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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-25
WHERE IS THE ODE7

Over Great Britain hangs a deep
cloud of mystery, and from St.
James place to the most remote of
his majesty's col onies n question
il on every British lip. 1t is
whispered over west end teacups
and bowled in Bombay. What
become of the coronation ode?
That is the thing which every
loyal subject wants to know. for
the ode was due as a fixed and
historic part of the great
ceremony of royal exultation, and
when il failed to appear it
brought notional wonder ami
disappointment.
Americans will share the con-
Germ of u British cousins over
the fate Of the ode. We had
looked forward to this as the
supreme opportunity Of Sir Alfred
.Austin's career. 1t is not every
laureate who has q chance to
figure In a grand double bill
coronation, and we had supposed
this muse for months in prepara-
ton for a sublime fight into
poetic ecstasies. But the corona
ton was pulled Off without the
sign of an ode. and there is not a
word Of explanation ad to why this
was 80.
For u " part we must con-
fess that our disappointment is not
so poignant az to cause acute
suffering. In his past performances
Austin has not built up an undying
reputation as an oyershadowing
genius. The odes mostly have
Leen sorry dissppointments from
a literary standpoint. 1t was as
much curiosity as an ything else
that has prompted our own
interest in the promised master
piece. We wondered just how bad
Austin could write. On other
occasions he has slobbered
pitifully. and under the stress
of the supreme demand upon his
genius we had expect ed the worst
ever.
There are runors that Austin
did write an ode, hut that it was
SO bad King George would not
stand for it, and I was suppressed.
If that is the clse. the king per-
formed a notable service for the
English people, out spoiled much
enjoyment for the rest Of the
world. 1t is said that Au5tin's
suppressed poem was couched in
terms of such fulsome praise of
their majesties that it was con-
sidered ridiculous. That is hard
to believe. The English people go
to such extremes of royal adula-
ton that il seems impossible any
ode could be too complimentary.
Perhaps Austin has lest his job.
That would be indeed a sad blow
Ito Austin Still. the world
might manage to rack along for a
few more cons without a British
laureate. But all of this dis
cussion does not solve the original
question. What happened to the
ode? Did George, after hearing
it, compel Alfred to eat it?
Horrible thought. Kansas City
Journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-25
Good Advice at Any rImo.

The girl who wishes to relieve her
life OF monotony, who wishes to put
behind the old things Of the old year
must make new friends, read now
books. think new thoughts. Thus sho
will Ring out the old. ring in the
new and her life shall BIO richer and
fuller thoreby.-ExcbanEe.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-25
BIDS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING

Sealed proposals endorsed
Proposals for School Building
for the new publ 4: school building
for Lamoille, Nevada, will be
received by G. NJ. Bowers, Clerk
of the Board Of Trustees of La.
noble School District, Lamoille,
Nevada, up to ~ o'clock Nj. on
the End day Of September, 1911,
when they will be opened and read
publicly.
Proposals shall be accompanied
by a certified check for the sum
of 5 per cent of the amount bid,
and the contractor to whom the
award is made will be required "a
furnish surety bond Of the sum OF
one-half the amount Of his bid.
The right is reserved to reject
any and all bids.
Drawings and specifications ma,
he consulted at the office of Supt
G. f. Anderson. Elko Nevada
Complete set Of plans and specicf
ations will be furnished to pro
spective bidders upon reasonable
notice to and in discretion of G
M. Bower.
BY order Of the Board Of Schoo
Trustees.
j. Conrad.
President.
G. M. Bowers,
Clerk.
Dated August 81, 1911.
- So
A Sleepy Person.
He didn't care
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-01
GIRL CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF CHILD

mother the fact that the child had been
given heavy dose of laudanum once
before and bad slept it off.
The child grew steadily worse, and
went into spasams, which the physi-
clans say indicated that strychnine
had been used in the laudanum and on
Thursday night it died. The funeral
was had Friday and then the husband
and father told the wife and mother
that she need not return to her home,
and as result she is now living with
friends on Clear Greek.
1t is the theory Of the authorities
that the girl was merely following in.
structions when she poisoned the
child, and they are at work on that
phase Of the case at the present time.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-01
HUNDREDS
OF MEASURES
Held Up on Account of the Pres.
ent Situation in Legislative
Halls at Nashville.

Nashville. Tenn, May 29-Acting
tnCer resolution offered by Senator
John c. Houk, Chief Clerk w. y.
Scruggs,, has submitted to Speaker
Baxter list of the bills of the fifty
seventh general assembly, further pro-
gress of which has been stopped by the
breaking Of the quorum in the house.
Included in the list are house bills that
have passed both houses, but which
cannot be legally enrolled, signed by
the speake ), or approved by the gov
ernor on account of the lack of quor-
um in the house, and senate and house
bills which have either passed in the
senate or are on their third and final
reading in the senate, further action
being estopped for. the same reason.
This, Of course does not include senate
and house bills passed or pending and
held in the house for the same reason.
There are fifty of the first named. The
senate and house bills held in the SEN
ate,run up into the hundreds
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-01
R. II. SEXTON, Trustee.
MONEY FLOWS In;
none GOES OUT
Woeful Lack of Coin Among the
Employees and Departments
at the Capital.

Nashville, May 23.-There is a woe
full lack Of coin an,oag the clerks and
employees around the state house, be-
cause the state comptroller declines Ia
meet demands upon him without
authority of an appropriation bill.
Even the comptroller's clerks are not
being paid. The railroad commission
is scurrying around borrowing stamps
from any other department which has
them. The state pension board loaned
the railroad commission few stamps
today but when call was made on the
geological survey folks said they would
have to take the request under consid-
eration.h .
Nothing like the present situation
was ever known around the state
house. Porters have not been paid for
nearly two months, stenographers and
clerks have also had to get the where
with elsewhere during the same time.
The criminal cost bills and the re-
luisitiens from state institutions con-
tinue tn aow into the comptroller's Of
tice, but not penny is paid out except
where il is explicitly provided for by
statute.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-01
MAY FILE CONTEST
AGAINST FARMER
Claimed He is School Superin-
teEdent and Representative
at Same Time.

a contest may, according TO rumor,
ne tiled against Representative II. G..
Farmer OF Graingrr County. Mr..
Farmer IS now not only representing
his county in the lower House of the
General Assembly, bnt he is Superin-
tendent of Public instruction in his
home county. II is claimed by some
that he cannot hold both Offices and
hence The talk Of contest either in
the Legislature or TO contest his right
TO act A. School Superintendent. II is
understood that no definite action has
yet Been taken in the matter.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-01
SMASHED PLATE
GLASS WINDOW

A double team driven by John Aus,
tin took fright at freight train Satur-
day morning aud plunged through the
plate glass window Of the Taylor
Grocery Company, the cereals of the
window being sattered in every direc-
tion. Fortunately no pedestrians, were
in the way and other than the shutter
ing of the glass no harm was done.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-01
LOCKED UP in
COUNTY JAIL
Alleged That jamie Anderson
Killed 4-MOnths-Old
Baby.
REVOLVING STORY Is TOLD
Unnamed Child of MIR. and Mrs.
George Gregg the Victim-lt
is Alleged That it Was Given
Laudanum and Strychnine.

jamie Anderson, aged twenty-one
wears, is in the county jai! charged
with the murder of a four-months-old
baby of Mr. and Mrs. George Gregg,
and most revolving story is told as
result, which will result i'm thorough
investigation from the authorities. The
alleged murder took place last Thurs
day, the baby dying, so it is claimed,
from the eftects,of laudanum and stry-
chime. The arrest was made Satur-
day night, when the young woman
was taken in custody al the Gregg
home, from which it is said that the
another had = been chased away the
morning following the funeral :.
Gossip Of the neighbors has it that
there has been trouble in the Gregg
homestead for months. The mother of
the dead babe together with her other
three children have been in destitute
circumstances for Soue time, although
the husband and father had good
position, but it is claimed that little of
Al n
home, but was spent on others The
mother, though, did not complain and
picking Wild green's from the field
managed to keep actual starvation
away. The husband, and father, so it
is stated, some time ago, shortly after
the youngest child was born, chased
the nlother from his home at midnight
anu she had TO find shelter at neigh
bors. The little woman (she weighs
only about eighty pounds> returned to
her home, but the presence OF the
Anderson girl who was kept there by
tue husband was a continued disturb.
ing feature, and it Is said that the
young baby provedto be very much in
the road and that some threats against
it's life had been made.
The baby had been a puny little
thing sine its birth and as result its
mother bad been exceedingly careful
of It's health. Last Thursday morn
ing the father told the nGtLer to ito
certain work in the fieid-plxnt some
beans or something OF the sort-and
when she left the house she told the
girl to keep especial care of the baby
while she was gone. She had been at
work but an hour, when she became
uneasy inasuluch as she had not heard
the baby crying, and went to the house.
She found the Anderson girl ia the ACT
Of undressing the child, which was y-
ing practically lifeiess. The mother
detected the odor of iaudenum and
found stains on the child'S dress. She
looked into bottle which she had hid
away in bundle of cotton out of reach
OF the other children and saw that the
bottle with part OF its contents missing
had been moved from its usual place.
She accused the girl OF having pcison-
ed The baby, but this was denied. THE
child became worse rapidly and in
vomiting there was every evidence OF
iaudanum The fsiherwas summoned
home, and As he entered the house he
demonstrated with the mother for hav-
ing sent for him, saying,as is reported,
"What do you mean by sending for
me. guess that /, referring to the
baby gat lis dose this lime, unless it
sleeps it eff" This recalled 10 the
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-01
MONEY FOR PRIZE
CORN GROWERS

Memphis, Tenn, May 29.-Seuator
Robert l.. Taylor has offered $4,000
for u free trip to Washington to the
member of the Boys'Corn Club OF Ten-
neesee who grows the Elost profitable
acre of corn in accordance with the
rules Of the Farmers Cooperative
Demonst ration Work, Of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
no greater honor could come to a
boy than this splendid trip. He will
I've shown through some of the best
farms in the United States, through
the Department OF Agriculture al
Washington, aud given Certificate OF
Honor from the Secretary OF Agrfcul-
ture, Introduced to Pre>ident Taft aud
shown many other eour,esic$.
Every member OF The ,;vys' Corn
tlub should see 10 il that his acre aud
yield are carefully measured and GER.
titled 10 by two reliable men III his
community. A careful record stroud
be kept and certificates made by the
boy and his fai her. as well ss The cum-
miitee. Y
------------------ - ~
Richard Carter ttoii he bright littlt
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-01
FIRST DISTRICT

w aSh1nglOn, john 2oa 2.SS
Williams, Jno. T. and sons ll00a l46.OS
Calder (heirs) 50a 1.S3
Cody, Will IA 2.62
Flax, James III. 30a 1.lOI
Huff, A.C. (heirs) 2i3a 20.09
Moore e. Goodnough la LAO
Nelson, Fl. s. 25a l.46
Peck. Jacob (heirs) 25S4a 1928
Russell, Mary A. IA .73
Stokely, Joe Sr 25a ITO
Stokely, j. M. 4Oa 3.7l
Shelton, Thos. 42a .. 1.S3
Sweeten, Royal ll0a 100
Shelton, Thos. 75a 5.4S
Washington, Lawrence Pa .73
Washington, Richard 2Oa 36
Wheeler, W. B. 240a 1851
SECOND DISTRICT
Blazer, James lisa Sil.3S
Balch Il Parrot Asa 3.65
Brown, James 50a S3
Easterly, 4. NJ. 45a 7.3l
Gregg, +. {. liza 3.29
Gentry, Joseph 2O2a 1896
Meas, Il. +. Sa l.S3
Keller, VIM. 52a 200
kinser, Z. b. 6sa l.83
Mcfarland Nancy 49a l.S3
Ottinger (heirs) of ID. +. ia 3,29
Ottinger, n. II. lola ll.3S
Ottinger, D. l.. Heirs l46a 9.l3
Ouinger, Morris l5ua 1886
Peck (heirs) SOFA 1926
RAIDER, j. II. l32a l5.01
RAIDER, Philip Wa 3.2o
Shaver, VIM. 24a SOS
Smith, B. G. Asa 6.5S
Smith, Ed Col. 57a LAB
Smith, n. l.. 24a 2,29
Smith, c. M "a .73
Smith, Frank 52a $50
Sane, Daniel 54a 2l9
Tally, {. T. 3la 3.20
Tweed, John S2a $40
Williams, Mrs. M. +. 5a .73
Young, Chas. 6a 2.9S
B.azer, Frank 52a 6.94
Balch,J. s. l63a 1925
Davis, Lydia 47a 1.S3
Gregg, Sam 55a 7.37
u'ees' w" ~ 90 oo
uo,, Iohn 10 ,ael
K;,se. n ~. AAe
Ke,,er II Az es. es5
E.;.,,a, :, 70. oe,
M..E;,v;. A " oaa s,s
ot,io,er n y Az, sao
n,,;,y., as. o5,
ot,;,yor Mrs Al r. 20, 14e1
o,,i,nor uor.ce sn. ,a7
,..otr, :. en-. ( 40
,a.,...:,. -, b. ''s" -; e.
: nil, Hs,rv II ~. n
Co., - -, "a. o,o]
c,n.a So ~. X
S,,;,h s,an a.. ~
Sn;,h poh, %. IN!
,..,:,,. n q .n.. 20.
o.,,o.. % O.. .c
~, n..,.;. "a s,s
,,,o.,h nv n ,M,, -,
,x.,u ~ ,uo., ga,
~
Third DISTRICT
Ayers, J. G.. Ii0a S1.O4l
Allison, Isabel l9a 8.45
Bible, Bud II. 4.s0l
Busler, j. r.. l2Oa 27.Glj
t,aifee, Mrs. !. Il. GOA i4.Gii
Cainps,eu: j. H. 4oa, S.e3
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-01

Any one holding receipts for any of
the property advertised will please
give me number and date of receipt
betwiXt now and the date OF sale.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-01
Notice to Delinquent Taxpayers Of Cooke County

TRUSTEE SEXTON has prepared the following list delinquent All paid before
SATURDAY. JUNE 1911 will be sold the door The Courthouse
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-01

Richard Carter ttoti he bright little
son OF Mr. and MIS-. RI. h. Hoit has
ha, een sEiousis i'll iuy The past weeis.
Gilpin observer., 1911-01-19
NOT As BAD AS 1T SOUNDED
Wonderful Highland Dialect .Respon-
sibIe for Wrong Impression
Given Divine.

Andrew Carnegie, at a dinner in
New York, talked about the Scotch
dialect.
''It's hard lingo to understand" he
said. ut often causes awkward mis-
takes.
"Once an American divine spent
Christmas in a Highland inn. On
Christmas morning he gave the maid
tip Of a sovereign, and he said, look
ing earnestly at her-for she was a
pretty maid
q Do you know. Kathleen, you are a
very good-looking lassie?'
"Of course Kathleen was pleased,
but. being modest. she blushed like a
rose and answered.:
"'Ah. ma; All. ma! But my kissin.
sir, is beautiful
THE divine frowned
Leave the room, you wicked
young baggage! he said sternly.
HE didn't know, you see, that mod
est Kathleen had been simply praising
in her Highland dialect, the superior
charms of her cousin Janet of Pee
bles."
Gilpin observer., 1911-01-19
Copyright 1908 by Bobbs. Merrill Coz
SYNOPSIS.

Capt Nathaniel Plum of the sloop Ty-
stronghold of the Mormons. Obadiah
tells him he is expected, and bargains for
the ammunition aboard the sloop He
binds Nat by solemn oath to deliver a
Iackage to Franklin Pierce president of
the United States. Near Prices cabin
Nat sees the frightened face of young
woman who disappears in the darkness,
leaving an odor of lilacs. 1t develops that
Mats visit to the island is to demand set
tlernent of the king, Strang, for the loot
Ing of his sloop by Mormons. Price shows
Nat the. Kings palace, and through a
window he sees the lady of the lilacs,
who Price says Is the kings seventh wife.
Calling at the kings office Nat is warned
by young woman that his life is In dan
ger; Strang processes Indignation when
he hears Mats grievance and promises to
punish the guilty. Nat rescues Neil, who
is being publicly whipped and the king
orders the sheriff, Arbor Croche, to pur-
sue and KIN the two men. Plum learns
that Marion. the girl Of the lilacs. is
NeiIs sister The two men plan to escape
Wlnnsome. daughter of Arbor Croche,
and sweetheart of Neil Nat discovers
that the sloop is gone. Marion tells him
that his ship has been seized by the Nor
mons She begs him to leave the island,
telling him that nothing can save her
from Strang, whom she is doomed to mar
ry. Plum finds Price raving mad Reeov-
erins. he tells Nat. that Strang, is doomed
mat armed men are descending on the
Island. Nat learns that Marion has been
summoned to the castle by Strang
Gilpin observer., 1911-01-19
MOTHERS OF THEN AND NOW
Conditions Arc Only Different No
Matter What Sentimental
Writer May Assert.

The popular" writer who bewails
what he assumes to be the fact that
the "old-fashioned" mother is no more
is liable to defeat his own purpose II
that be intoxicating in children the
highest possible regard for their pa
rents. 1t is danger which even the
quantitative theory of literature or
space rates cannot justify.
The mother of the past, of course,
was different from the mother of the
present, as different on the whole as
the conditions of life then and now.
but since her daughter is the mother
of the present there must be some
points of similarity. All the good in
our mothers and grandmothers GER
tainly could not have vanished. 1t
will be paying scant tribute to those
door, good women who have laid down
their precepts and examples and pass
ed on to say so. And, of course, this
writer does not mean to do that yet
he comes very near doing what he
does not intend.
The fallacy of the whole sentimen-
tai notion that because things and
people are not like they used 10 be
they are not as good lies in the pat
ent fact that they cannot be alike, and
II they were 1t would simply be be-
cause of the present generation being
so much inferior to the past that 1t
was unable to do no more than stand
still.
Gilpin observer., 1911-01-19

with this giant prophet of God. He
destroy the secret of Marion's fate.
He would choke the truth from
Strang; rob him of life slowly, gasp
by gasp, until In the horror Of death
the king would reveal her hiding place
would tell what he had done with
her.
Then he would kill him!
There was the strength of tenn
pered steel in his arms; his body,
slender as an athletes, quivered to
hurl itself into action. Up the steps
he crept so cautiously that he made
no sound. In the intensity of his
purpose Nathaniel looked only ahead
Of him-to the door. He did not see
that another figure was stealing
through the gloom behind him as eau
tiously. as quietly as himself He
erect. Strang had not seen him. He
had not heard him. He was standing
with his huge back toward him, facing
the hall that led to the sixth cham
ber-and the woman. Nathaniel drew
his pistol. He would not shoot, but
Strang might be made to tell the
truth with death leveling itself at his
heart. He groped behind him, found
the door. and slammed 1t shut. There
would be no retreat for the king!
And the man who turned toward him
at the slamming of that door, turned
slowly, coolly, and gazed into the
black muzzle Of his pistol looked, in.
deed. every inch of him king. The
muscles Of his face betrayed no sur.
prise, no fear. His splendid nerve
was unshaken, his eyes unfaltering as
they rose above the pistol to the face
behind it. For fifteen seconds there
was strange terrible silence as the
eyes Of the two men met. In that
quarter Of minute Nathaniel knew
that he had not guessed rightly
Strang was not afraid. He would not
tell him where Marion was. The in.
superable courage of this man mad.
dened Captain Plum and unconscious.
ly his finger fell upon the trigger OF
his pistol. He almost shrieked the
words that he meant to speak calmly:
Where Is Marion?" .....
She is safe, Captain Plum. She Ia
where the friends who are invading
us from the mainland will have no
chance Of finding her Iu.
Gilpin observer., 1911-01-19

the harem he believed that the Nor
mon king had abandoned the castle
to its fate and that the approaching
conflict would center about the tenn
pie
Was Marion at the temple? If so
he realized that she was beyond his
reach. But the woman had said that
she was not there. Where could she
have gone? Why had not Strang
taken her with his wives? In flash
Nathaniel thought of Arbor Croche
and Obadiah-the two men who al
ways knew what the king was doing.
If he could find the sheriff alone
If he could only nurse Obadiah back
into sane life again! He thrust his
pistol into it's holster. There was but
one thing for him to do and that was
to return to the old councillor. IT
would be madness for him to go down
to. ST. James. He had lost-Strang
had won. But his love for Marion was
undying. If he found her Strangs
wife it would make no difference to
him. 1t would all be evened up when
he killed the king. For Marion loved
him-loved him
He turned his face toward Oba
diah's, his heart singing the glad
words which the woman had spoken
to him back there in the sixth cham
ber
And as he was about to take the
first step in that long race back to
the mad councillors he heard behind
him the approach of quick feet. He
crouched behind clump of bushes
and waited. A shadowy form was
hurrying through the grove. 1t passed
close to him. mounted the castle steps
and in the doorway turned and looked
back for an instant in the direction OF
st. James.
Nathaniels lips quivered; the
pounding of his heart half choked
him; Shrek of mad, terrible Joy
was ready to leap from his lips.
There in the dim glow of the great
lamp stood Strang, the Mormon king
Gilpin observer., 1911-01-19
(To BE CoNTINUEp.)
Do Birds Return to Old Nests,

Whether birds, especially migratory
ones, return to the same nests year
after year is a question of much in
terest to the naturalist. Swallows that
summer in England do not winter
north of Africa, but an observer at
High Halden, Kent. England, has re-
corded that one returned on April 12
to nest it occupied last year. 1t
was recognized by a ring that had
been placed on its leg. To gain a
better knowledge Of bird habits. more
than 1000 British birds were last year
marked with inscribed aluminium
rings. and twice as many more will
be similarly tagged this year.
Gilpin observer., 1911-01-19
A Deadly Error.

DR.. W. B. Cannon of Harvard, dis
cussing antI-vivisection literature at a
dinner in New York. said with a
smile:
This literature. in part at least. is
as fiagrantly erroneous as the medical
department conducted by a young col
lege girl in weekly paper. A sam
pie reply in this department ran:
'Bereaved.-The reply given last
week was a mistake. It should have
been ten drops of laudanum, not ten
cups of laudanum. Yes. we advocate
cremation rather than the old-fash-
ioned burial"
Gilpin observer., 1911-01-19
CHAPTER TX.
The Hand Of Fate.

Like a panther Nathaniel crouched
and watched the man on the steps.
His muscles jerked, his hands were
clenched; each instant he seemed
about to spring. But he. held himself
back until Strang had passed through
the door. Then he slipped along the
log wall of the castle, hugging the
shadows. fearing that the king might
reappear and see him in time to close
the door. What an opportunity fate
had made for him! His fingers itched
to get at Strang's thick bull-like
throat. He felt no fear, no hesitation
about the outcome of the struggle
Gilpin observer., 1911-01-19
Stupid Man.

my husband has no idea OF the
value of money"
why. thought he was a careful
business man." Dft.-r
"He thinks SO, too. But he abso-
lutely doesn't realize what lovely
hat can buy for $4899."