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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30

There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies. and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local
treatment pronounced it lncurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease the therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & TO-, Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops
to teaspoonful. 1t facts directly
on the blood and mucous surface
of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send of circulars
and testimonials.
Address: j. f. CHENEY & co,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30
BANK FAILURE UNDER FIRE

The Eureka Seminal has the
following which would indicate
that the probing of the failure of
the Eureka Bank has just started,
and incidentally the Same might
be said in connection with the
failure Of the two local banks If
common report may be taken as q
criterion:
The GRIND Jury came into court
Thursday a forenoon. handing to
Judge Brcen number Of docu.
ments.
After finding the indictments
for murder against the two Indians
last Saturday, II is understood the
Grand Jury took up the investiga.
tion of the failure Of the Eureka
County Bank and worked on that
matter until they came into court
Thursday forenoon and II Ia
rumored that large number of
indictments have been returned
against the parties connected with
the failure of the bank.
Several Of the depositors who
are said to have received the "high-
sign from officials connected with
the bank wero fortunate enough to
get their funds from the bank
just prior to its closing, were
called before the Grand Jury doing
the week tnd questioned regarding
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30
Woman May 90 to Parliament.

Miss Margaret Mcmillan Of London,
England. who has been visiting The city
schools OF America. has been one OF
the managers of the public schools of
London. and was for several years n
member OF the board OF education Of
Bradford England. She has been
talked Of for the first woman member
OF parliament If the suffragists ever
win the ballot She says that nothing
has ever united the classes in England
like this common interest. Women
have been In politics for forty years. In
England. she says, and II man Is
candidate his wife does most OF tho
slectIone erinE.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30
BIDS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING
FIXTURES FOR TIE NEW
COURT HOUSE AND JAIL
BUILDING.
BUILDING,

Sealed pr )posals Proposals for
b ds for furnishing and installing
electric lighting fixtures for the
now Court House and Jail, at
Elko, Elko County, Nevada"
according to plans and specifia-
tons of w. II. Weeks, Architect,
new on file in the Clerks office at
Elko, Elko County, will be re-
ceived by Fred C. Voight, Clerk Of
the Board Of County Commission
ers, of said Elko County, at Elko,
Nevada, up to 10 o'clock a. m. ION
the IL day of July, 1911 when they
will be opened and read publicly.
Proposals must be accompanied
by certified check on a RESPONSE
bic bank in the sum of 10 per cent
of the amount bid, and the con-
tractor to whom the award is made
will be required to furnish bond
in the sum of one .half of the
amount of his bid.
Said bond to be approved by the
Board of County Commissioners of
said Elko County, Nevada.
The right to reject any and all
bids is hereby reserved.
Specifications may be consulted
at the office of the County Clerk
at Elko, Nevada, and also at the
office of W. Fl. Weeks, Architect,
25l Kearney St., San Francisco,
Gala.
Specifications will be furnished
to prospective bidders upon
reasonable notice to County Clerk,
at Elko or said w. H. Weeks, who
are required to take a deposit of
$1,000 from each and every
person, partnership and corpora
ton taking set of specifications,
and said $1,000 to be refunded
upon return of said specifications
to the said County Clerk, or said.
W. H. Weeks
Attest:
Fred G. Voight Clerk Of
the Boar d Of County
Commissioners of Elko
County Nevada.
(Seal)
Approved
VIM. Wills. Chairman.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30

Ever since the unfortunate.
uncalled-for failures Of the State
Bank 81 Trust Company and the
Nyc and Ormsby County Banks it
has been currently reported that
favored depositors had received
the "high-sign" Immediately prior
to and directly after the closing of
the banks and had thus been able
to save their bacon, rind and all,
while other depos:tors not so
favored, lost their money. AS the
'b7nk matters are to come up again
soon. the entire proposition should
BE siftedFto the bottom. Some
thing is wrong somewhe re-
Appea!,~>.: yey
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30

the favored information they are
alleged to have received. and, if
signs fail not. there will be
sensational developments in the
bank matter when the Grand Jury
makes its final report and the
charges. in the indictments are
made public.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30

The door opened and into the al.
ready crowded room pushed Big John.
son.
Yep! Late again. Cars blocked.
Hlo. Martie; what's that about the
danEcr-signal? You don't mean to say
you've had a red tie for a month and
never wore 1t once! You've had n
strange hold on that mirror long
enough Let me have a look at it-a
man on the platform jabbed his elbow
into NY Trace and ] guess likely I've
got dent thatll change the phrenolo
gist's rCadin' and make me marry the
dark man"
All right. go ahead, If you're that
stuck on your face" replied Miss Mar
tin. unabashe1. settling herself com
fortably In the waste-basket which,
bottomless and sway-backed, bore
mute testimony to its popularity in
the chairless and couchless cubbyhole
designated the restroom.
Say" went on Miss Martin. its
no tinCh TO he part of a big family,
'srcc!ally when you're a stock size
Every. time | want to put on my
cln'Cs | never can find EN-, but don't
bother TO hunt around In the closet
] just run right out and look around
at the rest of the folks. and sure's
you're foot high somebodyn have
'em Oh
was sayin, | bought this red
tie month ago. an instead OF wcarin
II down next mornin' left 1t on my
bureau When ! came home. Harry
was wcarin' II. | didn't say nothin.
for Ilarry's awful good about lettin'
me wear his ties. but next night met
Dick on Randolph. an he had II on!
When he got home that night I raised
boiler. ! said If wanted to buy
things for other people I'd start a
orphan asylum-the orphans nd be
more grateful, anyway-an' I'd thank
everybody to leave my things alone,
for ! was sick OF lookin' on other
folks for my cloes when wanted to
wear 'em myself
"Oh, | raised a fierce fuss. Did II
do any good? Say! Next time I want.
cd that tie. found II hangin on Har.
rvs gas Jet. an him thinkin' he owned
II. He was realinsultcd when ! took
II this morning Amt that n brother
for you?"
That's not rs bad rs what my sis.
ter did to me-" said big Johnson. turn.
ing around with a chuckle You know
that chemise with the Irish lace Inser.
ton Mabel gave me Christmas? Well,
] looked all over for that the other
night. and then I knew sis must have
II on. I went downstairs She was
entertaining her beau in the parlor.
an the minute came In, she knew
what ! wanted. could see II right
through her peekaboo
did she bulge? Well. not thumb
nail. She sat there and smiled at me,
an course ! couldn't say what !
wanted before him--he's awful shy
An I couldn't got her out OF the room,
either, or I'd have got It. had to
wear my old one to stay all night with
Lily Hyde. oh. was boilln' mad at
her"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30

"S.st!" STEELE put her head inside
the door cautiously. "Parkhurst Ia
lookin for you. Johnson. Cut It out"
"Hurry--hurry!" sighed Miss Mar
tin. Gee! wish could stick pin In
that old savage.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30

Orville Bore--Whcn we were talking
of actors md said I'd liEc TO be
star, what did you mean when you said
you'd rather I'd be comet?
= Miss Wcerigh-Comcts only come
once in fifteen years.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30
Advice,

We have no wish 10 harry
Your feelings. or to hurt,
But n you are bow-ieRzed
DO not wear n hobblc skirt.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30
Suggesting q Iona Wait.

MIR. TorklnS has insultcd moi"
What lid no do, Clara Beil7"
When no saw mo standing undar
the mittletos he brought mo a chair"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-06-30
Their Morning
I ak

Say. amt il the limit the way US
girls has to hurry in the morning?"
demanded Miss Martin, twisting in
front OF the rest room mirror, with her
mouth full Of hairpins. Il never get
my puffs on to suit me before mas
hollerin' to know II amt goin TO eat
nothin' before have to run for the
1927, an / just have to fall down the
stairs whether I got my clothes on or
not"
"Aw. it's somethin' fierce!" agreed
STEELE, the billing cler.:. II betcher II
old Parkhurst had to hurry just once
the way We do he wouldn't raise no
holler every time We took a minute
after eight o'clock to get ourselves
lookin' decent"
He gives me a pain" put in Mabel.
THAT yawp Of his ought to get him a
Job on the L. Fullerton next-change
for Wrightwood. Diversey an. Wei
lington.' Say. Martie. amt you got n
new tie?"
"Juh like it?"
Sure! Reds awful becomin' to
you; you ought to wear 1t all the time.
Juh buy 1t, or swipe 1t off'n that good.
lookin' Teller we seen you with on
State street,"
Miss Martin brldled. Say, what you
talkin' about? I don't go round on
State street with no fellers. I always
travel in n TAXI"
"Oh. you swell thing! Girl in the
Taxl-What? Say, girls. JUN s'pose
my green satin evenin' gown. cut day
cOlletay, will he swapper enough to
wear to Marties weddin'. or will ]
wear rope of pearls? Anyway,
didn't swipe the red flag on'n any.
body; | bought 1t myself at the Nam.
moth store about month ago
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
A GENTLEMAN.

Not a few rich men come to North
Carolina to hunt in the winter and
some Of them own very handsome
lodges. Davie county is fortunate In
having won the favor and generosity
Of a gentleman who has given money
in the best way any ~benefactor could
aid the people Of that county. Here
is the story as given by the Coolemee
Journal:
"a golden opportunity for Davie
county, and especially Jerusalem
township, in being SO fortunate in Sc
curing such a public-spirited citizen
to locate within her borders as tina
Of Mr.. W. r. Craig, who has a hunting
preserve in Davie and adjoining coun-
ties. He Is broad-minded, kind-heart-
ed, energetic, benevolent and neigh
borly in all his dealings. Through his
manly and benevolent efforts that
country is being greatly developed.
He contributed largely to the big six
thousand dollar steel bridge to be
erected across South river at the old
Ford & Lindsay Mills. He also pays
$1,000 or one half the entire cost Of
building a first class and clay road
from South River to Jerusalem, a
01Std11CS VI L &C VI Aod1 IIA1ACS AIN
the greatest good of all is his benev-
olent gift to each and every free
school district in the township, suff-
cient funds to run the schools to q
full eight-months' term. which evil
IDENTIFY makes the various schools
equal in educational facilities to that
of a city, thus furnishing to the boys
and girls on whom hangs the future
happiness, h success, the prosperity,
and the welfare Of our futore devel-
opments and dependencies, an equal
advantage and an equal footing with
those more favorably blessed with the
best Of educational facilities"
The whole State will applaud this
paper in congratulating the Davie
people and in giving honor to Mr..
Craig. He has seen the real need Of
the section where he has built his
lodge and his contributions will help
all the community. All honor to him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
UNCLE WALT

hat men may have an equal
chance. tina justice may endure, let's
taxi the money from the rich, and
give it to the poor! Let men like
Morganheim be strip
THE GREAT ped of all their store
SCHEME. Of dough, distribute it
among the men who
cannot make things 90. Utopia would
then be here-perhaps for half a
year-and we might send up songs of
praise, and dry the scalding tear. But
in six months or maybe less the same
old MorgeHheims would have their
iron clutches On the worlds supply of
dimes; and you would on the corners
see the same old shiftIess men, insist
ing that the p~lutocrats should now be
stripped again. Oh, some are born
to nail the scads and put them down
IN brine, and some are born to hold
n sack and stand around and
whine. And some are born to do
their best, to bale their stack of hay,
cOntented with a modest roll against
h rainy day; they do not rend their
boards or wear cheap sackclOth on
their Stats, they do not worry DER
Ia greed Of IoathSome plutocrats;
they do not ask for wealth unearled;
they work for what they get, and say
the worlds a bully place. and dance
and pirouette.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
The Home Grounds.

Do not mulch while the ground is
wet.
Mulch the ground when frozen.
Freezing upheaves the soil, thawing
throws the plant out.
Protect from alternate freezing n
thraWing. Keep the cold in, not out
Of the soil, to prevent this.
Mulch roses and shrubs with coarse
manure and litter as soon as the
ground is we'll frozen. Do not neg
lect it.
Give plants protection on q pleas
ant day, SO that the work will be well
done. If delayed until bad weather
it will be hurried.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
ALL FOR $1.7O

There has never been offered in
North Carolina SO much good reading
for SO little money as we are offering
under the following propositions: For
$40 we will send the following for
one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an
cight-page weekly newspaper.
The COmmOner, an able weekly
journal, published by William Jen-
niDgS Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen
page North Carolina home n farm
weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
Cents you can get all these papers
one year.
". C. MOORE, Manager.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
TONDON'S OLDEST PREACHER.
(Ieslie's. }

t1JeSIle 81
One Of LondOn'S remarkable men
is the Rev. Robert Brandon, described
as a Baptist minister, tailor, poet and
author, who lately celebrated his
95th birthday, and who Is the oldest
officiating preacher in London. He
breaches about once a month at a
place in Chelsea, where he has min
istered for sixty-four years. He has
to be carried to his church in a bath
chair, for he has been a cripple since
he was two years old, when one of his
legs became paralyZed. He practi-
cally educated himself. earning tuition
money as a tailor. In spite of his
physical disability, he has always
manifested great activity and energy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
This is Worth Trying.

For the window boxes in which to
start vegetables next spring take up
now q quantity of loose rich soil and
burn it to Kill old vegetable life. This
can De done.by burning wood over the
soil before it is taken up or on a piece
OF sheet iron over a fire. Put his in
q barrel and keep in a perfectly dry
place.
When your seeds come up from this
soil next spring they will be free from
weeds.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

Must we have a woman Governor to
pass upon matters touching that sex
and a mans Governor the males?
And where is the sex line in govern
ment to be drawn. II a woman jury,
to pass upon corset contentious, why
not a woman Supreme Court to pass
upon h question when there Is ap-
peal?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

One Of the best investments that
any farmer can make, with a view
to helping his boys and girls In the
future, is IN giving those boys and
girls a good liberal education. that
will enable them to compete with
others and hold their own in the IN
ture. One thousand dollars and q
good education equip a young NO.
much better for his struggles in life
than VIII two thousand dollars and
no education.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
WHO A BEAT TT?
a Twenty-tWO-MOHths-old Hog
Weighs So Pounds.

To the Editor: l have been reading
about big hogs in different sections
but J. d. Jones. Of Angler, n. c.. has
capped the climax. He killed one %
bic that weighed after being
dressed 685 pounds net.
Angler Is yet on a boom.
Yours as ever,
w. A. DEAL
Angler, Dec. 20, 1911.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

The Baptists of North Carolina
have purchased a large tract of land
on the Elkin and Allegheny Railroad
and will establish an industrial school
for the boys and girls Of that COM
munity. It is ar admirable location
and will do great good.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
WALT MASON.
The Poet PHILOSOPHER

The line Of gray is growing thinner.
Thirty veterans died at the Soldiers
Home In Raleigh during the present
year. 1t Is a good reflection that in
their old age these brave men have
the ministrations prepared by the
State to whose call they made answer
in the sixties.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

Bob Deal thinks no county can
equal Wilkes. In the Wilkesboro
Chronicle he writes: so far Wilkes
is ahead in the hog business. Her
$40 shoat has beat the State up to this
writing"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

Do we hold life cheaper? The Noun
tain Scout seems to hin so, for it
says: cit seems as though murders
and komicides have been on the in
crease during the past two or three
weeks. What is the matter with the
people Of this country anyway?"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

Norm oaIoIlna has more sources Of
reNenn than any other State. The
Fayetteville Observer says the sale of
possur1. coon, mink and fox skins
helps in this time of low cotton
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
Tuesday...........Dec 26, 1911
Weekly Tonic

(Higginson.)
The present is SO apt to disappoint
our high anticipations. I do mot
know what would become Of us poor
fellows if memor did not rival hope
as a fatterer, making the past as
golden as the future, so that, at worst
it is only the passing moment hat is
Door.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

EGGS must be very high in Ken
lucky. The Courier-Journal says:
"A hen In Allentown, Pa, peeked a
diamond off a mans shirt, but then
maybe she'll lay an egg that there
may be no ard feeling"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

The promoters of the and
CUMBERLAND railroad are not at all
discouraged because Greensboro did
not vote the bonds for a spur track
TO that city. Mr.. A. E. Tate is in Win
ston experimenting a survey to Yad-
kinvtIle.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

There is no sentiment in a hen. Her
only OBJECT IN life is to get enough to
eat. If she is given that and a warm,
differentiated house to seer in at
night. a dry, sheltered place In win
ter, she will do the rest.
The Burbank potato is said to be
adding seventeen. million dollars a
year 20 the agricultural output Of TIKI
country.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

AS a rule the hog and hominy crop
this year Is better IN North Carolina
than for many years, as we'll as the
cotton crop. This means high living,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

Many a young farmer with small
capital would probably do better to
go East and buy 2 run down farm
with substantial building and fencing
on 1t rather than pay two or three
tlmes as much for raw land IN the
bitter climate of Canada.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

A strawberry bed should be
prepared right now if you have not
done 1t before. Spade the ground
deeply. rake it thoroughly and spade
again, applying plenty Of manure af-
ter the first spading.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

help in sliding it over the floor. X
the woman has strength enough to
lift the box up so h broom can be
put under the centre, she can then
manage to drag the trunk across the
floor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
Easy Way to Handle
Trunks

Sometimes a woman is compelled to
move heavy trunks or boxes because
her usban or the boys are not ar
hume. An old broom placed under
one end or corner. will be a great
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

The cellar is a good place to store
flower roots in winter provided it is
a dry one. The roots are apt TO be-
come too dry If hung up in paper
bags.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
WOMEN AS JURORS.

Suffrage"in California has already
borne fruit Of a sort not, expected by
either it's opponents or advocates.
There was a suit in San Francisco
ONE days ago involving the fit Of
some very expensive corsets. Ordi-
narily in such a suit experienced ex-
perts are employed on both sides and
they muddle the minds Of the mere
man jurors SO that they find it diff
cult to reach a conclusion as to
whether the corsets fit properly or
not. What has been done? Why the
only proper thing-the question is to
be passed upon by a Jury Of women,
natural experts In matters Of wearing
and fitting c~orsets.
The Springfield Republican is Of the
opinion that Sin questions Of morals
it. is far more seem1y for women
to be tried by their own SEX" and it
adds: THE woman police justice is as
logical as the matron for a woman's
~reformatory.' Where is all this thing
to stop? We now have Juvenile
Courts to try youthful criminals. Now
it is proposed to have women courts
with women Judges to try women
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

Siler City has shipped 1866 rab-
bits this season. In addition, Isaac
London, J. George Hannah, Tom and
Walter Siler have eaten each 1T.
Other citizens Of Siler City and the
surrounding country have been living
high, too, SO that the total rabbit crop
of that section is nearly 10000 this
season. What do they do with the
skins? Make "a rabbit skin, to wrap
the baby up in?