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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
PURE FOOD LAW

According to sweeping decision by
tho commissioners of patents. says a
Washington dispatch. 'any label bear.
in the inscription guaranteed under the
pure food and drug acts, June 30, 1906.
where snC, inscription is intended TO
imply that the government is responsible
for the purity Of the goods. will be re.
fused registration. II is claimed that
hundreds of packers aud others through.
gu the country are SO printing labels
rs to give this impression. whereas it
is held by tho officials that the govern.
mcnt simply accepts the assertion of tho
manufacturer that the goods arc pure
aud then investigates his business,
Upon proof that the pure food and drug
act is being violated the goods are
confiscatcd and the manufacturers
punished.
The public Is aware, no doubt: that
guaranteed under tho pure food and
drug acts, juno 30. 1906" refers To the
ingredients Of a package. bnt is not a
guarantee Of purity. If all house.
Keepers will read the labels on the
canned and bottled goods which they
purchase. they will meet with many
startling discoveries. For instance, tho
may he marked artificial and
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
SHE HAD PLAN ALL HER OWN.
Mrs. sehmids's Method Of Solving this
Servant Question:"

Well. Mrs. Rosenberg. you should
have seen me-" said N out.cettinS-
the-air woman TO another last even
ing on West Callowhil street. There
was all my lovely bushes and my cut
glass nuEch bowl broken. broken in a
thousand pieces. She had dropped
the whole tray. There she 4 look
ing at me, with all my lovely china on
the floor. Ach. Gott. il was awful, l
could hardly get my breath. l MAS so
mad and so excited. just looked at
her, and what do you think l said.
Mrs. Rosenberg, what do You think l
said 10 herr"
oh. oh. oh, l can't imagine. Mrs.
Schmidt What did you say? What
did you say?"
No, L word. Not one single word.
She thought l MAS going I o scold her;
but l never opened my mouth. And
| never DO. Mrs. Rosenberg. no matter
what she breaks or what she does.
Why. she has broken more than .S2s
worth of china, cut glass and furni-
ture and burned up some OF my best
underclothes when she Irons. Every
washday she leis some of my fine
things blow OFF the root or forgcts 10
bring them down and they are stolen;
but never say Il word 10 her. That
is the way keep. her. All my friends
have trouble with their maids and are
always changing. but Minna stays
with us. II | let her see | was mad
and scolded her all the time, l would
be sitting on 4 chair in an employ
ment agency trying to get maids. No,
ma'am, keep your mouth shut is my
plan, and you can keep your serv-
ants"
Amt ii the TRUTH said Mrs.
Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
FARMER NOT TO BE TRAPPED
This One Was Taking No Chances
on a Possible $500 Fine.

The government weather bureau
supplies daily thermometer readings,
quantity OF rainfall and the forecast
for the ensuing 2i hours to farmers
along rural routes who apply for TENN.
The data are stamped with rubber
type upon one of the franked govern.
ment cards and dropped in the rural
mail box by the rural carriers each
day.
On a western route n farmer had
applied for tho forecasts. and they
We're dropped regularly in his mail
box each morning. but he failed to
lake them out, and the accumulation
OF cards became so great it nearly
filled the box.
An inspector, going over the routt.
dropped in At the farmhouse.
Why don't you make use OF the
weather forccIsts?" he inquired.
Didn't you apply FOR them"
For reply III" patron of the rural
route led him out to the mail box
and put his finger on the corner OF one
OF the cards. where was printed:
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
Saloon on Wheels

y saloon on wheels is the latest. and
and its present location is that freak
railroad town to he some day on the
maps, and known Is Inlay. G. Il.
Webster Of Humboldt House is the
cntcrprising proprietor Of this novel
thirst plrlor, which ne has named the
"Rolling Saloon" Should it be ne
ccsSary to move il. all he has 10 do is to
hitch a team af horses to the saloon on
wheels and haul it to any point desired.
1t is fitted mp inside in II first. class
manner, with costly bar and all the
accessories of an up.to date saloon
Humboldt Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
Journey Of 1900 Made for 2 Cents

To travel 1900 miles for 2ccnts-has
.hc world ever seen achcapcr farcY
Under the new postal rates between
the United States and Great Britain a
letter can nOwmakc that Journey under
Il 2.Ccnt stamp
suppose YOU are in Manila-or amy
other city in tho Philippine Islands
and wanted to send Il letter Ia II friend
IN the north of Scotland. You could
send tho letter under Il domestic 2-ccnt
If ii passes through the United States.
II II letter leaves the Philippines for
Europe by any other route than through
tho United states the stamp rate il i
cents.
This is due To the recent arrangement
between America and England. by
which the postal charges per letter he.
tween the two countries were reduced
to 2 cents, or the domestic charge in
America.
y letter going from Manila To Lon.
don. or 10 the most northerly postOniCc
in Scotland. would have to travel more
than half the way around the globe.
The distance from Manila TO San Fran.
cisco. by the usual route of mail steam.
crs, Is G.Di3 miles. From San Francisco
TO London is G.G0O miles. Yet the let.
tor may continue several hundred miles
further, into the north Of GrcatBritaim.
There Is q great deal Of labor about
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
The Worlds Greatest Fleet.

While Great Britain may claim the
chief distinctions OF the maritime
world. the largest single feet carries
The rod, white and black. and its
house flag Is the lTamburg.American.
Its GS distinct services carry the
worlds INNER into and ont Of
nearly every important port of all
continents. II the entire fleet wcrc
assembled I'm harbOr. II would pre.
sent an imposing array of 100 ocean
steamers. eight, others under cOnstrrc.
ton. and 2l5 river steamers and har.
Dor craft-a total Of $50 vessels. with
q gross tonnage Of nearly Il million.
II this fleet wer0 welded into one
mammoth steamer. IT would be nearly
hvc miles long, moro than a mic wide
md about a mile deep. TO load Il
with bales of cotton would rcurjrc tho
average yield OF 1000. 900 acres; Il
could take tho wheat crop of 1000. 600
acres. and half a billion feet of lumber
would not FIJI II. This Is the CONNER.
cial hyplieh that has connected Ham.
burg and America for 81 years.
Worlds Work.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
A Little Devil in the Heart,

An insane devil turks IN the heart
of even the most saintcd IL
is the little devil that makes a young
wife ask her devoted husband which
Of the TWO he would save If she and
her mother We're drowning, writes VIII
liam J. Locke in his story Simple
Septimus," i'll the American Magazine.
1t is the same little devil that is re-
sponsiblc for infinite '~mendacity on
the part OF men. Have you said
that TO another woman" No; OF
COURSE he hadn't, and the wretch is
instantly perjured. My immortal
soul" says the good fellow, instanta.
neOusly converted into an atrOcious
liar; and the little devil COOS with sat.
isfaction and curls himself up snugly
to sleep.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
NO MAN CAN LIVE TO HIMSELF.
Each One To-day Generally a Part Of
- One Great Whole.

Men do not choose their parts In life
separately and individually I'm u day,
as they did in the days of our fathers.
Tho mon arc becoming rare now who
have business OF their own, under
taken upon their own individual CAPT.
tai aud built up and conducted indie.
pcndcntly upon their own RESPONSE.
bility. Professional men are rare who
rise to the top Of their profession
without attaching themselves more or
lose Intimately i0 institutions or cor.
porations Of some sOrt-doctors 10
hospitals. lawyers to great corporate
undertakings, men Of science to tho
great enterprises In which science Is
applied. Each man finds himself n
small part OF some great whole. whose
operation Is decided by votes taken
about long tables in directors rooms.
whose morals arc composite morals,
a compromise combination Of what tho
material interests Of the body dictate
and what the enterprise of It's man.
ayers suggests. the character Of cyCry
man who participates being merged In
the general cOmpound.-Prcsidcnt
Woodrow Wilson CPrincoton Uniycr.
sityD.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
Ihe Od Days On 1Ae comsoe.

An instance Of what is i'm tl,n ,,,,,
OF an old mine which has once dom.
well Is found in the recent revival If
interest in the Co,nstock property IN
Nevada. says the Wall Street Summary
Many oldtinie mining men and some
younger ones are watching the deyel,n.
ment of II project to bring that mine
prominently under the public eve.
Tho total output of the Co:nst,ck
lode from its early development until
the latest report of production was
1878. SOC, 900. OF this output GO Nor
cent was silver and 40 per cent gold
1t is estimated that between $50, O
600 in gold and $50, 900. 900 in silver
were lost to the owners of the Com.
stock properties thorugh the imperfect
methods i'll use i'll the refining industry
II generation and more ago and the
knavery of u combination of foreign
smeltcrs which handled a good deal of
the product. Had the bOnonZa kings
of the ComstOck been favored with
the low cost of mining and tr;nsporta.
ton advantages of today and had they
possessed the benefit of the smelling
corporations of today they would have
obtained about 40 per cent more money
than they got from the Comstcok lode.
Men are living and active in mining
and banking today who remember the
days when miners around the Com
stock paid $50 a pound for flour and
when mule train charge for CARRYING
100 pounds 80 miles was double the
present price for carrying Il ton of
metal from Nevada to this port. Ii
was h energy and the mechanical
ability and skill of the late John W.
Mackay that made the ComStOck Weld
vast riches after most Of the others
concerned there looked upon the prom.
crty rs ''pctcrcd out" To a member
Of the staff of the Wall Street Summary.
who WAS a mining engineer for Mr..
Mackay for eight years. the latter,
pointing to the grave Of Henry George
u few feet distant from the magnificent
John w. Macl;ay mausolcum in Green
wood Cemetery, New York, once said:
"All the bullion | took out of the
Coinstock was not worth the solid
gold in that honest mans character. |
took ont of the C0mstock, after it was
said to have been playcd.out. "A mass of
silver almost equal To the bulk of St.
Paul's chapel. Broadway, New York.
l had faith i'll the mine when my
friends wanted me to throw up my
hands. But | said. Wen dive deeper
and see what comes Of it,"
1t WAS awful work ON the Comstock
when tn" temperature was in tn"
hundreds, Often the men could work
but ten 10 twenty minutes at "A time;
then they would keel over and BE-
dragged away To Il" refreshed. Ten
thousand lusty young men went To
premature ends because mining science
WAS not well developed in the days
when ! VAS Il mining engineer in
Nevada. President and Mrs. Grant
and Henry George All tainted when
down in the Comstock mines, and yet
they did not see the mines until long
after science had enabled us to reduce
the temperature at the deep levels.
General Grant said to me, That's us
near hell rs | want to go, John As
for Henry George. he said he wonld not
work under such conditions for all the
gold and silver in the world. and he
declared that no miner should work for
morct than two hours "A day at such toll
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
Champion Layer

What are You going to- do with that
loggcrhcad turilc?" asked the tourist in
Florida.
Going to send II to Prcsidcnc ROOsc-
Welt responded the old Waterman.
Him! Don't you think it would be
mo. I'm going To send him this old
turtle because she is so opposed to race
suicide. Just laid 800 eggs. 10y gosh"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04

Nevada lost the only oma deputy
mining surveyor ever appointed in tho
United States this week when Mrs. w.
ii. Shocklcy left Tonopah for Palo Alto
with her husband on their way to
London whore thoy, expect to reside.
They will stop over In Reno for II day
where Mrs. Shocklny will tender
her resignation rs II deputy mining
surveyor.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04

the syrup. which has passed for maple
may be the product Of the ccrntields.
The pure food law is an excellent thing.
if the people will but protect themselves
from fraudulent goods by reading the
inscriptions on all the packages
Humboldt Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
Serial No. OI9GJ.
NOTICE FOR rUBLICATICs.
UNITED STATES LAND orrrcE.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
CARSON CITY. Nevada,
,,,,, Dec. I. 1905.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES that Grnrgo
u. Williams, of. Alpine. Churchill County. Ne.
vhdn, ha1 HE'D IN this once his Application tn
locate under tho Provisions Of section $500. re.
xlscd statutes, OF the United states. Lot
four GU North OF Range Fifiy.siS b), Enst
NJ. ID NJ, containing ~ - acres.
any hhn an persons claiming adversely tho
lahd described. or desiring 10 object hrcai,se 81
INC mineral character Of the Land. or for any
othcr reason, to the disposal Ia tho applicant.
1909. ''"'"
LnUtg ]. CUuS.
a Register o.
pate OF FIRST publication. december 4 tpTs
p'ic oflhst publication. January II. 1909.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
Serial No. GiaGG
NOTICE ron rUBLICNTIoN.
UNITED STATES LAvp OFFICE.

CARSON CITY. Nevada.
SoJ.tcE 10 urr,,,, w Dec. !. 1903
", Williams, Of Alpine. Churchiu Cn,,nty "
Sauh hh9 hlcd % this Onlcc his application ia
locate under tho Provisions Of Sortinn 81 a
Kcflscd statutes Oi tho United Stnt"e ~.
southeast. quarter Of the SOrihongt n,,aritcr
81 " OF y. u, - 81 Section Five %. Toyu.
snip rory fouf go North 81 Range Finy.ei,
acres. "'"S '"t'y N")
my anu an persons claiming advcrsciy ibc
I,uu "'gcrlhch, or desiring 70 object bngnnsc
Oi INC mineral character II tho land ne Ia, 49,.
othcI reason. TO the disposal 10 tho apniicnm"i
WOULD NC thcif anidayitF ~ protest In thIs
A. 10 1909. VIZ W 'nh"hry.
LOrfs J. COuy.
Date az fra, rn,t.,, Register.
batc OF last publication January IL 100
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
FOR cURTAINED BARBER SHOP
Woman oecries the Common Practice
Of Publicity.

Queer, isn't it, said the observ-
ant woman. that though American
mon are modest individuals, they have
bee content all these years to be
shavcn and shorn and m%assaged In full
view of any II who happens to be
passing. | mean that all the barber
shops are on the street level or below
1t. and with n wealth Of u]ncurtained
glass front that allows a mans toilet
to be regarded rs a matter of public
interest. You might think this expos.
ure was tolerated by the customer
only because II insures a good, strong
light for the delicate operation of
shaving; but not so, for even at night
when the electric lights arc glarIng
down the shades remain up, and pedes.
TRANS may gaze upon unlovcly lath.
cred faces In any barber shop. they
pass. Going Ovc n comparatively
small area last week | counted 200
tonsOrial pHrlors and not one OF them
attempted even the %EauZicst screen
ing between its customers and the
public gaze. Personally | don't con.
slider that n man is at his handsomcst
under The BARRIERS hands, do your
New York Press
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
OFFICIAL. BUSINESS.
PENALTY FOR PRIVATE
USE. 500.

You fellows amt going to soak no
$500 into mo-" he declared. putting
the card hack into the box.
And the Inspector had some Difficult
~ in explaining that no penalty would
attach TO the removal OF the card.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
Use OF EIowers.

There's no phosphorcsccnco IN now.
crs to speak OF. but they may tighten
up many n darkcned spot In life
Manchester Union.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04

Or the LUbrlcating OIL
Love makes the world go round, but
money buys tho axle q
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
TWO MORE PICTURE SHOWS
ARE BEING OPENED

Two new moving picture shows are
now in process Of construction and
they will be ready for business with
in a week. Peter Medernach Is fit
ting up his room Oh tse west side of
Main street and has already purchas-
ed the equipment for a picture show.
According to Mr.. Medernach he
hopes to have his show in operation
by September l. He has been plan
ming to conduct a picture show ever
since the town went dry and pur-
chased his plant at that time.
Joe Lindsey will be the proprietor
OF the other new show shop and II
will be located in the old Rainier
beer hall location, adjoining the
Medernach place.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
STANG|ER HOME
WAS DESTROYED
NORTH SIDE RESIDENCE
BURNED AT MIDNIGHT.
Dropped Lamp Started Fire on STAIR
way-Shell of the house Is Left
Standing But Damage VIII Reach
Almost S1OOO-Firemen ResPmO
Promptly - But Little Furniture
Was, Saved.

BY fire that occurred about II
O'Clock last night the home Of Mrs
August Stansier, 613 Mark street. was
almost destroyed by fire. While the
house was not burned to the ground
it was so demolished as to be nearly
useless and a considerable part of the
furniture was aiSo destroyed. The losA
IS estimated at between $500 and
$1,000.
The fire was caused by the dropping
O. a lamp on the stairway. After the
family had retired for the night Mrs
stangier arose and started for the
second stcry Of the house to secure
some additional bed clothing. While
carrying the lamp up the stairway she
tripped and fell. throwing the lamp
against the stairs.
AS the blaze from the broken lamp
nared up it set fire to some clothing
hanging in thestairway and within
q few minutes the house aas in
flames.
The Stangier hoHse adjoins the
home Of Fire Chief John Vaughan
and he with othes worked hard 20
control the fire while waiting for the
firemen to reach the scene. An alarm
was given for No. 8, the north side
company. ana it responded, as did
also one other outside company.
But the fire had gotten under such
headway that it was impossible to
quench it instantly and II could be
easily seen that the house would be
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26

interest and the threshing of this
grain is watched with close and care
,ful pains to determine its quality and
yield, says a Kendrick letter.
Reports from Julisetta say that the
advertising OF this new wheat is
bringing from 400 to 500 letters daily,
Eome enclosing the necessary $50 for
a single bushel and others asking for
information.
Yesterday it is said 400 letters were
received. some of which came from
az far east as Delaware and others
from as far south as Mexico. There
is much speculative interest being in
dulged in as to the result among To-
cal farmers. some of whom are en-
thusiastic and others less so.
Whatever the results are the coun-
try is receiving an immense amount
of advertising. Quite a number of
representatives of seed firms and big
farming interests are coming into the
country and are being shown the
stands of grain on the fields in the
different parts of the country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
Ephriam Hedberg, the Missing Man,
Wanted by Ashland Relatives.

A 500 reward will be paid for in
formation of the Whereabouts of Eph-
riam Hedbere, of Cumberland, Wis.
who disappeared at Umatilla station
on the O. r. & ~ railway on the
morning Of August 3; 63 years old; 5
feet 8 inches; weight 1885 pounds; very
dark hair sandy moustache, thin chin
whiskersj light gray coat, vest, dark
trousers, light gray fell bat. Speaks
with Swedish accent. Carried drafts
for $1,000 or .s. "
Cumberland State Dank.
he must be demented or has met with
foul play. Address G. III. Hedberg'
Ashland, Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26

The Portland Oregonian In an ed
itorial entitled Time to Call in the
Assessor" discusses the proposed
gravity water system for Pendleton,
power sites and other kindred sub
jects as follows:
News dispatches from Pendleton
convey the information that the peo-
pie of that city are considerably agi-
tated because a water and power
company has filed on all the water
of Umatllla river just few days be-
fore the city intended to locate a di-
version point for municipal purposes.
According to the view taken by the
iPendleton people. this gives the pow
er company the upper hand and the
city must get permission from the
company to take water from Umatil-
la river.
But if Pendleton really wants wa
ter from Umatilla river, this is no
time to acquiesce in the claims OF
any rival appropriation of water. This
is the time to get your fighting
clothes on and go after what you
want. Take a big stick along. The
policy of lying down and asking per-
mission doesn't pay.
1t is one thing to file notice of an
appropriation of water, and quite an
ohter thing to get the water, 1t is one
of the fundamental rules of law in the
appropriation of water that the wa
ter must be put to a beneficial use
within a reasonable time, and what is
a reasonable time depends upon the
circumstances of each particular case.
If the power company has actual
nse for the water upon which it has
filed, there is no need to question its
right nor to ask its permission to take
water.
If there is more water than the
power company needs for its own use
Pendleton has right to take it with
out asking the power company's per-
mission If the power company has
water to sell, or give away, that is
pretty good evidence that it has more
than 1t needs, and other appropria-
tors have a right to 1t. The law OF
appropriation does not recognize any
night to Seize water for speculative
purposes Use is the measure of the
right.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
LEE STREET BRIDGE
WILL BE CLOSED FOR REPAIRS

That the Lee street bridge viii be
closed for several days while some
repairs are made on the county side
was announced today by County Judge
Gillnand.
The bridge is now in such a condl,
'tien as to be considered dangerous
and some new bents will be placed
on the county's portion of the struo-
ture. This will necessitate closing the
bridge to traffic for few days.
According to Judge Gilliland, II
will be almost imperative for the
county and city to replace the bridge
next spring, but he hopes by the re,
pairs planned to make it do during
the coming winter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
RALPH KNIGHT WAS
KICKED BY A HORSE.

Ralph knight, the 14-year-old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Knight, was
Kicked in the face by horse while al
the Knight Bros ranch today and wa
painfully injured. However. no bones
were broken and he ir now resting
well. "a
The accident occurred about noon
and the boy was brought 20 town by
Allie Knight and DR.. Ringo called to
attend him. Cuts and scratches about
the face constituted the extent of his
injury and he was net knocked tnsen-
sible by the kick.