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Show Fossils Intrigue Bright Young snow-cappe- W x.JBTTTT 1 40 Talented Youth Honored With Trip To Washington; Many Ponder Careers As Atomic Researchists. He knew what a sphygmomanom- can-opene- g. cm gray-haire- d White House; gave congress a critical onceover; and listened to Lise Neitner, physics wizard, talk on , atomic energy. Jim is one of 40 bright young high school seniors selected as finalists in the fifth annual science talent search, sponsored by Science Service of Washington, with scholarships offered by Westinghouse Electric company. Sixteen thousand scientific-minded boys and girls, from every section of the country, took competitive examinations on such things as sphygmomanometers and decigrams; wrote essays on "My were interScientific Project; viewed by leading scientists. Three hundred of them won special recognition; 260 were given honorable mention; and 40 finalists, includ Jedediah Smith passed through the region in 1826, and John C. Fremont traversed it with an exploring party a few years later. Colonized by Mormons. Brigham Young, the Mormon leader, who settled the Salt Lake basin, concluded that what is now Nevada was a part of his domain. In March, 1849, he announced the organization of the State of Deseret, which included Nevada. In that same year, N. Ambrose, Nevadas first farmer, settled near what is VAIL M. PITTMAN now Genoa. Colonization by the Governor of Nevada Mormons continued until 1857, when Young recalled them to Salt Lake rancher Former lumberman, and banker, Governor Pittman is City in order to mass his forces in the conflict with the federal govnow publisher of the Ely Dally Times as well as the states chief ernment. Until the discovery of the famous executive. lie has also served as state senator and lieutenant-governo- r Comstock lode in 1859, there were only about 1,000 inhabitants in Neof Nevada. vada, chiefly Mormons and Califorcapacity to aid the war effort. Thou- nia gold seekers who had tarried sands of people came to the state to along the way. But silver and gold swell its 1940 population of 110,247 brought a stampede of fortune hunters from all over the nation. The We in Nevada are individualists," Gov. Vail Pittman told the population of Virginia City spurted Nevada State Cattle association at from a handful of men to 30,000. We enjoy the thrill Bonanzas were struck and develElko last fall and satisfaction, as well as the oped, and men became wealthy beprofits, which our work brings us." yond their dreams overnight For The democracy and hospitality of many years the Comstock lode was the Old West still live in Nevada. the richest silver mining center The states richest citizen and the in the world, and from it has come lowliest cowpuncher, miner or approximately one billion dollars in gold and silver! Soon Nevada became a territory, and on October 1, 1864, President Lincoln by proclamation made Nevada a state. Carson City, though smaller than Virginia City, was made the capital. Nicknamed the Battle Born State, Nevada had lived through lawlessness, bickering, Indian uprisings and political chicanery to take its place as one of the stars in Old Glory. Famous Lode Hot Named for Finder The Comstock lode at Virginia City was named for Henry Com stock, a man who did not discov er it, and who would have been too lazy to work it if he had! In June, 1859, Peter ORiley and Patrick McLaughlin discovered a rich lode, though neither one realized how valuable it was at the time. Old Henry Comstock was prowling around as usual, watching others work, and immediately laid claim to the spot himself, insisting that he had already taken up claims there. The two Irishmen, however, were Comstock unimpressed. went away to find help and returned the next day with Manny Penrod, who cheerfully backed up Comstocks story. Pete and Pat probably knew the two claimants were liars, but the site was lonely and they didnt want to go to court They agreed to give Comstock and Penrod equal shares in the discovery. But there was plenty of silver and gold for all of them! ''Wi '1 JteaM JEEP ON LAKE MEAD . . Most of the shoreline of Lake Mead, back of Boulder dam, is in Nevada. Shown In the amphibious jeep are Lloyd Pajne, Clark county clerk; J. D. Porter, Las Vegas, and Peggy Neville, Salt Lake City. many other crops are naturals Water for irrigation comes from snow-fe- d mountain streams, from artesian wells, and from dug wells with pumps to raise it to the surface. Growing in Wealth, Population. As Nevadans continue the development of the natural resources, their state forges ahead. The least populous of all the states, it contributed vitally to victory during the war just ended. Thousands of soldiers, ground tioops and air forces were trained on it3 soil and in its air. Mines and mills operated at fossils under the bed so long as they dont interfere with Jims cooking. Yes, Jim does most of the cooking, but hes deprecatory on this score, saying his culinary exploits der. pend largely on a eter was used for; that a decigram equals 1.5432 grains; and that septicemia and anaphylaxis are different Besides that he collects fos- Likes Collector sils enough to fill the farm Of Brains kitchen at his home near Ellens-burGirls? Well, to appeal to Jim, Wash. Thats why Jim Gibson got a free trip to Wash- theyd have to be as smart as Lise femiington, D. C., where he ate buffalo Neitner. The little steak at the zoo; drank tea at the nine scientist whose research led di- sit down together. sheepherder Movie stars and the nation's wealthiest who visit the state soon learn that they are not judged by their wealth or their fame. Nevada has its own standard. A gilded dollar is worth no more than any other; its the metal inside that makes it ring true. In 1775, before the Revolutionary war, Franciscan friars crossed Nevada on their way to California. Fifty years later, Peter Ogden of the Hudson Bay company discovered the Humboldt or Ogden river rectly to the development of the atomic bomb, impressed him most of anything or anybody he saw in Washington, with the exception of the cyclotron at the bureau of standards. However, there was one girl he met at the Science Talent institute who he admitted was "interestShe collected brains. ing. He knows all about running a farm and he keeps bees as part of his club work, but Jim Gibson isnt keen about farming as a living. He prefers fossils. And hes casting a speculative eye on the as are field of nuclear physics well over half of the scientific-minde- d youngsters who came to Washington this year. Incidentally, at the same banquet. Science Service Director Watson Davis mentioned a few "firsts this fifth group of young scientists had chalked up. They ate broiled buffalo steak without a qualm after viewing the live variety at the Washington zoo; they prepared a talk back report of their opinions on the atomic energy and Kilgore bills to be submitted to congressional committees . . . and among the group was one Missourian, said Mr. the first Missourian, he Davis added, who had ever gone into the White House and had not come out with a federal appointment. One Fossil 20,000 Years Old Why, just this year, he was nos- There is a strange paradox in congress and it may cost the Democrats the pro-tepresidency of the senate. Its the exact reverse of the unholy alliance" of today the coalition between the southern Democrats and the northern Republicans and this is the way some of on Capitol Hill exthe crystal-gazer- s pound it: There have been no real issues before the country over which the voters could tear jheir hearts asunder. But there have been some bitter ones within congress and among the Democrats in the senate especially, which have caused incendiary intramural political friction. Senator McKellar, Democrat of Tennessee, has been, in the eyes of some of his more progressive colleagues, a brake on the wheels of what they consider their progress. Senator McKellar has sturdily and bucked administration steadily legislation, not merely the Fair Employment Practices bill, but libother measures which the eral element on both sides of the aisle have supported. Nobody denies that after the next election the Republicans are going to get some of those 17 seats in northern and western constituencies away from their Democratic opponents. They may get enough of them so the parties will be at least more evenly balanced even in the opinion of the more conservative prognosticators. That is half of the proposition. The other half is the growing wrath of some of the liberals on the Democratic side who are very sore at McKellar for deserting the party line It Is not out of the picture that enough of these liberals will be willing to kick over the traces and vote for a Republican president pro-teor at least vote against McKellar and thus produce the strange but possible phenomenon of a representative of the minority party presiding over the senate. This is not a prediction but it is the presentation of a paradoxical possibility, granted the trend of the times becomes the course of tomorrow. ing around some cliffs in his part of the state of Washington, and he came upon an mteresting rock. That is, it would look like a rock to you and me. Jim saw something embedded in it. Maybe a bone. He and d his companion hacked out the rock, and with considerable effort lugged it inlo their car It weighed 120 pounds. At home, Jim liberated" what he had seen embedded In .the rock. A small piece of wood. He took it to a scientific professor friend of his, and learned that what he had found was a fossil. Jim was as excited as if somebody had present1946 model ed him with a brand-neautomobile. The serious, brown-eye- d youngster tosses decades and centuries around with great ease. Over the mushroom soup, he dug around in his crowded pockets and produced an object "See this? he asked. "Um, I said. Another piece of rock. "Its a sharks tooth," Jim exThe FCC must decide whether the plained. "Its eight million years old. Dr. Foshag of the Smithsonnew telephone recorder destroys ian Institution gave it to me." the telephones privacy. It might I hurriedly rolled the conversakeep people from wasting telephone tional ball back to 1946. time, and think of all the things you "What does your family think of wouldnt say if you knew they were your fossils." I wanted to know. going to be on the record! 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Human nature is human nature, and is seldom changed by passing a law. But there can be law and order and there is in Nevada without deprivation of personal rights or attempt to legislate morality. Better to have license and control than bootlegging and illegal gambling, says Nevada. The details of a partnership dissolution concern only the persons Involved. But tolerance of human foibles and mistakes is one thing; flouting of laws or obligations is another. Nevada takes its government seriously and tolerates no dishonesty, crime or hypocrisy. Thats the way it is in Nevada and Nevadans like it. Ranchers and Miners. And besides, Nevadans are more interested in prospecting, mining and ranching than they are in regulating the lives and habits of others. They love ranching and herds of sheep and cattle. Town folk and ranchers alike hunt for promising rocks that show a trace of gold, or silver, or other valuable mineral. They like broad highways that take them to lakes and mountains and pleasant valleys. Eating at counters and rubbing elbows with each other, and visitors, is one of their friendly habits The "club, a social center not unlike the continental cafe, is a community institution. Those who drive rapidly through Nevada, or stop only in its clubs to drink and try their gambling luck, will never know the state. Nevadas mountains have produced nearly two billion dollars of mineral wealth, chiefly in gold, silver and copper. Other important minerals are lead, zinc, quicksilver, tungsten, sulphur, graphite, borax, gypsum and building stone. No one can estimate its untouched, undiscovered and undeveloped wealth. But Nevada is a desert!" A desert? A most productive one, then, yielding wool, cattle, sheep, horses, hogs and poultry. The livestock industry is a big one in The states agriculture is varied, and as irrigation advances even more diversification is seen. 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