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The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02
METHoDIsM TO BE ADVANCED.
Ten Thousand Dollars Will Be Raised
To Be Used in the Work in
Colorado

Denver.-Bishop H. w. Warren of
the Methodist Church for this district
left Denver recently for the Pacific
coast to attend the annual fall con
ference of bishops of the Methodist
Church, and on his return will bring
s1O,SO0 for the advancement of Meth
odism in Colorado.
This sum represents Colorado's
share of $75O,0OO to be appropriated
the coming year by the Methodist
Church for home missions, which
money is to be apportioned at meet
ing of the committee on home missions
of bishops, to be held November 14th
at Portland, Oregon. The Methodist
denomination will also distribute ST.
100000 the coming year for ereign
missionary work. This will be appor-
toned at a meeting of the committee
on foreign missions of the bishops, to
be held on November 18th at Seattle.
In speaking of the large amount of
money to be spent for missionary work
in this country-only $3.50, 900 less than
that to be used for spreading the gos-
pei in foreign lands-Bishop Warren
said that America was looked upon
now as the most foreign of all lands,
and a great missionary work had to be
done here. The gospel is being taught
in sixteen languages in this country.
The money to be expended in the
coming year for missionary work is
the largest amount yet set aside for
this work by the Methodist Church.
There is a steady advance each year"
said Bishop Warren. The Sl0,SOO for
Colorado is exclusive of what will be
given for new church building.
Each year the bishops of the Meth
odist Church meet soon after the reg
ular fall conferences. The purpose is
to report on the work of the respective
conferences and to lay plans for the
months to follow.
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02
Pays $4,000 Monthly Dividends.

Goldfield, Nev-The Goldfield Con
solidated Mines Company this after
noon reconsidered the action of de-
claring quarterly dividend of $780,
900, and agreed to abide by the orig
inal decision to make the payments
monthly at the late of S3G0,OOO or 10
cents share. The next dividend will
be payable November 27th.
The company also took peremptory
action to combat The smelter trust,
which recently placed obnoxious exac-
tions on the local shippers by refusing
to make payment on less than smelter
returns, involving delay of sixty days
in effecting settlements.
1t was ordered that the management
lease the 300-ton mill at Wadsworth.
Nevada, and ship all ore to that point,
This will take 800 tons daily. The
combination mill now running in Gold.
field will consume 100 tons daily and
the Kinkaid mill, which has been out
of service for over a year. will also be-
leased. This will give the company a
total capacity Of $50 tons day. The
manager was instructed to have plans
drawn for huge mill of 300 tons ca
pacity to be erected here at an ex.
pense of 100000, SO that in the future
there will not arise any question of
treating consolidated ores.
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02
Judge Indicted for Deaths in Wreck.

Charleston. Ill.-Several bench war
rants were issued today for the arrest
of officials and employees of the Mat
toon City Railway Company, operat-
ing the Charleston & Mattoon Interur-
ban lines, as the result of a wreck
near this city last August, in which
eighteen passengers were killed. Judge
Peter S. Grosscup of the United States
Circuit Court at Chicago is among
those indicted The others are Direct
ors Underwood, Sampsell and Rose OF
Chicago President Potter. Superinten-
dent Moore and Motorman Bits.
Motorman McClar, who, as alleged
by the company, was responsible for
the accident, by running an express
car between stations without orders,
has not been indicted. Criminal negli-
gence tending to produce manslaugh-
ter is the charge against the seven
men named.
Judge Grosscup was informed Of his
indictment just as he was about to
take the bench today. He said: This
thing hurts. My friends. l am sure,
know that have tender regard for
human life and suffering and desire
to deal justly with all men. l can only
say that the accident was due solely
to human error in carrying out or
ders-and that my sole connection
with it is that was director OF the
! company at that time"
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02
Motor Mania.

Speed mania seiZes those who are
primarily living on their nerves. Add
to this condition the fact that their
unframed and undeveloped muscles
and nerve centers are unable to act
in instant unison, and the cause of
these fatal accidents is not far to
seek. When the moment arrives for
instantaneous action the driver is
helpless, and the powerful car and its
occupants are hurled to death. II
you are staying at the seashore and
an acquaintance-a middle-aged busi-
ness man-rents a sailboat and asks
you carefully consider whether he is
an experienced sailor. If he had not
had early and constant experience
with boats and sea you do not hesi-
tate to refuse his invitation to go out
and get drowned Now, if this same
man offers to take you out in his 40
horse power auto you all accept with
alacrity. Consider for moment says
w. l.. Harvard, M. D., in Saturday
Evening Post, where the danger most
lies-in boat where you all have
some chance should she get capsized
or in the auto going 40 miles an hour
when it turns over? 1t is the same
old, worn story. Where knowledge
and experience step in We use judg-
ment; where thing is new to us we
have no fear. Like a little child, we
fear not because we know not Those
blinded to all sense of danger by the
psychic excitement of great speed are
those ignorant of the force of inertia
They are unframed in the judging of
speed and distances; they have no
grip upon their nervous system; the
operators at the different brain cen
ters have never gone on duty, and in
a fever of sped impulses these unfit
ted men rush on to destruction.
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02
HYqiene for the Schools.

AS a result of the recent discussion
about the health of the school chill
dren, the New York board of educa-
ton is contemplating the establish
ment of a department of school hy-
giene. 1t will be the duty of this de-
partment to act in an advisory capac-
ity on all matters relating to the
health of the pupil and to recommend
safeguards for the protection of his
physical welfare. Realizing that it is
equally important to conserve the
health Of the child as to plant the
seeds OF knowledge in its BRAIN most
OF the school commissioners are sup
porting the scheme. Although it will
probably cost at least $4,000 to put
the proposal into operation, says the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican. these
commissioners believe that the money
would be spent In an excellent cause,
and that this expenditure would be
generally approved by the taxpayers.
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02
OKLAHOMA TO BE A STATE.
President Roosevelt Doesn't Like All
of the Constitution-But-.

Washington. President Roosevelt
will! issue the proclamation admitting
the new state of Oklahoma on Satur-
day, November 10th, next. The con
stitution was formally placed in his
hands by Governor FrantZ and large
delegation from Oklahoma.
The constitution is typewriter on
parchment and does not contain the
election ordinances.
While not enthusiastic over its
terms, President Roosevelt regards it
within the terms of the enabling act,
and holds that he has no further dis.
cretion and will sign the constitution
Those accompanying Governor Frantz
include Judge b. H. Clayton, state
delegate; P. s. Cunningham, Silas
Reid, candidate for attorney general
of the new state. and C. e. Hunter
chairman OF the Republican state cen.
trail committee.
The issuance of the proclamation
on Saturday. November 10th. will
start the machinery of Oklahoma as a
state.
The function Of presenting certi
fled copy of the constitution was car.
ried out in conformity with the terms
Of the enabling act. which provides
that the copy shall be presented by
the governor of the territory of Okla
homa and the federal Judge, senior
in service, in the Indian Territory
Governor Frantz of Oklahoma and
Judge Clayton of Indian Territory
constituted the official committee. The
constitution was enclosed in red
leather case. This was unclasped and
Governor Frantz stated as he laid II
before the President tina. he formally
presented certified copy OF the con
stitution OF Oklahoma together with
a statement Of the election returns.
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02
spUDs ARE KING IN MONTE VISTA
Eishtythree Dollars an Acre Average
Profit on San Luis Crop.

Monte Vista, Colo.-Potato digging
is just about finished here, and the
astounding number of 100000 bushels
were raised this year in the territory
contiguous to Monte Vista. Two thirds
of this enormous crop have already
/ been shipped to Eastern and Southern
markets and the other third will be dis
posed Of within week
| No trouble whatever has been expe
rienced in finding a market for San
Luis valley ''spuds," and in many sec
tions of the East and South they com
mand premium over the world-re
nowned Greeley potato.
Five hundred thousand bushels is
100000 hundred weight, and, taking
present price of so cents per hundred
weight as an average price, it is read
lily seen that the crop is worth $780,
0O0
Nearly $25O,OOO has been added to
the wealth of the farmers around
Monte vista from the sale of this, mi
nor crop; for, Notwithstanding its gi-
gantic proportions, this must be con.
sidered' a minor crop in view of its
small acreage, as only about 1000 of
the 100000 acres of farmable land
within twelve miles of Monte Vista
Vista were planted in potatoes this
year.
One need not be dreamer" to see
that the San Luis valley has latent pos
sibilties which, if properly developed,
would make 1t a potato-raising territory
unsurpassed in the world
AS to the profits realized this year, it
is seen from the above figures that the
average gross income from an acre of
potatoes is $120. The average expense,
assuming that a farmer does not do any
of the work himself, but hires it all
done, has been calculated to be $37 per
acre; thus it is seen that the average
profit, clear of all expenses, to the San
Luis valley potato raiser for the year
of 1907 is $50 per acre. The original
cost of this land is but $50 to $50 per
acre. Not much wonder that the land
investors are arriving in Monte Vista
by the hundreds. Land like this will
not be on the market for an average of
$45 per acre much longer.
A few representative crops are given
below:
George Cole has the largest yield per
acre yet reported: Off of four acres
he raised 1926 bushels, or 574 bushels
per acre. which, when sold, netted him
q profit Of about $3.50 per acre.
E. c. Wright had in seventy acres,
which netted him profit of $125 an
acre, clear of all expenses. And this
on land which he paid $50 an acre for
about year ago.
Zinser brothers had in 130 acres.
which yielded $4,000 bushels. or 2S0
bushels per acre, which netted them a
clear profit of nearly 500 per acre.
]. S. Campbell sold $2,465 worth off
OF an eighteen-acre field.
Tom Johnson raised 1000 bushels on
a Observation-Disclosures patch. These,
when sold. brought $716, or 1853 per
acre gross
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02
Praqmatism.

A new name for some old ways Of
thinking, pragmatism is to philosophy
what court of arbitration is to CAPT
tai and labor; it attempts to mediate
between arrogant rationalism and
complacent common sense. Essential
1y independent, it follows neither the
professional philosopher on his high a
priori road, nor the man in the street
with his cocksure notions of truth;
rather does it strive to tread path
between the two, a via media from
which may be obtained the ideal out
look of the one and the concrete prac-
ticability of the other. In this role of
mediator, says the Bookman, pragma.
tism exhibits its adaptabilty to mod
ern demands, finding the world sick of
distractions, and, at the same time un-
inspired by the current scientific be-
liefs, it offers itself as tonic to tired
minds, a pungent compound which will
restore the jaded appetite for the
speculative life. Here it claims eff
cheney for the most opposite types of
men-the rationalists. who go by prin-
ciples, the empiricists, who go by
facts-for it seems to possess a re-
markable insight into the varied
symptoms of each.
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
"Free From Famine, Pestilence, and
From War;" Cause for Thanks.

Washington.-The Presidents an
nual Thanksgiving proclamation, Sc
lecting Thursday, November 2Sth, for
the people to assemble to pray that
they may be given strength to so order
their lives as to deserve continuation
of the manifold blessings of the past
year, triumphantly declares that no
where in the world is there such an op-
portunity for free people to develop
to the fullest extent all powers of body,
mind and character.
During the last year we have been
free from famine. from pestilence, from
war;" it declares. Our natural re-
sources are at least as great as those
of any nation. Much has been given
us from on high and much will rightly
be expected of us in return. Into our
care the ten talents have been en-
trusted. and we are to be pardonel
neither If we squander and waste them,
nor yet il We hide them in a napkin.
I'VE should earnestly pray that the
spirit Of righteousness may grow
greater in the hearts of all and that
our souls may be inclined even more to-
ward the virtues that tell the gentle
ness, for loving kindness and forbear-
ance one with another, for without
these qualities neither nation nor indi-
vidual can rise to the level of great
ness"
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02

Arizona and New Mexico. having de-
cided by popular vote that they did
not care to be united in one state, will
remain territories for while longer.
The president has announced that he
will not urge their union upon con-
gress. He thinks the wishes OF the
people should be respected. If irriga.
ton does for these territories all that
is expected. 1t will not be many years
before they will become SO populous
and prosperous that their demand to
be made independent states will be
met.
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02
II Pays to Raise Fruit.

The unusual productivity of fruit
land on the Western Slope is attract.
ing attention in all parts of the coun.
try. johnson & Glasco. real estate
dealers of Grand Junction, give the fol
lowing facts concerning the profit of
individuals from one acre of ground
each:
James A. Becker sold from less than
one acre Of Jonathan trees, $3.50
worth of apples.
Mike Figuski sold $1,572 worth of
pears from one acre.
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02

The professional pie bitter occupa.
ton will soon be gone. With the rise
in pastry he will be compelled to re-
trench. Luckily. however, doughnuts
remain at the same old price, and the
New Englander can afford to have
them with his matutinal coffee.
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02

London chemists are alleged to have
discovered that two-thirds of the
weight of girl is composed Of sugar.
Don't let 1t be known in this country
or the sugar trust will be monopoli.,
Ing the girls.
The Glenwood post., 1907-11-02
EX-GOVERNOR 10 A BOOSTER.
Tells Of Wonderful Prosperity In New
Mexico and the West.

Not at all worried about the finan-
cial flurries, though anxious over the
condition of his son, Miguel A. Otero.
Jr, who lies i'll of typhoid fever at
st. Joseph's hospital, Miguel A. Otero,
Sr., former governor of New Mexico,
heavy dealer in stocks and bonds, in
lands, live stock and mines, talked con-
fidently of that vast and prosperous
territory in which he first saw the
light and prophesied great things for
New Mexico.
We are going right ahead with ev-
cry branch of industry. 1t is astonish-
ing even to me, who have been in the
territory all my life and seen it grow,
when l travel about and see the rapid
strides that are being made in the de-
velopment of our resources.
Take the Estancia valley, for in
stance-I was down there the other
day Now, you well remember. and so
do l, when all that beautifully-si
area was as bare as your hand. Well.
now there isn't an acre of that valley
that isn't taken up. and you ought to
have seen the Estancia farmers ex-
hibits at the Albuquerque fair. Such
fruits, grains, melons and general farm
products you will seldom see. even in
the older and better cultivated re-
gions.
And the mining regions are taking
on a new lease of prosperity. Rich
strikes are reported regularly and in
every way the future continues to
brighten for us.
Population Increases.
Our population is being added to at
an enormous rate, so much so that
believe the census which will be taken
three years from now will show that
we have 100000 residents in New Mex
leo.
I'VE are all overjoyed, too, at the
prospect for single statehood, which
is now better than it ever has been be-
fore. There is no longer any doubt
that President Roosevelt favors our
plea for statehood, and you know what
it means when Roosevelt wants a
thing to happen. So we expect the
Congress at its session this winter to
pass the enabling act. We can then
hold constitutional convention and
arrange for vote on the constitution
in April. At the same time candi-
dates for state Offices may be voted
on. We will then be state in full
operation as such and next fall we will
be able to vote for President and en-
JOY the privilege so long denied us"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1907-10-30
Public Meeting Postponed.

The public meeting announced for
this evening by the Chamber OF Com
merce Mt which steps TO secure mod.
eru sewer system tor Elko we're to have
been taken, has been postponed until
tOmorro" evening at o'clock. The
postponement was made necessary by
the fact that Judge Browns courtroom,
where the meeting was TO have been
held, will be needed for court business
this evening. and the opera house be.
ing engaged, there is no euitable place
for large public gathering. The meet
ing will be held at the court house, to-
morrow night, and let everybody inter
esled i'll the bettetment OF local co ndi-
tions be ON hand.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1907-10-30
HARTMAN A GOOD sNoRER
Correspondent Ready to Declare That
Is No SANDER

Il. II. Hartman and party arrived
from the west over the Union Pacific
III a special train at $50 o'clock one
recent Saturday morning, says the
omaha Bee. The party passed through
Omaha several weeks ago on the way
west on an inspection tour of the Har-
riman lines.
The dire suspicion that Mr.. Harri.
man never sleeps, or at least that
he sleeps with one eye open, has at
icaSt Deen proven fallacious. He does
sleep and he sleeps with both ewes
shut like other mortal men, and he
lies on his back and shores in a
tashlon that would do any mans heart
good to hear. These discoveries were
made by reporter for the Bee, who
peeEed between the slightly parted
shutters of his stateroom in hopes OF
getting a short interview with the
great railroad magnatc and perchancc
finding out the exact date of tho
starting of the new Union Pacific
headquarters. On his way west he
had said; when I get the money"
There in .hc moonlight. cold and
gray.
Speechlcss and beautiful he lay"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1907-10-30
300 Reward, SIOO,

rho readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn thai there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all It's stages, and
shat is Catarrh. ilaile Catnrrh Cure Is
the only positive cure known TO the
medical fraternity. Catnrrh being a
constitutional disease, requires Il con
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the syetcm, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease. and giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing
it's work. The propricturs have so much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
!hHf il failstO cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F.J CHENEY g. CO., Tolcdo, o.
Sold by druggists, - cents.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1907-10-30
T. firing G05gGr Business.

Notice is hereby given
to the public chat | have dc
cidcd to close out my Jewel
~ Department connected
with Seymour Jacobs Store.
All goods must be closed
out within next two weeks.
Cut Glass, Silvcrwarc, Stcr-
ling Silver, Clocks Etc. ut
factory prices to avoid pack
ing and transportation. An
opportunity to buy jcwcIry
at prices never before offer
ed. Safe, Wall Case and
Show Cases for Sale.
II. FRIEDRICH.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1907-10-30
Mysteries of The Sea That Are Never Solved

Mysteries OF The Sea That Are Never Solved
The tolling OF the Lutiue's bell at
Lloyd's Tor missing vessel as large us
the steamship Nicaraguan Is fortunately
rare event; but "the legion of lost ones"
is probably Il much larger one than the
public kuo., nn underwater said yes
terday:
Last year, for instance, seventeen
British and fourteen foreign vessels
were posted AS missing the passen = ers
and crews totatung 1000 The ) ear 1882
was record year, lat sailing vessels
and twenty five steamers being posted;
20O0 pass sngers and crew went with that
huge fleet. The Nicaraguan is not the
first steamer to vanish this year, either,
for 1t was only recently that hope was
aboudoned Cor the fine steamer Dulver.
ton.
Mutually, SIC ".u;3s:aSs" tcad to
decrease III numbers among steam ers ,
ton and increase III individual tonnage,
but sailing vessels have the same
tendency as ever to become NY tories
There Is every year AN ung the "nIss-
mgo" Il nUmber of ancient scandinavian
craft, and the west country schuncre,
which take salt to Newfoundland and
come back with fish, to swell the grim
total.
board Of trade inquiry il always
held, "a look for mere or less proOahlc
reas obs for Il mysterious Disappearance
But obviously it is seldom that any
definite verdict is arrived az. "ThOugh,"
added the underwater, che reason for
the disappearance is often obvious
enough to plain man only some people
are so sensitive that one has to be care
full of ones words. And, get proof
positive of negligence"
Though absolute proof can never be
vessels have vanished because IL light
loadiine Is not insisted on as is the
Phmsoll mark to prevent overloadIng
That reason accounts 10: host OF
missing sailing vessels. They were IN
dcrballasted and turned bottom up.
Then there is no donht that excessive
(but not Illegally deckloads OF Timber
have caused many steamers - disappear
in the winter III the s tlantic,
But IN large number of cases the
missing vessels Will always remain d
mystery. 1t 10 hard to account for the
loss Of such fine liner rs the White
Star Naronic, in February, 1893. She
was of the company's cargo fleet, steel
screw steamer of GOO tons, nearly new,
well equipped and we'll manned. no
exceptionally bad weather in the
Atlantic was reported that February;
no icebergs were reported on the usual
route, and there does not appear to have
been any collision with another vessel,
yet she vanished, all lifcbOate noutluQ
bottom up.
In 1902 the Allan limo IIuroniu :,
equally well found, on a voyage from
Glasgow to st. Johns, vanished like
wise.
The cargo which the missing liner
Nlcaraguan was carrying was one Of
phosphate. 1t is now thought probable,
thou5h it is not known definitely, that
che had passengers on board. Inquiries
have been made by Liverpool gentle
man for n brother whom nc believed to
be on the steamer rs q passenger. Her
accommodation was for thirty pas5eng-
ers.-London Leader.
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Public MePti1u Fashioned
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1907-10-30
"A me lot Ut ftuoue IsIanu heu rOOst-
ers for sale. Inquire Of w. G. Kline. X

There will be 40 meeting Mt the court
mouse tonight. See notice elscwh here.
Tomor ROW will be the 43d anniversary
OF Nevada's admission into the union as
sovereign state.
Every child in town should be at the
opera house tonight. The entertain
ment is free.