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Will Be Paid by District.

The estimated cost of the land TO be
,4udemned is about $4,000, and 1t is pro-
], ded in the bill that this cost and the ex-
penSes of the condemnation proceeding
shall be paid from the District revenues
md shall he totally assessed as benefits
upon AUDITING and adjacent private prop
trty
There is no part Of the District of Co
H:nhia which is developing more rapidly
than the section through which IL Is pro-
posed to extend the streets provided for
in the bill. The land involved in these ex-
tensions should undoubtedly he acquired
before il is developed and buildings erect
al within the proposed street lines. If
this were done and grades tablished the
present uncertainty as TO the street de-
velopnent I'm this section would he re-
moved. and private improvements in the
locality would rapidly follow. The pro-
posed extension of Spring road will pro-
vide driveway between Soldiers Home
and Rock Creek Park. and when i'm
ful entrances to the park from 18TH street.
Approved by Senate.
"A similar bill passed the senate at
its last session. but did not pass the
House OF Representatives.
THE Commissioners were authorized
~ a provision in the last District ap-
preparation act to condemn streets ac-
Cording to the highway plan. under
general authority granted then in that
act. :out as this extension involves a
change IN the highway plan and the
opening and extension of certain min IT
streets not provided for I'm that plan.
the proposed extension canOt be made un-
der that general authority. but will re-
auire the special legislation provided for
In this BILL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
WEEKLY CIRCULATION STATEMENT

AFFIDAVIT.
so,annlv swear that statement
only the number of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY
ST y circulated during ended
actually sold, delivered
furnished mailed consideration,
fde purchasers subscribersand that the copies
remain in the office
unsod the of papers sent to out of-town
whom few returns of unsold
have 10 been received
he Evening Newspaper Company
ofC Columbia.
subs bed nd 0 before this seventh
Of June, a .. 1913
= F.. RAMEY
Public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
Merchandising

The representative merchants make their
announcements in The Star and all of Washing
ton reads them The seller and buyer both profit
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
EDITORIALS
CREDIT FOR
THE FARMER

a bank nan remarked 10 the
writer the other day that fee peo-
pie know the financial burden car
ried by mang farmers. TIE invest
or in farm mortgage commonly re-
ceiyes 5, s, OF 7 per cent. But the
farmer may be paying 8 to 10 per
cent. The difference GOES TO loan
companies
A hoodOo for a generation was
placed on the farm mortgage bust
ness by the enormous losses form
erly incurred by investors. Hosts
of elderly people today will never
forget them. They will always re-
call the days when every mail
brought in bills for taxes, water
privileges. foreclosures expenses,
fees for sherifs and lawyers, news
paper bills for advertising sales,
and all kinds Of expenses which the
bank owners Of the laod had thrown
over.
All this still creates prejudice
against farm loans not justified By
present conditions but which still
works against the farmers interest.
There is a general agreement that
the farmer should have z better Up-
p%ortunity for legitimate advances
although there are radical differ
ences as 20 methods.
Today the West is Astounding in
prosperity. 1t is almost able 10
finance itself. Just as workmeus
compensation laws are being passed
to save the expense Of litigation
and turn all the proceeds Of dam
age payments Y e 10 the man Who
is injured so the farmer should get
the full benefit Of the interest he is
paying, without needless charges
by loan companies.
In Germany, for instance. there
are 1854 rural cooperative banks.
The members net only know each
other but see from day to day how
their advances Of funds are bcirg
used. This promotes conservation.
Ia France the farmer has been boy
rowing his funds for 4.3 per cent.
But in progressive America he has
often bad to pay 8 and 10 per cent,
as the result Of sniquatad bark.
ing laws and lack Of initiative.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19

Esteree AZ re ElEo posto=-e fos Eraz
ih-0aEs me EAns - E-sesaseZss Eat-s-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
SCRIPT OF MAD "EMPEROR"
He'ie Presented TO San Francisco mu-
scum a Reminder Of the Early
Days Of That City.

The old days Of San FraDc,gco-that
perIod about twenty years ago when
lhe Gut~tersnipe." "Topsy.Turyey."
me Great Unknown" and other IA
nous street characters were daily
Fights In the city-are recalled wildly
by a donation made last week 10 the
Golden Gate Park Memorial museum
Chris w. Smith gave the museum a
piece OF script issued By the Car.fampd
emperor Norton. tho millionaire pio.
ncer. whose reason went with the loss
OF MS money by unwise speculation.
1t was in the late seventies that
Emperor" Norton held forth I'm all hiz
glory. Ho had come TO California I'm
ISa9' had endured all the h~ardships OF
mat early date, and retired TO San
Francisco whom bis wealth had
reached the million mark. He was
not violently insane. Simply Possessed
OF h hallucination that this was ono
vast empire, over which no ruled. and
that o whom he daily passed on
the streets wore his humble subjccta.
Inc piece OF script presented to the
Park museum Is perhaps the only rello
OF one habit OF Emperor" Norton
Stridlng into n store or into n place NJ
liquid refreshmcnt, tho emperor"
would, In a digniGod maune order
whatsoever he wished. In mo
would give a piece Of script such as
That received BY the museum. or NAV.
hap a personal check. More than once.
say the old-timers, a $4,000 check was
given IN payment for n small glass OF
mineral water.
Emperor" Norton's SCRIPT "a prlntod
on a blank piece OF paper slightly
larger than n bank note. and wordod
as follows:
Tho Imperial Government Of I'm.
peror Norton ] promises to pay holder
hereof the sun OF ten dollars in Tho
year 1880, with interest at Eve por
cent. per annum from date. the prln.
eipal and Interest TO be converted M
The option Of tho holder az maturity
into tw%enty.year five per cent. bonds,
or payable IN gold coin. Given under
our royal hand and seal this goth day
OF March. 1879.
"(slgncdD NORTON To-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC

The children Of St Pauis Sunday
School are picniciug out to the Hot
Spring this afternoon. The hide.
pendent hopes that the youngsters
will have a good time and enjoy the
outing. The Hot Springs ought to
be patronized more and appreciat.
cd better by our people. 1t is 3
fine place and could be made a play
ground for everybody.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
eyYho E~ats-pnYnlr

No indoor worker can continue 10
eat meat thrice. or even twice daily.
after middle lie-and middle life.
mark you, begins with the ~thirty-hfth
yoar-wlthout paying the penalty IN
an attack OF govt, rheumatism,
Bright's or m sIled disease. a few
yeara later. This Few years" may. IN
special cases, stretch Itself % n score
but inevitably, who eats, paysi"-
Dietotio and Hygienic Gazette.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
The PASSION PLAY

Tomorrow night N the P:esSy- J
,erian church this play will be pre-
seated II choiee s;ereoptioon slides
maze in Germany from the oIigi-
nal negatives and selected By Mr.
Greenfield While 81 ObersmmsrEa1
in 1910. the Jas; production Of
this historic masterpiece.
The Passion Play Is : Roman
Catholic religious service given
every ten years by the simple peas
ants Of Obersnnegau, E quaint
little Rzysrium village, nesting IN
the foothills OF the Austrian Alps.
About thee centuries sEO . plague
visited this vicinity. May died
and it seemed as though the entire
village would be swept away. In
the hour Of their extremity, these
villagers, degout and pioUs, made
q yow that if Gcd would stay the
plague they would, every ten years,
portray the passion Of Christ be-
fore men in drama. The plague
was stayed and this they nave cone
ever since
The actors grow into me T@S'2H
Play sd are framed from eaiic-
hooa Tor the parts thSE are 10
take. keep me oIooi ana 'He
garments me en''re MAKEUP q
me actors Is y1st a nature it-.
woes. Ahto" Lang locks q m1cA
IKE Onris' IN me po''eTs shop g
on the stage 'Ncept MS costume.
II l. interesting 10 note that ire
40 sets Of moving pictures t1a'
IN america nave oeeh represented
as aclua! photographs q me Fa@'
ION Play were made IN Paris II
1907 by q photographer who set
his own stage and lived his owr
actors.
So realistic Is this play that mer
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
Temple for worshlper- Of lsi,-

While taking n stroll on the fortif.
cations above Genoa. | was c~Onsidern.
bly surprised to find myself face TO
face with a very curious little build.
Ing. | could not help exclaiming TO
my companion, Have we been trans.
ported BY magic to the banks Of tho
Nile?' Curious to know the history
OF this construction. which has all the
afr Of an Egyptian temple, ] made in.
quiries in the ncishborhood. and was
Informed that Il had been erected
some ton or twelve years ago by the
members OF n strange society. sun.
posed to be worshipcrs OF Isis, and
that they used 20 meet there every
Thursday and Sunday. These gather.
ings lasted only for six months. for.
as is usual with such little scots. tho
society came to an early end through
lack OF funds. After remaining empty
for some time the building was taken
over by a wineshop keeper. but he.
too. had III success. and was com.
pcllcd to close his doors. Had the
vine seller opened such n building as
this on the Boulevard do Cliohy at
Nontmarto. side by side with some
tho eccentric cafes of Paris. he
could not have failed to make n for.
tuue.-Wido World Magazine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
From Saturdays Daily.
GOOD ROADS MEETING

J David Larson, the Secretary
Manager of the Weber Commercial
Club Of Ogden arrived here last
night. Mr Larson i on q mission
Of planning good roads and laying
out the best and shortest route for
auto and commercial purposes
across the state Of Nevada. Nr
Larson IS visiting Nevada carrying
the good will Of Ogden and
Utah and attempting to bring the
two sister states Of Nevada and
Utah into closer relations. he de-
clares good roads is the surest and
quickest means. What beuhts r
benefits the other he contends and
for this reason he IS meeting the
people Of Nevada and working up
enthusiasm for good. roads.
Mr Larson Is logging the short
est route from the Utah state line
to Reno by the way of Elko and
Winnemuccs This will be the
shortest route across the state.
With the construction Of z good
road ali the way over tie route
which ne is now laying out an
enormous amount Of trafhc will he
sent over this new route. but Mr.
Larson wishes it understood that h,
is mt discriminating against any
other rou,e or town in the state.
On the contrary he believes the
more routes across the state the
better. Then the tourists NAV 90
which ever way he desires. The
present Southern route is all right
but it is considered too long and
therefore 4 more direct and short
er route is desirable for this
purpose.
Mr. Larson is blazing a new
route from the Utah lire to Reno.
Inc data ne secures on this trip
will go into the next Inlermuun-
tain Log, also The National Blue
Book end other auto guide books.
Elko and winLemucca will be on
the next auto maps. This is an i'm
Portant move for 10th owns.
What Mr Larson most desires is
to meet the people OF Nevada and
wake them up to the necessity of
immediately building 3 chain Of
good roads. If the Atfvadans show
the right spirit toward building
these good roads the National high
way Association will stand behind
them and induce Uncle Sam to
lend a helping hand in a substantial
manner. 1t is realized that Ne
yada is a big State with an enor-
nous mileage and to build good
roads at once on a wholesale scale
would VI into big money. There
fore if Nevada will show a DISPOSE
ton t. do as much as she can with
in reason, then outside help for the
good roads system will he forth
coming. Thee roads are not for
the benefit of any one town or ser
ton of the state, but for tn people
as q whole.
Today Mr. Larson is being shown
the town of Elko and being intro.
duced to all the citizens possible by
a committee of the Elko Develop
ment League.
Tonight = public meeting SilI he
held at the Court House and Mr.
Larson will 20 into the good rond,
problem in detail. Everybody is
invited to attend this meeting
which will he free.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
TIE eEn GREET elAnEna-

One OF the greatest events on the
Lyceum cDErse This season viii BE- the
coming Of the Ben Greet PLAYERS. A
company Of ten players. personally
trnIned and coached by Ben Greet. ar.
q appear here.
Ar. Greet II considered today one -
the greatest living authorities on the
English drama and is world famous
FOR his remarkable productions ~
Shnkespeareau plays and old English
comedies. He has been connected
with the stage for thirty years and
has taught many actors, perhaps more
tina any other man living today.
For twenty years Mr.. Greet has been
prominent In England for perform
ances In which his splendid c0mpa.
nies have acted each year IN London.
Cambridge. StratfOrd on Avon and
other places In "Shukespenrc's Eng
land"
Mr.. Gree; became well known IN
America several years ngo through his
presentation Of the morality play "Er.
eryman." under the management o..
Charles Frohmau. This was the frst
time n play was presented In America
by a professional company in the Eli
sbethen name This was later fol
lowed by a projection Of Shake
spearean plays and classical comedies
The Ben Greet Players gave a season
at the Gnrdcl theater. New York. GOV
Deceived by the Title.
10 the titles Of books lie at times
pitfalls for the unwary. An almost
classic example was afforded by john
Ruskin when in 1851 he wrote a short
pamphlet on the text. There shall be
one fold and one shepherd" This.
which treated OF the reunion Of the
Protestant churches. was published NJ
"Notes on the Construction OF sheep
folds"-a tlue which, appealing rather
TO the agricultural than TO tie clerical
mind. insured n brisk circulation
among farmers.
what Would Newspapers Dor
III IL were not for our mistakes,
ITO would BIO pretty monotonous.--
NudgA ]
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
From Saturdays Daily.
BOISE AND EIklE.
MUGGA NORTHERN

WJUuh WUninlnH
3 2 Bush. president Of the West
ern Pacifc Railway will be in Boise
October Is. By that time the
surveys of the Hinnemueca North
ern railway will De completed &c
the Snake river. While Mr Bush
is in Idaho re will decide upon the
route the road will take through
the valley from the Snake river
and slsn the northern terminus Of
the road. 1t IS doubtful vhether
the road will ever reach Boise as
that point is out Of the way and
not accessible. At one time the in
ducements offered by Boise seemed
to assure the capital city Of the
railway. As ever ROise in her
hope and assurance become arrog
ant and esurieut. The capitalists
OF Boise began to think that it
was absolutely necessary for the
road u 90 TO that city. II that
necessity existed they could see 10
reason for putting Up a bonus. II
i understood that in q moment Of
~Iiberality Boise offered IS cents per
head Is q consideration for the
railway One man pat up thirty
cents bat he Immediately repented
Of his generosity. He noE wants 10
know What became Of the extra Is
ceats and his demand for an sc-
counting ha= temporarily s,opped
all railroad bIilding so far as Boise
Is concerned. When it became
known that promoters Of the rail
road might demand ali additional
bonus of three cents per head
panic sliced Bois- business men and
-hey are still in a state Of the
greatest detection. 1t has been
suggested that Caldwell put up the
extra three cents for Boise. This
would amount to about $500 Il
the population Ct Boise, when used
for taxation and assessment. j.
taken a The basis. OF $500 il
taken ur 8aises population after
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
PUtUmayo Inoians.

The Indians Of the Putumayo dis
trict Of Peru. whose brutal abuse by
the rubber companies has aroused
the world. arc described I'm n recent
issue OF Folklore by Capt. T. w.
Whifen. who apparently lived among
them before they were subjected to
the white mans kindly attention. Ac-
coTdiug TO Captain Whifen they are
a pretty hard lot themselves. For
example. they kill the second twin
ut birth, and the mother always
browns a sickly or deformed child.
They Kill their prisoners and eat
them. In fact they were still I'm tho
stone age when Captain Whifen
studied them. ard. contrary TO the
opinion Of Doctor Martin, had never
been any higher I'm the evolutionary
scale. Their only social function was
n sort OF dance. 20 which tho partici.
pants and audience we're summoned
by the beating of drums so loud that
II could be heard for a distance OF
eight or ten miles. Ono Of the curl.
Gus customs described by the captain
was their method OF using tobacco
The leaf was made into a "~treacIay
dccoction" and this was "Iickcd core.
monially' by friends in the tribal
paiaver. and also as n sort OF binder
like an oath-in making a con.
tract.
what She Could DO,
Arthur was spending a day with
his auR..
y am going to do something &C.
please you on you birthday" she said
TO tho little boy, but nrBt I want "a
ask the teacher how you behave al
school"
"f you really want to do something
to please me, auntle," said the boy
"don't ask the Acknowledgements
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
From Saturdays Daily.
DEMAND ALL STEEL CARS

tics on the number Of steel railway
coaches now in use.
Without such data Congress will
be hamp=red il Its effort to pass
rcmedial legislation. OF course a
bill can. and probably xill. be pass
Cd f9rbi6ding railroads to buy any
more wooden passenger ears bat
wi;hou, any 0f1eial knowledge Of
the percentage Of ears now IN zee
which are Of eoud, it will be diff
cult to set the number u years in
which ali wooden cars must be re-
tired from service
As 2 result Of this lack # iufUr-
nation, it is announced that the In
tersts:s Commerce Commisson will
provide a. rev form Of report for
( railroads to mske-ore which will
shoH the exact number o. steel
and wooden cars oEred and in op-
Grafton by each road. IF this in
lsH % ~e'..setta q1lc"ly'
~. L7.-o-- '= -5I-'-is VIII nave
the data on which to base legisla.
tion to be passed during the resu-
ular session next winter.
from private sources
orc a'--0e anu 'ney
-"a' zoe use Oh ear
rs I7'".' Ss' O5s0'. FL@e'ieal'y
D cent o- gu ia'.'oa4 p-S=en-
-
lspss To each Fra,E. q, mrre ,bs,
= 600 .zsr, ,r-,s,s+
on an railroads Of tho rorr,ry ,,ry
8 500 are byf,t entirely ~ z,ea-
And Of these steel ears ora road
the Per7.vIgsrf. orarsfa > $40
NJ nearly half NJ the Total al s-..r
continent
THasa arc efgrfsr--s ag-
s,.a inc the -z,r Do .s. -e,;-.,
travelling ngFrf, ,,s- yf,5r.+
1agfgs,fo- r. mould he -ss-.I.s-
these ssrgerrr- oar. ,a an ~s..
ss from sary..s r--. ,re -..4tg.
seen .-s rs-.-.v - -
zrrfrre-. c.. 49,. 800
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19

Salvation - How Obtained
Your Part and Gods Part" is the
subject Sunday night at 7:3O At
the Baptist Church services held in
Kcysrr's Chapel. Music ny the
Chores.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-12-19
TWO HOT GAMES OF
 BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT

Those who went to watch the games at the White Pass Club in Skagway last night saw two basket ball set-tos that were ot the red hot variety.
 The teams of young ladies played their hardest contest of the season. although the scoring was one-sided. Miss Liddicoat threw baskets with eagle-eyed, or should one say tig- ress-eyed, accuracy. making 10 of the 21 points scored by her team. The score at the finish was Tigers 21, Lions 2.
 The Northern Star and Polar Bear youngsters put up a slashing game, contestiug like whirling deryishes from the starting whistle until the windup. Captain Friedenthal led the Northern Stars to victory over the Polar Bears by a score of l9 to II.
 Following is a summary of the games:
The daily Alaskan., 1913-12-19
LAWSON CREEK MINER
 IS REPORTED LOST

Returning from a trip to the North fork of the Big Cinema, Dave Teabo, who arrived here Sunday afternoon, reports that Chas. Banks, an operator on Lawson creek, has been missing for II days, and his friends fear that he wsa lost while in the woods. The missing man started out on a hunting trip, and during his absence a blinding snow storm arose, which, it is feared, caused him to lose his bearings.
 A number of men in the district have made a search for the missing man but up to the time when the freighter started on his return trip, no trace of him was found.
 According to Mir. Teabo, timber wolves are very plentiful along the Big Cinema. While he was returning Archie Mcintyre shot three of the beasts, two blue ones and ope gray. Many mushers were met on the trail, and number of freighters are hauling supplies in for the diff ferent mining men-Fairbanks Times.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-12-19
NEW YORK HORSE SHOW
 EXHIBITS MORE THAN HORSES

New York, Dec. 19-The hors- es had nothing on the ladies and the ladies had nothing on themselve that is, hardly anything-at the annual horseshow at Madison Square Garden. What they had however was rich, rare, and racy as befits horseshow toilet. Velvet proved to be the prime favorite both for af- ternoon suit effects and the evening gown. It was there in the new shades of Czarina green, hazel brown, fuchia Persian blue and Du- Barry rose but always and all ways black was the winner. Viewing the latest styles on million dollar models is what the horseshow means and if you are going to accept as your criterion what has received the final horse stamp of approval seek out your dressmaker immediately and have her make you black vel vet evening gown.
 Oh see the ladies at the show, The horseshow where they love to
 go
 To show their costumes cut so low, And slit so high quite apropos, For with the fashion all so thin, Exposing such expanse of skin, lis quite an equine style perforce, As everyone's a little hoarse.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-12-19
MODELS OF APPLIANCES
 FOR SAFETY OF WORKERS

New York, Dec. l9-With the eX- hibits of model factories showing the rapid progress in the development of appliances for the safety of work CTS, in England. Holland, Switzer- land, and the United States, the first International Exposition of Safe ty and Sanitation opened here re- gently. The exposition will contin- ue through December 20. The Eng fish exhibit illustrates government al activities as they touch the lives and labor of workers. The Switzer- land exhibit demonstrates the Swiss method of stamping out white slav- cry and covers every form of indus trial activity in the labor colonies, the war hospitals, and home indus tries. The Holland government sent a model wood working factory show ing how workmen are protected against machinery and fatal dusts. There was also a model laundry with every piece of machinery guard ed so that accidents in them are practically impossible
The daily Alaskan., 1913-12-19

Washington, Dec. 19-Approxim- ately one in every seven persons in the mountains of Eastern Kensucky is afflicted with trachoma accord ing to Dr. John McMullen, of the Public Health Service. This dread ed infection of the eyes. a least evidence of which would cause Uncle Sam to deport immigrants at Ellis Island, is intenched in an almost i'm pregnable stronghold in the United States.
 The scourge now prevalent in Eastern Kentucky and other sec tions of the Appalachian mountain ranges is a national menace, United States Public edith Surgeons says. The germs may be carried in hun