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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-22
BULLY FOR THE
FIvE-GALLON GAN

Many evils are charged to the
Standard Oil company. but there
is one blessing for which the big
monopoly must be given credit.
The empty gasoline or kerosene can
is blessing to the denizens of the
desert. Four of them. filled with
water make just the right load for
a jackass. One holds just dimes
worth of water. Split endwise, a
bacf elor's dishpan is the result.
An experienced housekeeper can
not do without them. Cut the top
out of one, and you have a vessel
just the right size to boil ham.
Cut around three edges of one
end, and you have a box with
door, which mice cannot molest.
If the roof leaks, cut up an oil can
and patch it. If you want An ash
pan, cut one in two. and there you
are. Partly fill half of one with
ashes, and you have a spittoon.
In fact, if you want to make
anything. get an oil can and 60 to
werk. Long live the oil canl
Hoch the oil canl Vive the oil
can! Hurrah for the oil can
Wonder News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-22
BULLETS IN BATTLE

In Serving the Republic" Gener-
al Nelson A. Miles says that,
like every other soldier who has
seen much active service he is
often asked how it feels to be
wounded. He himself was wounded
four times and twice almost
fatally, so he is able to speak from
experience. He says:
Zone is often asked how il feels
to be wounded in battle. The
fiigh of bullet is quicker than
thought and has passed through
flesh wound before one realizes
that he has been struck. | have
seen men dead on the field of bat
tie where the brain had been
pierced and death had been
instantaneous. They would remain
in every position of the manual
of arms with an anxious look,
frown or a smile on their cold and
rigid faces.
my wounds received at Fair
Oaks, Fredericksburg and Peters
burg were flesh wounds and d is
alb led me but a short time.
While riding down the line at
Chanceorsville one of the enemy's
bullets struck my metallic belt
plate with great force. This
caused a slight deviation as it
entered the body. The result was
an instant deathly sickness. My
sword dropped from my right
hand; my scabbard and belt Drop
ped to the left. / was completely
paralyzed below tie waist. My
h orse seemed to realize what had
occurred. He stopped and walked
slowly back, i holding to the POM
mel with my hands. We soon
reached group Of soldiers who
took me off and placing me in a
blanket. carried me tv the Cbancel-
orsville House and pulled dead
man off couch to make room for
me -
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-22
THE AMERICAN FLAG

To Americans of patriotic
principles, says the Anaconda
Standard. not pleasant to read
that at the Washington state
socialist convention in Seattle a
motion to display the American
flag was received with jecrs and
after debate. was voted down,
three to ore. Such procedure
indicates a degree of hostility to
the United States government
good deal intcnser than citizens
who have not kept track of the
socialist propaganda in America
have supposed was existing.
Very different was scene
enacted in tie lower house Of con-
grcss the other day, when, with
cheers and tears, democratic and
republican representative passed
by unanimous vote the bill provid-
ing thirty Thousand dollars to re-
pair. preserve and exhibit the one
hundred and thirty-six battle flags
which record the history Of the
American navy from 1912 till the
present time. II was a thrilling
scene "a century Of glory jummed
into a few exciting minutes" Over
Speaker Clark's desk was spread
l. big blue flag with yellow letters
on il. II was Commodore PerIy's
battle flag, inscribed with the
dying words Of Lawrence Don't
give up the ship" Somebody
told the congressman what flag II
was, and the tempest broke loose.
Every representative, republican
or democrat jumped to his feet,
The shouts made the roof ring.
The galleries joined in the up
rear. The great speech OF tho
occasion was made by n southerner
-Witherspoon of Mississippi
quantity called "Uncle Sam
because of his resemblance to the
familiar picture of the national
figure. With no attempt al
oratory. his hands thrust in his
pockets, TALKING in low voice
Uncle Sam" said:
"When these flags were exhibited
to the committee and ] saw tori
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-22
THE GOLCONDA CATTLE CASE

During the past week there has
heen before the Federal court a
case that has excited considerable
interest 1t was the Golconda
Cattle Company case, wherein the
corporation has been cited for an
alleged fencing Of public domain
and keeping the outside world
from using the lands claimed to
have been enclosed by maintaining
fences n privately owned property.
This is hut one point in issue.
The fact that Congressman Kent
Of California is the head of the
company occasioned the interest.
Had il heen plain citizen the out
side press would have paid little or
no attention to the affair, and il
would have drifted through the
channels of the court without
more than mere mention. The
government interests and the
defendant company have been
ably represented IN tho court so
that neither side has any compaint
on this score.
The point Of interest to the Ne
vadan was the fact that during the
trial it developed that MIR. Kent,
while Californian. is carrying on
one of the largest private reclama-
tion projects in this state. The
ultimate intention in regard 10 his
big holdings is to sub-divide the
same Ia give the home seeker a
chance and make small farms and
a prosperous condition where now
stands large farm under the
charge of foremean.
During the trial the testimony
was brought out that Mr.. Kent has
already finished one large reservoir,
and with additional work that is
planned that il will store body
of water that will reclaim thous-
ands Of acres of land. Had the
trial not taken place the public in
general would not have known Of
the matter. II is such work "a
that under way by Mr. Kent that
will ultimately bring Nevada and
her vast valleys to the worlds
attention and result in colonization
that the state needs. He is doing
more as a private citizen to bring
about general benefits than any
resident Of the state and il has
been done without a brass band.
May his good work go on uninter-
rupted. Carson Appeal
49, .-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-22
CARD Of THANKS

The undersigned extend their sim
Cere thanks to all who so kindly
assisted them during the illness,
death and burial Of their beloved
wife and daughter. Death comes
to every home and leaves hearts
breaking with sorrow. but his visit
to our home has been made easier
to bear by your tender loving SYM
pathy and assistance. With CRATE.
ful hearts, we thank you.
Yours sincerely
II. J Rutherford
Mrs. B. +. Yates.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-22
meeting shall have power t
transact all bus mess.

Article. 10. The Board of Con-
troll shall fill all vacancies upon
the Board of Control, or in the
Offices at any time there may be
vacancy. All officers and men,
bers of the Board of Control shall
hold until the next annual meeting
of the League, and until their
successors are elected.
Article. IL. Each Vice Presi-
dent may appoint two assistants in
his community to aid him in his
work.
Article u. These Bylaws shall
be in force and effect upon their
passage by majority vote Of all
members present al meeting OF
this League and may amended by a
majority present at a meeting cal
led for that purpose.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-22

"The problem of burying the
dead is big one In China" said
Bishop w. S. Lewis Of Foochow at
the Belvidere. "IH a country that
has 100000. 900 Of people living
in an area two-thirds the size of
the United States-that is about
the size of China south of the
great wall lit is necessary to
utilize all the available land for
growing crops and. Of course, tho
cemeteries in so densely peopled
empire must take up vast deal
Of ground. For that reason most
Of the grave yards are located on
the tops Of hills and mountains,
where the SOL is least fit for
agriculture. The Chinese. how
ever, would starve rather than
show any lack of respect for their
dead. Worship Of ancestors is q
cardinal feature Of their religion
and hence no matter how great
the encroachents mon the tillable
territory the people will never
depart from their time-honored
customs of honoring the departed"
Baltimore American.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-22
PLOT AND COUN1ER-PLOT

Charges and counter-charges are
being hurled back and forth be-
tween the Taft and Roosevelt head. /.
quarters in Washington. says the
Anaconda Standard, to the great
delight of democratic congressman
and senator's who are watching the
campaign. The Roosevelt managers
make the charge that the directors
of the Taft campaign are "plan-
ming to destroy the republican
party if they cannot absolutely con-
troll it," and no sooner is this
charge made than the Taft mana
gers reply in kind, accusing the
Roosevelt leaders of disrupting
the party in the event they can
not force the nomination of the
colonel.
AS matter of fact, there is
great bitterness between the Taft
aud Roosevelt campaign directors.
Each side charges the other with
all manner of underha nd practi ces
and much of the campaign material
that is being manufactured by
republican leaders in Washington
is really in the interest of the
democratic party. Not only are
the motives of the respective
managers called into question. but
their means of campaigning areas
sailed, and, while there is some
truth in the accusations, there is
exaggeration on both sides.
Senator Dixon is enieavoring to
make it appear that President
Taft is afraid to go into a presi-
denrial primary. The Taft mana
gers reply that there can be no
legal presidential primary except
in those states where the law pro-
vides for it, and in those states the
Taft men are as willing to abide
by primary as the Roosevelt men.
The Taft managers on the other
hand make the charge that the
Roose welt camp is financed by
George W. Perkins of the harveser
trust. by Dan Hanna of the stee
trust and other men closely allied
with Wall street. This charge is
heartily denied by the Roosevelt
managers, and the reptort comes
that Taft is using federal office
holders in the south to whip south
ern delegates into line. This
charge is met in turn by the Taft
managers, who point out that the
plan Of capagn in the south today
is IDENTICAL with the plan in 1908,
when Sena tor Dixon was one Of the
Taft campaign managers, and
when President Roosevelt himself
was actually directing tho cam
paign to force the nomination OF
TAFT. The Roosevelt people are
accused OF inconsistency and m
over.sensitive conscience, a sepsiti.
veness that was not appare Mt ftur
years ago.
And so il goes, day after day
each campaign headquarters
devoting most of its time to as
sailing the management of the
riva' headquarters. rather than
pursuing a course which will tend
toward party harmony. The end
is not in sight; the fight becomes
more bitter every day and ap-
parently nobody will profit except
the democrats in the event they are
able to harmonic their owr
differences.
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| Attribute OF 0reat aotdiss
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-22

Attribute OF Great Soldier.
Tho greatest general is he who
knows when to retreat and dares to
do II.
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Too Often.

Too Often.
Tho sea OF matrimony frequently
turns out to be dismal swamp.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-07
Particularly the Ladies.

Not only pleasant and refreshing 10
he taste. but gently cleansing and sweet
enins to the system. Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA IS particularly adapted
to ladies and children. and beneficial in
all cases IN which a wholesome. strength
enins and effective laxative should be
used. II Is perfectly safe at al times and
dispels colds. headaches and the pain,
caused by Indigestion and constipation SO
promptly and effectively that it is the a
perfect family laxative which gives salts
faction to all and is recommended by
millions of families who have used il and
who have personal knowledge Of its e1-
c~ellence.
Its wonderful popularity. however. has
led INSCRIPTIONS dealers to offer imita-
hons which act unsatisfactory. There
fore. when buying. to get its beneficial
effects. always note the full name Of the
Company California Fig Syrup CO.
plainly printed on the front Of every
package Of the genuine Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA.
For sale by all leading druggists. Pncs
50 cents per bottle.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-07
Science Hall at Mitchell.

Mitchell.-Work on the new $50, 900
science hall Of Dakota Wesleyan uni.
Jersity is being carried on through
the winter season, and in the course
of another month most Of the finish.
ing will be completed. The installa-
ton of the equipment will follow, and
a portion Of the building will be util-
lied for work by April 1. The building
will be ready for dedication during
commencement week of the univer.
sity, June 2 to 6, and Bishop Hughes,
Of the Methodist general conference,
will be here to deliver the address.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-07
Boosters Keep X Up.

Chamberlain.-The business mems
club OF Rapid City is compiling a
book designed to advertise the Black
Hills, to be issued in conjunction with
a similar publication which the com.
mercial club of Deadwood now is pre-
pairing. The books will contain no
advertising matter, but will be made
up of descriptive matter concerning
the Black Hills in general. and will
be placed in hospitals, sanitariums,
hotels. railroad depots and other
places where people congregate, at
st. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha, Kan
sas City, st. Joseph, New York, Chi
cago, Des Moines, Sioux Falls, Gin.
%cinnati, Philadelphia, Sioux City, Roch-
ester, Mimi; Fremont, Pierre and
Chamberlain, favorable replies having
been received from all of those points.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-07
Burned to Death In Home.

Yonkton.-Burned to death in his
own home was the terrible fate Of
Joseph Wagner, an old pioneer OF
Lesterville, whose remain. were found
in the house by his daughter, who
dropped in" to say goodby to her
father. The old man had been living
alone. although he had a large fam
lily of grown children who would have
welcomed him under their roofs.
When the daughter entered the house
in his night clothes. a broken lamp
and badly demolished stovepipe indi-
eating that there had been an explo-
sion of the stove. Only a hole was
burned through the floor, but evident
ly the old man had been stunned by
the explosion and was unable to get
out of the way before being %overtaken
by the flames.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-07
Mitchell Is to Pave,

Mitchell.-The city council has de-
cided to pave the main thoroughfare
of the city. The paving will CON-
fence at the Milwaukee depot and
be continued to the Omaha depot, a
distance of nine blocks. The side
streets, up to and including the corr
palace street, will be paved to the
alleys. The council decided to use
cement, and, owing to the large sand
pits "a the city, it is believed that
the work can be done at a lower fig
ure than at other points in this sec
ton. 1t is estimated that the i'm
provement will cost the property own
ers and the city in the neighborhood
of $4,000. Bids will be opened early
in April, with the idea of starting the
paving about May l., and have the
work all completed by August L. 1t
is the intention to install cluster cleo
trio lights on Main street at the time
the paving is done.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-07
IN COURT
MRS. SUllY GIVEN TITLE TO
ROSEBUD LANDS BY FED.
ERAL TRIBUNAL.
HAPP ENINGS OVER STATE
What is Going On Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
crs Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Sioux Falls.-Mrs. Mary Sully, wild
DIV of Jack Sully, the so-called king
of the cattle rustlers," who was shot
and killed some years ago during a
running fight with federal officers,
and her children and other descend
ants, by a decision handed down here
by Judge James d. Elliott, OF the
United States court, are awarded more
than fifty quarter sections OF land, ag-
gregating more than 5000 acres, sit
uated in the ceded portion Of the Rose
bud Indian reservation in Gregory
county.
At a conservative estimate the land
is worth at least $250,000. So far as
the value of the property involved is
concerned the case is the most i'm
portant ever tried in the federal court
for South Dakota.
Numerous residents of Chicago,
Omaha and other cities had rendered
homestead entries on the lands in
VOWED in the case, these being held
in allegiance pending the decision OF
Judge Elliott. Unless the decision OF
Judge Elliott is overturned by higher
courts the intending homesteaders
will not be permitted to make entry
of the farms sought by them.
Although Mrs. Sully and her de-
scendants on the Indian side are Yank-
ton Sioux Indians, they neglected their
allotment rights on that reservation
and moved to the Rosebud reservation
and sought to be allotted the lands
involved in the action decided today,
Their applications were rejected on
the ground that they could not right
fully take their allotments elsewhere
than on the Yonkton reservation. Mrs.
Sully and her children and descend
ants claimed the right to the allotted
lands on the Rosebud reservation
through the mother Of Mrs. Sully, by
reason of her having been adopted
into the Brule Sioux tribe of Indians,
who occupy the Rosebud reservation.
Mrs. Sully, although a mixed In
dian, has accumulated considerable
wealth in addition to her portion of
the lands now awarded to herself and
descendants, she being the owner of
horses valued at between $25, 900 and
$4,000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-07
WINS A DAKOTAN.
Kansas Girls Description of Work
Draws q Husband-

Draws q Husband.
lola, Kan.-Love calling from afar
resulted in the wedding here Of Miss
Bertle Johnson, of Gas City, and
George F. Lieski, of Arlington, S. ID.
Humming happily in the droning Of
the sewing machines at her work in
the lola overall factory, Miss Johnson
dreamed OF the day when her world
would not be shut in by factory walls,
wheE every hour would not be that
OF toll land when every day should
not be the dreary routine Of shop
work.
An eastern farm paper conducted a
contest in which n prize was offered
for the best fifty-word description Of
the writer's surroundings. AS pastime.
and with only faint hope OF winning,
Miss Johnson sent a letter.
A few weeks later she found that
she was among the successful contest.
ants. But this was not all. Miss
Johnson won another prize-a hus-
band. Away in Arlington, S. D.,
George F. Lieski, a well-to-do farmer,
read Miss Johnson's article. Her name
reminded him that the writer was
from his native state. Correspond.
snce began and was continued.
Then recently Mr.. Lieski went to
Kansas City with a shipment of po-
tatoes. Concluding his business, he
came to Gas City and met Miss
Johnson. They we're married after a
brief courtship and have left for Mr..
Lieski's farm near Arlington, where
they will make their homo.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-07
LONG ACTIVE LIFE
Veteran of Editorial Ranks Is Or.
George Brown.
Founder of the First Free State News
paper Published In kansas-Re-
members the Exciting Days
of Border Warfare.

There Is living today in Illinois !,
nan who played a large part in tn,
making of Kansas history. He is DR.
George Brown, who came to Lawrence
in 1854 and there established the Her.
aid of Freedom, the first free state
newspaper ever published in Kansas.
Today DR.. Brown is almost the last
of the men who fought for Kansas in
that bloody time before the war, risk,
ing their lives to uphold a principle
they believed sacred-the principle OF
human freedom, says the Kansas City
Star.
DR.. Brown Is ninety-two years old
in the late evening Of his life-but he
still remembers wildly the exciting
events Of the border warfare days
when he published the Herald of Free
dom from a log cabin In Lawrence
writing against slavery with a fear
lessness that made him the object Of
deep hatred from the southerners
who were equally determined to make
Kansas a slave state. So it happened
when Lawrence was raided in 1856
that one of the first buildings tc
which the torch was applied vas the
office of the Herald of Freedom.
In the fall of 1854 he removed &c
Lawrence, Kan, and erected a house
the timber of which was cut and
hewed by his printers and sawed by
the New England Emigrant Aid com.
pany's mill. 1t was the first lumber
sawed by the company's mill, and
when he had finished his building al
once he began to publish the Herald
of Freedom, which helped to make
Kansas a free state. This paper, d
w. Wilder said, was "the most per
feet in character, Typography and gen
eral makeup of any paper | ever saw
Governor Geary was present upon an
occasion when the stars and stripes
we're raised to the summit of the staf
over the Herald building and made q
brief speech to the assembled multi
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-07
Frozen 10 a

Mitchell.-Mrs. Frank Gilman, aged
60 years, met her death in a very pc.
culiar manner at her home near Yer.
don, when she was found frozen to
death a short distance off the road.
She left Verdon with a sack of flour
on a hand sled and was on her way
to her sons farm a mile south of the
place. In some way she got off the
road and wandered around all the
night long. Surprising she had
reached her sons home, there was no
thought of her danger, and it was not
until two days afterward that her
body was found by a little girl on the
ground.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-07
Startling Going South.

Reports received at the department
Of agriculture state that the English
starting, whose progress in this coun-
try has been watched with some I'M
e~asiness, has got as far south as New
port News.
This is one of the imported birds
that 1t is feared will rank with the
English sparrow as a pest. 1t does
no particular harm in England, but It
was introduced into Australia a num-
Der of years ago and there 1t has been
a serious menace to the wheat crop.
Its only redeeming feature Is that it
is a much larger bird than the English
sparrow. and therefore likely to be
easier to handle. The birds were
started in this country in New Eng
land and worked south slowly. For
several seasons they seemingly were
stationary in the latitude of Philadel.
phia.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-07
PEARL FISHING IN SCOTLAND
Gems Of Considerable Value Have
Been Found In the Rivers of
That Country.

1t Is a common belize that pearl
oysters are found only IN e beds
and perhaps it may be a surprise to
some to learn that pearl fishing Is ex.
tensively carried on in several Scot.
fish rivers and If the pearls there
found are not quite so ine as those
got from the ocean, they are in con.
siderable demand and ran command
good prices. On the River Tay, 40
miles from it's mouth, qrite a small
trade Is done in fresh water pearls,
and there the method OF procedure Is
as follows: The fisher having armed
himself with a long bamboo pole split
at one end, and a con~rivance very
like a tin pail with a glass bottom,
embarks in his boat (sometimes only
a large wooden box) and sculls out on.
to the stream, which at tails point runs
very slowly and is of considerable
depth. Letting down his pail" a few
inches into the water So that he can
clearly see through the glass bottom
the objects on the bed of the river, he
SOULS along until he comes to a clump
Of oysters (Which grow With the sharp
edge upward), and letting down his
long pole he secures ons of them In
the cleft and lifts 1t irto the boat.
After having procured a score or two
he opens every she'll with his knife
and examines carefully the inner
edge. The gems. however. are dif.
cult to get. often sewers, dozen oys,
ters being opened before ,ne is foand
AS much as so pounds Vas been got
sor one of the fresh-ws,er pearls
Vide World Magazine.