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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-02
His Father to Blame,

HIB TdtHoT 20 bTpmo.
He makes money, but he can't keep
It," O. - :
It's heredity; his father worked in
a mint"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-02
Missed Vocation.

client-pidn't you make a mistake
q going into law inatead Of the
army? .@" z@
Lawyer Why? ~,
&. -CAsPt--Ry the, .&aH go,l, charge
there would ba, little left Of the, en-
say.-TitRR RRitAb.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-02
Il was Lose Anyw.vI :

Hubby (fumbHng in hfs pockets) -.
Ish fanRy-hic-bus 4 can't-hio--re.
member In just what pookst-hio-l
put zat ksghole.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-02
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET

Members of the Assembly
E. G. RIDDELL
Star Valley
FRANK H. WINTER :
GEORGE MCINTOSH
Carlin
JOHN j. SCHOER
Glover Valley
WILLIAM R. BELLINGER
Lamoille Valley
a. q. DAwLEY
Elko
County Treasurer
MAJOR 81. MILLER
=r-,v -. Z, f.e-- Elko
County Recorde 58
w. G.. GREATHOUSE
Ruby Valley
County Assessor
w. M. WEATHERS
Elko ..H
District Attorney
EDWIN E. GAME
Elko
County Commissioner Hong Term)-
WILLIAM WILLIS
Midas
County Commissioner (Short Term)-
GEORGE NJ MOODY
Elko
County Surveyor
/: CHARLES Ne. HAWS
Elko
Member of Broad of Education
= w. 8. GRISWOLD
Ruby Valley
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
Tails md Their Uses.

A cat never actually, wags its tail
Why should it when 1t can purr? But,
nevertheless, 1t Fseems to serve the
same purpose in permitting a temper
airy expenditure of excess nervous
energy when the animal is under great
strain. For instance, when carefully
stalking a bird or a man, as in the case
of kitten or lion, the tip of the tail
is never still for a mOment-ever curl
ing and uncurling. We may compare
this to the nervous tapping of the foot
or fingers In man. When an angry
lion is roaring its loudest, his tail will
frequently lash from side to side, CIV
Ing rise among the ancients to the be-
lief that he scourged his body with
hook or thorn which grew from the end
cf the tail. When jaguar walks along
a slender bough, or house cat peram-
bulates the top of a board fence, we
perceive another important function of
the tail-that of an aid in balancing
As a tight-rOpe performer sWays his
pole, so the feline shifts its tail to pre-
serve the center Of gravity. The tail Of
a sheep seems to be of little use to its
owner, although in the breed which is
found in Asia Minor and on the table
lands of Tartary this organ functions
as a storehouse of fat, and sometimes
reaches a weight of 80 pounds. When
viewed from behind, the animal seems
all tail, and when this appendag1
reaches It's full size it is either fasten-
ed between two sticks which drag on
the ground, or it is suspended on two
small wheels
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
HAPPY OLD AGE
Most Likely to Follow Proper
Eating.

Most Likely to Follow Proper
Eating.
As old age advances. we require less
food to replace waste and food that
will not overtax the digestive organs,
while supplying true nourishment.
Such an ideal food is found in Grape
Nuts, made of whole wheat and barley
by long baking and action of diastass
in the barley which changes the starch
into sugar
The phosphates also, placed up under
the bran-coat of the wheat, are includ-
ed in Grape-Nuts, but left out of white
-four. They are necessary to the build
ing OF brain and nerve cells.
IT have used Grape-Nuts," writes
an Iowa man, for years and feel as
good and am stronger than | was ten
years ago. l am over IA years OLD and
attend to my business every day.
among my customers l meet a man
every day who is 90 years old and at
tributes his good health to the use or
Grape-Nuts and Postum which he has
used for the last years He mixes
Grape-Nuts with Postum and says they
60 fine together.
For many years before l began to
eat GrapeNuts 1 could not say that
l enjoyed life or knew what it was to
be able to say I am we'll | suffered
greatly with constipation, now my hab-
its are as regular as ever in my life.
Whenever | make extra effort
depend on Grape-Nuts food and 1t just
fills the bill. 1 can think and write a
great deal easier"
There's a Reason" Name given Dy
Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. Read
THE Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01

One Of the most successful revival
lists In the middle west is Rev. Billy
Sunday, the ex-ball player. In the
course of one Of his recent sermons"
he said:
Il understand that a young woman
Is going about this town into your
homes and business houses peddling
that low-down, infamous, malicious,
premeditated, damnable, dirty, black
hearted lie that at q town or some
town at which I was holding a meet
ing | noticed two young ladies in the
audience who were wearing red hats,
and that | shouted that If there was
cowboy in the audience l would like
to have him lasso those two red heif-
ers. If l ever said such a thing I de-
served to be tarred and feathered. /
will willingly give $1,000 to any man
or woman who can prove that 1 ever
did such a thing as that. It is damn
able liza lie, a lie! If that's not
plain, come to me. l don't very often
pay any attention to stories about me,
but when any one tries to blacken my
character I'll fight with every drop
of blood In my body and won't allow
any hatchet-faced, frizzle-haired hussy
to ruin my reputation. 1 don't want
to carry malice, but I will stand up
for my good name. If you see her to-
morrow give her my love-"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01

When he came back some minutes
later he threw a hurried look about
him, then drew a sandwich from the
paper bag In his hand.
Come, sir, come-good fellow - he
called softly.
A bird chlrped overhead.
Come, sir, come! Where are you,
Weary Willie?" called the man again,
peering into the shadows.
The silence was unbroken.
Until 1t was quite dark the man sat
on the bench and waited; then he rose
and walked away.
On the next night twilight found the
hollow-eyed, shabby man on the same
bench. The dog, too, found him there.
"Humph!" growled the man, throw
ing that same quick look about him.
and dragging from his pocket a paper
bag. Seems to me you were a good
while comingw He extracted a sand
witch, broke off a generous piece, and
tossed 1t to the dog.
Snap went the famished Jaws, and
the dog came at once to attention"
"Ah, ha! crowed the man. $50 you
were hungry" He threw a second
piece, then another, and another
There" he exclaimed, when the sand
witch was finished. "How do you feel,
Weary Willie?"
The dog whined, and took tentative
step forward.
What's your name-'Jack'
There was a slow wagging OF the
dogs tail.
"'Fido'?"
The tail wagged harder.
"'Rover'?"
There was a quick, short bark.
Come here, sir" ordered the man;
but at the outstretched hand the dog
turned and ran; the memory of those
friendless days and nights was not to
be SO lightly cast aside.
1t came TO be regular thing after
that for the shabby man to bring a
nightly sandwich TO the bench In the
park, and for the dog TO come and eat
It. There was always an exchange of
courtesieS in the shape of iovial greet
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01

Eyes" said Thomas W. Lawson, dur
ing a discussion of the March panic,
"the stock market is a guileful maze.
1t is like Some mems marriages.
"Mr. and Mrs. Smith, lunching at
the Waldorf, met Mr.. and Mrs. Jones.
"'Smith, said Jones, we had a great
time at the club last night. Sorry you
missed it, old man.
Mrs. Smith gave a start, and after
the Jones departure, she said in an
odd voice:
"'John, you told me you spent the
whole evening at the club
$50 l did, dear said her husband
readily. And the reason Jones didn't
see me there was because he wasn't
there himself. Trying to deceive his
wife, l suppose"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01

In the twilight, came face to face with
a shabby, hollow-eyed man on one Of
the park settees.
'Hullo!" greeted the man.
The dog backed away.
well, by Jove! you look a little
more hard up than l do. Come here,
SIR
The dog did not stir.
"Pretty tough old placeh this world
-eh?" said the man with a weary
smile
Still the dog did not stir.
Hungry"
Two mournful eyes gazed unswerv-
ingly into the mans face The dust of
the dogs heels stirred family with the
slight-the very slight motion of a tail
feebly wagged.
Hump grunted the man, thrusting
his hands into his pockets and pulling
out a dime and four copper cents. He
glanced from the coins to the dog, and
from the dog back to the coins.
"Humph!" he grunted again, rising to
his feet. Reckon you need 'em the
most, old fellow" And he smablded
down the path that led to the avenue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
Too High.

'9The autumn" said Eben H Emery,
New York's weather forecaster, rs by
far our finest American season. For
eigners visiting us should invariably
come in the autumn.
Suddenly Mr.. Emery smiled.
81 am reminded of an old autumn
song" he said. "a thousand leaves
are falling Is the way it begins A
lady, at a church concert, rose to sing
this song.
"a thousand leaves are falling she
carolled, and then her voice broke into
a screech, and she had to stop, for she
had pitched the song too high.
"'Start her at 5OO,' shouted an auc-
tioneer from the gallery"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
AN OLD-PASHIONED EDITOR


A writer In the AtchisOn Globe tells
of his experiences as a typesetter to a
Missourian editor back in the sixties.
At first circuit rider in the back
woods, then a preacher who built and
paid for his own church, this unique
man finally bought a printing office,
from which he issued paper called the
Union of States.
1t was to this establishment that l
and my brother were taken one day, to
be made printers out of, for at and
IL we were getting too old to be longer
idle.
In the course of time the one compe-
tent printer was discharged, the editor
being of the opinion that he and we
two boys could manage the establish
ment very we'll. 1t was large, eight
column paper, and for months we were
driven to typesetting as slaves were
driven to cotton picking. The Union Of
States was horribly printed, and we
boys blushed for its appearance.
Our regular task was two columns
day. If we failed to accomplish this,
we finished at night by the light of two
candles. During the long summer,
when boys should have been in swim
ming holes instead of printing offices,
we frequently toiled until midnight
with the weary task.
Jim, being an industrious lad. gener-
ally finished by 6, and then helped out
his lazy brother. Sometimes he would
read copy at others keep away the
flies with a fan, and frequently he
would finish the work himself and al
low the laggard to go to bed.
Politics were very warm In those
days, and the editor often worked the
hand press with a pistol strapped to
his person. On several occasions shots
were fired into the office by passing
desperadoes, and the editor always ap-
peared promptly at the front door to
return them.
One day a circus came to town, and
the editor refused a fifty dollar cash
advertisement He vigorously attacked
the show, and advised his readers in
an immense crowd greeted the circus,
and among the most interested specta-
tors were the two young cOmpositors
from the Union of States Office. The
clown made great sport of the paper
and its editor, and when the audience
cheered loudly at his fun, we felt
crushed.
If it is a credit to a man to be q
slave to hard work, we cheerfuly bear
testimony to the greatness of the editor
of the Union of States. To our knOwl-
edge he never had an amusement in
his life, nor an idle hour. In the fall
he went to the timber and cut his own
wood. He always had stable full of
horses, and more stock than many Of
the farmers. These were fed by the
compositors of the paper. If a sol
dier's widow needed help to husk her
corn, he sent us boys to do 1t. Once or
twice year he took us to camp meet
ing to take care of the preachers
horses. and help him sing.
During the busy seasons on his
farms we dropped corn or rode horses
on the threshing floor. During these
times TIE Union of States Office was
closed, and when the force returned
there was great crowding to get the
paper out on time. 1t was a busy life,
with no leisure and no fun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
BOY VANISHED IN THE MAN.

Lost! l have lost him! When did he go?
Lightly clasped him. How could L know
Out of my dwelling he would depart,
Even rs l held him close to my hearth
Lost l have lost him. Somewhere between
Schoolhouse and collegelast he was seen.
Lips full of whistling, curl-tangled hair
Lost l have lost him: Would knew where
Lost! have lost him, Chester, my boy!
Picture book, story book, marbles and toy,
Stored in the attic, useless they lie.
Why should care so much? Mothers, tell why.
Yes. he has gone from me- leaving no sign,
But there's another calls himself mine.
Handsome and strong of limb, brilliant is he
Knows things that know not Who can it bef
Face like the fathers face, eyes black mine,
Steps full of manly grace, voice masculine;
Yes, but the gold of life has but one alloy,
Why does the mother heart long for her boy
Long for the mIscheviOus queer little chap,
Ignorant questioning, held in my lap?
Freshman so tall and WISE answer me ths2
Where is the little boy I used to kiss?
M
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
We Have Grown.

An interesting illustration Of the
extent Of the possessions of the United
States is afforded by the program Of
the naval observatory at Washington
for sending out its signals to announce
the exact instant of the beginning OF
the new year. Four different zones OF
time-Easter, Central, Mour tain and
Pacific-must be recognized in this
process. Ten years ago American ter
ritory was far more restricted in ex-
tent than it is to-day; but now this
country counting Porto Rico, Hawaii,
Guam and the Philippines, in addition
to it's continental area-owns regions
which dot a pretty large proportion OF
the surface Of the globe.-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
The dog whIned and leaped to the

Lie Jug WHiueu anu ledpeu 10 Cn0
floor.
Hal" cried the man. whimsically.
$50 you do want to leave me, sir? By
Jove, old fellow l should think you
would" he added, suddenly, getting to
his feet. Come, let's go for a walk! I"
Days passed. Both man and dog
grew thinner, and the nights when the
man came home blinking coins In his
pocket grew fewer and fewer. Even
the walks at twilight were not taken so
frequently now, and the man had fall
en- into the way Of passing long silent
evenings, gazing blankly into space.
Sometimes there was in his hands q
cleaning thing Of polished metal, which
he handled lingeringly; almost lovingly.
"Come, let's chuck 1t, Weary Willie,
you and l." he would say. And when
the dog parked and whined, he would
smile and lay the thing aside with the
laughing reproof: why, old fellow, 1t
doesn't hurt! It's all over before you
even know it's begun!"
There came q day when Cinders had
no breakfast, no dinner, no supper. All
day long the man had been tramping
the room like some wild thing. He,
too, had not eaten, but he had twice
picked up the cleaning thing Of polish.
ed steel, only to lay 1t down again.
At dusk his jaws set In sudden stern
lines. With one stride he reached the
table, clutched the revolver, and raised
it to his head. Almost instantly there
came a frantic bark and a sharp report
The woman coming up the stairs
thought the two had occurred at the
same instant; but the man In the bare
room on the top floor knew that the
bark had come just in time to startle
him so that the ball had found a harm
less reting place In the wall across the
room.
"Good God! can't you let a fellow
be-" he stormed at the dog as the re-
volver fell from his relaxed hands. The
next instant he strobe to the door In
answer to a frightened knock.
"Oh-h!" breathed the woman outside
In glad relief, as she saw that the man
was at least alive. tom now could
you? Are you hurt?" she CRIED step
ping swiftly inside and closing the
door,
The man fell back in amazement
"Sally your"
Eyes, dear, yes. I've come back,
Tom. I've been miserable, wretched1
without you. Twas my fault, dear
the whole of 1t. I've come back Won't
you-take me?"
A shamed red came into the mans
face.
"But, Sally, l." his eyes swept
the bare room, and despairing ges-
ture told how little he had to offer.
Eyes, yes, I\know," murmuTed the
woman, comiung close to his side. you
got discouraged, and things went
wrong. But We'll change all that now.
Well begin again. Why, Tom, I'm
here. Don't you see? Well start to-
gether. Tom, don't you-want me?"
want you !-Sallyw And his hun
CRY arms closed about her.
Long minutes afterwards the man,
the woman and the dog sat down to-
gether.
"After all, Weary Willie" said the
man, softly, as he patted the dogs
head. II reckon It's Just as we'll you
did bark when you did, little bit ago.
There's some one now to-care."-
San Francisco ArgOnaut.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
Not an Outing.

ever been in Siberian" asked the re-
porter.
"Er-yes," answered the distinguish
ed Russian refugee. 81 took a knouting
there one summer Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01

When a very old girl becomes en-
gagged, she doesn't care IL people
know It
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01

The average man is such baby that
every time the potatoes are not fried
to suit him, he gets a look on his face
as If he were playing the star part
in Driven from Home"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
DecidedIx BurgIar-Proof.

A remarkable burglar-proof safe has
been placed In bank in England At
night the safe Is lowered by cables into
an impregnable metalIic-lined sub
vault of masonry and concrete After
reaching the bottom 1t is fastened
down by massive steel Jugs, operated
by triple time lock Until these Tugs
are released automatically at a desired
time no human agency can raise the
safe, and to break in through a mass
of stone and concrete which measures
10 by 16 feet with dynamite would
wreck the building without making II
possible to get at the safe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
LYDIA e. PINaEEHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Maggie Gllmer, OF West
Union, S. C.,writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 was greatly rundown in health
from a weakness peculiar to my sex,
when Lydia g. Pinkham' 9 Vegetable
Compound was recommended to me. It
not only restored me to perfect health,
but to my delight I am mother"
Mrs. Josephine Hall, of Bardstown,
KY, writes:
81 was very great sufferer from
female troubles, and my physician failed
to help me. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound not only restored me
to perfect health, but am now proud
mother"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01

How many American women in
lonely homes to-day long for this
blessing to come into their lives, and
to be able to utter these words, but
because of some organic derange-
ment this happiness is denied them.
Every woman interested in this
subject should know that prepare
ton for healthy maternity is
ACCOMPLISHED by the use Of
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-08-12
THE SPOKANE FAIR

In case enough entries can be
secured, a hose coupling con-
test will be put on at the
Spokane Fair this fall. This
contest, the first of the kind to
be given by the Fair Associa-
ton, will be open to individual
firemen of the entire North
west. 1t will consist in coup
ling up a line of hose and also
in uncoupling a line of hose and
putting on a nozzle. These
contests have proved very at
tractive and exciting at all of
the freman's tournaments, and
it should prove very interesting
at the Spokane Fair if enogh
entries can be secured. Special
trophies will be awarded the
winners. Any who are inter-
ested are requested to commun-
icate at once with Manager
Cosgrove of the Spokane Fair.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-08-12

Mountain Home irrigation
water supply. It is alleged that
the company has not come up
to it's contracts for the supply
Of water, and that crops have
suffered severely, as well as the
non-payment Of the one heavy
claim. The appointment of a
receiver would mean the
practical transfer Of the
company to other hands, and
the court assuming control OF
the business, through the re-
ceiver, until such time as the
business could be cleared up
Shoshone Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-08-12
RECElVERSHIP Is
TOCOME UP SOON
Shoshone Paper Says Appointment
Means Practical Transfer
Of the Company

An important case came up
for hearing in the district court
Wednesday when Judge Walters
refused an application for the
appointment of a receiver for
the Great Western Beet Sugar
company at Mountain Home.
The action was brought by
Henry Hewitt, of Tacoma, woh
holds a mortgage for $4,000
-Sn the company propertp. This
mortgage, it seems, has not been
paid, and the plaintiff alleged
that the company was in such
bad shape financially that a
receiver was necessary to save
his interests and those OF a
large number of settlers who
were dependent on the company
for water for their crops.
In the hearing Judge Walters
found that the company had
not been notified, as is their
right in law, Of the pending
action for the appointment of a
receiver. On this ground he
ruled against the receivership.
The plaintiff was represented by
Judge Richards Of Boise and an
attorney from Tacoma. The
defendant was representen by
E. J. Dockery of Boise and W.
C. Howie of Mountain Home.
It is expected that the plain
tiff will bring up the case again,
possibly within a week, after
giving the due legal notice of
five days to the defendant.
The case is an important one,
in that it involves the control
of the greater part of the
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-08-12
ROADS In THE RESERVE
Department Of Agriculture Planning
Systematic Construction.

The Office of Public Roads of
the Department of Agriculture
is to cooperate with the Forest
Service in drawing up plans
for comprehensive systems of
roads and trails on National
Forests.
The object of securing the
help of the Office of good roads
is to make the work take the
line that will not merely serve
temporary convenience, but also
count for most in the end. By
building each year with refer
ence to a carefully worked out
plan the danger of indirected
effort will be escaped.
The roads, trails, telephone
lines, and fire lines already con-
structed on National Forests
are proving of great value both
in the work of fire protection
and in serving the convenience
of the public. The further this
work can be carried the greater
will be the usefulness of the
Forests to the surrounding
regions. Wood River Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-08-12
Big Sale Of Wool.

Probably the largest single
sale of wool ever made in the
county occurred here the first of
the week, when Joe Bengeochea
disposed of his entire clip to an
eastern buyer. The deal eff
fected the transfer of over
three hundred and sixty thous-
and pounds of this valuable
commodity and gave its owner
in excess of forty-fve thousand
dollars in exchange.