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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
RnIn Toni

An English correspondent at the
durbar made mention IN a recent let
ter Of solar helmet. 4 Manches-
ter Guardian contributor points out
that the word has no, connection what
ever with the sun. "Sol9" is the Hin
du ard Bengali name for the tall le9u.
minous swamp plant known to bot
anists as Aeschcyndment aspera. the
stems Of which furnish the pith, 9th.
erwise spongewood, which is made up
into the helmets worn by Europeans
In the tropics. Hence "sola topi" n
not to be tranelated verbally. as "sun
bonnet" although the confusion II nat.
ural enough. considering how precise
is the translation in fact
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
THEN ASKED HIM HIS NAME
New 8oarde- Tells Table Neighbor His
infaIlibIe Method In Handling
landladies.

The new boarder dropped in at din.
ner time and sat next to the only
other man at the table. The new
boarder thought 1t was up to him to
re affable and friendly.
Il suppose you've boarded here for
some timer" he asked the solitary IN
dividual.
"Yes, quite awhile"
How is 1t, any good?"
Il find it pretty fair; I've no COM
plant to make"
"Landlady treat you decent?"
well, perhaps l ought to"
Never mind, never mind" said the
new boarder. 'T'm on. Did you ever
try chucking her under the chin
That's always the way to get on With
these clearinghouse landladies. car
always get 'em on my side. Treat
these old DANES nicely and I'll bet you
can live in the house a month and
never be asked for dollar. Watch
me hand her the con when she comes
In. I'll bet that this time tomorrow
she'll be handling me the best In the
shop. Poor old girl! She looks as
II shed had her troubles. Probably
married TO some measly runt who
never did a days work in his life
She earns the coin and he spends Il
Watch me give her the real sympa.
Thy. Say. my names Smith. Let's
see. ] didn't hear yours?"
"No-1 didn't mention my name-it
doesn't matter-much-I'm merely this
landlady's husband"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
Time Told by shadows.

Among curious clock novelties is the
shadow boudoir clock. with It there
.ts no need Of getting up 20 strike n
light or turn on the bulb All that is
necessary is TO touch button and
the time is flashed on the wall, after
the same fashion that signs are
flashed on the sidewalk. When the
owner Of the clock Fetires he turns a
night dial to the ceiling and when he
presses bulb the electric light re-
fleets from the dial through the lens
and appears, giving the correct time
In shadow on the ceiling.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
depended OH the Kind.

He was Il good American banker.
and his son was studying art abroad.
In course OF time he received this
cable from the London bank where he
had deposited an account to his sons
name: Your son has drawn sight
draft on you for 10000 Shall !
honor it?' Hot over the cable went
back this answer. IF it's those littIa
French things. all right. n It's pounds
send him home"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
fnc IN Trad. ha, !. noon,.

The Matometan Is not so behind the
times as some would make him out.
FL has proved himself quick 70 take
adv ntpge of the conveniences Of mod.
ern civilization.
Before the Hedjaz Railway was be-
gun the number Of pilgrims to Mooca
vas about 10000 year. In 1904, when
one section Of the road was openod,
hi. nnmber Jumped at once TO ao0.-
900. In the last year for which there
is any record 1t exceeds 100000.
These faithful followers of the
prophet included 10000 Turks, 10000
from india. 1000 from North Africa
and even 1000 Malays.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
Last of sehaetlcoke indians.

The few survivors of the Litchfield
county (Conn.) tribe of Schagticoke
Irdians own 300 acres of land and
i've houses, valued at $4,000, besides a
little personal property. They subsist
by selling potatoes and other products,
cutting railroad ties and wood and
working on neighboring farms. The
tribe is reduced to ignorance and pow
erty as result Of leading shiftles1
lives and by intermarriage and mix
lures Of races. The great event at the
reservation is the annual rattlesnake
hunt in the spring, when the paleface
Joins In the sport and furnishes all
the whisky antidote needed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
On sanItv,a Rordar IIna,

Experts can hardly define the thin
line that separates the insane from
the sane. There is twilight of the
mind In which many people buy and
sell, love and divorce, marry and give
in marriage and live and dis. At no
time in their lives are they really in.
sane more than few moments at a
time and yet they live In world that
is tangled, out OF tune aud different
from that ALL around them.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Carson City La d Cffce.
September z, 1912:

Carson City La Cffce.
September z, 1912:
NOTICE is hereby given that
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company.
by Charles B. Henderson its
Attorney in Fact of Elko. County
of Elko, State of Nevada, has filed
in this Office his application to
select, under the provisions of the
Act of June 4. 1897 and subsequent
Acts the following described land,
viz:
The East Half of the Northeast
Quarter (E. ! of N. E. IL Of
Section Six (6) Township Forty.
two (42) North Range Fifty (5G)
East, M. D. B. & M. and containing
Eighty (8O) acres.
:. Any and all persons claiming
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, tshould file their
affidavits of protest in this office
on or before the 26th day of
October, 1912.
Louis j. Cohn,
RoUicfpr
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
PUSSY MAN MAKES PROTEST
Almost Universal Trick of City Sales
men Makes No Sort Of Appeal
to Him.

"Of course 1t Is generally under
stood that we can always run the 9th
er fellows business better than he
can" said the fussy Philadelphian
which is all the more reason for sur.
prise that our advice ia so seldom re
garded. could tell the haberdasher.
for instance, what sort of statesmen
ne should have behind his counters
II have never yet met one Of these
fellows who could resist the tempta'
ton to tell me what I should wear
And that isn't the worst of It. They
tell me I should wear certain things
because they do. not realizing that
that is the very reason why I should
not wear them.
81 rather pride myself upon the
nicely Of my attire. and to have one
Of these young whippersnappers say.
Here Is the collar for you; wear
those myself as though that would
Influence me favorably. certainly does
get on my nerves. And they all do IL,
It seems TO be considered by their en-
ployers as an asset In their favor.
"If I wanted to look like $15
week connterjumper I might consider
heir taste and follow their advice.
But ] don't"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
somcboay ouah. to rsl rham,

The trouble with good many wives
Is that they don't know that less than
one woman in every thousand can
manage to look bewitching in a
kmono.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
The Reason.

Everybody knows why a woman
who goes shopping in a hobble skirt
has to have everything charged. She
Just cannot get into the bank
Quincy Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-02
Ensland's 300 slIen, son,IneI..

Around the British Isles there are
now more than eight hundred light.
houses, silent sentinels of the sea,
keeping watch and guard over ships
that pass in the night. In the begin.
ming OF last century, or rather hun
dred years ago, there we're only TWEEN.
ty.fve, and the illumination was infe-
rior. Now some Of these have a bril-.
liancy equal to thirty million candle
power, visible for hundred miles un.
der the proper conditions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
THE NOSE A FILTER
TO STRAIN THE AIR

me nostrils are perfect "air filters.
and, when kept in clean, healthy
state, strain every bit of air we
breathe, catching all dust particles.
foreign matter and germs The air is
Iull OF germs. You cannot dodge
them' but you can safeguard yourself
against catarrh and other diseases
contracted in the process OF breathing
by Keeping the nostrils clean and
healthy. Catarrh germs will some
times get in their work, and Won NAV
mistake the symptoms for an ordinary
cold.
Don't take any chances. If YOU
nave stuffed up feeling in the head
vi II your throat Is sore or filled with
phiegm, just grease the nostrils with
little Ely's Cream Balm. draw the
pure, aromatic fumes back I'm the
head, and you will be astonisbed at
the effect. In a few minutes Won will
ieel loosening up in the head, the
nasty discharge will soon be stopped
the soreness gone, and you will feel
sense or genuine relief
Elys cream Balm not only wards
OFF catarrh, but will quickly cure even
chronic, longstandng case of ca
.arrh' 1t takes the trouble right
where 1t starts. in the nose and throat.
cieanses. heals and Strengthens the
raw, sore inside skin, or membrane
ana In this way drives out catarrh and
makes you proof against this filthy
disgusting diseae.
summer Colds which often hang on
ior weeks can be quickly cured with
.his cleansing healing, antiseptic
pa'm' All druggists sell it for fiftv
cents a bottle and the one bottle is
generally all that is needed to effect
compete cure. Try 1t TODAY
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
CASGARETS WORK
WHILE YOU SLEEP
Salts, Calomel and Cathartic Pills Are
Violent-They Act on Bowels AS
Pepper Acts I'm NOstrils.

Take a Cascaret tonight and thor
oughly cleanse your liver, stomach
and bowels. and you will surely feel
great by morning. You men and
women who have headache. coated
tongue, can't sleep, are bilious, ner-
vous and upset. bothered with sick,
gassy, disordered stomach, or have
backache and feel all worn out.
Ars you keeping clean inside with
Cascaret-or merely forcing a pas
sageway every few days with salts,
Cathartic pills or castor oil? This is
important.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse and
regulate the stomach, remove tho
sour, undigested and fermenting food
and foul gases; take the excess bile
from the liver and carry off the de-
composed waste matter and poison
from the intestines and bowels.
Remember, a CaScaret tonight will
straighten you out by morning A
lucent box from your druggist means
clear head and cheerfulness for
months. Don't forget the children.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
DETECTIVES RECOVER KID
MAPPED BABY DOLL

Chicago Ill.-"A strange man just
came into my yard and stole my baby
buggy and my baby. Send some po-
licemen quick"
Such was the message that Desk
Sergeant Frank Mercy of the Hyde
Park station received over the tele-
phone.
"A wOman's baby has just been kid
naped over at 531S Woodlawn ave-
nue." called the sergeant to two de-
tectives, and they hurried out of the
station
Mrs. Paul Higgenbotham was found
waiting anxiously at the address.
Hurry up" she said. 1.-THE man drove
away. You can catch him IL you
hurry"
Ten minutes later, Louis Yukon, a
junk dealer, 1856 Hastings street, was
taken into custody. In his wagon was
found a baby carriage in which was
a large Partisan doll.
I'VE thought your baby had been
Kidnapped" said Policeman John
Hays, as he returned the doll and the
buggy to Mrs. Higgenbotham
"Oh, no; told them my buggy and
baby doll had been stolen,' came
the reply.
Zuken was locked up on a charge Of
larceny.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
MILLIONAIRE SAILORS OBJECT
TO WORK: PUT IN IRONS
Thre Wealthy "Tramps'' Sign As Able
Seamen and Argue With Captain
While On High Seas

San Francisco, Cal.-Three million
aire tramps, who left here several
weeks ago on trip around the world
came to grief between here and
Honolulu, according to advices.
The millionaire tramps" are Geo.
d. Little, A. r. Du pont and Sidney
r Francis, the last named being a
son of the former governor Of Mis-
souri,. They are all collegians.
After coming here from Los Angeles
in the box cars, the trio signed as able
seambn on the four masted schooner
Edward SewelI, bound for Philadel-
phia. via Cape Horn, with a cargo Of
sugar.
On the second day out the skipper
piped all hands on deck TO handle
some canvas. The collegians respond
ed. but Little engaged in an argument
with Captain Quick regarding the So
ciaI standing of a regular sailor,
whereupon the skipper is said to have
used regular sea tactics in subduing
the mutineers.
Little, who IS a lawyer, obtained his
discharge at Honolulu and is said to
have brought suit against the captain
for $4,000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
BRUSH Dogs TEETH AND
MANICURE THEIR NAILS
Miss Jennie CrOcker of San Francisco
Demands That Canine Pets BE
Properly Groomcd-Bulldogs Chew
Up Bed Linen

San Francisco Cal Miss Jennie
Crocker heiress to s10,000,000, who
has gone east to purchase trouseau.
left behind orders that each dog in
her $150.000 kennels at Hillsborough
should have its teeth brushed-with
its own brush--twice daily and its
nails manicured once a week
A weary kennel man, who came to
town to forget about it, is credited
with this information.
The toothbrushing occurs when
each dog wakes in the morning and
again at bedtime. The manicuring is
said to be an afterthought of fight
which occurred two weeks ago when
a schoolboy drifted into the kennel
yard and unclaimed two prize bull
dogs at the same time.
Individual beds. with appropriate
linen for each dog, as provided by
Miss Florence Hopkins of Mento
Park for her toy dogs are said to have
proved impracticable in the 'Crocker
kennels because of the tendency OF
high bred bulldogs to chew up the
sheets
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14

rushed home, and found his father in
perfect health and found policeman
waiting to arriset him on the wife
abandonment charge. Mrs. Hess ad-
mitted in court that she had sent the
message. She also declared that she
was not willing to live with her hus-
pand because she had learned that
ne was making headquarters" with
another woman
When asked how she had found
this out she said that some one" had
told her sister, that er sister had told
her mother and that her mother and
'hat her mother had impaired to her
te information. Judge Goodnow
thereupon dismissed the charge
against Hess.
At this point Hess counsel. Attor-
ney Brodn, asked the court to find the
defendant guilty and order him to nav
his wife $40 a week.
IF this isn't done" said Attorney
Brown, Mrs. Hess will hound her
husband all over the United States
and have him thrown into Jail at the
first opportunity. He is a travelling
salesman and she will charge him
with continual abandonment.
Inc defense proved that Mrs. Hess
knew where her husband was going
when he left on his last trip.
Il will enter the order at your re-
quest said the court "Otherwise
would discharge the defendant"
kleptomaniacs will take almost
| anything but a hint
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
BUFFALO VERNON
HAS new STUNT
PRACTICES ROPING A STEER
FROM FLYING AUTOMOBILE
Is Now in Training at La Grande and
Will Now Offer the Performance
First at Round-up-Will Be Fea-
ture at Union County Fair.

La Grande, Ore, May IA Buff
falo" Vernon, king of the buckaroos
and bulldoggers, is in La Grande Wis
iting his old friend, Pat Foley. Pat
and Vernon formerly worked together
in Nevada on the Wild Horse ranch
and whenever either is In reasonable
distance of the other they have an
old fashioned Buckaroo visit.
Vernon is the best known buckaroo
in the world today. For a long time
he was with the vaudeville circuit and
gave fancy roping exhibitions through
out this country. He was the head
liner at Pendleton Roundup last year
and Cheyenne people would not think
of holding their annual wild west
show without Vernon.
Arranging a New Stunt.
When seen by reporter. Vernon
said: Everything is good in it.
time. All of my exhibits seem tC
please the people but l am on thu
lookout for something new and l thinl
Pat and l. have 1t. We propose t
rope a steer from an automobile a
the Pendleton show this year, some
! thlnS tnat mas never been done DetOre
BY doing this we will have combined
the new method of transportation will
roping. No, we do not expect to in
duce every cattleman to buy autos 70
his cowboys, but the novelty of tn
act will be interesting, to say tn
least"
VIII BE at Horse Show.
Buffalo" Vernon and Pat Fole
will be at the Union horse show an
in all probability will pull off som
good events.
May Exhibit at County Fair.
The most interesting feature c
Nernon's visit to La Grande as ia
as the public is concerned is the fac
that he may be induced to hook u
with the Fair association and give HI
buckaroo acts, such as bull-doggin
the steer, fancy roping and auto chas
during the Union county fair in SeI
tember.. While nothing definite ha
been settled it is understood that tn
IS a probability.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
CHICAGOAN PLEADS GUILTY
so HE CAN PAY ALIMONY
Traveller. in Court on Abandonment
Charge, Implorcs Court to Allow
Him to Pay Spouse $50 Week.

Chicago, Ill-A man has been
found right here in Chicago who is
eager to pay his wife alimony. He
is Charles c. Hess, travelling sales
man for the Davis Milk Machinery
company. and he was so anxious in
his desire that he pleaded with Judge
Goodnow in the court of domestic re-
lations to find him guilty and to order
him to pay his wife $40 weekly. And
all of this occurred after the court
had decided to dismiss the charge of
abandonment.
The charge was preferred by Mrs
Teenie Hess, SOL Rosalie court.
Hess was out of town on business
trip for the Davis company when he
received the following telegram:
Come at once. Father dying" Hess
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
Years Of Suffering
Sataryh and BLOOD Disease =
Doctors Failed to Cure.

Miss Mabel E. Dawkins, 1914 Lafay-
ette St. Fort Wayne, Ind, writes:
or three years | was troubled with
catarrh and blood disease. l tried sew
eral doctors and a dozen different rem
sdies. but none OF them did me any
good. A friend told me of Hoods Sar-
saparilia. ! took two bottles of this
medicine and was as well and strong
as ever. ! feel Ike a different person
and recommend Hoods to any one suf-
fering from catarrh."
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocola.ed tablets called Sarsatabs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14

The applicants for the infant are the
PARENTS of the woman, Mrs. George
Mcintyre. Mrs. Mcintyre, so their
statement runs, disappeared from
her home in March. 1910, and a few
days later was found in a Louisville
hospital with a Today old baby.
She says it is her own. Her hus-
band says it is not, and her mother
and father, who have become at
tached to the infant, wish to adopt it.
Mrs. Mcintyre is resisting their ap.
plication.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14

There never was time when peo-
pie appreciated the real merits OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy more
than now. This is shown by the in
crease in sales and voluntary testimo-
malls from persons who have been
cured by it. II you or your children
are troubled with a cough or cold
give it trial and become acquainted
with its good qualities For sale by
all dealers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
WIRELESS TELEPHONE
HEARS MUSIC WAVES
New York Inventor Perfects Device
Which Can Receive or Shut Out
Aerial ages-Phonographs Eas'



lily Heard.
New York.-Through the air, waves
Of music are being sent from one
Hundred and First street and Broad
way to Mount Vernon almost every
evening At Mount Vernon DIR. l.. L.
3. Goldhorn, who has been interested
in wireless telegraphy and telephony
for several years, sits with mead
gear in the evening and listens to
phonograph selections sent by 2O-year-
old Elman B. Myer over his wireless
telephone
In a room on the top floor of the
Chopstow apartment house at One
Hundred and First street and Broad
way, Myers has his sending or trans
mitting apparatus. On the top floof
of an apartment house at Nineteenth
street and Broadway Myers has his
aerials and receiving station. A re-
porter, after visiting the station and
gazing upon the complicated coils OF
wire, in which lies Myers secret, ac-
companied him to the receiving sta
ton. Myers father remained at the
transmitting station.
Selection sent Through Air.
Arriving at the receiving station the
young inventor turned a few knobs
on top Of a black box, about two feet
in height and three feet in length.
Then he placed the receivers to the
reporters ear,
The beautiful notes Of "Traumere"
came across the space in mysterious
waves. 1t was eerie. disconcerting 1t
seemed 80 impossible. Perhaps pho
nograph was concealed in the black
box. But no, for through the air
came:
The reporter is listening to music
over the first successful wireless tele-
phone"
II was the voice Of Myers father.
The boy disconnected the wire lead
ing from the box TO the aerials on the
roof The music and voice ceased.
Young Myers turned a knob on the
box. Sharp snaps greeted the ears.
Picks Up Wireless Messages.
That's the Brooklyn navy yard's
wireless" remarked Myers
As he continued to turn the knobs
tuning up-other wireless stations
could be heard as they shot their
messages through the ether.
Il can pick them all UP with my re-
ceiving apparatus" said Myers, land
j can shut them all out"
For several weeks Myers has been
giving the spinal shiyers to lonely
wireless operators sitting in their
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
Hows' THIS.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cnr
ed by Halls Catarrh Cure. F. CHENEY
6 Co, Toledo %.
We, the Undersigned. nave known r: J.
Cheney for the last 10 years, ano DeueVe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm
WALDING, KINNAN MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure In taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood ana mucous
free. Price Toe, per bottle. Sold BY all
TAKE Halls Family PILLS for constipa
t1oa-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14

They have been greeted with con-
versations, snatches of songs and mu-
sical pieces rendered by a phonograph.
Some of these startled operators have
kept their wits about them and replied
by wireless to Myers. He has beer
able to talk for distance of 700 miles
and says that within a short time
1000 or even 1000 miles will be no OBJ
stacle.
Myers says that the secret of his
apparatus lies in the transmitting
coils, of which he has four. Under
ordinary conditions he uses but two.
When the four are in use all cleo
trical disturbances and other wireless
messages are completely shut out and
he can talk through silence that is
deathly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
WIFE CLAIMS AS OWN:
Is NOT HER CHILD

jefferson, Ind.-Application made
in court here for the adoption of a
2-year-old child developed an unusu-
al situation, in which a woman claims
the infant as her own. while her hus-
band declares it is not. and that she
Is the victim of hallucination.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
Special Prices on Cordwood.

Good dry red fir, slab wood. cotton
wood, yellow and black pine. Special
prices in five cord lots. Clean Rock
Spring lump and nut coal. Save mon
ey by seeing us before buying. Ko-
pittke & Gillanders. phone Main ITS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14
Let the Auto Truck VauI 1t.

Our speciality is quick work. Phone
Main 500 for furniture and plano NOV
ing short trips in the city or transfer
ring to the country. We haul any
thing Penland Bros
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14

It sometimes happens that what a
man does not know at the age OF 40
his son can teach him.