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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-15
APPROACH OF DEATH PAINLESS.
1t Comes az Naturally and Is AZ Wei
come as Sleep.

The fear of death. which has been
30 enormously exploited in dramatic
literature, sacred and otherwise, is said
to be almost without existence in sick
ness. Most patients have lost 1t COM
pletely by the time they become seri-
ously Ill.
Death and sleep are both painless,
according to DR.. Woods Hutchinson in
the American Magazine, and cause
neither fear nor anxiety by their ap-
proach. 1t is one Of the most merciful
things in nature that the overwhelm-
ing majority of the poisons which de-
stroy life, whether they are those of in
fictitious diseases or those which are
elaborated from the body's own waste
products, act as narcotics and abolish
consciousness long before the end
comes. ...-
While death is not in any sense
analogous to sleep, 1t resembles 1t to
the extent that 1t is in the vast ma
jority of instances not only not pain
full but welcome. Pain racked and
fever. scorched patients long for death
as the wearied toiler longs for sleep.
While many Of the processes which
lead to death are painful, death itself
is painless, natural, like the fading OF
a flower or the falling of a leaf. Our
dear ones drift outIon the ebbing tide
of life without fear, without pain,
without regret, save for those they
leave behind. When death comes
close enough SO that We can see the
eyes behind the mask his face becomes
as welcome as that Of his twin
brother" sleep.
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Not A Man

in misplace, no matter what his age.
can afford To let himself become
crippled with rheumatism. Every
time you have 1t, no matter how
siiShtly-you are adding to the dan
ger of being flnafly crippled. Use
Ballard's Snow hnfmdnt and it will
not only cure the rhematism but
will timber your muscles and Joints
making you as spry and active as a
boy. Sold by Elko Drug Co.
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APPLICATION NO. l2gS

Notice OF Application for Permission TO Appro-
pirate the Public Waters OF the State OF Nevada
Notice Is hereby given that on the 18th day of
February. 1909, In accordance with Section %,
Chapter XVIH, OF the Statutes OF 1907, one
G. q. Winter OF Rowland County OF Elko
and State Of Nevada, made application to
the State Engineer OF Nevada for permission
to appropriate the public waters OF the State
0 GI Meynan: S4cn hppfoRrlation IN 10 DC ma1e
Fork OF Bruneau River ut points in township
~ N. r. 58 f. 4 mile south OF Idaho Nevada
State line near rs mile post. by means OF
reservoir. and all the flow cubic feet per
second is to be convey ed To points OF use. by
means OF fumes, bitches, and pipes. and
there used for irrigation and domestic pur-
poses. Water to DO returned to stream from
the land irrigated.
Date OF first publication March 10, 1902
Date OF last publication April II, 1909
Signed:
FRANK II. NICHOLAS
State Engineer
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"I'D Rather Die. Doctor.

than have my feet cut Off" said NJ.
l.. Bingham, OF Princeville, III. "but
you'll die from gangrene (Which had
eaten away eight tOes) II you don't, +"
said all doctors. Instead-he used
Bucklen's Arnica Salve till wholly
cured. It's cures OF eczema. fever
sores, bOils, burns and piles astound
the world. 25c at Elko Drug Go.
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APPLICATION NO. 1890

AfFLlCAIlON nv. l2SO
Notice OF Application for Permission to Appro-
pirate the Public Waters Of the State OF Nevada
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day Of
February, 1909. in accordance with Section 25.
Chapter XVIII, of the Statutes of 1907, one
Edward u. McDennott Of Lamoille County OF
Elko and State OF Nevada. made application to
the State Engineer of Nevada for permission To
appropriate the public waters of the State of
Nevada. Such appropriation is to be made from
West branch Of Talbot Creek, ut points in west
branch Of Talbot Creek in NE4 Sec. 8, L 33
NJ, Il SO f. NJ. ID. M. by means of Dam and
open cut. and four cubic feet per second is to
be conveyed to points In the SEA Sec. 81. L:
"a N. r., 30 e.. NJ. d. M. by means of ditch and
there used for irrigation and domestic use,
Water to be returned to stream ut point near
emptying either into Talbot Creek or LaDollle
Creek or where Talbot Creek flows into La-
noble Creek.
Date of first publication March IL. 1909.
Date of last publication April Is. 1909.
~ Signed
FRANK II. NICHOLAS
State Engineer.
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FORFEITURE NOTICE
ELKo, NEVADA. January 18th. 1909.
TO J. w. Mcdonald his heirs and assigns:


TO j. W. Mcdonald. his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that we have ex-
pended during the year 1903 One Hundred (lOO)
Dollars in labor and In improvements upon the
Stone Cabin Mining Claim. situate in Railroad
Mining District. County of Elko. State Of Ne
vuda. the location certificate of which Is found
Of record in Book 8 Mining Deeds. page 1872. in
the office Of the Recorder OF said county. In
order to hold said claim under the provisions of
Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes Of the
United States. and the amendment thereto ap-
proved January %. 1890 concerning annual labor
uqon mining claims. being the amount required
TO hold snid lode for the period ending on the
3lst day of December. A. ID. 1909. And II, with
in ninety days from the personal service Of this
notice. or within ninety days after the publicn-
ton thereof you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion Of such expenditure as u Co
owner, which amounts to twenty-five dollars.
your interest in the claim will become the prop
erty of the subscribers. your co-owncrs who
have made the required expenditure by the
terms of said section
g. NJ MOODY
w. A. MOODY
GEO. KLINE
CHRIS. BAUMBACH
Date of first publication Jan. 20. 1909.
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FORFEITURE NOTICE
ELKo. NEVADA. January G5th 1909.
TO j. w, Mcdonald his heirs and assigns:


TO j. w, Mcdonald. his heirs and assigns
You are hereby notified that we have ex-
pended during the year 1908 Three Hundred GOOD
Dollars in labor and in improvements upon the
Crescent" White Peak" and Mcdonald"
mining claims situate in Railroad Mining Dis
trict. County of Elko. State of Nevada. the
location certificates OF which are found in Book
y Of Mining Deeds ut pages 206-208 respectively
in the Office of the Recorder OF said County. in
order to hold said claim under the provisions of
Section 1924 Of the Revised Statutes Of the
United States. and the amendment thereto up
proved January %. 1890, concerning annual
labor upon mining claims. being the amount
required to hold said lodeS for the period ending
on the 3lSt day OF December. A. d. 1908. And IT,
within ninety days from the personal service of
this notice. within ninety days after the
publication thereof. you fail or refuse to con-
tribute your proportion OF such expenditure Us u
co-owner. which amounts to seventy five dollars
being twenty five dollars on each OF said claims
your interests in the claims will become the
property Of the subscribers. your co-ownerS
who have made the required expenditure by the
terms of suid section.
G. M. MOODY
w. A. MOODY
GEO. KLINE
Date of first publication Jan. 2e. 1909.
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Keen Scent Of Animals.

A fox can scent a man half a mile
away II the wind be blowing in the
animals direction. A mouse can smell
cheese so feet away. A deer may be
sound asleep, and yet he will catch
the scent Of person passing 200 feet
off
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Sold aad Recommended bv
ELKO DRUA, CO.
APPLICATION NO. 1897

Notice OF Application for Permissio on to Appro-
pirate the Public Waters Of the State Of Nevada
Notice IL hereby given that on the LIST. day
OF April, 1909. in accordance with Section 81.
chapter XVIII, OF the Statutes Of 1907, one Ed
r. hretschmer, of Mountain City, County Of
Elko. and State OF Nevada, made application
TO the state Engineer Of Nevada fol. permission
70 appropriate the public wHlers Of the Slate
OF Nevada. Such appropriation Is TO be made
from Brown & Slaughter-house Creek at points
about two hundred yards south of forks Of
open cut and one ~ cubic feet per second is to
3e conveyed &c points OF uso by means Of
oitcncs and there used for irrigat and do
mestio purposes; water not to be returned tn
stream.
Date Of nrst publication April 8, 1902
Date OF last publication May 8, 1909
signed:
FRANK *. NICHOLAS,
State Engineer
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VIII Sell Old Fire Enqine.

The authorities in the village Of
Holywell, Flintshire, England, have de-
cided to sell an old fire engine which
they possess. 1t is probably the Oldest
fire engine In the kingdom.
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Gentle lnsinuatjon.

my mission in life," said the satir.
list, "ls to put the Ounce cap on the
heads OF other people"
"Be careful" replied his friend,
chat you don't catch cold"
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INTHE DISTRICT CoURroF THE FOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE
OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO
In the matter OF the estate or WILLIAM
HENRY, Deceased.
Notice Appointing Time for
Probate Of Will.
A document, purporting to be the last will
and estament Of William Henry, deceased.
having on the first day Of April. A. D., 1909,
come into the possession Of said District Court,
and petition for the probate thereof, and the
issuance of letters testnmentary to Mary Jane
Henry having been filed winh the Clerk Of said
Court -
day OF April, a. - 1909. AT ten o'clocRa. m, of
said day, at the court room OF said court, at
the town OF Elko, IN q @ county OF Elko, he.
and the same Is hereby appointed the time for
proving said will and hearing said application
when and where any person interested mag ap-
pear and contest the said will, and may file
objections In writing TO the granting of letters
testamentary to said petitioner.
Dated at Elko, April ist, 1909
(sBhL) 4. q. DAWLEY, Clerk.
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Fortunately for Some Of Us.
Considering the modern novel, 1t is
scarcely safe to say that ones life is
an open book. .:.t,
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ANNUAL sTATMENT
ANNUAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR 1907
of the
WHITE ROCK COLD MINING COMPANY
Total Receipts None
io1dl DlSuuTSeulenJ......... None
Signed
w. d. HIGGINBoTHAM
Resident Director.
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Date of first publication Jan. 20. 1907.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-24

arc Of the circle and then began over again.
The lifeboats wandered aimlessly. The cox
SWANS blew their whistles. The copper buoys
were gathered in. No answer, no sign Of life.
The hope Of a nation sat down on its course;
the modern armada waited But we we're
obeying the law.
Finally the Connecticut grew petulant; she
began flashing her interrogatory. And the
Minnesota became peevish; she blinked and
sputtered with the ardois. The commander
in-chief must have been the bridge; the
other admirals, in their isolated grandeur.
must have been abroad. When one of them
talks it is not with human kind: he chatters
with the clements and gossips by electricity.
At length the Missouri's ardois came to
life. 1t began winking. blinking that red-and-
white dot. dash, dot. dot dash, dash dash. dot,
dash; pulsating. winking still flashing on, a
long, long, message.
A guffaw 6oated up from the deck Some
jack who knew the code had caught the mes
sage. Whispering chatter. laughter; a ripple
of merriment went over the ship. Then the
searchlights were shamefacedly doused. We
heard the angry slap of the davit-belt over the
Missouri's side. They were buckling up the
boat and there was unmistakable disgust in
that slap. From the Kentucky, far down the
line, came only blank and discreet silence;
she was accepting her shame quietly. Then
an orderly brought transcript Of the Mis-
souri's message to the admiral.
Happy to report" he read. and shrugged
his shoulders. There is seldom editorial COM
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'Wo oo@7r CANE. 1oe=1z@z@
TE1s 7He> L<<A-1uo\r

stumbled down the first ladder to the
main deck. Here men were clinging to the
floor of the superstructure, what you might
call the ceiling of that warshps top story.
Each man in his hammock. slung up above
like sacks of -four. they slept there by the
score.
Down the next ladder to the gundeck I
passed with what celerity the tropics leave in
for night prowing and still the hammocks
chung, like barnacles a castaway. tight to
the steel rafters Of the protective deck And
piled in compact rows, behind the breeches
of the seven-inch guns which showed indis
tinctly against the open ports lay the light
oaken dittyboxes. one Of which constitutes
the entire kit of the enlisted man. A ditty
box the size of bootblack's kit, a canvas bag
such golfers use, a hammock, and leave to
cling to the ceiling-that is the sailors lot in
the navy. Cleanliness and discipline by
day, folded up like jack-knife by night and
fed the best food on earth-these the re-
wards he reaps for charting out the sea-path
of world-power.
A goat bleated in the next passage to the
deck where the openings are to the engine
rooms. A coon skunk pitiful way. yearnine
in the close night for release from his fur
Wearing a coonskin in the tropics is not
healthful. especially If you the A
parrot nodded from her fying-perch and l
wished that the regulations provided place
SnaOcu WIN PAIN leaves tOT all HlaSCOtS "neH
in the tropics.
Up from the engine rooms crept the deep
rumble of the insistent chug that drives
steamship from seaboard to seaboard stead
lily as the hands of clock, while you eat and
sleep and loaf and read and dream. l found
the open hatch and slipped down among the
brass rods and the purple disks of the higher
power than gunnery which leads a people to
prosperity, the power of steam No inch of
wood visible and space stretched forth
on every line Of vision; space. vast compli-
Gated crammed full with delicate contrap.
tions. In the hollow distance oiler inverted
his can and poured soothing lotions into his
monster plaything, mother ladies' sooth-
ing-syrup. and he went about it with the same
loving fondness singing his lullaby to the
lungs of the ship.
Down, down. down ladder after steel lad
der into the tortuous ways directly above the
double bottoms, until, at last. l stood squarely
in the fire-rooms themselves and watched the
grimy stokers ply their unhandsome task.
Cool. cooler than the quarterback 1t was down
there. IL stories-rather. IL decks-from the
after bridge where slept the obivious admiral
And the mid-watch stokeshift looked as COM
Portable as any deck-hand swabbing a hatch
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standard speed, Heaving. swelling. majestic
ally blowing, they pursued their ponderous.
imnlacable way. Mothered of crested seas.
sired of the deep, they sped on, like the curse
of Thor, lightning forged. Ominous there IN
the solemn night the hushed spirit OF the
guns draped them with hidden might; the
cabaIistic twinkle of those blinking eyes
robed them with profound Intelligence. By
day they were white and yellow fortresses.
unlovely, ungainly; by night they wore new
beauty, new power. Behind them lay terrors
bested; ahead there lay a magic carpet OF In
finite variety, a bath Of stars leading them
eternally!
The gray old head Of the admiral tossed
and muttered in its sleep. When he first
went to sea his mother asked him how they
tied up the ship at night and when he replied
that it kept on going right through the night
she wanted to know how it could see. For
so years he had survived oceans perils. and
now he was going for the last time to that
ingenious mother as safe in his lofty bunk as
any shoreman in his cot protected by the in
tricate laws of the road and the ever-vigilant
naval regulations.
On the quarterback below marine paced
slowly from side to side, waiting lest another
signal be flown. when he would leap to the
trigger that releases the life-buoy. Alone. the
only sign Of life on the quarterback, he looked
in the dim shadow like an errant spirit con-
juring sentry-duty from imaginative periis
1t was too lofty perch on the after-bridge,
too lonely a space on the vacant quarterback.
1 CROPPED my way forward. wiping from my
brow the tropic pight-sweat. Under q spread.
ing steam-cutter that lifted tts giant shape
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-24

equator. but now they were hurrying on 10
get into the harbor Of Rio de Janeiro before
sundown of the second day following. Yet
here they were engines idle at midnight, los
ing precious hour because common sea
man had inadvertently slipped over the side
of the Missouri. There was no temper lost.
Every one waited patiently. The life-saving
machinery was at work. provided in the
regulations. There was no need to worry:
the incident would take care of itself The
laws of the Medes were exact and those of
the Persians explicit; the Jews had a deca-
logue and there have been few codes de-
vised since by Justinian. Napoleon and others.
All those however. were amateur attempts: in
professional lawmaking the United States
naval regulations say the final word So. when
a man drops overheard from fleet at night
though wars go on and people perish. that
vivid and diverse spectacle cannot be coun
termanded.
We lay there becalmed. fumbing in the
tepid dark. The searchlights played their
stark wonder over the dancing nightcaps
where the silly waves tried to hide their To-
quacious heads. Each described its 20-degree
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RELIABLE {: PROMPT
SPORTING GOODS

cheapest place to buy the best Guns. Am
munlIion Fishing Tackle, Hunting Clothing.
solicited The q q Pickett Sporting Goods
Co. opposite Postoffice. 1897 ArapahOe 81.
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nounced his peaceful progress at standard
speed. to red light. which says he has
stopped his engines, and then blinks it. which
declares feverishly that he is backing.
From all over the fleet things were doing.
Three-pounders were barking out rusty salute
charges. Ardois rs were caracoling lusty
staccato shrieks The creamy surge that had
been curving seashavings over direct bows
now churned under propelers and iipped up
foam into the searchlights. The entire first
squadron, except the Connecticut, from the
Kansas down the line, had come to a stop.
Finally the Connecticut, too. slowed her en-
gnes and hove to. The captain came from
his bunk, climbed the bridge and asked many
questions that nobody could answer. The ad-
mral was reused from his emergency cabin
and hurried out. lacking coat and in slip
pers. but not before he had paused to lift
stogy from a drawer, had viciously bit on the
end and thrust 1t into his mouth. Then he
went about, from fagleutenant to quarter
master, from Quartermaster to yeoman, from
yeoman to signalman, asking nothing about
the accident, imploring only for light. And
between each irrelevant question he looked
aft over the rail of his bridge upon a rare
sight.
Some hundreds of miles of the coast OF
Brazil and just south of the equator 16 battle
ships and two little auxiliary cruisers, which
had been loafing in the rear. had come to
- stop. southwesterly current had been
sweeping them along at the rate Of two knots
an honr and the engines had added 10.
col Ary current and some hurt steering-eear
in the Alabama had delayed them north of the
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-24

athwart the superstructure I bumped
down to my knees. fell fiat on my
face, heard growls, curses. stumbled
up with skinned hand and peered
dimly in the darkness. Forms
were rolling under the cutter. .
tangle of arms and legs tossed
aloft under the yellow ventilator,
hairy chest rose to superb
height. weary laugh fitted into
the vast night.
Choke the IDIOT" III he's over
board let him stay" "Belay his
deck-tackle." This from the chest
and the tangle OF legs. Then. from
Il thin-hipped, slight form; Pardon
me. l was sleeping in the gang
way" Then. from severe face
one that authority had cut with ex-
ecu,ive decision: "Gangway there,
Clear the gangway."
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sci Of my pajama-cord
to see IL I should go
fore or aft. 1t turned
near-silk and I climbed
to the admiral's bridge.
There he lay. his slip
pers OF. in shirt and
trousers. his gray old
head absolved of sea
vexations. In the cabin
beyond his fiag-lieuten-
ant nestled in a knit
comforter. Only the
signalman on the look
out by the semaphore
kept watch there near
the brain of the fleet.
Aft trailed that
sweep of comets. The
l6 were back again, in
line Of squadron, the
drugstore riding-lights
abeam, the truck-lights
white, thus spelling
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AW MN GS, TENTS

THE COLORADO TENT 4 AWNING ca
The largest Duck Goods house in the West.
1912 Lawrence St. Denver. Colo. RObt Il
GutshaIl. Pres.
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sPeeo Sho tne masthead-light that indicates
the class OF vessel. Then. too, the intricate
system OF signals adds confusion. but color, to
the spectacle
One night. shortly after the deck officers
had gone on duty for the mid-watch, the four
white ardofs lanterns at the masthead of the
Missouri were turned on. They futtered for
about half q minute Then with three rapid
pulsations OF the red light at the top, the sig
nal went out and left the fleet riding as be-
lore. ike trail of titan's phosphorus through
the tropic seas. Y" 1t was: and Il" means
that . man is overheard
Instantly on 16 bridges was sounded the
cry, Man overheard" and from 16 annunci-
ators "Slow speed" was rung to the engine
rooms. The Ohio which was Just ahead and
the Maine which was just astern, flashed
their searchlights the waters about the
troubled ship. From the quarterback and
from the forecastle Of the Missouri copper
iife-buoys were hurled into the sea; these
bore cans of calcium chloride, which burst
into flame as they touched the water-beacons
for the lost sailor
There was a patter of bare feet on the su-
Deratructure Of the Missouri throo or
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-24

II these amateurish aviators want
to watch real soaring. just let them
take a look at beef prices.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-24

ment In the report
of a Junior Omcer.
Happy to report
false alarm. Sea
man sleeping In side
hammock had night
mare and called out
Man OverbOard!'"
No, the Missouri
was not reprimand-
ed. The admiral
and his captains
only laughed and
turned in. But /
was awake. 1t WAS
two bells of the mid
watch and. spread
abroad on the fac"
of the waters. again
gathering momen-
tum for her fight
around the world.
was that ever-in-
spring. ever-myste.
rious sight-the feet
at night.
! twirled the tas-
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-24

IEET Of le battlesbips
steamtng around the
globe affords at night q
spectacle which Bub Wat
kins. the captains cox
swain. calls "fillin'." What
do they look like after
dark" ! asked before We
started. Like a string
OF cheap drug stores"
said the midshipman who
had been way over to
the Mediterrana naan nm hi,
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WALLACE BUSINESS AND SHORTHAND

College. Established l-sl. Twenty eight years of
We have prepared thousands Of successful
young men and women. spend your winter months
with and We Will pIepar" yuu for Write
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practice cruise and who was there
fore a vell-vOrn man of the world.
But 1t is better than that.
Some time ago they took the green
shades on all the lights in the Off
GERS staterooms. because they shone
pugh the ports and made the men
dsGar look like citizen liners. Even
now the lights shine out of the ports
lawlessly. while the law compels con-
stant hytng OF the red and green port
and starboard running-lights. AZ well
as the truck-light that indicates the