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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
HAD TENDER SPOT FOR HORSE
Washington and Grant Alike In Their
Fondness for the Noble Friend
Of Mankind.

The disposition Of the late Presi-
dent Grant to talk horse was great
cause Of offense to certain prim peo-
Pile II they had consulted history
they would have learned that horse
talk was also a. characteristic of that
distinguished soldier and fine old Vir-
ginia gentleman. George Washington
by name, declares a writer in tho
Army and Navy Journal. II found"
wrote the artist Gilbert Stuart, that
II was difficult to interest Washington
in conversation while was taking his
portrait I began on the revolution.
the battles Of Monmouth and Prince
ton. but he was absolutely dumb. Aft
or a while got on horses had
touched the right chord" Washington
was then president Of the United
States and resided in Philadelphia.
where he had stable OF six and TWEEN
ty horses. He used to say that he
needed but one good quality In a
horse and that was to go along. for
he could always keep his saddle. pro-
vided the animal could keep his legs.
After the surrender at Appomattox
Grant had not a word to say about
the stirring events through which he
had just passed but as he, sat over
his campfire that night he turned to
his quartermaster and said: ingalls,.
do you remember that old white mule
So and So used to ride In MexicoR
OF course. under the circumstances.
ingalls, was prepared to remember
that or any other experience that
pleased his chief He. probably would
not have cared. however. to remember
Just then the disastrous speculation
in raising potatoes in which he was
Grants partner when they were sta
toned together in Oregon. -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
SANITARY WAY OF SWEEPING
Various Methods Of Keeping Down the
Dust When the Vacuum Cleaner
10 Unavailable. E&

Recently there has been developed
a great Improvement in housekeeping
applianceB--the vacuum cleaner. II is
not yet perfect, but 1t contains great
promise. This innovation practically
eats the dirt" sucking It into its
great tube of a throat, and depositing
It in an air.tight receptacle, which
may be emptied and cleaned out Of
doors II the cleaner is mechanically
well constructed and susceptible OF
easy manipulation. II II q valuable
household invention.
Whenever these more effective
methods Of removing dirt are. for any
reason. temporarily impossible. al.
ways remember that moisture makes
dust not only less harmful, but more
manageable. The old.fashioned Gus
tom OF sprinkling wet tea leaves over
the carpet before sweeping was not
done for hygienic reasons, but to
brighten the colors. II was, however.
Internationally sanitary. Newspapers
torn or cut into bits. and thoroughly
wet. answer the same purpose and
are more easily obtained in the guam
tity desired In cases Of illness exist
ing In the room to be cleaned, an ex-
cellent practice 10 to saturatef these
bits Of paper with solution OF Platt's
chlorides, Electrozone, or . 20 per
cent carbolIc solution. busting may
be accomplished In a sanitary man
ner by using an oily cloth, or. for
some purposes. one moistened with
water Ia better
OIL Is becoming more and more one
Of the weapons Of the sanitarian. BY
it's use the roads in some towns are
kept almost free from the dust nui-
sahce. and stagnant and mosquito
breeding pools are prevented from
concentrating the atmosphere Wom-
ans Home Companion
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
l350 LIVES LOsT

Tie Titanic. the largest steamer
ever build, struck an iceberg off
the coast of New Foun Iland Sum
day night and sank. She was
launched in Nay and this was her
maiden trip. She carried 400
passengers and crew of 800.
A dispatch from the. Reno
Journal, received at 2:30 this
afternoon. gives the number of
lost at about 1850.
The accident occurred about
,l0:25 Sunday night about 400
miles south of Cape Race. New
Foundland, and about 100 miles
east of New York. Several large
liners picked up the wirlesS
messages from the Titanic and
went ut once to her assistance.
Among the passengers were
many distinguished and wealthy
people. W., T. Stead. the English
Journalist. C NJ. Hays, pre-. ident
of the Grand Trunk railway.
Assessor Dodge and wife of San
Francisco and many others whose
names are familiar to the public
were on the passenger list.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
Repeated Sermons.

The prejudice against the repetition
of sermons Is not universal good
book repays re-reading and a good
sermon shou d be ali the more valuable
on second hearing DIR. John Watson
("lan Maclaren'D openly repreached
his sermons when minister OF Seton
Park, Liverpool. and found that his
congregation approved OF the prac-
tice They insisted. however, that the
repetition should be exact. and were
impatient OF variations. In his Life"
OF the preacher-novelist. Sir William
Robertson Nicholl tells how on one
occasion. after listening to repeat
ed sermon, in which occurred q
simile OF pool. one OF the congrega
ton said to DR.. Watson: Last time
you described 1t as a turgid pool. and
| was so afraid you we're going to use
some other adjective, and that would
have spoiled the whole picture. [
was so thankful when you said 'turgtd'
again"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
A REAL REMEDY FOR
REAL WRONGS

A number of eminent members
of the bar have undertaken. to
arouse the profession generally to
the dangers that menace the
country through the "perni.ious
doctrine of the recall of judges
and the recall of judicial deci-
isons." In public statement they
say: 1T is high time that the
lawyers of the United States, wtc
have in the past been leaders of
public opinion, should indicate
their views and feelings on this
subject
They have we'll said it is high
time. 1t could never be said with
justice ''It is nearl, too late"
If the conservative press, guarding
the established process of justice,
had not been beforehand with
them, they would have had the
issue precipitated upon them long
ago. IT,. s.s ~
In no small measure these SELF
same eminent lawyers are them
selves responsible for the wide
spread agitation that now
frightens them: The laws delay
and uncertainty, the endless grant
ing Of appeal upon appeal, the
distortion Of the plain meaning of
law into an uninteliGible maze of
technicalities, the not infrequent
corr upton Of witnesses or of juries
and all the thousand abuses of
court procedure, have been known
for years. No less person than
President Taft himself has borne
witness to them. But what have
these eminent lawyers done
about it?
The demand for recall of judges
is an effort to right gross abuse by
methods of ignorance. The
methods are bad. But the wrongs
are there. And there must be a
remedy. New York World.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
Exercise.

Exercise In its general significance
Is a glorious thing. 1t Is not, how
ever anything much in its purely
physical sense. Thus, a person with
large muscles and not very big wits
Is Of almost no value to society,
whereas rerson who has exercised
both Is often Indispensable. Exercises
for the wits are very difficult. There
is nothing to do 100 times. or so times.
1t is not something to which one can
give 20 minutes the first thing in the
morning and then go the rest OF the
day Socrates. who was the Sandow
Of mental" exercise. kept his pupils at
It pretty much of the time There is
one phase Of IT which Is especially
hard. This is the exercise Of ones
rights. Unexercised rights are much
worse than unexercised muscles.
Thus. after voting we are ordinarily
mentally stiff and sore for several
days. This Is because. unaccustomed
to exercising our rights, we strain
them
The secret Of II all is to exercise
your muscles a little, your wits lit.
tie and your rights little. AS the
Greeks said, Nothing too much"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
Change, In tho Palisades.

%, The Palisades on the Hudson are
slowly changing. To the traveller Of
Q, hundred years ago they were q
sheer clin Of clean rock rising in q
perpendicular line from the waters
edge nearly thousand feet. Now
they are buttressed at the foot by I'm.
mense deposits Of broken rock which
frosts have peeled from the cliff
Gradually this buttress is growing
higher The upward growth OF this
supporting pile is due to the trees
evergreens Of various kinds-which
have grown seemingly right out Of the
rocks
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
Sarcastic Diner.

did you like your dinnerf" asked
the waiter.
Like 1T" echoed the guest. why.
II made me feel like a boy again"
THANK you, SIR" smiled the walter
I'VE aim to please in every detail.
sir. and II you"
Eyes, like boy" continued the en-.
thusiastic guest as II he had not no
ticed the interruption. Spring lamb
we had ate It And II that was
spring lamb am still a. boy. You
have cut many years from my life"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
ALWAYS DEMAND FOR TEETH
Ono If Pawnbrokers' Best Lines. and
incidentally Boon to the Poor
Of Big City.

A CHASTITY little heap Of false teeth.
both upper and lower sets. lay In q
corner of the pawnbroker's window.
amongst secondhand shoes. rusty fat.
irons. old clocks and so on
Amy sale for secondhand false
teeth?" the pawnbroker cried. WHY.
DO, there amt more saleable com.
modify going I'll advance money, on
good upper set Of false teeth at
quick as on gold watch" 3
just then an old woman In q dipgy
black shawl entered
Let me look at the false teeth In
the window--an upper set" she said
The pawnbroker. with wink at the
reporter. brought out three double
handfuls OF teeth These the poor old
woman placed. one set after another.
In her sunken mouth The sixth set
she pronounced a good fit Paying for
II with dimes and nickels out OF a
worn purse. she departed contentedly.
the teeth wrapped in a piece Of news.
paper
"Oh. tell ye." said the pawnbroker
jubilantly. there's nothin' like second
hand teeth only gave 80 cents on
that set. and I get one and quarter
Tor 1t. Not bad profits. hey7'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Serial 04994

1888. Serial 04994
Department of the interior,
u. s. Lahl Office at Carson City,
Nevada
Aprill 5, 1912,
Notice is hereby given that
Emmett L. Bachman, Of Tuscarora,
Nevada, who, on May 5, 1910,
made Homestead Entry, No. O4994
for SW4 NE4, SE3 NW4 and NJ
SW3. Section 2, Township 3S
North, Range So F. M, D.
Meridisn. has filed notice of in.
tention to make Final commute.
tion Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described before
E. P. Carville, U. S. Commissioner,
at Elko, Nevada, on the 18th day
of May. 1912.
Claiment names as witnesses:
Frank Wardrop, Joe Sizemore
Ralph Schmidt and Charles A
Baker all of Tuscarora, Nevada.
Louis J. Cohn Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
BIG. WATER SUIT
HAS BEEN STARTED

One of the most important water
suits in the history of Nevada
was instituted in the Sixth Judicial
District. Court here Wednesday
evening when the complaint was
/ filed in the case of the Lovelock
valley ranchers against the Pacific
Reclamation Company, the concern
that is booming the town of Me-
tropolis, in Elko county. and is re-
claiming and selling laid to set
tiers in thar vicinity.
The contention of the Lovelock
rsnchers. whose water rights 'st4
back for forty or fifty years, is
that they are being deprived of
water to irrigate their crops by
the Pacific Reclamation company,
WHICH has built q large reservoir
at the headwaters Of the Humboldt
river and is storing therein the
entire flow of Bishop, Burnt and
Trout Creeks. three important
tributaries of the main stream.
The plaintiffs in the suit that
has been instituted are the Union
Canal Ditch company, the Last
Chance Ditch company, the South
east Ditch Company, the Lovelock
Land and Development company,
The Humboldt-Lovelock Irrigation,
Light and Power company and six
teen individual ranchers of the
Lovelock valley, and the defend
ants are the Pacific Reclamation
company and George M. Bacon,
who is the chief official of that
company.
In accordance with the prayer Of
the compilation in the suit, tenn
porary injunction was granted
Saturday evening by Judge
Quicker, restraining the defendants
from impounding or DIVERT. z, the
waters of the Humboldt river
Bishob Brunt and Trout creeks or
obstructinY the flow of laid streams
along their natural channels. The
temporary injunction is effective
until April %, the time set for
the hearing. The temporary
injunction was issued upon the
plaintiffs fling a bond in the sum
of $4,000. ...
The complaint sets forth that the
plaintiffs have more than 200
acres of land under cultivation,
and that On account of the present
shortage of water in the Huniboldt
their crops are suffering from the
ack of water and that while this
condition exists the Lovelock valley
appropriations Of water, with
rights of from forty to fifty years
standing, have not enough water
to carry on their necessary bust
ness. The pl ainiffs alleRe that
this shortage is due 10 the water
being impounded by the defend
ants in a reservoir Of $1,000 acre
feet capacity, which has been built
about twelve miles from Wells in
Elko county.
The plaintiffs ask that the
temporary injunction be- made per-
petual and that they be given
Judgement and decree adjudging
that they are ent tiled to all the
waters f"wing in Bishob. Burnt
and Trout creeks and in the Hum
boldt river near it's head during the
irtigating season, from February
| to October l of each year.
The attorneys for the Plaintiffs
In this big suit are MessrS. Cheney,
Downer, Price end Hawkins of
Reno. - Humboldt Star. a1s~
| - .'.'.- g.. So.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
eut.ermlIk az a Valuable Food.

The nutritive value Of milk, as com.
pared with buttermllk ia not near so
great as some appear to think. II Ia
about as 20 to 18 You get about al
many energy units out of pint and a
quarter of buttermilk as you 40 out OF
one pint OF sweet milk. Besides. the
bacteria of typhoid tend to die out I'm
buttermilk because of it's acldity.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
Tho Grateful Heart.

Cultivate the thankful spirit II will
be to thee perpetual feas There
is, or ought TO be. with US. no such
thing as small mercies; all are great,
because the least are undeserved In
deed a really thankful heart will e1
tract motive for gratitude from every
thing. making the most even OF scauty
blessings --Robertson
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
sALMAGUNDI.

Mr.. w T. Smith is in Elko
luok1Ig after his large business
il Vests.
Courthouse, Highschool. and
grammar School, souvenirs at
Wintermantel.s Jewelrv Store.
Dean Harrison. Jeweler and
optician, has moved one door
east of the drugstore, where he
will be glad to see all wanting
work in his line.
For. ,Sale-A lot of fine posts and
several cords of good wood. Will
6be delivered in q antilles to suit
Inquire of George M Clayton
Elko Nevada.
John Henderson returned last
night from Is eastern trip. He
reports politics running high wit h
a bitter fight between the republic
can factions. ...-
Lost-A yellow dog, with kind
Of bobtail and the right foot
slightly cripped. He may have
followed some team from town.
If che dog is returned to the
Telescope Hotel, rewa I'd of SIS
will be paid.
Deputy Sheriff Bellinger is
down from Tecoma. He reports a
number of small pnX cases il the
Buel district. All are quarantined
and all are getting along as well
as can be expected. The prospects
are good for stamping out the
disease.
About. seventy members of the
development League were gather
ed in yesterday by the committee
tat canvassed the town. There
are close to 200 members now on
the roll and more will be
obtained. Join the League and
assist in boosting Elkn county.
Mr. Cation came IN from Bullion
yesterday He reports lots of
snow in the camp the last storm
piled up two feet or more. The
snow will not all disappear from
the Bullion canyons until about
the middle of June.
MfAJ vdge Taber fell from a
step Il 9der just before noon today
ard broke her right leg below the
knee. Drs. Hood & West we're
called and set the broken hone and
made her. as comfortable as posi-
BILE. At last &C ,ount she was
resting easily.
Mrs. F. Wallace wishes TO an
nounce to the public hat she has
moved her Massage Parlor to
Rom 62 in the Com nercial Hotel
where she will be pleased to see ali
w$u nred her services. En-
terance to office on Idaho st.
Office open for business on and
after Wednes lay Marrh IL.
The trustees OF the public
rnaols have pl nted u h. DE fenre
in front of tn. grounds and cows
roaming the streets al nj hit are
apt to ruin it. To prevent this
eff. Contant requested Us to
give notice that all cows found in
thu streets after o'clock would
. be taken to tn. poun' }. K.'pp your
COWS OFT tn street an! save
trouble and cost.
Within the last two weeks two
prominent republicans of Elko
have told us that they would not
vote for Roosevelt il nominated.
That they considered him en- un-
safe man to be at the head Of TIE
government and for that reason
among Others they could not
support him. There are hundreds
Of thousands of republicans
throughout the country that old
the same views. .
The republicans of Reno with
out regard to their factional
i H.. Al . Ia -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
The UblquIteus epsnder.

He spends like prince" his
friends say. 'He throws II around like
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, 1912-04-16

The Chicago democrats had a
hot time at their convention
yesterday. 1t took ESQ policemen
and 100 deputy sheriffs to preserve
order. The Hearst Harrison
fac ion got the best of the fight.
Two thousand booklets, descrip
tive of Elko county AMI its re.
sources were printed by this off ce
for McElroy & Barcley, Elko's live
real estate agents, and delivered
this morning. The booklets con.
tain good matter that will not fan
to inerest the homeseeker and the
man looking for opportunities.
Sheriff Farrel is enforcing thf
dipso maniac Jaw in Reno. He has
posted the names of seven men in
the saloons and they cannot. gel
liquor over the bar. Under the
law, the wives Of men who drink
or do not support them, can have
their names posted as dipsomaniac.
This is tuugh on the old DRINKS.
The true indication of nation a.
opinion must be taken from the
East because the heavy vote is
there; and We know that in the
East Roosevelt is bran led as g
political Indian: of such none are
good save those that are very
dead. 1t is slated that this mar
who has been false alike to all
shall get the tomahawk. Mas n
Valley News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-16
JELLS OF PLANS

Frank Hurst business manager
of Hugo Bros. Greater American
Minstrelt arrived in this city today
to arrange for the engagement of
the company at the Opera Ho use
on Monday April 90.
Mr.. Hurst talked very interest
inRly of the plans of the mammoth
organization for which he is
arranging the details of the trip
they were now on and the plans
which had been made. He said
in part.
1.-THE idea of sending colored
minstrel show to Australia came
about through the experience of
Hugo Bros. with the many other
attractions which have been or are
now touring the Orient. The'e
has never been a colored troupe in
that country and the very novelty
of the idea made strong impress
sion on the managers who are
asked their advice on the matter.
Af.e the tour had beef mapped
out. the company had to be organ
ICED. A careful survey of the
colored artists in the United States
was made with the idea of getting
only TIE hest, men were sert out
to see the work of the various
randidat S and after report had
been made by them, the contracts
were drawn up and signed.
In this way only the crea OF
the colored members of the pro-
fessinn were selected and the COM
pany as whole stands out as the
best Of its kind ever organized in
this country and is really the first
representative rolured minstrel
show of the past decade.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-12
WAY YOUNG QUIT COUNTRY.

Two members Of the faculty % the
state Normal school Of Kentuciy in a
statement 10 the United states bureau
Of education. state rural school teach
ors are largely responsible for the de-
population 81 the country schools. The
reason the members II the faculty as
siEn is that the course or study Dur-
s8ad lH the country schools is practi-
c4-y ,he same co. fact "a copy Of that
pursued ir the city schools Under
tt's plan the education ~ Tho country
D, practically tho same as the one
ir t-e efE which fact Gays the Ken
t.s4-- influences him to leave the
r1-- 1-r-- fr tae c.t5 in fact he
O. ellla-el iftp tae c.ty f9r has course
~ r-1c -rrts alm FOR eo-ntrt life.
T1e ono state Jclrasl egmmenung
o. the Elateurll re- fas Keut1cky state
N9rulaI teachers says
~ .earfiuE ~ COOS sho3Id 90
somettiuF ~ bu-l 5D aHd improve mis-
sgrr91ndiHss. o.. snake his nelghDoT-
hood better more Drgs9eloos ana
hopeful Tine can be Done - on edu-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-12
A pEcEITEuL PRACTICE.

Why is it that the national House
permits the Congressional Record to be
padded" and persists in an attitude
that is deceiving TO constituents, par
tlcularly constituents of members rep
resenting rural districts? The one rea-
son that comes to the mind Of the av-
erage citizen when this subject is
brought up is that congressman seek
ing TO make good" with the folks
back home" find the Congressional
Record a valuable means to that end.
In it they may have speeches printed
for home consumption" in which lib
eral notations Of applause" especial
ly manufactured for the occasion. may
be inserted at frequent intervals.
A representative from Louisiana, II.
G. Dupre. has introduced a resolu-
ton proposing that no insertions Of
applause. real or manufactured, shall
appear in the Record. II passed. it will
DO away with a deceit that has been
in vogue for many years. That it
should be passed will be generally ad-
mitted. but the House may hesitate TO
do away with one Of its favorite pre-
cedents.
As Mr. Dupre points out, applause in
the House and applause in the Record
are two different emotions. Mr.. Dupre.
hnding it difficult TO diherentiate be-
tween bona fde applause and manu-
featured applause He believes in get
ing on The safe side and cutting out all
applause. II was formerly the prac-
tice Of members to insert Applause"
enthusiastic applause" loud and pro-
lcHscd applause" applause interrupt
ID by cheering" and ''tumultous laugh
Ter and applause" wherever they
thought such outbursts should have
taken place in their remarks TO make a
hit back hum" This was frowned
upon by the House but another meth
cd was discovered which served the
purpose. a member who was ready 10
deliver a speech for home consumption
brought his applause into the House
"ith him. a colleague seated few
seats away clapped his hands - regu-
lar intervals and the faithful Official
reporters Of debate inserted APP
plause' in their notes.