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APPLICATION NO. 1901

Notlce OF Application for Permission to Ammo.
prlate the PUBLIC Waters Of the State of Nevada
notice II hereby given that on the End. dav
OK DeGSember' I998; In accordance with Section
John Q! Munson, OF Wells County Of Eilso enS s
state state OF Nevada made application to the State
E9gineer OF Nevada for permission to apDro.
yadG such appropriation is to be made from
Lower Main Slough into which empty the waste
Greek and all the Creek as far South as Seneca
WSeks creek at points Sec. %, TIP IS N. r. 60
r.: oy means OF Dam and all water at point Of
Veyeo TO points OF use by means of ditch and
b ret nsee Irrigation and domestic Water to
mat from Sec. % into ditch of SEQ IS -O
Date OF hrst publication December IL. 1909.
LATE OF last publication January ID, 1908
Signed: -
q. FRANK r. NICHOLAS, n
State Engineer X
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The undersigned having been duly appO1
executrix OF the last Will and Testament
Osell. deceased. by the above entitled q
on the oath day Of November. A. D. laII
testamentary having been duly issued to "A
said date.
Notice Is given that all persons hayingeI
against the said estate of e. OseIl, deceased
requested to file the same with the q
FryoncherS and affidavits attached, wjththe
OF this Court. within three months from n
hrst publication Of this notice. or they
forever barred.
Dotted at Elko. this 30th day of Move
A. d. 1903. 80
ANNA G. OsELL ExecuI
Charles B. Henderson. Attorney for EXEC
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The Correct Time

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soon ns 1t StartS-thcn there will he
no danger OF pneumonia or consume
tion' just Il few doses of Ballard y
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APPLICATION NJ. 1909
Notice OF Application for Permission to Ammo
pirate tie Public Waters of the State of Nsvada

Nolce OF Application for Permission to Appro-
pris'' 'Ie Fuoilo waters Of the State Of Nevada
Notice Is hereby given that on the 50 daya
y! DScemoer, 1903, In accordance with. 11sfio1
20, chapter XVIII, of the Statutes OF lo07S
Sns Sonn O. MunsSn OF Wells, County Of ,EiRo,
Stetee OF Nevada. made application to the
aPpropriate the public waters Of the State of
Nevaoa Such appropriation is to be made
weeks, Gibbs and Seneca Weeks Creeks at
9oln at near the west line Of Sec. % Tp. % N
r. o. +. by means OF q dam and all point Of di.
verslon-cubtc feet per second is to be CON
t vSeyeo 10 points Of use by means OF ditch and
snere USED irrigation. Water to be returned TO
SEQ % into ditch OF SEQ. Is -i'HA
Date OF hrst publication December s. 1908.
Date OF last publication December 81, 1908
Signed:
FRANK r. NICHOLAS,
State Engineer
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE Fot
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STA
OF NEVADA. IN AND FOR
ELKO COUNTY.
In the matter Of the estate Of Ell McN1
deceased. x
NOTICE TO CREDITt) y.

The undersigned having been duly AZ
executrix OF the lust Will and Teslans
l.. McMahan, deceased. by the above
Court, on the 25th day of November. Al
and having duly qualified as such e,
letters testamentary having been duly )
her on said date.
Notice is given that oil persons hayihs
against the said estate OF f. L. McN,i
ceased. are required TO file the same
proper vouchers and atfidavits attach
the Clerk OF this Court. within thres
from date Of first publication of this
they will be forever barred.
Dated at Elko, this 30th day Of NJ
A. ID. 1903.
GLADYS @. McMAHAN, Ell
Charles p. Henderson. Attorney for
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FoUR.
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATIj
OF NEVADA. IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO
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In the matter of the estate of F.. OSELLI
CenSed.
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In the matter of the estate of FRITZ SPER
LICH, deceased. -''
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the undersigns
was auly appointed on the 18th day of Octoha,
lSoS Dy the District Court of the Fourth Ind.
cal District of the State of Nevada in and fS
tne county OF Elko, as Administrators of MI
estate OF the said Fritz Sperlich, deceased, AMI
lSO8 she duly qualified as such administratfd
ana letters of administration of said estate WEI
duly issued to her ''-'' WI
All creditors having claims against the saii
estate are required to file them with DrorgE
vouchers attached, with the Clerk of said III
Irict Sspurt. within three months from the frSb
ever barred. W !"
Aa,,;,.a. Rosa G. Sperlich q
deceased.
quo Williams. Attorney for AdministratH13
Date OF first publication of notice B,c, / Ia@ r
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Flattery Overdone.

FIattery Overdone.
mat Is fine, and 1 would have
praised you more IL you had praised
me less.-Louis XIV.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FoURTB
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE
OF NEVADA. IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO. "
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pirate the Public Waters Of the State of N9sIl
Notice is hereby given that on the elst day
Chapter XVIII, of the Statutes of IeoT n
Carat q Company Of White Rock. County
Elko and State of Nevada, made application
the state engineer of Nevada for permission
appropriate the public waters of the State
Nevada. Such appropriation is to be made M
Suli KUN Canyon at points S. w. n of n.
section 20 TIP. A N. r. 81 F.. by means of d
ana ~ cubic feet per second is to be convened
points OF use by means of Ditch and there X
No. w ''''"
Date of first publication December %. 1903
Date OF last publication January 20, 1909.
Signed
FRANK K. NICHOLAS
State Engines
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Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13
WALTER KNOeLE

and stark, the little tense fingers still
clutching at the shirt that he had
barred for the blow.
The boy was:
Knobel, Walter, II years old, son
of Mrs. Mary Knobel, 755 Racine ave.
nue..
The man:
Amann, Henry Rudolph, 43 years
old. 1912 Otto street.
Here are the letters that the man
and the boy wrote during the period
OF 80 hours that they wandered to-
gether through the north woods, pluck
ing flowers, eating roots and nuts, and
talking of their resolve to quit the
world together:
From Walter Knobel to his mother
and to Edward Martini:
Chicago, May Is, '0s.-Good-bye. Mr..
Martin l want to be with my father.
Tell mother Farewell. (Not signed.
but in boys handwriting.)
From Amann to Edward Martin.
Mr. Fielder has no faith in me any
more l am going to end it all. NV
brothers in Germany will pay all nv
debts
From Amann to Hermann Fielder.
- 1~oeaS- . IL SiAudly VIII pay all
4 owe you Goodbye. 1 am going to
end al1-H. r. Amann.
In Amann's pocket, in two hand
writings:
Please bury us in the same grave
everything was against us. do not
want to live without my father. go
with my own free will (Signed)
Walter
On matchbox in woods:
= 1t is his mothers fault. She is
calumniator.
In the morning about two O'Clock
Amann was found wandering as if de-
mented near the officers quarters at
Fort Sheridan He was challenged bv
Private Sage of Company d. who was
on picket duty
The guard advanced, to find blood
moving from the mans breast. He
hurried him into the hospital and
called for assistance The man was
unable to speak because of weakness
irom loss of blood, and motioned for
paper This is what he wrote:
Please get my boy 200 yards north
east OF the post at Sheridan.
He whispered fncoherently about
kiinng the boy, but no one believed |
lne story until morning Private SAGE
determined to investigate and went to
The spot designated.
Here he found the body of a 12-vear-
DID boy under tree, lying in a pooI ~
''ood. He Immediately notified the
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13
BAD ITCHING HuMoR.
Limbs Below the Knees Were Raw
Feet Swoilen-Sfeep Broken
Cured In Days by cuticura.


Some two months ago 1 had. a hu-
NOR break out on my limbs below my
knees They came to look like raw
beefsteak. all red, and no one knows
how they itched and burned. They
were so swollen that 1 could not get
my shoes on for week or more. i
used five or six different remedies and
got no help, only when applying them
the burning was worse and the itching
less For two or three weeks the suf-
Ierlng was intense and during that
ume did not sleep an hour at time.
ihen one morning I tried a bit of
Cutlcura. From the moment it touched
ME the itching was gone and I have
not telt bit of it since. The swelling
went Gown and in two days 1 had nv
snoes on and was about as usual.
George B. Farley, SO South State St.
Concord, N. H, May IA. 1907"
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Went WXfllimgHy
to Death with
MAIN He Loved
Boy @beerfuIly Yields Life Ratb-
eF TbaD Be Separated fron9
@oFDPaDioD to Wbor2 He
Was attached

officers of the post, and the man, who
was then unidentified, was double
strapped to his bed for fear he would
escape
The story of the murder and at
tempted suicide in all its details was
told by Amann first to Lieut. Frank
Griffis, hospital surgeon, and later to
the coroner's jury. He begged for a
knife that he might fulfill the suicide
compact
Il was up against it and sick and
discouraged and determined to end it
all. The boy would not leave me and
wanted to go with me. We wandered
two days in the woods and along the
beach and finally agreed to die to-
gether," he said.
I'VE wandered and talked about the
people we saw. Men and women
seemed happy and walked to and fro
and we watched them. / had talked
about leaving the world and told the
boy to go back to town, where he
would find friends.
HE said, I will go with you and
where you CO. and tried to slip away
from him as he played in the sand. He
saw me and followed me.
I'VE watched the people going by in
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13

the next world. I gave him some
laudanum, and he slept again, but 1t
was not enough to keep him asleep.
He woke again and thought was try
ing to leave him.
Then he opened his coat and shirt
and pulled them back with his hand,
showing me where to strike, and
opened my clothes SO could kill my
self. too He showed me where his
heart was, and begged me not to miss
the place. Then he lay back on my
arm again and went to sleep.
1 lay there and looked at him and
my head went all in whirl. 1t seemed
that my brain had turned to water and
was surging all around in my head 1
picked up my big hunting knife, which
l had opened before. 1 reached over
and felt for his heart beats and then
felt for my own. had located the
places, but 1 stopped again My nerve
was leaving me.
Pushes Dagger to Heart.
1t seems that 1 went crazy, but
placed the point of the knife over his
heart and pushed it down. Then 1
turned it and plunged it twice into my
own breast, which was harder than
the boys.
He awoke and saw the blood spurt-
Ing from my wounds. He drew his
handkerchief and put it over my breast
to stop the blood, an that was all /
knew until they found me-"
Amann was still holding this hand
kerchfef to his breast when found by
the guard at the army post 12 hours
after the time he gives for the stab
bing. Officers at the post think he
might have been deceived by the
clear moonlight and thought it was
day In his half-demented condition.
The confession was made as the
prisoner lay strapped to a bed in one
OF the hospital wards. Coroner ]. L.
Taylor and his deputy, Edward Conrad
OF Lake county, and States Attorney
Hanna were present as Amann told
his story.
Jury Gets Whole Story
A coroner's jury was formed, with
John Congdon as its foreman, and be-
gan the investigation into the boys
death As Amann grew stronger in
the hospital they agreed to wait until
ne could give evidence, in the hope
that Lieut. Griffis could obtain a con-
.essfon in the meantime.
Shortly after noon Amann offered
% give his name and tell the whole
story If he could see the body of the
BOY. 1t was brought into his room and |
lie asked that it be moved closer. He
'ouched the body and kissed the cold |
orehead and murmured Goodbye"
Then he started in and told the |
tory, incoherently and with many ]
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13
Given Double Meaning.

Chancellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt
university, like others of similar Of
fee, is known to his students by the
briefer name of Chance
Besides being the unfversity's chief
executive, he is also its head profes-
sor of Latin, and-the boys say
prize longtalker at chapel exercises.
One day, after a protracted discourse,
while conducting class IN Horace, he
called ON certain student to read,
who did so in utter innocence and abb
solute accuracy as follows: 1T is
hard for us to endure the blows of
chance
The class burst out in a roar of
laughter, and as the Chance" joined
in, the dumfounded student perceived
the modern Significance Of ancient
words. =
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13

| automobiles. We were hungry ant
turned away from there to go into the
woods. / was tired of life and discour
aged and could have gone into one OF
the bathhouses and killed myself
Pluck Flowers in Woods
In the woods and away from the
people We gathered flowers and 1 told
him the Latin names for the flowers.
found a specimen of Tri1lium
Grandifiorum, and explained how rare
1t is, and compared it with the other
and more common trillium, which
grows in abundance.
We had had nothing to eat since
Tuesday and pulled roots and shrubs
to stay our hunger. 1t came night and
We slept in the woods until it began
to rain Then we went down to the
beach and curled up under a wide
cornice of one of the houses
I'VE lay on my coat for a pillow. but
the boy woke up and was cold. We
walked until morning and went to
Lake Bluff, where we wrote and mailed
three letters telling our friends we
would end all.
Friday we walked to Lake Forest
and then back to the beach by Fort
Sheridan. We saw people and they
were well dressed and happy. They
rode in automobiles We were hungry
and went from the beach into the
woods again Walter wanted to go
down to the lake and jump in, but the
water was too cold.
Talk Over Good Times.
We talked it all over again and
talked about all the good times we had
had together in our travels We talked
about Pennsylvania and Colorado. and
Salt Lake City and its big lake, and
California
Then we went up to the rife range
where the soldiers were practfcfng.
We hid in the bushes and talked about
dying. told him If he would lead we
would run from the bushes out in
front of the targets when the soldiers
fired and die there, but he would not
I don't know just how long we
wandered after that, but it was night.
and we kept hid 1t came daylight
again, and we heard voices of men ana
women near us. and thought they
were hunting u.s.
1T was warm and we were tired and
lay down to sleep. We talked it an
over again, and I urged him to leave
me and go to his friends He threw
MS arms around my neck and cried
md said he would never leave me.
sares Breast; Asks Death.
He said he would go to his grand
-, and that could go to my father -
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13
In the Same Boat.

we get some sad cases." said the
attendant at the Lumpton Iunatic
asylum to the interested visitor, and
opened the door of the first cell.
= Inside was man sitting on three
legged stool, gazing vacantly at the
wall.
His is an unhappy story" said the
attendant HE was in love with a
girl, but she married another man.
and he lost his reason from grief"
They stole out softly, closing the
door behind them, and proceeded to
the next inmate.
This cell was thickly padded, and
the man within was stark, staring
mad
who is this?'' inquired the visitor.
This ?" repeated the attendant.
''This is the other manI'-Tatler.
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13
Ruler in spIendid Healtb.

Prince Luitpold, regent of Bavaria,
celebrated the eighty-seventh anni
versary of his birth recently amid a
brilliant gathering of the Bavarian no.
biiity. The effects of his many years
are almost unnoticeable The yener-
able regent looks much younger than
he is He is in splendid PHYSICAL con-
dition- His limbs have retained their
elasticity, his muscles are still hard,
and nearly every day he defies wind
and weather and undergoes the hard
ships of the chase, wearing always the
oid-fashioned greenish-gray shooting
costume peculiar to Bavaria The Ba-
yarian people seem to have forgotten
King Otto, the mad ruler of their
country, who has been interned In a
suburb of Munich since 1886. The
Ravarian parliament would have
made Luitpold king in succession to
Otto had he not refused to accept the
post.
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13

times Walter would burst into team
and run away
Saturday night Edward Martin. Z
barber living at 915 School street, re
ceived an envelope that contained
three letters.
The envelope showed that 1t had
been posted at Lake Blum May 16 at
eight a M 1t contained three letters,
one from the boy and one from
Amann, and a third for Hermann Fled
Ter, saying farewell and telling of the
purpose to commit suicide
Amann said in his confession he also
mailed letters to his relatives in Ger
many After the letters to Martin were
ma1fed the pair kept close to the woods
and remained in hiding for fear a
search would be made and they would
be arrested
Boys Mother Fears elackmaiI.
Mrs Knobel thought when she first
heard OF the letters that it was only
another attempt on the part of Amann
to get money from her. She did not
suspect that he had actually killed her
son.
Amann is said to have relatives in
Germany who are of the wealthfer
class, and frequently got money from
them during the earlier years of his
career in Chicago, but for the past
SIX or seven months has lived in abb
ject poverty.
In the hospital Amann said he, had
been injured in being put of a street
car by conductor four years ago, and
brought suit against the Consolidated
Street Railway company for damages,
IN which he was given a judgment
amounting to $500. The case was
appealed, and pending the appeal he
has had practically no means of live
hhood except charity. His attorneys in
the case were Gormann and Ruben
stein.
Federal Authorities May Act.
After the autopsy and when the IN
quest was resumed States ATTORNEY
Hanna announced that it was prob
able that the case was one for the
federal authorities rather than the
state because it had happened on
military reservation. The inquest was
adjourned for two hours.
Investigation by the coroner and
post officers determined that it was
of the post that the body was
found and the coroner's inquest was
continued.
Coroner Taylor took the body of the
boy to Waukegan, where the inquest
will be continued. Amann was also
taken to Waukegan in an automobile
to await the verdict of the coroner's
jury and subsequent action on the part
Of the grand jury
States Attorney Hanna said he was
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13
] TOOK ny KNIFE m
ny FIAND

pauses because of emotion and partly
because of weakness.
He said he was born in Germany
and came to America 21 years ago.
He is 43 years old. He was a tanner
by trade and later flute player. and
lived in ST. Louis for eight years.
When his wife died he came to Chi.
cago-
Plays Flute In Saloons.
He used to play in saloons and
about the streets to earn money. He
went to board at the house of Mrs.
Mary Knobel. 755 Racine avenue, 12
years ago. Mrs Knebel had come
from the town of his birth, Kirchhofen,
in the province of Baden The two
were friends from childhood Mrs.
Knobel had three children-George,
who is now IL years old; Amanda, 16,
ard Walter, who was nearing his
twelfth year.
After Mrs Knobe1's husband died
Amann continued to live at her home
and urged her to marry him The chill
dren had learned to wait on him and
liked to be with him after he had
been stricken with paralysis
AS the two eldest grew they revert
ed tLeir affections to their mother, but
Walter clung to his Uncle Henry"
Two years ago Amann ran away with
the boy, taking him to San Francisco.
From there he wrote he would return
If Mrs. Knobel would send him 5000
Mother Refuses Her Hand.
Fearing she would never see the boy
again she sent the money. and Amann
returned and again asked her to marry
him. She refused, and he left her
home and went to live In the base
ment of house owned by Herman |
Ffsdier, 1O12 Otto street The boy
went with him, and they kept bachelor |
quarters In the one room
Since they moved there in january |
the boy went to the Hawthorne school, |
and has not been seen by his mother /
in that time. His brother frequently |
urged hum 70 cpme home, but 1t such
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When a
Baby.

If parents realized the fact that cof-
fee contains a -caffeine-whioh
is especially harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before CIV
ing the babies coffee to drink.
when I was child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table, mother used to give me
sips of coffee. As my parents used
coffee exclusively at meals 1 never
knew there was anything to drink but
coffee and water.
And SO I contracted the coffee habit
early. remember when quite yourg,
the continual use of coffee so affected
my parents that they tried roasting
wheat and barley, then ground it in the
coffee-mill, as substitute for coffee.
But it did not taste right and they
went back to coffee again. That was
long before Postum was ever heard of,
continued to use coffee until was 27,
and when I got into Office work, be-
gan to have nervous spells. Especially
after breakfast l was SO nervous I
could scarcely attend to my CORE
spondence.
"At night, after having coffee for
supper. could hardly sleep, and on
rising in the morning would feel weak
and nervous.
"A friend persuaded me to try Post
um- Ny wife and / did not like it
at first, but later when boiled good
and strong it was fine. Now we
would not give up Postum for the
best coffee we ever tasted
can now get good sleep. am free
from nervousness and headaches.
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers.
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich Read The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs-
Ever read the above fetter7 A neN
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full Of human
Interest.
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13

How accident sometimes reveals
great opportunities is shown by the
story from Winnipeg to the effect that
tne iainag OF large mass of rocks
ana ice disclosed great vein of an
tnracites OF the existence of which no
one mad peen aware previously. The
1Anoshoe unhappiiy resulted in killing
and fnjuring several of the Iahore.4s
employed in the work This result :.
70 ne deplored- The general benef,t.
following the discovery. however w;I1
Pc great There is very stxo,r de.
mand Tor anthracite throughout west.
esn Canada. :" .
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13
Looking for a Similar One.

Hezekiah," said the Kansas matron
as she adjusted her bone-rimmed
glasses and opened the local raper,
1T says here that a woman was car
rfed two miles by cyclone an6 didn't
speak a word for three weeks.
The sun-tanned farmer grabbed his
hat and spy-glass.
Where are you going now. He-ee
kiah? ?'
Where am I going. Lucy? Why, I
am going out to see if I can't sight one
of them thar kind of cyclones"
Western Kansas world., 1908-06-13
That Woman,s Fault.

THAT woman next door is really
dreadful, john" said young married
woman to her husband. She does
nothing but talk the whole day long.
She cannot get any work done, I'm
sure"
"Oh," remarked the husband 'T
thought she was a chatterbox And to
whom does she talk?'
why, my dear, to me, of course"
was the reply. she talks to me over
the fence"