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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-27
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE
OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO.
In the matter of the estate of L. FANNoF. de.

In the matter of the estate Of l.. FANNOF. de-
ceased. 49,. = -
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
was duly appointed on the Ath day OF Noyem-
Der. 1903. by the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State of Nevada in and
for the County of Elko, as Administrator of the
estate of l.. Fannof deceased, and that on the
said gath day of November. 1908, heduly qualified
as such Administrator. -. -
All creditors having claims against the said
estate are required to file the same. with proper
vouchers attached. with the Clerk of said Dis
trict Court. within three months from the first
publication of this notice or they will be forever
barred.
HAYDEN HENDERSON,
Administrator Of the estate Of l.. Fannof de-
ceased
Charles b. Henderson, Attorney for Admins
traitor.
Date of first publication November 81, 1903.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-27
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1908
History Thanksgiving Day
Observance In America

observance In America
Although Thanksgiving Day for 1898
has passed into history, the following
contains some facts regarding the
holiday that are not generally known:
Where were Thanksgiving services
first held?
In England, during the time of Crom
well, Thanksgiving days were common
occurrences.
The discovery of the ''gunpower
plot" in 1905 was followed by thanks
giving in England and that nation
observed such IL day on many like
occasions. the last probably being Il
national thanksgiving when the Prince
of Wales, now Edward VII, recovered
from serious illness
Where and when was the first
Thanksgiving observance in the New
World?
The first Thanksgiving held in Amer
lea was not held within the bounds of
the United States but on the shore of
Newfoundland May q, 1913, vt the
time services were held by the Rev
Mr.. Wolfall, an English minister. He
had accompanied au early colony from
England. 1t is claimed that it was the
first Christian sermon preached in the
,o,, ,,,1
whor ,,,. Five Gr,. +h,,,I..,,i,i.,,.
proclamation in this county?
No,,o,,,,,o,. ia 1891. ,,,,io ,,,. ,,.,,.,,,.
,, p,nlf,., - .,a D;,,.,.;,,, r,.I,a,,
un orrn.,rn.1 +,,t s;nca +hn,. h,I irst
,,o+l,orod .,,,,,1,,,t ,,,,,,,.t., ~ ,.",i,,
and the cold weather had sent plenty
of game f., thrir forests Dacrmbpr 13
1921. would be observed throughout
the plymouth rnlouv ns 4 duv of
THANKSGIVING.
Who signed the first THANKSGIVING
Drocluuation ever issued nv y nresi
dentY
George washington, in 1882
Who nripiuntcd tbe ,nndrrn Thanks.
giving Dov rs if is observed in the
United States?
The THANKSGIVING as # occurs TO-
day. dates from 1864 when President
Lincoln issued a PROCLAMATION for SET
ting apart thc last Thursday in Novem-
Der Of that year, rs a dnv Of national
THANKSGIVING
Each succeeding president has annu.
aily proclaimed q THANKSGIVING dav
which is pcnerollv followed nv similar
,proclamntious nv tbc governor, Of tho
various states,
Who makes the THANKSGIVING procla
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-27
INTHE DISTRICT COURT OFTHE FOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE
OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO

In the Matter Of the estate of C. H. HOOPER,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
was duly appointed on the 9th day of Noyem-
ber 1908 by the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State of Nevada in and
estate of the said G. H. Hooper. deceased and
that on the said Gath day of November. 1908, he
duly qualified as such Administrator.
All creditors having claims against the said
estate are required to file them with proper
vouchers attached. with the Clerk Of said Dis
trict Court within forty days from the first
publication OF this Notice or they will be for
ever barred.
HAYDEN HENDERSON,
Administrator of the estate of G. H. Hooper,
deceased. f.'
Charles b. Henderson. Attorney for Admins
traitor.
Date of first publication of Notice, Nov 81, 1905
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Mystery Solved.

lHankinson News: Most Of the old
timers here will remember the .ex-
element caused by the finding Of a
dead body in the grove north OF Nels
Peterson's place, a mile and a half
west Of town, SOME thirteen years
ago. The body was found under the
limb Of . tree from which one end
Of q handkerchief was suspended
giving the impression that 1t was a
case of suicide. The body was in an
advanced stage Of decomposition and
there We're no means of identified
ton. The theory that hobo had
committed suicide was generally ac-
scepted, notwithstanding some sus-
picious circumstances, and the Incl
dent was soon forgotten. Probably
few knew of the sequel, however,
which proved by the confession on
the scaffold for another murderer
that the man found in the Peterson
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Brevities and Oddities

DO you always whistle at your
work . mo. How can I? I'm a
glass blower
Have YOU a college diplomat"
NO; but have several mining stock
certificates that might frame and
hang UP as evidence that I have been
through the school of experience. =
Washington Star.
Its no wonder he has money!"
said a baker HE is the most sus-
picious fellow l ever heard of. He
reminds me of a farmer I used to
know. This farmer, whenever he
bought flock Of sheep examined
each sheep closely to make sure that
its fleece was all wool.
The youth who was smoking a
cigarette near the monkeys cage,
took another one from his pocket.
Would it do any harm" he asked,
If / should offer him one Of these?"
Not a bit" replied the attendant.
He wouldn't touch it. A monkey
isn't half as big a fool as it looks
Chicago Tribune.
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NICK RusTAD is "a cAND. nATE.

Il 3
Colonel Nick Rustad as placed his
announcement in this paper for his
candidacy for the nomination for clerk
of the district court Of Ward County.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
are four other candidates IN the field.
Mr. Rustad says that from now on
he is giong to get in his COOL work
and is quite confident OF victory. -ar.
Rustad is well acquainted Il Mlnot
and vicinity. For several years he
conducted a. jewelry store in this City,
and for the last three or four years
he has been engaged as bailiff for
Ward County.
Among the visitors to our city his
week is Edmund Birdsall from Lisbon,
N, D., who is a member OF the Flrst
Regiment Band. Mr.. Birdsall AMI the.
writer were old acquaintances in y
linois. Mr.. Birdsall is now one OF the
big farmers at Lisbon, where - max
ing a success.
G. Stenso, a prominent Ba4oar
farmer, is attending the convention.
Mr.. Stenso states that he has 500
acres of wheat sown, and looks TOR
splendid crops.
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good old Scotch minister, calling
Unexpectedly on widow who lives in
a cottage on the outskirts Of the vii
lage, surprised her in the midst of
washing lot of clothes. She hur-
riedly hid behind a clothes-horse, and
told her little boy to say that she was
out. The visitor knocked at the door.
We'll, Jimmie he sid, "and where
is your mother?' my mothers not
in; she's down the street on mes
sage replied the boy with prmopt-
ness. Indeed" replied the minister
with a glance at the bottom of the
screen. We'll, tell her called, and
say. that next time she goes down to
the village she had better take her
feet with her
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
Notice is hereby given that that Ger,
tain real estate mortgage, made, ex-
ecuted and delivered by John Dinius
Of Overholt, Ward county, North Da-
kota, mortgagor, to L. N. Guidinger
mortgage, dated the Goth day OF jan
nary A. D. 1903, and filed for record
in the Office of the Register of Deeds
of the County of Ward and state Of
North Dakota on the 31st day OF jan
uary. A. d. 1903, at ITO o'clock p. m.
of said day in book "V' of mortgages
at page 497 thereof, will be foreclosed
by a sale of the premises mentioned
in said mortgage and hereinafter de-
scribed, at the front door Of the court
house in the county Of Ward and
state Of North Dakota at the hour Of
2 O'Clock p. M, on the 28th day of
May A. D., 1908, to satisfy the amount
due upon such mortgage on the
day of sale. The premises described
in such mortgage and which will be
sold to satisfy the same are described
as follows: The southeast quarter
| Use Ia of section thirty-two (Sec.
32) township one hundred f1fty-nine
north (Twp. 159 NJ range eignty-four
(Rge. $40 west in Ward County,
North Dakota.
There will be due on such mort
gage at the date of sale the sum of
| four hundred eighty-nine and S7-10O
(s4S9.s7) dollars, together with statu-
tory attorneys fees and costs Of sale.
IL. N Guidinger,
Mortgage.
r. M. Andrews, Attorney for Mort
gagee. Minot, N. D.
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Nstiea Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.
Whereas default has occurred in the
conditions Of the mortgage hereinafter
described in that the mortgagors
have failed to pay the principal or in
terest of certain promissory notes and
interest coupons secured thereby, or
the taxes upon the land and the mort
gagee has accordingly paid said tax
es. =
Notice is hereby given that that
certain mortgage executed and de-
livered by Ole o. Eriksteen and Rem
dy Eriksteen, his wife, mortgagors, to
E.. j., Lander & Co., Ga corporation)
mortgage, dated the 18th day of Jan
uary, 1907 and filed for record in the
Office of the register of deeds of Ward
County, North Dakota, on the goth
day of February, 1897, and recorded in
Book 81 Of mortgages page sos will
be foreelosed by a sale Of the premises
in such mortgage and hereinafter de-
scribed at the front door of the court
house in the City of Minot, County Of
Ward and State Of North Dakota on
the Goth day of June, A. D., 1908, at
the hour of two o'clock p. M, of said
day tossatisfy the amount due on said
mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in said
mortgage and which will be sold tc
satisfy. the same are described as fol
lows, to-wit: The Northeast quarter
OF section ten in township one hundred
ffty-eight north of range ninety west
one IA section 1o-15S-9o) in. Ward
County, North Dakota.
There will be due upon said mort
gage on the day of sale the sum OF
seyenty-five dollars and five cents
ts75.O5f and the costs of this fore
closure.
Dated May !, 1908.
e. J. Lander & Co.
Mortgage
Murphy & Duggan, Attorneys for
Mortgage, Grand Forks, N. d.
May 7-14-21-2S June SIP
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NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
that certain mortgage, executed and
delivered by Garfield Cakes and Tenny
Oakes, his wife, mCrtga gors to the
Mouse River Valley Bank, a corpora
ton mortgage, dated the 9th day of
May. A. D., 1907, at $50 o'clock a. M,
and recorded in Book 66 of Mortgages
on page 1893, will be foreclosei by a
sale Of the premises in such mortgage
and hereafter described, at the front
door of the Court House in the City
of Minot, at the hour of two o'clock
p. M, on the Goth day of June, A. D.,
1908, to satisfy the amount due upon
such mortgage on the day Of sale. The
premises described in such mortgage,
and which will be sold to satisfy the
same, are described as follows:
| The east half of the northwest
quarter and Lots / and in Section
81, Township 15S, Range 81 west of
the Fifth Principal Meridian in the
County of Ward and State of North
Dakota.
There will be due on such mortgage
lat the dateof sale the sum of Seven
hundred and forty-five Dollars and
'Sixty-Two Cents (s742.62) and costs.
MOUSE RIVER VALLEY BANK,
Mortgage, Souris, N. D..
WEEKS & MURPHY,
Attorneys for Mortgage,
5O-6t BOttineau N. D.
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A coal deaier whom used to know
shouted one afternoon to an employee
who was driving out Of the yard:
Hold on there. Jim! That coal can't
have been weighed. It looks to me
large for ton Jim shouted back.
This amt ton, boss! It's two tons"
"Oh, all right" said the dealer In a
notified tone. beg your pardon.
Go ahead" /;
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Notice'of Real Estate Mortgage Fore
closure Sale.

rs
Notice is hereby given, that thai
certain real estate mortgage, made
executed and delivered by Julia Hat
field formerly Julia Johnson) and
husband, mortgagors to the Farm
Mortgage Loan and Trust Company
mortgage, dated the 9th day Of July.
1905, and filed for record in the Office
Of the Register of Deeds, in and for
the county Of Ward, and state Of
North Dakota, and recorded therein
in Book 43 Of Mortgages at Page 324
will be foreclosed by a sale of the
premises in said mortgage and herein
after described, at the front door of
the court house in the City Of Minot,
in the County Of Ward and State of
North Dakota, on the 18th day OF
June, 1908, at the hour Of II o'clock
in the forenoon OF the said day, to sat
isfy the amount due upon the said
mortgage with costs on the day of
sale.
The premises described In the said
mortgage and which will be sold to
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satisfy the same, are described as fol
lows, to-wit:
The northwest quarter OF section
eight (S), in township one hundred
sixty-two (162) North Of range ninety
three (93) west of the 5th P. NJ. Ward
County, North Dakota.
There will be due upon the said
mortgage on the day of sale, the sum
Of seventy-nine and 24-10O dollars
(s79.24) together with the costs and
disbursements Of the said sale.
Dated this 1st day Of May, A. D.
1908.
The Farm Mortgage, Loan & Trust
Company, Ga corporation) Mortgage.
Darlington, N. d. y
Edward P. Kelley, attorney for mort
gagee, Darlington, N. D.
5-7-e-11
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8 rove was a mudeyed victim. About
+ our years after the finding Of the
b odyeas above described, hobo was
al rested in small town for the MUIR
der Of q pal. He was convicted and
ha nged for his crime, and on the
sc; lffo1d he detailed how he had
killed man mile and q half west
of H@nkinson by striking him over
the head, afterwards arranging the
body to make It appear like case or
suicide. The motive was robbery but
a small sum was left in the pockets
to avoid suspicion Of foul play when
the body should be found But fpr
the second crime committed four
years later, the murderer would have
escaped punishment entiely.
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. That man Rertleson> at Kenmare is
a peculiar advertiser. and his ads are
always read with great interest. This
is the way he headed a page adver-
tisement last week: "Pete has gone.
Pete lift a few days ago for Balti-
more, Md, where he will be a dele
gate to the general conference Of the
M, r.. church. etc"
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Fairview, May 10, 190S.-Mr. L, G.
Pounds is confined to the house with
rheumatism. He is in bad shape, but
his friends hope to see him about
soon.
Rev. Luxener gave us a fine sermon
Sunday The house was crowded as
usual.
Mrs. w. W. Rutherford has been on
the sick list the past week, but is
somewhat better.
Mr. B. Boyce called on Miss Pounds,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Helsel, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex Ruth, Mr.. and Mrs. G. d..
McChesney, and Mr.. Mervin Helsel
Sandayed at L. Tryon's.
Rev. Bruf will preach at FairvieW
May "a at 10 o'clock. Sunday school
at 10. All are cordially invited to
attend.
Mrs. C. E. NlcChesney and Miss
ertrude Pounds made flying trip to
Sawyer on Monday.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

ANNOUNCEMENT.
l hereby announce my candidacy
for the Republican nomination to the
office Of clerk of the district court.
The support Of friends will be
greatly appreciated. g
NICHOLAS RUSTAD
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surrey. people ssrinq a Surprise.

At Z,
The people Of Surrey got busy last
Saturday evening and in their usual
way had good time at the home of
Banker Young.
o. NJ. Champlin and family were
there enjoying themselves with the
rest OF the people when all Of sud
den the guests sat up and took notice.
Nr. Young then made few fitting
remarks and informed Mr.. Champlin
that guests had taken this occasion to
thank him for the good work he had
done in their behalf in the way OF
reopening the Surrey station, which
the Great Northern Railroad Company
had seen fit to close, and in token OF
their appreciation they wished to pre-
sent him with a gift that he might
ever remember the occasion. At TINS
time a large leather-upholstered arm
chair was brot forth and presented
by the speaker.
Mr.. Champlin was so surprised that
for a few moments he could hardly
respond, but finally gathered himself
together enough to inform the doner.s
that he certainly appreciated the gift
and would ever hold the people OF Sur
rey and vicinity in great esteem, and
would ever be ready to lend helping
hand in time of need.
After an abundant amount OF re-
freshments had been consumed and
general good time INDUCED in all
joined in singing Home, Sweet
Home with Mrs Young officiating
at the piano, after which all retired
to their respective homes wandering
who the next surprise would be on.
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valleys opening on the German ocean
and in the Western isles. In the form
er case this probably points to inva-
sions of blond race into those re-
gions. Similarly, the higher percent
age of fair hair in the Spey Valley
and in the Western isles implies in
roads of the vikings of Norsemen. 1t
is perhaps pushing the evidence too
far when the writer's suggest that
the high percentage of fair-haired
girls in the neighborhood of Dunfer-
line is due to the train of blond
damsels who are supposed to have
accompanied the Saxon Princess Mar
garet. who about the time of the
Norman conquest became queen of
Malcolm Canmore.
The survey, we are told, appears
| to corroborate the conclusions of DR..
Shrubsall in regard to London slum
districts, that the percentage of fair
haired people in industrial towns Is
very low. Owing ia alien invasion or
the influence of environment or to
some unknown cause, In towns like
Glasgow and Dundee the conditions
are specially unfavorable to the sur
vival of blond men, while the reverse
is the case with women. Another i'm
portant conclusions is that improve
ments in communications do not, as
might be expected, tend to hemogene-
ity of type; on the contrary, owing
perhaps to some obscure influence
| of environment, all such improve
ments apparently tend to make the
race more heterogeneous To quote
/ further
/ The part of the country in which
J dark hair specially prevails is the
extreme west If, writes the authors
of the memoir, we assume, for rea-
sons given above, that the pigmenta-
ton of girls represent more and near
ly the pre-Norse inhabitants, the ma
tive type has crowded into the isle
of Skye and the opposite coasts OF
the mainland. If the Daldaidic Scots
who invaded Argyllshire in the fifth
century, were a dark race, and the
invaders who settled there were mer
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in service. B. F. Yoakum is making
a record as dreamer-but the best
of the matter is that his dreams
come true-Denison Herald.
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only, that would account for the
darkest region iii the boys map be-
ing Argyllshire. The Hebrides have
been so much affected by the viking
and Morse invasions from Scandi-
navia, which have passed around the
coast of Scotland that they have a
much smaller percentage of dark
type than the islands and mainland
lying farther east. The isle of Lewis
has higher percentage of dark girls
than boys, indicating the presence of
pre-Norse dark native population.
The southwest corner of Scotland in
both the boys and girls map is dark
er than the average; and since, in
historical times, the Picts inhabited
this region, this evidence points to
dark race"
Such wide-reaching conclusions,
the reviewer thinks, in the present
state of knowledge, are obviously
premature, and he believes that the
authors lay too much stress upon pig
mentation as test of race--But the
results of this investigation are suf-
ficiently instructive, he says, to JUS
tify the demand for a national an
thropometrical survey.-Literary Di-
gest.
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TO CROSS STAkED PLAINS.
Plans Are on Foot to Build Rail-
road From Mangum to Ell Paso.

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Much interest centers IN the build
ing of the new cutoff proposed by
the Rock Island system from Man
Sgum, OKLA, to Ell paso, Texas. This
road will open the heart of the
Llano Estacada, or Great Staked
Plains country and run through
territory never before tapped by
railroad, and will be another section
of B. F. Yoakum's gridiron dream
realized
Advices are to the effect that the
Rock Island has completed contracts
for steel and ties to be laid at once
and that the work will be rushed to
completion According to present
plans the towns that will be touched
by the road will be Childress, Floyd
ada, Lubbock, Brownfield, Carlsbad,
Westwater and Ell Paso.
The road would be a remarkable
than one view point. From point
twenty-five miles northeast of Floyd
ada, where it would rise above the
Staked Plains, there would be nat
ural grade where track could be
made with surprising cheapness. The
country is almost perfectly level, so
level in fact that the early plains
men were lost as would be ship at
sea without a compass. The slope is
an average of four feet per mile TO
the southeast.
The land is exceedingly fertile and
has for nearly half a century been
i the finest grazing and pasture land
in the state, but is now giving up to
alfalfa and corn. Hog raising is also
getting to be great industry and
alfalfa fed hogs are already recog-
| nized the world over as product of
| the plains country.
The road would tap places where
the nearest road at present is ninety
and hundred miles away and is
looked upon by railroad men as a
money-making proposition once it is
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ELECTION RETURNS.
Bulletins VIII Be Posted at the City
Drug Store Tonight.

w III AbC OStSu CAaS SlSy
Drug Store Tonight.
Election returns will be posted on
the wall of the City Drug Store to-
night.
The election judges Of
torty-eight victims boxes in
the county have been requested to
send in returns by telephone as soon
as the count in their respective boxes
is finished. Owing to the great length
of the ticket these returns will no
boubt be slow in coming in and it will
probably be late in the night before
the result in the county is known
This service will entail heavy ex-
pense upon the Light, but we be-
lieve the people will appreciate our
efforts to give them the returns. The
public has cordial invitation to be
present.
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A FERMENTATION SURVEY.
Some Curious Facts About The Hair
and Eyes of Scotch Children.

Some Curious Facts About The Hair
and Eyes of Scotch Children.
Some interesting facts have been
brought out by what is called pig
mentation survey" of Scotland, des-
cribed in the Journal of the Royal
Anthropological Institute by two
Scotch anthropoloGists Messrs. Gray
and TOUGHER. This is simply an exam
nation of the color of hair and eyes
among the school children Of Scot
land, says a contributor to Nature
(London, May 21,) describing the
results:
'In the first place the percentage
(24.9) of Scotch boys with fair hair
is unexpectedly low. The obvious in
ference is that the pure Morse or
English element in the population
is by no means predominant, and
that there is a dark or brunei ele-
ment at least equal, and probably
greater The highest density of fair
hair is to be found in the great river