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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
HOW OLD IS YOUR HORSE?

There are furo ways TO tell the
age of horse according to Prof.
E.. l.. Potter of the Oregon Agri-
cultural College by his teeth, by
his bribs, by the flesh on his tail
and by the skin on his cheeks. In a
young horse the cheek skin is soft
and elastic, and flies hack quickly
when raised;in an old one it is life
less and goes back but slowly.
Old hosres apparently have wider
and more distinct space between
their ribs than young ones. And
with age the flesh on the tail of
horse shrinks, making the joints
more distinct tlan they are on a
young horse. Judging by the
changes in the teeth is more
accurate method. The coming of
the temporary teeth first, and then
permanent ones; the development
of maturity; the change in the
sharp on account Of wear; the
coming OF the cups in the teeth,
and their wearing away afterward,
and the change in the angle of
meeting Of the teeth from straight
together at five years old to o
shape angle at twenty all these
are signs by which the experienced
horseman can read accurately the
age Of a horse.
1T must be remembered that
the permanent teeth, above and be.
low come in AT the same time"
says Prof. Potter "but that the
cups above do not wear away until
all the cups below are gone. II
must also be remembered that the
changes begin at the center and
continue at the rate of one pair a
year; that a horse at maturity,
which is at Ave years, has every
thing that is, all his permanent
teeth and all the cuI,. II one
remembers this much. he has the
whole thing in q nut ST ell"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ELKO co.
Thursday, April 81. 1911
OvERDID IT

To have themselves called
publicly out of crowded place of
entertainment on the pretense that
they are urgently wanted by i'm
Fortunate patients is stated to be
one of the stock methods of adver.
Using resorted to by young doctors
who wish to build up practice.
A budding physician tried this
device. He instructed his boy to
go to the doorkeeper of the theatre
and say that a patient of his was
in urgent need of attention.
Right you are, sir!" said the
servant, with a solemn wink.
"You leave 1t to me. I'll manage
it all right" But apparently the
honest retainer exceeded instruc-
tons in his zeal, for at the end of
the second act the manager
appeared before the curtain and
made this announcement: IF DR..
Blank is in the audience, / am re-
quested to tell him that he is
wanted at once. as the poor fellow
he gave some physic to this after
noon has been having fits ever
since. !"-Argonaut.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
Decay Gives Rsdlum Power.

Uranium appears to have decaden,
life history, breaking into other ele.
ments-of which radium is one--which.
In It's turn. yield the emanation, and
other elements designated as radium
A, Il. etc.
The theory has been propounded
that uranium, thorium and radium are
undergoing atomic dislntegration, and
the heat that radium evolves is the
direct outcome OF explosions of the
atomic structure. Elements OF lower
atomic weight thus result, and hence
the appearance Of helium. This would
account for the presence of helidm
In the rocks and spring waters of the
globe. where II has been aceumulatins
for millions OF years--Dr. G. A
Doemcs IN Century.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28

There is more Catarrh in this
Sc ction Of the. country than all
other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced it
q local diseate and prescribed local
remedies and by constantly falling
to cure with local treatment pro-
nounced it incurable. Science has
proven catsrrh to be a consti-
tutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactur-
ed by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 Drops
to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimo ials.
Address: F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
TIE Rhauon.

TIE Reason.
so you didn't like the clause in
your late uncle's Win"
M; he didn't come up to the
scratsh.'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
TAX COLLECTOR
MAY FILE SUIT

There is probability that at
some early date in the near future,
suits will be filed by the state
bullion tax collector. on behalf of
the state against certain mining
companies now operating in Nevada
to recover large sums of money
which 1t is claimed have been de-
frauded the state on account of
fraudulent bullion tax settlements.
Such was the statement made by J.
F. Adamson bullion tax collector
on his arrival in Reno last evening.
Mr.. Adamson was on his way to
Fallon where he will spend several
days looking after the License
collection of the region.
Mr.. Adamson further stated that
a number of mining companies
were suspected to having engaged
in the custom of defrauding the
state in their quarterly statements
of the bullion tax, and that he had
been looking into the matter ever
since his appointment to that off ce.
He has conferred with Attorney
General Cleve H. Baker regarding
the matter and the suits may
materilze at an early date.
A like suit was filed several
years ago by former bullion tax
collector, against one Of the large
southern Nevada mining com.
panies, and the case to be instituted
by Mr.. Adamson will be similar in
nature. Reno Jour nal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
DON'T NEED WALKING STICK
Americans Do Not Often Carry Il. but
Is q Matter Purely Of Per.
sonal Choice.

Now that we are reminded OF II, we
realize that the great American people
are seldom seen to possess a walking
stick ITS a small thing" writes
an essayist In a morning paper, 1.-THE
absence Of the walking stick. but II
belongs to the American motto. never
In the hustle OF life. carry unnecessary
cargo" The idea u.s. OF course, fantas.
BIC with the fantasy OF transporting
common sense. The hustle OF life
surely extends to travel In the case
OF nation which would consider II.
self degraded IL IL spent longer than a
week In complete Journey through
Europe: and when Americans travel
they are the last to deny themselves
the luxury OF m extra bit OF luggage
because 1t happens to be unnecessary
1t IS common knowledge that they 20
on loading the liner trunks until tho
company's officials say STOP" II only
to collect so many more steamship
aud hotel labels to add to their al.
ready b.oated store OF these trophies.
No. Tho walking stick Is a matter
purely Of personal choice. Most Amer.
leans chance to feel no need for
walking stick. whereas we do That
Is how the thing stands When Il
comes to a walking stick the world
must be considered individually. The
physical weakl!ng Is quite likely to
have q taste for gigantic club: the
enormously powerful man who snaps
his Sandow developer before break.
fast as though It were piece OF cot.
ton may select for walking stick the
thinnest shred OF malacca that money
can buy.-London Globe.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
FORTOLD BY DREAMS

81 dreamed that the snip was in
q heavy sea, that a big wave
came over her bows, pressed dowr
upon her, and then she rolled
over on her starboard side and dis.
appeared" This is not an extract
from a story. 1t is evidence
given on oath, during the inquiry
at London into the mysterio. s dis.
appearance of the Waratah the
vessel which on her second voyage
mysteriously disappeared in July,
1909. and has never been heard OF
since. And so impressed was the
passengers with the vision that he
left the vessel at Durham, from
which point she continued on her
i'll fated voyage. Thus one more
was added to the extraordinary
condolences in which dreams have
figured.
The third LordWaerord was able
to verify a story of an extraor-
binary dream coming true. Talk
ing one day with the landlord of
the inn in the village close to
Curraghmore a man rushed up and
said there has been q murder on
the hills. "Then it must be the
little one" said the landlord, at
which Lord Waterford. not un-
naturally, became very suspicious.
The landlord proceeded to explain
that in the night he dreamed that
two men had come to the inn and
that the taller of the two had
murdered the shorter with very
curious knife.
He told his dream to his wife,
who laughed at him. But to his
horror. the men he had seen while
asleep came to the inn, and one
used the curious knife to cut up
his food. They left and soon after
wards news of the murder arrived.
Search was made for tall man
answering to the landlords
description, and one was quickly
arrested. In. prison he confessed
he had murdered his short
companion. - Pearson's Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
TO THE PUBLIC

Having purchased M. E. Reed
draying business. am prepared to
do all work in that line on short
notice. AS / intend to conduct the
business in a manner to win the
confidence of the public, | respect
fully solicit n share of the public
patronage.
w. N. Harrah
Elko, Nevada, April IL, 1911.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
Annual Statement

Eureka Mining & Smelling Co.
Statement of receipts and dis
bursements for year ending De-
cember 81, 1910.
No work performed on the above
property for the year ending Dec.
81, 1910.
William d. B. Forbes,
Secretary.
San Francisco, California, April
Is, 1911.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
Annual Report

Statement of the financial condition
Of the Ely-Bonanza Copper Company
for the year ended December 81st, 1910
Receipts
Balance. cash on hand January
list, 1910 & 80 n
Cash received during the year 2,4e5 10
Total receipts Se,4s7 95
Disbursements
Paid for labor and general ex-
penses $2,4ss 95
Balance, cash on hand $14 90
Morris R. Sherrerd,
Secretary Treasurer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
TROUBLE At GOLD HILL mime

The first trouble over the eight
hour Law passed by the Legislature
occurred at the Yellow Jacket mine
in Gold Hill yesterday when the
management insisted on the tor
hands working ten hours and the,
all quit. One laborer returned
to work ten hours but was given o
scare and will probably shake tho
dust Of this section from his feet.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28

The matter will likely be taken
into court and the. constitution
atty Of the law will be deter
mined. If the law is upheld the
management of the Yellow Jacket
is subject to a fine Of $500
Enterprise.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28
Annual Statement

Phoenix Silver Mining Co.
Statement of receipts and dis
bursements for the year ending
December 81, 1910.
No work performed on the above
property for the year ending Dec.
81, 1910.
William D. 8. Forbes,
Secretary.
San Francisco, California, April
Is, 1911.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-28

Bids For Sprinkling the Streets
of The Town Of Elko. County of
Elko, State of Nevada.
Sealed proposals endorsed '"Pru-
posals for bids for sprinkling the
streets of the Town of Elko,
County Of Elko, State Of Nevada. &"
according to specifications now
on file in the office of the County
Clerk at Elko, Nevada, will be re-
ceived by Fred C. Voight Clerk of
the Board of County Commission
ers Of Elko County, State of Ne
vada. acting as a Town Board for
said Town of Elko, up to IL
o'clock noon, May IS. 1911, at
which time such bids will be OPEN
ed and read publicly.
The contractor to whom award
is made will be required to give a
good and sufficient bond in the
amount Of Five Hundred (50O.o0)
Dollars, Ito be approved by said
Board of County Commissioners.
The right is hereby reserved by
said Board of County Commission
ers to reject any and all bids.
BY order of the Board of County
Commissioners in and for the
County of Elko State of Nevada,
acting as a Town Board for sai1
Town of Elko. ....
Attested: Fred c. Weight
(SeaD
County Clerk and Ex-Offico
Clerk Of the Board of County
Commissioners in and for the
County of Elko, State of
Nevada.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-28

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but Our %
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Therefore,
cerom dne honesty n S
ofHep Aan he to
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character
teFrc u-onynH
ecarA@me Thecu d
ground O.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-28

nyms OF store SERVICE are
Style, Quality, Reliance and Ag-
gressiveness-wonderful words Of
business-building words which,
when applied especially to mer-
chandising on a high plane, call
for trained efficiency, untlrlng labor
and loyal enthusiasm from the
employed. In our store every
employee is thinking constantly,
striving to perfect. Work thus
pursued with an ideal in mind
ceases to be drudgery.
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OUR EIGHTH AN.NIVERSARY

EDWARD
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The National tribune., 1911-04-06

men to hold Chattanooga. The troops
which Steeduan brought with him con-
sisted of two brigades of colored men
and q provisional division made up OF
soldiers belonging 70 Sherman's army.
who had been in the hospitals or on
on furIough and had not gotten back
in time 10 join their own regiments
The force under Gen. r. s. Granger. in
north Alabama, and that under Milroy,
at Tullahoma, numbering about 5000
altogether was ordered 20 Murfrees-
boro which was an exceedingly fmpor-
tant sub-base Very strong works had
been erected by Gen. Rosecrans ct Muir
freesboro during the long stay of the
Army of the Cumberland at that place
after the battle of Stone River. These
collectively were known as Fortress
RoSecrans," and were sufficiently eX-
tersive to cover great storehouses,
shops etc. necessary for his army
when it advanced upon Tullahoma and
Chattanooga The entire force gath
| cred at Murfreesboro was to be under
| the command of that splendid Ken
lucky soldier, Gen. Lowell II. Rousseau
Gen. Rousseau was one of the origina
| Unionists in Kentucky. He had done
| magnificent service in holding the
State in the Union. and had raised the
| first regiments for that State. He sub
sequently commanded a division, ant
distinguished himself at the battle OF
Stone River during the Atlanta cam
paign, where. in command of tht
| Fourth Division of the Twentientf
| Corps. he was intrusted with the de
| Tense of the line of railroad.
ITO be continued)
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pears and flows with widening channel,
ina long, graceful curve around the
city, until it again is swallowed up by
the rim of blue haze in the far west, as
if its clear. springfield waters We're
thirstily quaffed by the invisible mouth
of the Infinite.
Steamers, with their long trails OF
fiocculent smoke and white banners of
fieecy vapor. speed along the river to
give it animation and variety, and in
peaceful times the railroads add life
and change to the picture by their rush
and roar, in and ont, across the smll-
ing land. Nashville seems city set
apart for Capital because of its evi-
dent domination of all around 1t.
The Notifications of Nashville.
As soon as the Union troops occupied
Nashville in 1862, after Grants bril-
liant victory at Fort Donelson. they pe-
gan terrifying it strongly The line OF
hills living outside the city were wei
adapted for a system of defenses, and
a chain of heavy forts. connected by
rifle pits, were built around the city
from the river above TO the bend III
the Cumberland below. These works
were so Formidable that. altho they
were held by only small force wher
Bragg made his raid into Kentucky II
the Summer of 1862, he declined to
The National tribune., 1911-04-06

work now putting as lar behind them
as possible the sickening memories OF
Franklin, to make their position as
strong as they could. While every man
in their army mourned the loss or
bunkmate or beloved leader, while
their hearts were heavy with the sense
of utmost effort expended uselessly,
they still had the instincts Of true sol
diership, and We're ready to fight again
whenever u fight was ordered. -
In making the advance Hood put
Lees Corps, which had brought up the
rear from Columbia to Franklin and
suffered the least in that engagement,
in the lead. Arriving within sight of
our works, Lees Corps went into posi-
ton on the hills on both sides of the
Franklin pike. Cheatham's Corps came
up next, and went toTthe right of Lee
to extend his line. Stewart went to the
lef1 of Lee. with Forrest on his left to
extend the line to where the Cumber-
land River bends far to the south
around Nashville.
Forrest had not achieved any of his
brilliant successes during all this cam
paign, and altho Hood claims that
Schofield's men retreated in trepidatior
almost amounting to a panic, Forrest
had been beaten off without much trou-
BILE every time he attempted to disturb
the rear or flank. His position now
The National tribune., 1911-04-06

thus protected. Much of the task oil
construction was done by the Michigan
Engineers. under Col. Innes, which reg
iment had distinguished itself by its
successful defense of the block house
at Lavergne against Wheeler's whole
force of cavalry. The stockade was at
first made of single thickness of TIM
her from 10 to 20 inches in diameter,
and later this thickness was increased
to 40 inches by second stockade. The
roof of the stockade consisted of a
layer of logs laid side by side and COW
cred with earth. On top Of this was a
roof of Shingles boards or clapboards,
as they could be procured. In the CEN
ter of the rcof, and standing diagonal
ly to the walls, was erected a tower
built up of logs, as were the cabins of
the country. From this tower a good
view could be had of the surrounding
country and reconnaissance made of
a force attacking. The block houses
were supplied with ventilators, cellars,
water tanks and hunks.
The stockade was loopholed for mus
kerry In some of the larger houses
artillery was mounted Generally one
block house was sufficient for a bridge,
but at some of the more important
bridges as many as four were erected,
and these were provided with artillery.
As rule, these block houses were
surprisingly effective, and there are a
great many instances of where a small
force held them successfully against
overwhelming numbers of the enemy.
So severe was the punishment the gar
risons inflicted that the Confederates
had q wholesome fear of attacking
them. A good illustration of this was
the attack in August, 1864, upon block
house No. 5, between Nashville and
Murfreesboro, which was held by
Lieut.. John S. Orr, 115th Ohio, and 80
men. Wheeler brought up all of his
artillery, and killed and wounded 10 of
the garrison, but Orr pluckily held on.
At BuZZard Roost Gap was a block
house with 80 men, commanding a
wagon road, and Bates Division of in
fantry was sent to capture it. Bate
battered down part of the stockade
with his artillery, and killed and
wounded one-half of the garrison. but
the remainder held on until the next
morning, when they surrendered When
Hood advanced from the Tennessee the
blockhouses on the Nashville & Deca-
tur Railroad were abandoned by order
and Hood destroyed them as well as
the bridges they guarded
BY means of these blockhouses Gen
Thomas had maintained communica-
tons as far as Chattanooga, and had
brought up Gen. Steedman, with 5000
men, from the latter place. leaving 2,800
The National tribune., 1911-04-06

condition to meet Forrest. and was
sent across the river to Edgefield to
attack Forrest should the latter succeed
in making crossing.
Building Up. the Cavalry.
In order to make his victory COM
plete, Gen. Thomas was doing every
thing in his power to mount all of his
cavalry and have it in effective shape.
He intended to crush Hoods army
and he wanted sufficient cavalry to reap
all the fruits of the battle in the dis
organized retreat of The Confederate
remnants across the country to their
refuge behind the Tennessee. To do
this he must have a force equal if not
superior to Forrest, who would, I'M
doubleday, cover the retreat of the Con-
federate infantry. AS Forrest had en-
tered the campaign with at least twice
as many cavalry as Thomas had at his
disposal, 1t was a gigantic work to
create in a few days a force sufficient
TO cope with and overcome the noted
Confederate cavalryman. Gen. Wilson
ordered the impressment of all the
horses that could be found in the coun-
try. but this was not very productive
Of satisfactory results. The horses were
taken even from family carriages, as
well as from the wagons and drays
necessary for the transaction of the
few of the horses for which the coun-
try was famous left in that region after
the Union and Confederate cavalrymen
swept back and forth over it as thew
had for the past two years. A circus
had been doing profitable business in
Nashville about that time, whose fine
horses, as well as those of the street
car companies, were now obliged to
yield as gracefully as possible TO the
emergencies of the occasion and take
their places in the ranks Every cav
airy officer threw himself with COM
mendable energy into the great work
of preparing for the emergency. Black
smith shops were improvised to shoe
the horses. the work in some instances
being done with hatchets and Jack
Knives. After 10 days of this feverish
industry Gen. Wilson was able 10 report
$4,000 men and 5000 horses. 1000 of
winch, however, We're scarcely fit for
service. In "Rattles and Leaders" Gen.
wilson compliments his men and Off
GERS for their zeal in this matter and
also Gov. johnson and other officers for
their valuable assistance So severe
had been the 40 days of campaigning
which the cavalry had made-in front
OF Hood that some 5000 of his men
could not be remounted, but they served
on foot and did excellent work.
Murfreesboro and the Block Houses,
Hoods advance had not interfered
with the important railroad from Nash
The National tribune., 1911-04-06

however, near the Cumberland, gave
great anxiety to Gen. Grant and the
officers commanding in Kentucky and
Ohio, lest he should cross the river and
create havoc in the rear. To prevent
this a strong gunboat fleet was assem-
hled under Lieut.-Commander LIE Roy
Fitch, who patroled the river inces-
sanity, and shelled away any parties of
cavalry seen within reach of their
heavy guns. AS Louisville was at that
time our only source of supplies, the
enemy having blockaded the river be-
low Nashville by batteries along the
shore, the Importance of this gunboat
feet became paramount.
The question of supplies was at once
a burning one with Hood, and it is a
wonder how he managed TO maintain
his army in that position as long as he
did. A strong Confederate force was
set to work to repair the railroad in his
rear to Decatur, so as to bring up sup
plies from the rich country in northern