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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27
HAY BURNED At ASYLUM

Two stacks of hay containing
$50 tons valued at $500 were de-
Stroyed yesterday Afternoon by fire
Of unknown origin. the stacks
were near together half way be-
tween the asylum buildings ard
the barn but MT close enough to
either to make the fire dang erous.
The fire was we'll started and
covered the top of the stack when
discovered and there was 20 Wa y
to control It.
Superintendent Bingham states
that he thinks the fire must have
been caused by someone carelessly
dropping a cigarette near the hay.
Reno Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27
TEA TREMENS

IL used to be a tea faster in
Hankcw," said a New York tea
dealer, "but had bad attack of
tea tremens and had to give up the
job. Tea tremens is a recognized
disease among Chinese tea tasters.
These men don't swallow a dro p
Of tea from one weeks end to
another. They simply hold the
tea in the mouth, get an idea OF
its aroma and eject it, but never
thcless the aroma of tea causes
violent nervous attacks, with
Slecplessness and even hallucina-
items that are known all over
China as tea tremens. never
have had delirium tremens. but
if it's one.half as bad as the tea
sort pity the poor victim"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27
THE MAINE DESTROYED
BY OUTSIDE EXPLOSION

A Havana dispatch uf the 25th
says:
The Maine was destroyed by an
external explosion. There is no
longer any doubt as to the name r
in which the United States battle
ship was sunk in this harbor on
the night of February Is, 1898.
The cofferdam about the wreck
has been pumped cut, and the
mud cleared away to greater
extent than ever before. The
clearing away of the wreckage
reveals the double bottom Of the
ship with part of the keel standing
in perpendicular position some
twenty-eight feet higher than the
natural posi- ton.
This probably confirms the re-
port and testimony which Ensign
Powclson gave before the investi-
eating board after the disaster,
and which was based upon report 8
made to him by divers just after
the explosion. .
1t is the confirmed belief that
such a tearing of the ships
bottom could not have been pro-
due d ny an inner explosion.
1t is further said that no regula-
ton military mine could have
wrought such terrific havoc. II
must have been hug mine, as
Captain Sigsbee suggested at the
time, perhaps. a sugar mill boiler,
or large cask loaded with
explosives.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27
TESTING AN OCTOPUS

There have been made abroad
experiments with an octopus, in a
specially devised tank of sea
water. in order to test the truth
OF the many stories told of
monster cephalopods dragging
human victims to the sea bottom,
says Harpers Weekly.
In the tank with the octopus
there was placed dummy" of
the same specific gravity as q
man, and this was baited with q
crab. Attracted by this tempting
morscl, the octopus made for the
figure, seized it in it's powerful
arms and tried to drag it under
water without success. IL then
urged its body to, ard the edge
Uf the tank, and, holding the
glass with some Of it's arms,
dragged its prey beneath the sur.
face and crushed the crab shell
with its powerful jaws.
1t is believed that these expert.
ments afford proof that the
octopus can only drag IFS victims
far below the water near the
rocks to which it can attach iti
suckers. There is one spot in the
bay Of Naples where these
creatures attain a large size, and
now and then a fisherman is re.
ported missing. 1t is thought
that such disappearances are due
to the unfortunate man being
caught by the ley by a concealed
octopus and dragged under water.
In the ease Of such a repulsive
and powerful creature as the
octopus II is difficult TO separate
fact from fiction.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27
WINDMILL AS MOTIVE POWER
French Invention Applies the Princl-
pie to Vehicles Which Move at
High Speed.

Long ago the patent offices of the
world came to the conclusion through
experts that few basic principles are
embodied In new Inventions Adapta-
tons Of old and well known laws OF
physics merely are applied in q new
form in mechanical ContriyanCcs.
What shall be said of NJ. COnstantin,
q French inventor who has applied a
windmill wheel to the front of We
hicles which move at high speed. or
which have to move against heavy
head winds? TO the end, too, of con
serving the energies which drive the
vehicle.
AS we understand It. the inventor
has gone no further than the build.
ing of small model wagon. The
wagon Is Of aluminium and Weighs
about four pounds. I'ut with its
wind wheel mounted in front and
turned toward the air.drivcn from an
ordinary electric fan, the vehicle
takes a shoot into the wiEd. With a
large fan Of the general Office or res.
taurant type, the small wagon takes
6 per cent grade with q load of
20 pounds in the wagon box.
The principle Of the invention takes
for granted that the wheel mounted
in front of a huge van imposes mini.
mum Of additional wind pressure. But
az the wind blows strong. or as the
movement Of power driven vehicle
creates It's own head pressure. the
axis of the wind wheel, engaging gear.
ed wheels through a spiral groove In
the axle. returns from air friction a
marked quantity of energy which may
be Of great value in automobiles
motor trucks. electric cars. and rail.
| road trains.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27
COPPER ABROAD

Is large European consumption
Of copper likely to continue. A
prominent London metal concern
express 5 the opinion that unless
war comes there is no reason to
doubt that the unique experience
of the last year or two. with Eu-
rope busy and this market dull as
respects the consumption of copper
will be continued.
At the present time $4,000
metal workers in Germany are on
strike, of which a good proportion
are in the copper trade, but this
strike is likely to be settled at any
time. The consumption of copper
in Europe has made another of Its
phenomenal strides. This time it
is not anv particular new use of
copper but appears to be due to
the steadily increased use of cleo
tricity in classes of houses Of lowe r
rentals and in villages of small er
size.
A large English metal concern
reports its output of copper this
year as 25 per cent greater than
last, and their big German allies
report was 20 per cent greater than
last, and their big Birmingham
interests claims to have more cop
per orders on its books than it any
time in 20 years.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27
INDIGNANT At THE INJUSTICE

The following incident told of a
public school teacher of CHEEKY
manner and marked ability, noted
for her success in leading back
ward or unwilling pupils along
the rocky road to knowledge.
In laboring with an especially
trying class she was wont to en-
courage the members by such con-
fident remarks as "Of course we
can do it," "Of course we can
learn this lesson as we'll as other
people, if we try!" AS examina-
ton time drew near and the little
ones became more nervous. she
changed her tune to "Of course
we're going to pass!" The
children did pass, duly, but,
natural pleasure in the unexpected
success having evaporated, were
sulky and disagreeable almost be-
yond belief. 1t took their new
teacher long time to get at the
root of the misunderstanding,
over which they whispered in
corners and because of which they
treated her like bitter enemy.
At last. however, she drew from
one Of the most pliahle youngsters
this indignant. fearful admission:
I'VE aia't a-goin' ter study no
more in this darned ole school,.
Here, we come up from MissBlank's
room. an she stays down there all
alone, when she knows so much
mere than We do. It's a plumb
shame that they didn't let her
pass. tool"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27
HOWFS THIS

We offer one Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have
known F. J. Cheney for the last
Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business
transaction and financially able to
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27
INTERESTING FACTS

Inc american cowboy hat Is not
American after all. Excavations
in Crete have disclosed specimens
Of these hats which were worn by
Cret"n women about 1000 years
ago.
TIE production Of oil fields be-
tween Ia npico and Tuxpan.
Mexico, is 100000 to 10000
barrels daily. of which about 40
coo arc being lost for want of
storage facilities.
fhc state OF Wisconsin will
engage in the annuity OF life in
Surance business after rcXt year.
The state INSURANCE. commissioner
will have charge Of the business.
Life insurance policies will range
from $500 to $1,000.
Mem oriaIs to Augustus Toplady,
who wrote Rock of Ages" are
to be erected in the DcIOnshire
parishes Of Hartford and Fen
Ottery, of which he was vicar
from May 1866 to April 1868.
The word ycggman is said to
have originated from the criminal
exploits Of John Yegg, who.
according 70 criminal tradition,
was Swedish desperate who
operated in the Pacific coast
states in the late seventies.
The Ohio river claims among it's
treasures the Jenny Lind rock.
The singer was passenger on a
steamer which struck on sand
bar near the rock, and while wait
ing for the boat to he floated Miss
Lind had bOatmen row her out to
the rock, where she stood alone
and sang song.
Salt has been the cauie of wars,
and so important has it always
been considered that in some
places the passing of salt is estab.
lished as token of friendship and
women throw salt or a visitor as
a friendly greeting. In some
countries salt is so scarce that il
is obtained through the ashes Of
grasses and a species Of palm and
other plants.
There comes to Europe End the
United States each year about
forty thousand bales of raw silk
from Canton, China. The average
weight of such = bale is log
pounds. and in 1910 the average
price bale was $357.55. We
import more OF this commodity
than any other country, and we
have more mills engaged in the
silk industry than any other land.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27

Miss French, one Of our 70 rec, is
taking a rest for a few days.
There are two pop liar decisions
about fish one that they cannot
live out of water and the other
that they can live in any pure
water, the food supply taking care
Of itself. AS a matter Of fact,
there are fish in Africa which,
having to exist in absolutely dry
rivers for a portion of TIE year,
have developed lungs, while in
many an amateurs aquarium fish
cannot live in the water provide d
owing to lack of food. Exchange.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27

carry out any obligation made by
his firm.
Walding, Kinhan & Marvin.
Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh euro Is taken
internally acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price rs cents per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills fr
constipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27

Dean Harrison, Jewelcr and
optician, has moved one door
east Of the drugstore, where he
will be glad to sec all wanting
work in his line.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27

First Newspaper Advertisements.
Newspaper advertisements made
their earliest appearance In 1852
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27

For Rcnt--One or two rooms
suitable for Offices in Harrington
building. Apply to n. S.
Taber.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-27
SALMAGUNDI

u
premium.
Courthouse, Hignschool. and
grammar School, souvenirs at
Wlntermantel.s Jewlery Store.
Uncle Billy Reynolds is about
Knocked out with a bad cold. He
is around today but does not look
very strong.
For Sale cheap One bedste ad
with spring mattress and two top
mattresses all in good order nearly
New. Inquire at this office.
San Francisco did nobly yes;er-
day i'll elestinz James Rolph, Jr.,
m iJ1r by about 1S 600 majority.
San Francisco will be a cleaner,
better city one year from today.
"Tne Fascinating Bachelor"
clever Lutin comedy, will be
shown at the Opera House to.
night.
Fowler was at Emigrant Gap ut
last reports. The wind was blow
ing at the rate of twenty miles an
hour at the Summit and Fowler
may not start today.
DON'T fail to see the vitagraph
special, The Spirit of the Light"
tonight at the Opera House.
A bachelor says a mule is the
most obstinate thing on earth, but
the editor of an exchange says
married man knows better.
Fowler's flying over the Sierras
is getting to be big joke. He
mould make an earnest attempt to
get over the mountaino or fold up
his machine and go home.
1t is reported from st. Peters
burg that caviar is sure prevent
alive CT Asiatic cholera. This
looks like the Russians we're trying
to boost one OF their principal in
MISUNDERSTANDING.
There is nothing new from the
artesian well today. The flow of
waite till continues. The force
is perforating pipe to sink inside
of the present c.sing. 1t may be
several days before this work is
completed and drilling resumed.
We are requested to notify all
parties having dogs that they must
purchase licenses for them or their
dogs will be killed if caught rum
ming on the streets. The officers
mean business. So buy a license
il you want to save your dog.
Mr.. Prentice left this afternoon
for Gold Creek where he will; in
stall a switch for the Jarbidge end
81 the new telephone line. The
line is now built four miles be-
yond the Bruneau river and con-
versations are held over it. 1t will
soon re into Jarbi dye.
An officer in the army noted for
his bravery, laughed at q timid
woman because she was alarmed
at the noise of a cannon wnen a sa-
lutte was fred. The brave officer
subsequently married that timid
woman, a1d SIX months afterwards
he took off his boots in the hall
when he came in late at night. -
London Telegr aph.
A telegram from the Gazette
this afternoon said that the count
ing Of the votes cast yesterday at
San Francisco was proceeding
slowly. The totaI. vote cast was
about eighty thousand. The re-
turns indicate the election Of Rolph
BY majority Of eighteen thous'
and. Fickert Is leading for distric,
attorney and Eggers is ahead fot
sheriff.
w kher from an ancient jest
book or an original conception, the
following domestic conversation
from the Monet Star probably
Arizona republican., 1911-10-29
NORMAL GRADUATES DEATH.

Miss Collie Bell. daughter of Mir and Mrs. C. E. Bell. died October 18th, at the Calumet hospital. in Douglas. as the result of an attacl, of typhoid fever.
 Miss Bell attended the Douglas grammar and high school. graduating with honOrs from the Douglas high school in 1908. afterwards coming to the Tempe Normal school and grad uating with the class of 'O9. She was a member of the Philomathian Liter ary Society, and was looked upon as one of the most active and popular members the society ever had
 After her graduation at Tempe Miss Bell spent a year travelling in Europe. returning last September, and accept ing position in the Douglas public schools. She taught just two days when she was taken i'll. and was sick twenty-seven days. Her death is deeply regretted by her large circle Of friends in Douglas and Tempe. and has brought deep grief to those of her family who survive. Miss Bell leaves her mother and father and one sister Florence. to mourn her death.
Arizona republican., 1911-10-29

at so much an hour Tucked away. It says, in the leaves of an old guide book to the Crystal palace, dated 1854. has been found a little printed leaflet, issued from Westerton's Li- brary and Newspaper Office. 20 St. Georges Place, Hyde Park Corner. making the following announcement:
 Can be had from the office by s o'clock in the Morning, to keep. at ten cents per Copy; or lent to read for three Hours at twenty-five cents, or two Hours for eighteen cents Der Week. It can also be supplied at , o'clock in the afternoon at the re- duced price of six cents per Copy: or posted into the Country at $5 per Quarter, payable in advance"
 In those days the Daily News had been started only eight years, under the original edtorship of Charles Dickens, and was still published at ten. cents a copy Its editor at the time was William Weir, and Harriet Martineau, perhaps the first women in England to undertake regular regular journalistic work, was one of the writers of its leading articles.
 The system of hiring did not dis appear quickly; certainly down to the year 1880 there were many house. holds in which the Times was still left on the same terms, and it would be difficult to say when the system finally died out.-Christian Science Monitor
Arizona republican., 1911-10-29
TEMPE
TEMPE PARTY HOME
 FROM A DEER HUNT
Someone Else Got There First and
 Got the Game.

R L. Mullen, J. E. Mullen and K. E. Meyers returned Friday evening from a deer hunting trip to the Baker Mountain country above Roosevelt As an outing the trip was a fine success but as a deer hunting expedition it was a good deal of failure. The party during its entire trip only saw three deer and they only got a fleet ing glimpse of these. The brush is so thick there this year. it is almost inn possible to get a shot at game if any is found. The members of the party attach much of the blame of their failure to get any deer to the fact that just before they got there a large party of hunters from Globe and Miami had just hunted over the same ground and the supposition is that the first one on the grounds cleaned the country of all the game there was there.
Arizona republican., 1911-10-29
HERE IS REVIEW OF
 RECLAMATION WORK

The progress of reclamation work.
 always matter of interest to the
 people of this valley, is dealt with at
 length in the October number of the
 Reclamation Record. Regarding the
 Salt river project the report at that
 date is as follows:
 Labor and weather conditions were
 satisfactory throughout the month. At
 Roosevelt power house the installa-
 ton of the auxiliary transformer and
 switchboard equipment and the meter
 equipment was completed. The flood
 gauge on the Roosevelt dam was in-
 stalled, as was also the recording and
 curve tracing meter equipment in the
 power house. In the Chandler pump-
 ing district the pumping unit at bat
 tery k wells was placed in opertion.
 The development of battery F wells was completed up to the installation of the pumping unit and the erection Of the building to house the trans formers and switchboard. The con struction camp was moved to battery l. and the development of these wells was commenced. The building at bat tery having been completed. the temporary pumping unit was removed and the installation of the permanent pumping unit commenced. A small of betterment work was done at the Chandler sub- station. Progress was made on the drilling of a well for water supply at the South Con- solidated power plant site and the drilling of the sixth and last well at the San Francisco pumping plant was completed. The transmission line run ming from the Chandler district to | the San Francisco pumping plant and l the territorial bridge at Tempe was | and connected. The en- Iargement of the Arizona canal, with | Jredge and eXcavator, was continued | with satisfactory progress. The dredge | from station 473 plus 52 to | station 545 plus 5S, a distance of 7.2OG | feet. The material encountered was callche. The eXcavator travelled from station 1926 plus 51 to station 1863 | plus 4l, a distance of 3.690 feet The machine is still excavating material 1 which was loosened by shooting but he powder gang finished its work and was laid off Engineering par
Arizona republican., 1911-10-29
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE COUNTY OF MARlCOPA, TER-
 RITORY OF ARIZONA.

In the Matter of the Estate of Eman-
 uel O. Slocum, Deceased. Notice of
 Sale of Real Estate.
 Notice is Hereby Given, That in pursuance of an order of the Probate Court in and for the County of Mar icopa, Territory of Arizona, made on goth day of October, 1911, in the mat ter of the estate of Emanuel O. Slocum, deceased, the undersigned, the Executrix of the estate of Emanuel O. Slocum, Deceased, will sell at pri- vate sale to the highest bidder, for cash, on sealed bids addressed to said Executrix subject to conformation by said Probate Court on 9th day of November, 1911, at 10 o'clock A. M. or after, at the office of w. H. Stii- well, Attorney for said estate, Suite 4O7-S-9 Fleming Block, in the City of Phoenix in the said County of Mar icopa, Territory of Arizona, the fol- lowing described real property, to- wit:
 Lots Thirteen G3) and Fourteen GD, Block Sixty-five (65) of the City of Phoenix, said Maricopa Coun- ty with improvements thereon, con- sisting of two modern five-room brick houses and one six-room frame house, said improvements so erected that q portion of each house rests on each lot, to be sold as one lot or parcel: also Lots Sixteen Q6), Seventeen CID and Eighteen GS) of said Block Sixty-five (65), said City of Phoenix with improvements on said lot, con- sisting of large stone warehouse, to be sold as one lot or parcel: also Lot One CD in Block IL" and Lot Three (3, Block IT," University Addition to said City of Phoenix, to be sold separately.
 Terms of sale: Cash. Reserving the right to reject any, or all bids
 MAUDE CARVER, Executrix of the Estate of Emanuel
 O. Slocum, Deceased
 Dated october 20, 1911.
Arizona republican., 1911-10-29
AND STILL IT RAINS

Though it cleared LID nicely Friday night and the sun came out bright yesterday morning. it was soon cov- cred by clouds and there were sev- eral good hard rains yesterday morn ing The storm now totals consider able over an inch of rain and as usual, there has been some little damage to crops. A good many ranchers had final cuttings of1hay down and these are practically ruin ed. A number are just now en- gagged in harvesting a crop of milo maize but how much this may be oamaged depends a good deal upon now long the storm may last.
Arizona republican., 1911-10-29
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Notice Is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Arizona and California Rail- way Company will be held at the office of this company. in the City of Prescott. Territory of Arizona, on Wednesday. the 18th day of Novem- Der. 1911. at 12 o'clock noon of said day. for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting Books for the transfer of stock will be closed November 1st. 1911, remaining closed until December 1st, 1911 Dated at Prescott. Arizona, this 11th day of October, 1911.
 (Sigred) F. M. MURPHY,
 President. (Signed) F. P. CRUICE,
 Secretary.
Arizona republican., 1911-10-29
HAD A WET TRIP

Filing Olsen returned from Tucson yesterday morning where he has been spending few days in the interests of his automobile business. With a party, in an American car. he left Tucson Friday afternoon about four o'clock and reached Florence that night. The night was spent there and the trip the rest of the way made in good season yesterday morn ing. Aside from terrific rains and lots or mud as result, MT olsen says the roads are in very good shape.