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Show CALIENTE ITEMS j Operator E. R. Williams, formerly t with the Western Union at Los An- f geles, relieved Operator B. L. Wei- ( ker Jr. for a few days last week, i while the latter went up to Ploche i and took the Master Mason's degree, i i The Pioche base ball team came 1 down to Caliente last Sunday and played the Caliente ball team. The final score waB 15 to 11 in favor of Pioche. The stars of the game were Cook and Fieldson, who work In the Caliente shops. Caliente Telegraph went way over the top, in the victory Loan. The force of'three operators and one messenger mes-senger subscribed for a total of $2150.00, or a per centage of ovfier 411 per cent. This does not include the subscription of $700 made by Lineman Neilan. Tom Neilan, Caliente Lineman, went up against a tough proposition a few days ago, when he went west to look for a ground on No. 51. After Af-ter traveling back and forth between Caliente and Elgin for four days, he finally located the ground on top of a mounain, and in accomplishing the task, he wore out a pair of perfectly good shoes. Lincoln county was one of a few counties in Nevada to exceed their quota in the Victory Liberty Loan drive. The quota was $40,000, and the total amount subscribed was over ov-er $46,000. It is reported in Railway circles that there Is to be an additional fifty cars of fruit daily. |