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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19
PECULIAR WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Breton PeoseEt5 Ascribe Miraculous
Pc,vcrs to Odd Continuance.

In the village church of Comfort
(near Pont-CroiX), In western Brit
tany. is very good specimen of the
now rare wheel of fortune" 1t is
made Of wood. with row of bells on
It's outer rim and pivoted be-
tween a couple of rough beams
altogether very primitive workman
ship. BY means Of a cord attached to
crank the wheels Can be made to re.
Volye and set all the bells a-jangling
have often heard that the peasants
believe that 1t has miraculous power
OF healing when run over the head of
sufferer who has placed a sou in the
ooX to which the rope is padlocked
received remarkable confirmation OF
this belief, for while making & photo
graph a well-to-do sailors wife and
her husband came into the church and
looked round. The woman asked me
If / thought there could be any truth
In this belief, as her child was very
backward i'm learning to talk, Her
nurse, who came fro:a those parts, had
advised her to bring the baby and
ring the bells of Comfort over his
mead. when he would be sure to talk.
AS she was passing she had looked in
TO see II 1t was worth trying,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19
LITTLE DEMAND FOR SERVICES.
Business of Ghost Eradcatcr Not In
Very Flourishinq Condition.

These are the days of th= special.
list In all things and it is no. surpris-
ing to read Of gentleman who de-
scrib3s himself as The Original
Eaunted House Rcstorer and Ghost
Eta Iicator."~: Nor it astonishing to
fcd ~that he complains of siackness Of
trade. A ghost, if it be we'll authenti-
GATED and respectable. ghost, repre-
sents an asset and these are days
when property owners do not willingly
sacrifice assets. Moreover, d. we'll es-
tabl1shed family ghost with a history
or generations has title TO regard
himself as vested interest and enti-
tied TO all compensation for disturb.
ance. says p. the Westminster (IGng.)
Gazette. If there were. any real pros
perlty in this trade of ghos- banisher
we should have to ,counteract it's de
structive power by a. great league and
covenant of. all the printers of Christ
mas stories, of the amateurs Of the &C.
cult and the scientific .jsearcl!ers after
a spirit world. For, all these the
ehost Is an essential to continued eX.
iStsnce. Danish the. spook, and their
occupation would;rbe gone and John
Burns, would be invaded by, an army
or psychical researchers OUT Of work
and demanding special treatment in
the Forthcoming legislation Of the gov.
renment-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19

Mr.. Smith was chatting with the pro
prietor Of big garage when a chauf.
feur came in.
Good morning, Mr. b." remarked
the master of the establishment.
Mr.. Smith presently asked:
why the Mr.? p"
He is the son of a formerly rich
city man." was the reply. "The post
OF chauffeur is acceptable to a PENN.
less young fellow of rank. There are
several who come here who have blue
blood in their veins. One of these
the cousin of a duke-was trained by
a leading motor expert, himself a
member of titled family.
"One day the young fellow was sen;
out to give trial run in car. The
would-be customer was a wealthy but
illiterate old lady, who was so pleased
with him that she handed him half a
dollar.
There, young man. she said. Don't
spend It foolishly!'
Back he went to the garage in q
state OF wild Indignation.
LOOK here, Mr.. X he cried, that
old woman gave me half a dollar!'
YOU'RE lucky was the quiet reply.
Last time took her out she gave me
only = quarter
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19
Moving stairs for Walters.

IL is strange fact that one of the
greatest conveniences possible in the
working mechanism Of a hotel is be.
Ing successfully introduced in foreign
hotels, and although manufactured in
New York is only beginning to be
heard OF In the United States.
1t is known as an escalator, and Is a
moving runaway or stairs for carrying
the walters from the level OF the
Kitchen to upper dining rooms. Less
than a year ago one OF them was
shipped to leading hotel In Stock.
holm, Sweden, and some time later an
other to hotel in Buenos Ayres.
Others arc being prepared for SKIP.
ment to hotels In Europe
Mechanics.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19
Teachers Must Study.

The successful men Of every busi.
ness are those who have been close
students. The man who is 80 busy that
he has no time to study never gets
very high In his profession. The ex-
cuse. lack Of time, is not valid. We
all have all the time there Is, and that
Is ample for all purposes. It is simply
a matter of using it properly. An
hour or more of good hard study
should be in the daily program Of
every teacher.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19
Hut-cho-nu-pah Had Long Been =
Power Among the indians.

Hut-cho-nu-pah, last of the medicine
men, died last month in t1fe Snake
hills of the Creek nation. He was 95
years old. For half a century he had,
been one Of the most turbulent spirits
in Oklahoma
Hut-cho-nu-pah led the last rebellion
Of the Greeks in 1890 His faction was
subdued by the Creeks themselves be-
fore the United States troops got
there. In a battle Hutcho-nu-pah's
band was annihilated and he was con
demned to death. So.
But SO great was the awe in which
the old medicine man was held that
no one could be found to be his execu-
toner. With his adherents dead and
himself imprisoned, his influence was
so potent that he compelled the cleo
ton of a friend as chief and was par
doned. .''
The medicine man fought for the
northern forces during the civil war.
He always asserted that he was under
the special protection of the Supreme
Being.-Indian's Friend.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19
Find Water Where Badly ,Ieeded

A Hindu engineer experimenting in
artesian boring at Patiala struck a
spring OF water 100 feet below the SIR.
face which discharges 5000 gallons an
hour through three inch ti,be. II ia
believed that the discovery may revo.
lutionize local agriculture, which has
languis-<d owing to the lack of irrl.
cation. IA the artesian stratum OK.
tends apparently from .'at;a:a to tho
Himalayas.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19
Send your Book or Job Printing to
THE INDEPENDENT
For Clean, Neat Work

LAST OF THE MEDICINE MEN.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19
Fine Line OF Stationery
Allesretti Famous Choco-
I late Creams, Pure > ):
=: =* I IS Stick Candy. > ........

.APPIJcArIoN No IA, - ~
Notice OF Application ferPermiss ion to Appro-"
priste the Pubic Waters ftheStatcof Nevada
Notice is hereby given that on the 9TH dayof
September, 1909. in accordance with Section 25,
ChaE,ter XVIII, of the Statutes of 1907, One
+. H. w inter of Rowland County of Elko. and
State of Nevada. made application to the
STATE Engineer of Nevada for permission TO
appEbpriate the public waters Of the. Stiite Of
Nevada. Such appropriation is to be made
from Buck, Coinmbet, Dorsey and other creeks
now unnamed. situate In unSuryeyed land lying
and being On the Diamond "A" Range in Elko
Co.. Nevada. at points along q high line ditch
to catch said waters. by means OF
reservoirs and dams and all unused and un-
appropriated flow and flood waters is to be con-
yeyed to- points Of use BY means Of ditch and
fumes pipe line and there used for irrigation
domestic and storage purposes. Water not to
be returned to stream
Date of first publication September g. 1909
Date OF last publication November 10. 1909
Signed: o.
FRANK r. NICHOLAS,
State Engineer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19
The An0wer.

Teacher-So you can't do a simple
sum in arithmetic? Now. let me ex-
plain to you. Suppose eight Of you to-
gether had 4S, apples, 80 peaches and
l6 melons. what would each Of you
get?
"A stomach ACHE" replied Johnny.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19
- - r--E NV
% r.>cCs FIRST Let.
as .l.ild.

O. ">oCs FIRST Let.
e.. :'.S -';ild.
1T treat state pa
I..' " :. of royal
It" ... / I'll that
'-.. ... Want to
=, y IS - harmony
- - >. - '.,,. 5"a. sec that
'.s'...,-.....:,, l:at 1t letter
. =. ~ .t4lQ aRd
rrrrtaa aid u"cre:.
= q i. o TIC bliss OF.
49," III the dear woman
... j. mig CT hose. awll-
Nh :. .. :, iucoIgrucus lines.
Fi:c!: - their crud:tics, sill
&C.. ..s. ( 1 di:saiIel under. the
.... ..oa. .".'. :.rCa: c-r'ort. ...... :.
-. G. is boiling like it. Shake.
pcare never aLched it. Dante reads
liz" az ain a~ac by the side Of it. 1t
is n revcia ion that makes st. Johns
seem insiGid and pale. The goede.w .,n,:
an reads it over and over, and thinks
away bach when she. was; a little girl,
and when the child's mother was lit
uergirl, and then of this litt,, boy, just
starting to oren path into the Tlys.
terry of lie; and she reads another
passage of. the sweet, blundeIipg let
ter, which closes with the very for
mality Of affection-"Your loving
friend"-and then her thoughts rush
out Of the window into the gray skies.
but after a while they come back.
bringing her. the assurance from some
where, that of all the blessings Of life,
one of the sweetest has come to her
that Of getting the first epistle from
her first MISUNDERSTANDING CO.,
State Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-19
ELkO Drug Comply
Dealers in

Pure Drugs. Chemicals. Patent
Medicines, Toilet Articles.
Perfumery, Liquors
and Cigars.
Orders by Mail Given Prompt Attention
Carefully Compounded From
The Purest Drugs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-27
NEGRO BALL PLAYER
KILLED BY lightning
BOLT Strikes Ground In Atlantic City
Diamond and Shoe-spikes Draw
Current.
Try Associated Press)

ATLANTIU. CITY. y, j., Aug. 26.-
In full view of nearly one thousand
persons. William Bedford. of Cairo.
Ills. negro second baseman of the
Cuban Giants baseball team. was in
stantly killed by lightning this after
noon while at practice before the game
with Atlantic City at Inlet Park.
The bolt struck the ground close to
the player and ran through the spikes
in his shoes into his body. Although
dead when picked up. Bedford's body
carries no buyns nor ether marks OF
the lightning. Walter Gordon. short
stop Ct the team and Charles Foilies,
catcher. we're close by and we're
knocked down by the shock without
being injured.
The spectators sitting in the STANDS
felt the force of the shock and were
thrown into a panic. There was no
stampede. however, and no one was
injured. Bedford left n family.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-27
DISPUTE OVER PRECEDENCE
KEEPS AMBASSADOR AWAY
Mexican Representative Cancels en-
qagement 10 Attend Banquet
At Toledo.
INV Associated rress).

TOLEDO, ONO. Aug. 26.-Marquis
Dc Villalobar. minister from SPAIN
was entertained with a banquet TO-
night as the culDiinatiou OF his VISIT
10 Toledo TO attend the King Wanda
carnival
In addition to Marquis De Villalobar'
Luis Pastor, secretary OF the Span
ish legation, was present. The at
tedance Of Don Francisco Leon de La
BarrG. ambassador from Mexico, who
had accepted an invitation, was pre-
vented by an unfortunate misunder-
standing as 10 precedence. whlcn
arose from the fact that after both
had agreed to come the Spanish min
lister received communication as the
direct representative OF King Alphon-
os and as such took the ground tha'
he was entitled 10 precedence. But
Senior De La Rarra, because OF his
superior diplomatic rank. declined 10
concede the point when the matter
was referred 10 him. and to avoid
complication cancelled his engage
ment.
MARQUIS De Villalobar refrained
from discussing the matter. convey
ing In the name of his sovereign ana
of his country greetings and best
wishes for the prosperity oil tne
American city named after the ola
Spanish Toledo.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-27
TWO STORMS RAGING
ALONG GULF COAST
One pisturbane Is Near New orleans
and the Other Prevails or the
Coast.
lBy Assoclatel Press)

NEW ORLEANS. La Aug 20
Two storm>warnings were issued by
the local United States weather
bureau today. the first shortly before
8 O'Clock this morning and the sec
ond late this afternoon. These warn
ings follow the, announcement last
night that West Indian hurricane
was sweeping northwestward through
the Yucatan channel
The storm warning this morning
declared a disturbance to be central
over the Gulf. several hundred miles
south of the Louisiana coast and was
issued to apply especially TO the New
Orleans and Galveston section The
warning this afternoon extended the
danger zone as far south as Point
Isabel. Texas.
A wireless message from the steam
err Carriage picked up here late to-
day. stated that the steamer passed
through the Yucatan channel hurri-
cane last night. The steamer wealth
cred the hurricane all right.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-27
PEACEAHE OPENING OF
CONSERVATION CONGRESS
Chief Forester Pinchot Appiauds
peace Declaration BY the
Chairman.

SEATTLE, WASH. Aug. 26.-The
national conservation congress, which
it had been predicted, would witness
a controversy between Chief Forester
Pinchot and Secretary Ballinger.
opened pleasantly in the Alaska
yukon Pacific Exposition Auditorium
today with Mr. Pinchot on the plat
form applauding peace declaration
and Mr.. Ballinger in the Kittitas Hills
125 mics away studying an irrigation
project.
the fact that charges affecting the
administration of public lands arc
being investigated by President Tart
inclines the radicals IN the congress
to adopt a pacific attitude.
Ell. I.ibby.sof Charleston. Wash,
president of the Washington Con-
servation Association in calling tine
Congress to order pointed out that
the congress is not neld for exploit
ing any policies of any set of WASH
ington officials.
Mr.. Pinchot was one Of the leaders
in the applause that greeted the
chairman's declaration of peace.
John Barrett. director of the bureau
Of American republic. presided at the
afternoon session which was given
over to p symposium of addresses on
what conservation is doing in my
state
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-27
CONDUCT AUTOMOBILE
RACES ON "5AhE LINES"
Secretary Elliot Says There viii be
Radical and Vital Changes in
Rules.

BUFFIO. y. Y. Aug. 26.-'There
will be radical and vital changes in
the rules governing automobiles speed
and endurance contests as the result
of the fatalities in the races held re-
Gently in Indianapolis. said T. II. Ia
lett, OF New York. secretary OF the
American Automobile Association
Il have just returned from Indian
apolis.~ continued Mr.. Elicit. where
| went in the hope that The Bad
solved. as thew claimed they had, The
problem of holding speed races Win
danger of fatalities reduced to 4
minimum. Instead Of being better u
Is worse
These regulations viii be submit
ted TO the contest bcsTd and con
tests in future viii be conducted ON
sane lines.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-27
LOSES sun AGAINST PASTOR.
No Judgment for Woman Who Oh
iecte5 n Harsh Criticism
nv aSsocsafed PreSs1

ATLANTA. GA. Aug. "a jury
in the superior'co court here today de-
cidcd tina; the Rev. J. c. Atkinson. oil
JonesSoro. did not call Mrs. Sadie 4
Bean. a devil incarHaie" or that u
he did Il vas all right Neither side
knows what The jury meant by Us
verdict in favor Of the pastor Of the
Jonexirr Methodist church In the
suit for ssu.0c9 libel brought by Mrs
Bean.
II was last September that Rev. A.
kjnson preached a sermon on those
Who sowcd dis-cnsions in - church
and termed them devils incNrnaic-
Mrs. Bcau. member q The hock
thought tho pastor referred 70 her and
Elcd The suit. The pastor denied that
be meant her particularly. but Nc
frankly aycrrcd that ne considered her
a very disturbing element
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-27
Hitherto Unfortunate Aviator Estab-
fishes New Worlds Records.
FOR BOTH SPEED AVID DISTANCE
With His MonopIane Frenehman
Covers 1888 Miles in Two Hours
and Eighteen Minutes, Battling for
an Hour Against Wind and Rain.
(By Associated Press) .

BETHENY. AVIATION FIELD
REHIMS, Aug. 26-Hubert Latham,
the French aviator, today took giorl-
Gus revenge for the hard luck when
he expe rienced in his recent attempts
to cross the English channel and MS
interchangeable, but hitherto unsucess-
full efforts TO accomplish some nota-
lie achievement during the present
meeting. by establishing new
worlds record fer distance. 154 kilo-
metres. $50 metres or 95-SS miles.
Latham covered II laps, or 190 kilo-
metres in hours, - minutes, sec
onds, and the full distance in hours'
IS minutes. 9 30 seconds, which also
are worlds records, the flight being
at the rate Ct about 6S IL kilometres
an hour. as compared with 80 IL
made by Wright at lie Mans. and
fraction under 80 made by Paulhan
yesterday.
Except fer the onc lap speed rec
ords made by BleriOt and Curtiss this
week and PauIhan's time record IN
the air. Latham row holds every rec
ord for distance and speed. Like
PauIhan he descended only when the
gasoline tank was empty. Nothing
could have exceeded the beauty and
impressiyencss OF the prolonged
flight
In grace Of lines no other aercplane
here compares with Latham's mono
plane. The slightly tilted planes from
the long skiG Ike body gave il re-
semblance. when close. 10 4 winged
canoe. while sailing high up in the
air Il locks from the distance Ike =
mammoth dragon fiy For an hour
with fu.tcring wings. Ike a living
thing IL fought its way againsf the
storm Of rain and wind az an average
height Of $50 feet. mourning higher
as the wind rose. until during the
worst of the storm e was NJ fully
goo feet.
The contention n the advocates ~
the biplanc that the monoplane would
be unable to live in = strong breeze
has been amrlv rcfutcd
Latham. earlier IN The d3v with
"num5cT L. another acrOpianc Of the
same tvrc made a fight - more han
20 kilometres and after he had finish
81 In the afternoon Count D. Lambert
covered ono hundred and sixty kilo-
metres 70s miles IN commanding
fashion
Three Sights therefore IN = single
dav tofaiird more than ITO mites.
Glenn " Cur,iss. 'hc trrrrisn bad
two practicc spins. but although bis
| fcnnlinncd on rnrrlh ranrl
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-27
G. GrosVenor Dave Speaks on Con-
serValion As q Principle. "
ANCESTORS OF THE AGES TO CONE"
Question is, Says Speaker "shaIl This
Generation Eat IT'S FIJI From Bowl
Of Natures Bounties, and Then
Smash the BowIf''
fBy Associated PressD.

CHAUTAQUA, n. Y. Aug. &C.
Grosvenor Dave, managing director
of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress. was one Of the speakers at the
exercises held here today. This was
known as Conservation Day" the ex-
ercises and speeches all dealing with
that topic.
Mr.. Dave spoke on Conservation
as a Principle"
This is not question to be set
tied one way or the other by stru5-
giles within the department at Wash
ington,- he said, The question Is
one Of national sanity and perpetua-
ton in which there should be nelta-
er north nor south, east nor west IL
therefore lies at every mans door for
his individual decision. Shall this
generation eat it's fill from the bowl
OF natures bounty and then smash
the bowl so that none who come az
tire may prosper as We are prosper
ing?
The interest of the South in this
question is intense as Il holds the
greatest share OF resources that can
give out their benefits through all the
ages to come. Because Of this pre-
pcnderating interests there will come
from the South into this nation a
question much Of a statesmanlike al
firmation regarding water power
rights. forest preservation and soil
protection. Yet these contributions OF
thought and Of legal enactment viii
not be brought fcrta for the benefit Of
the South alone bur for the benfit OF
the South Is an integral part.
We are in truth the heirs of the
ages but We are more than that We
are the ancestors Of the ages 20 conc
The thought Ct conservation Il to III,
Us out of the sell giorificati0n which
makes us forget We arc merely one
Of a long series % lives. oErs bein-
important only 90 the extent with
which Il appreciates the past uses
the present and passes life and op'
porfunitv 10 the futurc/
Regarding water powers Mr.. Dave
said:
The harncssing of water power
is urgently important Tho prompt
use Of water power viii indefinitely
extend the life ~ our coal bcds. III
I calls Tor a new body q provisionarl
Legislation rendering aid 10 The de-
! vcIopmens ~ water powers. bar max
| ing their permanent alienation I'm
possible Tho phenomenon 81 srecu
lafi.c ownership should not piscc NJ
IN the race through an ITS genera
ifica = burden Of debt to The man was
epcculaics. admirable though b.
business enterprise msy have beer
during hts Temporary presence OF
icarth~
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-27
w. J CtOTHiER DEFEATS
PACIFIC COAST CHAMPION
William A. Larned aid clothier Meet
Today at Newport to Play For
Championship.
(By Associated Press.J

NEWPORT, r. l.. Aug. 26.-By TAX
ing three out OF four hard fought sets
from Maurice +. Mclaughlin, the
Pacific coast champion in the final
round OF the 29th annual tournament
of the United States National Lawn
Tennis Association on the Casino
courts here today. w. J. Clothier. OF
Philadelphia, won the right to play
William A. Larned for the national
championship.
Larned and ClOthier. who have met
many times during the past few years,
will play this most important match
OF the year tomorrow.
Mclaughlin, who has startled the
followers of the game by his speedy
and brilliant paying throughout the
tournament, made game fight today
and was loudly applauded by the
large gallery for his work in the third
set.
The scores were. rs. Ca. gil, 6-$.
Seldom has there been more intense
interest in a challenge match than in
that TO be played tomorrow. Only the
first American champion. r. ID. Sears.
who maintained that position for sew
en- years has exceeded Larned's re-
cord in natural title holding. and only
one other. X. ID. Wren. has equalled
il. If Larned wins tomorrow he Will
enter on his fifth year as champion.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-27
NOTE IN WHIsKeY FLASK
MAY REVEAL SUICIDE
Mrs. Frank Morris Writes Here's
Luck to This Old World Con-
sign My Soul to IT'S Maker.
nv Asscc:asct P-ess.l

ALEXANDRIA. LA. Aug Ss--What
may have been intended as ? praeti-
cal joke. but which Is generally be
licvcd here to reveal = suicide was 4
nctc in a whiskey task floating down
Red River today. II was dated Janu-
airy y. 1898. and read as follows.
Here's luck 10 this old world. Nay
u grow brighter and pseasan,er for
those who continue TO live In Il for .
has been dark and drcary for me j
end my troubles In the water % Red
River and ccnsiEn NY soul 70 rs
maker.
fSigncdb MRS. FRANK MORRIS.
ON the reverse side Of The acfe +
INC address. -Srs. Prank Morris.
Paurs Valley. o. T.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-27
PRISONERS HORRIBLY TORTURED
Report Say Unfortunate Spaniards
Who Fall Into Enemies Hands Are
Maltreated and Beheaded--Mutiiat
ed Bodies Thrown Into Great Pile
and Abandoned.
(By Associated Press).

LISBON. Aug. 26.-Special dis
patches received here from Melilia,
Morocco. say the fighting Is general
on the Moroccan coast.
The new Spanish artillery has
wrought terrible havoc among the
Moors. who have lest 1000 men In
the last three days.
The Spanish casualties amount to
$50
A Spanish column has destroyed
three villages near Restinga.
Prisoners Tortured and Killed.
Moorish deserter. who has come
into the Spanish lines declares that
Spanish prisoners, after being horrio-
~ tortured and mutilated. are de-
capitated and their dead bodies flung
into a hole on Mount Guruga.
This hole is a mascot decomposing
corpses Estimates place the number
of Spanish prisoners at I,Uuy.
Water Supply insufficient.
The water being doied out to the
Spanish troops is insufficient.
The officers buy mineral waters, but
this the men cannot afford to do and
driven by their overwhelming thirst
they have drunk from stagnant pools
Many cases CT poisoning have result
ed.
Already fifty three men have died
from this cause and 10 have been
sent to hospitals.