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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21
1en cents eouah. : Rub.n,.

America will soon have the refusal
OF hitherto unknown picture by
Rubens, which has been lying for
years In the garnet Of house In the
small town Of Zagrzebia, Poland.
The owner Of the house discovered
1t by accident while looking for ium.
Der to sell to hawker. Thinking Il
was worthless BIT Of old canvas. ho
parted with It for ten cents.
The hawker had an inspiration. he
washed the first layer Of dirt Of and
took the picture to an antlquary, who
recognized the Rubens initial in one
corner. Experts say 1t undoubtedly is
the work Of Rubens and very good
specimen, too.
The picture represents Salome hold
Ing the head OF St John the Baptist.
salome's figure ia particularly beauti-
full.
It's present owner is having II thor
oughly cleaned; this done, he Ia 1oipx
to offer It TO America, because. he
says, "millionaires from the states
give better prices than European
princes"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21

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
Rpse Louise L'ttlefield, Deceased
Notice To Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned. c. j. Littlefield. 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 Littlield, 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
Littlefield, deceased, are hereby
required to file the same with the
proper vouchers and statutory
affdsvits 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. Littlefeld
Administrator of the estate of
Rose Louise Littlefield, deceased.
Otto T. Williams and James Dysart
Attorneys for Administrator.
Date of First Publication.
November IL, 1910.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21
THE AMATEUR PHILOSOPHER.

It is astonishing how many merc,es
q full stomach can discover.
Many womau's dentist is respon.
sioie for her apparent amiability.
It's astonishing how little Won ca,
live on when you haven't the money
A woman having large diamond
rings Is apt to find fault with her
gloves
When pretty girl is in love she
cant understand the fuss folks make
over their food -
A woman hasn't much faith in the
order Of things that doesn't give her
q new dress occasionally,
Many men would like to live on
both sides of the globe at once and
run their business night and day.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21
attack of rheumatism that caused

attack Of rheumatism that caused
his death.
When Judge Pike ceased to live.
Nevada lost one of its tried and
true citizens. He made for him
self an honored nome that will live
and grow brighter as the years
pass by. We knew him as a friend
for over twenty years and today
we drop a sn-ig of evergreen on
his bier.
May God in his infinste mercy
shield the widow and children
from all harm.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21
TRlCING COUNTERFEITs

The tracing of counterfeit bills
back to the persons responsible for
their issue is a curious and excl ting
employment. The experts assigned
by the government to this work are
among the most skillful members
OF the secret service. The pro-
lection of the currency depends in
large measure upon their efficiency
and the pains they take are ain ,st
lnfinite. The following case is one
illustrating the difficulties which
the secret service people meet and
overcome:
A bank clerk in Cleveland had
detected counterfeit twenty dollar
bill in the deposit of small retail
grocer. An expert was sent for
and undertook the case.
He found that the grocer had
received the bill from shoe dealer,
who had it from somebody else,
and SO on. until the secret service
man finally traced the bad note to
an invalid woman who had used it
to pay her physician. Wnen
questioned this woman said that
the money had been sent her by
her brother, who lived in New
Orleans.
The sleuth looked up the brothers
antecedents and soon became con-
WINGED that he was the man wanted.
The brother, however. soon proved
to the satisfaction of the secret
service man that his suspicious
were unfounded. Indeed, it ap
peared that the money had been
received by the New Orleans man
in part payment for rent of house
he owned in Pittsburg. While the
sleuth was a bit discouraged, he
couldn' give over the case when
he had gone so far, so he took the
next train for Pittsburg.
Tie tenant of the house in Pitts
burg proved to be a travelling
oculist who spent most of his time
in the middle west. The secret
servcie man had the good luck,
however, to catch him just as he
had returned from trip, and the
man at once recognized the bad bill
as one that had been given him by
PARENT in Cleveland. the very point
whence the sleuth started.
The patient was boss carpenter.
The secret service man got his
address from the oculist and went
right after the new clew. At this
point he had a premonition that
something was going to happen,
and he wasn't disappointed.
The carpenter, an honest old
fellow, said that he had received
the bill from a certain Parker.
The said Parker was the small
grocer in whose bank deposit the
counterfeit had turned up. The
expert flew to the grocer's as
quickly as a cab could take him
and found it closed. He had left
town.
Afterward it was shown beyond
question thar the grocer was the
agent of al organized band of
counterfeiters. His shop was a
mere blind. That the bill which
he. gave the carpenter should get
back into his own funds after
travelling all over the continent was
one of those miracles IF chance for
which there is no explana TOM
Chicago Record-Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21
Mr.. Royal of Carlin is in town.;

Mr.. Royal of Carlin is in town. T.,
Judge Taber is tussling with the
grip. -
! Mr.. and Mrs. Winchell of Glover
Valley arrived; yesterday on visit
to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Lytton.
John Scott arrived from Cleve-
'lapd, Ohio. yesterday to visit his
sister, Mrs, Harrison.
The official vote of the county
by precincts will be found on the
4th page. We have tried to make
it absolutely correct.
According to the;unofficial vote of
the state as published in the
Gazette, Nixon's plurality over
Pittman is 1850; Roberts over
Sprague 2431 and Oddie's yer
Dcikerson 1907. Joe Farnsworth the
democratic candidate for state
printer received the highest vote
of any candidate who had an
opponent on either ticket He ran
like the much talked about scared
wolf.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21
Treasure From Biz Tree.

An extraordinary haul was made
from a Georgia tree the other day by
a number of young men In Catawba
county. They went into the woods to
rob bee tree" and taking their axes
began chopping on the butt of an old
red oak measuring three and one-balf
feet in diameter. 1t was not a great
while until they struck hollow. and to
their delight as well as surprise out
walked an old postum. After Carefully
fastening her to split limb another
raid vas made. when 10 baby possums
were captured. The tree was finale
fel!ed and from nearer the ton thew
caught two pretty gray squirrels, cap.
tured swarm of bees and gathered
quantity of honey.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21
SALMAGUNDI

Mems laundry wanted by Mrs
E E. Davis: Satisfaction guar
enteed.
Constable Happier. Carlin's
guardian Of the peace. was in Elko
today.
Phil Snyder will leave for Salt
Lake tonight. He says he is going
after set Of teeth.
Your choice Of Laughlin lax
gold Fountain pens $1,000
different styles. At Wintermantels
Jewelry store.
This morning it began to snow
Tand for while it looked like a
"heavy storm was coming. The
clouds broke away before noon
and the indication at this writing
look good for more fair weather.
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 go 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.
Miles B. Kennedy. deputy food
and drug inspector, of the Nevad a
Experiment Station. arrived this
morning: He put in the day look
ing into the food dished up for
Elkoites at the restaurants.
About all the business transacted
by til Eastern Nevada Wool Grow
ers Association was the election of
officers for the ensuing year. The
old officers were reelected with
the exception Of Charles Kaiser.
secretary. He has moved away
and Henry Jones was elected in his
place.
ANY LADY can easily make
from $500 to $500 per week
working for me quietly in her own
home locality. This is a bonafide
offer-one which will pay you to
investigate, veen if 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.
II the prosperity of a nation can
be reflected in its saving banks de-
posts the year ending June Both,
must have ben banner one for
the American people. The high
. cost of living does not appear to
have diminished savings, according
to figurs compiled in the Treasury
Department. Deposits in the
1859 savings banks during the
year increased to more than .S4,-
000,000.000. The average de-
positor's account was $445.22 just
$27.77 above the average of the
year before.
Charles Lackey, lineman of the
Postal Telegraph Company, is here
making arrangements for opening
an Office in the Telephone Com
pany's Office. 1t will be several
days before the company is ready
for business. The Independent
welcomes the new telegraph COM
pany to Elko and hopes it will
receive fair share OF the public
patronage.
Relatives of Richard C. Wash
who ned at the county hospital
last Friday, have telegraphed the
, Henderson Banking Company from
MADEIRA, California to give the
deceased a respectable burial.
The funeral will take place from
the undertaking parlors tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends
and acquaintances are respectfully
requested to attend.
Family Affection In France.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21
Who falls short in the head must be
long in the heels.-German.
UnIueky Months.
sje t,,,,.o.

To recite the "vinn1e B,acksuniths'
The hoarsc boy WIS Ire choice:
For he had local color with
The sharp rasp In his vo,cs.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21
PROVERBS OF PEOPLE.

Many are the Affections of the
iighieous.-Bible.
Keep the bone and the dog will fol.
low you. Irish.
Better gain in mud than lose in
gold.--Italian. /.
He hurts the good who spares the
bad.-French.
A determined heart will not he
coSnseled.-Spanish.
Who does right Is born sufficient.
ly noble.-German.
II belongs to great men to have
great defects.-French.
Who falls short in the head must be
long in the heels.-German.
UnIueky Months.
May Is said to be an unlucky month
for marriages. An old bachelor saw
that. according to the testimony OF his
friends who have slipped their heads
INTO the matrimonial moose, the other
unlucky months for the marriages are
June. July. August, September, DC.
tober. November. December. January
Fenruary' March and April.--New
York Times.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21

Jones-After preparing long
speech for the dinner the other night.
/ couldn't remember a word OF 1t.
Jaggsby-I couldn't remember any
of mine the morning after
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21

It belongs to great men to have
great defects.-French.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21

Who does right Is born sufficient.
ly noble.-German.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-21

V~HTJ NHuUHIUH W FRANCS,
What is the best love? A parents
love, answers M. Sargeret; and the
answer is the same in M. Louis Del.
zons's lie Meilleur Amour" II would
probably be the same from the lips Of
nine out Of every dozen Frenohmen, n
they spoke sincerely; for in this land,
where love-marriages are rare, the
love Of hearth and home, the devotion
to offspring, the alteration Of children
for their parents, are stronger than
elsewhere. The real forces Of the
heart break out there far moro fire.
queDuy. far more potently, than In the
system OF menages trois which IN.
spires the literature OF the Boulevard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-27
The Ham Fair at Paris,


A feature Of Partisan life is the ham
fair which Is held on the Boulevard
Richard lie Noir. The name Of this
fair is wholly misleading, for as far
Al I have ever seen hams are the very
last thing any M ever buys there.
Old brass and copper curios, quaint
jewelry, rare china, lace, tapestries
and books are what most people go
out to seek, and a sight not to be easily
forgotten Is the long, wide boulevard
lined with ramshackle stalls laden
with every possible kind Of lumber and
presided over by the most rapacious
Of brocanteurs. Out Of piles Of value
less lumber Americans and English
diligently seek for their pet kind Of
curios, and there is not an artist in
Paris who cannot point to some bit
OF furniture in his or her studio and
say with pride, II got that for 5 francs
at the ham fair" No n ever pays
more than 5 francs, I notice, but, alas,
every year these five franc bargains
are becoming more rare, and even as
housekeeping in Paris grows more and
more costly so does the furnishing of
ones house to keep.-LOndon Queen.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-27
Died In the Wilderness.

MIssoULA, July 2O.-A tale of suf-
fering and death which is out of the
ordinary was heard here today upon
the arrival of F. G. Wood, a miner
of Idaho. interested in the Black
League properties in the Clearwater
country. Mr.. Wood made the trip to
Missoula, across country, coming
through the Lolo pass, arriving here
late last night.
According to his story, two men,
one named Dorman and the other
Shucraft,s started on q trapping and
projecting expedition into the Clear.
water country last March from the
Black League mines. They took q
full pack outfit and announced their
intention of going over the range
westwar into the Kelly creek district.
From that date no word was received
from the two men, aud about two
weeks ago two brothers named Han.
son started out to look them up, fear.
ing they had met with some mishap.
After a trip which lasted several days
the Hanson brothers discovered q
small log cabin and within found the
decayed remains OF the two prospec.
tors.
An examination of the place led to
the discovery of a diary which had
been kept by the men up to March 20,
the entries in which told of q siege of
sickness that first laid low Shucraft
and then Dorman, the disease from
which they suffered being probably
scurvy,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-27
Democratic Convention, September

Democratic Convention, September 8
HELENA, July 19.-The democratic
state convention will be held at Liv.
ingston September 8, this being de.
cided upon BY the democratic state
central committee. Missoula and
Helena were also aspirants for the
honor. Missoula received four votes.
Helena seven, and Livingston Is.
The representation will be one dele.
gate for each sixty votes or fraction
thereof, based upon one-half of the
sum obtained by adding the demo.
cratic vote for governor and congress-
man at the last election.
The Clark henchmen we're too strong
for the forces of Walsh, of Conrad,
and Of Toole at the meeting of the
democratic state central committee.
By the close margin of two votes the
forces of Clark defeated the PROPOSE.
ton of the committee suggesting to
county conventions the propriety of
pledging to q senatorial candidate the
delegations to the state convention.
The scrap lasted for two hours and
when the final ballot was taken the
Clark lei numbered thirteen and the
anti.Clark men eleven.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-27
Flee From Forest Fires.

SPOKANE, July l9.-Dispatches from
Nelson, B. c., say the forest fires
which Saturday we're believed to be
under control have revived and are
causing death and enormous damage
to property. The town of whitewater
has been swept clean a. q floor. Not
. vestige of habitation remains. Ret.
ugees are fleeing to Kaslo, where many
who ere overcome have been cared
for. All the women and children from
Sandon were brought down to New
Denver Monday afternoon % . pre-.
cautionary measure. The Rambler
Cariboo building is Q total loss.
Fire wsrdens report that the timber
limits at Sausquest + burned. Help
is asked for everywhere and all able
bodied men are pressed into the fire
fighting service. Rescue trains from
Kaslo we're unable to pass Bear lake
and returned crowded with refugees
all panic stricken. Many women and
children overcome with fumes and
smoke we're cared for by the hospital
authorities and by citizens OF Kalso'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-27
How Handwriting Originated.

Philadelphia Inquirer: Shaking
hands is a relic OF barbarism. Any.
how, it became the custom in the days
when everyone carried a dagger in his
belt and when one friend meeting an
other thought 1t necessary to attest
the peacefulness of his intentions by
extending an open palm. Then the
other man could do no less than
make a similarly reassuring demon.
stration, and the grasp of these two
extended hands naturally followed.
subsequently, by q logical process Of
evolution, the handmade grew to be
the conventional form of greeting and
the refusal OF q proffered hand was
regarded as one of those insults whose
dishonor q only be wiped out with
blood. Now the custom 10 too firmly
and widely established for its aban.
donment to be concei vable, aud We,
there are various things about 1t which
renders 10 unsa satisfactory.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-27
STATES LAND OFFICE

My Office il in . position to handle all kinds Of
Land Office business, and if you need information
quick or any work done in the Office, you can
have it attended to by writing. wiring or telephon-
ing to me. Ny Office is in the same building As the
United States Land Office and all work can be
taken up and attended to without delay.
"TALk WITH CARRUTH"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-27
Chester Will Show Them.

A novelty 10 the dry land boosting
campaign is announced by the Great
Northern Railway company, the new
departure consisting of q free excur.
sion to Chester to inspect the demon.
stration farm located near that town.
Chester is In the center of this years.
dry belt, but the crops grown on the
Chester demonstr alton farm under
approved methods have made such
splendid progress that the railroad
authorities propose to ''show'' the
public that dry land farming under
the most unfavorable conditions will
make good.
Free tickets from various points
between Glasgow and Chester will be
furnished by the Great Northern to q
limited number Of guests from each
locality. consisting principally Of
farmers and others interested in dry
land farming. The excursion has
been arranged for next Sund ay and
Monday, the excursionists from Glas-
gov and other points In the Milk river
valley going to Havre in q special
coach on train No. 229. They will
leave Havre Monday morning at 9
o'clock, arriving at Chester at l1:24
q. m.
Professor Shaw will accompany the
excursionists to the demonstration
farm, and explain the methods used
to produce the crops that are growing
there. The visitors will return on the
train that leaves Chester at 1925 D. N.
the came day.
From March l to July l there was
only q precipitation of 2.6 inches at
Chester, a spell of drouth that affords
the most severe test of dry land farm
ing theories, and the crops are there
TO show the result.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-27
POLITICAL

At a club banquet in St. Paul about
q month ago, at which ex.Forestry
Chief Pinchot and ex.S Secretary of the
Interior Garfield were the principal
speakers, the president of the club
proclaimed that q new party was to be
founded there and then, and that /,
would sweep the country in 1912.
What has become of that party? SO
far as can be discerned along the line
of this stream, the announcement has
not Get the upper Mississippi on fire,
ssys the St. Louis Globe.D Democrat.
The republican organization is still
extant. Nor has the democratic party
thus far been driven out of business.
Conserv alton was the leading ques.
ton which was discussed at the St.
Paul off air, and the men who discuss
ed it had some connection with it In
the past. Some of the things which
they said we're perhaps worth saying.
But conservation is not the paramount
Issue in the United States at this mo.
ment, interesting as it Is. It is not
large enough to build q party upon.
Moreover, in discussing conservation
each speaker wandered of on to q
few other questions, and on some of
them they said queer things. One OF
them declared, or intimated, that the
tariff act of 1909 revised duties up
ward. The other declared that con-
gress was either blind or corrupt, and
that it would not lend q hand to the
conservation movement.
This is strange talk. The recent
statement Of imports, which has been
given out by the Bureau of Statistics
at w Washington, shows that the aver.
age rates of duty under the Payne act
are lower than under any other tariff
since 1883. Contrary to the assertions
at St. Paul, the cost of living In the
past few months has been declining.
A conservation bill has been passed
by congress-one of Q series of con-.
servation measures. but it is the most
important of all of them. 1t is the
one which Mr.. Taft most strongly
favored.
One trouble with the St. Paul meet.
ing is that the two principal speakers
there we're soreheads. They have a
grievance against certain members of
the government, or think they have,
and their charges and predictions are,
for this reason, discounted by the pub.
lie. In 1912 the contest will be be.
tween the same old parties that con.
fronted each other in 1908 and pre-.
vious canvasses. and the result is like.
1y to be q repetition of that Of 1908.
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ficstion and securing q patent without

fcstion and securing q patent without
reserv alton.
1t is provided in one section of the
bill that desert entries upon coal lands
shall not contain more than 100 acres.
1t is also provided that those who
initiated nonmineral entries or loca-
lions In good faith prior to the pas.
sage Of this act on lands which have
been or shall be classified as coal
lands, may perfect the same under the
provisions of the laws under which
such entries were made and receive
the limited patent provided for in this
act.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-27
Thousands Killed On Railroads.

WASHINGTON, July 10. - An alb.
stract of the interstate commerce com.
missions report shows that the rail-
roads killed 8,722 and injured 95,626
during the year ending June 30, 1910.
Two hundred and fifty-three passen.
gers we're killed and $1,000 injured.
Thirteen hundred and forty-four train.
men were killed and 1900 injured.
Forty.nine hundred and forty.four
trespassers were killed. One pas
senger was killed for every $500, 900
carried. The par value Of the out.
standing railroad stock is s17, $780,
600, 600. The total passengers carried
is S9l, 600, 900. e