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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-29
PLATFORM

To THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMO
CRATIC COUNTY CoNVENT1ON:-
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 ut its
recent Convention held at Tonopah.
The declarations 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 its 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 It's splendid declara-
tion Of principles where true freedoms
cause leads and Under which mans
rightful opportunity will never be
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 soundneSsi 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 Applica-
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 o 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, sterling son of abil-
ity, q 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-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-29
A BurgIor In Town

his name is chad cough" He does
not ca1e for gold or silver but he will
steal your health away. If he ap-
pears in your house arrest him at
once with Billiards. Horehound
Syrup, it may mean consumption If
you don't. A cure for all coughs,
colds and chest troubles. Sold by
Elko Drug Co. Price 25c, SOC and
and $l,0O per bottle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-29
A Doubtful Definition.

What is your idea of prosperity ?"
asked the argumentative person.
Prosperity" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax, "is any state of affairs that ca.
ables you to remind the parties cci,.
oerned that things might be worse"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-29
A Sure-enouSh Knocker

j. &. GOODWIN, OF ReidviIle, N. e.,
says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve Is ~
sure-enough knocker for ulcers. A
bad one came on my leg last summer,
but that wonderful salve Knocked it
out In II few rounds. Not even n scar
remained" Guaranteed for piles,
sores, burns etc. 25c. at Elko Drur
Go s drug store. .-
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Our Greatest Land rhlauss-

Eighteen thousand acres OF farm.
lands are now washed downstream
each year by the Missouri and Missis.
sippi rivers. This amounts to about
the area OF small county or 30 miles
square Of fertile land.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-29
Golnu Soma

Il didn't get to the field sports In
time," said the hare. "Was there any
thing particular doing?"
Yes replied the tortoise, that
big kangaroo fellow from Australia
broke the record in the 1OO-yaro
Jump"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-29
They Take The Kinks Out

II have used DR.. Kings Now Life
Pills for many years, with increasing
satisfaction. They take the kinks out
of stomach, liver and bowels, with
out fuss or frlction," says ". IT
Brown, ofPittsfcld, Vt. Guaranteed
satisfactory at ElkO Drug Co.'s drug
store. 2jc.
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sold aud Recommended ~
ELKO DRUG CO.
The Shoe Man

Having been in the shoe business all
my life, / claim to know something
about the business. carry large
stock of mems AMI wonen's shoes and
am selling my share. am sorry that
l cannot keep cobbler, but I cannot.
SO will have to do what repairing /
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, 1908-09-29
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET

Members of the Assembly
E. G. RIDDELL
Star Valley
FRANK H. WINTER
Aura
GEORGE MCINTOSH
Carlin
JOHN y. SCHOER
Glover Valley
Sheriff
WILLIAM R. BELLINGER
Lamoille Valley
County Clerk
A. G. DAWLEY
.... Elko ,
County Treasurer
MAJOR II. MILLER
County Recorder
w. G.. GREATHOUSE
Ruby Valley
County Assessor
w. NJ. WEATHERS
District Attorney
EDWIN f. GAME
ElkO
County Commissioner Nong Term)-
WILLIAM WILLIS
Midas
County Commissioner (Short Term)-
GEORGE M. MOODY
ElkO
County Surveyor
CHARLES Nj. HAWS
Elko
Member of Broad of Education.
w. s. GRISWOLD
Ruby Valley
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APPLICATION NO. Ii32

APPLICATION NO. 1882
Notice Of Application for Permission 10 Appro
pirate the Public Waters OF the state Of Nevada
Notice IL hereby given that on the 2Ith day OF
Sept 1908, In accordance with Section 70
Chapter XViu, OF tho Statutes OF 1907, ono
William J. Dave, OF Elko, County OF Elko and
state OF Nevada, made application TO the state
Engineer o! Nevada tor permission TO appro-
prlato the puplic waters ofthe State OF Nevada
Such appropriation Is TO be made from 1rib.
utarios OF Dry Creek at points Dam and head
gate at or just below the junction OF Dry and
StoGer Creeks In Soc. 90 TIP az. ". K. SO r. NJ. .
d. Is e. NJ. by means Of Dam and 2H cubic fgct
per second Is TO bc conveyed TO points of Use
by means OF ditch and there used Irrigation
and domestic purposes. Water TO be returned
20 stream at No.
Date Of first publication Sept. ~, 1909.
Date OF last publication Oct 26, 1908.
Signed:
FRANK II. NICHOLAS,
State Engineer.
The Washington times., 1908-05-03

: httle iAter he returned and claImea Us
barong- When it was returned to him. he
passed a package of cigarettes around
evldcnee of peace and good will
Several of the soldiers set their guns down
Moro sprang upon them, killed two or three and
wounded others desperately before he could be
shot down
Nature seems to have implanted in these
people the taste for blood They are born fight
eTs From the time they re Is years old their
weapons seldom leave thciE belts except for use.
The Washington times., 1908-05-03

NOLDIERS and foreigners in many parts
of Jolo go armed. They wish to be ready
should crazed juramentada make them
the object Of attack.
AS rule, the juramentada becomes wrought
to a remarkable frenzy. When one breaks loose
the people of the community arm themselves
and hunt him down as they would dangerous
wild beast.
Zone is constantly greeted" said the trav-
eler quoted above, with the sight of a lot of
men going about with big pistols strapped to
them. l met some soldiers returning from
plunge in the surf They wore only bathing
suits, but each man carried his revolver in his
hand"
When Moro becomes sufficiently infamed
under the priestly ministrations TO determine
upon a juramentada career, he formally an
nounces his purpose. The word juramentada-
pronounced "hooramentada"-is Spanish and
means vowed Ones" the VOW in question being
10 die killing Christians
Having announced his desire to take the
required VOW before his priest, the fanatic de-
votes three days to ablutions-this in itself be-
ing suspicious thing. Then he has his eye
brows shaved of, puts on his best clothes, usu-
ally white, and takes bis oath with sundry cere-
10niss.
The Washington times., 1908-05-03
E7zz7HHe LIzzS lzN5 o1S Iauxlzz
10 I9zf5 Gre @ LHGzz5eN7GG

Having already arranged his worldly affairs
he may spend few days working himself up TO
a white heat of murderous frenzy. Then. some
fine morning, armed with the sharpest weapon
he can lay hands on, he bounds into a village.
Charging through the streets, cutting right AMI
left, he keeps his desperate way until some
one kills him.
Under the Spanish rule the juramentada
was much more in evidence than now. Many
Spaniard seated quietly in front of his house,
his place OF business or cafe, has had his head
ripped from his shoulders by charging Moro
before he was aware that danger was approach
ing
When General Arolas became Governor of
Jolo-or Sulu-he made d determined effort 10
prevent this religious slaughter, which was such
a menace not only to his count. ymen. but to all
other foreigners.
He issued order that all Moros must be
dlsarmed before being permitted TO enter
village where there Christians.
dead line was established Outside each
gate was company of soldiers under orders to
shoot to Kill every Moro who did not give up
his arms freely
But eveI with these precaut ons pirarnen-
tadas were able frequently to run amuck and
slaughter ersons IN their path
On one occasion a Moro entered a town
leaving his weapon at the gate without making
objection. He was known TO the soldiers as a
native OF peaceful disposition, and no trouble
was expected from him
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-25
Cure for HOof. and Mouth Disease.

A Philadelphia says he knows of
a cure for hoof and mouth disease
in cattle, which is of special interest
at this time. 1.-The cure" he says,
was used by my father many years
ago with the greatest success. He
was a dairy man at that time at Rox-
borough. His herd of COWS, number
ing between forty and fifty, were af-
fected with this disease. He cured
every animal by the following treat
ment. When this disease broke out
in one of the Western States twenty
five years ago he sent the remedy to
the Governor of the State. Here it
is: When they are first taken, take
coarse salt and rub it between the
hoof with a coarse wet cloth, until
the blisters are rubbed open; it don't
matter il they bleed. Then take pine
tree tar and put between the hoofs
and rub the mouth inside and out as
far as the blisters are with salt water,
then wash the mouth with weak salt
water. This treatment need only be
done once when first taken. If the
blisters have formed into boil, dis
charging matter, treat the same with
the salt, then take balsam of fir, put
between the hoofs and spread raw cot
ton on top of it: Treat the same with
the salt if the bone is affected inside
the hoof, wash out clean, then take
spirits of salt and pour in, then apply
the balsam of fir and cotton. Wash
the hoof twice a day and apply the
balsam about ten days. Keep the cat
tie in a perfectly clean, dry stable;
feed them on potatoes and roots; give
them clean hay; disinfect your stable
with quick lime or carbolic acid.'
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-25
Nation Of Small Land Owners.

The large estates and great farms
and reaches all over the United
States are from year to year being
divided up into small farms, which
are cultivated by owners or tenants
living upon them. The tendency
of this condition here is greater than
in any other country in the world.
In recent address upon small land
owners at st. Louis Exposition
gathering, it was we'll said that if we
educate the people to use the land
themselves and enjoy it, thy will get
the land, because the man who lives
on his own land will make a profit
from it by his own labor and not be
the purveyor of the product of the
labor of others. The very fact that
there are large numbers of men ready
to take the land and till it by their
own labor, and get their living from
it, and know how to do it, will make
it practically impossible to compete
with them in the production of crops
raised with hired labor. That fact
clone will necessarily regulate the
price OF land, so that we need never
fear a land monopoly in this country
under such conditions. The big farm
er who hires his labor can not stand
the competition of the small farmer
who lives on his own land and farms
it with his own labor-Indiana
Farmer
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-25
Announcing Stations.

The scheme under consideration by
the Pennsylvania Railroad for a re-
form in the announcement of stations
is very promising. To replace names
by numbers and to display the num-
bers of the station next reached auto
matically in a conspicuous place is a
plan that has much to recommend it..
1t may be assumed that suitable pro-
vision would be made to enable the
passenger to know readily the number
of each station, which would not be at
all difficult.
The present system is a relic of
early and simple times, when stations
were few, trains slow, journeys short,
and passengers were fairly familiar
with the places on the route Then
the order of these places was practi-
cally known and the crying of them
was radily understood. Today all
these conditions are substantially re-
versed. AS for the trainmen, they are
victims rather than offenders. They
are in the state of the street buyer of
cast-off garments who explained to the
critical Coleridge that he cried "O'
clio, because he had to do it so often.
They yield to the common human
weakness for rhythmic and inarticu-
late utterance of any words oft re-
peated as the line of least resistance.
The result is, however, general nuis-
ance, and if the railroad companies
can abolish it they ought to. Of course,
even so simple reform carried out as
to hundreds of stations upon thou
sands of cars is no small matter for
even the administrative efficiency of
the Pennsylvania, and it will take
time But it will pay, and the example
will be followed generally.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-25
Skinned Instead of Scraped.

In Yates county, N. Y, farmers
have found out that it is more profit
able to skin the hogs than to scrape
them. The change in method was
brought about by an enterprising
butcher who found O market for hog
skin. He began to skin hogs for
farmers taking skins for pay. AS they
are worth from so cents to 81 a piece
it is paying business, and from the
standpoint of the owner of the hog
it is good thing, too. He is not re-
quired to make any extensive prepa-
ration at butchering time, as before
No platform to build, no water to
heat; no extra help to employ.
Now the butcher drives into the
yard, kills. skins and cleans the hogs
and hangs them up ready for market
The loss in weight is slight, from five
to fifteen pounds, according to the
size Of the hog, and the butcher will
pay half cent a pound more for pork
skinned to cut up on the block, and
for home use it is much better.
This practice Of skinning hogs is
rapidly spreading over that State, and
it is believed by progressive farmers
that in a few years it will entirely
take the place Of the old method OF
scraping.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-25
HOW MANY BONES?

How many bones in the human face?
Fourteen when they are all in place.
How many bones in the human head?
Eight, my child as I've often said.
How many bones in the human car?
Three in each, and help to hear.
How many bones in the human spine?
Twenty-six, like a climbing vine.
How many bones in the human chest?
Twenty-four ribs, and two of the rest
How many bones in the shoulder oind?
Two in each-one before and behind.
How many bones in the human arm?
In each one, two in each forearm.
How many bones in the human wrist?
Eight in each, if none are missed.
How many bones in the palm Of the
hand?
Five in each, with many a band.
How many bones in the fingers ten?
Twenty-eight, and by joints they bend.
How many bones in the human hip?
One in each, like a dish they dip.
How many bones in the human thigh?
One in each, and deep they lie.
How many bones in the human knees ?
One in each, the knee pan, please.
How many bones in the ankle strong?
Seven in each, but none are long.
How many bones in the ball of the
foot?
Five in each, as the palms wero put
How many bones in the toes half a
score?
Twenty-eight, and there are no more.
And now altogether, these many bones
TX,
And then count in the body two hun
dred and six.
And then we have the human mouth,
Of upper and under thirty-two teeth,
And now and then have a bone,
should think,
That forms in joint, or to fill up a
chink
A sesamoid bone, or a wormain, we
call,
And now we may rest, for we've told
them ALL
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-25
THE FARMER'S WIFE.
Her Life Not a Continuous Round OF
Pleasure.

In the program for farmers insti-
the Sun recently, it was announced
that among the lectures will be a
course by Miss Anna Burrows, of the
Teachers College in Columbia Uni
versity, on domestic science. These
lectures, we assume, will discuss the
sphere of action of the farmers wife.
1t might include not only discussion
of her duties and work, but of her
recreation as we'll. The work of the
woman who manages the domestic af-
fairs on the farm is hardly less i'm
portant than that of the farmer him
self. 1t is certainly more continuous,
with shorter periods for rest and with
fewer opportunities for recreation. 1t
is perhaps of more vital Importance
than any other problem connected
with teamwork to devise some means
by which the work of the farmers
wife shall be made less burdensome
and her life brighter and more attrac-
tive. This is problem which Presi-
dent Roosevelt's Commission on Farm
Life may very properly consider. In
deeed in Importance ittakes precedence
of nearly all problems of rural life.
1t is perfectly apparent to anyone who
is at all familiar with country life that
many Of the women who are called
upon to preside over the farmhouse
are poorly equipped for the work that
is set before them. The outdoor life
of the farmer should be the most
healthful of lives, and yet it is, we be-
lieve, a fact that they are not longer
lived nor more healthy than those en-
gagged in sedentary occupations. There
are various reasons for this. One Is
the farmers own lack of care in look
ing after the sanitary condition of his
surroundings. The air he breathes
may be polluted by pigpen near his
back door; the water he drinks may
be polluted by drainage from the barn
yard or by things which fall into his
we'll. This is not the fault Of the wo-
man. The average farmer Is also no.
toriously careless about keeping dry
He is in and out in all weathers and is
prone to sit with wet clothes or wet
feet The woman's contribution to i'll
health, when there Is any. comes In the
form of ill-cooked and unwholesome
food. If Miss Burrows can aid the
woman on the farm in the prepara-
ton of food, in having her house well
ventilated and comfortable, in making
her life more cheerful and pleasant
in systematizing her work so that she
will have more leisure, she will be do
ing good work. The hardest propo-
sition, probably, which confronts the
housekeeper in the country is in pro-
curing servants, or help" In most
parts of Maryland this is most difficult
and the consequence is that the farm
er's wife is, nine times out Of ten, over
worked. Perhaps Miss Burrows may
have some suggestions about systema-
tizing work so that it can be done
without so great a cost of time and
| energy.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-25
FREDERICK'S CLAIMS.
Reasons Why Lincoln Boulevard
Should Go That Way.

The Frederick Examiner gives the
following reasons why the Lincoln
highway should go by way of that
city:
''The grading all through Mont
gomery county and Frederick county
would be extremely light, and there
would be only one stream, the Monoc-
acy, to bridge, and the road could be
built at less expense than on any other
location.
But there is another good reason
why it should come through Frederick,
and that is because Frederick City is
one of the most historic cities, not
only of this State, but of the country.
"Frederick gave to the country
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
and perhaps the greatest that the
country has ever had, and an At
torney General Frederick has given
the State two Governors. But there
is a still greater reason why this high
way should be so located as to come
through Frederick, and that is because
of the battlefield of the battle Of the
Monocacy. This was one of the
bloodiest battles of the war and mo-
mentous consequences hung upon it.
1t is believed that that battle saved
Washington City. Now a great ma
tional road running from the histori-
cal City of Washington to the historic
battlefield of Gettysburg ought to by
all means, touch the great and historic
battlefield of Monocacy.
ct is also important to consider,
that by coming through Frederick
City, tourists can by pleasant and
moderate drive over good pike, 60
to the battlefield of Antietam, which
| was also one of the four great battles
of the Civil War.
"It is clearly apparent that the 10
cation will be through and adjacent
to more historic ground and points
than any, or all other suggested loca-
tions all together.
"That this is the natural and proper
location is also indicated by the
course Of public travel at present, for
it is a common and general occurrence
that the public travelling by private
conveyance from Washington, come
through Frederick on their way to
| GETTYSBURG"
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-25
New Plan to Reach the Pole.

The Artic explorer, Prof. E. Briggs
Baldwin, announces a new plan to
reach the North Pole. He is enthu-
siastic over it and believes that it will
surely succeed.
Briefly, his plan is to have speci-
ally constructed vessel, laden with a
cargo of logs and casks. Such YES
sci, he thinks, could neither sink nor
be crushed by the ice. When the ship
can go no farther the logs and casks
will be taken out and used as kind
of binder or selvedge to heavy ice
foe, so that the latter cannot break
up. On the ice-floe portable houses
will be set up.
From study of the current Prof.
Baldwin believes he can float on his
bound field of ice from a point
north of Bering Strait to the Pole,
and clear across the Artic Ocean, COM
ing out in Baffin Bay or somewhere
off the east coast of Greenland.
The logs and casks may be made in
to RATS if necessary. large enough to
support the portable houses and the
supplies of food and fuel. The pro-
fessor expects to take balloons, not
for the purpose of reaching the pole
with them, but that he may be able to
overlook wide area and see which
is the best route to follow.