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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11

suffering viii be- confined to com.
batants. Under the rules Of "civ.
ilized warfare" non-combatants are
fairly well protected from the
seventies of the conflict. and the
great mass Of the 900. 100000 in
habitants Of the countries involved
in the struggle are at least COM
psratively safe from bodily harm.
The principle Of this rule of
modern warfare. had its most not
able enunciation from the lips of
Talleyrand, who in 1906 begged to
remind Napoleon that the business
of war should be confined to profes-
sional fighting men, to soldiers;
that it concerned states. not their
subjects OF citizens.
The honor of codifying The rules
that protect the non-combatant
majurities Of civilized nations be-
long to,the United States. Francis
Lieber in 1862 drew up the code
for President Lincoln, which he
Immediately promulgated as Gen
eral Orders No 100" for the con-
duct of the Federal forces in the
civil war. from this sprang the
international Convention of the
Brussels Conferences in 1874, and
the two Hague Conferences reafirm-
ed the convention, adding restric-
lions to the field of combat. The
chief safeguards lie in respect TO
family honor and rights, the lives
of persons, and private property
cannot be confscated and for re-
ligious convictions and practice
Exchange.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
PEPPERED WITH BRO SHOT

-
Clarence Freeman was brought
to his home in Yerington yesterday
pretty well peppered up with bird
shot, says the Yeringttn Times.
He and Carlisle and q couple Of
other young men had gone to the
Piusuut country to hunt sagehen
and doves and about 10; o'clock yes.
terdsy morning by some misfortune
freeman got in range of Carlisle's
gun as he shot at a bird. The
charge of shot struck Freeman in
tn. chest, stomach, arms and legs
and wss fired at a distance of about
so or 60 yards. At first it was
thought he was seriously injured
and the boys bundled hin. into the
wagon and nearly drove the team
to death to reach Yerington. Near
the Mcleod hill the team gave out
and Chas. Johnston's automobile
coming along the Injured man was
placed in it and brought to YeriDg-
ton. DR.. Knox was summoned
and found that 81 No. 6 shot had
hit Freeman. He picked many of
them out and no serious injury will
result from any of the wounds uu-
less 1T may be from the one shot
that penetrated the skin under the
right eye. The eye does not seem
to be injured but the shot has not
yet been extracted. The shooting
was purely accidental and young
Carlisle feels badly about the affair
He will undoubtedly be more care
full in the future when handling
firearms.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK

The war will cause some losses
and confusion for a brief time.
The base metal mining il the west
will be partially suspended, but the
h~arvests will bring better prices.
The beet sugar enterprises which
were depressed will be revived;
the wool interests for next year at
leas.- will be filled with promise,
the canneries will soon be running
at their utmost capacity. When
some millions Of people are drawn
from the ranks of the producers in
n region, it ought To help to
swell the ranks If the producers in
other lands. In the eastern states
the war should keep all the manu-
factories running at full capacity;
the tumble in cotton ran be only
temporary for there is no surplus
Of it anywhere in the world. All
the grain that can be spared will
be wanted for food for the armies,
the soldiers and the army horses.
Not one danger threatens us
from any outside direction, and we
caunot see Why business over the
east should not resume normal con-
ditionS as soon as the first shock of
the war is passed and the people
understand the exact situation.
We suspect that within two
weeks enough foreign flags on for
eign ships will be changed for our
flag to cause the Atlantic commerce
to resume full proportions, and
cannot see why there should be any
hysteria in our country over the
situation Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
RABBITS KILLED BY
new METHOD

AT last an effective way has been
found to combat rabbits that infest
the farming regions each year and
as a result the little pests are being
killed off in large numbers while
the farmer sleeps.
On the government project in
Hermiston district the new plan
is warkiEg like a I, chaym. Dairy
salt and stIychnine make up the
agency that is depicting the RANKS
of tie destructive animals. The
farmers at that point have placed
az different points over the land
small receptacles containing the
pois ?ned salt. Br'er rabbit, always
fond Ut salt, takes a Ribble at the
mineral and soon dies from the
effec! of the tiny bit of strychnine
that he gets with the more choice
morsel.
AS a result it is said that thous-
ands of carcassrs r lying scatter
ed about the places where the pois-
oned salt has been placed, sending
out anything but a pleasant odor
during the high temperature. But
crops are damaged less.
The proportion of the poison is
one ounce to a pound of salt, and
a small vessel containing a tiny
bit of the stuff is sufficient to
cause the death of a large number
of the pests. = Pendleton, Ore, Tri-
bune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
ClOUODuRST DAMAGES
PROPERTY At MANHATTAN

The ominous clouds that gather
ed around Tonopsh late Friday af
ternoon and during the early even
ing %portended trouble somewhere
in this vicinity. Tonopah escaped
with scarcely enough rein to ley the
dust, and the vivid lightning and
heavy thunder rolled on to the west
and north without doing any dam
age.
At Manhattan. there Vas a differ
ent story to tell. Between 3 and
$3.50 a violent storm broke over the
surrounding hills and in a few min
Iutes the camp was running knee
deep with water. Every g1lch in
the vicinity was turned into a tor
rent and the placer miners in the
west end of the camp suffered con-
sideroble damage. In the town the
losses were restricted to the upper
end, where the food Ipred
through houses and moved some of
the smaller ones from their foun-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
CANADA IS BRITISH

Every man of standing in the
United States knows today that the
fate of the British Empire hangs
in the balance. II war comes, we
may be very sure that our splendid
heritage from the empire builders
Uf ten generations will not be worth
many years purchase, should the
battle go against us. A defeat for
the Triple Entente will mean the
obliteration of France as q first
class Pc yer, the paralysis of Rus
STA, the bringing of the whole con-
tinent under the command of
Berlin, and the presentation of the
alternative of making her immed-
late peace with that new Napoleon
or feeling the full force of the
ornaments of Europe launched
against her. Montreal Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11

0rest Truth fiore.
AZ soon as people are old enough 20
know better. they don't know snythlns
At alfS-oscar Wilde.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
saw BEAUTY EVERYWHERE

An old gentleman, always polite
to ladies' was asserting one day
that he had Eve seen a really
ugly woman. A woman with q fiat
nose oyerhearing him said:
"Sir, look at me and confess that
I'm truly ugly"
Madam" he replied, like the
rest Of your sex. you are an angel
fallen from the skies: but it was
your misfortune rather than your
fault, that you happened to alight
on you nose.'-Chicago Journal
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
lation. The estimated loss was ST..

dation. The estimated loss was ST.
600.
Louis Amundsen had just reached
the summit headed for Tnnopah
when he saw the storm break and
then on to Rye Patch it was a race
to keep ahead of the flood. The
auto was kept at high speed re-
CARELESS of the ground and Louis
said he made the best time of his
career in beating it to camp.
The Mott house which was part
tally destroyed by fire last week,
was badly damaged, the water al
most completing the destruction
of the place. The Corners hotel
was left with a legacy of mud, that
will require 3 couple of days
scruhbing to move, as the flood
came in from the hack aud depart
ed through the front door. Bonan-
"a.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
slO0 REWARD, 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in all
lis stages and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease requires
constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease and giving the pat
lent strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature
in doing it's work. The rroprietors
have 30 much faith inlits curative
power that they offer One Hundred
Dollars FOR any case that it fails to
cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address! F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, rs cents.
Take Halls family Pills for con-
stipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
Moat Precious PotaessIon.

When l see about me, In the fields
Of intellectual attainment and culture.
in the walks of business and In fam.
lily life, SO many disasters and trag.
edies long drawn out, OF failing health
md collapse of nerve, brain and mus.
Gle, ! feel that health is the only bull
wark unon which everything we prize
n intellectual culture and religious
perfection a ver be reared.-G.
stanley Hall.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
SCHOOL STATISTICS

Deputy Superintendent Anderson
has forwarded his report for the
school year ending June Goth TO the
state superintendent. 1t contains
the following interesting statistics:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
man and Musie-

"Mnsic hath charms e soothe the
savage breast"-so that explains why
men are more susceptible to music
than women. It is the truth that all
men respond to some kind OF music,
from Russian to ragtime, according to
their tastes. Music is certainly > close
second to n mans stomach as q road
to that destination-his heart.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
eyes Of Men Of asnlua.

Audubon. as became a naturalist,
had "hawk-like eyes, that flashed like
a ~searchlight and were ever on the
alert for each movement of animated
nature" The duke OF wellington also
had, it is said, blue hawks eyes gleam-
ing with military genius.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
RULES GOVERNING War

After all it is comforting to re.
feet that while the ccnsequon see
of tie war now breaking out in
Europe must be Of tho most dis,
astrous nature, the actual physical
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
Not Enonn,,.

Hustle Nit-"This b:cx gays that
that bloomin' Frencllman Marat was
stabbed while taking a bath" Park
bench Daily-"Is dat al lie got fur it?'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-08-11
SALMAGUNDI.

interesting ad / n this issue. Every
housewife in town should read it.
What has become of the English
fleet that was dispatched with or
ders to find the German fleet and
destroy il?
Get free maiLdellvery by putting
those cement sidewalks. For
prices see P. Feddema. Phone 292.
--Advt. mo.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon, 203
republicans, Ito democrats. %
socialists, 5 non partisans and / pro-
gressive were registered in town.
A Swiss dairyman wants to rent
a ranch with dairy cows or will
take charge of and manage such a
ranch for the owner. Address C.
Gattiker, Dee,h, Nevada. Advt.
2 wks.
Mrs. Morgan Hill has named her
new residence Miramunte, meaning
Mountain view. A very pretty
name for the finest residence in
eastern Nevada.
The government paid SO cents an
ounce for silver in New York City
yesterday. If this prize is main
tanned the silver mines IF Nevada
will continue to DO Business.
The war maps now being publish
ed in the papers Bre handles. If 8
person tries to study them all, he
will ooner or later be a candidate
for the bug-house.
LOST-$5.O0 reward for recov-
cry of small white Bull dog, lost
Ion road to Carlih. Has stub tail,
ears apparently trimmed, spot over
left eye, gold capped upper tusk.
Answers to name OF Bud. F.. D..
CUltrim, care of Mrs. Kennedy, 5O4
Third St.
The %coroner's jury that investi-
gated the killing Of five Austrians
at Gopher Flat by a premature ex-
plosion OF powder, found that the
men came to thair death through
th@arlessness of j.. Tyson, powder
fosn Of the Ne,ad Consolidat-
edOpper eomp'n@,
Judge Castle sent Ham Blaine
to Jail today-frr 6 months for as
sault and battery committed on hi
ex wife. When Hams skin was
filled with liquor, lie wruld beat
and abuse the squaw when he met
her. She appealed TO Judge Castle
for protection and Ham will not
bother her 4or 6 months.
Sunday afternoon the sheriff's
office received word fro G cd
Hope north of Tuscarora that a
crazy man was tn are and to C me
after. him. Jailer McMulIen was
sent after the man but retuI ned
last night etnpty-handed end out of
humor as there was no crazy man
there nor had there been. The per-
son who sent the message doubtless
thinks he did a great thing.
There is very little real war
news. The BelgiaDs are the nnly
ones so far that have done any real
work in holding back the German
advance. Their stubborn resistance
will give England and France time
to concentrate a large army to as.
sist them in driving Germsny out
Of their territory. The Belgians
have held the center of the stage
SO far.
Dogs of war" il not a mere
metaphor, in the Middle ages mas
ptiffs were used as auxlliaries in at
tack, aud were equipped with mail
studded with spikes and scythes, SO
that they could ever attack call
valry. Henry VIII offered King
ChaSn9 v of Spain 100000 men
an goo war dogs to fight against
FrkBee. OF nate to a certain OK.
tent, a use has been found for dogs
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-31
Preliminary Arrangements
 Soon to be Under Way

Preliminary arrangements will soon be under way for the next Northern Arizona Fair at Pres colt. The first fair, held in Oc- tober of last year, was an un- qualified success. This year there are many Improvements in the grounds and the seating arrange ments. and the program will be made up with special attention to the interests of the tier of four northern counties.
 Yavapai is a good host, Pres colt promises to outdo itself in arranging for entertainment. and as usual, the business men and and hotels will not advance prices during fair week.
 A feature will probably be made of races, with extraordln- ary inducements to insure en- tries from the men of Apache, Coconino, Mohave and Navajo counties. The fair will be par ticularly for the people of the north. and special events will be listed with liberal prizes in which Yavapai county will take a back seat.
 The date of the fair has not been fixed as yet. It will prob ably be held about the middle of October before the late rains set in.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-31
Classification of the
 Agricultural Lands

The Agricultural bill for the year beginning July 1, 1914, pro vides $85, OOO. for use by the Forest Service for the classifi- cation of lands. $15. .0OO of this amount has been allowed for use in District 8, comprising Arizona and New Mexico, and this means that the work already under way will be pushed rapid ly on every National Forest in District. It is understood from officers of the Forest Service that several million acres will be covered in these two states during the year, and the areas found chiefly valuable for agri- culture will be so classified, in order that they may be listed and opened to homestead entry on application without further ex- animation on the ground.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-31
Will Spend $2O,OOO
 Surveying HOmesteads

During the fiscal year be-
 ginning July l. 1914, the Forest
 Service will spend $20,0OO in the survey of homesteads, cover agricultural lands in National
 Forests in Arizona and New Mexico. These surveys are re- quired as a basis for proof and must be made before patent can issue on each case described by metes and bounds when opened for entry. Up to last year, the were made at the ex- of the entryman. and since the cost is close to $100.00 a case, a large majority of the entries which were otherwise ready for final proof, remained unopened because of the cost of survey. Under recent legislation these are made by. the Forest Service at the expense of the Government. and the $2O.000, during the coming year. will go a long way toward clearing up the accumulation of cases from earlier years, and the officials of the Forest Ser vice believe that this feature of the work will be practically up to date on most of the Forests in District 8 by the end of the ifs gal year.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-31

Until recently a Forest Ranger on one of the Northern Forests in another district was credited with having the district record for discovering and accurately locating a fire; in this case the distance was seventy miles. Last week a Forest Guard on the Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona, discovered and accu- rately reported a forest fire dis tant from his lookout point in a direct line of eighty-two miles. While the fire was reported by the Sitgreaves Lookout Guard, it occurred on the Tonto Forest northwest of the Sierra Ancho Mountains.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-31
Government Worries Over
 The High Prices of Meat

Albuquerque, N. M., July 29. The Department of Agricul- ture through it's Forest Service and Bureau of Animal Industry, has begun an investigation of the meat situation to see if some thing cannot be done to lower the present prices. Information will be obtained concerning the carrying capacity of the ranges. how they can be increased, un- utilized range. to what extent dry farming has cut down the open range. how much stock is fed, cost of production. and ma ny other points concerning the live stock industry.
 The Forest Service will have charge of collecting this inform ation for all the western ranges. Instructions have already been sent from the District office at Albuquerque to the sixteen SUI pervisors in Arizona and New Mexico.
 The investigation will be fin ished by fall. The Federal gov will then see if some scheme cannot be devised by which the present carrying ca pacity of the range can be in creased, unutilized areas brought into use and dry farmers in- duced to run a few head in con nection with their farms.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-31
To Endorse None of
 the Good Road Schemes

w. H. Clark has received the following concerning the Ma tional Old Trails road. which will be of interest to our readers:
 Kansas City, Mo-, July 10, 1914. On account of our roads being-the very best across the continent and the only one that is likely to have a great amount of travel to the Exposi-ions on the Pacific Coast next year. a great many concerns are grasp ing ot the opportunity of exploit ing it for personal gain. Many schemes have been placed before us for our endorsement, some of which have merit, but we have decided to endorse none of them from now on, and, while we have no authority over the peo- pie along the line of our road, we recommend that all schemes be thoroughly investigated be- fore you put any money into them.
 As a means of increasing en- thusiasm and advertising our road. we have decided to make motion pictures of it's historic and scenic features.
 With that in view, our secre- tary, with a motion picture oper- ator. leaves Kansas City next week over the Santa Fe Trail. Everything is lined up from here to La Junta, Colorado.
 After this section is completed another will be laid out from La Junta to the Pacific Coast. Then they will return and go east to the Atlantic.
 This will be the only officially authorized trip and pictures eyer made of our road in it's entirety, and the pictures will be shown all over the country.
 You will be further notified when we are resdy to lay out an itinerary over your section of our road. Your truly,
 J. M. LOWE, President National Old Trails
 Road.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-31

A fat man reminds one of a bay window; a fat woman of a bale of hay.
 $5OO.O0 Kingsburry Piano for sale at half-price. Inquire at this office. Practically new.
 FRESH BREAD. baked by Mrs A. Lopez, on sale at Will Wooster store and at the Lopez home.
 Just received car load of Mandt wagons and buggies at H. H. Scorse's. Call and take a look at them. je12tf
 INFORMATION WANTED. Con cerning my two son, Jose and Lucas Gerrero. Last heard of in Los Angeles, California, about three months ago. Anyone know ing their whereabouts will con fer a favor by notifying MRS. ANTONIA VALLEJO, at Holbrook, Arizona. jy17-2t
 Send in your orders for job printing to THE HOLBRooK NEWS office. Packages weighing not exceeding fifty pounds can be sent to any postoffice by parcel post, within 150 miles. at very reasonable rates. Envelopes, bill heads, letter heads, state ments. cards and many other items may be sent by mail. Write for prices. l
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-31
Kansas City Cattle
 and Sheep Prices

Kansas City Stock Yards, July 27, 1914. A combination of circumstances is working against the cattle market that is a little more effective in depressing prices than the short supply is in advancing prices Killers have advanced the price of beef to retailers, who Tn turn advanced the prlce to consumers. and ma ny of these have backed away. Newspapers attach blame to both packers and cattle producers. and this controversy also cuts meat consumption. The result is a slight decline in prices of all but a few specialties. Receipts today are 13,OOO head. Prime heavy steers continue to creep upward, recording new top to- day, at $9.95, Other sales of near prime steers were numerous at $9.6O to $9.85. some branded westerns fed in Kansas selling at $9. 60. Bulk of native steers sell at a slightly lower range than a week ago, at $7.90 to $9. 35. Half fat yearlings are mean sellers, and choice yearIines are not as high as a week ago, best at $9.50. Kansas grass steers are selling at $7.50 to $9.00, the lat ter price being secured today for a shipment of DavIs Greenwood | county steers, 1348 lbs. average. Fat cows sell at S5.50 to SIPS, top grass cows $6.75. Quaran- antine cattle are moving freely, | the supply of 150 car loads today of a few shipments of North Texas cake fed steers, which class is about all marketed | for this season, and a large sup ply of mixed Oklahoma cattle. The best cake fed steers brought S8. 40, wintered steers from the Osage country and other sec tions of Oklahoma at $6.80 to S7. 25, medium and common light steers S5. 50 to S6.75. Stock cat tie have lacked life for some time, the best selling at ST. % to S7.75, which are considered bar gain prices by a good many deal CTS. Heavy feeders are having of a boom, Illinois and Iowa men taking them at S7.75 to $8. 65 for short feeds.
 Sheep and lambs sold lower last week, particularly lambs, which declined more than a dol ar per hundred. Receipts are ), ,000 today, market strong to 10 higher, best lambs at ST 90, and ewes worth $4. 35 to $4. 75. Breed ng ewes today at $500. Re :eipts are largely Arizonas and natives. although choice North western lambs would sell to ad- vantage here.
 J. A. RICKART.
 Market CorreSpOndent.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-31
After Four Years of DiscOuragins Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave Upin Despair. Husband
 Came to Rescue.


 catron, Ky.-In an interesting letter from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock writes as follows: "I suffered for four years. with womanly troubles, and during this time, could only sit up for little while, and could not walk anywhere at all. At times, would have severe pains in my Jeff side.
 The doctor was called in, and his treat ment relieved me for a while, but was soon confined to my bed again. After that, nothing seemed to do me any good.
The Holbrook news., 1914-07-31
A New Shoe Shop

J. w. Plunkett has opened a new boot and shoe shop on Gen. traI street, and solicits the pa tronage of all. All kinds of re- pairing. Cowboy boots to order a speciality. m22tf