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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
DEMAND MIRRORS IN CHURCHES.
Architect Says Women Are CIamoring
for Innovation.

Il won't name the church." said the
architects young man. TT is one that
stood III need Of repairs a short while
ago. My boss got the job of putting
it in order. l attended to most of the
preliminary details, and l give you
my word that In the list of improve
ments recommended by the committee
was lot Of small mirrors to be put
into the backs Of the seats so the
ladies could see how their hats looked
when they knelt down to pray.
Before the work was really begun
the rest of the congregation got wind
OF the contemplated innovation and
raised no end Ola row. The question,
Looking glasses or no looking glasses
was voted on by the whole church
The conservative noes won out by a
small majority. They insisted that
people kneel for devotional purposes,
not to study the set of their hats, and
that to put temptation in the shape of
& mirror into the back of every seat
would be positively criminal.
But it is a question that will bob
up again with the building Of other
churches. Most Of the women of the
congregations are demanding looking
glasses in the churches, either in the
pews or set as panels in the walls"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
HEARTAcHEs ON EVERY PAGE.
eathos and Tragedy in the Leaves Of
the Old Album. e.

On every page Of an old album "a
written heartache, downfall, disillu-
sion, loneliness. Here is the picture
OF the boy whose every waking hour
outside OF school was partly yours.
so genial fellow he was so ambi-
uous, SO brilliant. You saw him last
year, and hardly recognized the shah.
py wreck that drink had made.
hardly were able to exc out half an
hours conversation with him. Here
Is the college chum with the fine
mead VINO was to do great things in
NE. Consumption. The blossom
Dllghted ere the fruit was set. This
other classmate with the face of
keats-the merest hairs" breadth of
!nlsdlrection in furrow of his brain,
hrst manifested in a comic oddity.
After the flesh, our friend still lives:
only his mind is dead.
ana here is one whose every line.
ament shows forth engaging frank
ness and the joy Of life-worse than
dead. Embezzler, guilty fugitive with
d nelShbor's wife. His broken-heart-
ed Old father, his wife, his children
all OF us who trusted him how mnch
rather would we have followed him
TO his grave than have this come upon
MIN! And then the long list of those
Win whom our lives were interwined
ior whom we hoped, believed, expect
cd-mere insipidities, trifies. failures
nal1-successes, living along somehow.
ana we ourselves. What we meant
then to be; and what we are!-Eu
gene Wood.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
Warranted to Wear.

A teacher in one of the cooking
classes of a New York school tells of
the unique criteria by which her pupils
sometimes Judge each others work in
that line.
One little girl was criticising the
production Of pie by another pupil.
when she said
THAT pies all right, but it amt
as good as me aunt In Orange useter
TO make. You could take piece OF
them in your hand an walk all round
the place eatin' it an 1t wouldn't
break!'-Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
Frames and Boxes.

That useful material, burlap, has
been made up in many attractive ways
in the last few years and now the
needlework shops are showing desk
pads, handkerchief boxes and picture
frames all in burlap and embroidered
with soft-colored silks.
One set was in a dark shade of
green and the design was carried out
in tones of wood brown. 1t does not
take fine stitches or a great amount
of work, but when the dainty little
articles are finished and mounted on
cardboard they are pretty and effec-
tive.
AS sold in the stores such things
are expensive: but why not cover a
box-and there are plenty around the
average b with burlap and leave
1t will 49,, .u.ther elaboration? 1t
would not soil easily and it
would prove a formidable rival to the
silk and tapestry affair.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
Romance of a GLASGOW Bow.

Fortune. as are told, only knocks at
mans door once in n lifetime, and
If refused admittance passes by, never
to return again. The saying is belied.
however, by the career Of George Nc.
CullOch Glasgow boy. who arrived
In Australia Just GO years ago. with
loss than S25 in his pocket, and who
died the ether day millionaire. This
Is how Mr.. McCulloch threw away his
first chance of acquiring a fortune:
One night, sitting in a tiny shanty at
the foot Of the Broken Hill mine. soon
ancr j 8 discovery. he played n game
or 'uch"r with a companion his stake
being tho fourteenth share of the
mine Itself. He lost. and the share
which thus passed out Of his hands
was, six years later, worth no less than
$6,250,0O0.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
German Paterin,alism.

The Oberpostdirection sbezirksrevisor
otherwise district inspector of the
postoffice department of Germany
on tour Of inspection found a tele.
phone operator in small town wear.
ing white silk waist, Gu! low at the
neck, instead of the blue uniform
waist, and reported the offender to
the chief of the inspection Office. Not
only said he, were the regulations Of
the service violated, but the silk gar
ment was cut very low" The chief
Office directed the immediate discharge
OF the telephone operator and gave
warning that women in the imperial
service must dress in keeping with
the service regulations"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
Away with Clothes.

II one takes somewhat broader
and less technical Wow of The monac.
ing conditions disclosed by ,ir Iurdnn
hanc"t's series of exposes. and l.;
Iarge'mind"d enough to apnrcria;o
the essential artihciHity Of tho
whole modern scheme of clothes. thcro
seems but ono LOGICAL conclusion from
the premises. viz, clothes must 20 or
the human race will DO irvuurcd and
eXt"rminatCd by microbes. The con.
Yeni"nceS of the household. from
scrubhing brush 10 the grand piano.
are nothing more nor less than germ
traps. From Kitchen 10 drawing room
and garrett the house is alive with
microscopic brigauds Hence. houses
mus he given up also. And II thus
appears that science as well AS social.
Ism urges a return to the mismamcd
days Of barbarism toward which the
back to nature" folk look SO long.
inglY.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
The SILVER MARKET

According to the following summary
of the silver situation by the Boston
Financial News. there does not seem to
he any immediate prospect of improve
ment in the silver market:
''Thc pronounced Weakness in silver,
dealers in the commodity say, is due
chiefly to tine curCinucd selling by
India and China. In addition to the
selling from those sources the production
OF the white metal shows no falling off.
According to II member of one of the
largest silver bullion firms in this city
the most encouraging feature is the low
price prevailing for the metal. which
may induce some speculative purchases.
ASIDE from tins .IJ,. .rr. Al ,,,.,I.t. t
there is nothing in the situation at the
present time to warrant the expectation
"t any decided improvement in the near
future.
About the only steady demand for
silver bullion comes from the Mexican
government, wnI.u - buying about
IIO,000 ozS. Il week, and from the
Onlted States government, which is
taking about 1870 ozs. The demand
from the arts, while somewhat better
during the past six months than in the
first half of the year, is still quite below
what it has been in former years, If is
estimated that the arts have consumed
only about 5000, OC0 ozs. within the last
three months.
SO far as India is concerned. Eu-
ropean adviceS to Il large bullion house
here are that the Indian government
is not likely to buy any silver for the
entire year of 1909 as the Indian GOV
eminent holds abDnt l2O, 900. 900 ozs. of
uncoln"d silver NJ the present time
Ihc Indian bazarS. however, NAV bnv
some for speculation: but, apart from
ihlS, very little inquiry for silver from
India is looked for.
About six months ago a bill nossed
the German Reichstag authorizing, the
government to purchase 100000. 900 ozs.
or silver for coinage purposes. This
amount was to have been purchased
within year from the passing of the
hlli. but so far the German government
mas not bought one Oh. of silver. There
are still 55.OOO,0O0 ounces to be bought
10y the lnsular Department of the
Federal government for Philippine
coinage. and while there are no indica
tIonH of any of these large amouts of
silver being ordered in the near future,
still it is said that the governments
above referred To- may come into the
market at any time"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
Shoe Repairing

My shoe trade has steadily increased
so that it has left me no time to do re-
pairing, and I have sold out my repair
ing department to Robert Schultz,
whom / can recommend as good work
man.
All work in the line of shoe repairing
will be done by him at my stoR
Come everybody and bring your moe
repairing.
A. L. MAUK, THE SHOE MIN.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
Como to America to Learn.

A Siamese girl, Miss Hilda Anoon
Traa, has come to America in order to
familiarize herself with educational
methods for the ultimate benefit Of
her country. Miss Traa will start in
one OF the lowest of the classes in a
school at Hartford, Conn, where she
will take up kindergarten methods and
music. She will spend three years in
America, ny which time she hopes to
gain sufficient knowledge to return to
her native country and open a school
Of her own.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
lNTHE DISTRICT COURT OF THE 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.

In the Matter of the estate of G. H. HOOPER,
deceased
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
was duly appointed on the 9th day of Noyem.
Der 1908, by the District Court of the Fourth
judicial District of the State of Nevada in and
Tor the County Of Elko. as Administrator of the
estate OF the said G. H. Hooper, deceased and
that on the said 9th day of November. 1908 he
"uiS tuliii!eu as Such AdminlStrator.
estate are required to file them with proper
vouchers attached. with the Clerk of said Dis
publication of this Notice or they will be for
ever barred.
HAYDEN HENDERSON,.
Administrator Of the estate of G. H. Kooner
deceased
Charles b. Henderson. Attorney for Admins
traitor.
Date of first publication of Notice. Nov. p. 1908.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
CHRISTMAS TIME

IS always the present" time and if Won
want to give some friend or loved one
a good time" buy the watch here and
you will succeed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
The Crowd and Success,

To-day there are no public entertain
ments save those which are intended
FOR the world at large. Whethe, the
entertainment provided takes the
form of the drama, music or sport, the
crowd Is invited, and it's presence Is
indispensable for both financial and,
moral success.-Hibbert Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-16
Draying Business.

Chris Eshleman has started q draying
business He is prepared to do all kinds
of hauling, delivering freight and all
other business il the draying line. Prices
reasonable and strict attention given to
l orders. Office at the Old Lumber
office.
The wageworker., 1908-10-10

the vote was in favor of it. Acting
upon this hint President Hardy has
appointed a committee to visit Des
Moines and investigate the working
of the commission system in that
city. The committee ne appointed is
made up of splendid men-there is
no question about that. They have
been markedly successful in their
business, as will be seen when their
names are called:
John E. Miller, managing partner
Of the firm of Miller & Paine; DR..
II. ]. Winnett, member of the state
board of railway commissioners; Will
Owen Jones, managing editor of the
State Journal; NJ. l.. Aitken. cashier
National Bank of Commerce.
No better selections could have
been made. This is admitted. But
a more representative committee
could have been selected. The mer-
chants, the physicians, the newspa-
pers and the banks are represented,
but what about the wage-earners-
the bricklayers, the carpenters, the
printers, the pressmen, the electrical
workers, the painters, the plumbers,
the musicians, the leatherworkers and
the members of a dozen or more other
skilled trades? Can it be that Presi-
dent Hardy holds to the opinion that
these men, who outnumber the other
occupations ten to one. have no in
terest in city government? Is not
the printer who owns his little home
as much interested in competent city
government as the banker who profits
by the deposits of the aforesaid
printer? Is not the electrical worker
who has paid for his little home by
depriving himself of many little ne
cessities as much interested in good
city government as the merchant who
has succeeded only because there
have been thousands of such to buy
his goods at fair margin of profit?
The Wageworker calls the atten-
tion of every wage-earner in Lincoln
to the protest made by Lincoln Typo
graphical Union at its meeting last
Sunday Every union in the city
ought to endorse that protest. 1t is
time to resent these continued snubs
of the workingmen of Lincoln.
The wageworker., 1908-10-10
THE COMMISSION PLAN.

There is one argument in favor of
the commission plan of municipal
sovernment-it could not be worse
than the present system, and it might
easily be better. This statement may
be verified by attending one meeting
of the city council and listening to
the ''ragchewing" of the councilmen
and watching their ''horseplay." The
idea that nearly a score of men who
rave their own business to attend to
can give careful attention to a bust
ness involving a million or so of
collars year, and do 1t on the mu-
Efficient wage of $25 month is the
sheerest nonsense
Is there a wholesale business firm
in America that would entrust its
business of million dollars year
into the hands of bunch of politi-
clans and pay each one of the bunch
$500 year? Such a firm would go
bankrupt inside of year.
The Wageworker favors the COM
mission plan of city government, pro.
vided provision can be made to elm
mate the political feature. 1t favors
q plan that will provide for not less
than five commissioners, each one of
whom shall be at the mead of some
executive department of the city, the
chairman to be the official we now
call mayor. The head of each de-
rartment shall be responsible to the
people for the conduct of his depart
ment and subject to dismissal by a
majority vote of the people who en-
ploy him. This, in brief, is what is
known as the recall system"
In order to eliminate politics in
the selection of these commissioners
Z should be provided that any man
desiring to become candidate could
have his name printed on the ballot
by filing petition bearing certain
stipulated number of names. The
two candidates receiving the highest
vote for each commissionership at the
primaries would be the candidates t
Le voted upon at the election. N,
party or political designation should
be allowed to appear upon the ballo
after the name of any candidate
These five commissioners should b,
paid salaries that would command tn,
services of capable men who woult
give all of their time to their EN-
ployers, the people.
II is big subject and the working
men of Lincoln ought to study
thoroughly.
The wageworker., 1908-10-10

riman fund had no influence on this
bered that one of his first really
important official acts was to veto
the 2-cent fare law passed by the
New York legislature.
1t is quite true that Governor
Hughes threw the hooks" into the
race track gamblers, which was right
and proper and which should be put
down to his credit. But we have yet
to hear that he has thrown the
hooks" into the big gamblers in Wall
street, the chief of whom contributed
to his campaign fund. Nor have We
heard of his throwing the hooks
into the bucket shop gamblers.
OF course Charles Evans Hughes
is a great friend of labor. They all
are when they are running for office.
But when the 100000 railroad men of
New York asked for representation
upon the railroad commission, Cover
nor Hughes treated them with scorn
and refused their petition. Not one
laboring man-that is a man VINO
works for wages at some useful trade
was appointed on any commission
in New York by Governor Hughes.
Governor Hughes, the man who
probed the insurance graft until it
threatened to land some big New
Workers in the pen, and then quit
Governor Hughes, who was elected
by a campaign fund contributed by
railroad magnates, who then vetoed
the 2-cent fare bill; Governor Hughes,
who is friend of labor until the
time comes to make his deeds square
with his mouthings-this is the Gov
ernor Charles E. Hughes who is
travelling about the country and tell
ing workingmen what a fine friend
tc labor Taft is, and what a dema-
gogue William ]. Bryan is.
As remarked in the beginning, Gov
ernor Hughes reminds us of one of
those early day westerners, one of
the clan of long-haired, ganteel, polite
card sharps, who could successfully
bet a four-fush as high as the ceiling
The wageworker., 1908-10-10

A pretended labor paper published
cope" sent out to labor papers by the
republican national committee. 1t
consists largely of articles calling at
tention to the convict leasing system
in democratic Georgia Let it b.
borne in mind that republican Ne
braska, like democratic Georgia,
leases its convicts to private en-
ployers.
The wageworker., 1908-10-10
sNueREp AGAIN.

President Hardy of the Commercial
club, acting for that organization,
Lincoln laboring men. We cheerfully
admit that the snub was uninten-
tional, but this thing of snubbing the
most numerous element of the popula.
tion has become such a habit that
IL Is looked upon by the snubbers as
a mere matter of course.
The Commercial club mas taken a
vote of its membership on the com
mission plan of city government, and
The wageworker., 1908-10-10

THEY CALL US A TRUST. THE
TRUST Is so FORMED THAT YOU
CAN'T BREAK INTO 1T WITH AN
AXE. WITH THE LABOR ORGAN
IZATION 1T FINDS NONE TOO
LOWLY IN ITS RANKS, AND WE
WELCOME TO OUR ORDER MEN
OF EVERY TRADE, OF EVERY
RACE AND CLINE. TRADE UNIONS
STRIVE FOR MORE OF THE PROD
UCTS OF THEIR LABOR-MORE,
MORE, MORE, AND WHEN THEY
HAVE ACHIEVED THAT THEY
WILL STILL SEEK MORE.-SAM-
UEL GOMPERS.
The wageworker., 1908-10-10
AN OUTRAGE ON JUSTICE.


Golfers Weekly Denounces New York
Law That Resembles Nebraska's.
Making slave out of debtor is. in
general, a bygone entertainment New
York, however, has managed to pass
law by which a mans salary may be
garnisheed, not only for necessities, but
for luxuries. A merchant or manufac-
turer can persuade the supporters Of a
family to buy what he does not need,
and then go to his employer and hold
up his salary, If it be over $12 a week,
while his wife and children starve.
This is to the advantage of the seller
of luxuries. 1t is to the advantage of
manufacturers of books and periodi-
calls, like, for example, p. F. Collier
& Son. But it chiefly benefits the loan
sharks, into whose clutches family
sickness or misfortune often throws
the small salaried man. While New
York has been legislating for the rich
against the poor, Massachusetts, has
been proceeding in the very oposite d.
rection by legislating against the loan
shark. The New York law may make
it easier for Golfers to collect from
it's subscribers, but it is an outrage to
justice; it is barking back to the
blindness of the past, and 1t ought to
be repealed.-Collier's Weekly.
The wageworker., 1908-10-10

The Western Federation of Miners
ought to vote for Debs, the socialist
candidate, in order to defeat Bryan
and elect the chosen heir of the man
who designated them as undesirable
citizens"
The wageworker., 1908-10-10

William H. Taft, the injunction
JIM Sherman, the trust magnate pre-
siding over the senate; Joe Cannon,
the labor hater, speaker of the house
say, isn't that an inviting prospect
from the standpoint of the laboring
man?
The wageworker., 1908-10-10
Mr.. HUGHES OF NEW YORK

Governor Hughes of New York is
another wise man who comes out of
the east to tell us what a grand
old friend of labor William H. Taft
is. And of course the newspapers
that are trying to elect Taft tell us
what splendid man Governor
Hughes is, and advise US to heed his
political advice if we would achieve
political salvation. We rather like
Governor Hughes. In one respect he
reminds us. of some of the men who
achieved wide fame during the early
days of western civilization. 1t will
be remembered that in the old days
the chief citizen was he who could
bet four-fush to the limit and make
it win.
Charles Evans Hughes, governor of
New York, is gentleman who has
bet political four-fiush to the limit
and made it win. This assertion
will not meet with the acquiescence
of those who dearly love to worship
at the shrine of the political victor
OF look far distance for a political
| mentor. Governor Hughes was un-
known to fame, except locally until
the beginning of the insurance COM
pany Investigations in New York a
few years ago. He acted as attorney
for the Armstrong legislative investi-
CATION committee, and while it is true
that he went into those rotten deals
far enough to show up their corrup-
tion he quit just this side of sending
the financial pirates to the penitenti-
airy. Not one single solitary pirate
was jailed as the result of Hughes
investigation, although we believe one
cheap clerk was incarcerated merely
to appease popular wrath. Mr..
Hughes uncovered that fact that one
of the big life insurance companies
had embezzled $4,000 of the policy
holders money and put it into the
hands of the republican national com
mittee, but We never heard that Mr.
Hughes insisted upon it's return to
it's rightful owners
Just about the time that Mr.
Hughes had uncovered enough rotten
ress to drive the republic to a for
maldehyde factory for relief, he quit
A few weeks later the same meI
he had been prosecuting nominated
him for governor of New York. This
was during the campaign when m,
Dear Hartman" was sent for by
President Roosevelt and asked tt
raise a pot of money to help carr!
New York state. Mr.. Hartman raiset
I $780, and We have President Roose
velt's word for it that it was al
, spent in New York state. Tha
' money was contributed by Hartman
i Morgan, Depew and other railroa
e men, with some assistance from tn
i insurance crowd that Hughes wa
t supposed to have prosecuted wit
S such vigor. Hughes was elected b
narrow margin, being the only II
n publican candidate for a state offic
l. TO pull through. We have Presiden
d Roosevelts word for it that the Ha
The wageworker., 1908-10-10

If Mr.. Bryan is elected he will use
mis- utmost efforts to have a depart
ment of labor created, with a secre-
tary in the cabinet The republican
party is on record as opposing it.
The wageworker., 1908-10-10

exactly like the Nebraska garnishee
law. Golfers Weekly says of the
New York law: 1T is an outrage
to justice; it is a barking back to
the blindness of the past, and it ought
to be repealed" The law thus de.
bounced was signed by Charles Evans
Hughes.
The wageworker., 1908-10-10

Moses was the first strike leader,
and ne made old Pharoah look like
8 monkey. Watch how the working
men of America put Little Willie
of Cincinnati in the Pharoah class on
November 3.
The wageworker., 1908-10-10

The Hayelock shops were closed
down thirty minutes in order to give
the shopmen a chance to hear Taft
and then the shopmen had their pay
docked or were compelled to make
UP the time.
The wageworker., 1908-10-10
THE AmelDExTERous BRYAN.

Taft and Teddy are running off at
the mouth very acutely, but they
both get hot balls off the bat from
Billy Bryan faster than they can
catch them. He can keep them both
up in the air with one hand and hold
his breetches up with the other.
They are not in his class.