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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-03-30
Two Men and Two Methods

know man who got in debt,
He owed a lot of cash;
And then he straight began to fret
And prophesy a crash.
He started in to dodge the men
That he owed money to.
And oft he lost his temper, when
They asked for what was due.
go sue me if you will!'' he cried
Il shall not pay one cent?
He cursed the landlord when he tried
To get his monthly rent.
And when they wearieG of his barks
And tried to make him pay,
He said his creditors were sharks;
Then failed, without delay.
Another man got into debt,
His bills he couldn't pay,
But when creditor he met
He didn't run away.
I'm up against it now, T" said he;
I'm sorry, too, old man;
If you can still keep faith in me,
III pay you when can. >
Nor did he curse whene 'er they came
To ask for what was due;
Or call each one some dreadful name;
Or dare them all to sue.
But unto one and all he cried:
Just now I've not dime.
I'll pay you soon" and they replied:
Don't worry. Take your time.
They did not hale him into court,
Or garnishee his pay;
They knew he was the proper sort
And would make good some day.
And when at last his bills he'd met
He came and said TO me:
lone never knows, till he's in debt,
How decent men can be.
Detroit Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-03-30
SUMMONS

mar 2-6w
State of South Dakota.
County of Day.
In Circuit Court. Fifth Judicial Circuit
Louis Kopf,
Plaintiff.
w. SUMMONS.
Didrick Anton Difman-
son, Defendant.
THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA TO
THE ABOVE NAMED DEPENDANT;
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint of the
plaintiff IL the above entitled action
ynicr WI ~ % ,, fc c 70 me 2mcs o. the
county, South Dakota. and to serve copy
OF your nnswcr 70 the eaid complaint upon
the subscriber, C. A. Wells, ut his office la
the city of Webster, Day county. South
Dokota. with thirty days after the service
g sn.~er Ss'4 cos1S xithin e1 t3 sra
aforesaid, the piainttd In this action Will
take Judgment against you BY default for
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-03-30

Notice of ApplICaifOn TOT iEobdNS VI
Will
mar. l6-3w
State OF South Dakota, lA
County of Day CoGRT
In the matter OF the estate of Horace \.
/ eaDody deceased.
Notice of time appointed for proving VIII,
etc.
The state of South Dakota sends greeting
to Cora PeabodN, Percy -. Peabody,
Horace Clare Peab .dy, aud Elena j..
Rouse heirs and next OF kin OF Hor-
ace A. Peabody deceased.
Pursuant to an order of said court made
on the 18th daS of March. y. d.. 1911, notice
i hereby given, that Saturday, the LIST
day OF April. \, D., 1911 at lU"'clOck a, m.
OF said day, at the court room OF SAID
court at Webster, in the county OF Day,
have been appointed a. the time and place
for proving tn will of said Horace n. Pea
body. deceased, and for hearing the aDpli-
cation of Cora Peabody for the issuance to
L. r. Goodwin of letters of administration
with will annexed, when and where any
person interested may appear and con
te-t the same.
Witness the Hon. Sherman NJ. Duggan,
Judge of the county court and the seal
of said court, this 18th day of March,
A. II. 1911 at his office in the city OF
Webster, county OF Day, state of South
Dakota.
iSEALI Sherman NJ. Duggan,
Judge of the County Court.
Attest: Bert f. johnson,
Clerk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-03-30
Killed bv Electricity

Carl Huffman, a Deadwood carpen-
ter, brought crowbar in contact with
high current wires and received IL, 900.
volts Thursday. He was killed instantly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-03-30
Appalling Holocaust in Ten
Story Factory Building at
New York City.
BUILDING VERlTiBLE FIRETRAp
With Exits Cut OFF Many Leap
TO Street and Are Crushed
to Death

New York, March 25.-One hundred
and forty-eight persons-ni ne-tenths
Of them girls from the East Side
were crushed to death on the pave
ments, smothered in smoke or shiv-
eled crisp in factory fire this after
noon in the worst disaster New York
has known since the steamship Gen
eral Slocum was burned to the waters
edge off North Brothers island in 1904.
Nearly all, If not all, of the victims
were employed at the Triangle Waist
company on the eighth, ninth and
tenth floors of ten-story loft build
ing at % Washington place on the
western fringe of the downtown whole
sale clothing, fur and millinery dis
trict The partners or the firm, Isaac
Harris and Max Blanck, escaped IN
scathed from the office on the tenth
floor, carrying with them over an ad-
joining roof Blanck's two young daugh-
tiers and a goyerness. There was not
an outside fire escape on the building
How the fire started will perhaps
never be known. A corner on the
eighth floor was it's point of origin and
the three upper floors only were
swept. On the ninth floor fifty bodies
were found; sixty-three or more per-
sons We're crushed to death by jump
ing and more than thirty clogged the
elevator shafts. The loss to property
will not exceed 100000.
The building stands on corner,
with exposure on two sides, but the
only fire escape was interior, opening
on light and air shaft. In all there
were seven exits-the single fire es-
cape, two freight elevators at the rear,
two passenger elevators in front and
two stairways.
Exits Practically Useless.
All of them proved almost useless
and practically all who escaped either
climbed to the roof and scrambled
thence to the roof of the building oc-
cupied by the American Book company
adjoining, or fled in the first rush for
safety before the crush and the smoke
grew too thick
The building stands tonight with
shell intact and barely scarred-rather
only smudged; the partitions of archi-
tectural thing between floor and floor
are sound and it is impossible for one
who did not see it to imagine how the
flames in so short space could have
wrought such havoc Seven hundred
hands. 800 of them women, were EN-
ployed by the shirtwaist company.
They sat in rows at their whirring ma
chimes, the tables before them piled
with fiimsy cloth, the floor Uttered
with lint, the air itself full of flying.
infiammable dust The first rush of
flame was almost an explosion. Op-
orators died in their chairs, their lungs
scared by inhaling flame. Others were
crowded into the elevator shafts after
the cars had made their last trip.
Still others were pushed off the mad
equate interior FIRE escape.
In such a horrible stream did the
bodies overflow from the windows that
the firenets. stretched by the first COM
pany to arrive, we're soon gorged be-
yond capacity. Twelve bodies weight
ed one net to the bursting point, but
the bodies kept on tumbling to the
pavement through meshes that could
no longer support them.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
Mules TESTIMONY EFFECTIVE

The most amusing in 'ident
Occurred short time ago in
Massachusetts court when the
convincing testimony Ct nlle
led to the owner of the animal
bning fined $50. A driver had
been charged with driving CALLED
mule. The prisoner had an expert
witness who testified that the sore
on the mules back die not pain
the animal in the least. The judge
listened attentively to the long
technical opinion and :her de-
manIei to knog where the mule
wac. 1t was harness cd to wagon
on the street in front of the court
building. Ordering that court be
adjourned for five minutes the
judge proceeded to the street, and
with the end of his cane touched
the sore on the mules Lack. The
mule almost kicked the dashboard
off the wagon. Once again the
judge touched the sore and the
frantic beast almost demolished
the wagon with his kicking The
judge returned to the bench. The
prisoner was called before him.
with all due respect to the expert
testimo y you have had introduced
in your behalf to show that the
sore on the mules back does not
pain him, | will fine you $780," an
nounced the judge. IL asked the
mule if the sore hurt him and he
said it did. "-Exchange.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
THIS SUMMER TO Be HOT

Dr.. Maure, director of the
observatory Of Zurich, Germany,
declares that the hottest weather
for the past FIVE years will be
expe rienced this sunni err.
He points out that from 1906 to
1910 there has been a most marked
depression in the temperature, but
this is mt unprecedented. Similar
weather phenomena have occurred
many times during the past CEN
fury, the most memorable period
being from 1886 to 1890. These
periods were invariably followed
by extremes in heat and DR..
Maurer declares that the present
year will not prove an exception
to the rule
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25

price the consumer pays for the
finished product is, then. $50 on a
$50 suit. 1t has been pretty easy
money for the combination of wool
manufacturers.
Glad to meet Judge Morgan on
the street this afternoon. He is
feeling pretty well but is quite
weak.
Elko Odd Fellows will celebrate
the 92nd anniversary of the Order
tonight at their hall. Grand
Master Clifford will be their guest.
All members of the Order are in
tilted to be present.
Wild beasts and snakes were the
cause of 1904 deaths in India in
1908. Tigers killed 900 people.
ieopards 80, wolves 269. other
wild animals CSC, and snakes 49,
1873. while 1926 wild animals
and 70,494 snakes were destroyed.
When Judge Taber decides the
Incorporation matter, no time
shcGl3 be lost in Putting the
machinery in motion for a sewer
system. 1t is the one great need
of the town. A sewer system will
do more to make Elko desirable
place of residence than anything
else in tie line of town improve
ment.
The arrest of the alleged dyna-
miters and the finding of dynamite
plants in Indianapolis and other
cities have created a go, d deal of
ex element in labor circles. Some
of the labor leaders say that the
police made the plants to create
evidence against the labor organic
ationS. While, of course, it is
possible that the police planted the
discovered dynamite. it is not
possible that the suitcase carried
by Mcnamara and Mechanical as
filled with dynamite. fuse. cts, by
the police.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
SHE COT CHRISTMAS MONEY
How sIlPs Poor Wife Caught Him In
Saloon ard Obtained a Gen.
erous Contribution.
Now. this is n true story.

Now. this Is n true story.
BIZ Ia known everywhere as n
good fellow" He has his faults. but
his heart is in the right place--tlat's
what everybody says. Nobody ever
came to him for help and got turned
down. He had family; none Of our
crowd had ever sccn his family. but
we knew he must be good to them,
even though he never did appear TO
70 home.
One evening five or six good fellows
we're sitting In the back room OF n
downtown saloon, and Bill was telling
story. a woman entered She had
dark shawl over Der head and NO
rectly to our table. Gentlemen" eho
said. "ChrIstmas Ia coming, and havo
nothing for the little ones Can YOU
help?" ...
or course II was Bill who responded
first. He Jumped M and plunged his
hand into his pOcket. We could foar
the rustic OF bills. and we knew that
something more than mere silver had
found It's way into the trembling hand.
f'lll was b'ushIng when he came back
10 us. We were shamed into Offering
something. but lie would have mono Of
IL. He seemed confusod--a little
ashamed ot his chnrIty--but llc
wouldn't let us help. And II was just
like Bill TO change the subject and
30 right on with his etory.
And the woman? Oh. that was Bins
wife. We found o later that that
was about tho only way shc could
ever get nnv ronnY ont Of him -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
GOD FELLOWS

A special meeting of Elko Lodge
No. l8, !. o. 0. f. will be he d on
Tuesday evening April Is, at 700
o'clock for the purpose of greeting
the Grand Master H. T. GriffOrd.
All odd Fellows. Rcbckahs and
their families are invited to assist
in the celebration of the 92nd
Anniversary Of the order at Odd
Fellow hall on Tuesday evening
April % at $50.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25

The physician Of an uptown hos.
pltal IN Philndclphia had n surprise tho
other day over u patient supposedly
suffering from fractured skull He
was taken to tho operating room in q
semi.conscioTs condition. Two OF the
surgical chiefs were there and one OF
them vas just about to begin. work on
the man when a telegram was handed
TO him.
After reading It, no turned to tho
other with the remark. my father is
critically III In New York: you must
finish this fellow"
The man was sufficiently conscious
TO hear what was said and. mIsunder.
standing tho import Of the word FIN.
lBh," jumped from the table and rushed
out.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
Woman MAY Co TO Parliament.

Miss Margaret Mcmillan Of London.
England, who has been whiting :hc city
schools OF America. has been one Of
the managers OF the public schools Of
London, and vas for several years a
member Of The board OF education Of
Bradford, England. She has been
talked Of for the first woman member
Of parliament " the suffragistJ 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 a
candidate his VIE does most OF the
electioDeerlng
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
NEVADA LANDS LIKE A MAGNeT

Preaching the gospel of hope
and with themore material comfort
of evidence of present and future
prosperity, R. A. Mckay, chief
clerk in St.te Engineer Kearney's
off &c. came down from Carr on
last night with 4 bundle of sta
tistics that would make Messrs.
Chuckwalla, Rather & Coyote. Inc.
take out a life insurance policy.
Never in the history of the
state. says Mr.. Mckay, has there
been such scramble to ap-
propriate wEter srd secrre rrior
rights H. water for the purposes
of irrigation and reclamation.
Applications are coming in,
especially from Elko, Hrnhol(l
and some from White Pine county.
at tbs rate Of from six to eight a
day. These make the state
engineers force hustle to keep
business disposed Of.
Assistant Engineer Won Nagel is
in the field. holding hearings and
amking examinations almost con-
tinually.
The condition is one of the sIrest
indi cations that Nevada is on the
boom from an agricultural point
of view. Applicants come from
Massachusetts, from Canada, from
Utah and half-dozen other places
and they are seeking to divert and
appropriate water from every
available stream even the most
minute watercourse. In many
cases where individuals are con.
cerned, water is diverted for
long distance to irrigate q farm as
small as 100 acres and every case
means another family for Nevada.
Some of these applicants are
under the Carey act and others
under the water law. To date
over 200 applications have been
filed, some of which have been
adjudicated and disposed of, but
some remain for completion.
The Carey act law makes pro-
vision to require those working
under it to deposit sufficient money
to cover expenses of surveys,
nspection, etc. and in addition a
small sum per acre is required for
the land. This goes to the state
treasury.
Mr.. Mckay says that, judging
from the applications which are
coming il will not he long before
any tillsble or reclaimable land is
left in Nevada. After that the
demand for land will be reflected
in increasing prices for the land.
In the last ten years land values
increased over $50 per cent and in
the next ten years the values
should increase 200 to 800 per
cent.-Reno Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
III The e-r,r Enat

: ''o'y Is told u woman who left
u' irtc' Westminster. Boston. In n
take =. Directing the chauffeur to
driV" 20 Tie ArI Museum. The door
Of The cab was hardly closed before
The machine started with n jerk. and
began narrowly To miss curbstOnes as
u FRO cedod on it's way. becoming
IRIS ',"'d -" woman raped upon
Nc " EdO" OF the cab ond said:
"Plca e be careful This Is the first
in " ! ever rode In a taxi. That's
nli right. ma'am. This IS the first
time ever drove one alone"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
HIS DESTINY

81 wish Willie had been born a
girl"
"Why?"
ooh, he is such cry baby! !
wish | could do something to stop
his snivelIing at everything that
comes up
ITO stop it? Encourage it you
mean! Nature evidently intended
that bov for a United States
senator. -. Exchange.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
CURTAIN COMES
DOWN ON DE LAMAR

The curtain has been rung down
for the Bambeger Delamar Gold
Mines Co. The affairs uf this
corporation have been wound up
and all is done to end its career
except the final discharge of the
receiver, and that will probably he
done before the close of the pres
ent teri" of the district court.
Last Monday the hearing on
petition for the settlement of the
final report If Receiver Fred
Falkner Gene IN for hearing
before Judge Taber and after the
examination of the receiver ON the
witness stand, the court Instructed
the clerk to enter an order approx
ing the account and confirming
the sale of real estate. The
Bamherger Delamar mine has
produced millions of dollars worth
of metallic wealth and paid big
dividends to its shareholders in the
past but at the time it was placed
in the hands of the receive the
company had outstanding obliga-
ti)ns aggregating about $50. 900
of which sum $4,000 was for I'M
paid labor bills. But these were
classed as preferred claims and
were paid up in full from the
receipts from the marketing of
bullion following the shutting
down of the property and from
sale of parcels of the companys
estate during the early part of the
administration of Receiver FaIkner.
Notwithstanding that the shut
down occurred at time when min
ing conditions about the country
we're at low ebb, the receiver
realized quite handsome sum
from the sal of equipment OF the
NINE and mill and the creditors of
the company outside of those
who held the preferred will re-
ceIve all told about 2 per ce t of
the respective amounts due them.
One dividend was paid to the
ere Tors some time ago, and Mr..
Falkner's report shows that by the
time all expenses shall have Eeen
paid there will be enough TO pay
an additit nal divided of a little
more than 25 per cent.
In the heyday of its prosperity
the company employed force of
several hundred men in it's mine
and mill.
Delamar was thriving mining
town and supplied a market for
the products of the great Par
ahnagat valley. The mill when it
was owned by Captain Delamar
and operated with The dry process
for the treatment of ores caused
the death of scores of the employees
of the mill, who fell victims to the
fatal Delamar dust" Probably
no other metal mine in the world
left such trail of sadness as did
the once famous Bambcrgcr
Delamar. Record.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
MIracuIouaI

Nm ad clipped from Des Molnas
paper; I'm looking over an almanac,
J read OF ---...--. purchased a Dor.
tic. In three days ] folt better. I
took five bottles and two months later
] went to work. My friends say II is
the most wonderful cure they ever
saw"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
SALMAGUNDI

Watch the Commercial Tailors
vi ndow for Saturday specials.
See DR.. Gilliland when needing.
dental work. Office over drug
store.
Courthouse, Highschool, and
grammar School, souvenirs at
Wintermantel.s Jewlery Store.
,For Rent "A f.e-roo.n hoase
partly furnished. Inquire at this
office.
.--lf you want the best cleaning
and pressing in Nevada call up 1856.
the Commercial Tailors, we will
. call for and deliver your work.
Mrs. Ray has opened Hairdress-
ing. SHampoOing. Massage and
Manicuring Pari1rs at Mrs. Camp
bells Millinery Store. City price
Sheriff Harris has 81 prisoners
to care for. Twenty of them are
serving sentences and the others are
waiting for the grand jury
Dean Harrison, jeweler and
optician, has moved one door
east Of the drugstore, where he
will be glad to see all wanting
work in his line.
Dr.. Lundy the celebrated Cali
fornia lecturer will deliver the
last of the Presbyterian Lecture
Course series at the Presbyterian
Church on Tuesday May 2. Sub
j1ct. 'rhe E narald Isle"
James Kelley, late arri filled
up on booze last evening and raised
Il disturbance on the streets. He
was locked up and this morning
Judge Klatte sent him to Jail for
80 days.
There will be a free dance and
free lnuch at the Silver Brick
saloon Saturday night. Everybody
and his friends are cord tally in
vited. A good time is promised to
all.
At the conclusion of the argu-
m. LAST niGht, ne Incorporation
prp6aition was submitted to
Judge Taber. He stated that he
would give the proposition his
Immediate attention and would
probably render his decision next
week.
This morning Treasurer Miller
RECEIVED 1888 SO. EIkO county,
portion of the revenue from forest
reservations in this state. This
money goes into the county school
fund and is apportioned to the
different dist, lets.
There will be an exciting game
of baseball in Winnemucca on the
5tb of May. On that day the Elko
public school nine will meet the
pick of Winnemucca public school
on the diamond. Tho Elko young.
sters will do their best TO bring
home the bacon.
Oliver Rife re urned yesterday
afternoon from visit to his old
home in West Virginia. He
brought with him Miss Adah Rife,
niece. Mr. Rife says he enjoyed
the trip. bat time passed slnwly as
he had no work to do. He is glad
to get back to the mountains where
he has spent 80 many years.
Mrs. Talbot, Worthy Matron of
the Eastern Star, and Grand Patron
Barber visited Elko lodge last
night. They we're royalty enter.
tanned and those present had a most
enjoyable evening. Mrs. Talbot
called at the Office this morning
and renewez an acquaintance with
the editor that begun many years
ago in Virginia City when both
were engaged in school work. She
left this morning for Ely. From
IherA she will 90 To Las VEGAS
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25

"Xaymaea," combination of
two words Simplifying water and
wood from which the name
Jamaica is derived. Describes
exactly the characteristics Of the
island.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25

There never was girl go beautiful
that she could look slouchy to good
advantage.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25

every succeeding gcenratIon. and less
marrying.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
SUNFlorGER PHILOSOPHY

AZ matter Of 'act. no woman can
play cards well
Some men are so constituted that
they get lot of fun out Of b. Ing
ioWhtrOd1on.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25

sype 'iority of tho Fight Gar.
Pe1'e &c . rr'c. hear better with
the right than Wtth left ear.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
Diplomatic Rebuke.

A little known story Of the jewish
race in Portugal is told Of King 10.
seph {. OF that country. On one oc.
casion the king ordered that all Port.
uguese who were in any way allied 10
or descended from the Hebrew race
should wear yellow hats. The old
Marquis dc Pombal. then minister In
chief. shortly aftcrward appeared Mt
court with three yellow hats under MS
arm. The king smiling, asked him:
What are sou doing with these?"
The marquis replied: II have them
I'm obedience TO your majcBty's com
mand. for really do not know single
Portuguese Of note who has not Jew.
ish blood IN his veins
But" insisted the king why three
hats?"
"One Ia for myself answered the
marquis. "onc for the inGuisIior gem
eral by your side. and one Is. IN case
your majesty should desire to 10
covered"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25

People arc very much alike. except
that few nice ones do less talking
than the others.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25

a man who has henn sick long
time said today: "rhCrc's - whole lot
I'm the statement that doctors prac
ticc medicine" - htchieon (KanD
Globe
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-04-25
Not Ready to Be FInIohed.

Doors Open One Hour Earlier, YmM
Admitting Of Visit to the Big AOU