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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
COSTLY LESSONS IN ECONOMY.
II is Not Always a Matter Of Saving to
Buy Cheap Goods.

Almost every rural community has
within its confines people who have
paid well for experience and have
learned costly lessons as to buying
of goods.
Not long ago in a western town
citizen desired to buy kitchen range.
A visit to the local hardware store
was made and the prices asked by
the dealer were not satisfactory to
the prospective purchaser, who by
the way had his attention attracted
by the advertising in his farm paper
OF "a bargain in a kitchen range.
The range was advertised as equal to
those costing twice the money at the
local store. The citizen sent a
money order to the concern advertis-
Ing the range. and in the course of a
few weeks he was notified by the rail
road agent that the range had ar
rived. In removing 1t from the sta
ton to the farm house, in some mex
plainable way part OF 1t was broken
The broken pieces were taken to the
local hardware store but could not be
duplicated A letter was written to
Of a few weeks duplicate OF the
broken part was received. but 1t was
discovered that 1t would not fit the
stove. 1t had to be returned and a
few weeks later another piece was
sent; then the stove was placed in
use. Within six months the top had
become SO warped that 1t interfered
seriously with the drafts. At the end
Of the year the stove was burned out
and ready for the junk heap. The
purchaser of the stove then deter
mined that he would secure another
range from the home dealer He paid
the home dealer the price he was
asked which was about one-third more
than the poor range cost. and after
few years the range was found to be
as good almost as when first bought.
This is one illustration OF how econ
omy wrongfuily practiced is ex-
pensive. 1t is not always wise to
seek the bargain counters when good
articles are wanted Neither Is IL
wise idea 10 buy goods before you
have an opportunity to carefully ex-
mime them and determine their
-alue.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
Novel Scheme Pays Well

A young Philadelphia woman of
good family but reduced means, who
has retained an extensive acquaint-
ance among her aristocratic associates.
has hit upon a novel and original
means OF earning livelihood by the
use OF her voice and excellent reading
ability. She has combined some Of
her wealthy friends of advanced years
into reading circle. who listen to her
over their telephones for about an
hour day and pay her generously by
the week for her entertainment.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
MUST NOT ASSAULT GHOST.
At Least, In Germany the offense May
Bring imprisonment.

Berlin.-A citizen of Wasungen
named Bach has Just pleaded vainly
to the court of criminal appeal at
Meiningen his right to attack ghost.
The story begins on December 81.
when a fellow citizen named Koenig
told Bach II he would share his night
vigil as watchman he would see a
flickering light In the churchyard. as
Koenig had done for years when the
old year died.
Bach went armed with a revolver
and sword. He saw a spectral light
and ran to the churchyard. where he
hailed a dim figure. Receiving no re-
ply. he slashed with his sword. The
wounds caused the ghost to cry for
mercy. The ghost proved to be a man
who. influenced by an ancient supersti-
ton, burned branches of certain
tree In the churchyard to immunize
himself and others from supposed
evils.
Bach was subsequently sentenced
to six months Imprisonment for
wounding him. He appealed on the
ground that he really attacked
specter and 1t was merely an accident
that he hurt a man. The judges seem
to have held that even a ghost is en-
titled to protection, and the sentence
was confirmed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
The Tell Tale Voice.

IF you want to tell whether or not
the man you are talking to is telling
the truth don't look him In the eyes"
said a Denver bank teller to some
friends. 1T is the voice. when you
don't look at the eyes. that tells you
whether the other fellow is lying. We
use the system frequently in the bank.
man will come in to tell us some
business tale. We look at his feet or
his hands or his knees. but never In
his eyes. If he's telling the truth his
voice will be firm and straightforward.
and the absence of your gaze in his
eyes will not affect 1t. But II he's
lying he'll be confused by your ac-
ton, and his voice will tremble; he'll
hem and haw, and clear his throat.
You may rest assured then that he's
stringing you"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
Boy In Misery IL Years-Eczema In
Rough Scales, Itching and In
fiamed-Cured by Cuticura.

"Cuticura has put stop to twelve
years OF misery l passed with my son.
AS an infant l noticed on his body q
red spot and treated same with differ
ent remedies for about five years, but
when the spot began to get larger 1
put him under the care of doctors.
Under their treatment the disease
spread to four different parts OF his
body. During the day it would get
rough and form like scales. At night
1t would be cracked. infiamed and bad
ly swollen. with terrible burning and
itching. One doctor told me that my
sons eczema was incurable. and gave
1t up. decided to give Cuticura a trial.
When had used the first box OF Cuti-
cura Ointment there was great i'm
provement. and by the time had used
the second set of Cuticura Remedies
my child was cured. He is now twelve
years old. and his skin is as fine and
smooth as silk. Michael Steinman, 7
Sumner Avenue. Brooklyn. N. Y, April
16, 1906"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
DROPS FIRE in U. s. MAIL BOX.
Small Boy Sets Fire to Letters In the
Nations Capital.

Washington.-If the citizens in the
vicinity of Eleventh and streets,
northeast, fail to get receipts for
checks they mailed. or in case they
do not receive answers to certain let
ters, let them not say thief or blame
the post office department. for the
contents of mail box in that locality
were burned.
About 4:30 o'clock In the afternoon
a splendidly bad little boy in that
neighborhood. who Is not known, ex-
tracted handful of matches from his
mothers kitchen. He had great sport
scratching them on the wall for a
while, but that palled on him. Then
he tried lighting them with his teeth,
but the sulphur was found to be In
digestible, and he began burning pa
per, but he was chased away by good
little boys.
At last. impelled by some strange
freak. he lighted several of the
after giving the flames a good start
within his hands, dropped them in a
letter box. He waited n moment,
then dropped some more, and after a
while a few more. AS the first curls
of smoke issued forth the mischievous
youngster ran away.
The smoke attracted the attention
of Guy Melee, a druggist at Eleventh
and c streets, who extinguished the
fire, but not until 20 letters had been
destroyed. No arrests have been made.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
Greed Fatal to eIaoksnake.

Altoona. Pa."Martin Crissman, a
Sinking valley farmer. killed a black.
snake six feet three inches long. The
cries Of a rabbit attracted his atten-
tion to a clump of bushes. where he
found the snake trying to swallow
bunnie. Three rabbits and two birds
were found in the snake when 1t was
cut open.
Farmers report that snakes are
more plentiful in the region this sum-
mer than for many years. They
claim that. owing to the many spring
rains, there were no forest fires, and
the usual number of reptiles escaped
roasting. The copperhead is unusual
ly numerous.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
SELLING INDIAN GIRLS.
Beautiful Ones Auetioned on to High.
est Bidder.

Revelstoke, B. C.-Fourteen hun
dred dollars was the price paid for
an Indian girl. nine years old. at big
potlatch at Albert Bay. Another
maiden, about IS years old. who evil
brought $1,000 on the open market.
The money in both cases went into
the general fund of the potlatch.
Two thousand Tsimpseans are in
the gathering. and, judging from the
piles of $50 gold pieces. blankets. furs
and other articles. $4,000 has been
donated to the general fund.
There was a touch of romance In
the sale of the nine-year-old Indian
girl. Two warriors had journeyed far
in their canoes to get the much COW
eted beauty. One was a grizzled old
warrior and the other youth. select
ing a wife for the first time. Bids
for the girl went up steadily. and at
last the limit for the youth was
reached. when the quotation climbed
to 81. 400, and the damsel was knocked
down to the old veteran. who is at the
festival with his wife and family of
a dozen or so children.
The girl who was sold for 81 900
was secured by young Indian who
was looking for wife. Some months
ago these auctions were reported to
the Dominion officials at Ottawa. and
1t was declared that energetic steps
were being taken to suppress them.
but from latest accounts 1t appears
that nothing has been done to stamp
out the evil
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08

America has become land OF ner-
vous emotionalists. largely owing to
our sins against the dietetic health
laws of nature.
only outdoor exercise in a cold eli
mate would enable vigorous individ-
uals of our species to digest the viands
forced upon alimentary organs enfee-
bled by sedentary occupations" wrote
DR.. Felix Oswald.
Brain workers must have different
food than laborers. because brain work
uses up parts of the brain and nerve
centers. while physical labor uses up
other parts of the body.
Grape-Nuts. a food for brain work
ers. prepared by scientific food makers.
is pure, natural food made from Sc
lected parts Of field grains known to
contain the natural phosphate OF pot
ash and other elements required by
the system in rebuilding and repair
ing the brain and nerve centers. This
food is skillfully cooked at the factory
and Is ready to be served instantly
with cream AT all first-class grocers
and made by the Postum Co.. at Battle
Creek. Mich. Read the little health
classic. The Road to wellville," in
pkgs. There's Reason"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08

fore using Doan's Kidney Pills I suf-
fered everything from kidney troubles
for year and a half. l had pain In
the back and head, and almost contin-
uous in the loins and felt weary all
the time. A few doses of Doan's Kid
ney Pills brought great relief. and I
kept on taking them until in a short
time was cured. think Doan's Kid
ney Pills are wonderful"
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. ". Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
Care of Shade Trees.

While shade trees are very desirable
along sidewalks and roads, unless
they are kept well trimmed they be
come much of nuisance. preventing
evaporation of rains and helping make
muddy streets. 1t is well for citizens
OF every town to look after the trim
ming of shade trees. and the planting
of shade trees where they are needed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08

tney get out OF oruer
1t causes backache.
headaches, dizziness
languor and Distress
ing urinary troubles.
Keep the kidneys well
and all these suffer-
ings will be saved
you. Mrs. S.A. Moore,
proprietor OF a res
taurant at Water
vile. Mo-. says: Be
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
Making a Good start.

Doctor = Madam, your husband
must have absolute rest.
Madam-Well, doctor, he won't
listen to me-
Doctor-A very good beginning.
madam-a very good beginning
Stray Stories.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
Watching the Knife Play.

There is an awful fascination
about seeing people eat with their
knives said he who has Just spent
a week on the farm for this health,
with a retrospective look in his eyes.
"A knife is such an unexpected in
strument. You never know just where
1t is going to strike. You can't keep
your eyes Off. You are afraid to look
for fear 1t might slip and cut the
mouth half in two. and you are afraid
II you don't look 1t might happen and
you won't get to see It,"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
A4s:$;444a15SSxpp''k A$41SSx q
NJ FARM
A AAMs,,s tit

Health in the hen is indicated by
her activity.
Don't sell OF the best animals. keep
them for breeders.
Begin small and work up is good ad-
vice for the farmer.
There will always be a demand for
the all-purpose horse.
Cement feeding floors in hog houses
are growing in favor
Seeds of all kinds keep best in a
dry, even temperature.
sheep on the farm is becoming a
more popular proposition.
Idle land in many cases might be
profitably planted to trees.
The cows must have pure water II
the milk is to be wholesome.
1t is not more rain but more top
dressing which many soil needs.
Cement hollow blocks as building
material for silos are growing in
favor.
Use a very little salt in the mash
for the hens. A little is good for
them.
Gapes, cholera, etc, seldom occur
In 1ocks that are kept on dry sandy
ground.
Onion seed is greatly inferior after
the first year and worthless after the
second.
The separator is quite indispensable
on the farm where much cream is
handled.
The pig that will get ready for mar
ket In the shortest time is one which
returns the most profit.
The expense and trouble of thinning
out is more than repaid by the i'm
proved quality of the fruit.
The orchard is a good place to pas
ture hogs if precautions are taken to
prevent injury to the trees.
Pedigreed stock is all right, but be
sure you have the individual points
which mark the superior animal
Spread a dust blanket over your
soil and keep the moisture in where
the plants can make use of 1t.
The conditions under which the
hogs live while fattening determine
largely the returns they will give for
the feeding.
Salt the stock regularly, or better
still, have the salt box so placed that
the animals can help themselves as
they desire.
Don't keep more stock than you can
properly handle. Better fewer and
more thrifty animals than large herds
OF scrubby stock.
Use the disk and harrow unsparing-
ly on the ground which is to be sown
to alfalfa in September. Work the
soil after each rain.
Keep the currycomb busy on the
horse these hot days. He will be in
better condition for work If the dried
sweat is cleaned Off
Keeping the manure away from the
barn in warm weather greatly lessons
the plague of flies, as this is their
chief breeding ground
Gather the eggs from the nests as
often as possible, and thus prevent
their becoming soiled, or tempting
some investigating hen to eat them.
No greater influence for the i'm
provement of dairy herds in a COM
munity can be found than the forma-
tion Of cooperative test associations.
Get rid of all the roosters you do
not want to raise for breeding pur-
poses when they weigh about two
pounds ss they bring the best prices
then.
1t is a mistake to thresh grain too
soon after it is stacked. Much of the
grain will go into the straw pile and
the thresher blamed If it is threshed
while in a sweat.
II you save your own seed be sure
and save only the best specimens of
each kind. II you buy your seed be
sure and secure only good seed, pur-
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08
TIRED sAcks.

The kidneys have great work to
do In keeping the blood pure. When
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08

Remember, young man. II you are
not satisfied with your Job. the
chances are that the boss will not
refuse to accept your resignation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08

Prof r. S. Shaw. of Michigan Agri-
cultural college. says that this coun-
try possesses about "a per cent or
little more, of all the cattle of the
world. 81 per cent. of the swine, IA
per cent of the sheep. or our posi-
ton in the worlds production, judged
from the standpoint of quality, he
does not speak SO highly. Illinois he
credits with having shown more unity
of purpose among live stock breeders
than other states. The question of
quality" he says. is dependent upon
that OF unity. Where breeds are mix.
ed we find an awful condition of af.
fairs as to quality. II some guiding
hand would draw a clean-cut distinc.
tioE between the dairy and meat bust.
ness-if we could just colonize these
two industries and prevent them from
mixing. 1t would be a blessing SO FAR
as the general quality OF our Live
stock Il concerned"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-08

If you save your own seed be sure
each kind. II you buy your seed be
sure and secure only good seed, pur-
chasing from a reliable firm.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-11-09
Financial Conditions Better

The financial situation throughout
the country is reported to have greatly
improved this week. The banks in all
the larger cities are continuing to Issue
clearing house certificates for all de-
mands. and the savings banks still de-
mand advance notice for the withdrawal
Of funds.
In Nevada the State Bank and Trust
Company and Nye and Ormsby County
Banks have not yet resumed business,
but are negotiating with their deposit
tors and ~eudeavoring to have the latter
sign an agreement for the gradual with
drawal of their funds at stated periods,
namely, 10 per cent within three months
20 per cent within six months. 20 per
cent within nine months, and 90 per
cent within ~ months.
All the other banks throughout the
State that closed in compliance with
the holiday proclamation declared by
Governor Sparks, which ended last
Tuesday, have r~e-opened and are now
doing business.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-11-09

gresham Theodore L. Burton, Chair
man of the House Commute on Rivers
and Harbors, who had the support OF
all the large corporations in Cleveland,
and the National Administration.
Craffers Dot0ned at San Francisco
In San Francisco there was a clear
cut victory for the Good Government
ticket headed by the present incumbent,
Mayor Edward r. Taylor, who was
elected mayor by a plurality of $4,000.
District Attorney Langdon was r~e.elect
ed by a plurality of 10000.
f. J. Heney. head OF the graft prose-
cution in that city, commenting on the
victory, had this to say:
1.-THE issue of this campaign was
clear-cut: Shall the public service cor
porations corruptly control the munich
pality, and is any man above the law
The laboring classes. indicated the
confidence which every great statesman
of America has placed in their integrity
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-11-09
ORMSBY COUNTY IN TROUBLE
About SS0,000 in Closed Bank,
Directors of Which Are the
Treasures Bondsmen

Carson City. Nevada, Nov. 4.-Quite
a sensation was created here to-day
when the County Commissioners met to
allow the October bills for Ormsby
County. County Treasurer Patterson
was obliged to make the painful an
nouncement that all of the county's
money was locked up in one Of the tenn
porarily closed banks.
He was then directed to call upon his
bondsmen for the money. when it de-
veloped that he secured his bondsmen
by the simple, easy and effective pro-
cess of selecting the directors Of the
bank in which he had deposited the
money. The mou is said to aggre-
gate as high as $4,000. He exhorted
mis- bondsmen to such effect that 5000
was shortly forthcoming from Reno, &c
square the county's indebtedness for
the month.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-11-09
AGAIN UNDER S. P. CONTROL
Road From Ogden to Sparks
Comes Back to It's Old
Management

The announcement comes through a
circular from headquarters at Salt Lake
that the Southern Pacific Company has
again become the owner of the Oregon
Short Line Railroad in Nevada. Under
the new order of things the control OF
the road from Green River, Wyoming.
to Ogden, Utah, will revert to the Union
Pacific, and that of the road from Og-
den to Sparks, Nevada, will go into the
hands of the Southern Pacific. h
tracks are owned and were originally
controlled by these roads, but for sew
eral years the traffic has been under the
operating department of the Oregon
Short Line. The significance of the
move has not been explained by the
companies. but it is understood that
these orders foreshadow other import
ant changes in the Hartman railroad
system. Under the new plan the
freight will pass over only two roads
instead of three as formerly. which it is
thought will result in less congestion of
freight.
By the terms Of the circular the
Oregon Short Line relinquishes control
of the 176 miles of the Union Pacific
tracks from Green River to Ogden and
the $50 miles from Ogden to Sparks
over the Southern Pacific. This rams.
fer Of operation to the original COM
panies will make a tremendous differ
ence in the operating department OF
the Oregon Short Line. since the road
relinquished represents more than one.
third of the Oregon Short Line system.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-11-09
I, CROOKED LAND TRANSACTION
George Ernst Alleged to Have Bested
Fallon Doctor

Arguments in the case Of DIR. A. H.
Heppner vs.. George Ernst are being
heard in the district our at Reno be-
fore Judge Pike. The case was heard
in the district court at Fallon some time
2 and the argument ordered heard in
The court at Reno. The case has at
;racted considerable attention through
ont the State. aud was brought by hepp-
ner to recover a portion Of the money
paid for a piece of land purchased by
him from George Ernst. The land is
located near Fallon, aud Is considered
the finest in that vicinity. Heppner al
leses that he paid 1900 for the prop
erty, with the understanding that 1t
contained 400 acres under cultivation
with a perfect water right. he claims
that on investigation the land he iound
| there was only $50 acres under cuitiva-
ton, and that the water right was own
ed by the United States.-Reno Gazette.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-11-09
Divorces In Nevada Are Easy
$1,000.

James K. Harvey Of the Bureau of Statistics while in Reno re-
Gently on his way to California stated that Nevada was getting a
reputation for the laxity of her divorce laws. He stated that it was
a conceded fact all over the country that divorces in this State were
easy to procure, and the Corey case is the main one held up for ex-
ample. He further stated that he had looked up this one case and
had found that the district attorney, Craig of Washoe County, had
received a big fee for engineering the deal through and is now hold
ing down a high salaried position in the East through his efforts in
getting the divorce of Mrs Corey. He has sent the facts to the de-
partment at Washington. He is of the opinion that a Federal law
governing the divorcing of couples will be enacted by Congress when
it convenes ~again-Carson Appeal
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-11-09
To ALI Whom It May Concern

You are hereby notified that approved
plats OF the survey of the following
townships have been received from the
United States Surveyor General of
Nevada, to-wit:
Township 10 north. Range "a east.
20 -" "a east.
81 "a east.
The aforesaid township plats will be
filed in this Office December 10, 1907,
and thereafter this Office will be pre-.
pared to receive entries for said lands
All settlers or persons claiming a pre-
ferred right to any portion thereof
must file their claims or entry to said
land within three months after Decem'
Der 10. 1907.
LOUIS j. COIN. Register,
EARL w. FREMONT. Receiver.
Carson City. Nevada. Oct, 81, 1907.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-11-09
Wholesalers Give Carsonites Time

Wholesalers Give Carsonites Time
A number of Carson business men re-
ceived statements Of their accounts
from the wholesalers of California Sat-
urday, and in every instance, SO far as
we can learn. the wholesalers have &C
companied their statement by a letter
stating that they realize the financial
condition here at the present time. and
will not in any way force the collection
OF the bills owed by the merchants here.
Carson Appeal
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-11-09
Cashiers Checks at winnemucca

The First National Bank at Winnie
mucca has been forced TO limit the
Withdrawals of cash. The bank has
placed itself practically OF the same
clearing house basis as has been adopted
in Reno and elsewhere. Instead OF
clearing house certificates. cashiers
checks will be issused by the bank and
these will be used the same as coin
among the local business men. This
step is taken to protect the depositors
and to prevent the money in the bank
from being shipped to other points.