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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-07-27

OF Spokane for hundred miles or more
impress me as Offering many opportuni-
ties and advantages to the dairy and
mixed farmer, fruit grower and poultry
raiser'
Continuing the discussion of his trips
to various points xaiiating from Spo-
kane, Mr.. Willard spoke enthusias.ic-
ally of what had been accom- mplished in
the Improvement of individual farms,
adding:
Most of the farms I visited are
worthy of special mention, not only
because they are interesting, but show
what can be done on logged-off lands
when energy and enterprise. backed by
some capital, are behind the effort.
Zone Of the farms that attracted nv
attention is that owned by Charles M.
Talmadge. of Newport. 1t is high on the
bench overlooking the town and has
fine fields of timothy and clover, fruit
trees just coming into bearing and all
kinds of small fruits. garden vegetables
and grains. Mr.. Talmadge has demon
strated by practical experiments that all
kinds of crops known to thrive in the
Pacific slope country can be grown sue
cessfully and proftably. His work
amounts to an experimental farm in the
district.
Advanced methods are practiced on
Paul Clagstone's ranch at Clagstone
Junction, Idaho. He has q large acre.
age, which embraces a variety of soil
phases, ranging from the roughest gran.
ite ledges to the most fertile and produc-
tive of hay and grain land. The farm is
in high state of cultivation. Mr.. Clag-
stone is demonstrating on lagge scale
that the pasturing of hogs on green
clover, rape and kale and fattening them
on peas for the fall market is profitable.
The distinctive feature of the method is
that the pigs do all the harvesting of the
the crops on which they are grown and
fattened. The finished porkers are sold
without involving the expense of carry
ing them through the winter months.
"I believe the settlement of these
lands by desirable homebuilders will be
rapid and that substantial development
will follow. There is room for thousands
of earnest men and women who have
experience in mixed farming and some
capital"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-07-27
Don'ts To Be Observed While in
the Woods

Don't toss away burning
matches or tobacco.
Don't make camp fire in rot
ten wood, leaves, or against logs
where it may spread or where
you cannot be sure it is out.
Never leave a fire until it is
OUT.
Don't burn slashings in the dry
season without permit, and
without care to confne the fire.
Put out any fire you find if you
can. If you can't, notify fire
warden, some other public officer
or the land owner.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-07-27

Deputy Fire Warden Pease made a
trip over the boundary trail from Meta
line this week, posting fire warning no.
tices and inspecting the premises of set
tiers who desired to burn slashings.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-07-27

A civil suit from Usk is being heard
before Justice Lusher today. A large
number OF witnesses are in attendance.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13

county will be hOtly opposed if
the scheme is presented. 1t is
pointed out by those intere. ted
that a referendum of that sort
would be apt to lose in one where
as in Sparks the opposite effect
might he achieved This would
have the effect of legalizing
gambling in Sparks while pro-
hibiting it in Reno.
With such a complicated state
of affairs Reno would suffer all of
the bad effects from the gambling
while securing none Of the benefits.
The money of Reno, il is claimed,
would be spent in Sparks with no
adequate return in the way of
revenue or indirect gain, while
the cost of administering the affair
of the city would be increased.
Thus far very few of the
legislators are squarely on record
on the gambling question.
I hat the question must come up
in some form is practically un-
avoidable and that it will be
complicated by proposed divorce
legislation of retaIiatory nature
is also suggested. In both cases
Reno will be almost vitally
interested so far as the question
of dollars and cents is concerned.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13
LOCAL OPTION FOR GAMBLING

A Carson dispatch of the 5th
says:
With the approach of the time
for the converting Of the lcqi
stature considerable gossip is heard
concerning the possibility Of repeal
ing or radically changing the
operation of the anti gambling law.
That some change in the enact
ment of the last legislature will
be made iS conceded, hut the
extent and nature of il is n subject
for speculation and conjecture.
IT is said that the sentiment in
the southern end of the state is in
favor Of so modifying the law tha,
gambling will be permitted there.
This can be done, the people there
say. by either entirely rcDcaling
the law or remodclinR il so that
those counties will not he subjected
to its operation.
A third alternative that has been
suggested is TO make n provision
affecting the law so that
referendum amounting to repeal,
rcvcrting to the local option, may
be had. In this way the districts
interested hope to take
referendum that will cause the
law TO be imperative or the
present conditions to he changed.
If the referendum Is successful
gambling will be permitted in that
section.
While there is considerable
opposition to gambling in Reno,
it is said that the revision of the
local option provisions for Washoe
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13
O.AP cTITION IN TAKING
Up LAND IS KEEN

4 II nber of LDveockers had
planned to take up large amount
of land in the vicinity of the lake
recently. but lost out by about an
hour in getting their filings in.
The lucky ones were FalIonites
who, thcrIEh their agent, J. C..
Sparks, we're successful over the
others by the short space of 60
minutes.
Tde proposition gives an insight
into the peruliar occurrences in
connection With the placing of
public lan#a on The market. This
tract of land, over which there
was such a rivalry in securing, was
Withdrawn in 1902 when the
Truckoc-Carson project was laid
out. The tract was ordered
restored to entry on December 81 ,
at the u. s. land office at Carson
at 9 a. II. Mr.. Sparks, for the
FalIOnies. was on hand at the
proper place at the appointed time.
The Lovclock man was also on
hand, but the plan Of his clients
was to take the land under the
Carey act. being interested in the
Lov1lock reservoirs. To do this
they had TO apply at the state land
Office to have the land set aside to
the slate. On the other hand the
Fallon people proposed to take it
under the desert land act.
The result was toat it became a
question of who got there first.
The u. S. land Office opens at 9 a.
M, while the state land office
does not open until 10 a. m. This
gave Mr.. Sparks an hour to the
good and he succeeded in securing
nearly 1000 acres of the choicest
LAND for his clients before the Carey
act people could get the land with
drawn. 1t was only open for
SettIamcnt just one hour but to
those who were next" that
evidently WAS long enough.
Mr.. Sparks was in Lovclock the
latter part Of last week, and will
make arrangements to prove up on
the land. d.-Trihunc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13

list should be the promotion COM
mittee. If necessary put blinders
on the visitor and let him, see, but
what you want him to see. When
he asks what chances poor man
has in town. tell him the truth.
Tell him the poor man is the only
man who has a chance. And that
is 20 joke. Show h i'm the beauti-
lUl homes of the men who came
here with capital Of working
hands and thinking brains. Tell
him the story of the man who be-
gan with day wages. Tel him you
think there should be a law COM
pcIling the poor man to give the
rich man a handicap when they
come into competition with each
other so as to give the rich man a
chance. 1t is penniless boys like
John Rockefeller. Andrew Car
nesie, Phil Armour and that class.
who backed the rich mems sons of
their poverty laden days clear off
the camp" Robert Burdette.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13
DOLLAR BILLS BY WEIGHT

Dollar bills are worth almost
their weight in sold,"a bank pres
ident said the other day to a depos-
itor.
"Yes. / suppose they come in
handy for change and are easy to
carry" the Gepositor replied alb
sently.
mo; was speaking literally,
the banker president said. We got
into an argument in the bank here
the other day as to how much a
dollar bill weighed. A twenty dol.
lar gold piece weighs $40 grains.
We found that twenty-seven crisp,
new one dollar bills weigh the
same as twenty dollar gold piece.
We tested some bills that had been
in use and found that il took but
twcnty-six of them to balance the
gold pieces. suppose that twenty
six used bills gather an accumula.
tion of dirt in passing from hand
to hand that weighs about what one
new bill does. - Kansas City Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13

rotten borough" that has not
the population or wealth of Rhode
island. But Nevada last year gave
up $40. 200. 600, mostly in gold. 1t
was not produced by the labor of
half-paid employees converting
some cheap material. through
machinery, which material at once
came into competition with other
makers of the same kind of stuff.
Rather it was created money
which is never in competition but
is of the material that has made
New England mills profitable and
the farms of the land profitable; a
material for which the lust is
insatiabe which decides wars
and a nations standing in the
political and financial world and
the volume of which under natural
conditions establishes the price of
all commodities in the world. Ne
vada is pretty good state
Salt Lake Telegram.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13

100000 worth of North Carolina
state bonds which were issued
during the reconstruction period
and which were repudiated by that
staie the legislature should pass an
act amending the law in such a
way that the state will not be
compel ed to accept the gift and
thus become cole ction agency to
collect worthless debts against her
sister states.
North Carolina suffered enough
during the reconstruction period
without being forced at this late
day by sister state to pay debts
her courts have repudiated.
If Nevada accepts these bonds,
it means almost endless litigation
if she tries to force their collection.
The expense of this litigation the
people of Nevada will have to pay.
The legislature should amend the
Gift" law so as to prohibit the
state from accepting any gifts of
worthless bonds that involve
litigation againgst Estate for their
collection. Nevada does not need
any such financial assistance.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13
WHAT A MAN OWES HIS TOWN

What does a man owe to his
town? HE owes this duty to
himself and the town-to own part
of it. Ever so small lot if he
can't own big one. A forty
foot front if he can do no better.
But he SHOULD own part of the
town. That gives him a stake in
it.
That man who owns a home in
the town never calls his town IT.
When he speaks of it, whether it
be London or Talbot, New York
or Waikiki. he says WE OUR
town. And he has a right to.
He is a stakeholder, a partner.
More than that. whea he owns a
piece of ground. farm or town
lots. he has stake in the EARTH.
He is citizen of the universe.
His property extends from the
birthstone out to the stars. Even
now they are disputing concerning
the right of an air ship TO sail
through the air over mans
house without the owners per-
mission. The very thought is
enough to make man feel chcsty.
And with good cause.
4 man WHO owns his home
begins to study his ticket six weeks
before election day. He scrutini2es
every name on it. and looks up the
candidates record. 1t is the man
that can tie up his real and personal
property in handkerchief that
shuts his eyes and votes the ticket
the boss gives him without un-
folding it.
a man owes it to his town to
boost it, in public on all occasions
and at all times. The correction
of its failings ard faults are for
the privacy Of the home circle. A
man who would thrash his boy on
the front steps of the courthouse
ought TO br whipped out Of town.
The citizen who welcomes the
stranger by telling him what
government we have. what n
corrupt set of officials misrule the
town; how the town lagS behind the
age in all matters of progress and
development. that It is dead
town and will be so long as certain
men rule IL, is an undesirable citi-
zen.
When man tells you that what
his town needs is a dozen first
class funerals. he may he correct.
But HE should be the first buried.
A man owes IL to his own town
to shout its advantages from the
housetops. The entire registry
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13
LARGEST ALFALFA
RANCH IN STATE

The Golconda Cattle company OF
which William Kent Congressman
elect from California is president,
has began to irrigate its 1000
acre tract of land in Squaw valley,
in Elko county. A great dan has
been built across Rock creek. and
the water above it is now fifty feet
deep and will be utilized to give
moisture to $4,000 acres.
The dam is 200 feet in width an I
eighty feet high. built upon solid
rock, with base of seventy feet.
Its parts are cemented in solid con-
crete. Next summer eight feet
will be added to the width If the
great structure and thirty feet will
be built on its present height.
When the added improvements
are made an area of $1,000 acres
will be provided with needed water
and the whole will be planted to
alfalfa.
The Golconda Cattle ,ompany is
wiintering in the neighborhood
of 10000 head of cattle on its
ranges in Elko county, and they
have in contemplation other works
that will mean a great deal to the
county as well as to their own in.
terests. Humboldt Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13
EVERY VIRTUE HAS ITS VICE

Out OF desir to better our
condition comes the greed of wealth
and tie hoggishness of the million
aire. Out of instinct of self
preservation comes base selfishness;
the feeling of seIf-respect pushed
little too far becomes pride anG
vain glory: faith degenerates into
crenulity worship into idolatry,
Difference into fawning, firmnes.
into hardness of heart, self.relianct
into arrogance. The danger that
threatens repose is sagnation
that threatens industry, greed
that threatens thrift. avarice, that
threatens power, tyranny. Every
where are things linked together
Eery virtue has its vice, every good
has its i'll, every sweet has IT.
bitter, and the bitter is often the
best medicine. Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting Of stock.
holders of the Lamoille Creamery
Corp. will be held at the Office of
the Corp. at Lamoille on Saturday,
the 2Sth' day of January at two
o'cock p. NJ. for the purpose of
clecting Board of Directors to
serve for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such other
business as may come before the
meeting.
II. Troest, Sec.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13
GOVERNOR MUST ACCEPT
PREFERRED BONDS

In vew of the decision of the
supreme court in the suit to compel
the governor TO accept the gift of
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-01-13
NEVADA

a portion of the Eastern press
delight in referring TO Nevada as
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08
MARES BEST FOR FARM WORK
Pure Bred Animals Are More Profit
able From Economic Standpoint
Than Mules or Geldings.

The percheron society of America
has had the most rapid expansion in
membership in the past seven
months that 1t has ever experienced.
the gain In new members being 7S4
individual breeders. A very large
share of this growth in membership
has come from men who are but be-
ginners in the breeding of Percheron
horses and the list of new members
covers nearly all the states of the I'm
lon, ranging from Maine to California
and from Saskatchewan, Canada. to
Texas.
The chief factor In the rapid dis
tribution of pure bred Percherons
appears to be the rapidly growing
realization among farmers that pure
bred mares will do farm work more
effectively than even grade mares.
and that they are vastly more profit
able from an economic standpoint
than geldings or mules employed in
farm work. writes Wayne Dinsmore in
the Farm and Home. The latter re-
turn only their labor, while mares dis
charge the work of the farm as well
as geldings or mules and produce in
their colts an additional source OF
revenue.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08
Prairie Dog Poison.

The bright days of fall and winter
are the best times of the year to poi
son prairie dogs.
The Colorado Agricultural College
is experimenting to discover the best
poisons and methods of application.
While this work is still in a prelimin-,
airy stage, it may be announced that
the following formula has given ex-
cellent results:
Grain .... 10 quarts
Strychnia sulfate .......r ounce
Saccarine ....... l teaspoontul
Boiling water ...........I quart
Dissolve the .strychnia sulfate and
saccarine in the boiling water. Pour
it over the grain which is held in a
tight vessel which is afterward to be
used for no other purpose. Stir the
grain thoroughly until it is all wet and
then spread it out thin to dry.
The kind of grain does not great
ly matter. We have used both barley
and wheat with apparently equal sue
cess. Oats was tried but the dogs APP
peared TO shell great deal OF it and
thus escaped taking the poison, which
was mostly on the outside. Barley
is better than wheat where birds are
abundant. for the birds ate less likely
to pick it up.
Grain poisoned in this way will
keep indefinitely il thoroughly dried.
1t must be stored, however, where no
mistake will be made as TO its future
use.
The distribution of the grain is not
the least important factor i'll success
ful poisoning. The best time is in
the evening before a bright, warm
day following a storm or cloudy spell,
because the dogs come out then and
are hungry. Winter is better than
summer because green food is scarce.
Carry the poisoned grain to the field
in pail or sack whic his made to be
suspended from the shoulder. Put
about teaspoonful OF the grain on
the top OF the mound at the entrance
OF the hole.
1t will not be possible to get all
the dogs with one application. espe-
cially if bad weather conditions inter
fere a second application should be
made i'm a few weeks or as soon as i;
can be determined which holes are oc-
cupied. S. ARTHUR JOHNSON.
Colorado Agricultural College. Fort
Collins.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08
FARMERS INSTITUTE PROGRAM
Friday. 1890 to 4:3o P. l

Friday. go to 4:3o P. M.
Selection, Feed and Management
OF the Dairy Herd or "silage and
Silo CONSTITUTION. p. V. Maris,
Dairy Expert U. S. Dept. of Agri-
culture
alfalfa or Crop Rotation" p.
K. Blinn, Alfalfa Specialist Colo.
Exp. Station.
Discussion.
7:3o to $50 p M.
Typhoid Fever DR.. Geo. H.
Glover, Head of Veterinary Depart
ment Colo. Agricultural College.
Discussion.
"The House Fly" Geo. p. Wei
don, Deputy State Entomologist.
Discussion.
Saturday, 1870 A M
Demonstration. Judging Dairy
Cows. p. V. Maris.
Discussion.
How to get the Most Service out
OF our Water supply p. X. Blinn
Discussion.
1:so to 4so P. M.
Some Common Diseases of Farm
Animals. Hog Cholera, Colo anc
Tuberculosis, Etc DR.. G. II. Clio
yer.
Discussion.
"Grasshopper Control" Geo. P.
Weldon.
Discussion.
Bee Management" Wesley Eos
ter. State Bee Inspector.
Discussion.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08
Gull Out Now.

If you have not already done so, 1t is
time now to carefully Gull your adult
breeding stock. Females which you
intend to keep over another winter
should be given open-air quarters
with a good sized, well-shaded, green
grass range. Do not allow any male
birds to run with them. They need
rest. Choose only the best year-old,
and in some cases two-year-old stock
that is in good order, sound, healthy
and vigorous. Male birds which you In
tend to keep over, you should give
small colony coops and run on grass
land. DO not hold over any males un-
less you are sure that you wish to
breed them another season. All adult
stock which is culled out and which
you do not intend to keep should be
sold according to quality either as
breeding stock or as market poultry,
making sure to dispose of them before
the birds begin TO molt. Be sure the
adult birds in summer quarters are not
too heavily fed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-07
TWINS KILLED
Bodies of Lads Found in Woods Near
 Shack of Uncle

Aberdeen, Wash, September 6.-The bodies of the 16-year-od twin sons of Henry Bauer, farmer living near Aber- deen, were found yesterday by deputy sheriffs in lonely spot 20 miles north east of Monte Sano and near the shack of the boys uncle, John Turner. Bullet holes in the heads of both boys indicated themanner in which they met death. A posse Is in search of Turno, who is miss- ing.
 k The two boys went bear hunting Sun- day. When they did not return Sunday night, the father started a search and later notified Sheriff Payette, who sent out a posse with bloodhound to take UT the trail. A dead bear was found, and it was thought at first that the lads had been killed by the animal. The blood hound, however, nosed around in ths
 leaves and uncovered one boy. The sec. ond corpse was found near by.
 Turno has lived hermit's existence 10, two years, buta he was believed to bt harmless. It is thought he believed tho boys had been sent out to kill him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-07
COMMISSION IS
 UNDAUNTED STILL
Bond Issue Defeat Means That Mont- gomery Must Get Loan
 Somehow

Montgomery, September 6.-(SpeciaD.-
 The Montgomery board of city commis-
 sioners have not yet announced any plans for taking care of the city's debt of about s2O0,00o The Old Colony Trust company of New York holds the city's note for S20o,0o0. and it is probable that the com pany will be asked to extend the loan Otherwise. the money will have to be raised by some other means than by a bond issue, and none of the commission CTS anticipate that there will be any diff ficulty in doing so. According to Com missioner William A. Gunter, Jr., presi- dent of the board, there is absolutely no chance of the city going into the hands of the receiver and that the city's credit is good; moreover, that the commissioners will continue to administer the affairs of the city to the best of their ability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-07
WARRANT SETTLES EVERYTHING

in Judge H. B. Abernethy's court, when Leila, Trim, a tall, stately damsel of color, swore out warrant against Oscar Wor- mingham, another dusky citizen, for em- bezzlng her family Bible.
 Lela came into the courtroom with tho Bible securely tucked under her arm, having recovered 1t from the pawnbro-, ker to whom Oscar had sold 1t. and breathing out threatenings and slaugh- ter against the offender.
 ''Yes, sir. Mir Jedge, I done lef' muh things in dat niggers cha ge an went off fer a visit, an while I wuz gone he done took an sol um all, includin' a Bible muh pa done gi me-"
 Lela got her warrant and went her way rejoicing, believing that her troubles with Oscar were ended.