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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-09-30
Application for Patent
Ip7607.l
UNITED STATEN LAND OFFICE
Carsou City, Nevada,
April 10, 1918. !

Notice is hereby given that 1. c. Sharpe
and the estate of y. ii. Stewart, by L. Z.
Sharpe, administrator, whose Postoi1ice
address is Fletcher, vis Luckyboy. Neva-
da, has made application for a patent for
1900 linear feet of the Banner Fleece
Lode situate in the Esmeralda Mining
District. Mineral county. Nevada, being
mineral surv No, 406T and described in
the field notes and plat Of the official sur
vey on file in this office.
BANNER FLEECE LODE
Beginning at corner No. |, from which
the NW corner of Section 20, I N. II %
Il, NJ DIM, bears S 80 deg 90 min W 2439
1874 feet to corner No. ., thence deg
% min + 1880 feet to cornar No. 8, thence
5 80 deg, 25 min w, 9Sl.4 feet to corner No
4, thence n II deg Is min ", 1861 feet to
corner No. 5, thence N G deg rs MN w
5290 feet to corner No. |, tln place of be-
ginning; containing ol6l2 eres.
Area in conflict with survey No. AZ, Last
Chance Lode, LILO.
Survey No. ~ Martinez No. Lode 0. .493
The lode lines of this cai nj extend MS
follows from discovery NOM lrient: n II
deg lS min w 200 feet and 5 ~ deg 1s min
96,7 feet, thence S 81 deg 5U' min l. 1922
feet.
This lode is located in the ,SW4 of See
II and the NW14 of See 20, both in 4 n,
II 2s T., M.D.M,
he names of the adjoinin,y and con-
ilicting claims as shown by S, Id plat and
survey are Survey No. SO, Emp ire lode on
the north. Survey No. AZ, the l. lst Chance
lode on the west and south, and Survey No
~, Martinez No, lode on the es at.
The location certificate is oris linally re-
corded in Book |. pages 3ii and q a.. and as
amended in Book |, page lsS, srords OF
Mineral county. Nevada.
I. 9. SHARPE,
ESTATE OF D. n. STEWART.
BY !. c. SHARPE, Admins. traitor.
LOUIS j. COIN. Re eister.
First publicatiln April is, 1913.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-09-30
OYSTER Can Chance Its Sex,

At the Academy of Science in Paris
recently Edmund Perrier. director OF
the Museum of Natural History. sub
mitted series of singular research.
es by M. Danton. who has discovered
that the sex of an oyster often varies
in the same subject without apparent
cause.
Another fact ascertained by NJ. Dan.
ton is the triumph of femininity
among oysters, the male being the in.
feIior and weaker sex. and as food
conditions change for the better or
worse, they transform themselves
fium one sex to the other.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-09-30
E stray Notice

a burro, about three yes RS old,
branded "JL on left shoulder. The
owner can have same by paying cost
and for advertisement. Cal, at Cop
per Hill postoffice.
G. NJ. HEMPEL,
Copper. Hill. Mineral county, New.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-09-30
The Metal Market.

l.. b. Spencer.
Miss Josephine Nicolas has gone to
Reno for short visit.
Charles Leavitt has returned from
q trip to Sweetwater.
Mrs. Charles Wagner was a depar-
ture on Mondays auto.
Chas Cosgrove has returned from
short visit to Reno and Virginia.
Ivan Endressen has force of men
at work on hisclailns west of Lucky
boy.
Owen Gee, formerly mail clerk on
the C. & C. railroad, is visitor in
town.
Robert Stewart of Sodaville is
spending u few days in Hawthorne,
his old home.
The District Court will be in ses-
sion October Goth, with A jurors in
attendance.
l.. H. Parker, formerly a resident
of Hawthorne, died in Reno recently
aged A years
w. B. Mercer and wife, who came
grom Goldfield in their new car for a
weeks hunting, have returned home.
James Wichman came in last week
with load of East Walker dairy
produce, which went good with hot
cakes.
Finney Caan. who was thrown
from horse last week ana sustained
broken collar boue, will be around in
few days.
; 1t is reported that the Standard
mine at Bodie has been closed down.
The Standard has been dividend
payer Tor % years.
Ted Brodigan is developing his
claim in Hawthorne distrietand has
Is fine prospect. He is now building
. u cabin to protect him from the Win
Ter snow
Miss Elizabeth Crawford, once a
resident of Hawthorne, was married
last week i'm Rochester, to Frederick
Binns a mining man. This is the first
wedding in Rochester r0
Mrs. Lydia Summertield has been
appointed by Mineral Temple to rep
resent the Temple at the convention,
i'm October, of the Grand Temple
which meets in Yerington.
Charley Fristoe and Bob Young
are working for the Nevada Mines &
Selling Company in Cat Greek, un
der the direction of F. B. House, To-
cal manager of the company.
The Luckyboy tunnel is being driv-
tn as fast as steel, powder, muscle,
lnen and money can drive it. The
big bore is now in 3,300 feet and the
rock in the face is very hard.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Miller are at
home again. Mr.. Miller participat-
ed in the interstate blue rock shoot
at the Sacramento Fair. He was
high gun for the State of Nevada.
Sheriff Grutt "vagged" legless
tramp the other day. "I'd like to
know the charge against me, com
planned the prisoner. No visible
means of support quoth the Sheriff.
According to the figures of the rail
way lines running through Nevada,
passenger service to and from Reno,
has fallen, since the reformed divorce
laws went into effect, almost one
half
NJ. Ediams, Geo. Olds and Charley
Fry, each in the hospital with a
broken leg. are doing we'll and DR.,
Pache is hopeful that no permanent
intirmty will result from their acci-
d, nts
f. Carmichael, contractor for the
Hughes Construction Company, was
killed in Aurora last week by the
premature explosion Of blast. His
remains were shipped to Butte, Mon
tana, for interment.
GA letter from l.. Il. Keyser is to
the effect that the Is h. p. Western
gasolene hoist sold by G. L. Burge
to Frank Lerchen, and recently re-
moved to Gold Circle, is up and run
nlng in fine shape, and that Louie
Is the chief engineer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-09-30

|, ]. II. White, Clerk of the Board Of
County Commissioners in and for the
County of Mineral, Nevada, do hereby GER
tify that the foregoing bills were passed
and orlered . I'D by the Board Of County
Commissioners on September q, 1918.
), H. WHITE.
Clerk OF the Board.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-09-30
Claims Allowed
By the Board of County
Commissioners.

A T THE LAST REGULAR MEETING
or the Board of County Commissioners
of Mineral County, Nevada, the following
bills were allowed
EDDAI
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-06-05
A. Schu|ke, Sole Prop.

Landlord 7. B. Hankey is having a
good job of painting and interior decora-
ton done IN the office and reading room
of the U. G. T. hotel this week.
John Lewis is here from Grand Forks
to look after his Langdon farming in
terests and may put a couple of horses
in training for the racing events at the
county fair.
Mrs. J. Ii. Montgomery and daughter
left yesterday returning to their home
at Winnipeg after a two weeks visit at
the home of Mrs. Pinkerton, sister of
Mrs Montgomery.
Mrs. Watt, who has been making an
extended visit with her daughter, Mrs.
j, j. Robson, was a passenger Monday
to Deyils Lake. having received news of
the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Mid
daugh
Chas e. Roller, teacher Of manual
training who has accepted a position in
our schools for another year, left Mon
day for a two weeks visit to his home in
Ellsworth. Wis. He returns to the city
to accept a position during the balance
of the summer vacation as bookkeeper
in the Office of M. Liebeler, the farm
machinery dealer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-06-05

Mrs. Ross, representing the Minnea.
polls Journal aud we'll known by many
Langdon people, was here during the
week looking up delinquent subscribers.
Merchant Dan Shelley spent Sunday
and Monday here from Iona and states
the present crop outlook through the
south-end of the county AS unusually
good for this time of year.
Mrs. Cora Watson left Monday for
her home at Malta, Mont, and was &C.
companied by Miss Suffer, of the Boyc
department store, who will make a visit
there during her summe vacation of
several weeks.
Miss Engebretson, one of the grade
teachers of the Langdon schools the
past year, left Monday for a visit during
the vacation at her home in Hillsboro.
Miss Engebretson returns in September
to teach in our schools for another year.
Vessey & Magee, who have during the
week remodeled the office and dining
room of the New Columbia hotel, on
Thursday opened a we'll equipped and
thoroughly modern billiard and pool
room. The office has new fixtures and
carries a full line of the finest tobaccoes,
cigars and soft drinks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-06-05
ALERT g. Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.


to loan on first and second mortgages.
Offices east front of Schulke block.
Drs. Semple & Mugan. Langdon, N. D.
Unlimited money to loan on first
mortgages, liberal amounts and lowest
rates Joseph Power, Langdon, N. D.
Miss Ida Bleakley is spending part of
the week in Grand Forks visiting her
sister, Miss Ella, who is attending
Wesley college.
Miss Bessie Ferguson left Tuesday
for Fargo and will visit during the sum-
school vacation at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. Eddy.
The Indian motorcycle will give salts
faction over all kinds of roads, For
demonstration write Baker & Donlin,
Agents. Easily, N D.
Mrs. Jno. A. Crawford wasa passenger
Monday for a few weeks visit with her
sisters, Mrs. A. R. Marshall and Mrs
Chas. E. Watt at Wllliston.
e. j.. Evans is among those to invest in
a 1913 model Buick car this week, hav-
ing disposed of the Maxwell he has been
running the past two seasons
Alex Larlvlere, o: Olga, and Victor
Richet. of Langdon, took the tram Satur.
day for Hillsdale, Mont, intending to
locate on homesteads they have filed on.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-06-05

The Ct. Northern reservoir is again
doing duty as "the oil swimmin' hole"
and the kids that have already taken a
dip say the waters fine.
The board of county commissioners
met Monday for the purpose of closing
up the letting of roa and bridge con-
tracts and other business left over from
the regular May meeting.
Hail is reported from Mt. Carmel and
points north of Langdon during the
storm Saturday afternoon. Hail at this
time of the year is not accompanied with
any danger to growing crops and the re-
port is the amount of hail that fell Satur-
day afternoon was quite light.
'The Coming of Columbus which
was advertised to be shown only one
night at the Electric theatre, will be
shown both tonight and tomorrow night.
Mr.. Waldron has advertised this film
extensively and guarantees it to be the
finest ever produced and distinctly
worth while.
The calendar of the June term of dis
trict court which will convene on Tues
day of next week shows only fifteen civil
cases set for trial. Few. if any, criminal
cases are On the docket for the June
term, which to all indications will dis.
pose of the business before the court in
about a weeks time.
Tuesdays school election in Langdon
city resulted in the reelection Of John
Mahon as a member of the board of
education and the election of @. E.
Johnston to succeed Attorney W.. B.
Dickson who resigned. About $50 votes
we're cast quite a number of Langdon
women going to the polls. The count
ing of the ballots showed John Mahon,
ISL; G. +. Johnston, 1853; John Power 81.
The month of May showed a total
rainfall of nearly n inch, the exact
Nmeasurement being SO. The record
showing a p~reciptible rainfall on seven
dates during the month. On the 10th
the rainfall was the heaviest "a. May
9th the maximum temperature was o9l
and on five other dates in the month it
ranged from go to o89. On May 7th is
recorded the extreme low temperature
of o22, being ten degrees below the frost
line.
The postal department at Washington,
D. c., sends a notice with request that
same be given publicity to the effect
that a competitive examination will be
held in Langdon and at Munich on
Saturday, June 2Sth, of applicants for
the position of rural mail carrier over a
route out of Clyde. The salary of rural
mail carrier ranges from 5000 and s11OO
per annum. Applicants must be resi-
dents of the county and between the
ages of eighteen and fifty.ive years;
the age requirement being waived where
the applicant is an honorably discharged
U. S. soldier or sailor.
Subscribe for the DEMOCRAT.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-06-05
+ Local Happenings
~

Your family is provided for if you
carry a policy in the New York Life.
Talk with L. A. Weed, Hannah, N. D.
Mrs. Ross, OF Winnipeg is spending
part of the week visiting at the w. A.
Farrell home and the Shelleys at Iona.
Mrs. Archie Power arrived Tuesday
from Humboldt, Mimi, and is making a
visit during the week at the Joseph
Power home.
Miss Maggie Sehrt returned to her
Milton home last week after a visit of
some length here with her sister, Mrs.
). W. Pomeroy,
e. D. Stewart and wife are at Fargo
this week and will stay oyer to attend
the commencement exercises of the
state agricultural college.
Miss Ethel Mcknight returned to her
Langdon home Saturday from Aneta, N.
D., where she has been teacher of music
and drawing during the past year.
Optometrist Void, of the A. o. Void
Co., is out. of town this week making
professional visits to several towns in
Cavalier and surrounding counties.
DR.. A. c. Kirby, of Sylvester & Kirby
veterinary surgeons, is the owner of a
new Ford automobile of the roadster
type, purchased Tuesday of Ramage &
Kelly.
Archie Mcdonald is among those who
have a Buick car, having joined the
automobile parade during the week with
a fine machine purchased of Kelly &
MCLAUGHLIN.
j. S. Higinbotham, clerk of South
| Dresden township, this week advertises
asking for open tenders for several jobs
of road grading, which will be let on
Monday the 16thipst.
W. f. Winter is in Fargo on business
this week and returning home about
the latter part of the week will be &C.
companied by his sou, Morris, who is
attending school there the past year.
Mrs. M. Kessler arrived last week
from the Twin Cities to spend the sum.
mer at her Langdon home. Her son
Miles, who has been attending school in
| Saint Paul will also be here for the va
cation.
Eddie Donovan, one of the high school,
graduating class of last week, left Mon
day for Mowbray, where he will spend
the summer IN assisting in looking after
the business interests of his father, DR.
e. l.. Donovan.
Jas. Dinnie, the Grand Forks con
tractor and builder, who is also n o.
the active workers in the state organiza
tion of Knights of Pythias order, was
here Monday to participate with the
Langdon lodge in putting on of work ir
the initiation of q large class of candl
dates to the order.
Misses Cosgrove, Spoonheim, Brittor
and Evanson, who have spent the pas
year as teachers IN the city schools, left
Friday for their homes in this state ano
| Minnesota. With the exception of Miss
Evanson all have signed contracts fol
another year and will return with the
| opening of the fall term.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-06-05
DrS. Smith < Nichols
DENTISTS Donovan Block
DENTISTS
Donovan Block

Frank Lejeune. who accompanied his
father, Leon Lejeune, the Olga black
smith, to Grand Forks last Friday. to be
treated at St. Michael's hospital for in
juries received in the accident of last
Friday, returned on Mondays train.
The doctors hold out hopes of his
fathers recovery but he will have to re-
main IN the hospital some time before
returning home to Olga and will be dis
figured for life as a result of injuries re-
ceived when he was kicked by a horse
he was shoeing.
D. H. Mcmillan returned Tuesday
after an absence of two months from
the city during which he has been look
ing after property interests in Manitoba
and Western Canada. Mr.. Mcmillan
came here from Clearwater, Man, where
he attended on Monday the funeral of
the late Hon. James Laidlaw, who died
last Friday in his eighty-second year.
His son, Walter A. Laidlaw, now living
at Minneapolis was with the deceased
during his last illness and will remain at
Clearwater some little time looking after
the closing up of his fathers property
interests. Mr.. Lardlaw Sr. had quite
an extensive acquaintance with Lang
don people who will deeply regret TO
learn OF his passing away.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-06-05
COMING EVENTS,

June 10-Regular Term of District Court.
June 23-28-Cavalier &C. Teachers Institute
August 5-6-7 -Cavalier County Fair.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-05
VICTORY THROUGH SACRIFICE,
TWO HUNDRED MONTENEGRO
HEROES GIVE UP LIVES.
Iihcy Charge Through Turkish Lines
ana With Bombs in Hand Open the
way to Scutari-MOuntain Fortress
OF TarbOsch Captured.

Cettinje, April 2.-Great Tarabosch
Tort which for months has held the
allies OFT Scutari is now practically in
the hands Of the Montenegrins thanks
to the sacrifice Of 200 bomb throwers
every one Of whom lost his life in a
last desperate effort to clear the way
to the town for the possession Of
which Montenegro is ready TO give
up everything.
These bomb thrOwers were all pick
ed men, chosen from several battal-
Ions. Clambering up the mountain side
under a murderous fire from the
Turkish guns, they cut the wire en-
engagements and, getting to close
quarters threw bombs among the
Turks, thus opening the way for the
storming party.
Not one Of the bomb throwers re-
turned, but they had ACCOMPLISHED
their object, and the Montenegrin in
fantry, followed close upon them.
charged the trenches.
The Turks covered their ground and
n desperate, bloody, hand-to- hand
fight ensued, lasting an hour, and
ending in victory for the Montcne-
grins, who lost 800 men killed and
wounded.
Tier after tier Of ontrenchment.,
had to be taken, but the troops OF the
southern division, under Gen. Mar
tinovitch, To whom the task had been
assigned, overcame all Obstacles
/ The tactics followed, particularly in
regard to the bomb throWers; were
similar to those adopted at Adrian
ople. But in the advance on Adrian
oplc the soldiers who cut and divided
wire entanglements surrounding the
forts We're clad in cuirrasses and pro-
vided with shields. At TarabOsch the
rough mountain sides made it neces-
sary for the Monutenegrins to dispense
with all impediments.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-05
BIG BREAK IN lEVEE.
WATER FLOODING LOWLAND IN
VICINITY OF CAIRO.
Breaks I'm Levee Near Same Place
Caused big Loss Last Year-Dam-
4, age Will Amount tn $f,OOO,O 900
People Flee from Homes and
Greatest Damage Done to- Industrial
Plants.

Cairo, III, April 1.-Word came
shortly before 6 o'clock tonight that
a gap had gone out I'm the Big Four
levee In the drainage district to the
north. The opening is about Is feet
long. A section having an area of
about 1000 acres and containing
many big manufacturing. mail order
and lumber distributing plants will
be covered TO q depth OF from 10 to
20 feet. This territory was flooded
last year with loss OF about $1,000
900. The residents had plenty Of war
ming and have abandoned their
homes. The loss Will be $1,000, 900,
u IN said, and the greatest portion of
this will fall on the industrial plants.
IL is predicted that the .lowlands
viii be more than two days In filling
II no further gaps are made in the
levee. on which the Big Four railroad
tracks are laid. Cairo feels no alarm
from this particular break but what
tomorrow may bring is another story.
The Ohio Is rising slowly and the levee
protecting the city Is endangered. The
time that the crest of the flood will
reach here has been predicted vari-
ously for tomorrow. tomorrow night
and Thursday.
Dozens Of carloads OF sand and clay
have been used today and IL Is beiiev-
ed the levee I'm front of the business
district Is about as secure as it can
be made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-05
SUMTER, S. G., SATURDAY, APRIL g. 1913.
REFLE RANGE PURCHASED.
STATE SECURES 1907 ACRES IN
LEXINGTON COUNTY.
Tract for Encampmcnt and ManOcu-
vre Purpose Secured for $12,50O.
"Camp VIM. W. Moore"

Columbia, April 2.-The State of
South Carolina yesterday purchased
1907 acres of land in Lexington coun-
ty for $12,500 for a rifle range. The
deal was closed by O. W. Babb, as
sistant adjutant and inspector gener-
al, following a report by the attor-
ney general on the titles. The tract
was secured from p. c. Price.
The tract is located seven miles
from Columbia, near Styx, and is
bounded by the Southern and Sea-
board Air Line railways. The money
for the land was appropriated by the
last general assembly. w. W. Moore
the adjutant and inspector general,
several months ago secured an option
on the tract
The site will be known as Camp
William w. Moore" and will be used
as state rifle range and manoeuvre
ground. 1t will also be used for the
encampment of the regiments Of the
National Guard. The old rifle range
is located at Charleston and the pur-
chase of the Lexington tract was made
necessary by the expiration OF the
lease in the Ciy by the Sea.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-05
wHALEY AND HUGHES RUN OVER
Two Charleston City Men I'm Second
Primary for Seat i'm Congress from
First District.

The next representative from the
FIRST So"th Carolina congressional
district in succession TO the late
George :. Legare will be man from
Charleston, either Richard S. Whaley,
eX-speaker of the house, or L. w.
Hughes, former member of the legis-
lature. These two, with Charleston's
tremendous vote welding the major
Influence on the primary. were the
leaders in the first primary, held Tues
day, and they will make the sec
ond race for the nomination. The
vote last night stood: Whaley g.
951; Hughes 2,7S7. The other candi-
dates were: j. W. Padgett, Walter
boro, 1883; George +. Won Kolnitz,
Charleston, 1874; John II. Peurifoy,.
Walterboro Lila.
The vote polled was as heavy as
could be expected, though OF cou-ss
ii fell far below that in the last pri-
mary.
The second primary will be held
April Is.
The most noticeable feature was
the preponderating vote Of Charles
ton, by far the largest county in the
district. That county, with ten coun-
try boxes missing. was seen 10 have
east 5.175 votes, distributed almost
entirely among the three city, candi-
dat"s-Messrs. Hughes. Whaley and
NonkolnitZ.
The total vote 50 far reported-94
out "f 12G boxes, the missing pre-
cincts being small-is 9.576.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-05
MUST FEED MANY REFUGEES
Illinois Authorities Prepare tn Care
for 10000 People From Southern
Part OF State.

Sprinneld. I'LL, April 1.-Gov.
Dunno and Adjt Cen. Dickson are
. preparirg To- feed 10000 refugees
from the food stricken districts OF
southern Illinois. Gen. Dickson is
planning 10 go TO the various refu-
gee camps which have been estab-
lished To distribute the supplies to
them. A detachment OF troops will
aid him in the work.
Today's Developments epitomized
follows:
Levee cut below Shawneetown to
allow the water to come in gradually
In order TO save the city from de-
struction.
Appeal from Epworth. Ill. White
county, for State to send motor
boats TO rescue persons marooned in
the Wabash bottoirs.
Troops being sent 60 Mound City
forced To go to Cairo on account of
railroad washout and to make trip
from Cairo to Mound City on tug.
Mayor OF Pulaski wires that a
band OF 100 tramps Is interfering
with work of protecting the city.
All hope of aaving drainage dis
trict levee near Cairo abandoned, and
territory of 100 square miles soon will
be flooded to depth of from five to so
feet.
Levee which protects Cairo from
Ohio river I'm dangerous condition,
with river rising ut rate OF Il inch an
hour.
Request made Co secretary of war
Tor use OF United States boats ON
which to- house $500 State troops
now ON duty at Cairo.