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The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-09-21
SAY LA N D DEAL
DOESN'T LOOK
BONA Eide
Register and Receiver Make Start
ling Comments in Cancellation
Of Entry.

The register and receiver of the
local land Office hold for cancella-
ton the entry of John Mielke,
involving homestead entry No.
10977, for the south half Of the
northwest quarter, northwest
quarter of the southwestquarter
and lot 3, section 4, township 7
south, range 5 west, Boise me-
ridian, and in an opinion render
ed yesterday in a case in which
that Office was instructed to in
stitute proceedings against the
entry, some startling circum-
stances are set out.
The charge is sustained that
the entrymen was not qualified
to make this entry, being at the
time of entry, the owner of more
than l60 acres of land in the
United States. There were only
two witnesses placed on the
stand. One of these was John
Mielke, the entryman, the other
was John NJ. Morgan, nephew of
Mielke, who lived with him and
managed the entryman's affairs,
The entry was made June 26,
1908, and the opinion in the case
brings out a number of illumi-
mating matters, in part as fol-
lows:
Held Too Much Land.
The government introduced a
certificate from the records of
Owyhee County, and a similar
certificate from Malheur county,
Ore, showing lands that were
held in the name of John Mielke
at the time the entry under con
sideralion was made.
1t is shown from the official
records that, at the time this
entry was made, Mielke held one
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-09-21
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
Silver City, Idaho.
Monday. Septemher Il

ShFSi SiIy, 1uanO,
Monday, September 18th, 1911.
The Board OF County Commissioners
Of Vwyhee County, Idaho, met, at the
Office of the Clerk thereof in Silver CITY.
the county seat Of said County, at ten
O'Clock a. M, for the purpose Of Skiing
the Tax Levy Of Owyhee County, Idaho,
Tor the year 1911, pursuant to the pro-
visions Of the Revised Codes of Idaho,
and the amendments thereto.
Present; G. H. Crete, Chairman, R
J. Clifford, Commissioner, and J. 4. ST
Clair, Clerk.
me following proceedings were had,
to-wit:
Whereupon, the Board proceeded 10
fix the tax leavy of Owyhee County.
Idaho for the year 1911, and after due
deliberation thereon,
It is ordered that the tax levy for
owyhee County, Idaho, for the year
1911 on each one hundred dollars in val
uation be fixed as follows, to-wit:
On Public Building Endowment
rullu' -. $50, ...............S .02
On General Interest and Sinking
49, - .'... ...,......... .06
On State General Fund ...... 80
40
On Current Expense, 1911, Fund IS
On General School Fund 40
On Bond Tax & Sinking Fund. is
OniRoad Fund ... *
On Warrant Redemption Fund 20
On Mountainhome Wagon Bridge
Fuhu ................ Is
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-09-21

Hello Stubbs' Haven't seen you
for months The last time we met.
remember. you were trying TO break
Into literature. Did yon succeedY'
Yes. and I've been broke ever
since - Boston Transcript
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-09-21
Silver City, Idaho,
Monday, Septen

Monday, September llth, 1911.
Pursuant to Section $500, Of the Polit-
ical Code of the State of Idaho, which
make it the duty of the County Commits
sioners to personally visit and inspect
all roads and highways in the Commits
sioner's district from which they were
elected, and to report thereon on the
second Monday of May and September
of each year,
The Board of County Commissioners
of owyhee County, Idaho, met at the
Office of the Clerk thereof in Silver City,
the county seat of said county, at ten
o'clock a. m.
Present: Chas. H. Crete, Chair
man, R. d. Clifford, Commissioner, and
j. S. st Clair, Clerk.
The following proceedings were had,
to-wit;
Whereupon, Chas. H. Crete and R. j.
Clifford. County Commissioners, pre-
sented to the Board written reports,
showing the condition of the public
roads and highways in County Commits
siouers' Districts Nos. | and of Owyhee
County, Idaho, respectively, and the
work being performed thereon, which
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-09-21
Paradoxieal. but True.

'rWhat we want" exclaimed the re-
former. lis good men"
YES" assented a hearer. land we
want 'em bad Browning's Maya
time.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-09-21

reports we're considered by the Board
and ordered filed with the Clerk
Whereupon, it is ordered that this
Board do now adjourn sine die.
C, H. CRETE,
Attest: Chairman
J. S. St. CLAIR. Clerk.
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02

the others. Then others would .ome
in and take out their handkercbiefs
and form part of the circle About
dusk the manifestations OF lachrymal
disturbance would reach it's height.
for the shadow period is supposed to
be appropriate for it, after which 1t
would subside and by and by there
would be general Frightening up
have heard it said that much salts
faction was had on occasions OF the
sort, but we now know that it wGs a
mistake.
There are legitimate occasions Tor
tears without creating them, but there
are few trials which may not be faced
by women without tears. Women 40
longer live in an atmosphere OF what
may be called the woebegone. They
do not look at life from the vale OF
tears viewpoint, and it is we'll that
they do not. With smiles taking the
place OF tears there will be buoyancy
instead OF depression. cheeriness in
stead of moroseness. Healthy. nor
NAL women ought not to weep and
few OF them do."-New York World.
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
SCIENCE NOTES.

Virgiria's coal production iG stead
lily increasing, the states output o
6.5O7,997 short tons last year bein.
far ahead OF any previous record.
Telegraph poles have been dis
pensed with entirely in one Wels
town, in which the residents have pei
mitted the wires to be strung froI
house to house
A German chemist claims to hav
melted metals in vacuum by focus
ing the suns rays upon them withou
necessitating the use OF a container
high heat resisting properties.
For both military and industria
purposes an automobile has been bull
in France in which the platform tilts
to the ground to receive loads draw
upon 1t by capstan with which it I.
equipped.
The livers OF one hundred Goldfish
are needed to produce a gallon of oil
The Japanese process OF dwarfins
a pine tree lasts about ten years
More than forty varieties of mos
quitoes make their homes in New
Jersey.
Nearly 3O,O0O.OOO acres of wheat
were planted throughout India this
year.
Two Paris department stores use
storage battery driven electric tri.
cycles to deliver purchases to GUS
toners.
A steamship line between New York
and Bermuda has equipped its vessels
with an apparatus to take moving
pictures OF their passengers for their
amusement
The worlds largest iodine works
are in the north OF Chile. having an
annual output Of 100000 pounds.
Both German and British East Az
rica are rapidly becoming factors In
the worlds supply OF rubber.
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
Training the Boy to Work.

One of the dangers that the social
evolution OF the day has brought about
lies in the fact that prosperity has en-.
abled so many TO support their chill
dren in idleness. Because man
can. however, is no reason he should
Many OF the most distinguished lead.
ers In the business. social and profes-
sional world believe in work for their
children and. what is more. put their
beliefs into practice by finding useful
employment for them out OF school
hours or during vacations The aver
age boy will find a greater Joy In the
money he thus makes by his own ef.
forts than in a much larger sum given
to him for nothing Parents hardly
can give too much thought to this
problem OF laying the foundations or
character by teaching either the boy
or the girl. no matter what wealth
may await them. TO depend upon them
selves The discipline OF ordinar,
work is the hest metbcd OF accom-
plishing this
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
Saws Missionaries Lack Tact.

Professor Frederick W. Williams Of
Yale. who is an expert on China. be-
lieves too many missionaries 10 the
Chinese are tactless. according to the
New York Sun. To their tactlessness
he imputes the small number of Chi
nese converts.
Professor Williams. at q luncheon
at Princeton said last month:
81 have known missionaries as ig-
norant of tact as Jim Driscoll was ig-
norant of foot rules.
Jim Driscoll, a farm boy. got a
job in steel mill. and his boss gave
him foot rule one day. and said:
Measure me that plate out there
in the yard
Jim a: the end of a half hour,
returned and said:
1.-The plate is the length of the rule
and three fingers over, with this piece
of cobblestone. and the stem of my
pipe and my foot from here to here.
bar the toecap.'"
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
WEIGHING MACHINE FOR NAVY
Porhydrometer Will Tell Dead Weight
of Ships Cargo at
Any Time.

A porhydrometer is to be installed
on the Neptune, the newest collier
built for the navy. for experimental
purposes. The secretary of the navy
has just authorized an expenditure of
about $4,000 for that purpose. A por-
hydrometer is an apparatus designed
to weigh with the utmost accuracy
the dead weight placed on board or
removed from any ship. barge or other
floating vessel to which it is fitted 1t
is based on the principle that a body
floating in a liquid of whatever dem
sity displaces a quantity of the liquid
exactly equal to its own weight. BY
its application vessel is transformed
into a gigantic weighing machine. Any
cargo is accurately recorded by the
machine in accordance with its
weight in pounds. That applies to hu-
man beings as well as other freight.
so that the absene of q single pas
senger or member of the crew of a
vessel or the addition of another per-
son is recorded.
Inc weighing is done by means or
an aerometer connected with a vertic-
al tube fitted in the center of the ves-
sci and extending from well below the
water line to well above the load line
This tube is connected by pipe with
the outside shell of the vessel so that
when the valve or cock is opened The
water in which the vessel is floating
has free access to the vertical tube
and rises in it to exactly the same
level as outside the vessel.
In case the apparatus does all that
Is claimed for it, it will be of great
value in the handling of coal for naval
vessels and in the settlement of dis
putes about the quantity OF coal
shipped on naval colliers and deliv.
cred to other naval vessels or at for
eign stations.
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02

probably will show a calloused place
between the thumb and index finger
The right hand Of the bricklayer may
show the same characteristic q little
more plainly. In some instances the
mason doesn't grasp the trowel han.
die as he would club. but extends
the index finger along it and uses the
point OF the finger to press down the
trowel slightly. In these cases there
is not likely to be a calloused spot
between thumb and finger. but the tip
of the first finger will be hard.
Another class of workers. such as
clerks. bookkeepers. artists. drafts
men. ETC.. generally hold their hands
more open when at rest than do the
first class.
Then there Is another class Of
workers who use their hands but do
not grasp their tools at all-typists.
pianists, organists. When at rest
their hands usually take the form of
bridge. with the tips of the fingers
and the wrist resting upon the table.
seat or lap.
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
1T IS HARD WORK, BUT THIS
PROVES 1T NOT lGNOBLE.
How His Royal Hghness Of Coburg-
Gotha Was Made to Clean Up
the Ink He Spilled in
School.

Cases are on record where young
women (also old ones) have objected
to scrubbing floors. There are even
housewives in Chicago and other
American cities who decline to scrub
floors. They say scrubbing is hard
work, and that sort of hard work that
no one of any social position and
standing can be expected to do. AS
to the first objection, there is not
much to be said; scrubbing is harder
work than some other things. But on
social grounds no one can possibly
have any objection. Scrubbing is an
art INDUCED in by such notable per-
sons as his royal highness. the Duke
of Coburg Gotha
OF course the duke does not scrub
every day He has some feeling for
the rights of the public. He does not
wish to take more than his share OF
what scrubbing is to be had. But he
has certainly scrubbed in his time.
The first occasion is of interest, for
it occurred when the duke. then
very young royal highness. was taken
by his mother, the Duchess OF Albany.
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
Easy to Identify Occupation of
Worker by Certain Pc
cuIiarities.
HABITS LEAVE THEIR MARK
Certain Lines of Work Leave Distinct
Traces Upon Position of Hands
at Rest-Signs of the
Gambler.

Two men were seated on a cross
seat in a street car. The other was
alert. intelligent. The other was
middle-aged, quiet, apparently little
interested in the surroundings.
The car stopped at the corner and
among the passengers who boarded 1t
was a well-dressed, tall, rather slen-
der man of about 35, who took the
seat just in front of them and rested
his right arm along the back Of the
seat, the hand hanging over the end.
The young man gave the newcomer
a quick. comprehensive look. The
older man seemed scarcely to notice
him. Presently the young man put
into whispered words the thought that
had been puzzling him.
Il wonder what he is
Gambler" the other replied lacon-
tcally. card sharp"
do you know him?" the young man
asked with interest.
mo; never saw him before"
How do you know he's a gambler,
them" The young man became half
skeptical instantly
The older man nodded his head
slightly. His hand"
YES" the young man asserted aft
er a critical examination of the hand
II see the fingers are long and taper
ing and white. but that might mean a
musician, or an artist, or a profes-
sional man-doctor. lawyer. minister.
''It might" the older man smiled
patroniZingly, "if ii wasn't for the
way he holds his hand. Don't you see
that the fingers are close together
they touch, in fact-and the general
tendency is for the palm to be turned
towards the body?" The younger
man nodded, the light of comprehen
sion dawning on his face. and his
companion continued: That's why
say he's a card sharp Holding the
cards has gotten him into the habit
of keeping his fingers close together,
slightly curved with his thumb and
part of the base of the thumb folded
over to conceal the cards from every
one but himself. Naturally. too. he
would hold the palm inward all the
any cards in his hand. the old habit
exerts its influence"
Thought habits as well as physical
habits leave their mark on the body.
Here is young man who drops his
hand on the table. or his knee, with
the three smaller fingers partly closed
under, the index finger slightly point
ing out and forming an angle with
the thumb held nearly straight. He is
a clerk or a bookkeeper. man who
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
Duke Scrubbed Floor

to Mr.. Wesley's school for boys. Be-
fore taking in the royal youngster the
master stipulated that the new pupil
must conform to all the rules. This
was agreed
One day his royal highness upset a
bottle OF ink on the floor. Get a
bucket Of water and wipe it up" said
the master. But" objected his royal
highness. you don't mean me to scrub
1t up, do you?"
Yes, indeed"
But you must forget my grand
mother is the queen?"
"On the contrary" said the master
81 remember it very we'll Get to.
water"
Whereupon his royal highness. tn
Duke Of Coburg -Gotha. scrubbed Ant
nobody has been able since that tim,
to hout the duke or to make fun
his social position because of tn,
scrubbing
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
Hand Shows Trade

handles a pen or pencil most of the
time during his working hours. That
Is physical habit almost exclusively.
though at times II may be possible
to determine whether he has been
poring over figures for short time,
The mental effort of concentration
has a tendency to contract the mus
cles of the fingers somewhat and the
thumb and index finger are nearer at
right angles.
There are certain lines of work
which leave distinct traces upon the
position Of the hands at rest.
1t isn't often that you can be GER
tain of the exact profession or occupa-
tion. but you can classify them gen.
orally.
There is a decided tendency among
all of these classes for the hands to
take the position of loosely closed
fist when they are at rest. Sometimes
It Is possible to detect bricklayer by
the manner in which the ends of the
fingers and thumb of the left hand
are calloused or worn slightly raw
from continual handling of the bricks
The carpenter and blacksmith is like
ly to have the muscular part Of his
hand between the bases of thumb and
index finger rather unusually devel-
oped. This results from the reaction
of the blows continually struck as in
beating iron. driving nails. or in plan
ing work
The right hand of the plasterer
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
1T WILL BE EXHAUSTED IN IFS
YEARS. SAYS AN EXPERT.
Sir William Ramsay's Facts and Fig.
ures Concerning the Stored Up
Energy Of the British Isles
Are Rather Alarming.

The available quantity OF coal in
the proved coal fields is nearly 100000
million tons 1t is easy to calculate
that II the rate of working increases
as It is doing our coal will be COM
pletely exhausted in IT'S years.
We have in this world of our only
limited supply OF stored up energy;
in the British isles very limited one
namely, the coal field. The rate at
which this supply is being exhausted
has been increasing steadily for the
last forty years.
In 1870 10000 900 tons were mined
In Great Britain. and ever since the
amount has increased by three and
third million tons year.
Between 1905 and 1907 the amount
of coal raised In the United Kingdom
increased from 236,000,000 to 26S.OOO.-
900 tons, equal to six tons per head OF
population, against three and haif
tons In Belgium, two and half tons
in Germany and one ton in France.
Englands CONNIE rcial supremacy and
It's power of competing with other
European nations are obviously gov
erued, so far as can be seen. by the
relative price OF coal, and when prices
rise owing to the approaching ex'
haustion OF the supplies We may look
forward to the near approach of fam
Inc and misery.
Some have deduced that from the
tides. the winds, and water power
small supplies of energy are no doubt
obtainable, but that In comparison
with that derived from the comous'
ion of coal they are negligible. Moth
.ng is to be hoped for from the direct
utilization OF solar heat In this tenn
,erate and uncertain climate ana |"
you'd be folly to consider seriously
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
Coal Is Nearly Gone

a possible supply of energy in con-
ceivable acceleration OF the liberation
of energy by atomic change. Ii looks
utterly improbable, too, that We shall
ever be able to utilize the energy due
to the revolution of the earth on its
own axis or to it's proper motion
around the sun.
1t is open to argument whether 1t
might not be wise to hasten the time
when smoke is no more by imposing
a fine for each offense; an instan-
taneous photograph could easily
prove the offense to have been COM
mitted, and the imposition OF the fine
might be delayed until three warn
ings had been given by the police
Sir William Ramsay.
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
Wooden Shoes in the United States

A shipment OF 600 cases OF wooden
shoes, containing several thousand
pairs, has just been forwarded from
Amsterdam to Grand Rapids. Mich.
this being the second large shipment
in the last few months. 1t is stated
that the United States is the best tor
eign customer of the Netherlands for
this article OF manufacture. many hun
dreds of pairs OF wooden shoes being
worn in Michigan. Iowa, Illinois. Mis-
souri,. New Jersey and few other
states. II Is claimed that there Is
more wooden footwear in Chicago.
Grand Rapids or Holland. Mich, than
in the city OF Amsterdam. Paterson
N. j.. St Louis. Mo-. Lancaster county.
Nebraska; Marion county. Iowa. and
numerous other smaller settlements
import large quantities OF this prac-
tical article OF dress every year.
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
Making Sunday School Attractive.

A superintendent of a city Sunday
school endeavored TO give the sum-
mer meeting added attractiveress.
Upon certain warm Sunday in Aug.
ust lemonade was served At the close
of the service the superintendent an.
nounced that slips Of paper would be
passed round and the pupils allowed
to make suggestions as to methods of
making the meetings more attractive.
One of the youngsters wrote: Put
more sugar In the lemonade. Red
Hen
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
The Matter With Them.

What is the Matter With Our Pub.
lie schools?" is the title OF page ar
ticle in the Sunday issue OF the New
York Times. We submitted II to a
high school boy who shall .or the
present be nameless. and this is his
answer:
TOO dog gone many OF them amt
got dobody that's heavy enough 10
play center
The Yale expositor., 1911-11-02
Exclaimed.

Jack-Why did you give up your
bachelor quarters? Tom Because
I'm goin. TO marry dollars.-Birmins.
ham News.
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
BRASS BANDS AND
CIRCUS PAGEANTRY
STIR JUVENILE JOY
Ringlings' Big Parade Toots
Its Way Through Streets
of Capital.

Even the small boy who could not
hope to go to the circus this afternoon
was in his element this morning, for the
circus came to him. Promptly at 10
o'clock the first big gilt band wagon
rolled out of the Ringing Brothers cir
Gus grounds at Fifteenth and H streets
northeast. The drum ma jor twirled his
baton. cornets shrilled, big bass horns
footed In echo, and the parade was on.
Apd it was some parade. There was
three miles of 1t, and when the steam
calliope, with its whistIed tunes, at the
end of the procession, was turning from
Fifteenth street into the Avenue by the
Treasury, the drum major was just en-
tering the Capitol grounds. There were
gilt wagons galore, and so many bands
that one became mixed up on the tunes.
There were many wild animal cages,
also, and acrobats astride Of wonderful
trick horses.
The small boy missed none of the pa
rade. The line of march extended from
the circus grounds out Maryland ave-
nue. to B street northeast, TO New Jersey
avenue to Massachusetts avenue, to
K, passing out west TO Twenty-second
street, then back on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to First street, to B, Maryland ave-
nue. and back to the tents.
The Treasury steps and Lafayette
Park were the popular places for the
crowd to gather, although, as matter
of fact. some of the youngsters followed
the parade all the way.
The circus grounds were crowded all
of yesterday with curious crowd. In
the afternoon, when the animals in the
big menagerie tent were fed. all the
children accompanied by their parents
were admitted free of charge, and the
round of the cages was made with inter-
est.
When the doors opened at o'clock an
immense throng was on hand for the
opening performance, which began
promptly at o'clock. This evening the
doors will open at I o'clock. and the
performance will begin at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
POSTAL RATE BODY
WILL CONFER WITH
TAFT LATE TODAY
Eligibility of Attorney Max
well to Membership to
Be Discussed.

The first meeting of the Postal Rate
Commission, composed of Mr.. Justice
Hughes, of the United States Supreme
Court; President Lowell, of Harvard
University, and Lawrence Maxwell, a
lawyer of Cincinnati. will be held at
the White House this afternoon. The
President was on hand.
While this meeting was called for the
purpose of organizing. the most import
ant matter to come before it was the
eligibility of Mr.. Maxwell to sit as
member. His qualifications have been
seriously questioned. and most of the
time of this initial session will be spent
in discussing this matter.
The commission was created by an
act of Congress to inquire into the diff
ferences between the Postoffice Depart
ment. and the magazine publishers OF
the country over the second class mail
rates Not only are the magazine pub
ishers interested in the findings of this
commission, but a vast number Of other
interests are involved. This is especial
ly true of the express companies.