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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-28
SALMAGUNDI

at Cochrane's. -
The San Francisco Call is on sale at
Sproules' bookstore. =
Bread tickets good for scent loaves
at Cochrane's Bakery.
The Ladies Guild of the Episcopal
Church will take in plain sewing.
Wanted-A position on ranch by a
man and his wife. Inquire at this
office.
For Sale:-A buggy, harness, saddle
and tent Call at Mrs. Osell's for partic-
ulars. .'r =
Save those natural teeth, thereby re-
tain your facial expression. DIR. Gill
and ':the dentist" Office over the Drug
Store. Elko
Furnished house wanted, with piano
preferred; by gentleman and wife,, No
chileren. References the best. Address
NJ. E. care Independent"
Fifty Thousand coyote skins wanted
by April /, 1909. Address J. D. Per
ins, Branch Fire House, 91O w. 18th.
treet, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
A law is to be passed in France ex-
mpting wives from obeying their
husbands. Isn't that work of super
gation2-Pittsburg GazetteTimes
Several Western Pacific grading out
is have passed through town in the
st few days, bound for points west
he grading of the road between Elko
nd Salt Lake is nearly completed and
is only a matter of week or two when
he track will reach Elko
E. S. Van Leer, successor to N. p
uldager, practical horse sheer with
ears of experience, will conduct q
Pneral blacksmithing business at the
d shop. Mr.. Rigsby will remain
id attend to the wood work A fair
are of the public patronage is solic
ed.
Nearly every mail brings stuff from
nchot's bulletin factory to this Office
grat,yt npus publication. AS 80 per
1nt Of u stuff has no local Importance
goes into the waste basket. Pinchot,
forest reserve man, is certainly an
Ppt in blowing his own horn. He is
With big I.
he preliminary examination of the
n from Monticello, charged with re-
wing three barrels of whiskey stolen
N the Southern Pacific. is still in
gress before Judge Bruce. The
Prneys were wrangling sthis after
about the admission of the state
ht made by Hogans bartender.
his is cold weather for this seson of
year and if it continues a few days
FER ice will be thick enough to
Eest. Last night was the coolest
the mercury crawling down to ID
ices below zero. 1t is splendid
Their for the coal dealer, but tough
nose who have to foot the fuel bills
Pc people Of Elko should begin to
las the sewer proposition with the
OF getting a law through the
lature authorizing the issuance of
Tor sewer purposes. If a bonding
not passed by the incoming legis-
e. the present deplorable conditions
exist for two years more. Let us
b time.
Reno Gazette says that it is
ted that U. S. Marshal Grimmon is
&c resign to take effect on the
Ut December and the Virginia
ilcie says he has already sent in
sSgnation to take effect on Deem
''h. Both papers agree that
Humphreys, chairman of the
iican state committee, will succeed
mon.
money made selling our line of
ne Lighting Systems which is the
@Kasive, modern and up-to-date
~ red under one roof. Our
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
GOOD RAILROAD NEWS
A. DanviIle of WOmble Has Utmost Faith in Construction of Mena-Hot
 Springs Line Money Ready.

A. Danville of Womble is con- vlnced that a railroad will be built between Mens and Hot Springs in the near future.
 MT. Danville, representing the Womble Board of Trade, has in- vestigated the subject and says without qualification that he knows the money is ready for the road, and that, as before stated, all that the packers of the enter prise desire is that terminals and fight-of.way be furnished free from cost 10 them.
 The Womble Board of Trade has invited George E. Crater, the representative of the English cap italists who are to furnish the money. to come 10 Wombie, agreeing to send representatives with conveyance for him and pay all expenses to take him over the hne.
 In furthering the plan to briug MT. Crater over inc line. an il- vitstion has been sent in behalf of the Meua Commercial Club asking him to come on to Mena from Womble should he go tc that place.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
FREIGHTS Go TOGETHER.
Head d-End Collision of Two Fast K. C. s. Trains Below Texarkana
 Tramp Hurt.

A head-end collision between two freight trains occurred on the Kansas City Southern Wednes. day afternoon near Cass, twenty. five miles south of Texarkana, both engines @being badly dam aged and number Of cars de- railed and piled up m the ditch, causing a blockade to traffic on that division for several hours. None of the train crews were hurt, the only person injured being tramp who was stealing a ride on one Of the trains, get ting his legs badly mashed.
 The collision was between fast freight train No. 52 in charge of Conductor Ash and Engineer Thennis and local train No. 5 in charge of Conductor Ray and Engineer Phelps. It is said that the collision was caused by the train of No. B overlooking orders.
 As result of the wreck pas senger train No. 2 was forced to detour over the tracks of the T. & P. road via Marshall to Texar- kama, arriving in Mena seven hours late.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
GETS DOUBLE DOSE.
Man Charged With Burglary. Held to Grand Jury and Fined for Carry
 ing Stolen Goods.

Lambert Wilson, alias Powell, who was arrested and placed in jail Wednesday morning on a charge of breaking into the house of Joe Craig and stealing pistol and a dark, had preliminary hearing before Squire Sam Smith last Thursday at 10 p. m., and fine of $50 was assessed against the deiendent for carrying dirk.
 He was also bound over to the grand jury on charge of grand larceny, his bond being fixed at $500 in each case. Not being ble 10 give bond he was remand. ed to jail to await the action of the next grand jury.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
BOOT STUCK, LEG BROKE
Carl Sandefur, an Oklahoma Cowboy. in Hospital at Fort Smith After a
 Curious Accident.

Fort Smith, June 2.-Carl Sam defur broke his leg iu Mansfield last night while trying to pull off his boot. He was brought here today. The leg is broken above the knee.
 oandefur lives al McCurtain, Ok, and is cowboy who wears regulation high-heel boots. My right heel caught and my boot twisted" said Sandefur, in telling the story of the accident. "I caught the heel in one hand an | the toe in the other and gave the boot twist to straighten 1t with sudden j,rk. There was pop you could hear 40 feet, and here i am.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
GIRL ASSAULTED IN CRAWFORD co.
Hundreds of Armed Men Hunting for Human Fierd Who Committed Awful Crime Thought to be
 a White Man.

Van Buren, June IA tele- phone message from kibler, six miles east of Van Buren, was received here at 4 o'clock yester- day afternoon urging every available officer to come to that point and join in search for a strange white man who had committed an assault upon Miss. Vddie Trout, l7-year- old daughter of Mir, Tom Trout. The officers and a number of citizens leit at once for the scene of the crime.
 Miss Trout had started to carry some milk and butter to the home of Representative Waiter Haley, and, in shortening the distance, she left the road to follow a we'll beaten path. While passing through a thicket she was at- tackled.
 The latest reports from that community by telephone show every man in that section to be in the saddle, determined to capture the fiend.
 The girl is general favorite in that section, her mother IS dead and for the past two years she has taken the mothers place in the Trout household. The crime has aroused the neighbor. hood. A rural telephone line ex- tends to that part of the county, which is thickly settled, and as every point on the railroads can be reached from that point, the entire county was notified, and the mans capture is believed to be only a question of time, but the hunt last night and up to noon today has revealed nothing but some old clothing Miss Trout says the man wore over a better suit as part of his disguise.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
A COMPROMISE PLANK
Prohibition Question Left to Popular Vote in l909- The Convention
 Adjourns.

Little Rock, June 4.-After adopting platform, which em- bodies in large measure the ideas advanced by George w. Dona- ghey, the Democratic nominee for governor, on state issues, to- gether with a promise plank on the subject of statewide pro- hibitiou, asking the new state legislature to pass such laws as are necessary 10 cause the ques- ton to be submitted to vote of the people in 1909, tue Demo. cratic state coveution adjourned yesterday afternoon.
 It was the most harmonious session the Democrats of Arkan- sas have held in years.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
MURDERER
 COMES TO GRIEF
Ben Oliver. After Committing Awful Crime Near Stuttgart, Is Acci- dently Shot With Own Gun
 While Escaping.

Stuttgart, June c.-One of the most atrocious murders ever com mitted in this county took place this morning near Crooked bayou on a plantation known as the Craig place. Ben Oliver shot and killed his sister, Mrs. Stanley, who was setting out sweet potato plants in the garden. He then went into the house and shot Stanley, who was in bed sick. Oliver left. out as he climbed over fence 100 yards from the house, his gun was discharged, making a fearful wound. He was seen by Cotton Beltlocal freight crew, who picked him up and brought him to Stuttgart. His wounds were dressed and he was turned over to the sheriff, who took him to the county seat at De Witt.
 Coroner Mahle went to the scene of the murder and the jury returned a verdict that Mir. and Mrs. Stanley had come to their death by guushot wounds at the hands of Oliver.
 The only reason that Oliver could give for his crime was that his sister had been wronged. He begged those attending him here to cut his throat.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11

made entirely of roots and herbs of the forests and fields not contain the slightest of mineral any form especially adapted for remedy and has the additional of absolutely safe for young rc-estahhes the healthy circulation of the blood d the body of that ing improves the appetite and digestion and brings about health and strength those whose systems have been depleted 5 5 $ promptly and satisfactorily than any other medicine and those who beginning feel the need of ory themselves against the unpleasant which Spring should commence its Not only will up the system but will humo from the blood prevent outbreak of Eczema Acne Teuer Poison Oak Ivy or other skin disease eruption which is this s. s. is for sale at all drug &
 THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,. ATLANTA, OA
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
SOCIALISTS PUT
 OUT STATE TICKET
J. Sam Jones of Harrison the Nominee tor Governor Platform Contains Many Striking Reform Ideas
 Besides Public Ownership

Little Rock, June 3.-After dis cussing the platform for an entire day, the Socialist party of Arkansas, in convention, last night adopted the platform as framed by the so-called opportunist wing and nominated a partial list of state officers. The following nominations were made:
 For Governor-J. Sam Jones, Har- rison.
 Secretary of State w. R. Snow, Huntington.
 Attorney General---Daniel Hogan. Huntington
 Commissioner of Mines, Mining Agriculture Robert c. c. Simpson. Denning.
 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mrs. l.. Beckwith. Fort Smith.
 The following immediate de- mands' are made part of the plat form:
 A new state constitution based on the rule of the majority and operated on the principle of direct legislation through the initiative and referen- dunn and right to recall.
 The abolishment of the veto pow CT of the governor.
 Equal suffrage for men and women.
 Free and compulsory education to the age of 16.
 The absolute prohibition of child labor to the age of Is.
 Old age pensions.
 A graduated income and inherit ance tax, the proceeds of same to be applied to the old age pension fund.
 The abolition of government by 
 State fire and life insurance.
 The protection of labor union funds from liability for loss sus- tained by employers during strikes and boycotts.
 A state printing plant to supply free text books to all children of school age who may request them, and to print all public records.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
A Prohibition Compromise.

A Prohibition Compromise.
 The prohibition plank is in the nature of a compromise between the advocates and opponents Of statewide prohibition. The reSo. lution offered by Rev. w. T. Amis, a delegate from Garland county, asked that the next legis- lature be requested to pass statewide prohibition law, The plank as adopted recommends that the ''next legislature pass such laws as will ascertain during the year 1909 whether the people favor local option or state wide prohibition" and pledges the Democratic party to execute the will of the people when it shall have been ascertained.
 This compromise was accepted by the prohibition advocates, and as a result there was no debate on the plank on the convention floor. If the recommendation is adopted by the legislature, it will be necessary to submit the ques- tlon al special election, as no general election will be held in 1909.
 On the convict question, the platform recommends the work lug of state convicts on the pub lic roads, and opposes the making oi any further contracts by which any convicts will be hired to any person, firm or corporation.
 The platform demands that the next legislature remove all per sons and officials connected with or engaged in the construction of the new state capitol, so that the state may take charge of the con strnctlon of the building at once and pass such laws upon that sub lect as man be recommended by me nomlnee of the party for governor. It IS also recommend ca tha! in the completion of the Ait'ling, a spirit of fair liberality bv Nercised.
 The platform also favors law nqulrlug the publication of sw9ru itemized statement of all campaign expenses of all candi- dates and party committees.
 ! also endorses the two consti- intIonal amendments 10 be sub mitted at the next election, the one providing a poll tax qualifica- ton tor the elective franchise, and the other permitting the issu- ance ot bonds for local improve ments by cities towns and coun- tles.
 Alter the adoption of the plat form, a resolution, introduced by F. Hampton of Fordyce, was adopted, directing the next legis- ia'ure 10 take such action as is necessary Co provide for the elec- uon oi a lieutenant governor.
 Little Rock Gets Next Convention.
 The convention accepted an iu- Nl'atlon from Little Rock to hold 'ne next convention in this city.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
A Good Sized Catfish.

T. Lunsford was in Mena Thursday holding the honors for the big fish this season. Mir. Luusford with his brother. E. r., and George Wilcox spent night on the Washita and succeeded in landing a yellow catfish which weighed 23H pounds. It's length was 57 inches.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11

lllCTcdSeu llteQS or me system, and we suffer in consequence.
 Our physical machinery seems 10 get "out of gear, and suffers from debility, weakness, nervous ness, loss of appetite, etc. Sleep is not refreshing, there is a con stant worn-out feeling, and we do not feel equal to performing the ordinary duties, of daily life.
 When the system is in this dis ordered condition it must have assistance; it must be aided with a tonic, and il should be a medicine which has the additional qualities of first-class blood purifier, for to restore health the blood must be cleanSed of all impurities.
 s. s. s. is the best Spring tonic, and it is recognized as the oldest and best blood purifier. Itis
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11

Last Spring my blood was out of order and my system was completely run down. needed n tonic badly. I tried other medicines which did me little or no good, and then I commenced s. s. s. I had not used it long before felt better, and after taking it n short while my blood was thorough ly cleansed and my general health restored. S. s. S. gave me fine comp e X i on, in- creased my weight and strength, and acted as a very refreshing, invigorating tonic to my entire system. As tonic S. g. s. can not be equaled. That is my opinion of it, and if I could, would induce every one to use it in the Spring.
 FRANK ApPLEGATE,
 Box So4 Wellsville, Ohio.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11

Feeling that, except to guard against accidents, he need DO longer concern himself over the nomination, the President is giving thought to the platform. Here is a point at which he is vitally interested and at which he doesn't feel quite sure of his ground. He wants the platform to contain a ringing endorse ment of his administration and his policies-he wouldn't be hu- ma T If he didn'I-and he is far from certain the "reactionaries" have not card up their sleeve.
 The President is far from satis- fled with what he got from con- gress at the session just closed, but he believes he got about all that was absolutely necessary for the purposes of the campaign. lie will be satisfied if the plat form will pledge the party to do those things he urged which it failed to do at the recent session.
 AS has been stated before in this correspondence, the Presi- dent expects 10 make two or three speeches in the campaign, and for that reason he is especially anxious the platform should be one with which he is thoroug hly in accord. He would not care to go before the people urging Tsft's election if Taft stood upon a platform that failed to measure np to the progressive ideas of the Roosevelt administration.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
PROHIBITION LEFT
 TO POPULAR VOTE
Democratic State Convention Passes Question Up to the People Sub stance of Most Important
 Planks in Platform.

Little Rock, June 4. After adopting platform, whi ch en- bodies in large measure the ideas advanced by George w. Dona- shey, the Democratic nominee for governor, on state issues, the Democratic state convention ad- journed yesterday afternoon. It was the most harmonious session the Democrats of Arkansas have held for years.
 The last afternoon of the work of tue convention was passed very quietly, there being but It. tie contesting on the floor, ex- cept in the matter of the adop- tiou of the rules for the govern ment of primaries.
 The special committee appoint ed for the purpose of considering rules offered by the Hon. w. C. Braley of Washington county, made it's report soon after the noon recess, and w. A. Falconer of Fort Smith submitted other rules, IS substitute for those of the special committee.
 Judge Falconer spoke to the adoption Of the rules submitted by himself, declaring that there was one particular reason in his county for the adoption of set of rules which would not make all Democrats swear 10 support all nominees of the party, regard less of whether they are thieves or not. From this statement Judge Falcouer dealt at some length with the rules which makes 1t obligatory upon all who i vote the primary ticket to SUD- port The winners at the poles.
 Judge J. F. Read, also of Fort Smith, took issue with Judge Falconer. He declared that to eliminate the feature of the rules would mean danger to the party. But very few votes were recorded against the adoption of the Bra lev rules, while very few voted for the substitute of Judge Fal- coner.
 The most important blanks in the platform adopted by the con- vention are those regarding state wide prohibition, the state capitol question, the working of convicts on the public roads and the abol- ishment of the convict contract system, the initiative and referen- dunn,
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
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 PURELY VEGETABLE GREATEST OF ALL LTONICS

very few persons are able to the Spring with any degree o physical comfort without the aid change with the changing and required blood rom which source our bodies receive their nourhmen and strength at this particular than at others
 During the cold Winter months do freely warmer weather the skin removing waste and refuse matter and the other of drainage dull sluggish their work Thus the impurities which should pass are left the system and are absorbed into the blood
 When Spring and all on life we change our mode living and greater demands the blood nosment and strength enable the changed conditions But the Winter accumuons have polluted the and destroyed nurtve qualities such not able to supply the
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11

THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,. ATLANTA, oA.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
PRESIDENT GETS
 NO REST SOON
With Congress Off His Hands Is h. tertsted in National Convention Wants Platform He Can Talk
 for Third Term Talk.

Washington, June 5.-The ad-
 Journment of congress didn't
 mean that President Roosevelt
 would have an immediate holiday
 As a matter of fact, the Presi.
 dents work hasn't let up a bit.
 lie got congress off bis hands only to get the national conveu. ton on them.
 The next two weeks will be
 busy ones at the White IIonse, for the President is determined that Ii It be in his power to pre- vent 1t no cogs shall slip at Chicago. He is not unmlndful of the fact that there will be in the convention lot of determined third-term boomers, but he is serenely confident he can prevent the success of any effort on their part to start a Roosevelt stam- pede. The President is firmly convinced that the only thing now that can prevent Taft's nom- nation IS the nomination of him. self, and while taking every pre- caution he is not losing any sleep over the latter contingency.
 The fact that the "alliesp do coucede the nomination 10 Taft worries the President not at all. He only smiles when it is recalled to bim that Seward in 1860, Blaine in 1870, Grant iu 1880 and Sherman in 1888, each went into tue convention with the nomin. atlon apparently "sewed up" but that each failed to land the prize. He prefers going back no further than lS96, when Mckinley occu- pied position very much the same as that occupied by Taft today, and the opposition lwindied 10 nothing. The Presi- lent is something of hand at ,iting precedeuts himself, and 1as more or less of a reputation IS a precedent maker. He thinks 1e knows how to read the politi- ;al barometer, and he can see iothing but Taft and fair weather.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-11
CLUB WILL BANQUET
Members of 7. M. B. C. to Be
rendered Feast by One
OF the Officers.
Is TO BE FIRST OF KIND.

A banquet is in prospect for the
members of the Young Mems Business
club. Announcement was made last
evening that such an event will be
rendered the membership by one of
the officers within the next two
weeks The efforts of the members
to interest others in the recent fall
festival and as a testimonial of the
appre citation in which their work is
held have proved the cause that have
decided this particular officer some
reward is deserved. 1t is planned to
include within the list of guests the
names of all members of committees
who assisted in the festival, whether
they be members of the organization
or not ...
This will be the first gathering of
the kind in which the organization has
shown remarkable precocity it is de-
clared on all sides and has made the
older organizations of the city realize
that the days for crawling develop.
ment of the citys business life are
passed and it is now able to walk
alone.