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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
SUPERVISION OF UPPER AIR
Years Of Preparation Necessary for
Accomplishment Of Great Feats
..... Of Aviation.

How few Of the thousands blacken-
Ing the sands at Atlantic City realized
the, months and years of preparation
for what seemed-as all supreme
achievements seem-so easy, so en-
tirely without effort But try It; try
even to think of doing It, and you will
see how hard 1t can be, how much one
must know, as well as how well one
must be able to do. 1t is absolutely
necessary to know the motor and Its
little personal idiosyncrasies, its
kinks and weak points. The aviator
must know every bone in the body OF
bis machine Just as good horseman
knows his horse, and have absolute
confidence In every part. or. II he can.
not have that, he must know It's weak
point, and how to favor that one point
go that II will get the least strain
possible. From this one begins to see
what is required Of the flying man,
and can infer some Of the instant and
imperative demands on brain and
body. Yes, the art and science OF
fight has called into being a com
pany Of men, In whom certain traits
OF mind and person have been 80 won.
derfullJ: developed that at present
they almost seem race apart, "su7
perman" In one sense of the word. at
least II man has at last made a new
machine, the. machine Is certainly
making new man.-Columbian Mag.
azine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
THE DAILY PRODUCTION r.:
OF GOLD IN THE WORLD

The worlds gold output has
reached an average of about ST.
100000 for each day of the year,
and of that total the Transvaal
mines furnish upward of one-third,,
says the. London correspondent of
the New York Sun. Every week
throughout the year between 81
100000 and 100000 worth of
the metal in bars, varying from
400 to 1000 ounces is sent to
London. mi.
The bars are paid into the local
South African banks by the
various mining companies, whose
accounts are credited with the
value, but gold being approximately
$2O.67 per ounce. The banks then
undertake the shipment of the bars,
which go down to Capetown each
week and arrive at Southampton
seventeen days later.
AS the Cape boats generally
arrive at Southampton on Saturday
morning the gold is sent up at once
to London and taken to the Bank
of England for safe lodging until
the following Monday, when the
bars are taken out of the vaults
and handed over to the refiners.
On the same day the bullion
brokers on behalf of. the South
African banks sell the parcels,
which after their treatment by the
hands of the refiners, are 400 ounces
in weight.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
SELLING lRDULGENCIEs"

There seems to be a we'll
authenticated statement that the
commissioner Of the general land
office at Washington has been
giving permits to certain favored
men to go upon the lands set aside
ss reserved lands, and to make
locations. If this is really true
then he age of selling indulgen-
ces" must feve cone lack t. Il e
world. If it proves true then
there should he not too warmly
padded cell in some Federal peni-
Tertiary for that commissioner and
other high officers of the Interior
Department.
If this proves true, then people
will believe that they have dis
covered the animus of setting aside
so many reserves and extending
Indian reservations over thousands
of acres on which a jack rabbit
could not live for three days, but
which are supposed to be mineral
lands. How is this Senators
Smoot and Sutherland?- Goodwin's
Weekly. ..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22

In The District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State of
Nevada, In And For The County
Of Elko
In the Matter of the Estate OF
Rose Louise Littlefield, Deceased
Notice To Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, c. J.iLittlefield, was,
on the fifth day of November, 1910,
by an order of the District Court
of the Fourth Judicial District of
the State of Nevada, in and for the
County of Elko. duly appointed
administrator of the estate of
Louise Littlfield, late of said
County, deceased, and having
qualified as such administrator,
letters of administration were.
issued to him on the 18th day of
November, 1910.
All persons having claims against
the estate of the said Rose Louis
Littlefeld. deceased, are hereby
required to file the same with the
proper vouchers and statutory
affidsvits attached, with the Clerk
of said Court within three month
from the date of the first publica-
ton of this notice. or said claims
will be forever barred.
Dated at Elko, Nevada, this 18th
day of November, 1910.
.. c. j. Littlefield
Administrator of the estate of
Rose Louise Littlefield, deceased.
Otto T. Williams and James Dysart
Attorneys for Administrators.
Date of First Publication,
November IL, 1910.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT

1t is now over. fifty years since
the power Of imprisoning a debtor
for life was taken from the
creditor, and it fills one with
amazement to think that a system
so ridiculous should have continued
as long as it did, says the Dundee
Advertiser. The three principal
debtors prisons in England we're
the Kings Bench, the Marshalsea
and the Borough Compiler. IL the
year 1859 there were twenty
thousand prisoners. for debt in
Great Britain and Ireland. The
futility Of the system was quite as
great as its barbarity. More than
half the prisoners in some ofdthe
prisons were kept there solely
because they :. could not pay 1.-THE
attorneys costs. Many prisoners
had their wives and children with
them. There was no infirmary,
no resident surgeon and no bath.
Imagine a place in these days con-
tanning 1899 persons and no bath
and no infirmaryl We have indeed
progressed" "a d"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
Modern-pay Mir,.,.

The people of Canada take their re.
ligion most seriously and use II In ali
connections. A Toronto Star sinh.
scriber contributes the following 70.
markable statement to that paper.
Mr.. Editor: I, as a Christian sub.
scriber. wish you to print the follow.
Ing: ] dug one hill. medium size. Of
my potatoes, and to my surprise I got
one nundred and thirty-five potatoes
out OF It, Ever since planted ths ~.
tatoes on April 4 have earne.,iy
prayed the Lord to bless all INV handi.
work and even perform a miracle ON
me II he saw ut. SO II appears he hss
performed miracle for me All r,1ht
] afirm the above to be the soI,d
truth. as dug the potatoes and CONT.
et them. Some I tell of IL cali me :
thr because tell the truth. God q
m witness, ! dare not lie."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
MEETING ONE WHO BELONGED
one Mere Instance That Goes t;
PROVE That Appearances Can
... Be Deceptive.

In New York theater q few weeks
ago man from Cleveland found him.
sen seated next to a well-groomed
man In evening dress whose every
move proclaimed him one of those
VINO belonged. The Clevelander made
ooid TO open conversation with him
between the acts and was we'll repaid
LOT the man in the evening clothe !
kne" all the folks OF consequence in
the whole theater. He pointed out
ABOUT zo people in the boxes whom
the cleveland man with the social as.
plratlons had read about in the New
YORK papers, and whose doipss AT
newport and Palm Beach are chron.
'cled Wherever newspapers have WON.
en- readers.
He belongs all right" thought ths
Clevelander. "or else he couldn;t knon,
al the dope on so many of these peo-
PIE and wouldn't talk about them in
such careless, blase fashion. Nice
tnat ne isn't stuck up about his social
connections"
AFTER the theater the visitor ex.
pressed a hope that they might NEE,
again some evening that week
Well" replied the New YORKER a.,
he replaced his silver cigarette coso
In his waistcoat pocket, ITS pretty
nara Tor me to get away any night
except Thursday. You see. nv worl,
Keeps me busy evenings. I'm Mre
keentogs butler"-Cleveland pJnim
Dealer. '''''
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
PUSHING BACK OF OLD Ac'
Less Than a. Century Ago Mar
Was Considered Old az
Forty.

There Is no fact more striking than
the way modern life is pushing back
the period of old age, says a writer in
the September Strand magazine Less
than century ago a man was old at
forty. You have only to pick up Jane
Austen's novels to find gentlemen of
thirty-five described as middle aged
AT sixty they were Cabling in their
dotage. And there Is Mr.. Pickwick-
that dead, delightful, benevolent old
gentleman of forty-five!
Fifty years ago, when a man reach
ed the age OF forty.flve he grew a
beard under his chin, bought himself
pair of drab CATERS aud a white
neckcloth, and spoke With anxious
concern Of the rising generation,
whose manners were 80 different from
those he had known Nas young
man." Nowadays the popular notion
OF irresponsible, irrepressible youth is
Illustrated by Colonel Roosevelt. who
Is fifty-two. In our generation thirty
two is outwardly indistinguishable
from fifty-two, save in that the former
has slightly more youthful tint In its
cheek and It's waistcoat
AS for the fair sex, the genus old
woman Is all but extinct. The pretty,
vivacious matron you admire at gar.
den party may have seen twenty-five
or seventy summers. AS Queen Alex
andra not long since said to Nine.
Adelina Patti: I'VE two are two OF
the youngest women in England The
illustHous royal example has been so
sedulously followed that the women
always young, always active, always
IN the height OF fashion-may be said
TO laugh In the face of Father Time.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
SHORT DISSERTATION ON MUD
Evidently the Work Of One Who Was
thoroughly Familiar With tho
the Subject.

MUD is found at the bottom Of lakes,
on roads and in political assemblies
and newspapers. II is also used to
bathe In and to make pies of.
IL Is composed of the same materials
that human beings are made of. viz,
dust and water.
MUD is at Its best in the spring of
the year. At this period II is largely
USED by automobiles. 1t Is good for
rheumatism and turtles In Pittsburg
ana 81. Louis it is taken with meals.
Mud ls a counter-irritant for armies.
HANNIBAL encountered 1t and Napoleon
was G. iayed by It. 1t has often been
mixed with the best thoughts.
Inc earth has been trying to get
rid OF its mud ever since 1t began. but
1t still sticks, in spite of countless
revolutions. Beside. II 1t fell off there
~ould be no place for it elsewhere
some men have been named after It.
Mud is used by plebeian clans, who
I'VE In flats. 1t is also used by rivers
10 make deltas of. A respectable delta
can be made by any Woodworking
river In about 1000 years, working
night and day.
Mud is great traveller. New Jer.
sey mud can be seen snunterine I'M
and down Broadway.
.When dust gets uneasy and wishes
10 be maze into mud it prays for rain.
ihen 1t lies in the sun and becomes
aust again. This gives 1t that variety
winch as we all know. Is the spice
Of life.
Mud Is no respecter' of persons
Life.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22

W. o. Hart OF New Orleans tells
this story: An old negro was
brought up before the Judge
charged with chicken stealing, and
when the usual question was pro-
pnouded, Guilty or not guilty."
ne said: 81 don't know, boss; l
Jest throw myself on the ignorance
of the Court.-Case and Comment.
A small white dog with black
spots and long hair has been lost.
A Suitable reward will he paid for
his return to Mrs. C. A. Harring-
ton. ... .....
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22

speakers from. New jersey were
Jonathan Dayton. Of the Fourth
and Fifth congresses. and William
Pennington. who presided over the
Thirthy-sixth congress.
The only speaker from Connecti-
cut was jonathan Trumbull.. who
presided over the Sec md congress.
The only . speaker from Ohio was
Gen. j. Warren Keifer, who
presided during the Forty-seventh
congress and who is member of
the present house. From North
Carolina came Nathaniel Macon,
who became speaker in 1901. He
served as a representative for
nearly quarter of century and
was known as the father of the
house. ....
joni w. Taylor, who succeeded
Henry Clay in the Sixteenth con.
gress, was the only speaker from
New York, with the exception of
Theodore M. Pomeroy, who served
as speaker for one day al the be.
ginning of the Forty-first congress,
until Mr.. Blaine who has been
elected. could take his seat.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
Constantly Finger Beads.

All Turks and Arabs habitually
finger beads during their prayers, and
30 fixed does the habit become with
the more deyout that they slip the
beads on the chaplet through the
fingers one by one even while they
are selling goods or carrying on an
ordinary conversation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22

A farmer. finding dozen oilers
stretched out on the ground, offered a
smiling to the LATEST one OF the lot.
Eleven jumped up and claimed the re-
ward, each asserting himself to be
the latest. The shilling, however,
was given to the twelfth, who had
slothfully kept his position.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
COMMERCIAL HOTEL ARRIVALS

G. A. Liddell, Jarbige; w. W..
Williams. Fallon; M. B. Kennedy,
Reno; VIM. Martin, Deeth; G. E.
Townsend, s. F.: N. v. Mahan,
Rowlands; L. ID. Bayrell. Salt
Lake; D. v. Colder, s. F.; Archie
U. Bell, Forest Service.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
Friendly criticism.

He tat the concert) -lMias Shresksr
says she 10 always nervous when she
attempts TO sing In public.
she-Well, I'm not surprised She
has heard herself before.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
sPEAKERsHIP OF THE HOUSE

| Va inc next mouse OF
representatives he will be- the
thirty-fifth man chosen as the
regnl ar presiding office of the
lower branch Of congress and the
first ever selected from the state of
Missouri.
Representative Clark would also
be the Sc ond speaker to hail from
west of the Mississippi liver.
Iowa has the distinction of being
the only state west of the Mis-
sissippi that has been honored with
the speakership up to the present
time. The late David B. Hender-
son of Iowa served as speaker of
the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh
congresses.
Massachusetts, Virginia and
Kentucky are the states which
have been most highly favored in
regard to the speakership. Each
has had four of its representatives
chosen to preside over the house.
The four speakers from Massa-
chusetts were Theodore Sedgwick,
OF the Sixth congress; Joseph B.
Varnum, of the Tenth and Eleventh
congresses; Robert C. Winthrop,
of the Thirtieth congress, and
Nathaniel P. Banks, of the Thirty
fourth. When Mr.. Winthrop was
elected speaker of the Thi1tieth
congress it was by q majority of
one vote, which is the closest con-
test known.
The Virginia speakers were
Philip Barbour, who presided
over the Seventeenth congress
and afterwards served in the
senate; Andrew Stevenson, who
served from 1927 to 1884; John
w. Jones, who was speaker of the
Thirty-eighth congress and died
soon after completing his service.
and R. M. T. Hunter, who was
speaker of the Twenty-sixth con-
gress and afterward served as
secretary of state of the con-
fodorofo prouorpnoook
The four Kentucky speakers
were Henry Clay, who presided
over five of the early congresses :;
John White, of the Twenty-sev enth
congress; Linn Boyd, of the Thirty
second and Thirty-third congresses,
and the late John G. Carlisle, who
occupied the speakers chair in the
Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and
Fiftieth sessions.
In Henry Clay the state of
Kentucky holds the record for. long
service in the speakers chair. Mr..
Clay served nine and a hall years
as speaker, though his service was
not continuous. The next longest
record is that of MIR. Cannon, who
will have served eight year when
he yields up the gavel to hi.
successor next March.
Pennsylvania and Indiana have
each had three speakers of the
house. Pennsylvania contributed
the speaker of the First congress,
Frederick A. Muhlenburg, who
was one of three brothers who
inmigrated from Germany befor e
the revolution and all of whom
rendered distinguished services to
the country of their adoption. The
other speakers from the keystone
state were of later date-Galusha
A. Grow, who>occupied the chat r
at the beginning of the civil war,
and Samuel ]. Randall, who pre-
sided over the house from 1876 to
1881.
John w. Davis, known as Honest
john" was the first speaker from
Indiana. He presided over the
Tweny-ninth congress and was
afterward governor of Oregon
territory. Schuyler Colfax OF
Indiana was chosen speaker in
1866 and served until 1869, wher
he became vice president. THE
third Indiana speaker was Michael
c. Kerr. who was elected in 1876
and died early in the following
year.
Maine Georgia New Jarueu
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
t,p.,o. pate eanltssion

The interisr of germ-proof dining
car is absolutely devoid Of decorntion
which could offer a lodging place for
speck OF dust.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-22
SALMAGUNDI
Conrad. the Lanoille rancher.

is in town.
Mr.. Ankenny. the assayer, has
returned from his prospecting trim
Oliver Mccall. the Deet;,
merchant. was an arrival on No. g
See Winermantel's new ad. It
will in terest the ladies'.
c. A. Liddell, Jarbidge mining
man, is stopping at the Commercial.
Herbert Sproule and Roy Rigsby
left for Jarbidge this morning to
look after their mining property.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Trescartes
of Lamoille left for Oakland on
No. 3 this afternoon.
Mems laundry wanted by Mrs
E, E. Davis. Satisfaction guar
entesd.
Glad to see Mr.. James Rus sell
on the street today. He expects
toleave for Los Angeles Sunday.
Your choice of Laughlin lax
god Fountain pens $1,000
different styles. At Wintermantels
Jewelry store,
Wesley T. Lopeman died at
Tuscarora Sunday. He had been
under treatment at the Hot Springs
for Brights disease and left Satur-
day for home. He leaves a wife
and daughter.
The Wedekind mine near Rem O
has been ordered sold by the Washoe
county district court. The
purchase of this mine was the
imam cial ruin Of the late Governor
Y parks.
One of those $3.50 Genuine Cut
Glass salad or fruit dishes, will be
a nice gift. Other pieces from 80
cents upwards $4,000. At Winter
mantel Jewlery Store.
Do not let your watch 90 to ruin
from neglect. Remember that
my business is the care of watches.
Take your watch to Dean Harrison
and let him examine and repair
it.
The funeral OF the late Judge
Pipe took place in Reno yesterday.
The services were conducted by
Tire Elks and Knights Of Pythias, Of
which Orders he was an hunored
membe:, and were very impressive.
Hon. Sardis Summerfield delivered
an eloquent address on behalf of
the Elks. The large attendance
testified aloquently of the esteem
in which the dead jurjst was held
by those who knew him best.
ANY LADY can easily make
from $500 to $500 per week
working for me quietly in her own
home locality. This is bonafde
offer-one which will pay you to
investigate, Veen IL you can only
spare two hours per day. No in
vestment required. Turn your
spare time into money. Write me
at once for particulars. Address
MARY B. TAYLOR, Box 80
Womans' Building, Joliet, Illinois.
Governor Dickerson has ap-
pointed Thomas F. Moran, Judge
Of the district court Of Washoe
county to fill the vacancy caused
by the death Of Judge Pike.
Moran defeated Pike at. the recent
election.
Although the high school basket
ball team was beaten by the score
. Of "a to IL, the boys are not dis
couraged. The Rem team was
better drilled than the Elko boys
and outclassed them in every stage
Of the game. The Elko boys did
their best to stem the tide, but
their efforts were fruitless. They
hope to do better next time.
The finest room in the new court.
house is the circular room under
the dome. This room is forty feet
in diameter and at least fourteen
foof frooo Aoor ~ oo;i;or A.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
CALHOUN'S SWIFT
AUTO IS HALTED
Railway President Protests in
Vain Against Paying $40
to Policemen
Especial Dispatch to The Call

SANTA ROSA, July 4.-Patrick CAL
houn, president of the United Railroads
of San Francisco, was nabbed today for
speeding his automobile through Santa
Rosa faster than the law allows. 1t
cost Calhoun $40 to get away. and then
he objected most vociferously to the
penalty and vowed all sorts of venge-
ance on the policeman who arrested
him.
Calhoun had been north spending his
holiday with friends in his touring car.
He struck Santa Rosa homeward bound
about o'clock tonight The road was
good and the streetear magnate was in
a hurry
He did not see Policemen I. n. Lind
ley and N. G. Yeager standing by with
stop watches in their hands.
The Calhoun machine cut up a quan-
tity of dust. Out of the dust came the
call of authority. LindIey stepped out
to stop Calhoun's car with as much
po1se as if he were stopping one of
Calhoun's trolley cars. There was this
difference about it: when you stop one
of the Calhoun cars it costs 5 cents:
Policemen Yeager and Lindley got $40
for stopping the motor car
Calhoun objected most strenuousIy
when he was halted. He assured the
policemen that he was Patrick Calhoun
and was not speeding.
The policemen did not question the
first assertion, but were positive that
he had broken all known speeding laws
into little pieces.
Ten dollars for bail or into Jail you
co. said the relentless policemen.
Reluctantly Calhoun turned over $40.
Let me have your numbers and
I'll see to your cases later" he de-
claimed.' The policemen gave him their
numbers and a receipt for the $40.
Then Patrick Calhoun went on his
way.
Calhoun was not the only speeder.
taken into the police net today. Ed
ward B. Bull, manager of the real es-
tate agency which Mayor Frank K.
Mott conducts in Oakland, who was
riding In Motifs machine, was nabbed
and had to put up $40. With Bull
was the manager of Idora park, Oak
land
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
VAN LEW TO QUIT
OR UNDERGO TRIRL
Gillett Secures Report of De-
tective Who Investigated !.
Charges Against Teacher
ESPECIAL Dispatch 10 The Call


SACRAMENTO, July 4.-That the
resignation of DR.. C. c. Van Lew, prin-
cipal of the Chico normal school, will
have to be forthcoming in few days or
a public meeting of the board of trus-
tees of the school to- answer to the
charge that he hugged Miss Ada Clark.
a former pupil of the normal school. is
the information secured from reliable
authority today
Governor Gillett has become con-
vinced, it is said, that there are sufi-
cient grounds in the complaint of mis-
conduct on the part of Van Lew to
warrant Gillett in asking Van Liew to
step down and save the humiliation of
a public hearing. Should he refuse to
accept the suggestion the hearing will
be called and the Clark charges, to-
gether with other reports, will be in
vestigated in public.
That former Governor George c. Par
dee knew of the alleged familiarities
of Van Liew with pupils at the Chico
normal and failed to act or prefer
charges is the statement of Gillett him
self. He said that Trustee j. F. Camp
bell of the normal board has declared
that former Governor Pardee came to
him (CampbelD one day concerning the
reports of alleged misbehavior on Van
Liew's part and said:
We'll. we will appoint him; he is
good educator" or words to that eff
feet.
The conduct of Doctor Van Liew was
carried to Pardee in 1908 by detec-
tive who was hired to investigate the
case, says Glllett. This detectives re-
port is in the hands of Gilett and
bears out the reports circulated at that
time concerning Doctor Van Liew's al
legged love affairs with young women
pupils. The contents of this report,
said the governor. were known to AS
sistant Secretary Clyde L. Seavey of
the state board of examiners, who was
a state officer under Pardee.