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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-03-27
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-03-27
Final Account.

Succeion Of Mrs. Lila Roach, deceased.
In District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
- Hodges, administrator Of the succession of
Mrs. Lila Reach, deceased, has this day filed in
my office her final account and tab!eau Of distri-
button in said succession and If opposition be
not made thereto within the time prescribed by
law, the same will be homologated and made the
judgment of the Court.
Given under my official signature and seal Of
office, at Benton, La, on this, the 9th day Of
March, 1913 B. A. KELLY,
1879 Clerk District Court.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-03-27
Adrianople Captured.

Mustapha Pasha, March 6.-The fortress
of Adrianople was taken by storm by the
Bulgarians this morning after fighting OF
the most terrible character since Monday.
Flames devasting city.
Shurkri Pasha, the Turkish commander
n-chief Of Adrianople committed suicide
after the capture of the city.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-03-27

Many sufferers from rheumatism have
been surprised and delighted with the
prompt relief afforded by applying Cham
berlain's Liniment. Not one case of rheu-
matism in ten requires any internal treat
ment whatever. This liniment is for sale
by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-03-27

Woodrow Wilson: Society must see to
or damage. its own constituent parts.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-03-27

Woodrow Wilson: The firm basis oil
government is justice, not pity.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-03-27
sWcrst Calamity Since Galveston.

Reports of the flood situation in Ohio and
Indiana are appalling. 1t is reported that
200 persons were drowned at Indianapolis
Tuesday night when bridge over White
River was swept away.
By the breaking Of levee late Tuesday
at Peru, Indiana, 800 people were drowned.
More than 5000 homes are submered in
Fort Wayne, Ind. From many towns are
reports of death and destruction from the
raging waters.
Dayton, Ohio, city of 85,33 inhabi-
tants, situated on the east bank of the
Great Miami River, at the mouth Of the
Mad River, is devasted. The dead cannot
be correctly estimated. "No one can pic
ture the sickening situation" A dispatch
yesterday said Fifty thousand people are
damned in the upper floors of their homes,
no gas, no fresh water, no light, no heat,
no food" At 2:47 o'clock pm. yesterday
the entire business section was reported on
fire. At 80 p. m. Gov. Cox received the
following telegram from his secretary who
went to Dayton: "Deaths may run as
high as 1000. Property loss S10,OO0,000
River four miles wide. Difficult to gel
anywhere near center of city. Water uF
to second story of Phillips House. Wors
calamity in the country since Galveston. :
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-03-27

Samuel Darden of Myrtle, Miss, and
for whom the town of Darden is named,
has just written book of his life for his
children. He is seventy three years old,
yet strong and vigorous and attributes his
longevity and unusual heath to his obedi-
ence to the laws of God. Mr.. Darden says
he had rather retire any evening without
his supper than without invoking divine
blessings. He has been connected with
the Sunday School for over fifty years, and
was one of the early settlers of that coun-
try, and fought under Lieutenant General
Nathan Bedford Forrest in the Confederate
War, and also one of the famous Twenty
third Mississippi Regiment.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
NEW WAYS OF
COUNTING MONEY

Ii is a wonderful fact that there
is a scientific way to do almost any
thing that has to be done nova
days. Secretary Mcveagh has been
producing many improvements in
his department in the way of econo-
mixing. saving unnecessary work
and putting the department on a
business basis.
Means were sought for to count
bills by machinery instead of by
hand, and J. P. Buckley, who is
employed TO the purpose of devils
ing labor-saving methods for the
government, said at once he could
turn the trick. The problem was
to make a machine that ", uId
count every bill,that was fed into it,,
but that would not count if the
operator missed putting one in.
This was easily and neatly solved.
The machine was made with a
pair of revolving brass rollers.
which just touched each other. AS
long as they we're in contact they
would allow an electric current to
pass through them. but when ever
a bill was fed between them il
would separate them. Il contact
would be broken and the bill would
be registe, ed on a counter. But
If the young lady attendant got to
thinking Of poetry or the latest rag
time song or the next dance. or
stopped to part her hair or smooth
down her skirts, the machine would
wait for her and would be more
accurate than any human being
could possibly be. When human
counters are employed they must
count and recount the bills so as
to be a check on one another
Pathfinder.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
HOT Time IN CARLIN

Last Saturday Francois, the
troubad2r, who is walking from
Oakland to New York on n 1000
mile wager arrived in Carlin IN S.
P. passenger train No. 6. He wore
a big sombrero hat with II flaming
red ribbon around il, a khaki suit
and leggins and strapped around
his waist was a belt containing two
automatic revolvers. a Bowie knife
and an Indian %tomahawk. The con-
ductor had taken his armory from
him before he would permit him
TO enter the passenger coach. This
was not because Francois looked
like a bPd man but because HI sarm
DRY mig' { cause trouble with the pas
sengers. To get even with the cor.
ductor he reported him to head.
quarters as lacking in courtesy.
His arrival caused a commotion
in Carlin and it 500 spread around
that he had ~"squealed" on the ron.
ductor. This was spread around
among the trainmen until a genius
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
CARSON PIONEER
D|EO MONDAY

Yesterday afternoon. Ed. Swe
eney. for fifty years a resident Of
this city passed awav after a short
illness, dying from the effects of
an attack of uneumoni The de-
ceased was a native of Ireland
coming to this city in early man.
hood where he at once became one
of the foremost citizens He at one
time owned practically all the land
on which the city is now built be-
sides extensive timber holdin gs on
the mountain sides. He was SO
years of q at the time of his
death end leaves a wife, one son
former Chic Justice Sweeney and
three daughters, Mrs. George
Lammon, Mrs. Geo. Stanford and
Mrs. A. d. Bell. Though loyal to
the land of his adoption Mr. Sweeney
always held a warm spot in his
heart for the land Of his birth
on every ST. Patrick's Day since
he has been a resident of this city
a large flag of Ireland has tloated
side by side with the stars and
stripes on a rope stretched from
two poles in front of the Sweeney
residence and by this means had
the old gentleman attested his love
for both counties. There was a
time in the history of Nevada when
Sweeney guarded his flag from
daylight until dark with "a shotgun
and prevented it being torn from
it's halyards. but in later years the
flag has fOated in peace and the old
man watched its ripplinSs with
heart full of pride. Carson News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
LIGHTNING VERSUS STEAM

Years ago when the electric tclc.
graph was a new idea and a mys,
terry to the masses, there came
trouble n night in the Bank OF
England. The business of the day
had closed and the balance was not
right. There was a deficit of Just
100 pounds.
1t VAS not the money hut the
error that must bc found. For the
officers and clerks there could be no
sleep until the mystery had been
cleared up. All that night and all
Sunday a force of me we're busy,
money wa, surely gone from the
va Its, but no one could discover
whence.
On the following morning a clerk
suggestesd thai the mistake might
have occurred in packing for the
West Indies some boxes of specie
that had been sent to Southampton
for shipment. His chief acted on
the suggestion. Here was an OBJ
~portunity to test the powers Of the
telegraph Tightening az ainst
steam, and steam with forty.eight
hours the start. Very soon tho
telegraph asked a man in South.
ampton, HAS the ship Mercator
sailed?"
The answer came back. Just
weighing anchor"
stop her in the queens name"
flashed back the telegraph. "She
Is stopped" was returned. Have
on dc'k certain boxes (marks given)
weigh them carefully and let mo
Know the result" telegraph, the
chief.
This order vas obeyod. and ono
box was found to be some where
about one pound and ten ounces
heavier than its mates Just the
weigh, OF the missing soverciVns,
All right let the ship gol" was the
next order.
The West India house was debit.
I'd with the 100 pounds and tbc
OF England was at peace
again. Harper,s Weekly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
WORDS OF APPRECIATION

Mr.. w. W. Rooher,
Editor of the Elko Independent:
Dear Mr.. Booher,
Having been for many years a
subscriber 20 the independent.
desire to say a few words i'm appre-
citation OF the good work you have
done for the community before you
retire from active association with
the paper and another shall take
your place.
In every public movement, insti-
tuition or enterprise, you have
always taken a stand for progress
not only through your paper but in
your personal association with the
same. In questions of public morals
n the betterment of local condi-
tons, you have always taken a fear
less stand for what you believed
to be right regardless Of the public
sentiment.
In the manner in which you have
handled these questions, you are to
be congratulated. The people Of
Elko should be grateful to you for
conducting all these years a paper
that has not been used as other
papers in Elko in past years to
vent their spleen or to EXPRESS
their personal prejudice through
their columns. Yours has been the
peoples paper. Your personal an
imosities. If you have possessed any
have never found expression in
your paper and the people hav
never heen confronted with such
expressions as have recently been
seen in print.
Grey haired men who have been
honest. upright and honored have
not been called a band of Hood
Iums. Institutions that have given
to EIko, often at a loss, what has
developed its resources, have NOT
been condemned on the SLIGHTEST
nature to satisfy all. You have
waited with patience the proper
time to speak and act. You have
been fair and impartial to all and
nave treated all institutions and
NOV ments with equity and Justice.
while the writer has n It always
agreed with you in your views he
WISHES TO commend you in the way
you have expressed them.
We bespcak for your SUCCESSOR,
the same support from the cou. !
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
EASILY CAUGHT

Monday morning. Camille Walen-
stainer. the convict wha made his
escape from the road camp Satur-
day night was captured at Stock
ton, and lodged in the city Jail
there whiting for the arrival OF an
officer from this city to hiring him
back to the barred dwelling in
Carson, says the News today The
story of Walenstainer shows that
he was not as wiseds he might have
been. A fe" days ago he sent a
note u this city by one of the
guards CO inning from the prison
camp, to have his trunk sent to
him by express to Reno-the trunk
being held in this citv by a friend
Of his. The trunk was sent and the
convict went to I'm Italian rancher
who lives near the road camp and
gave him an order to get the trunk
and take it TO an Italian saloon in
Reno and get ii receipt for it from
the saloon man with orders left to
give the trunk to any one who pre-
sented the receipt. This was done
anu Walenstainer on the night of
his departure arrived in Reno about
7o'clock, went tn the saloon and
presented the check and got the
trunk. He then had two men carry
the trunk over to the depot and
check it to Stockton, bringing him
the receipt. This was done and
the escaped convict made his way
to the city of Stockton. In the
meantime the State Police had
learned of the trunk beng taken
from Carson City and went on for
n trace for il, finding that il had
been shipped to he Caslifornla
city. The number of the trunk check
was ascertained and telcgraphed to
the officers at Stockton and when
the convict came for his trunk, he
was placed behind the bars.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
new S~TRENUOUSNESS

A New vigor is to dominate in
the White House after the ith of
next March. The four quiet years
of President Taft are to be succeed.
ed by four years of rapid action.
Inertia and complaisance are 10 be
given place to positiyeness.
All that President elect Wilson
has said since his return from the
Bermuda holiday strengthens the
assurance that he is TO he an x
ecutive of abundant energy. The
promise of his Staunton speech is
direct and plain.
There will be no return TO the
days of the big Stick" Governor
Wilson at Stanton. took some pains
to make clear his determination t.
eschew big talk and TO avoid the
weakness of bullying or of constant
scolding. Forcefulness and energy
are not dependent upon such sur,
face manifestations. Too mucl
noise is likely to Interfere will
directness Of action.
Governor Wilson says he has pre-
pared to put on his "war paint"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
BEST TO THEIR PARENTS

DR.. Charles w. Elliot, president
emeritus of Harvard university,
says that Japan and China keep the
fifth commandment better than any
of the anglo-Saxon races.
The fifth commandment is.
Honor thy father and thy
mother. and the days may be long
in the land which the Lord thy GUd
giveth thee"
SIN the land which the Lord, thy
God giveth thee" repeated DR..
Elliot lie continued.
That is just what they do in
Japan, where | went into a Shinto
temple and bowed before the shrine
with others. They were all bowling
before the shrine Of the departed.
The emperor was there with other
officials.
They call this ancestor worship
but it resembles the best spirit of
that japanese nation. There are
in that shrine the names of young
men who fell in the Russo-Japanese
war, and they have no children to
go to that shrine and think Of them
so the nation must go. and the
nation does go in the person Of the
emperor and other Off ials.
Some missionary said | did
idolatrous worship by going there
to that temple, but you must take
this view of it.
Both Chinese AMI japanese are
wOrshipping their ancestors. Jap
ancse are intensely patriotic. They
have a beautiful country. People
seen there more cordial and viva
ciOus than they do in China"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
HIGHEST AND LOWEST
POINTS IN THE WORLD

The maximum difference in eleva-
ton Of land in the United States is
l4777 feet according to the United
States Geological Survey. Mount
Whitney. the highest point j. l4.50l
feet above sea level, an a point in
Death valley is 276 feet below sea
level. These two points. which are
both in California, are less than 90
miles apart This difference is
small however AS compared with
the figures for Asia. Mount f., crest
rises 5000 feet above sea level
whereas the shores Of the Dead
sea are 1890 feet below sna level
a total difference in land heights Of
80. 292 feet. Nj. Everest has never
been climbed.
The greatest ocean depth Sc,
been found is 32O.S8 feet. at a point
about forty miles north Of the
Island of Mindanoa, in the Philip
pine islands. The Occan notion at
this paint is therefore more that
ia miles below the summit Of
Mount Everest.
The difference IN the land heights
in Europe is about I5,S6s feet.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
NEWS ITEMS

Eighty miners we're netombed in
a coal mine near Paris, Illinois. this
morning.
Felix Diaz has won out in the
crty of Mexico. Order is being
rapidly restored. Hundreds of
Americans r returning to their
HON e
Gustavos Madero. brother of
President Madcro. was taken from
the penitcntiary this morning and
shot.
The report that Pierpunt Morgan
died yesterday was withuu founda-
tion.a He is in Egypt for his
health.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
OFFICIAL IRRIGATION TERMS

"Seconc. foot" as defined By the
United States geological survey,
is an abbreviation for cubic foot
per second and is the unit for the
rate of discharge Of water flowing
in a stream une foot wide one foot
deep at a rate of one foot per
second. 1t is generally used ms a
Fundamental unit in ements
of stream flow.
"Sennd-feet per square mile" is
the average number of cubic feet of
water flowing per second from each
square mile of area drained, on the
assumption that the run-ofT is dIs.
tributcd uniformly both as reg ards
time and area.
IAN acre.foot" is equivalent ia
d3, 500 cubic feet, and is the ouan-
tity reuired to cover an acre tn the
depth of one foot. The term is
commonly used in connection with
storage for irrigation work.
One s]econd.foot flow equals 7.dS
gallons a second. d4S.S a minute,
or 6d6.272 gallons in "a hours. As
a California ''min"r's inch" equals
0 1877 gallons u second, there are 40
California miners inches in ore
second-foot.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21

There is more catrrah in this
section Of the country than all other
diseases put together and until the
last few years it was Supposed to
he i%ncurahle. For a grca, many
years doctors pronounced il "A local
dlSease and prescribed local RENE
dies and by constantly falling to
cure with local treatment. prouonc.
ed II incurable. Science has proven
Catarrh to be a constitutional
disease, and therefore requires con.
stitutional treatment. Halls Ca'ar.
rah Cure, manufactured by f. j.
Cheney & Co.. Toledo Ohio is the
only constitutional cure On the
market. II is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon.
ful. IL acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer n hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
Address: f. j. Cheney & CO..
Toledo, o. Sold by druggists IL
cents. Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
REMINDER OF TIL: DAYS
BEFORE The REBELLION

A notice of public sale that
appeared in a Pike county Missouri
paper about sixty years ago looks
strange as included in the "chat-
tels' specified niger wenches,
bucks and boys. Few of the pre-
sent generation remember the time
when such sales were common and
the noticL is reprinted for their
benefit as follows:
Public Sale-State of Missouri.
Count of Pike. To whom it NAV
The undersigned will on
Tuesday, Sept 20. a. d.. lS4g, sell
at public query, for Gosh. in pre-
misses where Com creek crosses the
old Missouri road. the following
Chattels. towit: Six yoke OF ken.
with yoke and chain. two wagons
with beds, 3 niger wenrhes, 4
buck niggers, 3nigger boys 2 praire
plows. 2 steel traps. Dbl picked
cabbage, ! hogshCad tobacco, ] lot
of nighOse. | spinning wheel. ]
Loom, 3 fox hounds, a lot of coon.
mink and skunk skins and other
articles. An gwinc to California.
John Doe.
X. Jones, Cryrr.
Free hcadchcesc. apples. and
hard cider.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21

General Victoriana Huerta is now
president Of Mexico. Huerta was
the commander of the Madcro
forces. He and Banquet. another
of Madero's generals, planned the
overthrow of their chief IT, order
to stop the inhuman warfare that
has been raging in the City of
Mexico. General Banquet's son was
fix htinG in the rebel ranks.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
NOTICE

We have Just received our Spriug und
Summer Samples of Mcr's Sui,Iugs and
are in a position to satisfy the most cx
acting demands for Mems Taller Made
Clothes.
We have ais" secured the agency for
The American Ladies' Tailors and take
measure for Ladies' Tailor Made
Clothes.
Our cleaning plant is the largest IN
eastern Nevada. Telephone No. OPP
n we will hc pleased to call for your
Cleaning. Pressing and Repairing. All
work from out Of town customers will
be returned by parcel post, prepaid.
Seymour Jacobs Co. Inc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21

munity and we hope that the In.
dependent will continue to be the
impartial voice nf the people and
defend the things that are for the
public good. think | voice the
sentiment Of Elko when | say that
we greatly appreciate the good
work you have done and the many
years of faithful service you have
rendered the people of our COM
munity and county.
Yours Truly
"Adios".
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
WILSON AND BUSINESS

The questi n which rises mosI
frequently to the lips of bushes:
men is. what will the next iour
years bring FORTH" As if an lei
pating this question. the President
elect in his recent speech before
the Commercial Club of Chicago,
showed By his very broad-minded.
ness that honest and honorable
business men need have no fear.
We liked what ne said and the
way in which he said it. 1t would
have been an equally good speech
if made by a republican or ID pro-
gressive. Throughout it all there
a a tone nf fairness. He toll d
his hearers plainly that unrestricted
and uncontrolled monopoly must
end, that the sins of the banking
world must be committed no more,
and that public must be
administered only for the public
good. Yet there was no trace of
bitterness in his words. Never
once did be threaten. 1t was a
man-to-man plea for support from
the business men of the country, a
plea that m fair minded business
can refuse to hear.
Too long we have been thinking
that business is a privae matter.
In u thirst to be free and indie
pendent We have gone to the other
extreme and have well-nigh for
gotten that we have a duty toward
felluwmen. But happily we are
rapidly approaching the era when
business admits It's obligations to
its n%eighbors. The responsibility
of the individual 10 ward his fellows
toward the common welfare-and
his obligations to assist in building
UP prosperity and morality for the
whole people are being seen more
clearly every day. When every
business man takes this attitude and
lives it, it won't be exactly the
millennium, but it will ba closer to
it than We ever got before.
But unfortunately many of the
men andi interests which hold such
a vast bulk of the country's resour-
ces r holding aloof from the new
doctrine of business morals. To
such as these the PresIdent-elects
speech carried an undertune of
warning which it will De well for
these men to heed.
Won't you come in" is his plea
to US. Won't you help solve these
problems? Is it not your purp Sc
to ~re-establish economic freedom in
the United States? ] am trustee
for the prosperity of the United
States in council, and the council
that is common council, the council
chat does not include you. is i'm,
perfect council, is council which
will mislead. Won't you help mc?''
-Wroe's Writings.