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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
FIG LEAVES FOR DRESS


Fig leaves as a possible sutst1-
tutc Tor harem skirts we're solemn
ly considered by the house agricul-
ture committee yesterday. DR..
Taylor, ME Of the bureau of
plant industry was called on to
give his opinion to The danger of
the tendency in fashion if he were
given his appropriation to import
fig tree" from Egypt. The scientist
assured the committee that the de-
partmert of agriculture would vote
for Skin as against the leaves.
"Do you PROPOSE" asked Repre-.
sentative Sloan of Nebraska, "to
have fig leaves usurp the popularity
Of harera skirts?"
When assured that the govern
ment stood pat on the subject Re.
preventative Hawley Of Oregon, a
former c llege president sighed
with relief.
81 sincerely hope" he said. chat
the fig leaf fad is not going to he
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
THE New LAND OFFICE

We visited the new land Office
this forenoon and found things in
the preparatory stage and it will be
several days befo g everything is
in working order. The office oc-
cupies four rooms on the second
floor Of the Hesson building and
they r light and airy.
Register Robins, Receiver Daw-
Icy and Chief Clerk Fred R. Bes-
sey will receive applications for
land fron' now on, but they cannot
transact the regular business of
the office until they get everything
in proper order. All the records
of the Carson office pertaining 70
lands in the Elko land district were
received yes ar Y and all the pap
ers referring to them must be ar
ranged in order before the office
can be properly CONDUCTED.
VIM. j. McGee, chief of the Gov
eminent Contest Division of the
General Land Office at Washington,
ID. c., and r. W. Dyer, Special
Agent of the San Francisco Land
Division, are here to see that the
Office is properly furnished end
starts off right. They are well
pleased with the office and predict
that it will be a success from the
start under the management of Rob
ins and Dawley Mr.. Dyer inform
ed us that the office was the best
he knew of outside Of a government
building.
The Elko Land Office has under
its jurisdiction Do, 0O0, 900 acres Of
land, an acreage greater than any
other land office in the United
States. As oyer 100000 acres
of this land are in this county the
new Office will be Of great benefit
to our citizens.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
ROYAL ARCH OFFICERS

The following officers were in
stalled last night in Elko Chapter,
No. II, Royal Arch Masons:
John Henderson, High Priest;
Frederick Davis, King; Otto Will
Jams, Scribe: l.. j. Wintermantel,
Captain of the Host; A. L. McGinty
Principal S%ojourner; j. B. Fitz-
gerald, Royal Arch Captain; D. q.
Bresee, master Sd Vail; T. j.
Stuart. Mister End Vail; W. D..
Mason, Master list Vail: f. Rein
hart, Treasurer; j. C. Doughty,
Secretary; l.. A. Eyler, Sentinel.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02

During his stay in Reno Commits
sioner Boyle consulted with several
experienced appraisers and, last ev-
ening declared the commission had
practically selected the men who
will perform these duties. The
identity of the appraisers will be
made public shortly.
'"The appraisers will inspect the
lands in practically every Nevada
district" declared BOYLE "and in
this way weLwill obtain a standard
valuation. Under present condi-
lions it is the pulley to give all
lands in one county a standard val
uation but under the plan of the
commission the lands will be dis
tricted for it is frequently found
that the lands in one section of a
county vary in value when con-
pared to lards in the same county
but hundreds of miles away"
Royle said that the several suits
which individuals threatened to
bring against the tax commission
mad failed to materiaiize and from
reports received throughout the
state no legal actions were contem-
plated at the present time.
"The state as a whole appears to
be satisfied with the work of the
commission" said Boyle although
few complaints have been register
ed by stockmen, However every
thing is progressing smoothly and
the hoard does not anticipate trou-
bic in any form, for, to the con.
trary the future looks peaceful"
The tax commissioner did not an
nounc in what counties the ap-
praisers would first start working
stating that it would do best for
the commission if this work was
carried out qu;etly.-Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
FIRST HOUSE
BUILT IN LAM0ILLE

1.-THE Carson News publishes the
Following on the authority of ALI
sChartz.
The statement, which has been
generally accepted as true, 20 the
effect that the first house built in
Nevada was built in 1851, at Genoa,
which house was destroyed by fire
June 28, 1910, is not correct.
Brigham Young and his peculiar
disciples and followers left Maui
700, Illinois, in February 1916, TAX
ing with them their farming imple-
ments, cattle and food supplies.
They travelled as far as the west
side OF the Missouri river, OPP
posite what is now Council bluffs
and remained there for some time
and called that their winter quar-
tiers. Resuming their voyage in the
spring when the grass became suf-
tirient to feed their animals they
continued tc Great Salt LAX which
they reached in July lS47 and
there Brigham said. Here will
build q temple" which he did, b {.
ginning with a tabernacle. In
truth he began the temple, but did
not live to see it finished. 1t took
over forty years to build it.
Brigham Young's ambition was
to found an empire in the west,
which would include all the pres
ent Pacific Coast states beginning
on the east line of Utah and ex-
tending north and south from Brit.
ish Columbia to Mexico.
Their FIRST crops were reaped in
the fail of l847 and In the spring
Of l848 Brigham babe his followers
to spread out over the land and
settle wherever they could and
cultivate the land and raise stock.
and to at all times remain subject
to the orders of the church. What
is nov the State of Nevada was
then Carson County Territory. His
commands lei promptly obsyed,
and some parties came to western
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
Paying Ton on Tiorso MN

Az n ferry on The TGris river the
toll Is as follows: For . poor irab
two cents; for q prosperous Aras nr
cents; for a soldier. ten cents;
pilgrim, twenty cents: for . Eu:S n
eighty cents. The scale Of prise :ui
nearly everything along the wa is
similar. But many Of TIE Arabs are
20 poor that they pr1fsr to swim
across in the ancient manner. They
bind several old gourds together nd
then. sitting upon them, paddle ,heix
way along.-Christian Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02

Nevada and some to eastern Neya-
da and others went to California.
New Meyico, and Arizona.
Eastern Nevada is much nearer
Salt Lake than Western Nevada and
the party that migrated to Eastern
Nevada built the first log cabins
or houses in what is now known as
the state Of Nevada.
T ey built in Lamoilie Valley
Elko County. Some settled in Ruby
Valley. Elko County, at about the
time. II was months before the
migrants from Salt Lake reached
Carson Valley.
In 1856 when Brigham Young
feared trouble with the United
States, and while he was Governor
Of Utah Territory, which then in
cluded what is now Nevada, he or
dered all his disciples and followers
whom he had to go forth and settle
upon and cultivate the land, to re-
turn to Salt Lake Immediately, and
leave everything behind and follow
him. 1t appears from evidence
taken in suits involving land and
water rights, and from other
sources of Information, that pract!-
cally all those wha settled in the
eastern part of Nevada, being near
by, oheyed the command and left
everything behind and they ware
called good Mormans for so doing.
1t further appears from simila,
sources of information that the i'm
migrants who settled in western
Nevada, particularly in Douglas
Ormsby, Lyon and Washoc counties
did not like to leave their happy
and inviting homes and that some
returned to Salt Lake, but the ma
jority remained and continued to
cultivate their properties independ-
ent of Brigham's ukase. Those
that obeyed and returned we're
called good Mormons and those
that remained upon their holdings
were called Jack Mormons." We
now call them the name they have
earned and deserve and that is
Good Citizen"
In 1856 when Brigham Young
made his peremptory demand for
all his followers to return to Salt
Lake there were many settlers in
Washoe Valley and in Glendale be-
low Reno, both inviting places for
settlement, and nearly all of them
returned, o~bediently, leaving their
power of attorney for the DISPOSE
ton of their holdings with a mar
named Jlhn Rose, one of their
faith, who a then operating .
saw mill on Frsnktuwn Creek, a
few miles aDove Franktown. Thus
il is that John Roses name appears
in the chain OF title of nearly every
picce of property in the Wsshoa
Valley and in the Glendale section.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
TAX BOARD WILL
APpRAISE LANDS

Emmett ID. Boyle, member of the
Nevada tax commission was in Reno
yesterday and while discussing the
work performed by the body since
it's organization announced that land
appraisers would shortly be sent
out through the various counties
All ! standard appraisement would
result.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
TO Die In the Last plteh.

The saying to Die in the Last Ditch.
may be attributed to William Of Or
ange. When Buckingham urged the
Inevitable destruction which hung
over the united provinces and asked
him whether he did not see that
the commonwealth was ruined: There
Is n certain means replied the
prince. "by which I can be sure never
to see my country's ruin-I will die In
Che last ditch"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
SALMAGUNDI
Three feet of snow is reported in
Glover Valley. Humboldt county.

CioVer valley, HUMBOLDT county.
With the new. year comes new
responsibilities. Let MS meet them
couraReously and fearlessly.
= Father Corcoran will celebrate
4ass in Elko Grammar SchooD
aepn Sunday. January 4th. at 10 a.
IA.
y The Weekly of May 80, 1913, is
: missing from our files. Anyone hav-
ing a copy of that issue will confer
a great favor. by sending it to
thir office.
Mrs. Grepneld arrived from Car
son Valley yesterday afternoon.
Tonight she and M. Greenfield will
leave by the Western Pacific for
New York and on the 18th thew
will leave for India Nj. Greenfield
expects to be gone four or five
years. We wish them a pleasant
trip.
The rain Wednesday night and
the warm weather since have left
but little snow in the Valleys. If
there is a complete breakup of the
roads, teaming from Bullion will
be very difficult and may be knock
ed Out entirely until it freezes
again.
The western part Of the state
was visited ny a heavy storm of
wind and rain Wednesday afternoon
and night but as far as reported
no serious damage was done. All
trains from the west are delayed
by the storm in the mountains.
Yesterday three eastbound trains
on the Southern Pacific were an
nulled.
The new year was ushered in
with the usual racket of bells,
whistles and fire crackers. The
railroad men and many of their
f lends danced the old year out and
the new one in. The first day IF
1914 vas warm and mostly clear.
The streets were full f slush a d
hut few people were out. Nothing
came to III notice during
ne day.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
Barr Bars Stevens.

Capt. Barr of the Carmania, who
distinguished himgelf in the Volturno
rescue work, is a strict but just disci-
plinarian.
OF Capt: Barr, who insists on spot
less neatness always, they tell a story
In shipping circles.
A very dirty young diver, it appears,
was boasting In an hotel smoking
room about the dangers of his call
ing. ,
Yes" said the young max. as he re-
lighted the stub of his cigar-"yes,
you sailors, Capt. Barr, think you lead
a dangerous life, but I, let me tell you,
I carry my life in my hands"
"Oh, I see," said Capt. Barr, land
that's why you never wash them, eh-
for fear you'll drown yourself"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02

The word Nixpah or MIxpah. = n
brew. and means Watch TOvoe.- M
example,. see Genesis 31:lS. whars No
read, And Aizpah. for ho saja. Tie
Lord watch between me and tAse.
when We are absent one from snOtA-
er." For additional light q Tie Sab
1ect o may look at Judges lo:17:
ILL; 20:1. Also !. Samuel. 7:S; 1911.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
Thief Thanks Victim for Loot

New Haven, Gonna After stealing
many veluables, including a large :um
of money, from the Office of w. w.
Gale company, a burglar left a note
which read Thanks, old top, thanks
ior the money, and my reg rds to the
cops"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
HOUSE FOR SALE

A 5-room house in Elko with
cellar, outbuildings and shade trees.
Price $1,000. Inquire at the In
dependentxOfice. Advt.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
rhouoht for women.

"In the whole feminine creation are
there IN happier women than the
deformed wife who is not crooked for
the eyes she loves, the lame woman
when her husband would not have her
other than she is, and the wife grown
old and gray WHO ia still young for
him ?"-Balzac.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
Wnmen "a a pnwar.

"If ever the time comes when wo.
men shall come together simply and
purely for the benefit of mankind, IL
will be a power such os the world has
never, dreamed of."-Matthew Arnold.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
willie Wi.a-

Sunday School Teacher-And what
should we do after breaking q com
mandment, Willie? Wilie-Muxxls
de papers and hire q good lavysr-
Life.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
suYs HOME FOR EMBASSY
Russia is Said to Have Purchased
the Pullman Mans4on-Hammoods
Were Recent Owners.

According to reports the purchase
by the Russian embassy of the hand.
some home of Mr.. and John HAYS
Hammond. at 1925 Avenue Of the
Presidents. has been negotiated. This
beautiful house. enc Of the most mag.
nificent 1 n Washington, Is generally
known a the Pullman home. having
been erected by Mrs. George B. Pull.
man, widow OF the well-known car
builder.
Mrs. Hammond purchased the prop-
erty from Mrs. Pullman last May and
at the time was said that she paid an
proximately $500, 600. The embassy,
however, is said to have secured It az
a much smaller figure. The current
report fixes the sum at $4,000.
omlnous Reply.
Mrs. Pankhurst, at a dinner In New
York, said that the militant suffra-
gettes could not love their country as
now constituted-they could not love
her till, transformed, she gave votes
to all.
I'VE are in the position, emitting the
fgnominy Of it." Mrs. Pankhurst said,
of the beautiful chorus girl Of seven
teen, who married Gobsa Code, the
septuagenarian millionaire.
The day Of the wedding, speeding
Calfornia-ward in Gobsa Codes mag
ntficept private car, the old man took
his brides hand in his and said:
Dear, do you love me for what I
am, or for what I WASP
Tightening her cigarette in its long
tube of goid and amber, the beautiful
girl answered calmly:
ct love you, Gobsa, dear, for what
you will be-"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
nard Job.

It Is going to be difficult to get
women to quit Judging other women
by the furs they wear.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
Expert Testimony.

Patent-Medicine Man-Did you get
any more testimonials for our new
cure for obesity?
His Partner-Here are letters from
three Jockeys and a grand opera 80
prano.-Puck.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
Had JEm All,

In Chicago they aver that thb is q
true story.
At one Of the universal PROVIDERS"
or department stores, a shopper asked
a foorwalker where she might find
the Brussels counter"
Carpets, sprouts, or point lace,
ma'am?" was the walkers query.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-02
Statue 70 LocomotIve pIo,..-

Curiously enough, the memory of a
great railway pioneer Ia also being
honored in England after about a zen.
tury OF neglect. A statue is being
erected in Cornwall to Richard Ire
vithick, who was the constructor of
the first practical locomotive. In ad.
dition to the statue, 1t is proposed to
compile an official life of the inventor.
and to institute a course of engineer
Ing classes.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-12-25
Santa Glaua.
HayH sssass'.'

A face wreathed ii stnjles u
better than a mxnsloa wreath.
ed In holly.
Better broken toys than bro
ken hearts
Never look 4 GIFT object ID
the price tag,
Santa Claus by another name
would cost az mnch@-and be
worth 1t.
DO not be satisfied with wish4
ing people a Merry Christ.
mast help make IL one.
Lots Of men put on long white
shiskers and think they look
like me whenttheg look like d
goat-and perhaps they are.
If Willie wants to see what u
the inside of the drum, for
goodness sake let him.
You are living in God's own
country, What more do Jon
want for Christmas.
II 10 a wise Santa who keepa
his whiskers away from the
candles.
Keep up the GOOD will to
man" part Of It right through
until nest Christmas.
It 10 more blessed TO give
than to receive, except ia the
matter of otfense.
Fortunately for most OF a..
We won't get what we deserve
on Christmas.
When Christmas giving be-
comes a necessity 1t ceases to
become a virtue.
There is more JOY In heaven
over a ton of coal given TO the
poor than a ton of diamonda !,
given to the rich
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-12-25
The Great War.
Germany Winning VIC
tories on the East but
Allies Seem to be Slow
ly Gaining ON the West

There is little real change in
the great and horrible war that
is devastating some of the fair
est spots Of Europe that is, but
little dependable news has been
allowed to pass the censors. The
Germans have been gaining ad-
vantage In Poland on the East,
driving back the Cars great
army and making strides that
caused great rejoicing in Berlin.
This, however, has mostly been
the story as told by Germany
and to a great extent denied by
Russia. On the West the AL
lies seem to be gradually forcing
back the German Army.
The sympathy of most of the
world seems to be with the AL.
lies but there are yet some who
predict and hope for German
success. Not even the Pope Of
Rome, who in times past could
have raised his hand and brought
peace, is longer regarded by the
leaders Of the fighting millions,
whose lust for blood is as great
as when men men dwelt in caves
ann depended for existence on
nothing but brute force. The
greatest hope in connection with
this war is that it may be so
brutal, so unprecedentedly de.
structive, that it will cause a
revolution in the minds of men
and sound the death knell Of
war as the means used to settle
differences between nations Of
the Earth.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-12-25
The Postoffice surplus.

Postmaster. General Burleson's
claim that he has made the post.
Office department self.snstaining
recalls tho fact that his prede-
cessor in Office, the Hon. Frank
Hitchcock, made the same claim,
which Mr.. Burleson, on assum-
ing office, sought to discredit,
and did show it was more in a
bookkeeping arrangement than
by actual excess of receipts over
expenditures that this rho wing
was made.
The official record shows that
in 1911, the last year Of the Taft
administrator, the Postoffice De-
partment revenue was $287,870,.
1923 and the expenditure $287,' :
0iS,926. These figures indicate
. surplus Of receipts.
1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Bur-
leson' 's>claims are more satisfac-
torly sustained.
The statement that after be.
ing assisted by government ap-
proMiations for one hundred and
thirty. nine years the PostofRce
Department has been made self.
sustaining by Postmaster. Gener.
al Rurleson," IL altogether mac
carate,
After the adoption Of the uni,
I form and low rate system Of pos
tage in this country with which
Sir Koyland Hill had revolution
lied the British postoffice sys
tern, the United States Postoffice
Department was, for seyera
years, self.sustaining.
Ia 1882 aad 1883 there was alst
Asurplus Of revenue receipts
Ii. this department.. This wa
-- during the Arthur administra
tion. In the first of these year
Timothy O. Howe of Wisconsin
was Postmaster. General, and il
the second Walter @. Gresham
Of Indiana.--Nashville Banner
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-12-25

For Rent.-Five room cottage
known as the A. s, Stanford
place. Water and lights.
NJ. r. HAxcosx.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-12-25
UNRESERvED.'
jackson Sun Gracefully
Admits Patent Facts
and Pays Tribute Due.

4 The acquittal Of Fl. E. Gra.
per and G. L. Wortham in the
circuit conrt of Decatur county
on charges growing out of the
congressional primary Of which
Representative 7. w. Sims was
nominated az the Democratic
candidate. is q complete exoner.
alton Of the two gentlemen
against whom the indictments
were returned not only but also
Of Representative Sims, himself,
and Of the entire Eighth con.
gressional district. 1t removes
every vestige Of doubt or sus-
picians that might have found
lodgment in the minds Of . few
people. 1t clears the good name
Of the Eighth districts 'srepresen-
tative in congress Of whatever
stigma that could have resulted
from the finding Of such indict.
ment.
/ 1T has always been the policy
|of The Sun, whenevever the In.
Itegrity, reputation Of character
|of 1 public official. Or anybody
Islse. ~ for that matter, has
lbeen attacked either In Or out Of
the courts, to withhold comment
and publicity Of the incident M.
til q decision had been rendered
by the court or some other i'm.
partial tribunal, il we do not
hey re us all the evidence
shd testlmony Of both the accua.
ed and the accuser.
In this case we have never
doubted the integrity Of The
gentlemen involved, and from
the flrst we believed that they
would be acquitted by the court.
1T was entirely proper that
the case should have been tried
by . judge sitting BY interchange
with Judge Barham, who is q
personal friend Of both Of the
acquitted gentlemen and q fel.
low townsman Of Mr.. sGraper.
Although Judge Barham's judi
cial character il such that he
could have heard the case with
the utmost fairmess, the inter.
change with Judge Joseph Jones
has removed all possibility for .
question OF unfairnass to be
raised.
"Mr .Graper is too well and TO-
vorably known over the Eighth
district to necessitate . lengthy
laudation Of his character st this
time, or to BE- damaged ia the
eyes Of the people BY this Incl.
dent. He has been compaign
manager for Congressman Sims
flor . number Of years and this is
Ithe first time that any charge Of
illegal conduct has been brought
against him. The most hsjnous
offense his opponents have ever
been sble to prove against him |
Is that hs is ! remarkable snc.l
cessful campaign manager.
''At the beginning Of his tsnth
successive term q Representsy|
tive in Congress from tbs Rifhtj
district, Judge Sims muxt ks n
deeply grateful thlt y vep arx)
fyague add diaisa tion L, il,SI
the manner Ia which 81 jenou
elected has hksn estirsly NJ i
L kxNxasa S1s4 - 1a n III 4Sfa4H f43t w
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-12-25

faithful and energetic service.
Judge Sims is = powerful man 10
congress and be reflects honor
upon the district he has 90 often
elected him. After the vindi.
cation that was given his cam.
paign manager yesterday he cAn
return to Washington with his
record a. spotlessas and untAr.
nished Is at any time during bis
brillient career.
Although the Sun did not
not support Judge Sims 10 the
last Democratic primary. but
gave its unqualified support to
his opponent, who was 4 citizen
Of Jackson, We did not question N
his integrity 10 the general
election We were equally ~ sin.
cere in our support Of Jbge sima
against hia Republican opponent
Theref6re, 1t II With much sAtl
faction that ws congtAtnlAtsd',
upon the outcome of thi
dent, which must,
be beneficial TO ~ x
IL In the natu -: :: = - - =