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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-05
Following Letter
Explains Itself
Carlln. New. Feb. 81, 1918.

SoA 4NCN.S L GU. Z1S 1O1Os
Mr.. Jonathan Bourne Jr.
Chairman Joint Committee
on Federal Aid in The Construc-
tionSvr nuads. Washington D. G..
My Dear Sir:
Your letter of date lst.S inst. ad-
dressed to the Eiko Independent"
has been handed to me for answer.
l shall speak for Nevada alone
To your first query, should the
government make appropriations in
aid of Public roads? Answer: !:
Yes, bv land grant of say one
million acres within the state of
Nevada. Also an appropriation of
say twenty five thousand dollars to
start the good work going.
Second query: On what roads
should the first appropriation, if
made, be expended? Answer: On
main lines connecting important
cities and towns IN the state and
trunk lines Interstate highways
connecting state capitols and large
cities with those of adjacent states.
Third query: In what manner
should the government appropria-
tion be expended? Answer: Estab-
lishment and construction of the
original main trunk line road ways.
Fourth query: What proportion
of cost of construction should be
borne by the national government?
Answer: All proceeds of land
grant. State to maintain said
government and state roads after
construction. Counties to construct
and maintain interior county roads
other than the state and national
highways.
Fifth query: Should the federal
appropriation be apportionsdh how?
Answer: On basis of area and
mileage of said roads to be con-
structed.
Sixth query: Should the super
vision of the contraction of govern
ment aided roads, be by the federal
government or the state. Answer:
The government and the state
jointly.
The hidden and undeveloped re-
sources of the government, the state
and counties would very soon de-
velop returns which would pay the
cost of the enterprise and ever
there after be a contributing asset
to the government state, and
counties of the state.
Most respectfully submitted,
John w. Puett.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-05

The Steptoe Go. at McGill offered
to supply power to some of the
small mine owners in White Pine
county. The Public Utilities Com
mission which seem to think it holds
the whole state in the hollow of its
hands refused to allow them to do
so. =ftt
The Steptoe Co. is not Public
Utilities concern. 1t is not and
does not intend to engage in the
manufacture and distribution of
power for sale. 1t only offered to
sell some uf it's surplus power ia
parties who would be glad to get il
and whose property is almost
worthless without it, when the
Public Utilities Commission steps in
and says You shall not" Such pin
head rulings are a positive detri.
ment to the state and the sooner
the Commission is shorn Of some
of its power the better for the
state, ualess common sense i:
used when. dealing with such
mattersN. ...
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-05

The governor sent special
message to the legislature advising
that provisions be made for a
Nevada exhibit dt the San Diego
Exposition In 1915. In the pre-
sent temper Of the legislature there
is no certainty that these California
shows will get much money from
this state. Ely Expositor.
Our valued exchange might have
gone further and stated that in the
present temper of the voters of the
state it is not a certainty tn t
many members of the present leg
islature will have another chance
to stop the wheels of progress as
they seem bound to do in the pres.
ent session. Every fellow seems
to have a little kite of his own ro
fly but when it comes back to sa se
and sane legislation, having the de-
velopment of the immense re-
sources of the state in view, they
have TO be prodded into line. There
are a bunch CT fellows down at
Carson today playing politics rather
than craftsmanship and the blight
will be felt for manv years to
comes. .~-..,,,. q. -, .-.r
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-05
HERE AND THERE AND EVERYWHERE
Pertinent Paragraphs Patty Put Pertaining Particularly to
Prominent and Plebian People

Subscribe for The Independent.
Do it today.
Will Clawson of Tuscarora is
spending a few days in the city,
George Hunter returned fronii a
visit to Arizona this morning.
Sells FIoto Circus has consolidat-
ed with Buffalo Bill Wild West
show. 1t will be in Elko, May 18th.
Walter McMullen Vaudeville Co.
in the 1.-The Blacksmith's Buy" at
Bradley's Opera House Thursday
and Friday night.
A full report of the County Com
missioners will appear in tomor-
rows Independent.
Walter McMullen Vaudeville Co.
in "The Blacksmith's Boy" at Brad
leys Opera House Thursday and
Friday night.
Subscribe for the Independent
and send to distant friends. 1t is
better than a letter from home to
furmer residents of Elko.
Mrs. A. w. Sewell who has been
visiting her sister Mrs. H. A. Nc
Mertury returned to her home in
Tuscarora on this mornings stage.
Mrs. D. P. Chapman of Tuscarora
slipped and fell on the ice and
broke her right arm above the
wrist Mar. 3rd. Her son, E. C..
Chapman left on the stage this
morning.
County Commissioner Isaac
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-05

The Independent wants q live
correspondent lin every locality in
this and adjoining cUnuties. They
will be especially welcome from
Y eropolis. Wells, Tuscarora.
Dseth, Carlin, Gold Circle. Jar.
bidge Lamoile, Glover. and Star
Valleys. Stationery and postage
furnished by this office. Send in
the news and whenever necessary
it will he iven the finishing touch
es by the editor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-05
EX-GOv. DICKERSON

Folm Lieutenant and Acting
Governor Denver S. Dickerson is
the new Warden at the state prison.
He will commence his reign Mon
day March 10th. The Independent
hopes and believes he will make a
good warden.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-05

Joe Currey, Fred Voight and
Ferd Bush left on the Western
Pacific last night for the Lynn
District.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-05
FOR RENT

For rent a small unfurnished
house close in, $3.50, including
water. Inquire Box So Elko.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
Telephone Three Miles In Air.

A telephone exchange three miles
in the air. This station, said to be
the highest in the world, is in the
meteorological observatory on the
top of Mont Rosa in the Pennine
Alps, 15,45O feet above sea level. At
this elevation snow is always found,
and advantage is taken Of the high
insulation given by dry snow, the
wires in the last section, at the peak,
being simply laid on the snow covered
ground. To prevent breakage by
glacier movements the line is carried
through rings on the telephone poles.
The poles are short and are taken
down at the end of every summer sea.
son and replaced at the beginning Of
the following summer.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
PROPER REST FOR CHILDREN
Nervous Youngsters Should Be Kept
Free From Excitement and
Should Sleep Long.

Mothers should never forget that
nervous children require more rest
than do those who are, beyond doubt,
normal and healthy.
Not only should nervous children
sleep longer at night, but they should
be trained, If they do not do so nat
urally, to take a/nap in the middle Of
the day, or as soon after dinner as
possible.
People who live in cities, where the
noise often prevents babies and chill
dren from sleeping in the day time,
will overcome this annoyance by fix
ing a place in the back part of the
house where the noise of tie street
will not reach the ears Of the little
ones; sometimes it Is more quiet In
the middle rooms Of fiat, and many
mothers find that their children can
rest If they are not disturbed.
The window should be darkened
without shutting out the air, and a
good screen Is a great help, If placed
about the crib or bed on which the
child Is to be.
Nervous children should not be TAX
en- to places Of amt sement when they
will become excited; play in the open
air during the day Is quite sufficient
for both body and mind, and late hours
will only increase the trouble and
perhaps bring on a more serious con.
dition.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
Vegetable Eaters.

Our college professors nowadays not
only teach youth, but also make many
original and startling discoveries.
Professor James Rollin Stonaker, OF
Stanford university, has just proved
that eaters of meat are more endur-
Ing than eaters Of vegetables, grain
and grass. He HIS put four rats In
rotary cages TitH speedomoters at
tached and found that in twenty-five
months the meat eating female rat
ran SAT- miles, while her vegetable
eating sister ran only 447. The meat
eating male ran 1,447 miles, but the
gentleman rat Of the vegetable diet
ran only a pitiful 200 miles. While
We have not made such striking expe-
riments, we have noticed that in the
case of the elephant he does not taste
meat in his whole life, being reduced
to such fare as shrubs, the tops OF
bushes and little trees and other such
food lacking in nutrition. AS result
the elephant seldom attains a weight
Of more than 10000 pounds, and the
hardest specimens do not often live
longer than 200 years.-Eealth Gull
ture.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
To Cure a Stiff Shoulder.

IF you have had a stiff shoulder and
want to regain the full range Of move.
ment, the following simple plan has
been recommended: Stand close to the
wall and put your fingers on it; theE
creep up the wall with your fingers as
high as you can. At first the stiffness
will prevent you going very high.
Make pencil mark to show the level
you reach. Each day you ought to get
a little higher, but on no account must
you ever fall short Of the mark Of the
previous day, or the spell is broken.
When you have reached as high with
the injured arm as you can with the
sound one you are cured.-From the
Family Doctor.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
Motors In West Africa.

TIE policy CT Developing southern
Nigeria by means Of road-makins has
resulted In the existence OF several
hundred miles of roads suitable for
mechanical transport. Motor cars are
used by several Europeans, and two
native gentlemen in Lagos have re-
Gently acquired cars. II addition to
government transport services, the ma
tive government OF Abe rkuta has sue
cessfully arranged small transport
service employing six motor wagons.
Several motor bicycles are used by
natives. There Is, however. q good
opening for motor transport service
IN Lagos in connection with the re-
moval of trade goods from the ware
houses to merchants premises and to
the railway, while much remains to bs
done to bring about more general
use OF motor traction throughout tho
country.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
bonaparte az Schoolboy.

The following is copy Of the GER
tiflcate given to the great Napoleon
on leaving school. It was handed to
him for presentation to the king OF
France by the inspector Of the Col.
lege Of Brienne:
"M. de Bonaparte (Napoleon). born
the 18th of August, 1859. Height.
four feet ten inches ten lines tive
feet six and one-half incpes); has fin
ished his fourth degree.
"Of good constitution, excellent
health, a character docile, frank and
graceful and strictly. regular In con-
duct; has always distinguished him.
self by his application to mathe-
matics; he is tolerably conversant
with history and geography; rather
deficient in polite accomplishments
as we'll as Latin. having only fin-
ished his fourth course. Would make
an excellent marine. u
.:peseryes to pass to the School at
<6.n~-- k~----Si
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
Harmony of Colors.

The principle that the sensation Of
white results from the equal excite
ment of sensations produced by the
three fundamental radiations is de-
duced naturally from an analysis OF
the rules Of the harmony Of colors.
Colored lights do not focus at the
same point; therefore the eye must
seize different distances at the same
time in order to see when different
colored surfaces touch. The differ.
ence of refrangibility Of the different
colored rays causes some colors to
stand out and others to stand back.
Red is the most flying" or 'tapering"
Of the colors, a red object always ap'
pearing to be farther away than a blue
object, though it is seen on the same
plane and in the same light.-Har
per's Weekly.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
NOTICE OF SALE.

Under and by virtue Of an ordc: o.
A. F. Woods, referee in Bankruptcy,
bearing date the 18th of April, 1873,
| will sell at public auction to thu
f,Chcct bidder, subject to cOniirlna-
t'nr cf tie Court. before the Court
house door at chesterfield, in the
County of Chesterfield on the third
Monday in May at twelve o'clock,
Noon.
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land lying and being situate
in the said County Of Chesterfield
containing forty acres. more or less,
and bounded North West by Beay yer
Creek, East by lands Of ]. f. john
son and Cordy Ann Poison, and South
West and West by lands of Mary A.
Laney, and being the same tract of
land purchased by E. L. Moore &
Company from NJ. w. Brigham.
Terms of Sale: One third cash, one
third in ninety days and the remain
der in six months, to be secured by a
mortgage on the premises. Purchas-
er to pay for the execution of the
papers.
WILLIAM MURCHISON
Trustee in Bankruptcy.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
WOMEN AR eRtf USED BaLE0T
Measure to Extend Suffrage in Great
Britain Beaten by AZ Votes.

London THE fate Of the woman's
suffrage bill was sealed by the votes
Of more than fifty Irish nationalists,
who voted against 1t. The bill, where
d yit was sought to enfranchise g.
100000 women, was rejected by ma
jority of Al; the vote stood 266 to
ZIG.
Whether there is any chance that
the present parliament will pass a
bill of more limited character may be
doubted. Possibly the nationalists
fear that II they allow a woman's
franchise bill to pass the second
reading it will lead to parliamentary
struggle, which would not unlikely
end in dissolution Of parliament be-
fore the home rule bill becomes law.
Furthermore, the debate proved that
the militant policy Of the suffragists
has done the cause great harm as
far as parliament is concerned. The
cancellation bill of last session was re-
jected by only small majority com.
pared with the Dickinson bill under
discussion. Previous bills, giving
some measure of enfranchisement to
women. have passed the second read.
ing, although they never survived sub
aeuuent stages.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
Where Fashion is Individual.

The fashion in Klangsu province
China, is whatever one wants. Every
man wears what is right In his owr
eyes. A panama goes jauntily dowr
the street followed by fur covered
brim cap. Felt hats Of scarlet ant
verdigris green follow along with
grays and browns that really do the
amateur hatters credit. Eskimo toI
capes, a few derby hats and the smar'
military uniforms give the streets 6
piquancy that was missed formerly II
the monotonous China blue crowds
OF all the notices posted on the city
gate the one that attracts the mos
attention is the fashion plate that hal
been exhibited for weeks. 1t displays
two or three of the typical western
suits. There are the swallow tailed
and the low front frock for evening
;;functiAns-IpAArAzansstssl! =!
skirts recommended forathei women
The siIk or "stovepipe" hat has it,
corner with the other felts.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
Candles Used as a Clock.

Various expedients for measuring
time were in use before the invention
Of clocks. Alfred the Great caused
six tapers to be made for his daily
use. Each taper was twelve inches
long and of proportionate diameter.
The whole length was divided into
twelve parts Of one inch each, OF
which three would burn for one hour,
so that each taper should be consumed
in four hours. The six tapers, Lighted
one after another, lasted twenty-foul
hours.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
ACCOUNTED FOR THE "GHOST
Really Nothing Remarkable When the
Facts Were Made Plain to tho
Perturbed Ones.

It was a good ghost story that went
the way of the waste basket recently
up in the neighborhood Of U street
and Florida avenue-and all on &C
count of little child!
For several nights the people in that
vicinity had been wrought up over
strange phenomenon appearing In q
deserted building on one Of the neigh
boring side streets, relates the Wash
ington Star. The building, by the
way, was merely temporarily vacant,
but deserted" sounds more ghostlike.
To watchers there appeared from time
to time in the front windows OF the
upper stories OF the deserted building
a ghoulish light Of that particular
pale blue color affected by ghosts OF
standing. Its corpselike hue would
flicker a few creepy flickers and then
vanish anon-lights always vanish
anon in ghost story.
For a fact, 1t was a funny sort OF
thing, as the good people expressed It.
one to another, that this gruesome
radiance should suddenly light up IN q
building in such a respectable neigh.
borhood, and then suddenly blot itself
out, without any more reason for the
blotting out than for the Pickering.
Men rushed in suddenly during these
fiickers-only to find nothing. Small
and timid servant girls, without beaus,
stayed in after dark, and 1t bid fair
to become the light that made Wash
ington famous when
When one evening little girl whose
nursery overlooked the haunted house,
peeping out of the window, saw the
ghost! It was an electric car scurry.
ing along Columbia road, some dis.
tance away, which, as It swung, jog
Cling, around the curves Of that
thoroughfare, flung, for few mo.
ments, the beams Of it's headlight into
the rear windows of the house. From
these the light was reflected palely on
the front windows and-and there you
are!
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
SLAYER Of Wife Jailed for Life.

Rome. Gal. w. Williams, 64-year-
old slayer of his wife, Mrs. Henrietta
Williams, was sentenced TO life impris.
onment at the state farm. The jury
bringing a verdict of guilty, with
recommendation to mercy after ten
minutes deliberation. The defense
plea of insanity and the age Of vii.
liams were the contributing factors to
the leniency, the defense's attorney
admitting in his speech before court
that the crime was so "unprovoked
that no sane man would have com.
mitted it."
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
BULLETS DID LITTLE DAMAGE
Avlator's Machine Hit Frequently, but
Efficiency Was. Not Impaired
at Any Time.

The Balkan campaign has proved
valuable to the science of aviation.
It has shown by one concrete example
that the mere fact of being struck by
bullets and perforated does not sig
nifty irretrievable disaster for the air
ship. The Russian aviator, Efmoff,
was engaged by Bulgaria to fly to Ad-
rianople and throw down handbills in
the Turkish language, in which the
Bulgarians called on the population Of
Adrianople to surrender. He was CIV
en- only an old apparatus, but he threw
down the bills. AT Fort Karagach I
saw q considerable number Of infan-
trymen shooting towards the sky with
their rifles" he said. Il did not hear
the shots, but when noticed that four
bullets had struck my apparatus /
knew for whom the shots were
means. I did not lose my presence Of
mind, but flew on. When the guns In
the forts fred shrapnel at me and
when the apparatus had been struck
several times by fragments Of projec-
tiles the situation became critical.
Fortunately only the wings were hit
and not the motor, and 30 could
keep on and in twenty minutes was
once more in the flying field at Mus
tafa Pasha. The apparatus was re-
paired and used again."
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
AstroIoay.

It would be futile to attempt to
determine the time and place OF
the origin Of astrology. 1t is as
ancient as history itself. When we
first hear of human society We find
along with it the excellent fop-
perry of the world" as Shake
speare called astrology. Astrol-
ogy was cultivated by the Chal-
deans, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans
and all other ancient peoples. So
strong was the art, or science, that
It refused to 80 dom in the gen.
eral smash-up at the close Of the
old Roman rule, but held on and
was powerful all through the mid
die ages. It was only with the
advent Of modern science and en-
lightenment as. to natures laws
that the old scence Of the stars and
fates declined
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
A Live Political Issue.

Washington.--The confirmation Of
F. P. Colcock as the successor of Bob
Smalls as collector of the port at
Beafort has become a live political
issue. A day or two ago senate Re-
pubfcans blocked this confirmation,
putting up the plea that inasmuch as
the Office would be practically abol-
ished on July l. Smalls should be al
lowed to serve out his time. The
Democrats. in executive session, saw
that the Republicans were in the ma
5ority, hence no action are taken
E1is is the Status of the matter now
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
APPLICATION FOR FINAL DIS.
CHARGE AS ADMINISTRATOR.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned will apply to the Probate
Judge of Chesterfield County for IL
nal discharge as Administrator OF the
estate of Mrs. M. Z. Lilies, deceased,
at Chesterfield, S. c., on May Goth.
1913, at ten o'clock a. m; and at tne
same time will apply for an order OF
distribution of the funds of the said
estate. w. ID. LlLEo'
Anri1 16 1913. Administrator.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
SAVED EMPIRE sY STRATEGY
Military Leaders of Byzantium Made
Up by Finesse What They Lacked
in Numbers.

After the decline Of Rome the cens
ter of the worlds military progress
was, for seven or eight centuries,
transferred to the Greek empire. Con-
stantinople ruled elements of a much
less homogeneous nature than Rome
in her prime, had depended upon.
There was less loyalty to the central
rule there, and far less liberty un'
der it.
The decisive military fact of the
east was, however, that Byzantium
had to contend against overwhelming
numerical superiority in its enemies.
South Of it, from the Indies to the
Atlantic, was the Saracen empire,
burning with the zeal Of new re-
ligion. To the east were the Sel1uk
Turks, while to the north were the
Bulgarians. and the Slavonian and
Hunic tribes.
Against such odds 1t was useless
simply to match man for man. The
military leaders of the empire were
full of military spirit and took keen
delight in war as a game; but they
were the descendants Of Ulysses, and
they made of war a game of finesse'
of cleyerness-in short, war Of wits.
BY their spying and bribes, by stir
ring up treason in the enemy's camp,
by surprises, simulated retreats and
ambush. they illustrated the saying OF
Bacon that stratagem is weaker kind
of policy, used by those who are not
strong enough to win by fairer meth
ods.-Engineering Magazine.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-05-15
Keep X to Yourself.

Worry yourself, If you cannot be.
happy otherwise, but why endenvor to-
cause other people to worry when
there is nothing to be worried aboutf
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1913-04-21
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