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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-10-04

To feel strong. have good appetite
and digestion, sleep soundly and enjoy
life, use Burdock Blood Bitters, the
great system ionic and builder.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-10-04
hard eista

Salt. water and turpentine form 4
solution which Is often used BY box
ers to harden their hands.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-10-04

Resist thy fnclinsions In the begin
ning.-Thomas O Kempis.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-10-04
Don't Forget

Don't Forget
that the grounds
wiU be open at
night and that
there piU be a
concert by the
band; a repetition
of the Free At
fractions aad a
Gue Midwoy.
Asin previous years,
The A. l. Due Co.
of Cincinnati, will
provide for We'd
nesday and Thurs
day nights of the
Fair magnificent
pyrote clinic dis
play, including large
set pieces, special
designs, exploding
bombs and shells
and showers of rock
cts, Illuminating the
sky for miles. Beau
tiful night exhibit
tons.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-10-04
Kemp's
Wild West

W 0a "CSe
Featuring a Band
of Long Haired
Sioux from the
Rose Bud Agency
in War Dances,
Burning of the
Lone Trappers
Cabin and Hang
ing of the Horse
Thief. Fancy
Shooting by the
Four Codys, the
Greatest Quar-
tette of Fancy
and Straight
Shooters in the
World.
Cowboy TournG-
ment of Prairie
Pdstimes.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
THINGS TAKEN FOR GRANTED

Something's must always be taken
for granted. Some of them are
that when a train in motion meets
with an accident it is always going
"a mile a minute;" that the wo-
man in the case" is always pretty,
beautiful or attractive; that when
a man is rescued from drowning IT
is just as he is goin down for the
last time; that when castaway
parties attempt Ia light a fire
evrey match but the last fails to
ignite; that the man who takes the
other side in a controversy is
wrong; that prominent viOlators of
the law are innocent; that i'm
portant witnesses in great corpora
ton and other trials suffer from i'm
perfect memory. and that wealthy
crimir ais arr insane until they are
acquitted, when they miraculously
recover their sanity Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
THE OLDEST ODD FELLOW

Who is the oldest Odd Fellow on
the Pacific coast? The Carson
Ne VS. claims that honor for Grand.
pa Heidenreich who is 81 years Of
age and a member of the Order for
50 years. While Bro. Holden
reich's membership in the Order
places him well up on the list Of
aged Odd Fellows. he is not at the
head. Bro. l.. T.. Morgan Of Elko
Lodge, No. Is, has seen more years
than Bro. H~eidenrcich and has u
longer record as an Odd Fellow.
Bro. Morgan will be Sc years Of
age on the last day of this month.
In August. lS49, he was initiated
into Umadilla Lodge, No. DO. |. o.
o. f.. Umadilla. Michigan, and
has been in continuous good stand
ing for nearly 62 years.
He holds he record for age and
of membership in the Order
in this state and is doubtless the
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
AN OLD TIMER VISITS ELKO

Mr.. ard Mrs. Caesar Casper
arrived last night on their way
from San Francisco to New York
Mr.. Casper stopped over to visit
his brother Dave, whom he has
not seen for several years. He
was one of the early settlers of
Elko county, having come here in
1868. He spent the winter of
1865 at Mountain City, ther a
prosperous mining camp. In 1872,
he went to New York and has
since resided there.
MIR Casper says his experience at
Mountain City that winter with the
mercury 80 and 40 degrees below
zero so ha rdened him that he is
able to withstand the changcahle
climate of New York.
He and his wife will leave for
ii cir New York home tonight.
His business affairs demands his
presence there on the 5th Of April.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
VAST COAL HOLDINGS
OF THE UNITED STATES

Hundreds of billions of tons of
coal contained in the vast area of
coal lanns in the west consisting Of
0 than 20, 900, 600 acres. are
owned by the United States gov
eminent, according to an an
nOuncement of the United States
geological survey. Some tracts
are of immense value, containing
beds of the biggest grade of coal
in veins from THIRTY to cigh y feet
in thickness.
BY a new method OF selling this
coal. the government will gain an
enormous amount of money. The
old way was to sell the coal land
regardless of value at $40 an acre
if more thar fifteen miles from a
railroad or about $50 if within
that limit. Now the geological
survey measures thc coal in an acre
and the land is sold on n coal
tonnage basis. AS a result coal
lands have been priced as high as
$500 an acre and in one tract at
ever $500.
During the last year the
geological survey has classcd by
individual 30 acre tracts 8,217.1G6
acres of the government coal lands
with a total value Of $500, $25. OSl
and this added to the result Of
former work gives n total of 49,
1905 acres classified as coal
lands with u valuation Of $685.
Gl0,ilS.
BY the old method these could
have a valuation Of 1918, 900. 942,
which shows, a net gain to the gov
eminent of nearly $500, 0OG, 900.
All proceeds Of coal land sales are
deposited to the credit of the
irrigation reclamation fund"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
TELL-TALE PICTURE
PUBLISHES THE RENT

When President Taft went to
inspect the Panama canal two
years ago he was accompanied by
Mrs. Taft and half "A dozen report
ers who had been through his
campaign with him. Starting out
one morning from Panama for an
all day trip one of the reporters
caught his trousers upon a broken
chair and tore a great rent. There
was nothing to do but go On.
All day the mar attempted to
keep his unchanged front to the
dignitaries of the party. He had
been successful, and had kept his
accident a secret by skillful
maneuvering until the middle of
the afternoon. Standing a short
distance from the party and always
facing it, he heard a peculiar
rafting noise back Of him and
glanced yer his shoulder to find
that it was a moving picture
machine. He was corncred, but
kept his face to the president and
his wife. You can see the tear
now in The moving pictures of
TAFT at Panama" if you look
closely for a good looking young
chap with . do or die expression
on his face and a white spot on
his dark uit.-Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31

Alaskans all the fresh luxuries
from their garden that the states
have.
There are farmsin the Colorado
mountains near Denver that have
an elevation of nearly 10000 feet
and the conditions at this altitude
in Colorado are almost identical
with conditions lat 10000 feet
elveation near the Arctic Circle
That is the days are warm and
sunshiny but the nights are always
cold even in summer, while the
winters are apt to kill all but the
hardest perernials-plants that
nave been brought up to that sort
of thing.
A bill was recently introduced
into congress for the establishment
of just such work in Colorado and
also for experiments that would
breed drought resistant vegetables
for the desert.
The methods employed in this
experimental work are exceedingly
interesting. If, for instance, it
was decided to find a wheat mat
would mature in a very cold
climate like that in the hill country
north of the Arctic Circle. this is
how it would be done:
First the hardest seed of ali the
hardest varieties would be OBJ
tanned from Russia, Scandinavia,
Canada and Alaska. Then it
would be planted in a place where
it would be Likely to mature.
There might be just one stalk that,
from some mysterious strain of
breeding or force of circumstances.
would stand unframed by the
autumn frosts. Its seed would be
treasured and the next year each
grain would be carefully planted
and guarded so that the strain
should be increased, and still
further and everer tests made
until it was so hardened that a
full annual crop was assured.
With such a wheat developed
there are hundreds of thousands
of fertile acres in the Alaskan
valleys that might be farmed to
help feed the world. The same is
true OF many other staple cereals
and vegetables for which the
mrkets of the world are calling.
And some of these important
poblems may soon be in course Of
solution on a western mountain
top. Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
BREEDING GRAIN FOR ALASKA

An odd plan is on foot to make
the Colorado mountains a sort OF
proving ground for agri culture in
Alaska. OF course there arc q
good many kinds If agriculture in
Alaska that do not seed pr owing.
They are already an established
success both scientifically and
commercially. Hundreds Of tons
of potatoes. oats and cabbage are
grown and sold in the territory
each year and there ARE a dozen
other successful crops.
But Alaskan nights are too cool
to mature string beans and corn,
for instance, and the question is
whether hard, cold.resistant
varieties could not be produced by
sclective breeding that would give
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31

Some men are as easily ratified
as others are hard to shake.
Money talks-and the chap who
has it is usually a man of few
words.
One kind of ~hypocrite is a man
who pretends to be busy when he
isn't.
There seems to be no place like
home for most the charity thai
begins there.
A mar never hires a brass bant
to herald his coming out at the
little end Of the horn.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
For Sale

Within thcneXt two weeks six
stations Of the famous double
square brand, two 3-year-olds and
four aged. May be seen at Gcrde.
mar ranch, Paradise. Address
Gorham & Rankin,
Paradise, Nevada
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31

oldest living Odd Fellow on the
Pacific Coast.
Bro. Morgan is very active for a
man in his seth years and his
prospects for passing several more
milestones in life's journey now
look bright.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
WAYSIDE WISDOM

Some men are almost as contrary
as some women.
The proper time to do a thing is
when IT should be done.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
RECENT CHANGES
IN SCHOOL LAWS

The following changes were
made in the school law by the
twenty-fifth session of the Iegisla,
ture:
The State Board of Education
may revoke or suspend the certifi-
cate of the teacher for immoral or
unprofessional ccEduct, unftness
for teaching, or persistent defiance
or the refusal 10 obey the laws of
the state, or the rules ard rcgula-
tions Of the Department of Educa-
ton.
The State Board Of Education
shall designate some monthly
school Journal as the official organ
of the Department of Education.
One copy Of the journal is to be
sent to each SHOOT district. Tn G
subscription price for the journal
is to be paid from the gener al
school fund of each county.
The deputy superintendent of
public instruction must make quart
erly reports to the State Superin-
tendent.
The deputy superintendent may
suspend the certificate of any
teacher for any or all of the reas-
ons for which the state board may
revoke such certificate. The dep
uty superintendent must furnish
the county auditor with a direct
DRY of all teachers entitled to draw
pay from the state or county school
funds. The auditor must not draw
any warrant for any teacher until
he shall be informed by the deputy
superintendent that such teacher is
legally entitled to such warrant.
Whenever any trustees order on
the auditor shall be protested by
any person. the deputy s]uperinten-
dent must investigate such order
and if he shall find that any such
protested orde r is u~nreasonably ex.
cessive or illegal, he must so re-
port to the auditor and the auditor
shall not draw any warrant for
such order.
The deputy superintendent is to
grade the schools IN his supervision
district once each year. Schools
r either elementary or high
schools.
All temporary certificates are
]henceforth to be issued by the dep
uty superintendent. This power
was formerly vested in the State
Board of Edu cation.
Teachers will hencefoI tn be
granted elementary or high school
certificates. Elementary c~ertifi.
Gates will be the equivalents of the
present primary and grammar
grade certificates. These certif-
Gates will be of two gradeE; first
grade.in case the applicant receives
eighty-fve per cent in the cxamin-
alton. and second grade If the av-
erage in examination is not below
seventy-fve per cent. The high
school certificates will he granted
to applicants for that certificates
who receive an average Of ninety
per cent.
The teachers examination will
hereafter be held in June and De-
cember of each year.
On opening school in any district
the teacher must file with Il u dep.
uty superintendent a legal Nevada
teachers certificate, together with
the oath Of office.
The last months salary for any
teacher must not be paid until she
has filed her final report with the
deputy superintendent. The law
provides that the teacher may send
this report to the Office Of the dep.
uty one week before the close of the
school.
If any teacher leaves the school
before the end Cf the term for
which she was engaged without a
written permit from the trustees,
her certificate may he suspended
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
LEVELENG A HIGH MOUNTAIN

Everything is running in fine
shape at the steam shovel pit at
Copper Flat, six steam shovcls
being regularly at work tearing
out the over burden and scoOping
up the ore On the west side Of
the pit where is going on the
greatest amount of excavation they
are averaging about so feet of
overburden as against more than
100 feet on the opposite side. The
big hill on that side is being rapidly
reduced to a comparative mole hill.
and one of the steam shovels is at
work almost at the top Of the
monument.
II is a busy sight that is present
ed in the pit at this time. for
everything is under way there in
full blast. over in the south end
the high grade copper ore still
continues. sw]eCtening the low
grade sulphide ore. running up
the average at the cOncentrator.
In addition to the trainloads Of
suIphIdc ore which go down the
high line in seemingly endless pro-
cession. carloads of carbonate ore
are being shipped. This goes to
the converter in lieu Of the silica
formerly used for lining in the big
melting pots. In the carbonate
ore the copper gold and silver
values are saved. so that the disusc
of the silica lining is a money
saving process in more ways than
one.
A. the Liberty pit over the hill
from Copper Flat INC steam shovel
is in operation; but that shovel is
doing the work of a small army of
men. No attempt is being made
at production although the ore
has been encountered. The
operations are being confined to
the removal of the overburden,
stripping the orc, so that when
the production is started there will
be a continual and uninterrupted
output from the little pit. The
new dumping ground for Liberty
pit in the vicinity of Ricptown on
Nevada Consolidatcd's ground; and
in tearing down one hill they are
building up another.
At the big reduction plant in
McGIh they are practically through
with construction work; but a
large repair force is still maintained
so that there viii! be no occasion
for n shutdown at any time in mill.
smelter or converter. The output
OF blister copper for this month
will be in the ncighborhood of g..
600. 900 pounds. - White Pine News,
They dispcI the seasons dulInpss
and remove ones wrinkles from
the brow of business men. They
loosen purse strings and impari n
motion to the nimblc dollar. They
are the delight Of thrifty house.
wives. and the male bargain
hunter cannot resist their blandish.
mcnts. They are barometcrs Of
trade. They create fortunes
Their friends arc on both sides Of
the counter. They educate the
people and swell the ranks of
shoppers. They are n stirring
force in every community in which
their arts are cmployed.-
Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
Standard Bred Stallion
w Jr.

O3-Bay Colt-F oaled April 80,
'06.
Sire. Stillwell. Dam, Nakoora.
Stillwell's brother. Don Derby,
2:043
Stillwell's brother. Diablo. 2:09i
Derbertha. 2:073
Demonia, 2:lli
Erner. 2:l7i
! Stiilwell, Sire-Chas Derby, Sire
of Don Derby-2:O4k, Copt. Derby
/ -2:06i.M Much Better 2:O7i. Derry
Princess . :OSi, Diablo 2:O9i
First Dam-Bertha, Dam of Don
Derby -2:O4l. Dcrbertha-2:072,
Owyho- 2:O7i, Diablo-2:O94, De
monia- 2:1li, Elf,-2:l2A. Ed
Lafferty-2:l61, Erner -2:l7l
Second Dam -Bersena, Dam of
Biard Wilkes-2:lli, by Bay ard.
Third Dam-Blandina, Dam of
Swygart and King Rene and Four
producing sircs by Mamhrina
Chief and Mambrina Chief.
Second.
Fourth Dam of Roslina
-2:2l, and Donald -2:27, by Par
kcr's Brown Pilot
Stiliwell is considered the finest
individual of the renowned family
of full brothers and sisters by Chas.
Derby out of Derbertha.
Nakoora DANNY ChaS. Derby.
-2:2O, Sire of Mucn Better
2:07l. DiabIo -2:O9l. Sire Of
Inferno-2:l5. Diawood-2:l4l,
H ija Del Diahlo. -2:lI!, Cihola
2:lSI. Dolly Machutz -2:lsi. Der
by Princes oS3. ID. Lafrcrty
-2:l65. FIar. Up-2:II. Owy-
hec = years oID, 2:24. Jatf r., Il
year cid, 2:26, Walter Is 2:2Gi.
FIrs' Dam-lda Wood, Dan uf
Po.o u,ru a., "a, ..,-,
~, ,.,, old, o. Co. o.t
u ,..,,. ~, 90, T,, 49,,
a.. Ill ,,no
Poo No o-,, p..a.a a.oy c.,
Of Graarlr2f-D-I0l Hnsrarrg-
o.,1a orf,i ,,n.. ,.,o
,~orf.ru,r
sad D,- a. l..
brioa porbo, - r':',.
Ink. Gao,
II o,tnrs f., ,bc o.,oI;., and - 49,,
D,n.. r., U:r.- o,-, ~,
Hmm Si-oo ,v,,u- o.Io 81
many UthClS.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31

Fee: $50 for single service. SIS
to insure mare with foal.
| When you make the mistake ,f
breeding your a to an inferior
you have lost a year. You have
also lost in dollars. The public
price Of the product will show that.
When the public demands spuds
nobody but the Mormoms raise car
rots. For a-.y information consult
me at White Rock. ]. II. Peck.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
THE DAILY INDEPENDENT
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

One Year.
six Months %
For any period under six months. IS cents
per mouth. Payable In advance Delivered by
carrier in Elko AT as cents per month or -
,ents per week. ISSUED every afternoon. Sun
days excepted.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31

Inferred at the ElKo postomce for transmission
through the mails as secoud-class matter.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-12-07

1899 the number of u~nirrigated
farms In the state increased more
rapidly than the number Of irrigated
farms. During the last decade,
however. the rate of increase in
the number of irrigated farms has
been approximately the same as that
H. the number of unirrigated farms.
or the 23 counties in the state
II report as many as half their
farms irrigated, 2 others report as
many as As per cent. and / other
county reports more than 81 e
cent of its farms irrigated. There
are only five in which less than Is
per cent of the farms are reported
irrigated, and there is only 1 from
which irrigation is not reported. The
last mentioned counties are all In
the northern part of the state,
whereas the counties which have
a large portion of farms irrigat
ed are in the southern part. In 2
counties the irrigated farms form
more than 80 per cent Of the whole
number of farms, and in 4 others
more than IS per cent. the maxi
mum proportion of irrigated farms
being 1928 per cent in Twin Falls
county.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-12-07
Protect the r 9.

Protect the Birds.
Protect the birds and II you have
cats that are liable to kill the birds
get rid of the cats.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-12-07
Down Where It's Hot.

The deepest hole in the world I'D
to late is the boring begun ten years
ago at Czuchow. Silesia, with the OBJ
1ect of attaining a depth of $500 me-
tiers, and which has now reached a
depth Of 2,240 meters (7,349 feet).
The bore is A centimeters in diam.
eter at the top, and diminishes pro-
gressively to five centimeters. Meas
urements of temperature have been
made regularly. At 1920 meters the
temperature is S3.4 degrees c.. u82
degrees F.). This gives a "geother-
mic degree" (amount of descent cor
responding to a rise of temperature
or degree CO of 31.S meters. The
change of temperature does not pro-
coed uniformly. In fact. an interest
ing temperature inversion occurs be-
tween the depths of $40 and 100 me
tiers. where the temperature actually
rails, with descent. about two degrees.
Scientific American.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-12-07

Left one night on Wagonflre
mountain with 3,0S6 sheep by the
death Of John Sagoday, her master,
one female shepherd dog two weeks
later delivered to Manuel Saunders,
owner Of the sheep. 3.0S5 of the ami
mails. having lost only one during two
weeks of privation. The dogs
achievement was carried out despite
the fact that she was the mother of
puppies only a few days old when her
master died.-From Our Dumb Ami
mails.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-12-07
Idaho Irrigation Statistics

Valuable irrigation statistics for
daho are given out in q recent bull
letin issued by the census depart
ment pertaining to this SUI :ect.
According to the figures obtained
in that bulletin ther~ are 80 ,8O7
farms in the entire state: which is
an increase over the 17,471 farms
In 1900 of 76 per cent. These farm
contain 5,283,604 acres of land as
against 3.204,903 acres in 1900 be-
ing an increase in acreage of 64.9
per cent. Improved farm land how
ever, increased from 1,413,11S acres
in 1900 to 2,778,740 acres in 1910,
an increase of 96.6 per cent in the
decade.
The number of farms irrigated in
creased from 9,1SS in 1900 to 16,-
439 in 1910, an increase of 1873
per cent. The acreage irrigated
showed an increase of 1851 per cen
from 60S,71S acre in 1900 to 1,430,-
843 acres in 1910. The acres cap
able of irrigation in enterprises un-
der way l 1910 was 2,388,959 acres
as against 1,348, 500 acres in 1900,
an increase of 77.2 per cent. The
total number of acres included in
irrigation projects in 1910 was g.
549,573 acres, there being no COM
parative figures of the preceding de-
cade period. OF all farms in the
state 53.4 per cent were irrigated in
1910 as against 52.6 per cent irri-
gated in 1900.
OF the entire land area of the
state only 81 per cent is lands in
irrigated farms already acquired.
This is a big increase, however,
during the 10 years, inasmuch as
the rate at that time was only IL
per cent. OF all farm lands in the
state 27.1 per cent are irrigated
farm lands as against only 10 per
CEN 10 year previously.
Irrigation of any Importance"
says this report, "is confined almost
wholly to the southern half of the
state, although but one county
Latah. reports no irrigation. The
central portion of the state is
mountainous and is occuDied yer
largely by national forests, while
the northern portion of the state is
also mountainous or rolling and re-
ceives sufficient rainfall to mature
most crops without irrigation. OF
the irrigated in 1909, SO per cent
lies in the valley of the Snake river,
which extends across the state from
east to west and forms the western
boundary of about two-fifths Of the
length of the state.
THE number of farms irrigated
is made u poi the number reported
on the supplemental schedules by
regular enumerators, together with
an estimate of the number of farms
covered by the enterprises which
were reported by special agents but
not by the regular enumerators.
This estimate is based upon the
average acreage irrigated per farm
shown by the supplemental sched-
ules. According to the figures rep
resented in the table, irrigation was
practiced on slightly more than "
(53.4 per cent? of the farms of the
in 1909. In 1899 the proper
ton of irrigated farms was slightly
lower, 52.6 per cent, while in 1889
the proportion was 65.5 Der cent. 1t
is evident that between 1889 and