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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-17
THE
u. Nc ELROY CO.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Elk0 Nevada

Have for sale ranch with five thous-
and sheep. A splendid summer and
winter range, The price is right.
Drop in and let us tell you about it.
We have ranch of 1000 acres that cuts
from five to six hundred; tons hay.
has good improvements. implements
and equipment, good range. A No. 1
water right and an abundant supply,
with some stock. This place is cheap
and on easy terms.
We have another one that cuts 800 tons
of hay, has $50 head of cattle, rs head
Of horses, good improvements, well
equipped with tools and machinery,
fine water supply, house completely
furnished. IL You are looking for a
money making proposition, this is
your chance.
We have smaller ranches, ranging from
$45O0 up, in price. -,
Now about those residences. We have
house Of five rooms, completely fur
nished. Five lots, good we'll in first
class shape. Price $325O, part down
balance on time.
Another one of six rooms, all furnished.
A good buy at $235O. A payment
down and balance on time.
A good new house with bath room and
modern in every respect, in fine To-
cation and is cheap. Price $1,000.
We have vacant lots in any part of the
town and some bargains. Come in
before the rush starts
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-17
Had a Close Call

Mrs. Ada l.. Groom, the widely
known proprietor of the Groom
Hotel, Vaughn, Miss, says: "For
several months I suffered with q
severe cough, and consumption
seemed to have it's grip on me, when
n friend recommended DR.. KinS's
New Discovery. l began taking it.,
and three bottles affected IL complete
cure The fame of this life saving
cough and cold remedy, and lung
nnd throat healer is world wide.
Sold at Elko Drug Go. 5Oc. and 81 90
Trial bottle free.
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Cold Weather Advice

to, all is to beware of coughs and
colds on the chest; as neglected they
readily lead to pneumonia, conslImp-
tion or other pulmonary troubles.
just as soon az the cough appears
treat it with Ballard's Horehound
Syrup the standard cure of America.
Use as lirected-perfectly harmless.
A cure and preventativef for all di>eas-
es of the lungs. BIC . soc, and $1.0O
per bottle. sold by o-Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-17
Where Bullets Flew

David Parker, OF Fayette, ". Y, u
veteran Of the civil war, who lost IL
foot at Gettysburg. says: "rhe
good Electric Bitters have done is
more than five hundred dollars to
me. spent much money doctoring
for q bad case OF stomach trouble, to
little purpose. then tried Electric
Bitters, and they cured me. now
take them as tonic, and they keep
me strong and we'll" SOC. at Elko
Drug Go.
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Slightly Colder with Snow

When you see that kind of q weather
forecast you know that rheumatism
weather is ut hand. Get ready for it
now by getting bottle of Ballard's
SNOW l-intmert. Finest thing made
for rheinia ism, chilblains, fr,,st
bit"; sore and stiff ffjoints and muscles,
all aches and paius 25c., SOC. and
~ 90. ~ulU by Elk0 Drug 60.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-17

Live In the Country.
City air contains IA times as many
microbes as that of the country.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-17
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET

Members of the Assembly
e. G. RIDDELL
Star Valley
FRANK H. WINTER
Aura
GEORGE MCINTOSH
Carlin
JOHN j. SCHOER
Glover Valley
Sheriff
WILLIAM r. BELLINGER
Lamoille Valley
County Clerk
A. G. DAWLEY
Elko
County Treasurer
MAJOR Fl. MILLER
County Recorder
w. G. GREATHOUSE
Ruby Valley
County Assessor 90
w. NJ. WEATHERS
/: Elko
District Attorney
EDWIN E. GAME
Elko
County Commissioner Hong TERM
WILLIAM WILLIS
Midas
County Commissioner (Short Term)-
GEORGE NJ. MOODY
ElkO
County Surveyor -..-...
CHARLES NJ. HAWS
. " Elko
...
Member of Broad Of Education
w. S. GRISWOLD
Ruby Valley
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A Healthy Family.

Our whole family has enjoyed good
health since we began using Or.
Kings New Life Pills, three years
ago." says l.. A. Bartlett, of Rural
Route 1, Guiliord, Maine. They
cleanse and tone the system i'm q
gentle way that does you good. 25c.
at Elko Drng 60. '.... -
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Sold aud Recommended by
hKO DRUG CO.
The Shoe Man

Having been in the shoe business all
my life, 1 claim to know something
about the business. carry large
stock of mems and women's shoes and
am selling my share. am sorry that
cannot keep cobbler, but i cannot.
So will have to do what repairing I
can and let the rest go. The most of
my time is taken up selling shoes.
A. l.. MAUK, The Shoe Man.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-17
Would Mortaase the Farm

4 farlner on Rural Route 2, Empire,
Ga, W. A. Floyd by name. says:
"Bucklin's Arnica Salve cured the
two worst sores ever saw: one on
my hnnd and one on my leg. 1t is
l would not be without It II 1 had to
mortgage the farm to get It," Only
25c at Elko Drug Co.
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PLATFORM

To THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMO
CRATIC COUNTY CoNvENIoN:-
We, Your Committee on Platform and
Resolution, report as follows:
The Democracy of Elko County
through it's representatives, assembled
at Elko this day, declares it's allegiance
to the time-honored principles Of the
Democracy of the Nation and with
pride and satisfaction endorses and
ratifies the Charter of human rights as
proclaimed by the National Democracy
at Denver and emphasized and pro
claimed by the State Democracy at it's
recent Convention held at Ton0pah.
The decla1 ations of National and
State Convention deal with problems
and define the position OF the Demo
cratic Party on every live question that
vitally concerns the welfare of the
entire people, Nation and State, and
that we heartily commend these declara-
tions to the attention of the Voters of
Elko County for their approval, perusal,
study and ratification.
We congratulate the Democracy of the
Nation upon it's Standard bearer, to
give force and effect to it's great and
progressive principles, WILLIAM J.
BRYAN, the most illustrious citizen,
the ablest and most aggressive Cham
pion that the cause of human justice
has had since the days of jefferson and
Lincoln, and in his running mate, John
Worth Kern, the Democracy has an
ideal representative of these principles.
With qualification, we point to the
complete work of the Democratic Con-
vention of Tonopah in nominating
candidates of honor, repute, service and
capacity that fit its splendid declara-
ton of principles where true freedoms
rightful opportunity will never be
abridged .......
We rejoice in the unanimous selection
by the Tonopah Convention of HON.
FRANCIS Ct. NEWLANDS for the
United States Senate, q representative
of great force, whose championship of
Democracy and soundness in constructive
legislation is not equalled or paralleled
by any other statesman in the upper
branch of the Nations Congress, whose
Reclamation and Inland waterway pro-
jects are the scope of National App1ica-
tion and Legislation, through which the
sons and sons of man will until time is
no more, by thrift and enterprise and
toll secure those rewards that ever make
the good citizen, the prosperous com
munity and the nobility that is true to
the welfare of Nation. We earnestly
commend the career and service Of
Francis q. Newlands to the thoughtful
attention of the Voters of Elko County,
and upon this high and useful service,
we earnestly invoke their united support
for this great Statesman.
For Congress, the Party has honored
the People with the selection of Hon.
Geo. A. Bartlett, q sterling son Of abil-
ity, man Of integrity and whose honor
and fidelity to the interests of the State
is not surpassed by that of any other
citizen in Nevada, and whose record in
Congress has been able, fearless, and
with an influence for salutory legisla-
tion as First Termer, never surpassed.
For the Judiciary, our own Judge
Talbot, one who is dear to the citizens
of Elko County, and whose unimpeach-
able record as Jurist is shining
emblem Of the integrity and fairnessl of
Nevada Jurisprudence and who in all
things that makes the Just Judge,
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Double Trouble.

"Misfortnnes never come sinely."
That's so. Jinx married a widow
the other day and when he went for
her things he found that she was the
owner of Il phonograph.
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A New Novelty.

A relish dish t:lat has four compart.
ments OF glass and rests on a pretty
silver stand is quite a novelty.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-17
Boarding R'.use Pillows.

Guest lat b>arding house)-1'hese
pillows seem very hard. They must
be stuffed with chicken feathers.
Maid-Well, yes, ma'am. Most like
~ they wuz from Plymouth Rocks.
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A La Card.

Miss De Style-How did that Club"
sandwich made taste? ~'.,--
Miss Gunbusta (sarcastically)-Iike
the deuce" .-'E ....-.-. -.s
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costume, all of which were supplied
free of charge by the management
Annie could scarce believe her good
fortune. 1t seemed as if her most ex-
travagant dreams had been crystalized
into glorious reality. And as she had
expected, she found the work fascinat-
ing. She was always early at rehear-
sails. Extra matinees served but to
whet her appetite for more
Annie was ambitious and determined
to live up to that pretty little room at
home, whose artistic establishment
plainly demanded a complete profess
sional success. But il was slow, disap-
pointing work, especially so as all the
girls in the company were bent on that
Identical object, though none so hearth
ly and with such undiscouraged devo-
ton. In one respect, at least, she was
in her element and fare the superior of
the other girls I'm the chorus. For even
in her girlhOod days on the East Side
she had been noted as the best dancer
in her block, and when the hurdy- CUR
dy men came around, crowds would
gather to applaud her, pirouetting and
skipping about with all the grace and
abandon of one who had been trained
TO the ballet. A keen-eyed manager
would perhaps have observed some of
these indications of superiority; the
hardening of the calf of the leg like a
boys, the easy grace with which the
knees were bent, the absence of those
jerky motions so often noticed in the
ordinary chorus; and, more than all,
that evident relish and Zest for the mu-
sic, the almost irresistible inclination
to keep time TO the rhythm, the swing
ing of the head from side to side, and
the romping yet graceful carriage of
the whole body.
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What, you?" he said. while the
crowd circled about them curiously.
Yes. sir"
Now look here" he exclaimed.
brusquely, recovering his wrath, Il
don't want no buttin in. | won't stand
for no joshin'. I'm in no mood for it. ="
And he started to make his way
through the throng. But Annie knew
her chance had come and was deter
mined TO stick to her guns.
We'll, Mr.. Meyer" she replied as
calmly as her rapidly beating pulse
would permit, I've studied the lines
and | know 'em. | know the dances
toO-and the business -
He stopped and looked at her again
incredulOusly, though he was visibly
impressed by the bright light of truth
that shone manifestly in her eyes
You know the lines and the dances, 3"
replied. "Where'd you learn EN-?
Whatd you learn 'em for?'
Annie felt herself reddening even I'M
der her generous varnish of paint that
overlay her own pretty complexion.
"Oh, l just done it for fun" she said
in some embarrassment.
II was now nearing s o'clock The
asbestos curtain had been raised. Every
inch of room off the stage. i'm the wings,
up in the wooden galleries. on the star
cases leading to the dressing rooms. IN
the large open space behind the back
drop, was crowded with a hetero-
geneous mass of men and women, ex-
travagantly and fancifully costumed
and made up" looking, when seen
close by. like grotesque creatures from
another planet-all ready for the open
ing chorus. The manager in his torture
of perpleXity stepped to the peep-hole
in the canvas curtain that still sepa-
rated the audience from the stage and
gazed out into the front. The house
was filling rapidly. The musicians Were
already in their places. He turned
again and looked at the butterfly care
fully.
Sure you can do it without breaking
down? Got your nerve with you?"
1t was not, perhaps, the best way of
imparting assurance, but Annie, who
saw fame already within her grasp.
was not the one to let slip without a
struggle.
Sure" she replied.
do you know the cues?" asked
Meyer, haunted by persisting doubts.
The situation was quite beyond him.
He could not comprehend how this
miracle of a chorus girl could come to
his relief at the eleventh hour and solve
difficulty that threatened to wreck
the performance.
Sure" repeated Annie.
How about the costumes?" he asked.
glancing at her figure. Guess you'll
do. though. Well. hurry. get into your
clothes. And say" he shouted as An
ME started off joyously for the wings
"if you get stuck in the dances Just
take a few steps Stevens will pull
you through" Stevens, the chief
comedian. was doubled with Annie
in the two dances in which she was to
take part. and the stage manager hur-
ried off TO put him on his guard
Fortunately for the smooth conduct
of the performance. at least during the
early stages, Annie was not to make
her appearance until the first act was
nearly half over, a circumstance that
enabled her. with the assistance of the
wardrobe mistress, to work her way
into the costume usually occupied by
the less cOpious person of Miss Flossie
Dupree. She was cast as the leader of
a female bandit gang. and the costume
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Annie Keenan's Hit

why, what a charming ga-url-
y-url-ga-a Oh, rats" ex-
claimed Annie Keenan,, as she flung
the manuscript petulantly on the bed
and looked helplessly over at her
mother.
What's the matter. Amp" asked
Mrs. keenan,. from her comfortable
chair near the little wood stove.
Il just can't say it'll mean, | cahn't
say il like Miss Ardavani does. She's
our leading lady. She's got it down like
them English; makes it sound kind o
high-salaried like"
what yOU tryin' 10 say?"
why goil; just goil Here's the
lines" she said, picking up the manu-
script: Why, what a charming goil
you are, TO be surei' and then she nus
ties across the stage and lifts her
skoits. Say, NAV, you ought to see tn
embroidery on that understood; it's
simply great. She dresses TO beat the
band
Well" said Mrs. keenan,. Who hav
ing been born on the old sod. had con-
trived 10 preserve a pronunciation free
from the infectious imperfections of
the East Side, why can't she say
guT-r-l an be done W.T. it? An there's
nothin' 10 this play actin nOhow, wit
your photographs, an your embrOid-
cred skirts, an your comm home late
at night. an your face all red as d
herrin' wit tn paint. Ye'd betther get
a job in tn stores an be a dacent sales
lady an stay at home at night wit
your mother" Whereupon Mrs. Keen
an, with whom her daughters choice OF
a profession was a constant though not
altogether unpleasant grievance-fOr il
afforded ner unlimited opportunities
for objection and argument-Withdrew
to attend TO the washing.
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BY GILBERT p. COLEMAN.

general paraphernalia. A messenger
who had been dispatched to the resi-
dence of Miss Dupree, stating the des-
perate nature of the case and urging
her to come if it were by any means
possible, mad just returned. 1t was out
of the question for the lady to leave
her bed; the doctor had absolutely for
hidden it.
A small. cOmmiserating group of
stage hands had surrounded the mana
ger and Offered from time to time var
iOus sympathetic and impossible sug-
gestions.
'.Cut out her part, Abe" urged the
carpenter.
cut it out, Cut it OUT" he ex-
claimed irascibly as he pranced up and
down, ducking a drop" that suddenly
descended from the flies. You talk
d nonsense. How can | cut out the
sOubrette? You might as well cut out
the lights and music
1t was at this crisis that Annie Keen
an, arrayed to represent a gorgeous
and totally impossible butterfly. with
bare arms, legs incased in pink strip
tights, her face covered with paint and
rouge. her gray-blue eyes set I'm a
frame of unnatural. almost uneanny
blaclxness. and with two flaps of gauZe
protruding from each shoulder to rep
resent her flying apparatus. stepped
forward TO the knot of men and. ad-
dressing the perspiring stage manager,
said in hesitating way;
''Mr Meyer. l think l can do the
part"
He paused abruptly as he was about
to Whirl around for another reckless
dash across the stage. tand stared at
this unexpected apparition of human
butterfly in very evident establishment
not unmingled with Indignation.
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raved and swore like a mailman. the
curious crowd of the chorus stared with
eyes wider open than ever. Steven
after recovering from his first aston
ishment was about to rush forward
and with gentlemanly courtesy inquire
of the lady bandit if she had been Sc
riously injured
At this juneture. however, a strange
thing happened. With her first misstep
Annie had instinctively thrown out her
arms, and thus securing a balance, had
fallen perpendicultrly to the stage, and
emphasizing each step of her descent
with a very audible bump had landed
squarely on her feet. The audience
with customary perversity, readily as
Stunning that this was a novel acrobatic
feat on the part of the substitute SOU
brette, rendered a tribute of hearty
laughter and applause. Nor did it de-
sist when Annie. whose tumble served
partly to bring back her wandering
senses, looked about with wide-open
mouth. her pert nose and ridiculous
makeup giving her the appearance Of
anything but a dreadful bandit chief
Stevens long experience had made
him intimately acquainted with the
public pulse. especially with that of the
playgoing public and he grasped the
situation in an instant. Stepping quick
ly to Annies side he muttered under
his breath:
Brace up. You've made a hit"
The unintentional hiatus passed I'M
noticed. For the situation was gradu-
ally beginning TO dawn on Annie her
self.
These people were applauding heri
she had made them laugh. She-Annie
keenan,, of the rear line of the chorus
was getting hands" by the hun
dreds. She had made a hit, accidental
ii is true-and it began to hurt little
but it was a bigger hit than even
F'lossie Dupree had made. The ap-
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full moment came he swore softly to
himself Annie standing high UP on
the top step behind the scenes. got her
cue, and walking out ,unsteadily over
the rickety ledge, appeared in full view
of the audience.
1t would not have been so bad, posi-
bly,. if the wings had not been so
crowded with the company, gazing at
her curiOusly, unsympethatically, ruth
lessly. She could not get the swarm
of their staring, painted faces from be-
fore her eyes. They seemed to haunt
her and to mock her, even as she ar
rived at the middle of the parapet. The
audience, which had been warned OF
the change in the program, gave few
friendly handclaps of encouragement.
and. Stevens. the comedian, stood
alone down on the stage waiting anx-
iously for her to take up her cue. But
she saw and heard nothing The feel
ing of vacuity inside her changed to
giddiness and seemed to switch to her
head. She arrived at The top of the
steps where she was to speak her first
lines: but they would not come to her.
And then she suddenly realized what
was about to happen For the first time
in her life she was going to faint, Yes.
strive as she would to break through
the awful cloud that was settling over
her senses, she could utter no sound.
Her tongue was literally locked to the
top of her mouth. The cruel glare of
the limelight for moment dazed her
and then seemed to go abruptly out
and TO leave her in total darkness. Her
legs began to tremble miserably at the
knees. Reaching out blindly with both
hands for support she lost her footing
and then. with a elatter and a crash
fell precipitately, uncomprOmisingly
hideOusly down the full length of the
practical steps. and struck the stage
with a thump.
From his station in the wings Meyer
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was purposeiy intended to give her {.
rldlculously fierce aspect. Wound about
Ter head was gaudy red turban of
the kind thought to be affected by en-
terprising Italian brigands. The Jacket
was of black velvet. with yellow silk
slashes and big black beads. In her
belt were thrust murderous knife and
a brace of old-fashiOned duelling pis-
tolls. The skirt, of yelloSv, black and
red, reached below the knees. and in
order to render the effect sufficiently
ineongruous she wore, instead of boots.
a pair of dainty, low-cut dancing slip
pers. This ferociOus lady bandit was
scheduled to appear at every perform
ance on an elevated ledge of rocks at
the rear, somewhat in the Fra Dia-
volo' fashion. A series of rustic steps
led from this ledge steeply down to the
level of the stage.
Never for a moment had Annie ex-
pected to be troubled with stage fright
She had, to be sure. heard of that dread
disease, and had occasionally seen
small symptoms of it. The life that
she had led on the East Side was not
of the kind that tends to establish or
develop an inclination toward diff
denee. But now, as the minutes wore
on and the time for her cue approached
she experienced a queer, unaccus-
toned sinking in the pit of the stom-
ach-her fingers grew cold at the ends.
her tongue and lips became dry and
parched, and in her eyes there was an
unusual sparkle of excitement Mr.
Meyer, who had stationed himself in
the wings. eyed her narrowly as she
climbed the steps behind the scenes
leading to the ledge on which she was
to make her initial appearance. With
the keen observation that had come
from long experience he noted the ner-
vousness in her manner. and there was
despair in his attitude and remorse in
his soul. And when at length the fate
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plause and the laughter and the bOis-
ferrous chorus from the gallery were
like a stimulant and set the blood
once more stirring in her veins. She
felt a sharp tWitch of joy as she be-
held the house in a tumult before her.
Speak up" again eXcitedly whis-
pered Stevens; and he prompted:
We'll, here we are my hearty"
The lines came back to her like a
flash.
We'll. here we are. my hearty" she
repeated.
They were the first words that Annie
had ever uttered to an audience in a
public performance. But they were
successful 1t is true that her voice
quaVered somewhat, and her manner
seemed a trihe uncertain. but perhaps
the very circumstance. taken in con-
nectiOn with the generally fierce aspect
of her costume, and the still open
mOuthed wonder with which she sur
veyed the house. and. above all. the
strangeness and totally unexpected pre-
cipitation of her entrance" afforded
an ingredient that sent the audience on
into commissions of laughter. Staid old
gentlemen in the orchestra chairs fair
ly wept for JOY, women searched the
program in vain for the name of this
extraordinarily gifted young woman,
hitherto unknown, and the gallery, al
ways appreciative Of cleverly executed
acrobatic stunts hOwled its ap-
prevail
You're all to the mustard" again
whispered Stevens before going on
with his lines, pending the subsistence
of the tempest in the audience.
Meantime Meyer stood at the edge
of the wings distracted by a spasm of
doubt Were they. TO use his favOrite
expression, tossing her? Had she
"aueered the show?" Had he made
big fool of himself TO send on this Who'll
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