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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-04

Some look so good that you would vii
lingly spend your last dime for one,
but after the match you go outdoors
TO air your clothing and your opinions.
Another time you pick one with a home.
ly exterior and it radiates such peace
and contentment that you wouldn't ex.
change the brand for a million. After
prefer them slender and se1s-s.e%ss
them fat; some like them mild and
some like them strong. Still Others
90 much on shape, forgetting thai
shape is only nodded.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-04

acted after the Franco-German war.
AS his business was often complicated
he declined to hurry over 1t, and used
to find as comfortable a seat as he
could on the baron's writing table,
London Chronicle.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-04
Contest Notices Served.

Pierre.-The state land department.
has beer served with notice of con.
test on two of the tracts which have
been selected in the forest reserve,
the contests being instituted by min.
ing claimants. who have staked loca-
tons in hat part of the Black Hills.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-04
Cigars.

Cigars are like women. Many times
~yo, eas.'t--:aLA BY. the wrapper what the
filler is. They are of many kinds,
sizes and shapes. and when on display
in their rainbow raiment few sights 80
tickle the eyes or furry the fancies.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-04

State Auditor Anderson is sending
out a circular letter TO the various
state institutions calling attention to
the fact that the various a~ppropria-
tons for different purposes lapse at
the end of this present month. Ten
days will be allowed for closing up
the business for the year and h for
warding of vouchers, and on July 10,
the books for the year will be closed.
and any claims on appropriations or
this fiscal year will be rejected after
that date. This will mean that they
will have to go to the next legislative
session and be acted upon as special
appropriations unless the claims are
in before the date of closing the &C
counts of the department for the year.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
KNOCKERS

In the days of old one most essential
requisite for every door was the quaint
old-fashiOned knocker, now out Of date,
and found only in the antiquarian's
shop. From this obsolete bit OF iron or
brass the name has passed to some men
of today labelled knockers" The aro-
matte vice of tobacco has not blunted
his kcenness Of scent, nor has the roar
of civilization dcafcned his ears. The
multiplicity of printed books and papers
has not dimmed his eyes. Alas that
his senses ard faculties should be used
to criticise, complain and knock. Heis
not far removed from his primitive an
cestry at the Beginning of Things with
his love for overcoming. From the
pr inciple OF economy when you meet a
knOcker don't listen to him. Hit him
where his brains ought to be, ard kick
where they are.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
From Wednesday sDaily.l
THE SILENT MAN

When IA man has but little to say,
don't deceive yourself that he is stupid.
1t is true that some stupid folks never
open their mouths, but q number
of foolish people give
their tongues u rest. The silent
man in the majority of cases, knows a
thing or two. He has excellent hear
ing, and his grey matter no doubt as
simlates a great deal more knowledge
than the head of his voluble neighbor.
The quiet man with the keen eye and
thequickear is to be envied. More wick.
ed things are done by the person with
the wagging tongue, than the man
with the quick ear. Have you ever seen
the talking man trying to have 4 con-
versatiOn with the quiet mani Isn't 1t
Interestingly All the while you are lik,
ing the a. let man more and more, and
the garrulous chap grows more and
more foolish in your eyes every minute,
until bye and bye you wish some one
would call the police.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
From Mondays Daily
A LOST ART--WALKING

Alas, walking Is now a lost art. II
was not so before this age Of gasoline.
OF course people still walk, or better
call 1t shuttle along to the street.car or
automobile. Some women too, in the
feverish impulses OF bargain day, have
been known to walk upstairs from one
floor of q department store to the next.
Real walking, the good old fashioned
hcel.and.toe kind is extinct as the
dodo. SO are country lanes for they
have been r~eplacedby motor highways.
In our hot youth we used to perform
feats OF ambulation. We used TO plod.
and walk, and wend. What a goodly
company were those husky young fell.
lowsl Girls, too, were there-not the
bobble. skirtcd, silk. hosed, low pumped
fairies of today. We ask where are
they gone, the old familiar waikorsg
Well some do in the churchyard io-but
perhaps their ghosts walk o'nights.
There's n reason The motor.car
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
DANNY DANDELlON

The Dandelion now observe, the
freshest plant of all, has the most
exalted nerve, and the most colossal
gall. Get all you can" so runs his
creed, ''and give a blamed sight less
these are the simple rules that lead to
glittering success. When other flowers
have closed their eyes the Dandelion
labors, and everlastingly Danny tries to
overcome his neighbors. The blue grass
and the clover flee before his compete
ti"ni he has no social sympathy to
check his fierce competition. Although
his harm is some times great; his
worthlessness sublime, he gets q lot Of
real estate by roofing all the time. So
nerve, and front, and diligence will
surely take us far. 1t makes no special
difference how NJ account we are.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25

has done it. In those days one could
walk along the country roads. and the
most dangerous thing IL could meet
was a herd of cows, or a fellow giving
his ''gurl" n b~uggy-ride, wnen the
plough:horsei went so slow, as never to
ritise the dust.
Alas the difference between today
and then. Shoald you walk on some
sequestered country road today one
must have the ability of q mountains
goat, the lungs of a Baldwin locomo-
tive, the eyes of a mole, and a sixth
sense, which will warn him of the
presence Of an automobile before he
can see or hear it. With this endown-
ment he may be able TO save a fraction
of the cuticle he started with, and 4
shattered nervous system. Honk! Honkl
-whizzzzzX! a six-cylinder car just
shot by him, going at the rate of ninety
miles an hour. Compared to it avia-
ton is but a monotonouS pas!ime for
m~ollycoddles. But the race is not to
the swift. A few still follow the prac-
tiso of walking down to the Office every
morning. This is not real walking. 1t
is trudging. You cannot really walk
in city streets. Even trudging is bet
ter, and looks far more human, than
hanging onto u street-car strap.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Stroll
ing is not walking when we WALK
we walk far and fast, and with men.
There r only a few women, very few,
that one a walk with. Strolling is diff
ferent. Then you don't go far, and one
doesn't 80 fast. Lots of women make
u good second in a %strolling party.
Finally thele is-sauntering 1t is n
beautiful word. 1t comes from "Sainte
Terre"-the Holy Land, and recalls an.
Gent days when holy palmers travelled
all the highways of Europe, going from
shrine to shrine, on their way to the
sacred soil
His sandals were with travel tore,
Staff, budget, bottle. scrip he bore;
The faded palm-branch in hand
Showed Pilgrim from the Holy Land"
so sauntering is the poetry of walk
ing, when ones goes forth in high faith
in search of the holy lands of romance.
All is gone. along with peaceful high
ways of the past. For one cannot
N "A touring a If any one is
going TO wobble about in a touring
car, it should be you, dear reader. It's
grammatical, but it's human.
Honk! Honkl-whizzzz2z,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
From Tuesdays Daily
GETTING POETRY PRINTED

Alfred Noyes, the English poet who
is now visiting in this country, an
nounce efforts on his part to put the
writing of poetry on II business basis.
Will the instruction that ne suggests
help h poets get their verses printedg
The poet is the houn' dawg of litera-
ture. 1t is commonly said that there
is no demand today for verses. The av-
erage newspaper editor chucks sOnnets
and quatrains into the wastebasket
with IA tiendish chOrtle of glec. He nd.
vlses the poet to turn to some relatively
high and enduring pastime, like send.
ing personals to the local staff. The
spring poet gets about the same wei
come as the hand organ man.
Yet the poetry mill keeps on grind
ing. Where has there been IL golden
wedding ungraccd, unwcpt, unhonored.
and unsung by some eye rolling genius
among the rclativcsy Look through
the newspapers, and you will find
find columns of it.. The majority of
women and many men turn to the
poets corner before they do to Con
gress.
Probably the big reason why news
paper are so wearied by the steady
stream of verses that pours to their
desk, is the popular misconccption of
what poetry is. To the average ANA.
teur, all you have to do is to pair off
heart with ''cart, and maid with
lemonade" and you get II poem.
In oldcn days, poetry was written 10
he sung, not to he printed. The min.
strei wandered along the country roads,
and sung his song accompanied with
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Thethrobof
the music would make even poor poetry
go. Anyone who felt u desire to write
knew that rhythm is the first basic es.
s%cntial, that his verses must he singable.
The common run Of verse that comes
to newspaper desk is made up OF jarr.
ing pairs of ill.matcd rhymes, with
about as much rhythm and imagina-
ton as the dictionary. Fortunately the
waste basket il wide.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
DOMESTIC B 1899

II wonder why the baby seems so
stupid, john" and she began crying.
John was in a quandary. If he said,
Don't cry dear" she would cry the
harder. If he didn't say 1t he would
feel like a brute.
THE i%nsurgent in the house"-the
baby-had been strangely quiet, for sew
eral days. He had the honor of being
born in a Republic where nearly every
state has passed laws to regulate the
sale of poisons, so difficult to secure
without complying with certain rules.
These rules apply to every one, with
but one exception-yOur baby.
The 'edition.de-luxc" may be dosed,
drugged, narcotized, poisoned by any
n who fooliShly gives him a ''sooth-
ing syrup; an 'eliXir'; an ''anodyne'; or
a comfort" Practically all of these
contain opium or opium derivations;
yet opium itself the druggist.refuses to
sell.
The New York bureau of research
recently issued n list of thirteen baby
killers: these contain opium, morphia.
chloroform, or choral hydrate. All
are warranted to kill. and are sold
freely like ice cream.
Say, John, if your wife uses such a
mothers friend" to encourage the
ravages of infantile paralysis, insan-
ity, consumption, and juvenile Grimm
atty. she is n lazy, ignorant. deprayed
woman. Anyhow, it requires some.
thing more than eye glasses, and a dip.
Iona to convince folks that you have
brains. There's room at the top"-in
q lot of women. Boast not thyself to
know women, for thou knowest not,
what thy wife shall teach thee.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
From Saturdays Daily.)
A WORD FOR THE TEACHER

We sometimes are inclined to look
upon the school teachers lot as n to
be envied, and to regard them S the
pampered favorites of fortune. We
think of only five days work a week,
and pirate of their holidays. This un.
fair attitude is too often maintained
towards them throughout the year.
ALAS for the rarity of Christian char
ity" specially towards this noble pro-
fession. 1t moves our hearts to pity,
and urges the pen to write.
We entrust them with the task of I'M
folding the mental and moral lives of
children; we pay some of them less
than the city scavenger who carts away
the refuse; and then too often we are
impatient with them if they should be
unable to manage our children with
the sunny smile.
This tendency on the part Of parents
has been recently commented on very
illuminatingly by n famous Canadian
Educationalist of high standing, DR.. G..
II. Locke, formerly Dean Of the faculty
of Education at McGill University,
Montreal. lie is well known among
educational experts in the United
States Here is what he says:
Does the father who becomes tired
and cross when two or three little ones
beset him with questions md drive
him into q Corner with their logical
follow-up devices, ever feel or show
any practical sympathy for the teacher,
who has forty of these inquiring minds
during five hours of thedayr Mr.. Jones
grows indignant il the teacher becomes
tired, and answers GROSSLY, or Furnishes
Johnny Jones, or his sister Sue, two of
the forty, at the end of an especially
trying day, but lie thinks little of
speaking Grossly to them, and sending
them off to bed-or to mother-when
he becomes wearled, and that after a
few minutes of cross questioning. The
teacher is human-you CAN'T GET
ANGELS at the salary-and being
human is forced into the line of, Eat
least, less resistance, very like the par
ents OF the Jones children"
We ask too muchof our teachers, and
we pay them too little. They are do
ing the most important work done in
the United States today. They are
moulding the citizens of the future, and
on this depends the form to be taken
by u national development. In re-
they are paid salaries we would
be ashamed to offer a mechanic; and
he would reject if we did make
the offer. The great majority are
awake to the Importance of having
good teachers. and any School Board
that puts quality first will surely be
supported by public opinion. Any other
course is certaily a case where penny
wise" is ten pounds foolish"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
From Fridays Daily.)
1.-THE GARDEN OF ALLAH"

Another eminent French scientist, Prof.
E%tchegoyen by name, has startled the
world with a dream of colossal greatness.
This is no less a project than the conver-
= sion of the Great Sahara Desert into an in
land sea. Two methods of accomplishing
this are suggested, one by cutting a chan
mel through Algiers and letting in the
waters OF the Mediterranean Sea; the other
by cutting through the West coast of At
RIGA and letting in the waters of the Allan
tic, the purpose being to moderate the eli
mate and make possible the reclamation of
thousands of acres of fertile land.
The Great Sahara Desert presents a vast.
undivided waste of approximately $685.
500 square miles, an area equal to practi-
cally the whole of Europe. Much of this
area is below sea level, making a natural
reservoir for a vast inland sea.
A somewhat lurid objection raised is
that the displacement of so large a body
of water would upset the equilibrium of
the earth and alter the axis of the globel
This objection, however, is ovecome by
G. A. Thompson in the Scientific American
Mr.. Thompson presents dizzying figures to
show that the weight of thirty-five thou
sand billion tons of water This estimate of
the amount required to flood the desert)
is infinitesimal in relation to the weight
of the world; and this displacement, &C.
curing, as it would, at the equatorial CEN
ter. could not possibly affect the balance
of the earth's axis.
The scheme presents many interesting
political and meteor
illogical. 1t appears, however, entirely |
feasible and it is probably not too wide a
prophecy to say that in future years the
Great Sahara Desert will be what the
Great American Desert is today-a men,
DRY.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
A CHILDLES LAND

Race suicide seems TO know neither
race nor latitude. II has formed the
topic In France of governmental dis
cussion; of official warning in America.
Now it is stated that the birth rate in
New Zealand has declined from forty.
one to twenty.seven per thousand. A
decrease in the numberof schoolchildren
In Dunedin, in twenty years, is noted
as falling from Alps to 22s2. Edward
Tregeor, minister of labor Of New Yea
land, inveighs against this prevalent
custom in lines possessing the quality
Of rugged strength;
"Peril is herei Is herel Here In the
Childless Land
Life sits high in the Chair Of Fools
twisting her ropes Of sand;
Here the lisping Of babies and cooling Of
mothers cease
here the Man the Woman fail, and
only the iocks increase.
Axes may bite in the forest, Science
harness the streams,
Railway and dock be builded-all In 9
Land Of Dreams
Sunk In spiritual torpor yc fout these
words Of the wise.
Only 10 music of chlldrcn's songs shall
the walls of a Nation rise"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25

Those burglars who got $3.50, 900
in New York, ought to be able to
hire an apartment in a desirable
neighborhood in that city for some
months at least.
Many NJ the railroads are trying
stopping devices, but they don't
seem TO prevent the price Of their
stock from going down.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson's paintings
did not sell, bat perhaps the buyers
thought the price too high per
yard.
The women say they cant keep
their hats on without hatpins. Their
mothers kept them on with ribbons
tied under the chin, and they never
scratched any eyes out either.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
AN ELKO EPIDEMIC

The epidemic which usually affects
the housewife during the month of An.
ril, aud which battles all scientific i'm.
vcstigation, with n view of %lcsscninp
its visible effects ON tho masculine in.
habitants, and commonly called house.
cleaning" is again making It's rnyoges
in Elko. When you see n back yard
strewn with divers articles of furniture.
and household adornmcnts. and the
men vending their way TO the back
door on their hcols 20 keep their shoes
clean, that house is ]placardcd. and do
not run any unnecessary risks by en-.
tering.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
LEGAL NOTICES
o4a5e
NOTICED OF APPLICATION FORU j. S. PATENT
U. S. Suryey SO. go. A&B.

- - ~. IoN aSp.
U. s. Land ONCE, Carson City. Nevada.
March 5. 1918.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance OF
an Act OF congress approved May 10. 1872. the
Nevada Star Mining Company. u Corporation.
by Otto L. Williams. its Attorney in Fact.
whose Post once address is Elko. Elko County.
Nevada. has made Application for Patent for
1897 linear feet on the GOOD HOPE No. 3
Lode running 1887 feet y. s. Sc East. and 5
feet. s Sc So w from the discovery point
thereof: and for Ii5O linear feet on the GOOD
HOPE No. I Lode, the same running 1870 feet.
s. go So W. and 30 feet ". 23' So T.. from the
point of discovery thereof. and for 1900
linear feet on the GOOD HOPE No. 5 Lode.
the same running i2s5 feet s. 20 IS T.. and s75
feet n. I6' IS w. from the discovery point
hereof: and for 1900 linear feet on the GOOD
HOPE No. 6 Lode, the same running Ass feet
n. AZ So w. and IS feet =. AZ So +. from the
on the GOOD HOPE No. : Lode. the same run
ming 1000 feet :. So 30 F.. and $50 feet n. So so
w. from the discovery point thereof: all Of said
lodes bearing gold and silver and having sur
face ground not TO exceed 300 feet on each side
Of said respective lode lines. and for the GOOD
HOPE MILL SITE. all situate in the Maggie
Creek Mining District, Eureka County. State of
Nevada. and described by the official plat and
by the fed notes on file In the onice Of the
Register Of the Carson City Land District.
CurSon City Neyuua a. follows viz.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF
LANDS IN NATIONAL FOREST,

Notice IS hereby given that the lands dcscrib,
.l bci"W. embracing 1851 acres. within tho
Humboldt and Ruby National Forests. Nevada.
Will be subject to settlement and entry nSIcr
the provisions Of the homestead laws Of tb1
United states and the act OF June II. 1896 IA
stat. 2Ey, at the United States land office nj
carson CITY, Ncyndn, on May 20. 1918. ANY
settler who was actually and in good fnitI
GillullnE any OF SAID lands for agricultural pur.
poses prior 10 January lst, 1910. and has not
abandoned same. has . preference right 10 make
= homestead entry for the lands actually occu.
tipn OF the persons mentioned below. who have
"a preference right subject to tho pr. or TIyht ~,
any Such settler. provided such settler OF appli.
cant Is qualified to make homestead entry ma
the preference right Is exercised prI1r 10 No
20. 1913. on which date the lands viii br subicc,
70 settlement ana entry by any qualified Der.
son. The lands are as follows: Atrlct Of mn.
pIoNlinhtcly Ji.IO acres. within unsuryCycd. biIt
what VIII probably be. when surveyed. Sccs /
!; u aud ". 7. 70 ~. i, 50 y, 81 ID. NJ. dcscrib.
~ ~ ulctcS ana bounds rs follows: Iicginniny
~ Forest Service monument marked h. 4 Nj
~ J. situated on the cast side OF Browns 9uIcb.
extending thence ". s W. 1890 mains theme:
:. 20 T.. 10 chains: thence n. 5s5 ~, 10 chntns.
thcnco y. 81 w. % chains: thence Z ne ~ -
MAINS thence = 80, e.. 5000 chains: thence =
u, ~. - 20 chains, thence y. az T.. 400 chains.
20 the place Of beginning, application Of F1rnnI
hubgr Mountain City, Nevada: List l'iiii
koS !, iheSWi Nwl. Sec. 2; Lots ! and 2. Sec. T.
application OF Henry Peters of Sherman ~, y
ada; List ill3s. The ~ SEI SCI See 10. tbc
ana any S ,bi M%Ei SNMEa Sc sSs g & % H. g, 81 d,
SW4 SwiG the SwI4 SWG SWS ~ NyyWil
SIN SMt SWA tho SCI SCI SWisWI Coo
the Ms NWA NWA Sec. Is. n. 20 N "a ~
" approximately TOacrcs. application OF RSfaCi
= lhuefas: 81 Rowland. Nevada: List lille. lot
!, Ine w NEF See. Q. r. ~ n, II. "a T.. ~ 70
t.TtS hppilcatlpu Of Miss Ella T.. ChIck. Uyitnn
NeNada; List tllis. 4 tract Of approSina,ciy
ia.o, ncrcs within unsuryoyed. but what WiI
Y! SgaP,y 20 when surveyed. Secs. % ana IA. r.
70 " % y. described by metcs nnd b,nrd.
~ follows beginning AZ corner No. /. when liz
lI'ntlcai Win corner No. 2 Of the Frank U,Iay
,,'lm cslgldlnR. thence =. az 20 H.. "a In
.hhihs, which ~ identical with corner No a ~
We Tnnk Huber claim. thence s.. aO7 W. 70
,halhs 70 corner No. 3 OF CUpp Fraction ni,tnW,
L,ompany; thence $ a. .Us D.. if2g cbntnss
q ~ r.. so chains; thence n. a. 10
" DO chning' thence ". "a 90 w o. =,
,hatnS 20 the place OF beginning. appliratInn ~
J9i9es y Martin. Of Mountain CITY. Nevada,
approved Mnrch 70. 1919, s. v. proudat. Az.
First Publication April T. IqI9 '"'''
Last Publication Apri q. 1914. "a
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-04-25
LADIES RECEPTION ROOM

In the account written yester-
day, of the Mayer Hotel addition.
an oversight occurred. We omitted
to mention that a fine Ladies Re-
ception Room will be located at the
main entrance on the first floor.
This DON will be IL by 20 and
fitted up in first class style. It will
open into the Dining room and into
the entrance to the upstairs.