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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-10-13
MORE BORAX BEING
MINED ON DESERT

Operations were resumed last
week on the Leila C. borax mines
in Death Valley out from Death
Valley junction on the Ton0pah 4
Tidewater railroad. This is fol-
lowing the custom of recent years,
which was adopted to avoid
excessive heat of midsummer in
that region, when the mine is closed
down. resuming at the beginning
Of fall. Usually the nine months
production is made sufficient to
supply the demand for the whole
year. employing from 80 to $50
men.
However. this summer a few
men hae been kept clearing the
aevnues of operation, repairing,
timbering, ETC., so that the same
old force will be much more effec-
tive. The management has been
planning to reduce the cost Of
production. and to produce double
the quantity extracted last year.
Consequently the working force
will be increased and probably will
reach 200 men before the season
is over. 1t is calculated that the
output for this season will average
five or six carloads daily aggregat-
ing about 200 tons per diem
Mining Review.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-10-13

Nine Crandell expert on Beau ty
Culture is here for this week with
a full line Of hair goods such as
switches, Puffs, Transformations,
James Curtis, etc., also high grade
corsets. She allows for combings
or old hair in exchange for new.
Do not fail to take advantage OF
the speacial sale she is giving this
week. Nine Crandell is located al
No. 8 Mayer Block ground
hoor).
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-10-13
OLD HIGH FINANCE

FrenziPd finance is not exclus-
lively habit of recent years. At
the Riggs National Bank, in Wash
ington. says the Popular Magazine,
there is carefully guarded a proof
of the foregoing assertion.
Regarding the proof Of the fore
going story:
One winter morning. Henry
Clay, finding himself in neei Of
money went to the Riggs Bank,
and asked for tho loan Of two
hundred and fifty dollars on his
personal note. He was told that
while his credit was perfectly
good it was the inflexible rule
of the bank to require an ir-
dorser.
The great statesman hunted up
Daniel Webster and asked him to
indorse the note.
with pleasure, said Webster.
"But need some money myself.
Why not make your note for FIVE
hundred, and you and | will split
it,
This they did. And today the
note is in the Riggs Bank--unpaid.
|
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-10-13

One Of tho heavy taxpayers Of
the county asked us today whore
the taxpayers were going to get
off If the present rate of cxpendi-
lures continued much longer. Be
ing unable to answer the question,
we respectfully referred him to the
county commissioners. lie also
asked about the necessity for SO
many health officers in the county.
This nut is also too hard for us tC
crack.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-10-13
DIE0

JOHNSON-In Elko, Nevada,
October 7, 1911, Mr.. Wicktberg
johnson, a native of Sweden, aged
G5 years, l month and z days.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-10-13

To Rent-Five furnished rooms.
suitable for light housekeeping.
Inquire at the corner OF elventh
and Idaho streets.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-10-13

Courthouse, Highschool, and
grammar School, souvenirs at
Wintermsntel.s Jewlery Store.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26

ing on an early train: and the young
ladies said good-by with their goodnight
We will not see you again" they re-
marked, as you leave so early"
oh. yes, ! shall surely go to your
room in the morning and kiss you good
bye" the man replied. Whereupon the
wife responded, quickly and seriously:
You will do nothing Of the kind; you
Will say your farewells now
The same woman replied to one who
spoke of the primrose road to folly. '
that she had never seen any prim-
roses growing about folly's path. To
live with such a matter of fact and lit
ersl nature, requires a similar nature. If
life is not rendered difficult and even
tragic by continual explanations.
But there are many people who mis-
take, sarcasm, ridicule and even lying
for 8 sense Of humor. To the latter
category belong those individuals who
send kilograms announcing marriages and
deaths which have not occurred; just to
get a good joke" on the recipient And
closely related TO these merry testers is
the facetious individual who rocks the
boat in a stormy sea and who pulls a
chair from under his friend who is about
TO sit down.
The people who object TO the over
turned boat or to the broken limb result
ing from the sudden seat on a hard floor
are supposed to be lacking in "a sense
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26
The American Boy

when alone go insane when they mako
up q gang"
i think that is true" the school
master went on, and this form Of in
sanity is not confined to boys alone. An
automobile party consisting OF two men.
two woman and the chauffeur are re-
ported 10 have knocked an OLD man down
He died a few minutes afterward. Did
the automobile party Cor. rather, 'gangD
stop and ask any questions about the
damage they had dones
Not they.
They kept on. going faster so as 20
escape. The men laughed, and the
women waved their hands TO the crowd
that had gathered around the old gentle
man.
This is insanity in its cruelist form.
Almost any man or woman has some
sympathy for an old man knocked down
by car.
What has happened 20 the woman who
can speed on laughing, and wave her
hand at the corpse in the street?
What has happened?
The woman is insane.
When she gets home away from the
gang, the horror Of the insanity begins
70 show itself TO her. She waved her
hand al the dead old man Now she
shudders at the thought Of it. and every
where she goes-'upstairs downstairs.
in my lady's chamber'-s dead old man
looks up al her. This is the dead. crooked
thing she laughed at and TO which she
waved her hand. Il keeps looking up at
her and asks, Why did you DO it,
And the only answer she can give to
the horror that lies everywhere before
her, on the stairs and in the rooms, Is
that the speed Of the car and the rest OF
the gang gave her courage. or. what she
thought was couTage-but In reality Il
was plain insanity that they gave her.
Now, that woman and that dead
crooked old man in the street. is q fair
picture OF the boy the gang and their
insanity. No woman alone would laugh
and wave her hand a. a crooked corpse
in the street; no boy alone viii break
windows in q car, or knock down child
rem, or steal peoples property: but they
all will do these things in a gang.
What can a boy do 10 escape the in
sanity Of the gang What can a woman
do to avoid the horror OF crooked dead
old man everywhere before her eyes?
Keep honor and common sense upper
most"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26
By THOMAS TAPER.

This is what I heard the schoolmaster
say:
a boys honor and common sense help
him to obey the laws because they enlist
his reason. When he lets go OF honor
and common sense, he also let's go OF
reason. and then, like a bull in q china
shop he does damage.
Now. boys" said the schoolmaster.
why is it, the moment five OF six OF
ten of you get together that the general
average Of your honor and common sense
fails? Each OF you alone is a boy OF
honor. Why is IL the moment five Of six
OF ten OF you get together that the gem
eral average OF your honor and common
sense fails? Each OF you alone is q boy
Of honor. Why is 1t that ten Of you will
do things as q gang which no one Of
you would do alone?
This change OF conduct is true Of
men as we'll as Of boys. Unless they
come together for a special purpose
OF high order or for definite business
they all let go OF something. Now that
something is a manly quality which each
is proud Of alone, but Of which he seems
to be ashamed when he is with others.
Street car rowdies always travel In
gangs. and the gang seems more intent
on disorder than on crime, but IL is a
short step from one to the other"
rs the gang always = bad PROPOSE
tion?" / asked the schoolmaster.
I have studied boys for a long time,
he said and IL is my opinion that no
boy can be one Of gang without losing
something that made his mother proud
OF him. But this refers 20 those groups
Of boys who have nothing 70 do. The
moment, homevsr. that . lot OF boys
come together for q purpose. like the
boy scouts, their finest qualities come
out. and they come out rapidly.
1t is strange. when a lot OF boys come
together that the good principles OF the
best OF them should not rule-but they
rarely DO Generally the loose ends OF
the principles Of them all are the main
influence.
Perhaps courage is born OF numbers.
that IL why a gang OF young men have
the nerve 20 clean out a street car. But
II coursge is born OF numbers, why have
they not the nerve 20 sit still IN the car
and behave? II takes courage 70 be-
have"
Does It mean that boys who are sane
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26
An Overworked Sense of Humor
osr-arA,. 1911. N.t,oun Ss-, A-na,sua-

Of humor."
There was a recent departure Of a
young man from New York on his first
ocean voyage. The traveller in question
is a wit and humorist, but to the writer's
knowledge he has never been known TO
be cruel. tasteless or brutal in his use
Of the sense Of humoF Nevertheless II
took these attributes for wit to send to
the young mans cabin live mice. canary
birds. monkey. a lobster-and in fact
a taxicab filled with things useless and
troublesome to a traveller
Things which would suffer and give
discomfort and cause worry and expense.
Herein every Jester who partook in the
practical joke exhibited that lack Of fine
discrimination and good taste which
makes the dividing line between the
real sense Of humor and the vulgar de-
sire 10 raise a laugh at some ones
expense.
There is not one atom Of wit. not one
particle Of humor. in any word or act
which causes another individual to be
inconvenienced. put to unnecessary ex-
pense startled with causeless fear, or
pain or subjected to physical accident.
Nor Is there an evidence OF a sense of
humor but rather of lack Of fine sensi-
bility and humaritarianism. when ami
mails are made 10 play a painful part in
a supposed jest
It requires no brain, no originality,
no talent to do these coarse and un-
kind things. Real wit and hurnor are
talents; and those who possess them are
a blessing to this world which otherwise
would become uncomfortable with con-
tinual and unremitting seriousness
have heard q woman whose jealous and
enyious nature found vent in biting
ssrcasms, speak Of her own great sense
Of humor: and accuse any Of her sc-
quaintances who objected to her ridicule
of lacking in that quality which she re-
garded as her chief blessing. Before you
pride yourself on possessing a sense Of
humor give little careful analysis to the
quality you are cultivating.
Any clown, any monkey, can raise a
laugh.
ANY fool can rock a boat and pull
away a chair. any vicious mind can
utter an unkind sarcasm; any lout can
send a false telegram any idle mind. can
think up a practical Joke which will
cause trouble and expense: but these
things are not witty.
Better be too serious than too vicious
brutal. coarse or unkind
Unless you possess clean, spontaneous,
good natured wit, do not pride your
self upon your sense of humor.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26

In gay cafes -na midnight zest
OF parties scantly dressed
TO all o. ST attest
The lengt Il the days.
The time Of rest begins for them,
At two or maybe four a. m.
And headaches singing diadem
Their wish TO sleep allays.
The cold vacation days are Ger;
Deserted are the hills and shore;
Back TO the warm department store
Aiilady gsyly hies.
The bargain trees are all abloom.
The furrier sheds his furs TO whom
Soc er will buy-who talks of gloom
When silly summer dies?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26

burden OF wifehood. and often mother
hood she has 10 add that Of making a
living. Sometimes the husband Is the
victim OF unfortunate circumstances he
loses his health. or Is thrown out OF
work. And sometimes he is Just plain
no account and lazy.
lu either case the woman who must 80
out and earn the food for her family and
then come home and cook il is as pathetic
a figure as you can find. II is hard
.enough for a young girl TO have TO stand
behind a counter, or pound typewriter
al dAy. but how infinitely worse for the
woman who has been up half Of the
night nursing an invalid husband, OF
listening for the footsteps OF drunken
one. and perhaps covering away from
his blows. or who has left e little sick
child al home and whose heart stands
stiu with fear every time a strange foot
step draws near. lest il be some one
bringing her the bad news she breads 10
hear
The home is the goal Of practically
every woman's desire Not many mar
r.ed women leave il willingly to go out
into the world to work. and when one
does become a breadwinner you will find
that she has almost invariably been
driven 10 u by stern necessity.
of course, my correspondents view that
the woman who is married and who has
ostensibly a husband TO support her
should not compete with unmarried
women IN the labor market is q natural,
II prejudieed one. As q matter Of fact
however IL has no standing in Justice
Every one Of US has right TO life. lib
srty and the pursuit Of happiness in
our own way. and II married woman
feels that she can best help herself by
working outside OF the home instead Of
In II, or that she prefers typewritng TO
cooking. she has a perfect right 10 do as
: she plsases in the matter. Getting mar
ried didn't change her talents and
should not curtan her privilege Of using
them
The theory OF society Is that every man
is able TO earn a comfortable living for
himself and his family. This should be
true. but under present economic oondi-
tions il 10 not always the case. There
are plentiy OF men who DO the very best
they can and yet can never keep the
wolf away from the door. Should not
the wife OF such = man have a right 70
shoulder her gun and help make war on
the common enemy, poverty
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26
Married Women as Wage Farmers

There are other men, good and true
and lovable, who are born witnout any
business faculty. just as most OF us are
born without a tenor. voice. Many of
these men marry women who have the
talent for getting on that the husbands
lack. Shall such wives sit down and fold
their hands and let their families starve
because, II they go out to work. they
will compete with unmarried women?
Again, there are many young couples
who are in love and who could marry
comfortably on the combined earnings Of
both. but who must forever remain apart
if the wife gives up her job on her we'd
ding day
II a wife can help her husband more
by earning money than she can by cook
ing his dinner and washing his shirts. is
there any reason she shouldn't do it7
There are many cases in which a mans
future prosperity could be assured by his
wife holding on to her job and bringing
in little necessary money for a year or
two after marriage.
Nor does II seem fair TO ask the woman
who has spent thousands of dollars and
years OF time fitting herself to follow
some profession OF calling. TO give il Up
just because she marries and some single
woman would like to have her place.
A great deal Of the most valuable work
in the world is done by married women,
because matrimony. whether il is happy
or miserable. broadens a Woman's out
look and deepens her sympathy and com
prehension- Also the married woman who
is q wage Garner has settled down for a
. life Job At Whatever she is doing. as
general thing, whereas the girl worker is
looking forward TO matrimony 10 emanci-
pate her from slavery 10 her yardstick
or ledger. And it would be a distinct loss
10 the world II il were deprived Of the
services Of its married women workers
The real objection to married women
being wage earners 10 not that they COM
pete with young girls. but the moral ef-
feet IL has on their husbands. There are
some men who are spurrsd on TO greater
efforts by the fact that their wives are
out in the world toiling. trying TO help
them by making money, but unfortunately
| the majority Of husbands whose wives
can support them, let them do it. The
statistics Of factory towns where many
women work in the mills, show that the
men contribute very little 10 the family
| sXchSquer. They spend their money on
themselves and leave their wives 10 feed
| and clothe the family.
/ All Of this makes the problem Of the
wage-earning wife one that cannot be
/ settled by the blanket rule. II has 20 be
l worked out in each individual case on its
own merits, not by denying the married
woman the night TO compete with the un-
/ married one
But the lure Of the business world Is
not 50 great 20 women as many suppose.
/ Every Woman's dream Is Of her own
home, her own fireside, her own man,
able with his good right arm to provide
| for her. ana she does not often. after
marriage, apply for her old Job unless her
castle in Spain has fallen in ruins about
/ her ears.
The wage-eGrning wife is not q feminine
freak. She is generally inearnAts tragedy.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26

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Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26
Spring in Autumn
BY CHESTER FIRKINs.

To waking Broadway comes the glow
OF hszy lights that Aprils know;
The bright electric blossoms blow
Ger every playhouse door
New plays--or violet or weed
Leap sunNard from the fruitful seed
Appeasing barren summers need
u things worth living for
The "song-hir6s in new plumage light
Return from their far fore. gn flight.
For fashion coin and arts delight.
70 opera and hall,
And in society the buds
tsomc Of them roses. some but "spuds' }
Ar oariAE loads of pretty duds
Rsf~r- - -aaSrn'5 call
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26

lacking IT.
il is piusble in
deed. TO be utterly
lacking in a sense
Of humor. and TO
put a literal mean
ing upon every
phrase uttered In
ones hearing. and
to take as an in
suit what is meant
as a pleasantly
Two pretty young
women were visit
a woman who could
not understand a
Jest; and whose
husband was an
inveterate Joker.
in an open and
frank way. The
husband was leaV-
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26
BY DOROTHY DIX

A working girl writes me an exceed
ingly wrathy letter in which she inveighs
against married women who are are
wage earners. and declares that they
put
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26

= = y g 49,
81 the working girls
she also ac-
cuses the woman
who has both a hus-
band and a Job OF
being a pig, who
wants more than
her share Of the
good things OF life.
Softly. little sister.
The woman who
works outside OF
her home after she
is married is oftener
to be pitied than
criticised, for in
ninety nine cases
out OF a hundred IL
means that her hus-
band Is incapable
Of supporting her.
and that to the
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26

Once saharsn traveller was informed
By one Of his African escort that he had
just killed q devil which proved TO be
his masters watch that the savage had
found. and. hearing IL siek. concluded that
there wAs an evil spirit inside. Accord
ingly he smashed the tmepiecs by hurl-
ing II against q tree
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
By Tad


sminerl
It has become fashionable to talk about
having q sense Of humor, and those
satisfied people who flsunt their proud
possission Of this quality. love TO ridi-
cule or pity those who they believe are
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-26

IGE on 04E DbET foAA
FiS Vp rAE BATrykS
ANERAG as READ ALLnE
PAPERS FOR NEW SToR1ES
En- Up n1e RHInG { t'ARTS,
REvIRlTE GOLF kEHS
The forum., 1911-10-12

held preached an able sermon at
the M. E. church at quarterly
meeting.
A pleasant surprise party was
given recently in honor of the 50th
birthday of Mr.. George Clark at
Lis home. He received a hand
some present.
Thomas Gordon has returned
home from Fulton, Mo-, where he
was called on account Of the seri-
GUS illness of his mother.
The fish fry and ice cream social
given recently at the Mt. Emery
Baptist church was largely at
tended.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. n. Robinson
attended the State Fair at Spring
field recently and were the guests
Of Mr.. Robinson's relatives and
Lawyer Browns.
Mr.. d. D. Thomas and Mr.. w.
M. Triplett have bought the bar
ber shop at the Pacific hotel.
The forum., 1911-10-12
THE SOUTHERN WONDER

HI UUIhEKN WUNUEk
Star Halter and Tailor-Resident
Steam Cleaner and Dyer.
/ have dyed for others-let me
dye for you. Expert repairing
neatly done.
Work Called for and Delivered.
Yours for the work
CLEVELAND |. JONES
200 E. Decatur St., Decatur, Ill.
The forum., 1911-10-12

Among those attending the
State Fair at Springfield recently
The forum., 1911-10-12
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, NEWS.


avenue, royalty entertained the
following guests on Sunday, Oct.
/: Mrs. Ada johnson, Miss May
Morrison, Miss Anna Lynch, Mr..
Lloyd O'Leary and Mr.. Oscar
Williams. An excellent supper
was served and a good time was
enjoyed by every one present.
The regular monthly meeting
of the G. W. B. M. meet recently
with Mrs. Alice Dabney on Anna
street. Program opened with
prayer by Mrs. Alice Dabney ;
song service and Bible reading,
Mrs. Alberta Dabney; recitation,
Mrs. II. Davis; recitation, George
Miller; talk on junior work. Mrs.
Jenniebel Haithman; short talk,
Mr.. John Haithman.
Mrs. Spaulding and children of
Kansas City, Mo-, have returned
home after a pleasant visit with
Mrs. Jacob Stewart and family
Miss Eta Stewart left recently
for Kettrel College, N. c., to
teach music. She was accompanied
by Miss Moorhead.
Rev. E. M. Harlis was in Rush
vile on business.
Mr.. John Brown of 466 South
Mauvisstere street, had success
with the roof coating work on the
Illinois Woman's College, Dunlap
hotel and Cherry's livery barn.
A dance will be given Oct. is
by Edward Jones and Guy Wash
ington at Company LIS hall. This
| is the opening of the season. All
dances given by the Yellow Rose
Club.
For good plain sewing and MAX
ling of comforts, neat work, see
Mrs. Fannie Brown, 466 South
Mauvisstere street.
Mrs. Matte Dixon of Mexico,
Mo. land son have returned home
after pleasant visit in our city.
Among those attending the
State Fair at Springfield recently
The forum., 1911-10-12

$50 p m. Prayer meeting Wednes-
day, 7:30 p. m.
Marching must be done for God
and His church.
Rev. S. L. Edwards, Pastor and
clerk Of ministers and Deacon
Union.
The forum., 1911-10-12
Church Directory.

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Sunday School at 9; preaching at
10 80 a. m. and 7 p. M; B. Y. P.
u, 5 p. m. Home and Foreign
Missionary Society Thursday at
The forum., 1911-10-12

Mrs. Ada Hobbs of Louisiana,
Mo-, has returned home after a
pleasant visit in our city. They
spent few days in Springfield
attending the State Fair.
The forum., 1911-10-12
HOME RESTAURANT
Just Opened

Just Opened
Meals 15c and 25c, and short or
ders. Home cooking a speciality.
Homemade pies and hot home
made rolls. Best coffee.
Sunday dinners special. Ice
cream served Saturday nights and
Sundays.
Meal tickets (21 meals), $500.
MRS. SALLIE ROSE, Propr.
802 E. Washington
The forum., 1911-10-12

were: Mrs. Jos. Wheeler, Mr.
Nelson Saunders and Mrs. Edward
Wright.
The forum., 1911-10-12

Rev. Lane preached an able SER
mon Oct. 8 at the Second Baptist
church before large audience.
The forum., 1911-10-12

Rev. w. F. Walker of Spring.
field preached an able sermon al
the M. E. church at quarterly
meeting.