession, which neither quarantines nor isolates
victims of the great white plague, but allows them to go about
spreading death, while they seize upon the leper and put him away
from the gaze of his fellows because he is marked in a most
repulsive way, and;
WE KNOW that as time passes medical science must move for
the treatment and care of tuberculosis in a different manner than
is the habit today because humane ends must be better served, and
' though we feel sorry for the afflicted ones this ,iympathy should
be no more compelling than is the sympathy that goes out to the
leper who rounds out his allotted years with others of his kind and
is not allowed to mix with healthy people.
WE KNOW a little boy of tender years who passed along the
other day and he looked at us and didn’t speak but merely smiled
in a most genial and whole-hearted fashion, and;
WE KNOW that this particular smile was a smile in truth and
was accompanied by twinkling eyes and an expression of complete
good will, and;
WE KNOW that we felt as the child passed by that the silent
greeting carried the most in good fellowship that could be extended
by the little fellow and that he believes that we are his friend,
which we surely are, and;
WE KNOW that his twinkling eye made a bigger noise than
the howdy do you do of the bombastic man.
WE KNOW that wholesome youthful impulse is well exampled
at the grammar school in this city, where six little houses have
been fixed in the trees cleverly partitioned and made ready for the
birds that nest in this latitude, and;
WE KNOW that the houses, like most other Winnemucca
habitats, are already occupied and the chirping, happy little thrush,
and canary, and wren, and oriole, and others of the species that
visit us in nesting time are conTpeting for the right of tenancy,
and;
WE KNOW that somehow instinct tells the birds that the
shelters were made for them and placed in the trees because it is
there that they are wont to go in mating time and lay their eggs
and raise their young, and;
WE KNOW that the birds seem to think that none who would ;
|r thus work to their convenience would hurt them, or destroy their
eggs or invade their home, and that they feel entirely secure in
the plain evidence of friendship-and well wishing that has been
provided, and;
WE KNOW that the little boy who will work for the birds and
make it easy for them to abide with us will surely attempt the
policeman’s role to see that other little boys do not interfere with
their aims.
.......A
SEXTON TO BOILD
RXILWXT LINE
The reconstruction of a new
railway line in Nevada which will
open rich mining districts in the
northwestern part of the state will
be started within a short time, ac
cording to announcement received
a few days ago from J. E. Sexton
of Palisade, general manager of
the Eureka Nevada railway com
pany. The road will start from
Reynard, Washoe coutity, on the
Western Pacific line, and will ex
tend 50 miles in a northwesterly di
rection to a point near the Cali
fornia-Nevada line at the southwest
corner of Modoc county, Calif. The
construction work will start as soon
as weather conditions permit, ac
cording to Sexton’s announcement.
New York and Chicago people
will be interested in the construc
tion of the road with Sexton.
The new railroad which will be
30-inch guage, will be the narrow
est guage line in the United States,
outside of three roads in the state
of Maine which are of two foot
guage.
The road will be run through
Buffalo canyon after crossing the
Black Rock desert and will be util
ized for the transportation of min
ers’ and mine and agricultural pro
ducts.
It will not be operated during
the months of January, February
and March of the first ten years
after its completion, because of the
high waters in Buffalo canyon. The
act of the last legislature in grant
ing the right to construct the road
gives permission for this lapse of
service.
WOOL AND PELTS ARE
SHIPPED OUT FROM ELKO
Two carloads of wool, aggregat
ing 120,000 pounds, were sold yes
terday, says the Elko Independent,
to the Union Hide Company, of
Oakland at a price ranging from
31 1-2 cents to 32 cents, by the
Elko Livestock and Wool Commis
sion. The wool will be shipped im
mediately.
Two carloads of sheep pelts, ag
gregating 120,000 pounds, were also
sold by the Elko Company to the
Union Hide Comany, the price for
the pelts being in the neighborhood
of 20 cents per pound.
Ant'* Grip la Bualnesalike.
The small African warrior ant will
permit Ills body to be torn from his
head before he will let go the hold of
hta mandibles.
REDUCED PRICES
AUTO TOP
and
UPHOLSTERY
PRICES REDUCED
Am making a specialty
of new tops for small
cars at reduced prices.
J. F. OTIS JR.
Rear Otis’ Saddlery
Phone 165
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Anderson & McShee
Contractor*
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
of all types
ESTIMATES FURNISHED
Winnemucca’s Best Homes
are our handiwork. Let
us figure on one for you.
Shop, E. 4th Street
Near High School ^
NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE
In the Sixth Judicial DUtrlct Court of
the State of Nevada. In and for me
County of Humboldt. nmu
In the Matter of the Estate of IHCH
AKI) ULANVIELE. Deceased.
Notice la hereby given that Mrs. E. E
Floyd, the Executrix of the estate ot
Jtlcliard Ulanvllle, deceased, has ren
dered and Presented for settlement, ana
filed in said Court, her final account of
her administration of said estate, to
gether with a petition praying fw Ibe
confirmation, allowance and approval of
said final account, and has Included In
said petition a prayer for .,h* and
tlon of the residue of said estate, and
that Monday, the 6th day,°* 'i.V akv at
1*22, at 10 o'clock a.m of said day. at
the courtroom of said Court, at the
courthouse, In Wlnnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nevada, has been duly appoint
ed for the settlement of said
count, and the hearing of said pj-tltlon.^
at which time and place all persons In
c rested In said estate are hereby notl
fled to then and there appear aad Bha'k
cause why said final account iWI ml
be approved, allowed and confirmed
and why said petltlon shouM not be
granted, and sAid distribution made.
Dated. May 13th. 1922.
<Sea,) L a' RDA01N0teRT" Deputy.
First publication. May 13, 1*22.
Last publication. Juns 3. 1*22. ajo.
jfe Plonstrt of Today.
Ttie young fellow who leaves a sal*
arled Job to go Into bualneas for him
self Is as much of a pioneer as hla
ancestors who crossed the plain*.—
Portland Oregonian.
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WINNEMUCCA I
GARAGE j
C. E. HAVILAND, RroprUtor I
FORD-BUICK-REO I
AND aM,C, TRUCKS |
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Political Announcement
PETER BUOL
Announces His Candidacy for Nomination as
United State* Senator
From Nevada on the Republican Ticket at the
Primary, September 5, 1922
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STATE ROAD WORK IS
TO BE BORDEN’S SUBJECT
George W. Borden chief highway
engineer for Nevada, went to Reno
recently in response to an invitation
to address the Progressive Business
Club at the regular luncheon. The
Gazette reported his talk as fol
lows:
“With $545,000 in road building
contracts now under way and with
contracts pending that will bring
the road program to over $1,000,
000 after May 31, the state high
way department is building roads
under full steam, George W. Bor
den, state highway engineer, told
the members of the Progressive
Business club at the noon luncheon
today.
“He said that present contracts
call for the construction of eighty
four miles of highway and that
preliminary plans for 150 miles
have been completed and will soon
be ready to let to contractors.
Plans are also being made for the
construction of 142 miles more of
which forty-two will probably be
included in this year’s program and
100 in the 1923 program. In 1923
about 160 miles will be built, it is
estimated.
Before the end of the year near
ly $2,000,000 worth of highway
construction will be under way or
completed to which the state of
Nevada contributes about $320,000,
he said.
He explained that so far the
highway department, operating on
a definite budget, was $40,000 un
der the budget for this year.
The Infant Terrible.
We had planned to go picnicking
me fine summer day, and were look
ng for some friends to make our
mrty complete. After calling up nu
nerous acquaintances and finding
heir {dene were alrendy made, we
leclded to ask Mary Jtrownlelgh—s
onely person. She was delighted—
ill was well—we settled hack In our
•nr and prepared to enjoy the trip
vhen Jane, my small sister, heaving a
ilgh of relief, announced to Mary
'We had an awful time getting some
mdy to go riding with us. We asked
iretty near everybody In town.”—Ex
hange.
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