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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-04-12

SOmlng eartn ca
res S ed by the
S u n S b in e and
ki 8 8 e d by the
eze. There
was a light in
her face that
made US forget
clothes and pres
ents and anger
and think only Of
Easter.
As we " e n t
away neither Of
us said anything
for some time.
At the corner we
met old B u c k
Ticknor and his
cane that forever
went peck-peck-
pecking vciously
along: :, the walk.
For many years
old B uck had |
b Q e n saving up
for a rainy day
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-04-12

his rainy day. He had let his wife
die because he was too stingy to have
a doctor, and all his children had fed
before they wers scarcely grown His
grasping mouth, his withered, wrtn-
kled face, his narrow suspicious eyes,
always made me shudder.
isn't he horridr' Mary spoke first
when we were past. <.."
And then in a moment as her eyes
wandered to the blossoming orchard
at the edge of town she sighed resign
edly:
"Ldont know what we will ever do
with her, but isn't she dear? And If
one must go to the extreme I guess
Il is best 10 take the highest one."
II am going 10, II I can," said, and
Mary looked at me wonderingly.
Next morning was Easter indeed.
The world was fau Of sunshine and
eaaiy flowers and songs Of birds and
SOFT winds.
Bose came 10 the dper hscse6, for
tho church befh were Just ringing.
Nexes had shs booked more beautiful,
and that 10 the end Of praise. I step
ped into the haN and eAosed the door
behind me. She looked Up at me q
Httla surprised, a httls sgitated.
'Rosa"-he1 Eds dropped and hid her
soft gray eyes, and she breathed a
htte quikly'tyoa have made every
body happy by your gifts, everybody
from Bombay to Maine, everybody but
me. Won't you make me present, an
Easter gift?"
"What?' she said softly, and her
voice f1uttered.
'eThe Lady with the lily soul" And
held out my aEms waitingly.
When we went oat into the sunlight
a little while later I said most SIN
cesely and gratefully:
"Rose, you are such a wonderful
giverv'
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-04-12

But IF 7 had remained IN ebe.l
I could bave borne my yolk,
In white imprisonment to dwell
CCbts isn't any jokeD
9 time, turn bach, I plead, I beg,
Hnd let me be an easter egg!
=, PATSY PULLET.
~ Easter superstitions.
-. Draw the egg Of violet hue,
- Means friends fond and true.
~ Pink will bring you luck,
~. A lover full Of pluck.
~ Gladly take the egg Of green,
- Good fortune soon will be seen.
e Wealth and happiness with the egg
70 Of gray,
~ Keep it and hide safely away.
iN The egg Of blue
81 Means lovers few.
u Do not touch the egg Of red.
Is II you do you'll never wed.
Ss A over this very night
* Il you draw the egg of white.
a. You'll marry in another town
EH If yoa choose the egg Of brown.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
MUCH NEEDED APPRO-
PRIA7ION FOR UNIVERSITY

On January 26, 1911. a bill was in
troduced into the State Senate by
Senator Tallman to appropriate
$40, 900 to establish an electrical
and mechanical laboratory at the
State University. This is a most
needed addition to the engineering
school. 1t is not Intended to add
either to the number of courses or
to the teaching force, but to
strengthen and make more effective
the sources now given. Of 25 men
secured positions by the Depart
ment during the past few years 60
per cent are following electrical
work. The opportunities in that
line are becoming more numerous
as electric power developments
are constantly Increasing. If the
appropriation asked for is granted
by the Legislature the Board of
Regents plan to erect building
adjoining the present shop which
will contain an electrical and
mechanical laboratory, class) rooms,
drafting rooms and store room.
The theory of construction and
operation of electrical machinery
and lighting apparatus, gasoline
engines water wheels, ETC., will
be given a practical application
and their economical management
will be studied.
Telephony and wireess telegraphy
will also receive some attention
as students frequently desire to
specialize in this work With the
knowledge thus gained university
students will be in a position to
hold their own in any engineering
field and to assist materially in the
development work of the State.
Although the present Legislature
is an unusually conservative one,
it is thought that they will not
fail to see the necessity for the
sulting benefit to the State
Virginia Chronicle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
DYSPEPT|C PHILOSOPHY

. What the theater really needs is
Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Audiences.
Why are we supposed t. have
more respect for gray hair than
for a bald head?
A man can face the world with
good heart if he can also face 1t
with a good liver.
From masculine point of view
would it be heresy to question
the sex Of the devil?
Some fat men are meaner than
other men simply because there is
more of them.
Many man thinks he Is in love
to discover that second thoughts
are best.
Some men are born great, some
acquire greatness, and others have
geatDess thrust upon them. but it
doesn't seem to take any Of them
long to get rid of it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
WILL DOUBLE TRACH THES. P

A New York dispatch of Jan 3lst
says that the legislative committees
of the Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific lines today voted to COM
plete double tracking of the lines
from the Missouri river to San
Francisco. They also voted to
double track the Oregon Short
Line from the junction with the
Union Pacific main line at Granger,
Wyoming, to Huntington, Oregon,
also the line along Columbia river
in Oregon to Portland.
The cost of the double tracking
of the lines as determined upor
today will aggregate upwards of
$75, 100000 which will be dis,
tributed over a period of five
years.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
HOUSE RULES

The following house rules copied
from the printed stationery of the
Sour Dough hotel, 1923 Iricle
avenue, Dawson, Alaska, are
worthy of persual by anybody who
appreciates q combination of facts
and humor:
Towels changed weekly.
Dogs not allowed in the hunks.
Candies and Hot Water che %ed
extra. .>
Board 81 per square foot. Meals
extra.
Spiked Boots must be removed
at night.
Guests are requested not to speak
to the Dumb Waiter.
Anyone troubled with night.
mare will find a halter on the bed.
post.
If the room gets too warm open
the window and see the fire escape.
Base-ballists desiring a little
practice will find picher on the
stand.
|. Don't worry about paying your
bill; the house is supported by its
foundation.
The hotel is convenient to all
cemeteries. Hearses to hire at rs
cents second.
Guests wishing to do a little
driving will find hammer and nails
in the closet.
Guest wishing TO get up without
being called can have self-rising
flour for supper.
If the lamp goes out take a
feather of the pillow; that is light
enough for any room.
If you are fond of athletics and
like good jumping lift the mattress
and see the bedspring.
Not responsible for diamonds,
bi cycles or otter valuables kept
under the pillows; they should be
deposited in the safe.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
JUSTICE WHITES DOUBLE

Edward Douglas White, the new
chief justice of the United States
supreme court, says the Denver
Times, has double in the person
of Archie M. Stevenson, a well
known Denver lawyer and
politician" said A. C. Campbell,
assistant general attorney of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
Their similarity in appearance
has caused the new chief justice
more than one interesting ex.
perience and these are frevuenty
told by the members of the
supreme court.
Stevenson was frequent
visitor to Washington when he held
the balance of political power in
the Republican party in Colorado,
and it was on these occasions that
the justice was frequently mistaken
for the Denver politician.
/ remember the occasion when
the justice and the politician first
met each other. Justice White
,pied Stevenson sitting in ar
obscure corner of the court room
one day when the court was in
session. He asked Chief Justice
Brewer who the big man with curly
hair was, and he was informed il
was Big Steve, the Colorado politi.
clan.
II want to meet him." said
Justice White, and after the court
adjourned Justice Brewer made
the introduction.
" I'm very glad to meet you"
said Justice White after the
formalities were finised. IN ap.
preciate it very much If you will
notify me hereafter when you
arrive in town, and also let me
know when you depart"
Justice White did not at once
explain the peculiar request.
After Stevenson had departed he
gave the information to his com.
panion.
- 4 want to keep of the streets
while that man is in town. said
the justice. I'm tired Of people
slapping me on the back and saying
Hello, Steve, wher'n the ibid
you come from?"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
HARMON'S FRANK WAY

hudson Harmon, governor of
Ohio has habit of saying what he
thinks, said a member of the Ohio
delegation to Washington Times
man, land he established a reputa-
ton along that line when he was
student ut the University of Gin
cinnati.
Harmon was in the graduating
class and was entitled to high
honors for scholarship achievements.
A day or two before the class was
to receive it's diplomas Harmon
madn some remarks at a student
mass meeting which incensed the
faculty.
when the graduating class was
assembled the president handed
out the sheep-skins to each and
every member of the class except
one youngster with unusually big
hands. That youngstnr was Judson
Harmon There was no diploma
for him. The faculty, at a special
meeting, had decided that the
proper way to rebuke him for his
unbridled tongue was to humiliate
him in the presence of the entire
class.
"dirn)n mayhave been humili-
ated, but his humiliation was not
a marker to the Indignation of his
classmates and their parents
There was mass-meetiDg i'm
mediately after the president Of
the university dismissed the class,
as a result of which a committee
W Aited on the faculty and demanded
that Harmon be given his diploma
quite as publicly as he had been
humilisted. There was lot Of talk
on both sides, but in the end the
students had their way The next
day the entire graduation class
assembled. in the same place, with
Harmon in their midst, and the
president came forward with a
solitary diploma in his hand and
presented IL OF Harmon with few
kindly if insincere remarks. No
one enjoyed the performance more
than. Harmon incidentally he has
gone right on ever since saying
just what he thinks about people
and things, taking chances on
being Inundated afterward and
reasonably confident that he will
come out on top of the heap"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
AUGUST KEEFER

Mr.. f. Keefer arrived from
Charleston about g o'clock this
morning with the remains of his
brother, August, who died there
about 2 o'clock Monday morning
of Bright's disease.
The deceased was born in Ger
many on August 81, 1888. He
came to Elko in 1869 and remained
here until 1883, when he went I,
the state of Washington. In 1902,
he returned to this county and
made it his home.
He was a member of Elko Lodge,
No. Is, +. s A. M. for about 20
years, but at his death he was q
member of Cache Lodge, No. SIS,
at Davenpart, Washington.
Although not q charter member of
Elko lodge, he was present and
assisted in the organic %tion of the
lodge.
The funeral took place from the
Hall of the Elko lodge at 3 O'Clock
this afternoon, and he was tenderly
laid away by his b. ethcrn in the
Masonic cemetery. There may he
rest in peace.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
BOSTON MAN WAS MUSICAL
dust Have Been, for He Found Moth.
Ing Good In Opera Performances
In Paris.

Americans have to have q lot OF
ierve whom they're abroad" said the
ian who had Just returned from his
rat foreign trip. II fell in with an
nerican at the Grand hotel in Paris
no was on his way TO the opera, and,
was OF the same mind, We started
.gother.
Although It was q fsarfully hot
Ght We found tho opera house
Hcked-the French, you know, are
rcat on opera"
Who were the sinEsrsf" asked .
tcner.
"Oh. ] don't know-it was . third.
tie performance. .
Well, we tried hard 70 get seats
I'd couidn't--not thing to be had.
Walt, said my American friend;
III DO back In . few minutss--I think
! can get some tickets, and he re.
lurnod'very soon. waving two tickets
nloit which, a. II turned out, were
complimentary. To obtain compli.
mentary Llckets on 4 night like that
vas master stroke. The French
would have called IT."
Coup o'etati" suggested some one.
Tour do force!" said another, but no
one was quito certain, so he contin.
ued:
lie had represented himself TO DO a
director Of the Metropolitan Opera
company"
did he 1.-Two in New YORK;" inquired
smother listener.
"No-Boston-but no was very mu.
sical--at least. think he must have
been. for while I sat enjoying the per.
Torrance Immensely he was exclslm.
Ing from time to time. 'Rotteni Hear
that tenor! That sopranos awful 49,
Roston Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
Emmett d. Boyle
State Engineer.

Two front rooms to rent in a
good location. Enquire at this
office.
Mrs. Campbell will begin clearance
sale tomorrow forenoon and continue
same until her stock is disposed of.
All goods will be sold mt discount of
so per cent from the regular price.
Come and get the best, bargain over
offered i'm Elllo.
To rent-An ice house in good
order. Inquire of Judge
Morgan.
Wanted-By a gentleman-A
pleasant room with board in
private family. Address B. B. at
this Office. Applicant is willing to
pay for good accommodations
To Rent: Two furnished rooms
on Silver Street in the eastern part
of the town. Inquire Of Mrs. B.
w. Woolverton or at this office.
Matchmaking & Engraving.
Work guaranteed. Leave work at
Drug Store or at my office, one
block north of Overland Hotel.
Prices reasonable. Dean
Harrison.
Mems laundry wanted by Mrs
E. F.. Davis. Satisfaction guar
enteed.
Court house. Grammar school,
High school Il other souvenir spoons
for Christmas at Wintermantel' s
Jewelry store.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
application NO. 1857


Notice of Application for Per-
mission to Appropriate the Pub ic
Waters of the State of Nevada
Notice is hereby given that on
the 9th day of October 1910. in ac-
cordance with Section rs. Chapter
XXI. of the Statutes of 1909 one
Nevada Land & Livestock Company
of Elko. County of Elko and State
of Nevada. made application to the
State Engineer of Nevada for per.
mission to appropriate the public
waters of : the State of Nevada.
Such appropriation is to be made
from an unnamed creek and it's
tributaries in 7. 40 N. R IS E.,
locally known as Cotton Wood
Creek. at point which bears South
SO degrees west 1900 feet from
the corner common to sections g.,
9, Is and II, in T. 40 NJ. R. So
E.. M. D.. M. and being in the Sci
of NEf of Sec. II, 7. 40 N, R. So E.,
M. D. M. by means of a dam, and
fifteen cubic per second is to be
conveyed to points in the Ed of
Sch of Sec. 8, NW4 of SW4, and
E3 of WI of Sec. 9, the M of NW3
of Sec. l6, the NE4. the M of
NW4, the SWf of NWt and the
NWi of SW4 of Sec. II, the Ed of
Sci and SW4 Of Sci of Sec. 18,
he EA of NWt and W. of Mel of
Sec. 10. T. 40 NJ. R. So E., M. d. B.
& M by means Of bitches, and
there used for irrigation, Water
not to be returned to stream,
Date of first publication January
3. 1911.
Date of last publication FEBRUARY 8,
1911.
Signed:
Emmett ID. Boyle
State Enpineer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
DIED
KEEFER-At Charleston, Ne.
vada, January 80, 1911, Mr.. August
Keefer, native Of Germany aged
n years, months and 8 days.
Smoke.

Smoke. N
Don't imagine next time you see In
weather promising storm that Q
IVY" stratum Of air 10 forcing the
sAsoke OF your chimney to the ground.
Instead tho condition IL the opposite
and the atmosphere 10 too light to al
low the smoke TO rise. To prove this
fact in this vacation season MI your
mouth full Of tobacco smoke and dive
in 90 feet Of water. releasing tho
smoke The smoke appears from the
watsr almost instantly. You may say
u comes up in air bubbles. but this
,Ioes no more than to prove the theory.
Your chimney smoke won't rise. BE-
cause there Isn't buoyancy enough In
the air stratum to raise It
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
STATEMENT OF BUSINESS

Statement of the business Of the
Sunset Telephone and Telegraph
company in the State of Nevada.
during the year ending December
31st, 1910:
Total receipts SCI, 0O4 Al
Total disbursements 53,77S 80
F. w. EATON,
Secretary.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
BURNING THE BOOKS

There is a big bell in Portland
Ore, that rings alarms for fires.
Some time ago there was an
interesting commerce hearing there
in relation to certain practices Of
rebating that had hecn INDUCED
in by some of the local railroads
in favor Of some Portland shippers.
One man was testifying and was
asked to produce his books.
81 can't" he said. ..
why not?" "
Because, by advice Of counsel.
| burned The books"
Presently another shipper was
put on the stand. He was asked
to produce his books.
81 didn't bring Them" he sa i'd.
where are they?"
"At my Office"
Then go get them inn
mediately."
The shipper left the room, but
had not been gone more than five
minutes when the big fire bell
began to boom an alarm.
"There go the books!" shouted
every person in the room.
as~.a-.9
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01

Something About 60 Do Doing.
WY does he let his wife venture
4, alone in his autoT'
Hes anxious TO see what will hap
en- when two unmanageable things
ONE to9ether."-Smart Set
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01

his hole at the right time today,
he sawhis shadow.
: By request, the italian Orchestra
will remain here and give ano her
concert and dance at the Opera
house Saturday night after The
moving pictures.
A bill to prohibit b-.rEer Shoes
from doing business on Sunday will
be introduceud into the legislature
byIAssembynan Campbell of Washoe
county. IT. makes the keeping open
Of barber shops on S unday a mis-
demeanor. punishable by fine or
Imprisonment.
Snow fell at a lively rate for an
hour or so last night and this morn
ing there were three or four inches
of the beautiful" on the ground.
1t was the heavist snow storm of
the winter in this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Mcclellan left
on No s today for Carson City,
where they will remain several
days and from there go to San
Francisco for the remainder of the
winter During their stay in Cali
fornia they will go to Los Angeles
and San Diego.
Postmaster Plumb of Tuscarora
spent the Cay in town. He says
he is feeling fine and his looks
certainly bear out his statement.
The passing years seem to have no
effect on him, though the editor
came very near being licked this
morning because he intimated
otherwise.
Through the courtesy of Senator
Newlands, we have received a few
packages of flower seeds for free
distribution. The packages are
all labeled Candytuft. Cosmos.
Delphirium, Mignonette and
Nasturtium. Those coming first
will get the seeds. Orders from
the country for either vegetable or
flower seeds will be filled as long
as the seeds hold out.
The Virginia City school trustees
/ trying to force the teachers to
sign jughandled contract.
Principal Comerford refused to
sign the contract and he was
bounced and Miss ida Marx was
named as temporary principal.
Miss Marx and the other teachers
have notified the board that they
will not sign the proposed con-
tract. When Mr.. Comerford was
dismissed, he notified the board
that he wuold be at his place in
the school room next day, ready to
do his usual work. At last reports,
the trustees had the matter under
consideration.
The legislature is grinding along
but 80 far the grist is exceeding
small. All sorts of propositions
are being introduced to befuddle
the minds of the lawmakers. Two
Of the most senseless things
brought to the attention of the
legislature so far is a resolution
by Kemm of Lander county recon-
mending the pardon of Preston and
Smith, the Goldfield murderers,
and bill by Senator Ascher to
establish kindergarten at Sparks
at the states expense. Neither
should receive the serious con-
sideration Of the lawn akers.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
Annual Statement

The Nevada State Christian En-
deavor Convention will be held in
the Baptist Church of Reno Febru-
airy eleventh and twelfth. Field
Secretary Sahman of Boston will be
in attendance.
Gold Circle Crown Mining Com
pany. Year ending December 81,
1910. Location of mine, Gold
Circle M ming District, Elko Coun-
ty, Nevada.
Receipts
Cash on hand Jan. l, 1910 5 952.47
Assessments collected dur
ing 1910, 756U.32
Received from other
sources, 1O8.39
Debit balance, 66.88
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
The HIahest GIFT OF Man.

Words, money, all things else, are
comparatively easy TO give away; but
whom a man makes q gift OF his daily
life and practise, It IS plain that the
truth, whatever ~ may be, has taken
possession OF him.---Jamos Russell
Lowell.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
Annual Statement

Pacific Consolidated Mining &
Smelling Company for year ending
December 81. 1910. Location of
mine in Merrimac Mining District.
Elko County, Nevada.
RECEIPTS
From sundry sources, $4,000
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01

Richmond Eureka Mining Co.
Receipts
Dec. 81, 1910, To cash received
from sales Of ore during
1910 S42,526 IL
To cash received from
miscellaneous sources 472 IL
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
SHEEP WANTED

With summer range or re-
serve rights. Must be cheap
Write particulars to
. JOHN p. DENLY
1887 Grant Ave-,
Ogden, Utah.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01

pespotlc Habit
Habit is the deepest law Of human
nature. Carlyle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
$42,g98 %


Disbursements ''''
Dec. 81. 1910. BY cash
paid out on account of
operating expenses dur
ing 1910:
Mining expenses Sal TAO 16
New construction LOOP 81
Maintenance LOGAN shaft 1,437 50
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
$4,000

GIDEON SNYDER, Sec'y
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 20, 1911.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
$S68S.06

Ray S. Bowman, Secy.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan 26,19l1.
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'S86sa.O6

Disburst ments
Mine expenses in 1910, $5329.44
General expenses in 1910, 1854
Miscellaneous disburse-
ments in 1910 on accounts
payable, &C., 1463.48
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
DISBURSEMENTS

DIOBU HSEM EN- IS
Mine expenses in 1910, $739.31
General expenses in 1910, 1903
$4,000
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
SALMAGUNDI

If Mr.. Grounding came out of
his hole at the right time today,
he saWhis shadow.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
$44,249 AZ
Deficit
S12h1 10

Deficit $1251 10
Thomas Carmichael. Cashier.