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SHERtFF'S SALE.
State of Louisiana-Parish of Ascen-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Judi
cial District Court.
Sobral VS.. Heating
No 2013

- 7 VIRTUE Of and in obedience TO
1S an order Of seizure ana sale is
sued by the above named court i'll
Inc above entitled and numbered
cause, and to me directed. [ have
seized and taken into my possession,
and will sell at public auction to the
last and highest bidder, according to
law, al the principal front door CT
the courthouse of the parish of As
oension, in the town OF Donaldson
vile, on
SATURDAY,, JUNE /, 1912,
at Il o'clock a. NJ, the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
A certain lot of ground, together
with all the buildings and improve
nents thereon and thereunto belong
ing, situated IN the town Of Donald
sonyille, parish of Ascension, LOU
iSiana, in the square bounded b.
Qpe1ousas street, Railroad avenue,
Houmas street ard Claiborne street
designated on the plan of said IoWn
as lot number ninety-s1 1861, 'front.'
Ing 0pelousas street, between Rail
road avenue and Hounas street
bounded on one side by lots Nos. 15o
ana l57, ana on the other side by Let
NO. ", and in the rear by lots Nos.
i43 and 155.
Terms and conditions-Cash in
United States currency.
3. C. HANSON,
Sheriff, Parish of Ascension.
DonaldsonVilIe, La, April n, 1912.
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OBJECT LESSON IN FARMING.
Continued from page one.)

work in Louisiana, the United States
Department of Agriculture MAKES an
allowance of 100000 per year, ana
the parishes. through their police 1u-
ries, appropriate a total OF soooo
annually. II we take into consldera-
ton the influence exercised on gen
eral farming, and more partlcularly
on about 1000 co-operators receiving
the same bulletins as the demonstra-
tors. and who are occasionally Wis
tied by the agents 1T can De seen
that the investment OF the ABOVE sum
Yields an immense return
In addition to demonstration WORK
In corn and cotton, the agents de-
vote a part OF their time to other
crops and branches Of farming, &C
cording to location. Truck, nay,
cane, and stock raising are looked
after. and the poultry industry also
receives a share Of attention. The
boys corn and pig clubs and the
girls canning clubs are likewise ex-
tended assistance.
In almost every parish where dem
onstration work is carried on, hogs
are shipped in carload lots. Ascen-
sion parish figures prominently In
this industry, and is also making
good Roadway in the raising OF Les
| pedeza hay for the market. Church
Point, a small town in Acadia par.
ish, shipped $4,000 worth of eggs
and chickens In 1911; Willie Platte
| in Evangeline parish, exported sou,
900 worth OF the same products, and
the shipments during the year from,
Scott, in Lafayette parish, aggrega
ted over 10000 in value. East Bato1
Rouge parish shipped from the croT
Of 1911 some $50 cars of Lespedezs
hay, Lafayette parish 100 cars, anG
st. Landry parish nearly as much
In Pointe Coupee, the onion IN
dustry has grown to considerable pro
portions, more than rs carloads O
the Bermuda and Crystal White va
rieties having been shipped in 1911.
Demonstration work in this STATE
has been advancing year by year
both in acreage under cultivation ant
ii proportion Of yields obtained un
/ der demonstration methods to tfos
obtained under ordinary methods
For Instance, in 1910. 1892 cotton dc
Imonstrators, cultivating 1908 acres
reported an average yield of 1856.
pounds Of seed cotton per acre, ant
| 1892 corn demonstrators, cultivatin
$50 acres, reported an average yiel
OF $50 bushels per acre. The figure
for 1911 are given above, showing
| material increase in number Of de
Imonstrators, acreage cultivated an
average yields per acre.
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Nofl RESIDENTS

First Rolice Jury Ward--Atchafala
Basen Levee District.
Reynolds, w b., vac lot 4 80
Il i. B. Assessment, $1,000
Taxes due /.
Second Police Jury Ward--AtciaaIsalal
Basen Levee District.
Fletcher, Pat 75-l00 acres Impd,
X. e. B. L. alb by G Road, pei
by Gates. Assessment, $3.50. 0g 4
IaXes due NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Third, Police Jury Ward-Lafelfs1
Basin Levee District
neating, Mrs. Sarah r., Impd, lot .
80 su IA. Assessment SlyeV.vV. y
Taxes due .s5s ff
Lectory, Manuel, Impd, IL lot ~
So A.. assessment, Sloa',vv,. /,
Taxes due .3aS.81'
Seventh Police Jury Wara-poi'1s's
train 6asin Leyee District Ct
Brady, Ed. p. 1850 acres Inpd'
lots 1-2-4 and IL of n Y -
and n & Ia OF W Ia, SET
1uJ-a; 202-y1 acres lmpd, -
of n IA ana - y
S W La ana W IL OF
sec 1-9-4,s 81 11-100 acres liilpe,
!. IL OF S w Ia, sec s-5-4s 4V-p
acres Impd. e Al OF II e.ls4,.ss5
sec IS-9-4: 35l-5O acres Impd, 81
IL ot S W Ia ana W IL o.
e la, sec 3J-y-4, 121-b5 acres
lnpd, lot and n IL OF ' z IT, Z.
sec o4-y-4 Assessment, 95s5V .VYt, .sss 4
.tlenniken. Geo. Nettles 25-60 aca 3 s.
n q Id
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State of Louisiana-Parish of AS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ju-
dicial District Court.
Tohn 2. Salassi & Co.
VS.. No. 1883
Ad Hudson

Jonn +. 6aIasSl q Co.
VS.. No. 1883
Ad Hudson
10y VIRTUE OF and in obedience
4-p to an order OF seizure and sale,
issued by the above named court III
the above entitled and numbered
cause, and to me directed, l have
seized and taken into my possession,
and will sell at public auction to the
last and highest bidder, according to
law, at the principal front door Of
the courthouse Of the parish of As
cension, in the town of DonaldsoH-
Vile, on
SATURDAY, JUNE s, 1912,
at IL o'clock a. NJ, the following de-
5crlbed property, to-Wit:
North half Of the southeast quarter
Of section twenty-five, in township
ten, south of range three, east OF
St. Helena meridian, southeastern
district east Of river in Louisiana,
containing eighty acres, together with
all the buildings and improvements
thereon and thereunto belonging.
Terms and conditions-Cash in
United States currency.
E. G. HANSON,
Cheriff, Parish of Ascension.
Donaldsonyille. La, May 4, 1912.
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Mexican insurgents Defeated.

The largest and most important bat
tie Of the pending insurrection in
Mexico was fought Sunday May 2, be-
tween 5000 rebels under Gen. Orozco
and an equal number of federal
troops under Gen. Huerta. The rebels
were badly worsted and retreated
northWard, having lost ten cannon
and a large amount Of ammunition
and supplies. Confidence is ex-
pressed in government circles that
the, rebellion will soon be suppressed.
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MAKES P|MPLEs GO.
Remarkable How zemo Clears the
Face Of PinpIes and All Other
Blen1ishes,


With the finger tips apply a little
zemo to the skin, then see the PIN
pies and blackheads vanish. Zemo
is liquid, not smear. It leaves no
trace, just simply sinks in and does
the work. You will be astonished- to
find how quickly eczema, rash. dan
druff, itch, liver spots, salt rheum
and all other skin diseases are
cured.
zemo is put up by the E. W. Rose
Medicine Co., st. Louis, Mo, and IS
regularly sold by all druggists at 81
for the large bottles, but you can get
?. liberal size trial bottle for only 25
cents. And this trial bottle is guar
anteed. You surely will find zemo
d wcnder. Get bottle now from
X-Ray Pharmacy.
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAM|NAT|0 ions.
OPPORTUNITIES for Obtaining Employ
ment Under the Federal GOV
eminent.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the following
examinations to take place on the
dates given below, and circulars con-
tanning further information may De
seen at the office of this paper:
June 5-Computer, Astrophysical
Observatory. Smithsonian Institute,
Washington, D. G., at $50 month
Age limit, 20 years or over. Inc
term Of service for this vacancy Il.
one year. Both men and women Will
be admitted to this examination.
June 10--Chief of drainage inyestl=
cations, Office of Experiment Sta
lions, Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. c., at $4,000 pei
annum. Age limit, 30 years or over.
Organic chemist (male), Bureau CT
Mines, Pittsburg, Pa. $3.50 to $500
per annum. Age limit, 20 years OF
over. The duties of this position
Will be i'll general a study Of the con
stitution Of Goals with a view to fur
nishing Il scientific foundation fol
many fuel investigations, etc.
June 12--Deputy shipping commits
sioner (male), $500 per annum, BIZ
reau Of Navigation, Department OF
Commerce and Labor, New York, n
Y. Age limit, 20 years or over, The
principal duty Of shipping commits
sioners is performed out Of doors
ton shipboard, on the wharves, etc.,
and requires a good physique and
tact In dealing with seamen, etc.
June 15--Strain gauge operator
(nale), $1,000 per annum, Bureau Of
Standards, Department Of Commerce
and Tabor. Age limit, q to s.
years. 1t is desired to secure eli
gibles who are competent to use
strain gauges upon structures for the
determination of reformation under
stress, etc.
Assistant pharmacologist (male)
Bureau Of Chemistry, Department Of
Agriculture, Washington. d. c., at
$500 to $4,000 per annum. Age Ii,
nit, 20 to 35 years. This position
affords an excellent opportunity fol
study and research in pharmacolog
and physiology in the broadcast sense
the laboratory equipment being Of
The best.
June 19-second class Tor assist
anti steam engineer, Custodian Ser
vice. Dallas. Texas, $1,000 per an
num. Age limit, Is to IS years.
June 26-soil laboratory assistant
'male). laboratory of physical and
chemical investigations, Bureau O
Soils. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. c., $1,000 to $3.50
annum. Age limit, 20 To 80 years.
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$40 Taxes due. s0.94
Charles, impd lot
Is, 81. S, Churchville. Assess
mellt, $50. Taxes due. ........... Sill
Smith. Mrs Florence, impd fret
lot 2, So. 5, Churchville. 1mpd
lot 3, SO. II. Assessment, $3.50.
raves due 1920
Fourth police Jury Ward-Lafourche
Basin Levee District
Joseph, 2 and $4,000
acres, impd. NJ r, alb. by
J.emann, below by Braud. AS
sessment, $3.50. Taxes due. So. SlI.S5
Giuseppe and N, vac
lot Fontanaville. Assessment,
500. Taxes due. SS. II
Fifth Police Jury ELECTROMAGNETIC
Basin Levee District-DarroW
Clark, Chas and Francis, John
son. impd lot 1O4, SO. -, D.
Assessment, $40. Taxes due. 81. 63
Braud, Henry c, 81 $500 acres,
impd, IL of Ia and
fret NV IA of Ia, sec
27-10, 5; 10 acres, impd, n e
IA of n IA and Id of
Ia and fret Ia of S e Ia,
sec 27-1o-3, 81 acres, inlpd, n
IA of e Ia, sec 27-10-S;
60 $4,000 acres, impd, $ IL =
e Ia, sec 27-10-3; Sc 4O-10o
acres, impd, n 10 of n e Ia
OF n w ii or W 10 of lots
and 8, sec 12-10-s; 80 45-1oo
acres, impd, n IL of n e Ia
or lot 2 and E IL of e IA
sec I2-lo-3. lao acres, impd.
IL Of S & Ia OF S w ID and
Ia and sw Ia of e
"a and $ "a Of ), $ g e ! - O, Or
32-10O acres, irapd, S W Ia, sec
26-10-3; SO 12-100 acres, impd,
lot 2 or S IA of S w Ia
Taxes due S136.71
Hodgeson, Addison, so acres.
Impd, II IL OF S W Ii, sec ~
1U-5. Assessment, $500. Taxes
due ....... i. s14.S3
Richardson, Lucius, 66-loo acres.
lInpG, b NJ r, n by canal, S
taxes due ................ ss26
Thomas, Est. Jacob, 2 acres, vac.
/ b NJ i, az. by Pertuis, bel. by
AIarchand. Assessment, Soo.Ou.
taxes que ................... s1.92
seventh Police Jury Warp ntchar-
train Levee District
Alexis, D. b., rs acres, isnpd.
Ircu ~ OF n W Ia, Sec =
IL 4. Assessment, si60.0o.
Taxes due ............... s5.25
-1rcenestuA, Weifred, ia S.-IJO
ACRES, inlpa. $ IL OF e
Ia sec - and iots Z, 5, II,
II ana Is, sec ls-iU3. ASSESS
Ilent, SllaV. Z axes due. -sSe
45aItss Joseph, 90 y-IvV acres.
Iupd, Il W Ii OF Z 1t, SEC
4-Lu-4. Assessment, % $50.
taxes due .................. S9.1s
oernlIardl, MIS-. amanda D., ~
acres, nupu, e ~ OF S IL OF
sW -, sec lo-s-s. assessment. 81
92ZO taxes due. So, 50
l5ourque, Luclen, 20 acres, impd,
trct ii Ia OF S W Ia. sec
1t-J-o Assessment, SliG.UO.
lakes due ..:~.............. 80. A
oouiseols, =. Auaan, - acres
my"
ee :. 49, A@"A111' * -
80 .,.,1sf,,., - - :,,. o%,,,
{ f,.r.t sac - A>...ssT,,a,,r -As1IO
ia,s1s uue s6,4v
cabin. Est. Doryllie. 40 acres.
lnpa, az OF g IL OF w
1t, sec 1855. assessment, s2'o. -,
t2hss NC -, =. -. s''A'
mid, mud n - Of r Ia sec
.o-4y-4. Assessment, ,oOO.oo. Il.
acre, inpd 1Ict n " Ia OF
IA, see -o-lV-5. Assessment.
$40. Taxes due. .$0.45
oupuy, Est. Joseph E., Il acres,
impd, und i-l6 of - OF
- " - go: - ssG 20 -, -oe
9isV' s,,,'d
~, J ,.1,,.,1..,. 81 If n
sec g4-s-a Assessment.
Sl4o faxes due. s3.6.
iInpd, fret n e Ia, sec z7-9-s
Assessment, s4vO taxes Que sos
,4autreau, t.variste. Is acres.
in,pd, fret IL OF n e Ii,
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liipp P Marks, a prominent mer,
chant and member of the Monroe
city council, was shot and painfully
wounded two weeks ago by S. w.
Thomas. who lost his place as pc
hceman because of his dissipated
habits. The shooting was a deliber,
ate attempt at assassination. Thoma
was arrested and placed in Jail.
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Tie DODaIds0lVille ClIet
Texas & Pacific Rally
Time Table

PASSENGER TRAINS GOING EAST.
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sHERIFF's SALE.

For local news read The Chief.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-17
Big BUSINESS NO ORATORS
(By Howard L. Rann)

Big business is term Of re-
proach calculated to cast oppro-
blum upon every man who has the
price of a pair of theatre tickets
and two suits of clothes q year.
1t is responsible for more crime
against the English language than
a text book on rhetoric. When
ever a candidate for congress
wants people to forget how he
voted on the tariff. he turns a
three-inch stream of eloquence:and
added grammar on big business
and riddles its PROSTATE from with
split ministries.
Big business is supposed to
control the price of all commodities
from Seeding onions to Senatorial
vacanc es, and as a consequence it is
no longer admitted to our best
homes. Many man is throwing
the hook into big business in
order to conceal the splints ON a
driving horse from a near-sighted
purchaser. y
Big business is a favorite topic
of vituperative conversation with
agents of land which never grew
anything but sagebrush and a
prospectus in three colors.
We are always a little lesry of
the man who punctures the steel
trust with one hand while trying
to sell US Cuban fruit farm on So
down and 81 a month with the
other. 1t is a peculiar fact that
very frequently the man who is so
Mortified at the crimes of big
business that he can't pay his
barber bill will be found to have
more blue sky for sale than a scene
painter. Just now your Uncle
Samuel is trying t. equip big
business with high check and a
wire bit, and if he succeeds there
will be shrinkage in the demand
for pep-eyed oratory.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-17
CATHOLIC CHURCH

The Rev. Father W. H. Corcoran
will arrive in Elko on Saturday,
May 18th. and celebrate Holy Mass
in the Grammar School building
at Elko. on Sunday the 18th at 10
a m
Father Corcoran who belongs to
the diocese of Salt Lake at present
has world wide experience having
done missionary work in Dublin,
Ireland. New Zealand, Australia,
Tasmania. France and all over the
neinbOring State of Utah.
Father Corcorao has already
officiated at Metropolis, where he
selected site for church to be
built in he near future; in Austin;
in Battle Mountain and in Carlin.
In the last mentioned we'll known
railway center Father Corcoran is
considering tenders at the present
time for tie rebuilding of the
Catholic Church there.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-17
DOG SUICIDES WHEN
BODY IS TAKEN away

The case of dog committing
suicide is reported from Bridge
port, California, caused by grief.
One Of the pioneer residents of
that county, Nose Huntnon, died a
short time ago and when his body
was removed fro the home ranch,
six miles from town, to the under
takers establishment in Bridge.
port, the old hound started to fol-
low the body Of his master but not
being able 10 keep up with the
auto, returned to the ranch. The
dog howled around for couple of
days and then turned up missing.
:. few days ago one Of the family
visited the spot in the creek where
the deceased had been wont to
spend the greater part of the time
of his declining days fishing, and
there found the body of the dog
lying In the pool. 1t is believed
that the dog went to the spot
where he had been in the habit of
spendi ng the DAYS with his master
and in his sorrow had jumped into
the water and drowned himself.
The body of the dog was taken
from the stream and buried near
the house, by the sorrowirg mem
bers Of the family Carson News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-17

already painted and represent his
labors of the'wintec.
The "Chuckwalla Fl 4nders go
will penetrate this summer as far
as the notorious Death Valley"
and will BE- the first motor car to
essay this arid region. Its itinerary
is arranged to cover about 600
miles. touching the railroad once
to take on second supply of gaso.
line and oil. Mr.. Beck hopes to
continue his work until the entire
desert is as well charted as a
main travelled highway. In the
completion of his task he is try
ing to enlist the services of the
United States government, which,
by installing large signs on buttes
and mountain tops could fulfil
purpose very similar to that per-
formed by the lighthouse and life
saving departments on the coasts
and great lakes.
In his work Mr.. Beck will be
greatly helped by Rufus" a Zig
red dog of mixed breeding, in
which St. Bernard blood is ap.
parently dominant. Rufus" goes
into the desert with canteen
strapped to each side, and shod
with buckskin neatly to the knees
as protection against the hot
sand. thnrns and deadly side
winders.
Rufus" has record of saving
a round dozen lives. He kas an
uncanny ability to find men lost or
the desret, and has on three &C.
casions located a lost trail which
enabled his master to return
safely. after hope had been aban-
doned.
ut is hard for the average man
to understand the fascination the
desert has for one who has once
braved it, and come back" says
Mr.. Beck. He may hold out
against its call, as long as the
kardships and suffering he endured
are fresh in his mind, hut, sooner
or later, he finds himself signing
for the heat the sands, the mount
aims, the solitudes and the wind
that sweeps along at the rate of a
100 or more miles al. hour, scorch-
ing his face as it passes. Then,
with pick on his hack and can
teen at mis- side, he leads his faith
full mule, laden with a months
provisions out On The trail.
"SoTetimes he comes out hag-
gered and broDzed from thirst and
priVation, but with bis animal
loaded down with precious metal
which will, when turned into coin,
make him and his family rich
beyond their widest dreams. Far
more often, though, his CHASTITY
remains are found beside some dry
spring or where crazod by thirst,
he had drank from a pool poisoned
with aIkali or borax. LOS
| Angeles Examiner.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-17

O7O32
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Carson City, Nevada Land Office.
May 8, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that
Aztec Land & Cattle Co. Limited
a corporation organized and ex.
listing under and by virtue of the
laws of the State of New York
has filed in this Office its applica.
ton to enter under the provisions
Of the Act of June a 1897 go
Stats. 36) the following described
land, viz:
The Southwest quarter of
the Southeast quarter (SW3 of
SEA- of Section Twenty.three
(23) Township Twenty-seven (27)
North, Range Fifty-fve (55) East,
M. D. B. & NJ. containing forty
acres. situated in Elko County,
Nevada.
Any and all presons claiming
adversely the lands described, or
desiring to object because of the
mineral character of the land. or
for any other reason to the dis
posal to applicant should file their
affidavits of protests in this office,
on or before the 25th day of June
1912.
Louis J. Cohn
Register
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-17

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT OF THE STATE OF Me-
VADA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO
In the Matter of the Guardian.
ship of Zelma A. Carroll, a minor.
Citation
State of Nevada
County of Elko
To the next of kin and all per-
sons Interested in said estate.
By order of this Court you are
hereby cited and required to ap-
pear before the Judge of this
Court in the County of Elko, State
Of Nevada, at the Courtroom there
of, at the Court house in the said
Elko County on Friday, the 7th
day Of June 1912. at 10 O'Clock A
Moi that day, then and there to
show cause, if any you have, why
all the right, title and interest of
said estate in and to the following
described real estate to wit: Lots
%, I'd of Block @ of the original
town of Elko, and Lots II, and IS
Of Block S of the original town of
Elko should not be sold at private
sale by order of this Court, &C.
cording to Guardians petition on
file.
Witness, the Hon E. J. L. Taher,
Judge of the Fourth Judicial Dis.
trict Court of the st tie of Nevada,
County of Elko, with the Seal of
said Court affixed, this 18th day
of May A. D. 1912.
Attest.
(Seal.) Fred c. Voight,
County Clerk
by H. c. Sproule, Deputy Clerk.
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WILL CHART DESERT IN
GREAT |FE-SAVING WORK

To lessen the dangers of the
Great American Desert and its
annual toll of human life is the
mission on which a Flanders 20
motor car will soon begin an all
summer trip from Pasadena. At
its wheel will be Lou Weston
Beck, former prospector, but now
philanthrupist, who has dedicated
his life to the charting and post
ing of the indefinite trails which
traverse the great inter-mountain
region, and the indication to
travellers, by plain and effective
means, of the posts where water
may be obtained.
Mr.. Beck mission has been made
possible by wealthy and generous
citizens of Pasadena, acquainted
with his work. who have subscri-
bed the necessary funds to pur-
chase the car. Mr.. Beck has
christened it the "Chuckwalla
Flanders '2O'" in honor of the
famous bloated lizard which is the
only creature able to live in many
parts of the terrible waste.
An annual tribute of 25 vic
Tins is, it is estimated, exacted
each year by tie grim region which
lies between the Rockies and the
Coast Range. Practically all of
these are prospectors who.
ignorant of the nature of the
country, leave civilization with q
scant supply of water and fail to
find more. Months. perhaps years
after, their bones are found,
plucked clean by the vutures,
under the struggling shade of some
mesquite bush, where their mis-
cradle ia tie had finally overtaken
them. Desert Rats" they are
dubbed by those in the towns
bordering the vast expanse.
To penetrate the desert in q
motor car has been tried several
times, but with uniform failure.
Two years ago a party of seven
in high powered car attempted
the trip. Two weeks later a
searching party cam4 to the car
apparently abandoned. Closer ap-
proach, however, showed a black
huddle beneath The car. To the
horror of the seaching party this
was found to be a pile of corpses.
Near by was poisoned spring
from which all had apparently
drank.
Mr.. Beck knows the desert
better, in all probability, than any
living man, not even excepting
"Scotty" of transcontinental fame.
He expects to post his signs in
way that all will not only direct
the Rats" to good water, but
will alsJ warn them away from
that which is bad. His signs are