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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-22
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Frank Rease, his heirs, ad- ministratOrs, and to all whom it may concern:
 You are hereby notified that l have expended $500 in labor and Improvements upon the follow ing named lode mining claims, to-wit: The 1.-Two Friends No. l." Two Friends No. g." and 1.-Two. Friends No. B." the loca- |tion certificates of which said lode claims are of record in Book I2 of Records, pages 377. 377 and |3i6, respectively, in the office of the Recorder for the Valdez Re- cording District, Territory of Alaska, said lode claims being situated on the west side of from Shoup bay. in the recording district aforesaid, proof of said davit filed on December 2s, 1912, aforesaid; that being $500 per said claims for { the year ending within ninety days after this mo- tICe by puDilCdtlOu, you Idll Of refuse to contribute your pro- portion (S75, being S25 for each of said claims), your interests in said claims will become the prop erty of the subscriber under Sec tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the United States.
 JOHN PAULE. :: First pub. January fl, 1913. Last pub. April IS. 1913. -.--i =. .--- E. .s i' : !---..: ts,+s ;
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-22
ConareqationaI Church.

Sunday school l2 to o'clock. Song service for the people at 7:30 D. m. Prayer meeting al 7:3O "Wednesday evening. All are welcome.
 Subject for Sunday at the Congregational church will be ''IS the Bible Inspirch?" second part.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-22
Eagle Dance Next Saturday.

The regular Eagle dance will be given next Saturday at Eagle hall and the committee have arr ranged to have sandwiches like mother tried to make" The mu- sic will be of the best. Everybody
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-22
Catholic Church.

Confession and communion at S:30.
 Mass at t0:30.
 Beads and benediction at 7:30. Sunday school at 2:30.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
e aSY Econor1N-


A propos of the 30 cent increase in
the price of coal. Miss r,vangeline
Booth, of the Salvation army. said
at the New York headquarters:
And this increase, of course, will
bear hardest on the poor. The poor,
buying their coal by the bucket or by
the quarter-ton, will pay this increase
dozen times over And the rich.
buying their coal by the carload. will
dodge by means of discounts the in
crease altogether
There was lot of truth in the re-
mark of the poor, harassed East Side
housewife whose husband complain
ed
I wish you would be more econom.
lcal, Mary. Look at the boss wife.
how economical she isl"
Yes Mary replied, it's easy
enough for the boss wife to be eco.
nomical She's got plenty to be eco
nomical with"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
Right Spirit.

1.-THE right Thanksgiving spirit"
said Secretary Brayn, at a dinner in
Washington, was we'll exemplified
one afternoon In the west.
Il was passing through rich farm.
ing country, when superb wheat field
caused me to dismount with my cam.
era.
"'You must positively let me tres.
pass on your property 1 said to the
farmer, long enough to photograph
that field of wheat. It's the finest |
ever saw
THE farmer, as he opened the gate,
gave a laugh that had the true Thanks.
giving ring in It.
You're welcome to photograph the
field he said. You'll have to do II
instantaneous, though--she's CROWN
80 FAST"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
DUE TO DEFECTIVE FLUES
Enormous Financial Loss by Fire Is
Credited &c careiessness In
This Respect.

The campaign against the enormous
preventable fire waste Of the country
has naturally led to q study of the
principal hazards and those which can
most easily be avoided. Hazards are
divided broadly into two classes-phy-
steal and moral-the physical hazards
being inherent in the risk iteelf and In
Its surroundings, while the moral haz-
ard arises from personal factors.
Physical hazards may be subdivided
Into external and internal. This eG-
ternal hazards include lightning con-
hagrations, sparks, bonfires and ex-
posture losses. To this cause are due
20 per cent. of all losses both as to
number and value. The internal haz-
ards are much more numerous and
may be subdivided into five classes.
These are: Spontaneous combustion,
the hazards due to the operation of
! machinery, the hazards incident to
processes, those due to the various
systems and kinds of apparatus used
for heating and lighting, while the
fifth division includes all those not al
ready classified
The various processes of heating
which usually include the actual use
OF fire are responsible for more losses
than any other cause, and under this
class it should be noted that defective
nues are responsible for twice as
many fires as any other physical or
known moral hazards, and for a great
er property loss than any other cause
Statistics show that Is per cent. Of
the total number of fires can be attrib-
uted TO defective fues, with a prop
erty loss of over $1",O00,O00 annually
| Electricity is responsible for the larg-
er proportion of the losses due to IL
Elimination, although not for the larg-
est number of such Observation-Disclosures
| Post.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
FOR THE SAFETY OF WORKERS
Southern Railroad Takes Elaborate
Precautions to Protect Its Army
Of Employees.

A railroad on which during the past
nve years not a passenger has been
Killed while In train has an excep-
donal record for safety. The Southern
.Paclhc, therefore, Is in a position to
say that 1t has given full protection to
travellers. But the active "safety-first"
movement now In progress on that
great system indicates that the COM
pany has not done all In it's power to
conserve the lives Of its employees. The
elaporate program now being carried
out, however, may be accepted as evil
dence that 1t realizes the Importance
or educating the men to take more
care OF themselves" Railroad work IS
hazardous even under the best condi.
ions, and men grow so accustomed to
danger that they are ready to take
chances of being injured or killed.
Constant effort is required to impress
upon them the necessity of being pru-
dent and vigilant.
The Southern Pacific plan includes
letters OF instruction, bulletins, lee
lures, photographs and buttons. all
bearing on the subject of safety. Presi-
dent William Sproule, who is giving
personal attention to the movement,
rightly says that human life and limb
are the dearest things we have, and
the company hopes by education to
make the workers watchful of them
selves. "-Providence Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
DEVIL DANCERS OF cEYLoN
Natives Have Implicit Faith In Their
Ability to Cure All Forms Of
Disease.

Despite the advance of medical
knowledge throughout India, says a.
writer in the Wide World Magazine,
devil dancers are still called into re-
QUESTION in many parts of Ceylon for
curing all kinds of sickness. When a
native is taken i'll his relatives first
apply medical treatment. If, after
some days, this appears to be ineffec-
tive, it is concluded that the sickness
ness is one incapable of cure in this
manner. but is caused by some inim-
ical influence, and must therefore
be due to either glance of the evil
eye, the action OF demon, or some
evil planetary action. The soothsay-
er is then sent for, and this worthy,
after examining the patient, names
the demon or spirit responsible for
the malay. An Offering is then made
to the demon in the form of food, a
coin, or piece of cloth. Then fol-
lows the professional dance, carried
out by the devil dancers. Two men
clad in gorgeous garments and wear
ing strange headdresses and masks go
through a number of grotesque and
extraordinary evolutions to the beat
ing of the tomtoms, making weird
noises the while. This is kept up
for hours, sometimes all night, and is
always performed within sight of the
sick person. In the complete cere-
monies of the demon called Samni
Yaka, who causes commissions, severe
toothache, headache, ETC., no fewer
than 80 different masks are worn in
turn by the dancers. Curiously
enough, observers state these strange
ceremonies usually have a favorable
effect upon the patients illness.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
How to Clean Marble Told

Scraping marble which has been
olackened or turned green by air and
damp Is dangerous to the design;
whatever precautions may be taken,
the work is always scratched more or
less, and 1t Is impossible to cleanse
the carved parts without breaking the
sculpture or causing incongruities be-
tween the designs in relief ard those
which are sculptured. Soiled articles,
which have not been furnished by ex-
posture to the open air, may be
cleansed by potash water, then wash
them In pure water and finish with
water containing a dash of hydro
chloric acid. Soap and water is often
sufficient, spread on with a brush, and
introduced into the sculpture parts by
a somewhat stir pencil.-Constructi
News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
SAFETY IN RAILROAD TRAVEL
Official Figures Show That There
Really Are Few Accidents on
American Railroad Lines.

interesting illustrations of the great
degree of safety attending travel on
American railroads are given by a
prominent newspaper in an article
based on Interstate Commerce Com
mission figures which show that dur
ing the six years period, 19O5-11. only
one passenger out of every 74,736 re-
ceived injury of any kind, and only
one out of every 2,275,123 was killed.
Commenting upon these figures this
paper says:
A typical journey for all roads in
the country Is now thirty-four miles,
and there are taken on the average
2,2I5,l22 such Journeys in safety to
each journey which results fatally. II
man were to ride out these 2,275,122
safe journeys at two per day for each
business day in the ,yeaC, It would
take him 1892 years. To have begun
in time to meet his death in 1914, he
would have had to start in the year
17IS B. c., ASS years before Moses led
the children Of Israel through the Red
Sea. BY $50 B. c., when Romulus was
regulating Remus by modern meth
DDS, the commuter would have ridden
21,OO0.0O0 miles and have had $780,
IA yet to go. When Phidias, in 400
L. c.. was carving the Olympian Zeus,
our wayfarer would have been but
onethird OF the way toward his
death; and even in the year 500 A.
D., when Alfred the Great was letting
the griddle cakes burn, this traveller
would have spent the equivalent of
POI years on the trains running at 80
miles an hour, and would have had
81 years more of actual travel to spend
before meeting his fatal accident"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
CornmeaI.

According to the agricultural de-
partment at Washington, cornmeal
constitutes very nutritive and cheap
food. In fact, for three cents one can
get more nutriment out of cornmeal
than he can out Of five cents worth
OF flour. That is, GO cents worth of
meal will give man more bone, mus
Gle, nerve and brain than 81 worth
of -four will.
That is the commercial aspect of
the case, but for joy, satisfaction,
health and hope the cornmeal is as
far ahead of -four as it is in the
economic estimate. 4 good bowl of
mush and milk-how good it sounds
and how good it is! Take a great
spoonful of it, and it twangs the
strings of the harp of health till every
little fiber and nerve falls into a
beautiful melody of life. Exactly so,
too, with corn bread, pone and dod.
ger.
In these progressive days one can
find bricks of cold cornmeal mush at
the grccers, ready for slicing and fry
ing, as much in n brick as will do
for three or four persons, the finest,
happiest, nutritiousest eating under
the sun-for five cents a brick. 1t
is said that the trouble these days is
with the cost Of Ligh living. We
deny it. Here is the highest kind OF
living at the very lowest cost.-Ohio
State Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
The Ciass In EnuIlsh.

The editor at the Wisconsin expert.
ment station, desiring a complete ref.
erence library of the resources OF the
state, sent circular letter to the hor.
tlcultural, dairying and other agrlcul.
tural organizations of Wisconsin ask
ing for copies OF their last reports"
Most Of them came all right. but one
organization wrote: Our last report,
we hope, is not yet published, but we
take pleasure in sending under sepa-
rate cover a copy of our latest report"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
Open Safe With Trumpet,

To make safes burglar proof by
abolishing all locks, keys and keyholes,
Thorne Baker of London utilizes the
well-known sensitiveness of a tightly
stretched wire to respond to its own
musical note. The wire is in the safe.
TO open it one must blow a trumpet or
sound tuning fork in the precisely
correct key. The wire is connected
with an electric battery. When the
note is sounded the wire vibrates and
turns on the current which operates
the locking mechanism.
AS greater safeguard, Mr.. Baker
puts three wires, tuned to three diff.
erent keys, and each operating a lock.
SO it is necessary to sound three diff.
ferent notes on the .bugIe, trumpet,
organ or tuning fork in order to open
the safe.
The one evident objection to this
locking apparatus is that one or more
OF the wires might get out of tune, in
which case the safe could not be open.
ed until the right key was found.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
HANNA'S KINDLY DEED
LEADERS, HEART WAS TOUCHED.
BY SMALL GIRLS MISERY.
Daughter Of Political Foe, With Whom
He Had Had Bitter Fight, Sc
cured Pardon for Her
Convict Father.

We had in prison a man l call David
son. He belonged to an opposing DO
litical faction, which Hanna had
crushed. The Hanna men found ir-
regularities in Davidson's conduct of
public affairs and he got five years.
When 1 grew to know him, he discuss
ed his case with me. AS many Ohio
people suspected, he was the scape-
goat OF his gang-the more guilty men
escaped. Davidson had a quiet little
daughter about thirteen years old who
came in, scared half to death, every
visiting day. And once when she ap-
piled to me for a permit Hanna stood
in the Office
Who's that?" he asked.
ADavidson's- daughter" replied.
He followed her with his eyes.
It's a shame to have her coming
here" he said.
was always pleading the cause of
convicts who had not received a square
deal, and took this opportunity to
speak for Davidson.
Senator Hanna seemed scarcely to
hear me. He kept looking off toward
~A-N NONA, anu iAS oS-iN
pardon.
That would be a generous thing to
do" 1 said; hes been O. political
enemy"
For that" said the senator, "he
could go hang! It's the little girl
there" He choked, and l saw that his
eyes had filed with tears. Suddenly he
started for the telephone saying:
Hold her when she comes back" He
called up the governors Office. In as
natural and matter-of-fact way as
though he were buying a collar he or.
dered pardon for Davidson. Send it
over here at once!" he added.
When the little girl returned to the
gate, her eyes bleared from crying,
Mark Hanna engaged her in CONVEX
sation. He had her laughing as a
runner entered and handed him an
envelope.
Here's something for you, my DEAR"
he said after he had opened it-"a par
don for your father"
1t was a minute before she under.
stood; but when I left them she had
thrown her arms about his neck and
they were both crying."-Wilf Irwin in
the Saturday Evening Post.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
Utilization of Waste Cork.

Waste cork Is used for variety OF
purposes. Life buoys are filed with
scraps OF cork; linoleum, variety OF
hoor-clt tn, is made from linseed oil
and pulreriLed cork paper, material
used for packing bottles, is made by
coating strong paper with an adhesive
mixture anu sprinkling powdered cork
over it.; cork is sometimes used in
place of wood shavings IN the prepare.
ton OF vinegar; and illuminating gas
has been made from cork waste by dis
tillation in q retort.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
Steamer Wrecked in Hay Field.

The remains of an excursion steam.
or may be seen in bayfield, 900 feet
above the Lake of Loen, in Norway.
This oddly placed wreck is the sole
relic OF a terrible landslipl which took
place in 1905, when the whole side of
a mountain suddenly slipped into the
lake, raising great wave over 300
feet high, which drowned everybody
living along the shore, over 60 people
perishing, The steamer, which was
moored on the lake at the time, was
carried on the crest of the wave over
a perpendicular cliff and deposited. as
already stated, more than 300 feet
above the normal level of the water,
over a quarter of mile away from it's
anchorage. It is a torn and battered
wreck, every bit of woodwork has been
wrenched off and the twisted steel.
work testifies to the force of the
wave which cast It ashore.-Wide
World Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26

TO RENT-An Ice House in
good order. Capacity, Is tons.
lnqGireEof L. E. Morgan. Advt.
Postal. Telegraph Cable Company.
Fastest in the world. Day mess
ages.and night letters e, erywhere.
Money. telegraphed to ali the world
Cables to all foreign countries
See the new line of Christmas
and New Year Post Cards, s1so a
full shipment of new popular B ks
which make acceptable Christmas
gifts now on sale at News Stand in
Postal Telegraph Uffi2e where you
get all the latest magazines and
daily p9prrs. -Advt.
The Howell Jewelry company has
moved to their new store, next
door to the Post Offiae, where u.ry
h4v' d complete line of holiday
cool : iewolrJ and everything in
hat la from haby's ring to a
diamond. Mrs. Howell, he COM
any's Opt ian, will be found at
the cffire of the company ready u
straighten eyes, fit glass S or do
any work'in her line. Advt.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
Dug With Wrong Kind of Tools.


The heirs of the recluse who was
supposed to have buried some money
on his farm near Abilene did not find
the money, although they made a sys.
tematic search over the place with
picks and spades. THE great trou.
BILE with them was that they used the
wrong tools" says the Lincoln Repub.
lican. IF they had taken a team of
horses and pillow and had gone over
the land first with that and then fol.
lowed it up with another team and a
drill containing wheat and had just
had little patience, by next fall they
would have been able to realize some.
thing for their efforts. 1t has been
demonstrated number of times that
there Is no gold under the ground in
Kansas, but there are plenty of rich
farmers in this section of the state
who can testify to the fact that there
is gold in the land If the right kind OF
refining process is used and a little
patience Is exercised while the rein,
cry Is doing it's work. kansas City
Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
Remedy for lIIah Coz. Of LIvlno.

Now York.--"Fuel for the body
should not cost more than twenty
cents day for an adult" said Doctor
d. q. Lusk, speaking on "The Funda-
mental Basis OF Nutrition" He rec
commended as remedy for the high
cost of living a thorough. knowledge
OF what food really is.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
Rural Advan+ao,,s.

Stranger understand that there
has never been court case in this
neighborhood. The people here must
be, peaceable.
Farmer Wayback--'Taint that; but
you see the squire lives so far away,
that by the time we git there we for.
git what we was quarrelin' about"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
a GovernabIe Proxy.

Jinks--From what you told me OF
your mother-in-law g5ould think
you'd have heard enough from her in
person without having cared to In.
duce her to talk into your photograph.
Filkins-Oh, you can't imagine the
pleasure It gives me to start the ma.
chine going and then shut It of right
in the midst Of sentence-Puck.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
vides for gradual transfer of part

vides for gradual transfer of part
of the bank reserve to these ''reser-
voir" banks. In order not to dis
tuc5 business conditions or to with
draw too suddenly the heavy de-
posits Of the country banks in the
large cities the law provides that
two years may be consumed in
shifting these balances and that if
necessary part of the reserves
transferred to the regional banks
may consist of commercial napcr.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
new CURRENCY LAW

tollOWlng are some or the man
points of the new currency law:
At the head of the system will
stand a federal reserve board at
Washington. appointed by the pres
ident and to consist of the secre-
tary of the treasury and six other
members. Two of these shall lie
expert bankers but none shall have
banking affiliations or own bank
stock during their service. This
beard shall exercise general con-
troll over the entire system.
The temporary Reorganization
committee" of the federal reserve
board, will select from eight to
twelve cities where regional re-
serve banks shall be located and
will divide the entire country geo.
graphically. with these cities as
the centers of districts. All nation
al banks in a district will be re-
CURED to subscribe for the stock Of
the regional reserve bank in that
district and to keep portion of
their reserves.
Local banks will be known as
member banks" because they will
own the stock of the regional re-
serve bank, equal 20 per cent of
the member danks capital and sur
plus. The capital of the regional
bank will increase or decrease so
that it always represents & per
cent of the combined capital and
surplus Of all the banks of the dis
trict that have joined the system.
National banks are C, mpeled
to join and state banks are permit
ted to if they bring their reserve
requirements up to the standard
set for national banks and submit
to national examinations.
Public ownership of the stock of
the regional reserve banks is per-
mitted Only in case enough banks
do not join in any district to pro-
vide capital stock of $4,000, 900.
In such event the public may pur-
chase the stuck in quantities limit
ed to $4,000 for each individual;
but the voting of this stock will
be placed in the hands of govern.
ment representatives on the beard
of directors OF the regional re-
serve bank.
The regional reserve banks may
do business only with their member
banks, not with the public except
that certain forms of bills of ex-
change are permitted. The hanks
will make their earnings from the
loans made to fnernber banks and
from the purchase and sale of bonds
and foreign and domestic bills of
lading.
Member banks will be compelled
to putin cash only one-half of their
subscription to the capital of the
new banks; the remainder can be
called for if needed by the region
al bank. Dividends Of per cent
will be paid on this stock to the
member banks and the stock will
be taxable. After these divi-
dends have been paid, one-half of
the surplus Of the earnings goes
to create regional surplus fund
and when this has reached DO per
cent of the regional banks paid in
capital, these earnings are to go in
to the United States treasury. The
remainder of the net earnings is to
be divided between the payment of
q United States franchise tax and
the creation Of a fund to guarantee
the payment of depositors in mem
Der banks that may fail.
With the machinery thus crested
for new banking system that is
supplementary tn the commercial
NastiFs ,ysfttbo zs.,z..A..,, - -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-26
Not 90 Classy

Not 80 Classy.
First Old Frlend-"Hullo, old chap.
how are you?" Second o. F.-"First
class; how are your" f. o. F.
Steerage."--Harvard Lampoon.