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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
ROBINSON CRUSO

Old Robinson stood by himself on
the shore, and looked at the murmur.
ing sea. This island some people
would probably bore" he said,
"but it looks good to me. No oily
tongued agent corners me here, and
sell me craft of old junk; no
statesman can nail me and breathe
in my ear a job lot. of promises
punk. Assessors won't camp or my
mid-ocean farm, to pry and to
snoop and to poke, and fill out a
paper as long as my arm. and leave
me disguised and broke. Here
ardent reformers will leave me
alone, and perils no longer will
fret; and one can call me by long
distant phone. to ask if l have regis.
tered yet. | can't run in debt and
| have nothing to pawn-no uncle's
at hand if | had; no bank can in
form me that i've overdrawn; the
first of the month isn't sad. So
why should Iprance on the beach and
lament, because Pm forsaken and
b oke? There's nothing to buy and
| don't need a cent, and the whole
blooming thing is joke. Leave
tears for the spineless and the chick
en-souled club who would at the
walling place sit! This islands in
line for optimist club, and |, by
your leave, will be IT."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
Tho Value Of Solitude,

A population may be too crowded,
though all be amply supplied with
food and raiment. II ia not good for
man to be kept perforce at all times
In the presence OF his species. A
world from which solitude 10 ex.
tirpated Is a very poor ideal. Soil.
tude, In the sense OF being often alone,
is essential to any depth of media.
ton. or of character; and solitude in
the presence OF natural beauty and
grandeur 10 the cradle OF thoughts and
aspirations which are not only good
for tho individual. but which society
could III do wlthout.-John Stuart
Mil
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
STARTLING PREDICTIONS

Here is food for thought that
will be interesting to the many who
study conditions and the trend of
the times.
Timer" will o. no cnillren in thu
United States under S years of age
in the year 1920. Babies, accord
ingly, will have disappeared from
this country as early as 2O15."
This is the mathematical conclu-
sion of Professor Walter F. Wilcox
of Cornell university. announced to
the American Statistical association
Monday afternoon.
The only hope of securing babies
IN the United States after 2O2O,
according to Professor Wilcox S
statement, is in possible importa-
ton from France. He says that
France will continue to have babies
80 years after the United States
has quit.
There is proportionatcly moro
race suicide in the United States
than in France" said Professo,
Wilcox.
An endowment for the stork was
recommended t. the American So.
Geological association by Geo. Elliot
Howard. professor of sociology in
the University of Nebraska. In
his address on the Social Control
of Domestic Relations" he declared
the state should honor motherhood
by endowing mothers.
Parents who raise families" he
said. ARE entitled to payment and
security from the state. the same
as the soldier and the judge or any
other public servant. The woman
who gives q child to the state
should be allowed an income by the
state for taking care of that child
That would make the mother the
ruler of the home. That woulC
be social justice"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
THE OUTLOOK

In the legislature but little work
has been accomplished as yet but
in carrying out the theory thai
large bodies move slowly, all is 60
ing as well and as smoothly as pos
sible. The gathering this year is
a representative one of the solid
business men of the state. The
ability Of the members is mark ed,
and each measure so far presented
has received due consideration and
no vote ha1 been cast by any men,
Der without fully understanding
the measure.
1t is marked that the pickering
and the sectional differences of the
last session have departed and
there seems to be a spirit of friend
illness and harmony which cannot
but help in the solving of serious
questions which are bound later to
arise.
In due course of time. the gam
bling bill. the great bugaboo of
the last session, will again be
brought before the assemblage u
on questions of amendments. The
governor in his message to the leg
islature made recommendations
which will undoubtedly be consid-
cred and it is hoped that the ulti-
mate Legislation will be such as to
strengthen the bill in it's reforming
clauses and remove from the same
those clauses which make it bur-
densome and destructive of it's in
tent. o
There are rumors that the d.
vOrce laws of the state are to be
taken up for consideration and
many amendments submitted.
Without doubt there will be more
lobbying on this question than any
other that the legislature has be-
fore it. We an safely say that
each will be given due considera-
ton and without doubt the conclu-
sion arrived at by the body will be
for the benefit of the people,
Several bills looking toward the
division of the counties of the
state will be presented during the
early sessions and will depend in a
great measure upon the wishes Of
the delegations from the several
counties affected.
We may look forward to bene-
fetal Legislation, calmly end seri-
ously made, not with the intention
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
THEhNBoRN TALENT DEFINED
1t is Sor~" ming En:ireiy Distinct from
the Material Of Our Elk.
perience.

The Unborn talent Is something dis.
iinci from the material OF our expert.
en"e and the technical use we make OF
mt material Just what 1t Ia proves
"fsher battling to define. But at len
II includes several different element;
FIRST, the art OF really seeing the
ARTISTS eye, which looks through a'.a
"efond tn" mere outward mater u
aspect and sees the vision OF so &.
great. implanted picture. Secondly. 4
hne instinct for the value Of words.
grit that Is something quite ditiereHt
from mere richness Of vocabulary on
the one hand. and the possession OF
style on the other. Vocabulary may
be increased at will by patiently
memorizing a dictionary, and style Ii
matter OF cadence and sound So
quence--it is quite possible to write
rather sad trash IN an impeccabie
style. Rut sense Of the value "'
words. an instinct for finding within
the limits OF our spoken language. the
precise word and phrase that will as
nearly as possible convey a thought
That Is perhaps bigger or subtler than
any spoken words-this indeed stamps
the possessor as having the Unborn tai.
ent: And lastly. II includes the pos.
session of ideas. as distinct from
knowledge. You may know vast
number Of useful facts--such as that
a straight line Is the shortest distance
between two points-but such knowl-
edge no more constitutes the Unborn
talent than such a definition consti-
tutes literature. But ideas-big vital
ideas-of the compelling sort that
force themselves into written words,
In the face Of obstacles and disap-
pointments and the inertia Of public
indifference. are the very essence OF
the creative spirit. TIE golden hall
mark OF the Unborn talent.-The Book.
man.
Not Always tho Same.
Can | use your telephone a min
utter" asked middle-aged woman OF
. Brooklyn grocer.
But you used 1t yesterday after
noon. last night and two hours ago."
he protested.
"Yes. but | forgot something"
"You were telephoning about your
husband"
yes. and here Is the situation. He
IL of on spree. He always calls
me up on the phone after a day or
two to tell me what a bully time he
~ having. My name is Sniggs"
"And he hasn't called you up this
time?"
! "No. Sometimes he gets It sniERs.
and sometimes Riggs. Briggs or Diggs.
q want to strike him somewhere II !
can and tell him to remember, no
oatter how tight he gets. that It IL
.n.ig-gs."
The grocers heart expanded, and
allowed her the use OF the tele-
| hone free OF cost
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
THE LEGISLATURE

So far the legislature has done
nothing of Importance. Thursday
Speaker Frolich announced the fol.
lowing committees:
Ways and Means-Fulmcr, Me,
der, Merritt, BuImer, SchiIling
Stanton. SchOcr, Kcmm, White,
Denton, Byington.
Labor-Whitc, Malloy, O'Connor
Enslow. Campbell.
Printing-Booth, Tricc, White.
Claims Cocks, Merritt, FaIlon,
Arnold, Byington.
Mines and Mining SchiIling,
Drysdalc, Coke, Sullivan, EnsIow,
Miller, Mayors.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
MADE FAMOUS BY DICKENS
PLACES Arc Hardly DIsooverabIs a.
One by Ono They Havs Under
gone Changes.

One by one the places made famous
by Charles Dickens have undergone
such changes that they are hardly dis.
coverabIo The rookeriss in Tabnrd
street. Southwark borough, among the
last OF these places are now being
closed up and very soOn'th !S charac-
teristic place o. -.ckens.land In Lon
don Will have passed away, the
housing committee" having deter.
mined for sanitary reasons that II
must be obllterated. The Church OF
st. George the Martyr, which stands
at one end Of the street. Is the house
OF worship immortalized as Little Dor.
rits church. and on this account Is
Visited every year by thousands OF
American admirers of the great novel.
Ist Near the other end Of the street
was the Marshalsea prison for debt
ors. where Little Dorrits father. a
man with "a mild voice, curling hair
and irrnsolnte hands," 40 the years
passed by became gray.haired and ven.
erabl" and was known as "the father
0f the MaTshalRea. n title II which no
grew to be ridiculously vain. And this
character tmuch OF the color OF which
Dickens is said to have taken from
that OF his own father) 10 one OF the
most pathetic in amy OF his novels.
But the medical off1cer for the district
says II has long had a wicked repu.
tation. and London cannot allow such
n degraded and unhealthy spot to re-
main. no matter what It's romantic
and historic interest. Long before the
days Of Dickens this corner OF South
wick was known az the hiding place
OF highwaymen and debtors OF the
worst description.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20

TO rcnt--An ice house in good
order. Inquire Of Judge
Morgan.
Wantcd--By u gcntlcman-A
pleasant room with board in
private family. Address b. b. at
this Office. Applicant is willing to
pay for good accommodations.
To Rent: Two furnished rooms
on Silver Street in the eastern part
Of the town. Inquire Of Mrs. b.
w. Woolvcrton or at this office.
Matchmaking & Engraving.
Work guaranteed. Leave work at
Drug Store or at my office, one
block north of Overland Hotel.
Prices reasonable. Dean
Harrison.
Mems laundry wanted by Mrs
f.. j.. Davis. Satisfaction guar
cntced.
Court house, Grammar school,
High school Il other souvenir spoons
for Christmas at Wintcrmantcl's
Jcwclry store.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
CHURCHILL COUNTYS FUTURE

Uncle Sam has shown that he
really remembers the slight sum he
invested in this valley, and further
that he considers it so good an IN
vestment that he is going to add
almost like sum in adding needed
extensions. TO know that the gov
eminent has taken cOgnizance of
our Importance spells something in
itself. Before the projected i'm
provcments are completed this
county will have take far more
Important place in the states list
of counties and within short time
thereafter. it will be reckoned as
Nevada's most populous county.
This is not idle talk out is founded
upon what looks to be good sound
reasoning. And the passing Of a
few years will wholly sustain the
same ton.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
WHAT He HAD TO SAY

Every once in a while new cam.
paign story yet bobs up in Wash
ington, says the Cincinnati Times
Star. This one is on Ralph Cole,
Ohio member of congress, who did
his best to make his district to GO
republican. but who cannot point
TO any particularly bowling success
in that regard. At one tou n in
mis- district he was to divide his
time with a local spellbinder. The
local man spoke first, and was to
have kept going for half an hour,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20

but he made it an hour and half.
When he got through he made an
apology for encroaching on Coles
time.
ut reminds me-" Cole said as he
faced his audience, "of what l once
heard in a court room. The defend
ant had been found guilty of a
criminal charge. The jury
sentenced him to 10 years. Have
YOU any thing to say?' demanded
the court of the prisoner. 4 think
you're mighty damned liberal With
another mans time"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
DarkenirT tho Eyebrows.

The hair Of ID" eyebrows retains tho
color long after III" haiT Of the head
has turned gray Light and graz oro.
brows dctract from the appearance
and not only Is II justinablc to darkep
them. but II is an easy process. ms I,
can be done with pOmndo pcnciIa.
which come for tho purpose. II Is tho
only application Of color that Is In any
way an improvement to tho face. Soma
pencil under the lower lid thinking
that II Improves tho looks They are
much deceived. for II gives o very mr..
tinciai appearance" to the face. tho
same as painting IN" checks or chang.
ing the color OF the brlr
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
application NO. 1887

Application NO. 1857
Notice of Application for Per-
mission to Appropriate the Pub ic
Waters of the State of Nevada
Notice is hereby given that on
the 27th day of October 1910, in &C
cor1ance with Section 25. Chapter
NXXl. of the Statutes of 1909 one
Nevada Land & Livestock Company
of Elko. County of Elko and State
of Nevada, made application to the
State Engineer of Nevada for per.
mISSIon TO appropriate the public
waters of the State of Nevada.
Such appropriation is to be made
from an unnamed creek and it's
tributaries in T. 40 N. r So E.,
locally known as Cotton Wood
Creek. at point which bears South
81 degrees west 1900 feet from
the corner common to sections s,
y, 10 and II, in L. 40 NJ, R. So
f., M. d.. NJ. and being in the SCI
of NEf OF Sec. II, I. 40 N. r.. So E.,
NJ. d. M. by means of dam, and
fifteen cubic per second is to be
conveyed to points in the Ek of
SEf of Sec. 8, NW4 of.SW4, and
E8 of W. of Sec. 8, the M of NWf
of Sec. l6, the NE4. the M of
NW&, the SWt of NW4 and the
NWf of SW4 of Sec. II, the Ed of
SCI and SW4 of Sci of Sec. Is,
the EA of NW4 and W. of NE4 of
Sec. 10. I. 40 NJ. r. So f., M. ID. B..
Il M by means Of bitches, and
there used for irrigation, Water
not to be returned to stream,
Date of first publication January
;. 1911.
Date of last publication FEBRUARY 8,
1911.
Si,rncd:
Emmett ID. Boyle
State Engineer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of stock
holders of the Lamoille Creamery
Corp. will be held at the office of
the Corp. at LamOillc on Saturday,
tho 18th day of January at two
o'cock p. NJ, for the purpose of
cIecting a Board of Directors to
serve for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such sother
business as may come before the
meeting.
II. TrOpst. Sec.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
Emmett ID. Boyle
State Engineer.
NOTICE

Until further notice there will he no
light or power furnished bctwcea the
hours of a. NJ. and 3:;iO p. NJ. Owing
to the snow blockade on tho Siorras we
are unable to got fuel for tho operation
OF our engines, one car being caught in
the SNOW west of the summit. One IF
our engines is disabled and cannot be
repaired for several days.
Elko Water d Light Corporation
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
II. Troest, Sec.
Following An Inference,

Tommy heard Mrs. Jones tell his
mother that she used sour cream to
make the gingerbread they were eat
ing He was duly impressed with this
piece Of information. and, turning ia
Mrs. Jones. he BOlcmnly said: MRS
Jones. this Is fine gingerbread you've
made. can't taste the sour cream n
bit' Did you use bad eggs, too?"-Ex
change.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20

of filling the books with an enor-
nous number of bills. but with few
laws and these with an intent of
observation-disclosures News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
PEOPLE IN TERROR
FROM MAO COYOTES

Inc following is taken froE an
Idaho paper and is of local in ,..,est
as the county infested with the
mad coyotes referred to adj ,ins
Elko county on the north:
Portland, Jan. 6.-Twelve hun ters
in the employ of the fore Try
service. will be sent tn Wal! va
codnCy to assist the state an cudhty
official in exterminating rabbi
coyotes. The government hunters
are all expert marksmen beside
being versed in trapping and pois-
oning. They are expected to aid
greatly in killing coyotes that have
bitten persons. dogs, sheep and
cattle, spreading hyrophobia and
causing reign of terror through.
out the country.
Mad coyotes have rushed into
ttocks of sheep swapping promis-
cuously; have bitten dogs and have
invaded barnyards. biting pigs,
horses and cows, and in one
instance attacked a boy.
The boy was John Bosley. Z
years of age. A mad coyote came
into the school yard just as the
children were dismissed for the
noon hour. They chased the coy ote
into a neighboring barnya-d,
whre the animal bit a pig, attacked
the Bosley boy, badly lacerating
his face. and nearly destroyed one
eye. The ami nal then bit sheep.
The boy was brought to Portland
and was ri ven the Pastcur treat
ment by DR.. Calvin S. White,
secretary of the state board of
heath. Both the pig and the sheep
developed rabies. which is con-
sidered ample evidence that the
10y was thoroughly inoculated
with hydrophobia germs but he
has finished the prescribed course
of treatment and has been sent
h ONE cured.
Later Luther johnson, 10 years
old, while herding sheep was bitten
by his own dog, after it had been
bitten by mad coyote that rushed
into the flock. Many of the sheep
bitten died of rabies and t he dog
was killed. Johnson is now under
the care Of DR.. White and is daily
receiving injections of serum sent
to the public health and marine
hospital service from Washington,
ID. G. Fear of the spread of the
disease was SO great that johnson
was placed under arrest and hand
cuffed when it was learned he had
been bitten by his dog. -
Yesterd ay the head of dog
belonging to DR.. M. F. Gilmore of
Flora was received by DR.. White
and the brain was found to be full
of rabies germ. In letter Df.
Gilmore said his dog developed tne
first symptoms of the disease in q
neighbours yard and was killed.
Or. w. H. Lyle. state veteri-
marian, has been spending much of
his time in Wallowa county in.
vestigating the epidemic of rabies
among the coyotes. He has
established quarantine prohibiting
animals from being taken in and
out of the county, and all dogs,
when not in use, are ordered
muzzled. He has also posted
notices of warning and the news
papers have taken up the crusade
against rabies.
Sheepmen have become alarmed
at losses among their focks iand
further invasion of coyotes and
have agreed to each furnish orc
man to assist the government
hunters in exterminating the wild
animals responsible for the spread
of the disease.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
SALMAGUNDI
Attorney Williams left for Car.
son on No. 3 this afternoon.


Remember the lecture on Japan
an Presbyterian church tonight.
Lost-Two keys on a ring. The
finder will please leave them at
ihis o:f:s All ger a suitable
reward.
George 6.uAdell is in from the
North Fork country. He reports
about seven inches of snow in that
valley and plenty in the surround
ing mountains.
Henry Cabot Lodge has been re-
elected senator from Massachusetts
by the close margin of SIX votes.
Vie is one of the leading standpat-
tiers in the senate.
The New York democrats are
having trouble over the the cleo
ton of senator. Twenty-one of
them refused to vote for Sheehan,
the caucus nominee. Depew re-
celves the solid republican vote
Mrs Campbell will begin clearance
sale tomorrow forenoon and continue
same until her stock is disposed of.
All goods will be sold at discount of
ID per cent from the regular price.
Come and get the best bargain ever
offered in Elko.
Postal banks recognize the right
of wife to carly an account with
out let or hindrance from her
husband, but they co not provide
private rooms for her to 60 to her
stocking for her hoard change.
With Goldfield turning out ST.
100000 in gold bullion a month
and Tonopah producing $500, 900
annually, it looks like there must
Il have been something real in those
Z Nevada booms. Los Angeles
Hearld.
Special Agent Mcneil of the In.
dian bureau caught Nick Korolog.
os and Quin Now disposing OF
liquor to Indians at Carlin last
night. Both are now in Jail wait.
ing for the preliminary examina-
ton which will be held as soon as
thu S. marshal can get here.
"A rain set in last evening and
continued through the night and
forenoon and is still coming down
at this writing. Occasional flakes
of snow are mixed with the rain
this afternoon and a big snow storm
may be brewing. The rain is good
for the country as it piles up snow
in the mountains.
1t developed during the inquest
over his death that Alexander An
derson, the dishwasher who was
found dead IN Goldfield few days
ago, had once been a wealthy man.
Papers found on the body showed
4 that four years ago he had $13, 900
7 on deposit, and that he lost it
through the failure of the State
Bank and Trust Co.
The ikickers on the farm are not
as hard to get along with as the
kickers in town. On the farm
there is the kicking cow and our
long cared friend, the mule, while
in the town there is the moss. back
who wants all the privilege of
municipal living without paying
for them and blocks so far as he
can every municipal improvement.
The cow may be sold for beef and
the mule traded for a shotgun, but
nothing but funeral will get rid
of the town kicker.-Exchange.
Owing to the overcrowding with
trout spawn and young salmon the
commission opened the Verdi
hatchery and transferred there 49,
600 eyed spawn Of the Eastern trout.
, There is now on hand for distri-
&bution this spring one million fish
and there we're taken at other
localities about one and one-half
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
Entitled 70 Charge.

Entitled tc Charge.
"A professional man 10 paid Tor
what he knows. not for what he does"
Then that young lawyer ought to
get some tremendous fees"
"Why?"
"He knows Il all"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20

How He Made IL.

10" VIII make his mari, some day"
Said lis father with delight:
iic did-.but In an illicTaic way,
For he never learned TO wrIto.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-20
HIs AtIvantade.

To rsclto the Village Blacksmith"
The honrse boy was the choice;
FOR no had local color with
The sharp rasp in his voice.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
FISHER SAYS COAL
POLICY IS SUCCESS

Chicago.-Maintaining that the pol
Icy of the United States Government
with regard to the valuation of coal
lands Is not open to the criticisms
against it, and that it is designed to
prevent mOnopolization and to encour-
age development, w. L. Fisher, Sec
rotary Of the Interior, made his reply
to protests against that policy, sub
mitted to him last June by Represen-
tat1ve Frank Mondell, of Wyoming.
Representative Mondell charged
that prices fixed by the government
were prohibitive; that they paralyzed
. the coal industry in the West; result
ed In increasing the cost of coal to
: the consumer from soc to 81 a ton;
and created monopoly.
All these allegations Secretary
Fisher, after thorough study, submits
as apparently based on misapprehen-
sion as to the basis on which valua-
tlon Is made, as to the prices placed
on coal lands, and as to the effect
Which the classifcations have had on
the sale Of public lands"