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The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-04
TY COBB SOLD FOR SiO,0O0.
New York Paper Declares Great Out. fielder Will Be With Yanks in 1914

New York, Aug. 3i-The Tribune .his morning prints the following;
 'Ty Cobb, the great outlielder of .hc Detroit Tigers, will be a mem Der of the New York Yankees next -aJson. The Georgia peach has Hocn sold to the New York club for .Ie largest amount ever paid for a bah player 10000. The an nouucemenl of the sale will not be made officially until after the present season is over, but the news of the sale leaked out yesterday through stockholder of the De- troit club. The latter refused to have his name used at this time.
 Clark Griffith, manager of the Senators, got wind of the negotia- tions between the New York and Detroit clubs and offered Si00,000 for the great player. He was will ing to bid higher if necessary, but was too late, as the deal had been consummated."
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-04
uother of Eiohteen Children

"I am the mother of eighteen children and have the praise of doing more work than any young woman in my town" writes Mrs C. ]. Martin. Boone Mill. Va. "l suffered for five years with stom- ach trouble and could not eat as much as a biscuit without suffering, I have taken three bottles of Cham berlain's Tablets and am now a well woman and weigh i6S pounds. can eat anything I want to, and as much as I want and feel better than have at any time in ten years, refer to any one in Boone Mill or vicinity and they will vouch for what say" Chamberlain's Tablets are for sale by all dealers.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-04
AUTOMOBILES ESCAPE TAX.
But 3,5OO Tags Issued in Arkansas.
 Estimate 6,0OO Cars.

Little Rock, Aug. 27.-How many automobiles are there in Arkansas? |? R. G. Dye, commissioner of state lands and highways, through whose office, in connection with the sher- ifs of the various counties the li- censes are handled under the pro- vision of the act of the last legis- lature, admits that he does not know. But he is confident that many are escaping license The secretary of state last year, under the old law, issued 2,33S auto li- cense tags, and this year there have been $500 issued. Commissioner Dye says that he is sure there are as many as 6,000 in the state.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-04
MAKE THE RICH
 PAY THE MOST
That Is BriStOW'S Idea of a Just In- come TaX-"Men With Huge In- comes Use Them to Detriment
 of Less Fortunate"

Washington, Aug. 30.-Senator Bristow of Kansas, who would make persons having incomes of St00,000 and over assume greater share of the income tax than those less prosperous, in a statement to- night, criticized the rates incorpo- rated in the bill by the Democrats.
 The bill reported to the com mittee recognizes the principle of levying a higher tax on a large in- come than on a small one," said Senator BristoW, but the tax pro- vided in the schedule now under consideration by the Senate on those with the large income is not lat all commensurate with their ability to pay as compared with that levied on the smaller incomes.
 Big Incomes Should Pay Most.
 "A tax of so a year on a man with an income of Si0,000 a year is a greater burden to him than a tax of S2,270 is to man with an income of Sl00,000 a year, i'll my opinion; neither, however, is burdensome.
 When incomes rise to the mag nilude of 1a million or million dollars year, there should be le- Vied thereon a still heavier contri- button. because the money cannot possibly be used for any necessary or personal comfort. but is used either to amass Stupendous for tune or to spend in dissipation and riotous living. In almost every in- stance such fortunes are used to the injury of society instead of for it's benefit.
 Tt appears to me that when we are establishing this new perma- nent system of taxation we ought to establish it equitably, so as to ap- portion the burdens as nearly as possible with regard to the ability of those upon whom they are placed to bear them.
 The Most Equitable Tax.
 Tn my opinion an income tax is by far the most just and equitable system of taxation. It falls upon those who can conveniently pay, and in this respect it is far better than a property tax, which it ire quently imposes a great hardship to meet. This is especially true when business is dull or there is a failure of crops. It is better than a consumption tax, because that Is a tax on the necessaries of life. l believe it should be extended grad ually, so as to relieve to some eN- tent the burden of property and consumption taxes
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-04
IRRIGATION \ SUCCESS.
An Apparently Dead Garden Gives
 Surprising Yield.

It does not require a Roosevelt dam or a Colorado river to suc- cessfully raise crops by irrigation in Polk county-or Mena.
 C. D. Dickson, proprietor of a To- cal barber shop, planted a garden this spring that covered an area or about one-fourth of an acre. About the time for crops to mature the drouth commenced and for a while the prospects of even a meager crop were very gloomy. Mr. Dlck- son had a well dug on the place and installed an engine and small pump and commenced what he calls "an experiment in irrigation
 Each evening water would be pumped over the apparently dead vines. Only a small amount oi wafer could be used, as the supply from the new well was not large.
 The results, however, were sur orising. From two rows of cu- rumbers over a barrel and half have been gathered, and two rows of beans have yielded over l50 gal Ions.
 On account of the lateness of the season Mr. Dickson says that the possibilities of irrigating, even on a small scale, cannot be told. but he is enthusiastic over his experiment and next year will go into the work more thoroughly and systemati- cally.
 To cure Blood Poison in to 20
 days, take
 LOODINE
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-04
Declines Election.

Through the paper l see that my name has been presented for vice president of the Fair Association At the time of the election l advised those in charge that business would not permit of my accepting II elected. and l now wish to publicly decline the election.
 D. NJ. Watkins. Sept. 1, 1913.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-04


 Ctedlts, including accounts and DaIlA deposits within and without tue state, need special attention. No tldss ot property escapes taxation o the same extent as do credits. It ,s the exception and not the rule for VNilerS or credits to list them for eoAdllon. In determining the amount of taxable credits. the rule prescribed by the next to the last ThGrasFaph of Section 6S72, Kirby's nlseSI IS to take the value of all S,alilis wa due the taxpayer the first oi. .Iioiluay III June. This includes d"ls ,a'llls of every kind, character and npescrlptlon whose value can be F%edsured in dollars and cents. ddG a9lli the value of such claims is t%led Struucled the amounts due by the apnIy Apayer and the remainder is the na" ouht or assessable credits. the 90 win vii cent rule applying the same as "'''i other property
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-04
STOMACH TROUBLE
 FOR FIVE YEARS

taking other msdIcizss. 1 decided to take his advice. aithoash 1 did not have any confidence h k
 have now bees tsAaAg Black Draaghs ioS three mouths, and \ has cured me- haven't had those awful sick headaches since began using fl.
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The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-04
Majority of Friends Thought Mir Hughes Would Die, But One Helped Him b
 Recovery.

Pomeroyton, ky.-In Interesting ad- vices from this place, Mir. A. ]. Hughes writes as follows: "l was down wfth stomach trouble fos i've lol yesrs and would have sick headache sc bad, at times, ttaat thought surely l would de.
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
BY COMPARISON

AS long as we are little poorer
than somebody we know, and as
long as there are things that we
cannot afford, we are poor because
we think we are. If you make 500
a month, you may have to use a
base-burner. Surely it is a poor
man who cannot afford a furnace.
If you make $500 month you
may not be able to live III a $50
apartment, and it is a poor man
who has to care for his own furnace.
If you make $400 a month you may
forget about furnaces, but may
still run your own car, of course it
is pUor man who has only one
car. Beyond that estimate we
should have to begin to theorize,
but you can probably go a Ing
way beyond that and still be p n.
Being poor is the easiest thing we
DO. We do not need the high o. st
of living to help US. All we ed
is to think about the things we N
not afford instead of about ne
things we can afford.
If We are determined not to De
poor We must not only stop thi K
ing Of the things we eat and W, ar,
but we must stop thinking of he
things our friends eat and wear.
Most of rs have been poor long
enough. Why not forget about the
things we cannot afford and so be
rich again?" - Indianapolis News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18


aereeis as yet no means of de-
tosminfng the practical limit of
wxsless comp nnication. Improve.
meats in sSSsfatus, perhaps even
some l;V hiscovery as to methods
of stirring Sp the ether, may
revolustchize the art and upset all
pre- q standards. But at present
even tsss most successful system
get into seriods difficulties when
called upon to maintain constant
communication over a line 1000
miles in length. A recent British
wireless commission was able to
secure but one demonstration on a
line 1000 miles long, although sew
eral companies declared their abil-
ity much to exceed this distance
in a commercial installation. New
York Evening Post
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
KANSAS RICHEST STATE

When asked why Kasnas stays
dry" Attorney Dawson Of Kansas,
pulled down the following statis-
tics from a pigeon hole, saying he
always used them to answer that
question. more than one-half Of
the county jails are empty. Sixty
five of the los counties Of the
state have no inmates in the penal
institutions. Many counties have
not had jury trial in ten years.
Eighty-seven counties have no in
sane. Fifty-four counties have no
inebriates. Twenty-nine counties
have not single inmate on their
poor farms. Kansas is the richest
state in the union; lis average
wealth per capita is $1.700. Less
than ten of 786 newspapers in the
state except liquor advertise
mentS."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
RrittanY,s Hair Harvest.

1t is at Easter time that the curious
hair harvest" of Brittany is ''reaped"
by the travelling merchants. who go
from village to village buying the beau
tiful hair for which the Breton bellies
are famous This IS later destined to
be made up into transformations"
"fringes" and other mysterious ar.
rangements with which ladies less
abundantly endowed by nature make
up their shortcomings In the matter Of
'woman's browning glory" The eli
ents of the hair buyers are chiefly
country lasses in the remoter districts,
who are only too pleased tn sell their
tresses In order to obtain a little money
to spend at the Easter fairs. The "har-
vest" however, Is said not to be so
good as formerly. as with the spread
OF education and the love of display
many girls prefer to keep their hair
Wide World Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
The SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS

"The Shepherd of the Hills" a
dramatization of Harold Bell
Wright's "best seller" will be the
attraction at the Bradley Opera
House, Wednesday, Nov 10.
This story of the Ozark noun
tains, has proved very popular in
novel form and as play it is SAID
that its success indicates it will ex-
ceed the popularity of the book. =
Messrs. Gaskell ard MacVitty,
the producers, have given it very
beautiful scenic mounting, the
mountains of the Ozarks lending
themselves to the best in the
scenic artists art. The cast has
been carefully selected, in fact it
is said to be unique in the matter
of types.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
Whom Che WALTZ Was New.

have letter in my possession writ
ten by friend to my great-grand
mother In the year 1917, at Christmas
time. In which the lady expresses her
grave disapproval of the modern ten.
dency toward rapid dancing. The para
graph runs as follows:
1T was yester evening at your Cousin
Betty's. where | was much struck with
the new fashioned dances, which seem.
ed, to me at any rate, to be out Of
keeping with the propriety and mod.
esty which we look for in young ladies
OF our class. can only regret the dis.
appearance of those 'mazurkas' and ga.
VOTES as well as the 'minuets' and
hope that these new dances or 'valses.'
as l think they are named, will quick.
ly disappear from respectable society"
Letter In London Telegraph
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
THE MAIN THING

1t was showing hard, and the
teacher sought to impress upon her
charges the advisability of avoid
ing colds.
This is the time" she said.
"when boys and girls should be
very, careful while out doors / had
darling little brother, 8 years
old. Une day he took tbs sled and
went out to play in the snow.
That evening before going to bed
he complained Of severe pains in
his chest. The next morning he
grew worse, pneumonia set in and
two days later he died"
The deep silence that followed
this tale was finally broken wher
an aggressslye-looking youngster
in the rear Of the room stood ant
inquired, Where's his sled?"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
THE HAPPY MAN

The happiest man in the world
is the common, every day chap who
makes his own living, pays his own
bills and has the respect of his
neighbors. He saves a little money
as he goes along, but doesn't try
to get corner in the local output
and he is not slave to ambition
or society. He never expects to
wear out his trousers in the senate
and when he glides out of bed in
the morning he never wastes any
time trying to pick out the right
tint of socks, suspenders and neck
tie that will blend with the general
effect.
He only wears a collar when he
feels like it, and when his pet corn
begins to jump he jerks out his
knife and cuts a four-inch cash
in the side of his shoe and nothing
is said about it in the local paper
He never has to sit up at night 10
pnultice his consciene. He believes
in the doctrine of live and let live.
When he encounters one IF the
needy he doesn't stutter with his
pocket book. The plain plug of a
man is happy because he is satisf ed
and he doesn' ty+epd half of his
time yearnihg fof something which
his salary will not permit him tc
buy. Give us more plain men and
the world will be better. --Clarh
County Review.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
SAVED BY QUICK WIT.
A Reply That Won Napoleon and tine
Duke of Modena.

A Reply That Won Napoleon and the
Duke of Modena.
- In the French campaign in Italy. In
which Napoleon !. first began to win
the laurels which subsequently 30
abundantly crowned his career, a
young Italian cavalry officer was TAX
en- prisoner.
Having serious doubts about his
safety, it occurred to the prisoner tc
pretend he was great parsonage. Sc
he promised rewards to his captors II
they would Insure his good treatment,
adding confidentially that he was the
Duke of Modena.
He was exceedingly we'll cared for,
and early next morning he was called
before Napoleon, who was somewhat
puzzled at finding two Dukes Of Mo
dena among his prisoners. for the real
duke was also a prisoner. The real
duke algrily asked his counterfeit by
what authority he had assumed the
title cf Duke of Modena. The young
officer answered.:
Your grace, the peril of my situa.
ton yesterday was such that had ]
known a more illustrious title would
not have assumed yours"
The reply so plea sed both the duke
and Napoleon that he was forgiven his
deceit
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
DISTRICT COURT

The work Of getting a jury to
try the McComb case occupied the
district court until 10 o'clock last
night, when an adjournment was
taken until this forenoon. When
the noon recess was taken today.
eleven jurors had been accepted to
try the case. An adjournment was
then taken until 2 o'clock. At 2
o'clock another adjournment was
taken until 8 o'clock tonight to
wait for Mr.. o'Byrne of Jarbidge,
one of the veniremen, to arrive.
1t is expected that he will qualify
and complete the jury. The trial of
the case will then proceed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18

ted underwear that fitted them as
their own skin. They wore brown
knitted socks supported by Anne RE
can sgarters. Over the underwear
they wore shoulder braces from
which were stretched across the
breast white bands bearing the
name of their oganization. Their
leaders wore blouses and caps and
carried swords. In parades they
sometimes carried arms full Of
bombs and were in danger Of blow
ing whole streets to atoms. In pub
lie meetings on two occasions there
were accidents in which numbers of
people were killed and wounded"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
PRESENT LIMIT or WIRELESS

According to Prof. j. A. Flem-
ing, several of the most powerful
wirleess stations are now general
ing ether waves having q length
from crest to crest of about four
miles, and these disturbances can
be detected" at distances up to g.
5000 miles from their source.-that
is, four such stations would suffice
to "girdle" the earth. Obviously,
however, the ability to detect" the
signals over the vast distance, pre-
sumably under favorable weather
conditions is a very different thing
from the power to maintain COM
mercial communication along the
route. AS yet the wireless service
available to the public covers but q
third or at most, half this distance.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
ANOTHER FIRE

The clang of the fire bell woke a
good many from their slumbers at
l 80 this morning. The Ere was
in Helen Browns house, just south
of the Western Pacific passenger
depot. The hose carts were soon at
the fire and two streams of water
was poured on the blaze. The fire
had a good start but the firemen
soon got it under control.
The fire is supposed 10 have been
started in the southwest room on
the second floor. A window in this
room, opening on to a one-story
roof was found open and the fire
was probably set by some enc who
entered the room by the window.
This is the second time in about
two months that this house has been
damaged by fire. The loss this
time is quite heavy as the upper
story is badly damaged by fire and
the furniture and carpets on the
ground floor are ruined by water.
Ii the fire was the work of an
incendiary, the sooner he is caught
and punished, the safer will prop.
arty be in Elko.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
.HUMORS OF THE
CHINESE WAR

Humor, of a grim sort, Of course,
abounded in the revolution which
established a republic in China.
friedrich Mccormick, in the "The
Flowery Republic" tells of the for
nation Of q corps in the north who
gloried in the title, "Gare to Die"
The rebels in Canton were not sat-
isfied to adopt this term from
their brothers, and deiighting in
the superlative and extreme, called
themselves the Determined to
Die" The first were merely will,
ing martyrs, but the Canonese
were desperate for death. A for
eign wag dubbed them the "Much
Wanchee Dies"
among the various military or.
CARNATIONS that sprung up in Can
ton" says Mr.. Mccormick, was 9
company Of bomb throwers called
the Bomb Pioneers.' Their uni
form was light blue foreign knit,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
FOR The SUNDAY
SCHOOL TEACHER

A fingers breath is an inch.
A shekel of silver is equal to
about sixty-four cents.
A shekel Of gold was about nine
dollars and sixty cents.
A piece of silver or a penny, was
about sixteen cents.
A farthing was about four cents.
4 mite was less than a quarter
of a cent.
A gerah was one cent.
A ephah, or bath contained about
eight gallons.
A hin was about one and one
third gallons.
An orner wss about six pints.
A days journey was abont TWEEN
ty three and one -fifth-mi'es
A Sabbath days journey is about
an English mile.
A cubit was nearly twenty-five
inches.
A hands breadth is about three
inches.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
Hard TO Sec under Wasaa

There Ia no scientific instrument u
the scope" character which enables
one to see down to 80 or go feet under
water. When the sun shines vertical.
~ over water, q box or bucket with O
glass bottom is often used % look
into the water. A cloth covering 70
exclude light from the box or buckeS
Is sometimes employed. But without
electric or some other light In the wa.
ter these devices are not very salts.
factory.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
UNKNOWN Man KILLED

Dressed simply but clearly and
carr ying a white silk handkerchief
wrapped in a Reno newspaper, an
unknown man was killed on the
Southern Pacific railroad early yes
terday morning at Ditho, in the
canyon, a few miles east of Sparks.
The manner of his death could not
be definitely ascel tanned but it ap-
pears that he had built a fire by
the side of the track and apparent
ly fallen asleep while sitting against
the rails. 90
He seems to have been a man of
about 55 years of age, of clean and
sharp features, blue~eyes and grey
hair. He wore a brown striped
coat and overaIls and carried a
bundle of undercIothes with soap
and towel. There was not single
mark of Identification on his per-
son.
The body was brought to the city
and taken to the Groesbeck &
O'Brien undertaking parlors where
the remains may be viewed for the
purpose of identification.
Although he had not a cent it is
a coincidence that the silk handker-
chief he carried still bore the price
tag, which said that it'had cost him
81 35.-Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-18
BE A MAN OF ACTION.
Dont Fall Into tho an Do Il Some
Day7 Habit.

Dayr Habit.
Some day" IL the one day Of tho
B65 that has no place In the calendar
and II still the most popular day for
making disagreeable engagements. II
L. the day that every idle dreamer
chooses to begin the monumental work
that It Is to make his fame and for
tune.
Today Is always huddled. crowde,S:
too hot or too cold, too wet or too DRY.
Today is out Of the question. But
some day" lies in the far golden haze
Of the future that seems to have in II
the infinite leisure Of eternity. And 80
we defer till the more convenient sea
son that never comes what ought tc
be done instanter, without taking heed
Of our own feelings, our plausible oh
jections. and permitting the creeping
paralysis Of overmuch debate that
keeps the arm from striking while tho
iron Is hot
These prophecies that begin with
''some day" and a good resolution are
rarely converted into the past tense
Tho man Of action makes his plans so
berly and takes the facts where he
can get them that will help him to de
eide what to do. But when his mind
is once made up he goes ahead without
telling you much about It he does not
boast He is too conscious of his own
fallibility to be cocksure of brilliant
and secure results Philadelphia Led.
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