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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
O73O3
Carson City Land Office.


Carson City Land Office.
September, z 1912.
NOTICE is hereby given tina
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company.
of Topeka, County of Shawnee,
State of Kansas, has filed in this
Office his application to locate,
under the provisions of the Act of
Congress approved JuEe a. 1897 go
Stats 1867, and Act of Congress
approved March 8. 1905. (33 Stats
1246), the following described
land, viz: ......
The East Half of the Southeast
Quarter (E. ! of S. E. II of
Section Two (2) and the North
Half of the Northeast Quarter IN.
! of N. E. II of Section Eleven
(l1), Township Forty-one (4l)
North. Range Forty-eight Esst, M.
D. B. & M. and containing One
Hundred and sixty (16O) acres.
Any and all persons sclaiming
adversely the lands described or
desiring to object because of the
mineral character of the land, or
for any other reason, to the disposal
to applicant, should file tLeir
affidaVits of protest in this office,
on or before the 26th day of
October, 1912.
Lous j. Cohn,
Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-30
LonofeIIow Married Hls t,.roln..

Longfellow was one of Americas
writer's who married heroine Of his
story. His second wife was the
heroine OF Hyperion" The tragedy
Of his life happened when she was
burned TO death ID 1861.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21
An ARIZONA CAVE.

'fToin the ''nlcaEO Inter-Occan
one of the most wonderful caves in tbo
world has beeen found in southern Ari-
iona. Unnamed, incomplctelv explored
and almost unknown IS III" vast cavern
Only a few persons have dared enter to
view its grandeur and to study the won
drous work of nature.
The cave lies in the foothills Of the
1lunchua mountains, about 20 miles north
west of Nogales. Santa Crucc county. EN-
ploring parties have entered and sueut
Gays inside. but none has ever discov-
cred the end They report passagov.avs.
rooms and chambers innumerable. some
enormous ~ size, of transparent stalac-
tito column one room has level and
smooth floor and they called It the dance
hall and others have unfathomed pits and
chasms.
one party returning here said that i'm
mcnse stalactite columns extending from
roof to floor may be seen on either side
OF the entrance As they proceeded on
their downward journey the formations
became moro interesting. until they found
themselves in labyrinth Of passages re-
sembling railways. windows or en-
frances into other rooms or chambers
IN WhlCh appeared StalaC tiles in thin
sheets, round, square and, in fact in al
most all shapes conceivable. from a few
inches to 30 feet in length.
In tn" first chamber most beautiful
stalagmite rises from the floor to about
% feet in height and stands ont indepcn-
dent and alone In all it's silent splendor
Others can he seen and have their indi-
vidual beauty. but they do not compare
with this monarch
OF the discovery little is known. Pat
McCarty of Camille was perhaps the first
local explorer of the cave. ON one of his
trips he found the skeleton of a man "
ing on Il shelf. which readily crumbled
on being handled. Some Indian pottery
and beads have beeen found, samples of
which are on exhibition at the Tucson
| University.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21
Do ANTS TALK !?
Actions Indicate Tint These InduStri>
"''s Little Insects mt Lcnst Enjoy
Sign Language.
t!'rpni the New York Pr


In some quarors It Is he'd .ha. the
existence of language among insects Is
already proved and that What Il Is nov
of Interest TO ascertain. K Il can be as.
certainod. IS the ovton- Of their 10 guaEe
and tho ldeas and differences
to which IT gives rise 1t Is still a cuo4-
lion, however. IN whnt wsv communion.
ton is opened and kept up. rs II by rih-
bins the antennae together? Tho NOV
ments Of the insects make this seem
reasonable, YET German naturalist has
insisted that ants arc provided With L
sounding apparatus reese milling that of the
WASH. by means Of which faint sounds
suited to the ears Of ants are produced.
In the opinions Of other naturalists M,
remains to re proved
How Is It that these small creatures
can venture. far from the nest. distances
that are relatively enormous and never
hesitate about the road TO take when
they wish to retrace their steps? Learned
men who have studied the matter attrih-
ute the power to the formc acid given
out by the insect as Il travels, so tina,
1t finds its way In exactly the same NAL
ner that fox or dog does.
One investigator followed an ant 10,
a long time. She was far from the ant.
hill and seemed 10 have no intention
of returning soon. In the middle Of tho
path she came upon the dead body ot
good sized snail She first walked all
around it, then climbed upon its back.
crawled over II, and after this thorourh
exa mination instead Of going on, tmme-
diately returned to the nest. When half
way home she met one of her companions.
in an instant they had touched or rubbed
antennae with great animation, and sha
was soon pursuing her course again. Tha
same performance took place when sha
met a second and a third companion.
and as soon as she had left them thcy
quickly turned toward the spot where tia
snail lay. The first ant soon entered the
nest. and the naturalist lost sight Of
her; but doubtless she continued her
work Of Informing and exciting the resi-.
for long line of ants Immediately carr.
out and set forth for the prey. Ten min.
utes later the snail was entirely covered
with the yellow swarm. and NV evening
not a trace OF II remained
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21
THE WAGES OF FARM LABOR
United States Department Of Agricul.
ture Makes Interesting Colnpar isons.

The wages Of farm labor Is the subject
Of bulletin recently ISSUED by the United
States depa rtment Of agriculture. 1t was
prepared by direction Of Secretary Will
son by George X. Holmes. chief Of the
division Of production and distribution 1t
contains the details of the latest Of a
series OF 10 Investigations covering a
period Of ~ years. and summary Of the
preceding investiga tons Is included in
the bulletin.
In contracts of hiring by the year with
board. the wage rates OF men per month
increased from 5000 in 1856 to $ls.O6 in 1873.
or IA gain Of 7s9 per cent. The gain from
1880 to 1903 was 35.S per cent.
In contracts for hiring by the season,
with board. the WACO rates OF men per
month increased from sl3es In 1866 to
5000 in 1909. or $40 per cent
The wage rate Of men per day. with
board for day labor. were ascertained
throughout the period. and were found to
Increase from sl.oi for harvest work in
1886 to $l.42 in 1880 or sI5 per cent From
1890 to 1909 the increase was 32.4 per cent,
and from 1888 to 1909. 90 per cent
For labor other than harvest, with
board. the wage rates OF men per day in
creased from Ga cents in 1866 to sll3 in
1909, or 600 per cent. The percentage Of
Increase from 1880 to 1909 was AL and
from 1909 1t was 373
Among the geographic division Of States
in 1859 the highest rate of wages per
month in hiring by the year with board,
Is found in the Western group where the
average was $3.50 Next in order wa, the
North Central division with s,21: third
IN order was the North Atlantic division
with the s2n73; the South Atlantic State.
had an average Of N%15; and lowest OF
all was the average Of the South Allan
tic States. $3.50
Rates OF wages do not express the real
wages received by the farm laborer In
this country, Apart from the changes in
the purchasing power OF money wages
there arc various extras that supplement
wage rates In this investigation an at
tempt was made to get information with
regard to the value Of supplementary al
lowances. II appears that the average
monthly value of the dwelling garden
and other appurtenances the use of which
was part Of the real wages paid, with
out board in 1860. ranged from sl75 to s.
throughout the United States, and the
amount when wages were paid, with
board. ranged from 81 to A.6O
The average value Of feed for COW.
horse, swine. or poultry. per month,
ranged from sl.il to $S.11; the value of
pasturage for COW. horse or swine ranged
from rs cents to 3l6l; the value of fire
wood for family use and the team to
haul 1t, ranged from nos to 81 80: the oc.
casional use Of the team for hauling was
valued at B cents to sl.7O and the oc.
casional use Of horse and buggy, probably
reaching as high frequency as weekly
use. range from 81 cents to $237
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21

ing conn unity might uvue ON excellent
sclf-cconomN basis to- remain IT, Mont.
pclici at 81 a day than to bc back ON
the farm dminp a season Of the. year
when his services were not needed, and
II" Was a consumer rather than n pro-
Queer
Ncrmonts sessions are longer than they
need be This may he said of the ses-
sions of u majority of the state legis-
latures. There Is far more legislation
proposed than there Is any demand for,
and a principal part of the work If the
members ut Montpelier is Keeping propos-
ed laws off Of the statt.t" loOl.s. Th"l r.
would be u tendency to d,"rrIe" the
number of bills introduced if there were
no premium IN long session. Il would
ne recognized that there w"rt = certain
number of important propositions that
would hac to be dealt with. ana thos"
"ouid gain precedence. ana 10y the time
rhey would be disposed Of many n mem
per would decide to let his pronoe'ion
go by the board
NH-ih-ol tn" proposition has much to
commend It, 1t is likely that IT will meet
with opposition, but it will be difficult
FOR It's opponents to marshal MANY rood
reasons against H. 1t will be interesting
to hear what the opposition viii hiring
forth.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21
SALARY FOR LEGISLATORS.

A committee composed of Secretary
OF State Bailey. state Treasurer Dea.
witt. and State Auditor of Accounts
Graham, men with intimate knowledge
of Vermont affairs through long per-
sonal contact. have recommended To the
lerislat ure that the per diem system Of
pay for members of the State Legislature
h. abolished and a salary of $500 year,
with l0 cents per mile for transportation,
BE- substituted This is not by any means
the first time that a change in the system
has been suggested hut the old rule
TO be aprroaching
There Is a good deal that may be said
In favor Of the proposed system. One
can hardly imagine the national iegis-
lators being paid II per diem wage and,
while the comparison is admittedly not
exact, II is of the same nature MS stata
legislative service. and, in this case. what
is good for the nation, seems good for
the state. In a good many states lump
salary Is paid In some, where the per
diem IL the basis there is limitation
on the number Of days on which the feg
islature may si.
Vermont has had some lengthy ses-
s!ons OF the Legislature, some which
were longer than there seemed to be any
need While II would be an injustice to
say that there ever has been gen.
eral conspiracy to lengthen a session, II
perhaps would not be far out OF the way
~ say that there has been II general
Willingness among large number of
members to drag affairs along so that
the number of pay days was Increased
1t IL far better. u member from a farm
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21
AGED RESIDENT DEAD.
Mrs. EmeIine ~. smith Passes Away
at Age 81 1O1.

Pittsford, Nov Mrs. Emeline
Hendee Smith, widow OF James r..
Smith. who for many years had bean
me Oldest person In town. died early
this morning at the home OF her son.
'uuson d. smith, where she made her
home.
Mrs smith was the Youngest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hendee
and was born In this town October 1.
1911. Until the last few weeks she
had enjoyed remarkable health and her
mental faculties were unimpaired At
the Rutland county fair In September
she exhibited a pair OF knitted mittens
which she had recently made A year
ago Mrs. Smith participated in the
celebration of the 50th anniversary Of
the granting of the Pittsford town
charter and occupied n seat in an au-
tomobile In the parade. She was the
OLDEST member Of the 1ittsford Baptist
church and had been active in church
work for many years.
Mrs. smith was a granddaughter of
'aieb Ilendee. who came TO this town
from Hinebury. Conn. in 1913 and bought
iarm on what il now the Brandon road
MI Henfee was the first school teacher
IN Pittsford ana made the first survey
OF the town. The instructions which he
used In working this survey are still the
possessions OF the family. Mr. frendee
was one OF the irst settlers, the first sale
OF land in Pittsford being made In
l7@ Resides the son with whom she lived,
Mrs smith is survived by another son.
Charles ;. Smith of this town. and
daughter, Mrs. Thomas Ames. who lives
In the West The funeral will be held at
the house Tuesday afternoon at two
o'clock.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21
bRAWL tNOS IN
ONE MAN $ DEATH

Rutland, Nov. i7.-Surrounded bv a nosse
OF more than 20 men. many of them
foreigners, Charles IIalas. a l9-year- old
Slav, was held until the arrival OF
Deputy Sheriff w. II. startup at Proctor
Tonight and was later arrested on a
charge Of numbering George Suychan. a
fellow boardcr The details of the muir
der were hard to obtain It is understood
that II was the outcome Of a drunken
brawl The Killing was done with a
jackknife. Young Halas came to Proctor
only week ago from Pittsburg, Pa, and
went to board at the home of John
Gazdie in the northeast end Of the village
near the pittsford town line. Suvchan
also boarded with Gazdie To- night II Is
claimed tina, the men were seated about
a table in one of the rear rooms drinking
and that some argument arose in which
Suvchan and IIalas were the principals
The affair ended. it is claimed, by Halas
drawing a iackknife and striking at
Suvchan. driving the blade to the handle
into lower abdomen of the man. 1t is
understood that he failed to make any
statement to the authorities.
Both thu men were marble workers and
in the employ OF the Vermont Marble
company. Friends Of the dead man sur
rounded the house and armed with sticks
and clubs they kept guard until the Of
fcers arrived. Halas was found sitting
In chair and he did not resist arrest.
Although he showed the effects of the
trouble he is not seriously hurt and two
black eyes are his worst injuries. He was
brought to the county Jail in this city.
where he was locked up for safe keep
Ing
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21
MIGHTY TEXAS.
United states Not Big Enough Il
swing Lone star state In.
(From Casters gazineD

Texas is SO big that if it swung around
In circle over the United States IT
would touch the Great Lakes to the
Northward. TO the Fast would reach the
Atlantic, Westward the Pacific and
Southwark the Caribbean Sea.
The State of Texas is first in size,
first in agriculture and first in live stock"
Her farmers annually market crops 70
the value of $j6l 33s. COO and there are 80
oo00oO acres of land under cultivation. and
she raises three-quarters Of bale Of
cotton per capita for each of her 1000 600
people
The field crops of Texas are cotton.
wheat, oats. alfalfa. rice, potatoes. to-
bacco. sugar cane and forages. while
her fruits include peaches, apples, pears,
berries. figs and citron fruits Of A kind
and in certain sections for instance the
Rio Grande Valley crop failures are I'M
known, and what is more. three or four
crops can be raised each year from the
same land without the use of fertilizer.
In fact. in many parts Of the Rio Grande
Valley there are farms that have been
large producers for a hundred years
that have never had an ounce of fertil-
izer on them. These farms are good for
another hundred years without fertilizer.
because the top soil is from 10 TO so feet
deep.
Texas is fast becoming the kitchen
garden of the United States. The in
crease In the truck and fresh fruit in
dustry has been wonderful in the pas,
year, II having expanded at such a rate
that the railroads have had trouble in
providing sufficient refrigerator cars to
keep pace with 1t.
A conservative estimate by railroad
| traffic men in Texas places the tota
movement OF vegetables and fruit In tina
State for the year 1872 at upward of 80,
00o cars, and when the fact is considered
| that all of this traffic is comparatively
new business, IL speaks most effectively
of the development that is going on II
the State OF Texas. as only few year:
ago the railroads did not take INTO con.
| sideration the few carload shipments Of
fruits and vegetables they handled out OF
Texas, while at present such shipments
form very important feature of the rail-
road tonnage of that State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21
OUT FOR COLLECTORSHIP
Thomas Browne Of Rutland Snid to ne
inter Huntington Fort.

Rutland. Nov 17.-That Thomas II
browne of this city Is candidate for
the collectorship of the Burlington
port became known to-day and al
though Mr., Browne refused to discuss
the situation he would neither affirm
nor deny the report His friends in this
section OF the State are. however,
known TO he active in his support 1t
was generally supposed that Mr..
Browne might be slated for "A Job out
side the State. He is the democratic
national committeeman from Vermont
and has always been n democrat lie
was particularly busy during the re-
cent campaign and an ardent worker
Tor the Wilson cause.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21
SKELETON OF A DIATRYMA.
(From the New York SUM-

(FrOm the New York SUM-
Walter Granger. noted fossil hu lter
and who has been engaged in field work
for the American Museum Of Natural His
tory for the last eight years. has Jus.
returned from Wyoming and northern
New Mexico. He gathered moro than
1000 specimens while on his quest for
fossil trophies in the Big Horn Basin.
which is Just east Of the Yellowstone
park.
lone OF my most remarkable 'hnds.'
said the fossil explorer yesterday, was
the discovery Of parts Of skeleton Of
a gigantic bird. probably fightless bird.
which unearthed in the hard shale Of
the Wasatch formation. These fragments
were entombed there In this formation,
which We scientists reckon Is about 500
COO years old.
The parts of the skeleton which I
found probably represent one Of the
largest specimens Of the diatrynaa ever
discovered in North America ThfS bird
has been described before, but no such
large specimen. as near as We can de-
termine has been known to exist m this
country In si5e II may be compared 20
the moas Of New Zealand. Of which the
exhibition"
In addition to his discovery Of the
diatryma skeleton. Mr. Granger secured
many specimens Of the EOoene period in
the Western formation, which. added to
the collections obtained through previous
expeditions, will make the museums pos
sessions IN this field the largest in the
world
The purchase of the famous Cope col
lection. which is specially rioh In the
Eocene fossils has also enlarged the
scope Of the museum IN this particular
field
We have beeen attempting to make a
roundup OF what these formations con
TAIN" continued Mr.. Granger anu
among other specimens | secured was a
group of primates of the monkey fam
lily.
some of the groups Of the animals
which have since become extinct include
the primitive Nvs-toed hoofed animal he
longing to the order Of the condylarthra,
and remotely related to the horse. Tts
primitive condition represents that which
the horse occupied in tts earlier stages.
4 number Of these specimens are con-
temporaneous with the earliest known
horses. Many of the specimens unearth.
ed were found on the surface and We're
formerly embedded. but have been ex'
cavated by the wearing away of the rocks
which originally contained them
Reports from Barnum Brown, VINO -
also In the field for the museum, indicate
some important fms" OF tha monster
dinossur.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21
ORIGIN OF "FIRE-WATEn."

When the Hudson's Bay Trading com.
any began It's trading among the Indiana
it was found that by selling the Indian,
liquor they could more easily be Induced
to trade their peltr1es. The first wh,skey
or intoxicant of inferior quality was dis.
titled in England and brought TO America
in large barrels, but in Transporting II
overland II was found more convenient to
divide 1t into small kegs The traders
soon became aware Of the fact that by
diluting the whiskey with water more
furs could be obtained. This was prac.
ticsd for some time. but the Indians
learned that good whiskey poured on a
fire would cause 1t to flame up. whereaa
had the whiskey been diluted the FIRE
would be quenched, II was by this sim.
pie experiment that the term 'fre-water"
became a common word among Indians
A chief who had experienced the pad ef
fects OF whiskey among his people said
!; was most certainly distilled from tho
hearts Of wildcats and the tongues OF
women from the effects II produced.
Bonforts Spirit and Wine Circular
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21

maintaining our constitution and its
guarantees. but sincerely promising
feasible and practicable progress, capable
of being initiated by definite statutes,
and responding to the improved public
opinion and in accord with improved
individual standards Of political and
social morality and Justice"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21

= "a. 'cm It's presses. There are
between o,ocO and 5000 people employed
regularly In this printshop It is the
biggest institution of it's kind in the
world, pror .ces more printed ma.t than
any other such institution and costs
vastly more money. The work of the
present commission is to point the way
to economy
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21

Icing for cake may be prevented from
cracking when cut by adding one table,
spoonful of sweet cream to each un-
teaten egg. Stir a. together. then add
sugar until stiif as can bc stirred
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21

To get rid of ants saturate rugs with
kerosene, and hanging or lay these near
places they infest and they will soon
disappear
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

TO prevent egg from sticking to tho
pan or breaking add a spoonful of flour
10 the grease in which they are fried
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21

An asbestos pad or mat is an excellent
flatron rest. This at hand, there is no
danger Of the cover to the ironing board
being scorched.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21

10 the worn seeker the help wanted
aus mean open doors-and one G.. these
doors 10 probably opened TO YOU.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21

man, states: II greatly feared | wa.
going to have tuberculosis so ! sof
Foleys Honey and Tar Compound ant
took 1t. The hemorrhages stopped and
day am a we'll, strong woman with nc
sign OF tuberculosi trouble. | always keeI
tNey's Honey and Tar Compound in
the house as it keeps the whole family
free from colds ]. w, @ Sullivan. q
Church street. N0VD
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21

The Marconi and Telefunken. the Ger
man wireless concerns, have agreed to
drop litigation to aid science. but will
continue competition in business