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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-05-20

road in fair condition.
"The opening up OF every street In
Bar Harbor to automobiles was one OF
the pieces of legislation which attracted
much attention in the legislature. In
addition to this opening up of the town
of Eden, which means the whole Of Mt.
Desert Island, several other restricted
roads In various parts of the state were
placed on the open list. A road in Read
field, which has been closed to automo
biles was opened mp and the road IL
Waterford which has caused 30 much
trouble the past year, will, on July /, bt
open to automobile traffic.
at must be borne In mind that, owing
to the referendum, all of these laws ex
cept that pertaining to Bar Harbor, viii
not become operative until July IL, 81
that the Highway Commission cannot b'
organized until that time. It Is there
fore apparent that not much worh
can be done on state roads this year un
less some tscit agreement Is made witt
the present Highway Commissioner
the incoming Highway Commission ant
the Governor and Council. II 10 to o'
devoutly hoped that some srrangemen
may be made, especially In regard to tn
construction Of the Portland. Kittery lin
and some other sections In this State.
"Aud now to come to the principal
law of all, the one providing for high
vay Comm ssion Of three members ant
the authorizing of the highway bonds
This act, to my mind, Ii not as perfec
as 1t should have been, owing to tn
personal ambition Of some people ah'
the personal pique Of others, togethe
with considerable politics. Thus 1t wa
Impossible to enact perfect genera
highway law. Nevertheless, the on
adopted by the State Legislature has YER,
many redeeming features. It gives th
State Highway Commission almost ur
limited power. This Is right. One Q
the first duties OF the Highway Commi'
sion 10 to select q chief engineer VII
shall be the operating head. The Com
mission 10 not limited to . resident O
this state or to the price Il shall pa
such an engineer. Another one Of II
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-05-20

ONE STYLE OF FRENCH SERGE,
has wide lace collar, trimmed with fancy
buttons and silk ornaments, back Of coat
trimmed to correspond, fastens with
large silk frog. ANOTHER STYLE
like picture, of Fine Serge, lined with
Skinner satin, collar and cuffs of silk
MORE with smoke pearl buttons, neatly
trimmed In back.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-04
GOVERNMENT NAVY
YARDS INSUFFICIENT
Board Recommends Erection
of Storage Buildings at
Philadelphia.

WASHINGTON. Sept. S.-That the ex-
tent OF our naval industrial activities is
more unsatisfactory than is realized when
compared with our naval resources for
turning out modern armament in an ex-
pedItious manner, was the report made
70 Secretary Daniels today by the board
of inspection for shore stations Sep
ayate report was made on the navy yards
AT New York, BOSTON. Phila delphia,
Portsmouth Norfolls, Charleston. Port
leans
The navy yards Mt New York and Bos
ton probably will have to be abandoned
In the no distant future as result Of
impelling demand Of commerce. says the
hoard, but that is held to he no more
reasonable for arrestinR development OF
the. yards at those places than it would
be logical to neglect to repair the battle
ships now In commission,
THE existing overshadowing need OF
the New York navy yards. SAYS the re-
building shop. with improved facilities
for handling and distributing the large
amount OF material that enters into ship
construction"
The board recommends the construc-
tion Of more adequate storage buildings
az the Philadelphia navy yards. 'one Of
The reasons for failure to establish an ef-
hcient base at Iscegue island" says the
report, rs attributable to the lack Of
suitable buildings"
Tho board points out that development
FecofIlInendeo must De EXTENDED over
period OF years and suggests that some
Of the weakness OF the Philadelphia navy
ward may be overcome by development Of
other va rds.
while under certain conditions says
the report, 'the success or defeat OF the
feet may be accomplished In q brief
period, it is the ability OF the fleet 10
carry on extended operations as the real
measure of Its naval strength and eff
cheney and such endurance can never be
brought about without the nation pos
sessing navy yards capable OF expedi-
tiously and efficiently repairing any type
Of battleship or navy auxiliary that now
floats"
At Norfolk the boa rd holds that an ad-
ditional dry dock OF the largest dimen |
sinnS Is ne ed ed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-04
WOMAN CAUSES WILD
SENSATION IN BERLIN

BERLIN. Sept. 3.--The Berlin police
today completed twenty-four hours OF fe-
verish Investigations and examinations. III
brought ABOUT because American
woman threw a bouquet of roses from
window OF a hotel as Emperor William
was passing yesterday on his way TO the
military maDeuvers a Tempehof field.
The bouquet bore a ticket inscribed ITO
the Great German Emperor"
The police were greatly excited because
OF the unusual actions of the woman, who
wore a placard bearing the words 40. 900
days" They promptly arrested her and
required her to go TO a police station and
cata blish her identity.
She declared that her placard Indicated
merely her belief that the world would
be changed in 10000 days. The police de-
clined 20 make her name pmblic.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-04
Strengthen Weak Kidneys.

Don t suffer longer with weak kid.
ueys. You can get prompt relief by
taking Electric Bitters. that wonderful
remedy praised by women everywhere.
Start with bottle today. YOU will soon
feel like a new woman with ambition
10 work, without fear of pain. Mr..
John Dowling of San Francisco writes:
% Gratitude for the wonderful effect of
Electric Bitters prompts me to write.
II cured my wife when ali else failed. -
Good for the liver as well. Nothing
better for indigestion or biliousness.
Price. SOC and SloO. at Schramm
Johnson, Drugs. "The Never-Substi.
tutors" Five (5) Good Stores.
fhdreTtiaouout1
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-04
DIVIDEND ON COMMON
PETROLEUM PASSED

NEW YORK. Sept. 3.-The quarterly
dividend on the common stock OF the
California Petroleum corporation was
passed today. Since January the COM
mon stock has been paying IA per cent
quarterly The regular quarterly divi-
dend Of ~ per cent on the preferred
stock was declared
In q statement to stockholders Presi-
dent Il. L. Doheny said that the dividend
on the common stock was omitted on ac-
count OF the troublesome water conditions
on pnri Of the company's property. neces-
sitating greater development expenses.
and certain recently completed wells were
yielding a smaller production than wss
eHpected,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-04
INJURED AMERICAN
WOMEN IDENTIFIED


TURIN. Italy, Sept, 3.-The Anlsri-
can tourists injured when their automo-
bile fell over a precipce near Little San
Bernard Yesterday, were identified today
as Mrs. Beverley s. Duer and Mrs. VIM
cent Smith Of New York.
The two women were at first thought
10 be fatally hurt but their condition to-
day was somewhat improved. They are
In the San Pernard hospital. Beverley
Duer. Jr. ana another young man In the
party were not injured.
NEW YORK. Sept a.-rMs. Duer is a
wealthy widow Her husband. Beverley
Chew Duer, was the cashier Of the Bank
OF the State of New York. He died in
1900. Mrs. Smith Is his sister Beverley
Duer. Jr.. is 20 years old. Their town
residence here is on East Seventy eighth
street. near FiitL avenue
Both Mrs. Duer and A1rs. Smith have
spent large part Of the last ten years
abroad. Mrs. Smith lived for many years
in China. They left New York on their
present rip June s, and were staying a
Chamonix. France.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-04
STRANDED BOY SCOUTS
FOOTING 1T HOMEWARD

OMAHA. Sept 3,-E,ighteen Boy Scouts
ot company Of twenty four recruited in
Chlrfso for the Buffalo Bill show are
expected 10 arrive in Omaha tonight. en-
foute home from Denver where the SHOW
Nrnl 10 pieces TheF are travelling on
foot. having started on their thousa nd
nile march With hardly cent OF money
BY the lime the company rca ached Co.
lumbus. Neh., late Saturday night five
~ their number had beer forced 10 drop
out, and at that place another was taken
TO hospital, threatened with typhoid To-
Yer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-04
Get Rid of the Torment of rheumatism,

That YOU can do by ridding Yourself
of the cause. Weak and inactive kid
neys allow uric acid poisons TO remain
IN the blood and rheumatic pains, swol
len and aching joints follow. Take
Foley Kidney Pills 20 case you of the
pain and torment. They will positively
and permanently build up the kidneys.
restore their normal action and keen
the uric acid crystals out of the blood
and body. Try them, Sehrsmm- John
son, Drugs, The Never Substitutors, -
Five ~ Good Stores.
LAdrertissnent)
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
EDITORIALS
TWO KINDS
OF ADVERTISING

Why advertising doesn't pay
how much the newspaper man
could write along that line!
Here is an ad from some substan-
tial conservative house. in which
the merchant says something Jike
this: Buy the best. It's the
cheapest. Smith, Jones & c.. al
ways have the Best"
The reader on seeing that ad is
thereby reminded that Smith,
Jones and Co. are alive. 1t is good
as far as it goes. But he says to
himself "They all claim that"
and the notice makes comparative
ly little impression.
Another man, says shoe dealer,
publishes something like this: BEST
quality Brown, Johnson and Co. S
women's kid shoes, hand sewed,
oak tanned soles, solid throughout,
patterns and lasts never shown
previous to May, 1913 Price S3.25."
When your women readers find
an ad written something after that
style, it strikes them that for some
good reason there is a chance to
save ii dollar. If they have any in
tention of buying such an article
in the near future. they are inter-
ested 20 go on in and look at the
goods. A moderate size notice of
that kind will pull more trade than
larger display with no logic or
facts in it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
RAVENOUS ESKlMOS.
They Eat and Digest Food That Would
Kill an Ordinary Man.

They Eat and Digest Food That Would
Kill an Ordinary Man.
We hear much of American dyspep-
sin. but there is one native race of
America that is certainly not troubled
In this respect The Eskimo defies ali
the laws of hygiene and thrives. He
eats until he is satisfied, but Is said
never to be satisfied while a shred of
his feast remains unconsumed. His
capacity is limited by the supply and
by that only.
The Eskimo cannot make any mis-.
take about the manner of cooking his
food, since, as rule, he does not cook
it. Nor. so far as the blubber or fat of
the arctic animal is concerned. is the
Eskimo concerned about his manner
Of eating 1t. Indeed, he may be said
not to eat it ut all. He cuts it into
long strips an inch wide and an inch
thick and then lowers the strip down
his throat as one might lower a rope
into n we'll
Despite all this the Eskimo does not
suffer from indigestion. He can make
a good meal off the flesh and skin Of
the walrus. provision so hard and grit
ty that in cutting up the animal the
knife must be continually sharpened.
The teeth of little Eskimo child
will. it is said by those in q position
to know. meet in bit of walrus skin
as the teeth Of an American child
would meet in the flesh Of an apple. al
though the hide of the walrus is from
half an inch 70 an inch in thickness
and bears considerable resemblance to
the hide of IN elephant. The eskimo
child will bite it and digest it and new
er know what dyspepsia means.-Har-
per's Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
THE POSTOFFICES

Judging by the debates one hears
at the corner grocery forum,
the vital question involved when
an administration changes is by
no means what shall he done to the
tariff or the currency. Rather it
is as to who will get the Post
Officer"
Thus it happens that just now in
thousands of towns the rivalries
of such aspirants sever Old friend
ships and sow seeds of discord.
In the hands of enterprising and
ambitious men, the holding of the
post Office has often been a first step
toward business success. Uncle
Sam has not paid high prizes. But
neither has he driven shrewd bar.
gains. The crossroads country
store could often have afforded to
pay for the post Offices privilege,
rather than see rival get it. The
possession of the office brought
customers ard business worth more
than the salary.
Postmasters have frequently
been able to have the work done
efficiently, and to devote much
time to the business. This has led
to the feeling that the possession
of the Office is a plum to be hand
ed around. The fact that a man
had held it was proof that some
body else should have his turn at
the crib.
While the public is drifting away
from this idea, and it cares less
than it used to in regard to the
politics of the postmaster, it is
much more critical than formerly
of careless work, and it is jealo us
Of snap and sinecures.
1t does not require exceptional
business sagacity to handle the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
AULD FOOLS GAMBOL.
The Custom From Which All Fools
Day Takes Its Name.

The Custom From Which All Fools
Day Takes Its Name.
Most people call April | all fools
day. whereas it should be audi. e..
old fools day. The appellation prob
ably takes its origin from the follow
ing superstition:
In druidical times. between 10 and
II o'clock on the night of April l, II
was customary for all those young
women who dared to venture into a
sacred grove and to take their stand
one behind the other
At the hOoting of an owl they COM
menced slowly running round and
round, to the accompaniment of such
words as these:
Ban-man, ban-man,
From berg, bach and ley.
Leap high, leap low.
Come and run with me.
ThereupOn. side by side with those
of the girls destined to be married
within the coming year. the phantom
of ban. or white man. appeared, and
If any of the girls were going to die
within the year black man was seen.
Once while this ceremony was In
progress the spirit of very old, totter.
ing white man put in an appearance and
exhibited such emphatic attention to
the girl lie ran with that the other per
formers were much amused.
The object of their amusement was
subsequently chaffed to such an extent
by every one I'm the village that she
fed from the neighbOrhood. marrying
before the year was out strange
chieftain old enough to be her grand
father.
After this event the ceremony was
ironically styled the "auld fools GAM
bol."-London Answers.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
Dead Sea Stiffness.

The Dead sen is vast lake about
nine hours' ride from Jerusalem. The
waters of the lake. save for an almost
imperceptible ripple, nrc quite still and
tolerably transparent, but salt and "bit-
ter beyond bitterness" and so buoyant
that one can nont upon them like n
cork. and to swim II Is only necessary
to move the hands The surrounding
scenery Is drcnry in the extreme and In
parts singularly grand. But the still.
ness Is oppressive and depressing, for
there Is no sound OF animal life or
song of bird ever heard on the lonely
shores Of the famous lake.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22

smaller Offices efficiently It calls
for an accurate mind, patience and
good nature. People do not like
to wait a day or two for a let
ter because, dreamy mail clerk
dropped it into the wrong mail
box. 1t takes some mertai alert
ness to decipher the endless num-
Der Of illegible addresses, in these
days IF bad writing and litter
acy among immigrants and 9TH
ers.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot he cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure
F j Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
We the undersigned. have known
F.. j Cheney for the last Is years
and believe him perfectly honor.
able in all business transactions and
financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm.
National Bank Of Commerce. To-
ledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
teinally acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free
Price rs cents per bottle Sold by
all druggists. Take Halls Family
Pills for constipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
NOBEL PRIZES.
Works That Win Them and tho Way
the Awards Are Made.

Works That Win Them and tho WAY
the Awards Arc Made.
The Swedish scientist Alfred B,
Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. died
In 1896. bequeathing his fortune. esti-
mated Mt $9,000.000. to the founding
Of fund the interest of which should
yearly be distributed to those who had
mostly contributed to the good Of hui.
manity. The interest is divided in
five equal shares. given away:
zone to the person who In the do
main of physics has made the most
important discovery or invention. one
TO the person who has made the
most important chemical discovery or
invention. one to the person who has
made the most important discovery I'm
the domain Of medicine or physiology.
one to the person who In literature has
provided the most excellent work Of
an idealistic tendency and one to the
person who has worked most or best
Tor the differentiation of nations and
the abolition or reduction of standing
armies and the calling in and propa.
eating of peace congresses"
The prizes for physics and chem.
istry are awarded by the Swedish
Academy Of Science, that for physio.
logical or medical work by the Caro-
line institute the faculty OF medicine
In Stockholm), That for literature by
the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.
and the peace prize Is awarded by a
committee of five persons elected by
the Norwegian storthing
In accordance with these statutes
the awarders of the prizes (the four
above named institutions elect fifteen
deputies for two consecutive years. the
Academy Of Science electing six and
the other prize awarders three each.
These deputies elect for two consecu.
tive years four members Of the board
or directors OF the Nobel institute.
which board, exclusively consisting Of
Swedes, must reside I'm Stockholm. A
fifth member, the president of the
board, Is nominated by the government.
The board Of directors has I'm It's care
the funds Of the institution and hands
yearly over to the awarders Of the
prizes the amount to be given away.
The value of each prize Is on an aver
age $4,000. The distribution Of the
prizes takes place every year on Dec.
10, the anniversary of Mr.. Nobel's
deatb.-Philadelphi Press.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
The Chanqinq Death Ratio.

The last generation has progressed
remarkably In saving the babies. but
has let the middle aged people die.
Below the age Of ten the death rate
has been diminishing. Above the age
OF forty the death rate has been In
creasing, ut least i'm America. No In.
crease is reported from Europe.
Intemperance in eating. drinking and
working. especially working. is the
most probable explanation of this pc
cullar and unfortunate mortality.
The nation has made great advances
in community hygiene. 1t is time the
people begun to advance little in
personal hyglene.-Chicago journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
UNDERGROUND ULSTER.
Puzzling Relics of Ancient Ways of
Living In ireland,


Curious underground passages called
"souterrains" exist in many parts Of
Ulster. They are built or dug q few
feet below the ground and laid out
with chambers and possible hiding
places or boiling holes. according to
more or less well defined plans. They
are not large enough for a man to
stand upright i'm. He would have to
crawl on bis hands and knees to ex-
plore them or to make use Of them in
any way.
Some districts are honeycombed with
them. What could they have been
used for? Not for living In. though
primitive pottery has been found in
them: not for the dead. though some
Etruscnn burial places were not dis
similar. because no bones have been
found; possibly for refugees Some OF
the souterrains are fifty to seventy feet
long.
Irish and local tradition attribute
them to the fairies, the good people.
the Danes-like the Essex Dene-holes,
which are probably only chalk pits-or,
In rare instances, to the Picts, But the
Danes referred to by the Irish coun-
try people are not the modern Danes,
but probably the Tuatha de Danaan. a
people who are said to have lived in
Ireland before the coming Of the Celts.
They are the fairies" and are said to
have been OF small stature. like "chil-
dren," the country people will tell one.
To superstition no doubt is owing the
preservation Of these most puzzling
relics Of some bygone way Of living
London Family Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
HIS FACIAL FOLIAGE.
Its Fate When Living UP to Its Dignity
Was Suggested.

Was Suggested.
There is Il comic artist on n New
York paper who used to drink n little
too much and little too often. Also
he wore Il heavy brown beard of which
he was very proud.
One morning he came to the office.
showing signs of indiscretions the
night before. His managing editor en-
deavored to appeal to his better judg-
ment.
"Old man." he said seriously. you're
too old and too smart to be doing this
sort Of thing. 1t might be all right for
lot of smooth faced kids to spend
the night over q bar. but you ought TO
remember that you're no longer n kid
You ought to try to live up to the dig.
nifty of that beard of yours"
This last suggestion seemed to throw
the culprit into brown study. He re-
tired to his corner Of the art room to
think it over In a few minutes he
put on his hat and coat and slipped
out, and he didn't come back for two
weeks either But within an hour aft
err his departure the managing editor
heard from him. a messenger boy
brought in a pasteboard box such as
florists use to pack flowers in. The
managing editor cut the wrappings
and opened the box.
There was nothing inside except a
heavy brown beard. which had been
newly sheared off the owners face.
with one lone rosebud reposing in the
center of it.-Philadelpha Saturday
Evening Post
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
OT854
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Carson City. Nevada Land Once.

Carson City. Nevada Land ONCE.
April 22 1913
NOTICE is hereby given that william Fl
Moffat. of Reno. County of Washoc State of
Nevada. has filed in this office his application
to enter, under the provisions OF Sections 23O6
and 230T r. S. u. S. the following described
land, viz:
West half OF the southeast quarter of section
II. in Township IL North. Range 10 East, NJ. ID.
NJ. containing 30 acres and situate in Elko
County. State of Nevada.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
the lands described. or desiring to object be-
cause OF the mineral character Of the land. or
for any other reason. to the disposal to appli
cant. should file their aflidavits OF protest in
this office. on or before the Goth dag Of June.
1913.
LOUIS J. COIN. Register
First publication May ~. Ibid.
Last publication June l2. 1918.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-22
079Ol
Notice for Publication
Carson City Land Once.

carson City Land ONCE.
May 9. 1913.
NOTICE Is hereby given that Charles
Dressi. of Elko, County Of Elko, State
Of Nevada. has filed in this ONCE his
application to. under the provisions OF 1905
X. s. u. s. the following described land. viz:
The Southwest quarter Of the Northwest
quarter (SWH Of NWH) of Section 30. TP. 81
NJ Il. 81 Il. M. ID. NJ containing forty acres and
situate in Elko County, Nevada.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described. or desiring TO object because
OF the mineral character OF the land. or for any
other reason. to the disposal TO applicant
should file their afldavits of protest In this
ofrce. on or before the 9Th day Of July 1919
LOUIS ]. COIN,
Register.
First Publication May 10. IBID
Last Publication June 10. 1873.