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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-03-25
HANDLING RARE METALS

Rare metals command high
prices. Some are worth their
weight in gold and others as much
as $4,000 an ounce, according to
the use to which they are pat and
the demand for them. The great
value, of course. is brought about
by their very rarity, and the use
for them is limited. UP to
short time ago most of the rare
metals were lost to the world,
because feH mining men knew any
thing about them. For example,
some men were operating a gold
dredge at loss in one of the
western states. 1t was found upon
investigation, however, that they
were throwing away $500 a day in
monazite, which they did not
recognize, and would have known
nothing of the value of it if they
had. Monazite is used to make
the mantles of gas lamps. In con-
sequence of this the idea of erect
ing a mill to handle rare metals
occurred to a mar in Colorado.
The result is that tie fame of his
little mill near Denver-for its
maximum capacity is only SO tons
daily-has gone all over the world.
1t is the only one of its kind on
earth. From all portions of the
globe come specimens for identi-
fication with pleas of prospectors
to find market for them. The
result has been a realignment Of
the rare metal market. As
practically all Of the rare metals
come to one point. they are
handled by experts who specialize
on one subject.
AS a rule rare metals are exceed
ingly heavy land the method of
recovering them is extremely
simple. They are first crushed
and then fed over a specially
constructed shaking table, tipped
in one direction. Over this a
sheet of water flows steadily. The
action of the water washes the
lighter articles over the side of
the table, while the heavier sub.
stances are logged toward one end
Of the table by its shaking mot
ion. The rare metals as a rule
are contained in these heavier
particles. The ores, of course,
are analysed before they go the
tables or COMMENTATORS, as they
are called, and the proper course
of Treatment is determined. Some
times they are very light-so light
that they float on the surface of
the water. In that case they are
crushed very fine, then agitated in
water until they float off into
separate recep taclcs.
Notwithstanding the fact that
there only one rare metal mill in
the world it does not always run
to full capacity for il it did the
daily product of fifty tons of rare
metal bearing ores would over
stock the markets Of the globe
Exchange.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-03-25
Big DEMAND FOR
RAILROAD LANDS

Forty thousand acres Of valu.
able farming land in Elko and
Humboldt counties, Nevada, have
been sold in the past sixty days to
settlers by the Southern Pacific
company. H. H. Mccartney,
travelling land agent for the COM
pany. is in Goldfeld. This land is
said to be admirably. suited for
dry farming or for raising crops
by irrigation by pumping and Mr..
McCartney's department has
devoted much time and effort to
proving the feasibility Of raising
highly profitable crops, both il
Nevada and California. by pump
irrigation.
Some interesting literature is
being sent out by the railroad COM
pany dealing with the subject of
irrigation by this method. At one
point near Winnemucca a cigar
maker took up a homestead out in
the barren desert, drilled wells
and installed a submerged centri-
fugal pump and is SUCCESSFULLY
raising trees, grain. potatoes and
alfalfa. ,.-. ..
The district to which Mr.. Nc
Cartney's department is calling
particular attention is tie
Coachella valley, in Riverside
county, California, about FIVE hours
ride from Los Angeles. This is
desi grated as the valley of earliest
crops and is said to have a most
fertile soil underlain by strata
of water supplying an ample flow
at all points for pump irrigation.
The crops include cotton, dates,
melons, grapes, nuts, figs and q
wide variety of fruits and vege-
tables. Some of the farms have
used windmills to raise the water
for irrigation. while others gaso-
line engines with good success.
Some of the foliage of the valley,
both wild and cultivated, is
tropical in its luxuri ance.
The Southern Pacific has been
highly successful in disposinR of
these lands. The land records of
the railroad company were de-
stroyed in the earthquake fire of
1906, rendering necessary the
re-surveying Of most of the lands
in Nevada, an operation that has
taken much time and labor. The
surveys have now been completed
and the records restored so that
the company can now offer. these
lands to farmers and settlers. Mr..
Mccartney is an old friend of H.
M. Hoyht, chief counsel for the
Consolidated Mines Company. He
was in Goldfeld during the first
rush from Tonupah but was called
to San Francisco and the subsequent
fire in that city prevented his re-
turn fact that he has regretted
as it prevened his joining in enter
prise> which at that time W ere
making rich men of their pro-
jectors-Goldfield Tribune. $
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-03-25
auttermIlk az . Valuable Food.

The nutritive value Of milk, as com.
pared with buttermiIk IL not near SO
great as some appear to think. II In
about as 40 to 1S. You get about as
many energy units out OF pint and
quarter OF buttermilk as you 40 out Of
one pint OF sweet milk. Besides. the
bacteria OF typhoid tend to die out In
buttermilk because Of its acidity.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-03-25
Ar nf pnnntnatlnn

A man went into the Jewell Coun-
~ Monitor Office and asked the
young apprentice what rules Of pune
tuation he followed The boy replied:
Il set as long as can hold my breath
and then I put in comma, when I
cape l insert semi-colon, and when
| want chew Of tobacco make par.
agraph. Kansas City Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-03-25
t1uknorlnn Har.

Lady-Now, cabby. ] wish you to DO
extremely careful When you come
to crossing you must wait until the
policeman tells you to go on; and II
the streets are slippery you must
drive very slowly.
Cabby-All right, mum. ri DO very
careful mum And In case of haccL
dent, mum. which 'orspltal would you
ike to be took to7--Tit Bits.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-03-25
Properly Squelched.

He--I notice you call great many
OF your acquaintance cranks. ! hope
you do not consider me a crank, She
Certainly notl A crank is person
with one idea, and I never heard any
body accuse you Of having one
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-03-25
Tho Ubiquitous spsnder.

He spends like prince" his
friends say HE throws It around like
a drunken sailor" says the others.
After all, he gets rid Of It. And you
can pick your smile from any class
of society you choose and still be
about right.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-03-25
SALMAGUNDI.

08 41nSI "A. w. OeWell q 20. nds
tinially got down to the taking OF
evidence. Mr.. Noble, one of the
plaintiffs was the first witness.
While out riding on his motor
cycle yesterday afternoon, Supt.
Anderson run into a fence and
broke one of the toes on his right
foot. He is in bed today nursing
very sure toe.
John Henderson will leave for
New York tonight. He will go as
far as Ogden on ton gifts train
and wait there until the limited
train arrives tomorrow. He will
3be away about two weeks.
I Mr.. Fred Davis, returned from
Colfax, California. this morning.
He reports Mrs. Davis we'll and
Miss Gwen getting along nicely.
She rests we'll and coughs but
little. This is good news to the
young lady's many friends.
John B Ra ito, the humorist and
impersonator, will be at the opera
house tomorrow night. This will
be the last number of the Lyceu m
course. Mr.. Ratio is spoken of
highly as an entertainer and those
who are at the opera house TO-
morrow night are sure to be richly
paid. Let us all be there.
Mrs. E. Wallace wishes to an
nounce to the public that she has
moved her Massage Parlor to
Room 62 in the Commercial Hotel
where she will be pleased to see ali
who need her services. En-
terance to office on Idaho St.
Office open for business on and
,Aefter Wednesday. March 13.
If you have gold ore and want
to test same for gold: Pound ore
fine, then mix little quick silver
with it and stir well. Take &
potato and make small hole in
same, put in quicksilver after
removing same from ore, place
potato on a redhot shovel, and
keeping shovel heated, let remain
for awhile. Quicksilver will enter
potato in fumes, leaving gold in
small recess.
Ejamin Franklin's old home
has been recently sold at auction
in Philadelphia. He boarded
there for several years after
arriving in Philadelphia, and
tradition has 1t that he occupied
the one room in the attic. The
house is said to have been one of
the first brick dwellings built in
Philadelphia, and was erected
many years before Franklin lived
in it. 1t is still in good state of
preservation.
- George B. Sells, a carpenter,
was electrocuted Saturday morn
ig in the Verdi plant of the
TrucEee River General Electric
company. He was seen to ent er
the transformer room carrying a
ladder and several seconds later
his body was found on the floor
by the ladder. It is supposed
that the ladder came in contact
with the high tension wire carry.
ing 10000 volts, and that the
wood carried the current to his
body. His body was frightfully
burned, and il is thought that
$4,000 volts passed through it.
Word was received in Carson
Saturday that Col. C. A. Ellis, one
ofsCarson's pioneer lawyers died in
Salt Lake City Friday morning,
Col. Ellis was born in Westmore-
land, Virginia, July IL. 184U. He
served in the Confederate army
during the Civil wal and rose to
the rank of colonel. He was
" prominent in Nevada politics
thirty years ago and ran for con-
gress and also for governor on the
democratic ticket, The funeral
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-03-25

sIamese Tobacco Cultivation.
The tobacco fields Of Siam embrace
5000 acres.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-03-25
Needed Il.

Needed II.
As soon as Adam awoke and saw
Eve he coined the word trouble. -
Chicago Record.Herald
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-03-25
eccipe for HAPPIER World.

TUT
lr"beopic thought loss about their
own Questions ana more about the
welfare OF otner people 1t would be 4
healthier aud happier world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11
SEEKS DIVORCE FROM MAN
CONVICTED AS POISONER
Frau Hofrichter, Wife of Former
Austrian Officer, Appeals to
the Court.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
VIENNA, March 30, 1912.
The wife of ex-Lieut Hofrichter has
brought an action for divorce against her
husband, who is undergoing a term OF
twenty years penal servitude for his
Infamous attempt to poison twelve officers
of the general staff, by which one OF
them met his death. In Austria the COM
mission of crime is not a ground for
divorce, so in her petition, which is a
painful human document, Frau Hofrich-
ter has to bring forward the cases of
marital infidelity which were discovered
when the searchlight of criminal justice
was brought to bear on Hofrichter's past
life at the time of his trial.
The story is told Of Hofrichter's rela-
tons with girl during his betrothal to
his present wife, and this girls sudden
death Immediately after receiving box
of sweets from the lieutenant; also his
attempt to entrap a young servant girl
by letters purporting to be from his wife.
sweets played a role, though the girl was
rescued in time by the police. Frau
Hofrichter describes how she had believed
In her husbands innocence in the matter
of the poisonous pills up to the last. but
how the discovery that he had been 1iv
ing a double life and other matters ever
since her marriage shook her faith.
When convinced of his guilt she con-
ceived such horror of him as a poisoner
that she could not bear the thought OF
having to live with him again, even after
his release, eighteen years hence, and as
common consent she. asks for a divorce.
1t is reported from the prison where
Hofrfchter is confined that he Is serf-
ously i'll with consumption.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11
Nursing the Poor.

Martha Bensley Bruere. who is known
from one end of the country to the other
as an authority on sociological problems
and settlement work, contributes to our
next Sunday Magazine a fine article on
The Civic Nurse <semi-public indi-
vidual who IS doing much toward ending
disease and squalor in the poor districts
Of various large cities. The civic nurse
Is an exceedingly practical person, and,
rs shown I'm a typical instance In Bos-
ton. is accomplishing a world of good.
In this case. woman OF ffty-hve who
had been starving for a long time at
tempted suicide. She was taken by a
policeman TO the clinic. The doctor turn
ed her over TO a civic nurse, with the
prescription. See that she gets food.
rest relief from worry: arouse her hope.
stimulate her ambition. get her q job"
And the nurse did.
With the cooperation OF convalescent
homes. employment agencies and other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11

From the Century.

The Chinese adore their children:
family life II very close. and all the
numerous members assist in bringing
up the little ones. The babies are al
ways in the arms or on the back of
mother. sister. father or brother. and
as soon as they can wolk they toddle
about with their elders, their little
bodies trussed up In wadded clothes
and their yellow heads a varied pat
tern Of small erect pigtails and shaven
surfaces. Untif they are fve or six
years old, boys and girls are treated
much alike. They are always under
foot. swarming on the streets and in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11
MRS. EDMUND DUKE DEAD.
Was Prominent Member of New
York's Southern Colony.

NEW YORK, April 11.-Mrs. Edmund
Duke, a leading member of New York 8
southern colony, is dead at her home
here after a brief illness. She was born
in Lexington, KY, where her father,
Judge Howe, was for many years MEM
Der of the supreme court.
After her marriage she resided IN Paris
until her husbands death. She then came
to New York and devoted her large in
come to philanthropy Her benefactions
to Confederate veterans were recognized
two years ago by her election as matron
of the Army of the Tennessee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11

the story of the Brooklyn girl. Then
knew that he really loves her. but wanted
to marry me for my fortune. This knowl-
edge was enough for me- 1 realize now
tthat I never loved Gregory, and l nave
told him so.''
"And you do love somebody else?"
whispered, ecstatically. ''Oh. Florence!
know this is not the time or the place,
but just tell me, dear, II you ever love
any one, it will be-
YOU" she murmured, softly, and l
was content.
(The end)
The Evening stars new daily serial,
"The Mischief Maker" by E. Phillips
Oppenheim, begins next Saturday.
Watch for the opening chapters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11
Mother and Son Arrested.

NEW YORK, April ia mother and
son are locked up here today charged
with burglary. They are Dora Frank and
Samuel Frank, nineteen years old, who,
with Gottlieb Pruskin. also arrested, are
accused Of having entered the storehouse
of hat concern and stolen merchandise
worth $4,000. Several trunks containing
panama. straw and silk hats, identified as
taken from the loft, were found in their
apartments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11

the cramped houses Of the poor, play
ing softly together in the many -roomed
sectional mansions and garden court
yards Of the rich. Their elders seem to
enjoy having them about, perhaps part
ly because they are by Instinct Quieter
than western children having been
trained for centuries to a code Of
reverence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11
Not What She Meant.
ON the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Maud-Pve just heard Of case where
q man married q girl on his deathbed. 20
she could have his millions when he was
gone. Could you love girl like that?
Jack-That's just the kind Of girl could
love- What's her address?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11

NEW YORK, April 11.-Three men re-
ceived probably fatal injuries as they
were working In the bottom of deep
shaft at 15Oth street here early today.
A heavy iron wire fell from the top of
the shaft across the backs Of the laborers,
breaking many bones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11

departments of the modern city's social
repair shops. she built up her patients
in q position where she now has steady
employment at more than living wage"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11

Chesapeake & Ohio Lines
400 Pm. Daily = c. 4 o. SPECIAL Solid
train to Cincinnati with Pullman sleepefs to
Louisville. Cincinnati. Indianapolis. st. Louis
:. and ccnnection for Chicago.
west Southwest and Northwest Pullman
sleepers to Virginia Hot Springs. Cincinnati
occupancy 10 pm. o. & o. dining car al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11

Gillet-What did you pay that world
famous specialist fifty dollars for II you
felt perfectly we'll?
Perry wanted to know how he pro-
nounced appendicitis.-New York Times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11
CAROLYN WELLS.

Copyright. 1910. BY J. B. Lippincott Company
Copyright 1911, by J. B.. Lppincott Company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11
Southern Railway.

PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH.
N. B.-Following schedule figures published only
% Information. and not guaranteed:
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON:
For Atlanta, Montgomery; Mobile, New Orleana
For Chattanooga and Memphis. Via Ashevills.
Fer Atlanta. Admission. Birmingham. 600 am
and 4.15 pm. daily. Dining cars.
For Atlanta, Admission. Talladega, Calera, Selma,
600 am. and f. 10 pm. daily; and for UnIontown.
Demopolis Meridian, 900 daily. Dining cars.
For Roanoke, Bristol. Knoxville. Chat tanonga,
Birmingham, Meridian, Vicksburg. New Orleans.
10. 10 pm. daily. Dining car.
For Roanoke, Knoxville. Chattanooga. Nash
ville, Memphis, 40 Am. daily. Sleeping car
may be occupied after 1000 pm. Dining car. =.
For Asheville. 900 an. 6.20 pm. and iO.lS
pm. daily. Dining cars.
For Columbia, Summerville, Charleston. Aiken,
Augusta, Savannah. Brunswick, Jacksonville aud
SSsia: points s2S Pm dai A:,d pn2E S Sa.
Thursday. Friday and Saturday. 415 Pm.
For Danville docaD, $50 am. daily.
For HaIrfsonburg, $50 am. daily; SS5 pm.
(paTlor carl and 40 pm. week days
For Charlottesville QocaD. 7.S0 am. and 40
For Wsirenton. 7so an, 100 an. 40
pm: daily; s.35 pm. parlor carl and As pm.
week days.
For Bluemont. $40 am. $50 pm. $50 pm.
week days: 9l5 an. and 4:6O pm. Sundaya
Also 625 pm. week days for LeesUurg.
L. 8. BROWN. General Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-11
Baltimore and Ohio r. K
LEAVE UNION STATION.

LEAVE UNION STATION.
ROYAL RLUE LINE.
EVERY OTHER HOUR on THE ODD Hous"
W. X3rd STREET.
200. 1000 (Royal Special. hoursl. roo
Royal SpeciaD. s11.00 am. 100. 800 (Roya!
limited. ho1rs). $500. 800 pm. and s12l5
nisht. s2.45 an. Diners and Parlor Cars on day
trains. Sleepers On s12.i 10 night open at 1908
Philadelphis and Atlantic City. t7.oo 'eoe
sl1.00 an. 100 900. 400 p.m.
EVERY HOUR On The HOUR"
;. 4 y. tsoc. ts;sS :ses $ 10. 49, $50
t12.06. 100. 41.lk 1900. 800. $50. f33e.
400. 4l46. 800. t5.0S. $3.50. 1000.
TOO. 800. t9.00 1000. 1910. s11.80. slzls
WESTWARD.
GHMIGAG0 = ie an o $50 1dS1, m;
$40 en-. ~ 10 pm. s12- 10 nieht
PITTSBURGH. s8.l0 a.m.. el.25. '9.i0 2.m-.
'l2:40 oieht (sleeper ready 1000 PM
CLEVELAND. s9l0 pm. COLUMBUS. sS.Se
WHEELING. -. 10 an. $50 pa.-
Schedules Of local trains at ticket o6ce4
eDaily. fExcept Sunday. 3Sundnye only.
TELEPHONES ct following Ticket O0cee:
1917 9 ct. NV. Main 1891: 6l0 Peunsy1va11o
ave-. Main 27S: onion station. Main 1850.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12

Rev. and Mrs. A. l. Martin were
completely and very delightfully."-
surprised at their home on Ohio
street last evening by the members
of the six older classes of the Chris
tan Sunday school. The unexpect-
ed guests had discovered that yester-
day was Mrs. Martins birthday and
decided to help her celebrate the an
niversary and at the same time take
advantage of the occasion to express
their appreciation of the pastor and
his wife who have labored so faith
fully in behalf of the church and it's
interests. AS a token of this appre-
citation, Mr.. W. E. Gossard, in his
usual pleasant and sincere manner,
presented Mr.. and Mrs. Martin with
half dozen solid silver spoons, the
gift of the six classes represented.
Light refreshments were served and
the guests, who numbered about one
hundred, departed with only one re-
gret-that Rev. and Mrs. Martin
were so soon to leave the city.
Though their plans are not yet def
initely settled, they expect to take
another charge the first of Decem-
Der.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12
A Beautiful Scenic Production.

The Cincinnati, Ohio, Tribune of
Sept. 14th says: Beverly at the
Grand this week has created the
most favorable impression of any of
the productions that have been seen
at the theatre this season. In pre-
pairing Beverly for the stage, A..
G. Delamater producer of clean
plays) has taken great care to re-
tain all of the characters and scenes
appearing in the book and has faith
fully reproduced them on the stage.
An excellent company and beau
tiful scenic production of this ro-
mantle story is promised at the arm
DRY opera house on Nov. 14th.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12
WOULD NOT LEAVE
COVERED WAGON
E. c. Myers, Wood Sawyer Hurt
Sunday, is Worse-His Wife
is Sent For.

E. c. Myers, the wood sawyer
who was injured Sunday afternoon
near Highview when the wagon in
which he was riding slid from the
road and overturned into a ditch, is
reported this morning as being
more seriously injured than it was
at first thought.
Mr.. Myers and his crew OF men
arrived yesterday morning at the P.
J. Cunningham home on West Sec
ond street, where they were to saw
some wood. Myers himself started
to work feeling all right aside from
some stiffness. Toward noon, how
ever, he did not feel so well and by
evening he was forced to take to
the cot in his covered wagon, where
he sleeps on his journeys over the
country BY last night the man was
in a serious condition and his wife,
who resides in Waverly, where My
ers lives when not travelling, was
sent for.
AS the man was in great pain the
neighbors of that vicinity, thinking
to make him more comfortable, in
structed his men to move Myers
from the covered wagon to one OF
their homes, where he could be plac-
ed in a bed. However, when the
men attempted the removal, they
were greeted with refusal on the
part of Myers, who would not hear
of it, saying that he would remain
in his wagon. Later, upon the ar
rival of Mrs. Myers and the condi-
ton of the man became worse, the
physicians recommended that he be
taken to Mercy hospital, but he
steadfastly refused to leave his
wagon and they We're forced to al
low him to stay where he was. AS
yet the physicians have not ascer-
tanned the extent of the mans in
juries. but are of the opinion that
his spine has sustained INJURY tnat
may prove of a most serious nature.
Myers is quite we'll known to rail-
road men in this city, as he has WIS.,
tied here every fall for the past
three years on his annual wood
saving tour, which starts from his
| home town and ends at Sioux City.
His work is all done for the employ
ees of railroad companies who OBJ
| tain railroad ties and other timbers
to be used as fire wood, and reside
in the different towns along his
route. His injuries are apt to be
| the cause of his disseminating his
journey this season, as he will prob
ably be under a physicians care for
some time to come.
Later.-Mr. and Mrs. Myers left
for their home in Waverly today. I