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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
ANCIENT LEGEHO

According to the opinion of the
old historians and the commenta-
tors of the Koran. God created
from the remainder of the clay of
which Adam was made the kulseeT,
or cocoa tree. which is found in
abundance in the Indian islands.
1t produces a nut which is brought
to Anatclia and Roomili. The in
terror aud oily part is nurishing
ard fortifying food. The she'll is
worked into spoons and cups of the
size of a mans head. II is a round
black nut on which all the parts of
a mans head may be seen-mouth.
nose eyebrows, hair and whiskers
before il was formed from Adj
ans clay. A wonderful sight!
From the same clay God created
also the wakwak. found in India.
the fruit of which resembles a
mans head, which. shaken by the
wind, emits the sound of wakwak.
Finally was created also the palm
tree from the remainder of Adams
clay at Kufa. near the water Tin
moor. This is said to be the reason
why the palm trees of Kufa. Me-
dian and Onmanu are straight and
upright. like the stature of a man.
II you u its branches it does
not only no harm to it, but grows
even more, like the hair and beard
of men, but il you cut off the head
of the palm tree it gives a reddish
juice like blood, and the tree per-
ishes like a man whose head is cut
off. -Egila Efendi, Travels"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
THE |. 0. 0. F SOCIAL

There were not as manv Odd
Fellows and Rehekahs at the So
cial last night As there should have
beea but those present passed a
vrey pleasant evening. About 8
o'clock four or FIVE young Ia Ii es
dressed in white and wearIn g
masks made their appearance.
They looked like spooks from
Spooksville.
The time was spent in social
games of cards, music and singing.
Coffee. sandwiches and pie were
served as refreshments. "Rebekah
at the Well" disposed of a large jar
of delicious punch and another
Reuekah presided at the cahdy
booth and dealt out the finest and
sweetest of candies. Another told
fortunes-some Of them very long.
The Hall as tastfully decorated
and the Rebekahs did their utmost
TO make the evening a pleasant one
for those present. Although but
few were present. quite a handsome
sum was Realized for the Home
fund.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
COLD STORAGE FOOD
NOT ALWAYS GOOD

In Chicago recently a banquet
was given for which the menu was
prepared from food which had
been in cold storage for many
months. The object of the banquet
was to prove that food even though
stored for a long time is both
healthful and pslatable. 1t only
proved that some food may be
palatable and harmless after such
storage. No one has ever denied
that when properly handled and
surrounded by the necessary con-
ditions. food can be kept in cold
storage in a fairly acceptable
coalition for comparatively long
periods of time. II this banquet
committee could not have found
some acceptable food from among
the millions of dollars worth of
ancient materials in the various
warehouses. the cold storage of
food products as a business would
have been terminated long ago on
account of financial failure. Cold
storage is a good thing. 1t has
been used. in a crude way, in
country cellars and spring houses
for generations, says The Journal
Of the American Medical Associa.
ton. It's modern development
has add d immensely to the posi-
bilities of our tables, but like
many other good things, il is
frightfully abused. In order to
get good results, one must have
good material to store, and must
be able to prevent harmful chang,
es during storage. The condition
by governmental authorities OF
millions of puonds Of cold storage
food shows the effects of the &C.
iual sysem in at least one respect.
1t is only by the constant vigilance
Of health officials that greater and
more dangerous abuses are pre-,
vented. The fact that the ban
queters found the food palatablt
and survived is beside the point,
IL a banquet such as this had beer
an adjunct to a campaign, for pre-.
venting the abuse Of cold-storage
methods. for limiting them Ia
their Legitimate field and for per
fecting the methods Of handling
food products, more would have
been accomplished by the cold
storage people in overcoming the
prejudice of the public and in pop.
ularizing cold-strage goods.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
KILLS WOMAN AND HIMSELF

The Humboldt Star says that
William Mathers, formerly AGAR in.
spectCr at Inlay, shot and killed a
woman known as May Fisher short
~ after ) o'clock Tuesday morning
and then turned the revolver on
himself, firing a bullet into his
right side, and died almost instant
ly. The tragedy took place at a
house known as The Paint Shop"
in the redlight district and there
were no witnesses.
According to the story told by
the other inmates Of the house,
Mathcr had been there some time
in company with May Fisher anu
she accompanied him 10 The door,to
bid him good night. They talked
at the door a minutes few Ma'her
scenes TO be urging the woman
to leave with him, but they did not
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03

Now, Harry, go to Smiths, the
grocer, and get a pound of the
best syrup said his mother, and
she handed the young hopeful a
couple of good sized jugs. When
the boy had gore the wife said:
you didn't tell him to get any
thing in the other jug. is he going
to leave 1t at the shop?'
No, ma'am; he's going to bring
il back here again"
But why send two jugs to get a
pound Of SYRUP"
"Well you see, it's this way.
If he has a jug in each hand, he
can't go dipping his finger in the
syrup and eating it as he comes
along"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
SHEEPAERDER KILLS
CAMpTENDER

From the northern part of the
county comes the news Of o
murder committed near DEMO,
situated on the line of Oregon and
Nevada. Thomas DuffereDa,
manager of the DEMO Land and
Livestock company, has notified
Sheriff Lamb that his brother was
shot and killed in the mountains in
what is known as the Mud Creek
country, about five miles from
Bramlett's station and fourteen
from DEMO, In this county.
The news of the killing was con-
veyed here by a letter dated Oct
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
TUNGSTEN IS RE-
MARKABLE MINERAL

The mineral tungsten (the name
meaning heavy stone) has been
known for many years, but only
comparatively recently has it be-
come Of economic Importance. The
most important use, according to
Frank L Hess.of the United States
geological survey, and the one which
makes tungsten mining on an ex-
tensiye scale possible, is an alloy
for tool steel. Lathes using tools
made from tungsten steel may be
speeded up until the chips leaving
the tool are SO hot that they turn
blue, an operation which would
ruin the temper of high carbon
steel. 1t is stated that about five
times as much can be done with
lathes built for such sperd and
work as can be done by the same
lathes with carbonsteel tools. From
16 TO 20 per pent of tungsten is
ordinarily used in lathe tools. The
melting point Of tungsten is ex-
high -5.576 degrees f.
Tungsten also has an important
US. in making incandescent electric
crucibles for electric fur
and various other articles.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
A Romance. AImosi.

He took the pronered gIoyeless
hand In his. while high above them
Die" soft ]breeLes. which. descending.
Tanned the sitting air that sought to
ste" them ~ they stood there lace 10
lace Her brOws were raised what
Joy to tie so ear this queen OF smiling
grace. 10 hold her hand so tendcrlyl
The fingers rested, slim aud white,
Tor u brief moment on his palm
And yet his iaco showed no delight.
his massive chest betrayed no aualm.
As the electric funs above dispersed
the heated air and HES, he said. with.
out a sign OF love:
Six and a half. mR'am. is your
size
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
GUARDING S. P. TRACK

A SAINTS Barbara dispatch says
that more than four hundred men,
according to advice received here
today, are p~atroling the Southern
Pacific track between San Francisco
and Los Angeles for the purpose of
preventing attempts to destroy
property and lives by the use Of
dynamite. The company has prac-
tically one mar for every mile on
the coast division, with particular
carn being taken on that section
between Santa Barbara and San
Luis Ohispo. The action Of the
railroad follows the two attempts
within two weeks to wreck trains
withOdt twenty-five miles # Santa
Barbara.
The first attempt was made at FL
Captain, being n few hours before
the presidential train passed over
1T, and tue second on last Thu :shay
night, when seventy-fve sticks of
dynmite were placed in the frogs
of switches t Elwood station. The
dynamiters have been so bold of
late that the railroad has placed
the army of track walkers o. duty
for the protection of the lives of
the travelling public.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03

a negro had a lively time at Haz.
en- Wednesday. lie was stealing a
ride on a freight car and took n
shot at a brakeman who atter pied
to put him off. lie then took TO
tie s%agcbrush ard a unmber Of cit
liens armed themselves and went
after him. About IL miles from
Ha2en, the negro fell exhausted
and was captured. He had two re.
yolvers and about 200 cartridges
in his pocket. lie was hound and
taken to the Fallon Jail.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
PRESIDENT TAFT AND
THE INSURGENTS

President Taft and the insurg-
ents of his party T enemies.
There can he no question Of that.
though the president insists that
he is neither a progressive nor a
stsRdpatter. but d middle-of-ths-
reader.
With true bl1e insurgents. to be
in the middle Of the road is TO
block W the passage and they
consider that even st%andpatism
could do no worse.
Hcrce, President Taft, not with
sanding his neutral inclination and
neutral feelings. is to them the
rhieftain Of the r6sctioIsries.
His recent western trip was
admittedly an invasion of insurg-
ent territory. He went to conquer
his enemies and line them up
for indorsing his leadership in
1912.
But while he pushed his march
valiantly forward. smiling, speaking,
feasting, sightseeing and under
going all the other ardrous labors
of being the guest of honor the
insurgent leaders, his real enemies
got by fiarked him on the right
ard fianleu him on the left, and
closed up in the rear with a big
muster at the Chicago meeting, at
which LaFolletle, the arch in
surgent, was given high praise
and Endorsed for the republican
nomination and Taft was ignored
and by implication utterly con-
demned.
The irony of fate seems to have
lowered pretty continuously over
President Taft's career as a
politician. He set out to become
a popular man and an unpopular
president. He set out to have the
tariff lowered. succeeded in having
ii raised to still higher marks and
kept there. He set out to have
his cabinet a collection Of pippins.
but he garnered in quite a number
of lemons. He set Out to bring
Canada and the United States into
more friendly trade relations by
a reciprocal treaty, but succeeded
almost in having diplomatic rCla.
tiOns between the two nations
broken off and war declared
against this country by Canada.
And now, while he marched
boldly TO the attack of the in
surgents in the west, they sidestep.
ped him. joining the insurgents in
the east, delivering him a stunning
blow from behind.
From past events it seems GER
tain that If there were such a thing
as a political safety razor Presi.
dent Taft would cut himself with
It.
1t would be just his luck to be
overwhelmingly nominated by the
republicans and overwhelmingly
defeated by the democrats. Hum
boldt Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
S~almagundi
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY

Rev. Howell and family will ar
rive or No. 8 this Afternoon.
Mrs. W. E. johnson and family
came IN yesterday from Gold Creek.
They expect 70 make their home in
Elko.
MAJOR Miller returned from CAL
ifornia this morning. He says1 he
had a good time and is feeling
fine.
Rev. L. T. Barkman will hold a
service in the Good Will Chapel
Car tonight at 1870. The subject
will be Harvest Time.
In 1909 there were 247, 643, 1877
pairs of boots and shoes manufac-
tured in the United States. accord
ing to a census bulletin.
J. w. Ebert of Palisade is in
town. He says contractors have
their outfits at Palisaue ready to
begin the building of the E. & p.
railroad. From what he says it
appears that the contracts have
been let for ceoIilding the road.
Job Hartman the socialist an.
didate for mayor Of Los Angeles
received the highest vo te East for
that Office at the primary election.
Hartman is n of McNamara's
lawyers. George Alexander the
present mayor received the next
highest vote. Hartman and Alex
ander will fight it out IN Decem,
Der.
Someone called up this office this
forenoon and wanted to know
when the courthouse would be ded-
icated. So far as wc know that
event will no occur until the meet.
ing of the district court. The
phone worked so badly that Meth.
erMissFrench nor the Writer could
understand who it was at the other
end of the line.
The examination Of c. ". Grow.
er on the charge of threatening
the life of George f. Wolford be.
gan before Judge Klatte this fore.
noon. At noon AN adjournment was
taken until 2 o'clock. The case
was still going on when this was
put in type.
The ianl distribution of the Cal.
ifornia estate of the late 7. o.
Mills, capitalist, valued at 1000.
0|0, was ordered by Judge Graham
Wednesday the balance of the
estate is in New 70, k state. All of
the property is divided between
Ogden Mills and his sister, Mrs
Whitelaw Reid, wife of United
States Ambassador Reid.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03

1t a been shown tina nearly all
the failures of steel occur very
early in its history. If a plate or
bar If mild steel lasts for a year in
service, it may be trusted to last
for many years. The most injur.
ious thing is the continued bending
backward and forward, as in what
is caller the painting Of a boiler
end. AS one authority puts il,
steel has somewhat "tumultuous
youth" but Tin middle age il is
Trustworthy and in old age beyond
reproach." In regard to ~corrosion
there is a dierence of opinion, some
holding that steel corrodes more
re ably than ircn. Harper's
Weekly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
EFFECT OF THE
DEPRECIATION OF GOLD

The position of the national debt
is this: At present it represents,
roughly, 5 per cent Of the capital
assets of our community; this pro-
portion Of the whole belongs to
the nations creditors. But if
prices suddenly doubled from am
cause it is clear that the debt
would then represent % per cent
of the assets of the country, and
the prOprietors Of the consolidated
debt would, although still mort
gagees for the same, number of
sovereigns as before, be just so
per cent worse off. AS it is this
silent, and as yet only half recogni-
zed, financial revolution which is
really at this time going on around
US. Prices have advanced nearly
so per centsince 1896, and this pro
digious depreciation of gold" as
professor terms it, has lust as
really reduced the burden Of the
national debt as though with prices
stable we had paid off two
hundred millions sterling. And
that is why Jevons described the
Use in prices in the "sixti,s g. as a
violation of the national debt.
That debt represents a portion Of
the wealth and the products of the
community. The steel-maker pays
his proportion for the interest
charges and the sinking fund by
the sale of his steel, the farmer by
the sale of his wheat and wool.
If steel and wheat and wool
have advanced 80 per cent since
1896 then the taxpayers are
relieved to that extent, while the
creditor who is being paid in a
depr ciated currency is impover-
ished.
In the case of great debtor
communities, | am thinking of the
American and Canada prairie
states, of the new proprietary body
in Ireland who pay their fixed
ihstallments by selling produce for
sovereigns, of that prodigiouslv
indebted community, Australasia;
in all these cases the relief
afforded by the advance of prices
is to them as the daRnirg Of a
new day. Australasia's external
public and private loans--loans
raised chiefly in England-are at
least five hundred millions sterling
and | think | am not far wrong in
estimating that the advance since
1896 in the price of one single
export, namely wool, liquidating
the whole obligation of her annual
interest on this vast sum. In other
words, the rise in the price If
WOOL has in fifteen years emanci-
pated Australasia from debt.
So recently as 1874 the worlds
production of gold was only $751;
600, 900, almost the whole Of
which Soetbeer showed was rom
sumed in the arts and manu-
features, while for the current
year IL will be 500, 600, 600. How
is il possible that these vast sup
plies could fail to initiate our cur.
rencies and raise our prices. JChn
Stuart Mill says that ian increase
in the quantity Of money raises
prices and q diminution lowers
them, is the most elementary pro-
position in the theory Of currency,
and without We shoul I have no key
to any Of the others" Net only
are the words currency conditions
today such at to justify and ex.
plain the great rise Of prices in
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03

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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03
~ TpE JrsTICE CoURToF ELKo TOWN.
ship County OF Elko. State OF Nevada =
SUMMONS
| Louis / Dreebsn. Plaintiff ". W. II. TasTart.
Defendant
The State OF Nevada sends greetings to ". II.
TagEart Defendant.

The stated Nevada sends greetings to W. II.
Tsgzart Defendant.
You are hereby required TO appear IN an ac,
ton brought against you by the above named
plaintiff. in the Ju>tic. court OF EIkO township.
County % p ko. state 81 Nevada and answer
ths complaint uled therein within hNe DAYS, eA-
elusive Of the day of service. after the service
on you Of tht, summons, n served IN the town
shlp or city IN which this action i brought ten
DAYS II served out OF the township or city oul
with n the county within which THIS action i
brought. ami twenty days II served el>eNhere,
or judgement By default will lie taken against
yuu. acCOrlIuE tothe prayer % said complaint.
said sCti0u i brought TO recover Judgment
a-rinst you for sllU.g5. on account OF goods
Wargs and merchandise >Old and delivered 10
yJu. at your special instance and request by the
abnye named plaintiff aud Seymour Jacobs Co.
sad Seymour Jacobs co. having ASSIGNED it,
account % the plaintiff. said amu nts formerly
were s=laE. but you have PAID plaintln the sum
| OF SIuluu. se4yInE a balance due 20 p!alntln 10
| toe amount Of sliHB.
Auo OF which E.r. fully sppsIrs uy complaint
| OF plaintiff on file. a COPY Of which - hereto at
tasust. and heryWi b served upon you. ana Is
| hereby referred 20 and made a fart hereof.
And sou are hereby notified that " you fal To
| appear and answer said complaint. a. above
| reIull 81. the said plaintiff will apply TO To the
| rpart Tor sllU G,. together with plaintiffs costs
| and Disbursements. and SINu attorney lees
Given uud,r ny hand this l5th day OF Octo
ter. 1917.
ben Katie.
Justice 81 The Peace Of Elku Township.
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SUBSCRIPTION sATE

Entered AZ the ElKo postonee for raasnissioa
through the mails IS sseoaS-eiASs matter.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-06-05

The feature of tile morning service
at this church was the sermon to the
SUNDAY school children. many OF
whom remained from the proceeding
hour.
MI. Williams announced his subject
as Lessons From the silver Dollar"
He took his text from the words OF
Jesus. Render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars, and unto
Cod the things that are Gods"
His sermon was as follows;
These words were spoken to the
Jews once when they were trying to
catch him up In his teaching They
asked him, Shall we pay our taxes
II he says yes, they thought, then
he can not be our king. II he says
no we will accuse him before the
governor
Jesus told them 20 bring a penny.
Whose is the image and snperscrip-
tion?' Said he, Caesars. They re.
piled. Then render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars. and unto
God the things that are Gods.
"That penny was worth II cents. II
was the price OF a days unskilled
labor IN those years. II corresponds
to our dollar In these days. Let os
draw a few lessons from this dollar.
"What shape Is the dollar? Round
II win roll. You may spend your
money that foolshly and easily. But
you ought not.
Look at II another way. II is flst
How easy II is to stack the dollars
up. II you have many. That is what
some people do But it's not what
the dollar is for.
"Thls dollar is small but II ! put
il close to my eye it shuts out the
rest of the world. That is the way
with some men. The dollar Is the
greatest thing In their life
Now here are three lessons on the
kingdom of heaven. Under the lih-
erty head what Is that9 The date,
1891 A, y. 1901 In the year of our
Lord. All history Is dated from the
coming of the Christ. He Is right
fully the Lord of all.
Then there is the motto. In God
we trust. The religious faith of
America has been the means of our
greatest blessings. but remember, 1t
il not In ourselves that We must
trust. but in God.
what is that Latin motto? u.
plurihus unum. eut eff many. one.
That is the way God is saving the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-06-05
Fears Attempt to Block Flood
Resolution Will Result In In
Surgent-Democratic Alliance
To Exclude New Mexico,
SENATOR BAILEY OUT
STRONG FOR TERRITORY
In Letter to Roswell Man, Tex
as Senator Declares Positive
" That We viii Be Admitted
at Extra Session,

Especial Dispatch to the Morning journal |
Washington, d. c., June S.-Thai
an alliance between the progressive
republicans and democrats, which
might force the passage OF resolu-
ton disappearing New Mexico's con
stitution, would result from an at
tempt to prevent further action in
congress on statehood at this time is
the belief OF Judge A. 3. Fall, who
returned to Washington today after
an absence since May IA.
such nm attempt as now generally
rumored here said Judge Fall, "tC
stop further action and let New Mex
leo in by Limitation while keeping
Arizona out viii in my opinion very
possibly cause the progressive repub-
licans and democrats to get together
ana pass q resolution positively dis
approving the constitution of New
Mexico NJ information is that the
people of New Mexico now want
statehood, even under the Flood reso-
luton, rather than delay. with the
possibility, however remote, of even
tual defeat. This is my personal
stand and has been from the begin
ming, while ! resent none the less the
recent action of the democratic dele
cation here"