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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
Man and the Crowd

An address once made by l. II
Schurman to the graduating t
Cornell was an eloquent ap r
the individual against the
Would you abolish poverty |
you advance civilization" hr
Then educate individuals one b. 4,
TO be more Virtuous. more inteln. {.
more skillful. more Industrious
Upon the soundness OF the rlea
there will be general agreement It
Is but new statement OF the philos-
ophy or Jesus that each man should
take care OF his own soul But It is a
creed that has been much more sue.
cesfully taught on lonely farms and
pastures than in universities.
Still. the creed Is n good one to
teach. 1t can never be taught too
often. Better than all laws against
Vice and crime and folly is an i'm
pulse toward self-reform. And Der.
haps such an impulse was never more
needed than now. for never was tho
voice OF the crowd more clamorous
nor the influence OF the crowd more
potent. He that can make sure OF his
own thought amid its noises is a phil
osopher. He that can stand against
Its power is n hero.-New York
World.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
Where courtrnq is panoerous

"HcTe SouTtIn9 Is Dangerous.
Four young men have been shot at
Vex (Valais) by an irate father to
whose daughter they had come 10 pay
court. says the London Expires: they
were refused admission to the nouse,
and when they tried to force heir
way In the father took down his gun
and fired. Two of them were slight.
ly wounded and the other two serious
ly. The father was arrested
The encounter and its almost tragic
ending were due to ancient custom
which prevails in the village, oi the
canton Of Valais and In tn. Alpine
hamlets OF the German cantons After
girl has reached the age OF eighteen
her parents are not surprise 20 re.
ceive the visit of several yCl ny men
after the days work to ask Iu SEQ
their daughter and pass pleasant
evening In the family circle rho
visit is looked on as compliment.
and as the young men bring with
them wines and food they are gen.
orally welcomed by the parents The
custom. which is known as Veiliee,
results In introductions and often in
marriages.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
ELKo, NEVADA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1s 1e11
Smoky Achlll.

One OF the smokiest places on earth
Is undoubtedly Achill, OF the coast Of
Mayo. Ireland, says Harper's Weekly.
A smoky atmosphere Is not an un-
known thing In any Irish cabin, but in
Achill the greater the smoke the
higher the satisfaction Of the natives,
for these smoke means potatoes, and
potatoes mean food.
1t is to one Of the methods OF pro.
curing SCOT that the islander owes
the smoky condition OF his cabin.
SCOT he must have, or the potatoes
Will not grow. In the tiled fields he
erac.~ ffSA huts called "scraw-
Md by the "scraws" or
-Ss from the mountains
,...nin these huts he keeps fire of
peat burning for six weeks or two
months. at the end of which period
the scraws are, from their continual
lmpregnation with smoke, trans
formed into soot
Turf or peat is abundant on the
island. and the largest fires cost moth
ing
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
Decent Housing as a Foundation.

OeCeht 1ouSIn9 az Foundation.
We have had occasion heretofore
to emphasize the need and value Of
the work which the Association of
Commerce has undertaken with ref.
erence to the question OF the housing
OF the poorer elements Of the popu.
lation-the unskilled workmen, tho
new arrivals, the employees of the
lowest industries. It Is with much
qualification that we note substantial
progress in this direction. A report
on actual housing conditions. which
are shocking and alarming, has Just
been submitted to the association. and
campaign OF education and con-
struction has been decided on Ex-
perts from other cities will be con-
suited, model tenements will be erect
ed, existing ordinances as to sanl-
tation and health will be better en-
forced. and additional legislation will
b. sought to prevent overcrowding of
lots. houses and flats.-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Serial 05635
Department of The Interior,
u. s. Land Office at Carson City,
Nevada. Sep. Is, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that
Lemuel C. Davis. Of Gold Creek,
Nevada, who Oh December l6,
1910. made Homestead Entry (Act
June II, 1906, List 4-442), No.
05695 for SEA SW4, 81 SW4 SW4
Sec. % SEi Sci SEA Sec. 20, NE.
NE4 NE4 Sec. 80 and M NW3,
Section 33, Township 45 North.
Range Sc East M. D. Meridian
has fled notice of intention to
make Final five year Proof, to
establish claim to the land above
described, before the county Clerk
Of Elko County, at Elko, Nevada,
on the 26th day Of October, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses:
George B. Tennille, William A.
King, Jesse F. Baker and George
F. Baker all of Gold Creek.
Nevada.
Louis J. Cohn
Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
WESTERN PACIFIC Time CARD

A new time card will go into
effect tomorrow on the Western
Pacific by which the trains will
arrive and depart as follows:
West bound: No. l arrives at
ii go p. m. departs at 1901 a. m.
West bound: No 3 arrives at
9:25 a. m and departs at 9:35 am.
East bound: No. 2 arrives at
8:l5 a. m. and departs at 1926
q. m.
East bound: No. a arrives at
1912 p. m. and departs at 1922
p. m.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
O6352
Carson City Land Office.

OOpo q
Carson City Land Office.
August %, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that War
rem w. Williams of Fallon. County
of Churchill, State of Nevada, has
filed in this Office his application
to locate, under the provisions of
sections 23O6 and 23O7 R. S. u. S.
the following described land, viz:
Lot ElevenQD of Section One
Q, Township Forty-three (43)
North. Range Fifty-five (55) East,
M. DIM. and the Northeast quar-
ter of the Northwest quarter
(N.E. l of N. w. II and the South
cast quarter of the Northwest
quarter Is. E. / of N. w. / of
section Thirty-two 1927, Township
Forty-four (44) North Range
Fifty-six (56l East, M. D. M.
containing One Hundred and
Twenty (120) Acres in the Carson
City Land District.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely the lands described, or
desiring to object because Cf
the mineral character of the land,
or for any other reason, to the
disposal to applicant, should file
their affidavits of protest in this
Office, on or before the 14th day
of October, 1911.
Louis J. CohE,
Register
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
Punished for YawnIno.

When Henry Brown OF Brockton,
Mass, awoke the other day he yawned,
tried to close his mouth and could not.
He had fractured his jaw. with his
mouth wide open he walked more than
milo to a physician's Office and had
the fracture reduced. As he vas
leaving the Office his jaws unlocked
again. Finally he was placed under
ether and the jaw permanently fixed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
Man That Looked Like Tom Rad


] remember meeting tho late Fred.
eric +. Vinton downtown one day some
years ago Our talk was interrupted
by his pausing to regard very intent.
~ the figure of passerby OF almost
herculean size. lie said In his duIet
way: 'rhere Is the man have been
looking fOr-and I don't know him!
Wish did. You sec II is like this:
! have All order from the State Of
Maine to paint full length life size
portrait OF the late Speaker Thomas
B' Reed. whom never saw. Now the
man who has Just passed has Reeds
hgure almost identically, as gata,r
from some very good photographs : /.
en- me. II I could only get thI man.
or some one like him, to give ne a
Few slttings for the figure II woulh
help out. hut have got to do ne
BEST ] can" And he did: he always
iid.-From n letter In tho 80 to1
Transcript.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
WARMING

All hunting, shooting and fish
ing in what was formerly known
as the Dewar field is strictly for.
biden. Trespassers will be
punished according to law.
Griswold & Henderson
Elko, Nevada, August 25, 1911
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
What Hn l'hnunht

Johnny. do you know what nm
going 10 whip you for?"
what. father?"
"Because You struck boy smaller
than yourself"
II thought perhaps II was becaus.
! am smaller than you are"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
AmblQuoua.

When BOB Burdette was address.
ing the graduating class OF a largo
eastern college for women, he began
his remarks with the usual salutation.
Young ladies OF 81" Then in q hor.
rifed aside he added. That's an awful
age for a girl"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
The IndIspensable Bov.

Cnller-"How is your new Office
boy getting along these days?" Law
yer-"Oh. fine! He's got things 80
mixed up now that couldn't get
along without him!"-Puck.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-13
For Deserving Ynunn Nan

tn" VIII OF Mrs. G'acp Il :i.,w
provides for the cstabIia.!h,c"'
fund of S35 900 to Harvard ur.
to be called i"c IIcnry Rusgr
fund, the lr"' % of which f.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04

from woman whose income was
modest enough, but who was minded
to share whatever OF good things this
world has given her with those who
have been less fortunate She gave
:he money, not from the abundance Of
her riches. but from the abundance Of
the goodness with which her life is
filed. She gave from her heart more
than from her purse. The thousand
dollars represented what she had saw
ed from her own income. She might
hove put the money into an automo
bile. but she preferred to use 1t to
make others happy. AS long as she
lives she will have that consciousness,
a conscientiousness that makes for the
greatest happiness that can come to
human beings who are right-hearted
toward this world She might have
waited until she was ready to die and
leave il in Will, but she preferred the
greater good and the greater happi-
ness that comes from giving while the
giver as well as the recipient is still
able TO enjoy the benefaction. She
must know that 1t is more blessed to
give than to receive.
Some times it is felt that there are
SO many demands on a community for
its charities and it's hospitals and its
schools. But after all. the opportunity
to give TO such causes is really one
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04

ord straight. 1t might be well to note
now ~ the discussion turns on COM
mission and congressional tariff revis-
ion. that the commission had not re-
ported when congress was called to
consider reciprocity with Canada.
The newspaper that does not cross
its own trail occasionally In these days
Of mixed politics and more mixed mo-
tives. Is one that has no trail in the
dust of political controversy.
Having secured what he most de-
sired. the president ought not to be
much disposed TO play dog in the
Manager role.
We are somewhat disposed to be
cynical in contemplating the effort OF
congress to make up record for in
spection of voters as they wend their
way toward the polls for another ma
tional election. "Vox populi vox Del"
is our national slogan. however, and
we would quickly resent any failure
on the part Of congress TO heed our
wishes.
All we need to do to have congress
act as we wish is TO agree among our
selves as to just what we want.
For every IS cents received for pro-
duce from the soil by the producers
the ultimate consumer pays 81. There
Is evidently room for Improvement in
getting the consumer and producer
closer together. but we should not fail
to consider in this connection that a
part Of this 81 cents is due to the ex-
tent of the country over which the
distribution is made and another part
Is due to the high living standards
maintained by great majority of our
people AT least IA cents can be
Charged TO these two items
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04
IMPORTING FARM HANDS,

A farmers labor bureau has done
good work in New York by sending In
to the country districts $4,000 immi-
grants At for agricultural laborers
Now an Ohio organization has been
formed to selec, from the masses OF
OF value TO farming communities and
endeavor to scatter them turnout Ohio
10 the communities most in need of
farm laborers. It expects TO solve the
farm labor problem Of the state thus.
Iowa IS short of farm laborers and
without any operative organization TO
assist the shortage. The fact is that
the green immigrant Is practically un-
At for farm labor under general con-
ditions IN Iowa. Truck farmers can
use them to fairly good advantage
while they are sill raw. Where a
large number OF workers are needed
and may b employed together the for
eign laborer can flock together. get his
understanding OF what is required of
understands United States and is rea-
sorably content. The Iowa farmer
wants a man who he can sent out to
work with a team and machinery The
green immigrant perha ps never drew
a line over a horse or manipulated any
implement more complicated than a
spade. The iowa farmer has no time
to spend breaking In" raw foreigners
TO general farm work. or thinks he
hasn't, which amounts TO the same
thing.
But bureau which would place raw
Immigrants on truck farms and the
like where they could earn living
while they learned the language and
ways OF To new country would have
a great eject upon the farm labor
problem within few years When the
ereenhorn learned what 10 DO he would
soon learn how TO DO It. They would
naturally graduate to farmland work
where responsibility would be paid for
and within a few years we should have
fair supply Of laborers who expect to
do farm work and sray doing Il.
We are not raising many farm labor
ers III Iowa Tho born 1owan looks for
som ethfne different SO would the
second generation OF the immigrants
1t looks at present that If we are to
have a supply OF steady farm help we
must import It OF both sexes. Perhaps
a bureau Of immigration would help
some
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04

largely OF Irdeh Immigrants who lived
with their families in temporary sl,el-
tiers. Among these cholera ragged un-
der conditions which propa&atsd and
fed II. AZ Dixon and other towns along
the North western line the residents
towns
In Iowa 1881 was wet season. Roads
were impossible, rivers in flood. creeks
swollen and cultivated fields bottomless
lakes Of mud. In many parts Of the
state then settled farmers were unable
to put in any crop OF any kind. The
foods began in May and held until
July. The rivers rose until they drown
ed out the cities along their banks. AT
Des Moines the river rose to twenty
two feet above it's ordinary stage OF
water. From Eddyville. Ottumwa and
otehr towns along the Dies Moines
river-and II is TO be remembered that
practically all the towns OF Iowa were
along the rivers. the dr1ftwood lay in
the streets and residents looked down
upon the devasttion Of their homes
rom the uplands. Then cholera broke
out. Disease added itself TO famine.
Persons in robust health in the morn
ing were corpses at shutdown. They fell
on the streets. in their homes The
mortality was appalling. Settlers sold
their farms and fled from the state.
1t is a long way from 1851 but cholera
IS today as virulent and deadly az then.
Conditions are different medical
science and common knowledge OF
sanitation have advanced. But eter-
nal vigilance IS the price Of immunity
from the one disease which has re
NAMED on the trail OF human life since
the earliest records and hangs deadly
and interchangeable on the outskirts of
civilization hiding its chance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04
THE Wool SCHEDULE,

Following is a brief summary of the
WOO! schedule as 1t now stands, as
proposed by Underwood and as finally
amended by La Toilette:
Raw WOO. first class wool on skins
-Presen, law, 81 per cent ad valor-
EN-; Underwood, 90 per cent. La Fol
ette, 80 per cent.
Wool not on skins-Present law.
724 per cent; Underwood, % per
cent: La Toilette 35 per cent
Raw wool. second class-Present,
44.9s per cent: Underwood. 30 per cent;
La Toilette. 10 per cent.
Top waste, etc.-Pre sent. asgs per
cent; Underwood. 20 per cent: La Fol-
lette. % per cent
shoddy, notls, etc.-Present ~ per
cent; Underwood, 20 per cent; La Fol-
lette. rs per cent.
Wooden rags. mungo, etc-Prasent,
35.O per cent: Underwood, 20 per cent:
La Toilette, % per cent,
Combed tops-Present, Ill per cent.
Underwood. 25 per cent, La Toilette,
30 per cent
Yarns-P-esen,. 1853 per cent: Tn
derwood, 50 per cent, La Toilette, A.
per cent.
Blankets ard aannels-Preser.. - ~
per cent; Underwood, 30 per cent, La
Follette, 50 per cent
Clothes. dress goods. fabrics and
wooden cloth-Present. 1914 per cent.
Underwood AZ per cent; La Toilette.
IS per cent
Carpets-Present. 80 per cert: Tn
derwood. Is per cent: La Toilette 35
per cent.
Mats and rugs-Present 1926 per
cent; Underwood. 50 per cent, La Fol-
lette, 81 per cent
1t must be apparent to even the un-
initiated that President Taft's charac-
terizat.on of the -Aldrich bill as IN
defens!ble" was not without ample
f" al ait ~ - A!hSN Use apparent lJId !
either the Underwood bill or the La
Toilette measure would work no IN
justice. Both leave ample protection;
both are conservative II a bill; OF
this kind IS passed up 10 President
Taft, he should sign It.
incidentally II may be admitted. for
the sake Of argument, (tho few believe
the statement TO be true) that the
democrats and insurgents are seeking
political capital But the value of their
capital must depend on the merits OF
their work. President Taft must like
wise be justified by his record. ny
promptly signing one fair measure Of
revision sent to his desk he viii; re-
gain much Of the prestige lost in he
Tending the Aldrich measure.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04
ASATc CHOLERA,

People who live on The side OF
slumbering volcano forget its periodical
outbursts and tho cities which were
and are not under the ashes Of its
eruptione. During the last month sixty
immigrants from the district IN Europe
which are being devastated by As!atic
cholera have come into Iowa. The na-
t1onal government has now adopted the
most stringent quarantine aga inst
cholera Affection which should protect
the fact that sixty possible cen.ers 0.
Distribution Of As1atic cholera We're
permitted to pass quarantine into this
state to which comparatively few of
the immigrants are beaded ts evidence
OF carelessneM or neglect Of port
quarantine sufficiently alarming when
the number OF these Immigrants scat
tered over che whole country IS con-
adhered.
Cholera Is a disease which repays
carelessness and neglect with fearful
SpASN9AsAA>"' ASS0ao J0S AoiAAoAA LA Adv
and elsewhere those who remember the
epidemic Of that disease which par
alyzed the country with fear in 1865
and took ITS fearful toll Of lives and
the earlier epidemic Of 1854. The first
epidemic Of the disease in the United
States was IN 1892 when it attacked the
larger cities OF the east and along the
great lakes and in the south At that
time transportation was by water and
the epidemic confined to the thorough
fares ana greater cities. BUSINESS was
Frustrated during the two months In
which 1t ragged, days Of fasting and
prayer appointed turnout the country.
General 6cott's army OF expedition
against Black Hawk was broken up by
the mortality among the Nh oldiers. The
disease broke out in June 1892 having
been carried to Quebec by some imm4-
grants from infected districts in Europe
ana spread With sucM rapadity despite
the lack Of railroads and other rapid
means Of modern conveyance that
within two months the entire American
continent was terror4zed by its ravaxes.
The epidemic Of 1864 which prop
erly may be extended over the period
between these years founs the west,
then Illinois and Iowa. partially settled
and ready for the scourge. 1t came
fast along the railway lines then in
process Of construction west OF Chicago
and slew the laborers In their shanties
by scores and aandrsds. In those days
kho grading and track forces were
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04
Topics of the Times

Memory is short But forgetfulness
of obligation to the forces which re-
lieved candidates for governor Of Iowa
and other state offices from the neces-
sity of securing o. K. tags from Bur-
lington and Cedar Rapids before such
action could be taken with any assur-
rance OF even respectful consideration,
is the way to renew those conditions.
Roosevelt is refusing invitations to
speak. He's going to wait until some
OF the things he has been telling peo-
pie have had time to soak in. Just
now he Is busy watching the weeping
and ~ailing and crashing Of teeth"
among the good people Of New York
state who failed to heed his advice
last summer and went OF in pursuit
Of false gods"
At least a few Of the fellows who
are cridzing Senator Kenyon and
charging him with being . mere trim
mer" were lifelong followers Of the late
William B. Allison whose long official
life rested largely on his ability to trim
wisely.
Some Of the fellows who think the
insurgents are raising hades to surface
levels at washington forget that It was
President Taft who called them to
their work.
Just az a matter Of keeping the rec
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04
The Rule o. Reason in Oil.

\NSW 4OIh 4I1DuNO).
The plan for recognizing the Stand
ard on Company IN obedience to the
decree OF the United States supreme
court turns out to be very simple. The
condemned monopoly merely resolves
itself into its constituent parts. In
place Of the ono holding company ap-
pear the various subsidiary companies
whose stock It held. It - to be- az IL
a formal combination never had been
made. Ownership. Of course. remains
the same and the control OF the oil IN
dustry is in the hands Of the same
stockholders. with this difference, that
they have not a single company thru
which to exercise their control.
OF course. II Will be asked what
practical gain TO the public will re-
suit Some will say that tho the
Standard On Company Win disappear
the men who control the OIL industry
will be those who have controlled It
thruout the various changes which
have been made to meet the decisions
OF the courts. But there is now this
difference: Hitherto. when the courts
have ordered dissolution the combi-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04

old: end not only ass they. IA . -four
ishin1 condition, but they bid fA3r q
bear fruit for another century Of tNot
The syrians have learned. much shout
caring for trees from Daroueans. Forx
merly their olive trees were not sxs
pected to produce fruit oftener than
once in three years. but with improved
abundantly each season. In Axc1en4
times the olives were threshed from
the trees with sticks. but now ttA
syrians pick them by hand. thereby
preserving their trees and Also improve
ing the quality Of the fruit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04

that ought to 30 appreciated. Il u
worth while TO have things 60 give 70
as we'll a. things to give. What one
spends on himself IL apt to pass away.
but what one gives to permanent IN
stitutions, for the a1nelioration OF un-
fortunate conditions that exist In the
world. lives. perhaps, forever. The
best life Of every community 10 ma0e
up OF benefactions. of things done for
others and for the public good. The
habit OF helping others along Is oAe
that is worthy OF cultivation for ao-
cordinsly az that spirit Is developed
in an individual or a community Is tho
individual happy OF the community
blessed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-04

Cuts and bruises may be healed IN
about one third the time required byi
the usual treatment by applying
Chamberlain's Liniment. It il an anti.
septic and causes such injuries 10 heat.
without maturation. This liniment also
relieves soreness Of the muscles and
rheumatic pains. For sale by Ill deal.t
erS. !;