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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
EDITORIAL REMARKS

Sylvia ParkhIrst predicts that
women will vote in Great Britain
within year. Well, the weather
man has been studying conditions
for a quartef of century. yet he
makes some mighty poor guesses.
Atlantic City pastors oppose
Sunday ball. reads news headline.
In view of the fact that the
news is from Atlantic City, it
h1uld be made clear whether il
is base ball or hiShball.
In the light OF that decision,
Attorney BCande is ought to he in
great demand II tell the railroads
nov to run thin ..
Dne of A DIST Gibson's old
models Las hal troubl: with her
husband. Perhaps he grew tired
of looking at tn same picture and
turned to a new page.
With day messages proposed by
the telegraph lines there isn't any
excuse why man shouldn't keep
his wife Informed Of his conduct all
day long when he's away.
A "1nAa in harem skirt has
appeared in New York. Only
proves the case against New York
once more. Philadelphia Time.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
DON'T GET ANGRY

We understand that there is con.
siderable feeling aroused over the
incorporation of the town. There
is no occasion for any one to get
angry over the proposition. The
majority of the people have taken
the steps Required by law and the
matter is now up to the court. If
Judge Taber decides in favor of
those who oppose incorporation
those who favor 1t will fall in line
hnd pull for the benefit of the
town. II the decision of the court
is in favor Of incorporation. those
who oppose it should bury the
hatchet and pull with those who
favor 1t. There is no occasion for
anyone to let his angry passions
rise.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
FAMOUS ECCENTRIC TOASTS

Pitt, at Kidderminster gave a
toast in compliment of the carpet
manufacturers.
MAY the trade Of Kidder.
minister, said Pitt" be trampled
under foot by all the worldv"
A more audacious toast, freight.
ed with double meaning, has been
variously attributed to Smeation.
Erskine and to some others. This
afterdinner trade sentiment was
delivered in this form:
Dam the canals, sink the coal
pits, blast the minerals, consume
the manufactures. disperse the
commerce Of Great Britain and
lreland!"- Cornhill Magazine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
WANTED A POLITICAL
APPOINTMENT

"Civil service reform has given
us splendid army of civil
servants. II wasn't always so
The speaker Mayor Whitlock of
Toledo smiled.
"Whcn | was writing my first
short stories" he resumed. 1--WE
had civil servants of different
stamp. An elderly resident Of
my native Urbana sought out, back
in those days, his congressman.
" Congressman he said. 81
supported you at the polls, and now
] expect you to get my boy good
civil service job"
" All right. friend, the con.
gresham answered, what car
your boy do?'
" Dor snorted the other.
What can he do? BY crimus,
man IL he could do anything do you
think I'd be bothcring your -
New York Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
DRY FARMING BY NO
MEANS A JOKE

In an interview in Los Angeles
Charles S. Burton of Salt Lake
City. cashier Of the State Bank of
Utah, who is visiting II the Angel
City. said: This dry-farming
proposition sounds like a joke to
many farmers in the east, and to
many in the west, who have come
to believe that irrigation is the
first great essential to successful
farming in our part of the country.
l: is no joke with us in Utah,
though, for it has been
demonstrated beyoni a doubt that
any land that will produce a good
growth of sagebrush will produce
a big crop of the finest wheat
whenever proper methods of cult
walton and conservation of moisture
are practiced.
1t is simply the application of
common sense in the way of
conserving the moisture of the
season instead of allowing it to run
off or evaporate. This system,
with plowing and proper mulching
of the soil, is Transforming deserts
into wheat fields at a rate that will
surprise the world in the next five
years"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
DON'T BLAME
MEXICO UNJUSTLY

A dispatch says Mexicans do not
like Americans, that the federal
troops would just as soon kill an
American as an insurrecto.
Well, we ought to be fair. Sup
pose we had a little civil war in
Arizona, New Mexico and Texas,
and our federal troops were to
capture a detachment cf rebels
and we're to find among the
captives percentage of Mexicans
who had sto len across the line to
help make war upon the United
States. What would happen then?
No Americans have any business
across the line fighting for either
one side or the other and none ever
went over for that purpose who
did not understand perfectly their
almost inevitable fate in case of
capture. They are entitled to
little sympathy from this side, for
they went not only to fight rover
friendly to us, but to do what
might eventually involve their own
country in war. We must not ex-
pect Mexico to do what we would
not under the same circumstances
-Goodwin's Weekly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
MEETING OF ELKO
SCHOOL TRUSTEES

Tne trustees of the Elko school
district held a meeting THURSDAY
and elected teachers for the ensu.
ing year and transacted other bust.
ness.
=. G. McWhinney was elected
joint principal with the high school
at a salary Uf $500 per year.
c. l.. Bonham was elected joint
director of manual training with
the high school at salary of 5000
n year.
Miss Rose Gardner was elected
vice-principal with a salary of
$llOO a school year of ten months.
Miss Loise Dewar and Miss Err
mic Robinson were elected teachers
at salary of $3.50 a year and Miss
Mable l.. Reed, Miss Bertha l.. Peck
and Miss Theresa Crane at a salary
Of $500 a year.
Mrs. M. Lothrop appointed joint
teacher OF music with the hig h
school. and instructor of sewing at
the public school. with a salary of
$3.50 per school year.
Substitute teachers will he paid
at the same rate as regular teach
crs.
In case Of illness or other neces-
sary absence Of teachers tney will
hc allowed full time for the first
five days. one half time for the next
five days and no allowance there
after.
Silas James was re-appninted
J1nitor of the public school and
manual training room at the salary
of $3.50 for twelve months.
=. &. McWhinncy's salary was
increased from $500 to $500 IA
year, well deserved increase.
The salary of Miss Rose Gardner
vice principle, was increased $40
per month as an appreciation of
hhr good work and length of tine
a teacher in the Elko school.
Miss Dewar's and Miss Robin.
sons salary are each increased So
per month. Beginning September
lst next these two teachers will en-
ter upon their third year in the
EIko school Mablc l.. Reed
Bertha Peck and Theresa Crane are
teaching their first term in this
school and So far have given entire
satisfaction. Their salaries nd
Mr.. Ronham's remain the same.
Ms. Lothrop's salary for join;
teacher Of music with the high
school remains the same but she is
given an increase of $3.50 for the
ten nDnths ol account of instruc-
rions in sewing.
The above appointments and sal
aries take effect on September !,
1911.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
DANGER OF THE
ALFALFA WEEVIL

In 1904 the entomologists of the
Utah agricultural experiment
station discovered a weevil in an
alfalfa field near Salt Lake City,
which had not been known in the
coIntry before that time. Since
then this insect (Phytonomous mur-
inus) has spread IN all directions
over large territory and threatens
to extend its ravages throughout
the alfalfa country.
At a recent meeting of the
biological society OF Washington
Francis NJ. Webster. of the Uni ted
States department of agriculture,
gave an account of the life history
of the beetle and of its met hods of
diffusion. The eggs are laid in
the young stem OF the alfalfa
plants. and as sCCn as tie grub
hatchcs out it climbs to the grow
ing tip and feeds on the tender
leaves prev enting the RruRth of
the plant. As the season advances
the adult beetles are found feeding
on the plants. gdawing thro ugh the
bark and killing them. II is
estimated that the damage done by
the beetle in Utah during the past
season amouunts to half a million
dollars.
The adults conceal them selves in
bailcd hay. in packing material and
cases, in cracks of freight cars,
etc, so that they are being carried
rapidly IN AL directions by the
reg ilar channels of commerce. In
addition to this the flying adults
are rapidly carried about by the
wing. No means have been found
for fighting this new enemy of one
of the most important If our
crops. Frogs and toads seem to be
the only natural enemies in this
country. and these cannot be relied
on TO he of much assistance in the
comparatively dry regions where
the alfalfa is raised. The birds
do moi seem to relish them, and no
insect enemies have been found.
The larvae Of similar forms in the
eastern states have been sue
cessfully combat.cd by means Of
certain fungi, but these do not
seem to- attack the larvae of the
luccrnc wcevil.
The seriousness OF this new
damage may he realized when il is
considered that in several of the
western states the alfalfa crop
means the farmers chief or even
sole source of cash. The cultivation
of alfalfa has developed so rapidly
that the government statisticans
have been unable to determine is
value from year TO year with any
degree Of accuracy. For 1908 the
value Of this crop was estimated by
the experts as being over 500, 900.
600. Scientific American.
-.
sgp' 'iority Of The Right ear.
It1 n ~ rtc. Ennr hotter Nth
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31

The coroner's jury that invcsti-
Racd the death of Miss Goodwin
Dotcn found that her death
resulted fro the use of potassium
cyanide and chloroform. self.
administered, owing TO her state
of mind caused by excessive and
ong-continucd grief fromlthe death
OF her fiancc. DR.. Charles Francis.
She left pathetic note to her
mother and brothers giving her
sorrow as the cause of her act.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
All 10 Not lost.

Fhc Khan Of Khlva II no more.
ot MIN weeping worlds bereft.
but boston should not be cast down
f"r stu the Khan of Beans is ioft.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31

sap' 'iority Of The Right ear
~ ~ a. o rec. near better with
the light than vIth left ear
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
THREE MUSKETEERS
 WANDERED AWAY
Captured Yesterday Morning By Deputy Sheriff White
 After Night in Town

Deputy Sheriff Will White received a request from Naco yesterday morn ing by telephone to round up three stray cavaIrymen if they were found in Bisbee. The request was made by a captain in charge of a troop sta toned at Naco. He said that the three musketeers had left camp with out permission Wednesday afternoon. like little Bo Peep, and he didn't know where to find them.
 The troopers were found by the off cer about 10 o'clock yesterday morn ing, looking very much the worse for wear and tear, and were marched to Judge Highs court room, where they were kept until the officer at Naco could be notified
 Eftsoons, polite English for poco, a sergeant and three troopers arrived from Naco and took the privates in charge. They were lined up single file cn the Naco road. 'Wut, Sarg; air yez goin' to make us walk" asked one of the backsIiders. "Shure," the officer replied, 'an' do yez think ye are heroes2" The derelict troopers marched of down Naco road under guard, leaving the pleasures and pal. aces of Bisbee far aft
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
LATE 4 GAMBLER
 NOW 4 VAGRANT
Commitment to Jail Of William Cummings Late Partici-
 pant in Game of Pitch

William Cummings, the man who was tried in Judge T. D. Burdicks court Wednesday as an accomplice Of the unknown Mexican stakeholder who got away with SI20 in a game of pitch several nights ago, was arrested by City Marshal Bassett Watkins yes terday on the charge of vagrancy.
 When arraigned before City Judge High he entered a plea of not guilty and his case was set for a hearing September II at o'clock in the af- ternoon. His bond was fixed by the court at S75, but he was unable to get bondsmen and is in the city jail.
 The complaint>hled by the city mar shal is based on two sections of a city ordinance. one alleging that he is lewd and absolute person and the associate of known thieves and the other alleging that he is without wis ible means of support.
 Cummings was discharged when he was aTraigned in Judge Burdick' s court. There was evidence that tend ed to show that he had been in collu- sion with the unknown Mexican stake holder in conspiracy to fleece" Cummings opponent in the game, but the arch embezzler not being in GUS tody, the court did not think there was evidence sufficient to warrant a conviction
 The unknown stakeholder" evil dently left the country during the con- yenient interval between the theft of the money and the hearing of the case, when it was found that the Mexican under arrest was not the stakeholder.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
POINTED PARAeRAUHs.

Chicago News: A good bluff makes mere noise than great riches.
 Even if man fights but one due he has a second.
 The laughter and tears of a woman are equally deceptive.
 A woman always tries to make a SC cret of what she doesn't know.
 Even the watch man keeps on his tongue must run down occasionally
 Don't attempt to light your path through life by burning the candle at both ends.
 Nearly every girl secretly believes that she could win fame and fortune as an artists model.
 Many a man isn't particular about what he has to eat if the accompany. ing drink is satisfactory.
 No bachelor likes to be roasted, but 1t is no more uncomfortable than being married and kept in hot water. Sometimes a man fails to accom- plish anything worth while because he is too busy criticizing some other fel lows work.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
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Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08

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Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
A Great Economic probI.r

Uncle Eben-~I tell ye. the present poor quality of immigration is driving ont the native born Americans. 1" Nephew Eben--Right ye are, uncle. Look at this town. for instance. What "ith drumners in the spring, city ooarders in the summer. surveyors in tbe fall. and actors in the winter. a Teller who's born and raised here oont stand any chance with the home gals at aIl"-Judge.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
The sunraos FI.s.

Mrs James Lee Laidlaw has ore sented suffrage banner that was used in the May parade in New York 10 be taken to London very shortly. It will float eger the American de tschnent in the five-mile parade which Mrs. Pankhurst is planning. There will be fO.o00 in the parade. as she has planned it
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
Piekino a Present

T see the young lady next door has a beau"
 She assures me that it is purely a platonic affection"
 Tn that case you had better look over something cheap in clocks or something of the kind"
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08

fheab T evewx O
 Hnd f egh brp rates
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
ErercIae.

"wiat yor want to do." said the physician. 'Is to take more exercise" {" in that case I think I'll go fishing No. What you want Is physical ex- srcise. Not exercise of the imagina- lion."
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
REPORT CONDITION The Miners & Merchants Bank
RESOURCES

he er0ry of ArI.0na at he eose of busIness sept |
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
The Busy sepsr.sor.

Tn our country. where can one really find the cream of societv,. asked Miss Blase. Tn Reno. of coursa where society goes through the ser' srator." replied the cynic acrsdly- Judge.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
An Editors Beast.

The Brooklyn Eagle says we eat 100 much There s an editor who |. putting up an awful blun.--PhiladeI- phia Inquirer
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08

T OR several years 1t has been the custom
 for many of the magazine publishers
 of the country to get together during the summer and decide what clubbing rates they would offer during the following fall and winter. This year is no exception---but because the subscription prices of several of the leading magazines are to be raised this fall the club rates as now made are to con- tinue only until Sept. 30. when many of them will be raised,
 Through an arrangement with the Ma
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
Handy pesk lmnlement.

A letter opener. mail scale and six Inch rule have been combined In . handy desk implement.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08

Be sure and drop in tonight for the opening of Pabst Bar. at old Turf stand. Nice lunch served.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
corrohor.fIve r1...i,

Has ne secured footing in trader He ought to. He's in the wholesalo shoe business"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-28
WILSON'S STOCK is RISING.
Progressive Republicans Expect to
See New Jersey Man Nominat-
ed for President.

Lloyd Winston of New Orleans in
San Antonio for a few days, says
the prevailing opinion among both
public and newspaper men at Wash
ington is that Governor Woodrow
Wilson will be named by the domo-
Gratis for president next yer and
that Wilson viii distance resident
Taft at the polls on election day
at is a fact" said Mr. Winston,
that ninety-nine of every one hun
bred progressive republicans not on
ly expect to see Wilson nominated,
but expect to see him elected | spent
most of the month of May at the ma
tional capital I was within hearing
one day when an admirer OF Senator
Robert NJ I.aFollette of Wisconsin,
leader of the republican progressives
told him he wanted to shake the
hand of the next president.
"LaFollette smiled broadly but
told his friend he would do we'll, in
order to be sure of shaking the hand
of the next president to visit Tren-
ton, n J There was no mistaking
his meaning What LaFollette said
has been reiterated thousand
times by others almost as promin-
ent as he Washington feels certain
the race for first honors next year
will be between Taft and Wilson
and Washington is getting ready for
a chan re. San Antonio Express.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-28
FOR MISSILES SABBATH.
Novel Plea Comes From Wife Of
Deacon Carter.

Associated Press Special
New York. June Isl wish
that live coal from Gods altar
might fire my spirit 20 plead with
our American people In oehah ~
oar most priceiess pos~ession -'h'
l christian sabbath, said Mrs. rreo
erick b. Carter, wife OF Archdeaeol
Carter. in public statement issue'
! at AfontcIair 10 promote the WORK o.
( tBa Aontcfafr sabbath AfiaHce'
I which met at the home of Miss N .
Jarvis
Two institutions are given ny
God 20 supply mans necessity" de-
clared Mrs Carter and the sancti- |
ny OF the first has steadily decrea8- |
ed with the sanctity.
Say what we will and should
against the Puritan Sabbath, who
reads of the divorce court amos
the Puritans? The Puritan who re-
turns from sea on the fear that any
other man viii win that kiss. -
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-28

San Antonio, Texas, June rs
now on in Texas, the one on the Me
dina river, thirty miles west of this
city, and the other near Maria, in
Preside county have attracted the
attention of engineers in all parts of
the country. Particularly are the gov
eminent engineers interested in this
work, and one who had leading
part in building the great Roosevelt
dam declares that the profits that
viii accrue from irrigating the land
are but a small part of the real value
of the work This man calls atten-
tion to the fact that the dams are To-
Gated so high above the land to be
irrigated that it will be practical to
use the water for power purposes be-
fore 1t deseends TO the lands below.
They maintain that power enough
can be generated in this way at the
great Medina dam to furnish light
for the entire community and to
propel machinery for small factories.
What is true in this respect of the
Medina dam is equally true of the
dam near Maria, the fall at this lat
ter structure from the dam to the
fields below being almost 100 feet.
1t is maintained by those men who
have had experience in such work
that empounding waters id South
west Texas for irrigation purposes Is
but an initial step in greater devel-
opment along lines unintended when
the work was begun,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-28
MOSS BACK CITIZENS
ARE IN THE MAJORITY
MClennan County Voters Turn
Down Both the Bond Issue and
Special Tax Tor Roads.

Associated Press Special
Waco, Texas, June 28.-tn the
election held in this county yester-
day both the proposition to Issue
bonds in the sum of 100000 and
the levying OF a special tax, meas
ures that had for their end the i'm
provement of the public roads of
the county, were defeated In his
city the proposition to issue S200,-
600 city bonds for school, street ant
sewer improvements, carried.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-28
MEXICAN FARMERS SAY
FLtECEO BY LANDLORDS
tusint MApt ruAF futb Aitt
nftnAt ntn on 90 f1gl 10
fpifTfoN oi CROPS
\ Nanlsef 81 complaints afe ltied
With AeNsean tnusni ~ san
Antnniu---A Protection
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Associated Vrass sue BOD
San Antonio. Texas. June
Mexican Consul Dicbold announced
today thar fuilf two dozen M'Aieans
had complained f0 him that land
owners throughout the state are tab.
ing advantage of the MeAicaus ie-
noranoc 90 dofraud them out of their
legitimate portion of crops raised by
them on the usual rental basis -Four
Mexican farmers from near New
Braunfels made complaint today
Consul Diebold purposes the forma-
ton Of "a stat. protection society
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-28
INVESTIGATION Of WRECK
BY BOARD W MQDRY
Witnesses Examined 10 Ascertain
Cau~e for Collision In Central
Yards Here Monday

board of inquiry was hell al
the Houston and Texas Central
freight depot in Waxahachie We'd
nesday for the purpose Of making
an investigation into the cause for
the collision between freight train
No 90 and yard engine No 200 IN
the yards here Monday morning The
board was composed of j. F Sagure,
assistant superintendent; Tom
Troy, road master; c w. Kent and
w A Ownby, representing the
press
The members of the freight train
crew came from Ennis with MessrS.
Sugrue and Troy to give their yer
sion OF the accident Both the freight
crew and the yard crew were exam
ined by the board At the conclusion
of theNinquiry the following finding
was returned
We, constituting board Of in
quiry to investigate accident at
Waxahachie in which train No. 90,
engine 316, collided with yard en-
CINE 205, find that yard engine 205
was at standstill when the acct
dent occurred and we further find
that train No SO, passing through
the yard limits of Waxahachie, was
not under control inasmuch as that
train was not able to make stop in
time to avoid colliding with engine
eos
]. F.. SUGRUE,
w A. OWNBY.