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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-11

NOTICE OF CONTEST
(For publications.
Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office
Serial O2OsO CD 412
Carson City. Nevada. 3
April q. 191k
To Thomas C. Tennille of MoNt ne
ain City Nevada. Contestee:
You are hereby notified that
Claude l.. Womack who gives
Mountain City, Nevada, as his post
Office address did on February 81,
1911. file in this Office his duly
corroborated application to contest
and secure the cancellation of your
Homestead Entry No. 1862. Serial
No. C2O80 made Jan. 4. 1907, for
Lots 4, 8 and Section 18Township
45 N Range SO E.. M. ID. Meridian
and as grounds for his. contest hsI
alleges that for more than six
months last passed said Thomas
C. Tennille has abandoned said
homestead and failed to reside
thereon or have his hume thereon;
that he has left the vicinity for
moro than Is months and his
whereabouts is unknown.
You are. therefore. further
notified that the said allegations
will be taken by this off ce as bav-
ing been confessed by you and your
said entry will be cancelled there
under without your further right
to be heard therein either before
this Office or on appeal if you fail
to file in this office within tweny
days after the FOURTH publica-
tion of this notice as shown below
your answer, under osth specifically
meeting and responding to these
allegations of contest, or if you
fail within that time to file in
this office due proof that you have
served copy of your answer on
the said contestant either in person,
or by registered mail. If this
service is made by the delivery of
q copy Of your answer to the con-
testant in person, proof Of such
service must be either the ssid
contestants written Acknowledge
ment Of his receipt of the copy
showing the date of it's receipt, or
the affidavit of the person by whom
the delivery was made stating
when and where the copy-was
delivered; if made by regiA FED
mail, proof of such service must
consist Of the affidavit of the per-
son by whom tho copy was mailed
stating when and the post office to
which it was mailed. and this
affidavit must be accompanied by
the postmaster's receipt fer the
letter.
You should state in your answer
the name Of the pustoffice to which
you desire future notices to be sent
to you.
Louis J. Cohn, Register.
Earl w. fremont, Receiver.
Date of first publication May 2,
1911.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-11
Her Only Fault.

Her Only Fault.
Her virtues made q lengthy list
I speak Of Mrs Tuggie-
But somehow SHE could not resist
A wild desire TO smuggle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
STANDARDS KANSAS FINES
ARE ABOUT S25,OOO.O0
THIS SUM is TOTAL or Oil COM
PANY'S "coNTRIBUTloN."
Judge Altman Wanted to Know
Butler County Court Inquired
About the $500 Forced on
Country.

Topeka, Kan.--The Standard OIL
Company will pay $4,000 in civil pen
allies to the state of Kansas which
will go into the school funds of some
forty or fifty counties.
Some time ago when the Standard
cases in Kansas were concluded, At
torney General Dawson began filing
suits for civil penalties in number
Of counties, most of them in the sum
of $500, the fines to go into the school
funds. Mr.. Dawson did not state tho
total amount of penalties which would
be asked. The total amount was an
nounced in an affidavit which Mr.,
Dawson filed in the Butler county dis
trict court in support of his motion
for a judgment Of the civil penalty
case filed there, Originally Mr.. Daw-
son had intended to file criminal pros
ecutions, but compromise was effect
ed after the conclusion of the big cases
were changed to civil ones, to be filed
in some forty or fifty counties. the
grand total amounting to $4,000.
When the case was flled III tne f'ul-
Ter county court and came up before
Judge Altman he withheld judgment
and was quoted as saying that if the
Standard was guilty it should come in
and plead guilty and if not guilty
should not be compelled to pay any
penalty. Mr. Dawson filed motion for
judgment and supported it with an al
fidavit in which he set forth in con-
else detail the history of the Standard
litigation in the state, and the story
of the compromise and settlement.
Judge Altman" said Mr.. Dawson,
'is high grade lawyer and judge. He
Just wanted to have the matter ex-
planned and wanted information on 1t.
He has merely delayed taking action
on the matter"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
MAY USE OLD "HOPPER" LAW
erasshoppers Worry Kansas and
Ancient Statute May be
Resurrected.

Topeka, Kansas.-The old warn
Ing out" law, passed by the Kansas
legislature of 1877, may be invoked
to destroy the grasshoppers in some
western Kansas counties. The law
still is in force and can be invoked
at any time.
The law provides that when any
township trustee or the county COM
missioners of any county believe that
insects are destructive in their dis
tricts they may warn out" all the
residents of the township or county
to meet on a certain day to fight the
pests. The township trustees or the
county commissioners are to select
the day and the place of meeting and
the weapons to be used in the fight
and every person from ~ to so
years of age must appear and take
part in the campaign under a penalty
of a fine.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
Must Belong to Wear G. A. r. Button

Topeka, Kan.-Department Com
mander T. P. Anderson is going to
make war on the old soldiers who are
not members in good standing of the
G. A. R. but who continue to wear the
Grand Army button. He states that
il is a crime and that such old soldiers
are liable to arrest at any time.
81 desire to call the attention OF the
comrades to the law on our statute
books making it crime for any per-
son to wear a button or emblem of any
organization of which he is not at the
time member in good standing" says
Commander Anderson in his latest
general order. 81 have been informed
that there are some old soldiers who
have been members of some post and
allowed themselves to be dropped who
are still wearing the button. To all
such I would say, fix yourself with
some post or take off the button, as by
SO doing you may avoid trouble, as you
are liable at any time to be arrested
and made to suffer for violating the
law"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
OIL Compromise trapped"

Topeka, Kan.-Dispatche from Ell
dorado state that Judge Altman of the
Butler county district court refuses to
put his stamp of approval on the COM
promise between the state and the
Standard Oil Company.
81 still hold to my former state
ment," Judge Altman is quoted as say
ing, that the company is either guilty
and should pay fine as guilty par
ty, or is not guilty and should not be
assessed at all. This compromise does
not reflect any credit on the state"
"The suits against the Standard
which have been brought in various
counties" said Attorney General Daw'
son. when shown the dispatches, ARE
simply civil penalty suits, most of
them for $500. All 1 have to say is
that if Butler county doesn't want $500
for its school fund some other county
will probably be glad to have it."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
NEW ROAD TO Be TRUNK LINE
KANSAS STATE HIGHWAY a
CONNECTING LINK.
Texas, Oklahoma. and Kansas Roads
Form North and South Line
Across Country.

Mcpherson, Kansas. = When the
commissioners of Mcpherson county
started a movement to build the
Meridian road north and south
through Kansas they began a project
that may result in a great Gulf-to-the.
Dakotas interstate highway. The
state road itself, extending 200 miles
through some of the finest country in
Kansas, is no small proposition, but
now that the line is under way it Is
found that the Kansas division is only
link in highway that will reach
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Da.
kotas. The highway will cross the
Santa Fe Trail in Kansas, the Oregon
Trail in Nebraska and will form a
trunk line of highways practically
across the country from north to
south.
President Nicholson of the Meri.
dian road, in a letter to Senator F.
H. Quincy, says concerning the road
building activity of other states that
plan to connect with the Meridian
road:
Texas now is laying out a road
from the Gulf to the Oklahoma line,
and Oklahoma will hold a meeting
soon to lay road across Oklahoma,
Nebraska also is getting busy"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
WHEAT SPECIAL ENDS TOUR.
Crossed State Three Times, Traveld
1000 Miles, and 25,145 Heard
the Lectures.

Manhattan, Kan.-The Rock Island
special finished it's long journey at
Manhattan July 20.
Since the morning of July 10 the
train has travelled nearly 1000 miles.
1t has crossed the state three times.
one trip extending only as far west as
Dodge City.
Lectures on "How to Grow Wheat in
Kansas" were given by Agricultural
college professors in IS towns to ex-
actly 25,145 persons. That is to say,
chat many persons passed through the
exhibit car in single file. A. NJ. Cot
trell, industrial commissioner of Rock
Island, and ]. H. Miller, superinten,
dent of extension work in the Agricul,
tural college, say the wheat special
was the most satisfactory of any sent
out since this form of missionary
work for farmers was devised. The
audiences showed by respectful atten'
ton and intelligent questions that the
lectures were welcome. The many re,
ceptions along the line proved the PEG
pies friendliness.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
More Cholera Cases,

New York, N. Y-Ofcials at
quarantine station are making bac-
THEOLOGICAL tests of cultures in the
cases of nine passengers of the
steamship Oceanica, who were taken
ill during the voyage from Italy. The
Oceanica, which just arrived had on
board 599 passengers. Three of the
nine patients are suspected of
cholera. A member of the crew of
the San Giorgio, which came in with
no passengers but with one stowa-
way on board, has developed an i'll.
ness resembling cholera.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
LAURlER ASKS IMMEDIATE DISSO.
LUTON AND BODY PASSES OUT
OF EXISTENCE.
NEW ELECTION IN SEPTEM Der
Members Receive News With Cheers
Campaign Will Be Vivorous-Reci-
procity Will Be Sole Issue
-Ant-Annexation Cry Rails
ed Throughout Country.

Ottawa, Canada. = The eleventh par
Lament has passed out Of existence
and upon the political complexion OF
new one to be elected September 81,
will depend the fate of the reel. rocity
agreement between the United States
and Canada.
Premier Laurier decided to ask for
an immediate dissolution at meeting
of his cabinet this afternoon and at
once notified Earl Gray, governor gen
eral A short time later special issue
Of the official gazette was printed con-
tanning the formal announcement and
giving legal effect to the edict.
AS the house does not sit on Satur-
day, there were only few members
at the parliament buildings when the
action was announced. In both liberal
and opposition rooms the news was re-
ceived with cheers, and the members
hurried away to telegraph their polltl'
cal workers that the campaign was on.
The announcement of dissolution
came somewhat as a surprise, as
few persons expected it before next
week at the earliest. The refusal OF
the conservative minority in the house
to close the debate on the govern
ments reciprocity resolution and per-
NIT vote upon it which would mean
its adoption and the improbability of
change in their attitude, resulted In
the governments decision that it was
useless to keep parliament sitting an
other day.
This is the first time session OF
the dominion parliament has been
closed without appearance of the gov
ernor general in military state at the
state chamber to give formal notice.
AS the senate was not due to re-as>
semble until August 8, and as notice
could not take place without both the
houses being present, dissolution was
resorted to.
Although all the supply of appropria-
lions for the year have not been voted
the government figures that 1t has
funds enough to suffice until new
parliament has been elected and as
SemDIeu 10 NOIe Tic lOlldihuSA' ~
new parliament will be summoned to
meet on October II, and supply bills
will be voted at once.
1t is generally agreed that the two
months campaign before the country
will be vigorous. Reciprocity will be
the sole issue, although the conserva'
tives in Quebec may seek to inject the
naval issue into the contest. The anti
annexation cry already has been raised
by the conservatives in all parts of the
country.
Sir Wilfred Laurier and his minis
tiers will take the stump and conduct
platform campaigns in all provinces.
The prime minister will confine his at
tention to t he central provinces. On
opposition side, Robert l.. Borden,
their leader, will give most of his time
to Ontario and Nova Scotia.
The parliament just dissolved had
a membership of 1913 liberals, SO con-
servatives and three Independents. CIV
ing the government a working major
ity of more than 40. The absence of
cloiture rule, however, made it impos-
sible for the majority to force a vote
against a filibuster.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
MODIFIED WOOL BILL PASSED
COMPROMISE BILL OFFERED BY
SENATOR LA TOILETTE.
Reduces Duty on Raw Wool and on
Wooden ArticIes-May Be
Vetoed.

Washington, D. CA compromise
wool bill offered by Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin, a modification
of both his own and the house bill
was passed by the senate, 48 to go,
through the union of Democrats and
Republican insurgents. On this mid
die ground the Democrats having OBJ
tanned a record vote on the original
Underwood bill, joined with the Re-
publican insurgent forces. The meas
ure adopted reduces the raw wool
duty to 80 per cent ad valorem and
correspondence reduces the duties
on wooden articles.
President Taft may feel called on
to veto wool tariff bill, passed in
advance of report on that schedule
from the tariff board.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
CYANIDE KILLED CHILDREN
Family Drank Coffee and Two Died.
Arrests in Case Expected
Soon.

st. Joseph, Mo.-Physicians be-
fore the coroner's jury that investi
gated the deaths of Arthur and Ella
Farris, ~ and 8 years old, children
of A. T. Farris, a farmer near Mead
vile, Mo-, say the children were
poisoned probably with cyanide, and
Sheriff Anderson of Linn county eX'
poets to make an arrest in the case
soon.
The members of the Farris family
drank the coffee Saturday morning.
Saturday night Arthur died and the
others became violently i'll. Ella died
Monday. Others will recover.
Sheriff Anderson of Linn county
says he, Prosecuting Attorney Gard
ner and Coroner Ingram are working
on the case and have clew to the
persons who placed the poison in
the coffee.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
Doq Guards Dead Man.

Winona, KAMA man by the name
of Jasperson, living north of Winona.
in Thomas county, was found dead In
his pasture. He had been herding cat
tie in the early part of the day and as
he had been feeling poorly for several
days, his son, when he returned from
Sunday school and did not find his
father at the house, went in search Of
him. The old gentleman was found
lying in the grass of the pasture
guarded by his faithful dog.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
No Reward In Kansas for Craven.

Topeka, Kan.-Ben Craven, once o
famous Kansas and Oklahoma outlaw,
is in the Missouri penitentiary, acord-
ing to a deputy sheriff of Kankakee,
H. The deputy sheriff has written to
the secretary of state to learn whether
or not there still is reward for Crav-
en-. Craven escaped from the Kansas
penitentiary about eight years ago
while Kansas was caring for Oklahoma
prisoners. He was an Oklahoma pris-
oner. He made an imitation revolver
out of wood and tinfoil and terrorized
his guard, thus making his escape.
Craven has many crimes against him
In Oklahoma and some in Kansas, but
according to J. T. Botkin assistant
secretary of state, there is no reward
offered for him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
G0RSUCH IS DECLARED MAYOR
olathe Contested Election Decided
Against MoIl the
Contestant.

Olathe, Kansas. Judge C. A.
Smart, the commissioner appointed
to take evidence and recount the bal
lots in the contested election for
mayor of Olathe, has sent copies of
his findings to Edward Moll and
Charles w. Gorsuch, the rival candi-
dates at the election of last spring.
Judge Smart finds that of the legal
ballots cast, Gorsuch received ISL,
and Moll 566. This is a gain for
Gorsuch of three votes more than the
official majority allowed him by the
election judges. The commissioner
also recommends that the supreme
court allow Gorsuch recovery of his
costs in defending the contest.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
Boy Guilty Of Murder.

FL Paso, Tex.-Leon Martinez, the
Mexican boy charged with the killing
O. Miss Emma Brown in Reeves coun.
~. one wee kago, was found guilty Of
mur6~ in the first decree nv Jury
at Pecos. Tex. and his punishment
fixed at death.
TIE bow made a written confession
OF his ruilt. which was of such a ma
ure tia. the rres'di7- judge had to
Eek woue1 attending the trial to leave
ne ccu-t Fcom While Il was being roaf
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
Clears Up Atchlson Mystery.

Atchison, Kansas.-A mystery Of
more than two years standing was
cleared when Frank Dilgert, a con-
fectioner here, received a post card
from Fred Plummer bearing a Manila
postmark Plummer, a travelling man,
disappeared her one night and the
next morning a suicide note" and
his hat were found on the bridge over
the Missouri river. It was learned
afterwards that he had had trouble
with his wife, whom he had married
a short time before his disappearance.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
"Prayer Caps" in Chicago.

Chicago, Illinois.-"Praying caps"
a recent departure in feminine head
gear, are the outgrowth of the re-
cent hot weather in Chicago. Women
attending services at church, dis
covered that they were violating the
church rule which prohibits a woman
from entering without a head cover
ing. So they got together and de-
vised the praying cap" They are
small circular caps of black that
scarcely can be seen when perched
on top of the head of a dark-haired
woman.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
Wealthy Farmer browns in a Spring.

Winfield, Kan.-John Brewster, a
wealthy resident of Belle PLANE, was
found dead on a farm he owned near
Udall in this county. Mr.. Brewster, &C.
companied by his son and several
workmen, came over from Belle PLANE
20 the farm to deepen an old well.
While the men were at work on the
we'll Mr.. Brewster said he would go to
the spring a short distance away and
clean it out. He failed to return, and
investigation made after the men hao
finished the work on the we'll, resulted
in his body being found, lying face
downward, in the spring.
1t is thought that Brewster tainted
and fell while he was at work at tho
spring, and his face being buried in
the water, he was downed. Mr. Brew
ster was sixty-two years of age. He
was an old settler in this part Of the
country and was wealthy, owning sew
eral farms in Cowley and Sumner
counties. He leaves widow and one
son, raw
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
DON'T LIKE KANSAS GAME LAW
Sportsmen of State Want to Return
to Laws of 1910-Organize to
Repeal Present Law.

Wichita, Kansas.-At a meeting
of about 80 representative sports
men of the state following the an
nual trap shoot of the Interurban Gun
club of this city, plans were made for
the organization of state ASSOCIATION
with the primary object of working
for the repeal of the present game
laws and a return to the game laws
of 1910. The organization is to be
known as the Kansas State Game
Protection association. Charles w.
Jones of Wichita, secretary of the
Kansas Sportsmen's association, will
act as secretary of the new move
ment.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
Baby Weiuhs 100 Pounds.

Atlanta, Georgia.-James Adolph
Coda, two years and four months
old, weight 100 pounds, created a
sensation on the streets of Atlanta as
he walked beside his father from a
railroad station to a hotel. The giant
baby lives at Mount Airy, Ga. His
mother and father are of medium size.
Baby Adolph stands three feet, three
inches in his socks, and boasts a
chest that measures SO inches. He
eats four to six biscuits at each meal
and has a passion for sweets.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
Tubercular Cattle In Kansas Watched

Topeka, Kan.-Dr. ]. c. Burneson.
an expert veterinarian of the bureau
of animal industry of the United States
department of agriculture, will come to
Kansas August to take charge of tu-
berculosis control among cattle. Some
time ago ]. E. Mercer, sanitary live
stock commissioner of Kansas, re-
quested A. D. Melvin, chief of the bu-
reau of animal industry at Washing
ton to send a man to Kansas to take
up this work.
"The first work will be taken up in
connection with tuberculosis among
Kansas dairy cattle and herds" said
Mr.. Mercer There isn't great deal
of cattle tuberculosis in Kansas, but
we wish to check over the situation
thoroughly"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
TO REMOVE COUNTY ATTORNEY
Governor Stubs Calls on Attorney
General to Investigate Official
Conduct of A. l. Majors.

Topeka, Kansas.-Gov Stubs has
started an investigation of A. l..
Majors, county attorney of Cherokee
county, for alleged unfaithfulness
as public officer, and an custer suit
may result. The governor sent let
ter to John H. Dawson, attorney gen.
eral, directing the attorney general
to begin an investigation at once to
determine if the evidence warrants
an custer proceeding against Majors
The governor says that reliable in
formation has reached him that Mr.
Majors has been unfaithful in the
performance of his duties and should
be removed from Office.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
LIE sentence for Aenwood.

Denver, Colorado.-Frank H. Hen.
wood, convicted Of murder in the Sec
ond degree for killing George E. Cope
land while shooting at S. L. Won
Phul, the st. Louis balloonist, whom
he also killed, in hotel barroom here
May "a, was sentenced to life impris-
onment. Sentence followed the de-
lial of an application for a new trial.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
WOMAN RAISED 5000 CHICKENS
Makes Profits of over 500 Per
Month From Sales to Local
Market.

Smith Center, Kansas.-Mrs. Clara
A. Colwell may be the champion
individual chicken raiser of Kansas.
Since early last spring she has taken
from her incubators and shipped to
different points in the United States
more than 5000 chickens. She had
the assistance of her young son.
She said her net profits this sea-
son have exceeded 800 month,
which includes eggs and chickens
sold on the local market
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
BURY Maine Dead.

Havana, Cuba.-The bones recovered
from the wreck of the Maine, which
represent sixteen bodies. were trans
ferred without ceremony to Cabanas
fortress and deposited in the Case
mate. over which has been placed a
guard of honor. The remains of two
additional bodies have been recovered
on the berth deck near the quarters
Of the warrant officers. Like the 9TH
ers, they present no possibility of iden-
LITIGATION.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-04
WILL RAISE BIG DEFENSE FUND
100000 Union Men Asked to Give
Twenty-Five Cents Each to Help
the Mcnamara Brothers.

Washington, D. Can appeal for
100000 to defend J. j. Mcnamara,
the labor man, accused of blowing up
buildings with dynamite, has been is
sued by Secretary Morrison of the
American Federation of Labor to the
100000 members of labor unions,
He suggests that each member con-
tribute 25 cents.
1t is urged that the proceeds Of
Labor Day celebrations this year be
devoted to 1.-The legal defense of the
Mcnamara, case and the prosecution
of the kidnapers."