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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02
The REBEKAH DANCE

There was q big crowd at the Re.
bekah dance last night and all
seemed bent on having a govd time
The Opera House was handsomely
decorated with the colors and ban
ners Of the Rebekahs degree of Odd
Fellowship. A modern Rebekah
stood at the we'll and dealt out
cooling drinks to the thirsty dane.
ers.
Mrs. Carroll, Miss Overman and
Miss Hazel Currey, the dance com.
mittee, made everybody at home
and were everywhere caring for
the comfort and pleasure of their
guests. If there was anyone pres
ent, who did not get the full meas.
ure of pleasure, it certainly was
not the fault Of the committee.
Dancing wss continued until l
o'clock this morning. The time had
passed SO pleasantly that many
wanted to crowd in more hours OF
pleasure, but 1.-The musicians
"struck" and none could dance
without their inspiring music.
AS q social function the osnce
"
was a big success. II it pans out
as we'll financially the Rebekshs
will be we'll satisfied with their
work,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02

ranRements can be made and car
loads OF r will soon be on their
way to the smelter.
The lecture at the Opera House
on Live Issues for Live People"
is for women as well rs men. Live
Issue No. for fifteen minutes will
be Equal Suffrage and Why six
thousand socialists Of Nevada will
vote for it this year. Sufragists
and other live women can learn
the Socialist reasonsf for Equal Fran
chise of j. Stitt Wilson at 8 D. m.
sharp tonight. Come early, bring
your friends and your banners but
leave your gloves at home as you
will want to use your hands:-Advt
Inspector Means finished his in
v%estigation of the free delivery sys-
tenn for Elko this afternoon and
left for Carlin on No. 10. He in
formed us that his report would be
favorable on the progressiveness
and population of the town and re-
ceipts Of the postofice. In other
matters such as sidewalks, street
crossings and numbering OF houses,
he would report actual conditions.
These latter matters could be at
tended to by the town. He thought
the town would have carrier system
in force before many mouths.
For several years the where.
abouts Of the flag presented by
the citizens of Elko to Company E.
First Regiment Nevada National
Guard during the Spanish-Ameri-
can wal has been unknown to many
of our people and it was supposed
to have BEEN lost. This morning
Mr.. Nelson. %janitor of the 1. o. o.
F. Hall, found the flag in a locker
in the hall and turned it over to
Attorney Henderson. who displayed
it in the window Of his office. The
flag is part of the history Of the
town and'it should be preserved as
a mememto of the patriotism of
the boys who marched under it to
the war that drove Spain from her
possessions on the American CONT
nent.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02
mrs. DAN FRANKS


Mrs. Dan Franks, a former resi-.
dent of Bullion, died at Windsor,
California yesterday morning. She
had been in poor health for several
months and last December she was
taken to California to have an OPP
Grafton performed TOR a tumor in
one Of her breasts. The operation
was successful and she was suppos-
ed to be getting along nicely.
Last Tuesday q telegram came to
Mr.. Reed saying that Mrs. Franks
was very sick and for Mr.. Franks
to come at once. The telegram was
sent to Mr.. FRANKS at Bullion and
Wednesday he left here for his
wife's bedside. He reached Wind
sor Thursday night and was present
when his wife's tired spirit passed
into the Great Unknown.
Mrs. Franks leaves q husband
and seven children ranging in age
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02
Az to Love.

love nicer" one little girl Ques-
another. ut depends" was the
Scr, given by a member of a large
..":!y of older brothers and sisters,
"" nice when you love your mother,
: %hcn vol love othe2 young men
a'a it's hard on the rest OF
the family"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02
P ROSPERITY

Elko depends for its prosperity very largely upon
the surrounding country. What helps the rancher, helps
Elko. The great increase in the price of cattle in the last
few years, has had largely to do with the position that
>Elko and Elko County hold in a financial way in tile state.
This increased cost of livestock has naturally re-
suited in higher retail prices of dressed meats, and while
these prices may seem high here, they have not advanced in
proportion to the price of cattle on foot.
Elko people want only the best, and this we are
trying hard to give them. Our meats are not dressed on
the outside and shipped in under ice. This is all done
here, ano we use only the latest and the best cattle and
other live stock we can bny. We are in position to give
you quality, service and price, and we certainly ap-,
prec1ate your business. Will you not, today. call up the
meat department, ask for Mr.. Hefrich, tell him what you
want, and you may be sure of getting just the cuts that
you prefer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02
Asked FOR Information.

The adult joke about Keep still,
can't you? The holy grail has Just
died." is matched by the anecdote or
the two newsboys watching the "Quo
Vadis" pictures. please, mister
one of them asked Of a good.natured
man who sat near. Which guy In Quo
Vadis?"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02
physIcaI cuI.uro In ola. Euxp..

That physical culture was q fad
with the fashionable ladies OF the
courts Of the Pharaohs Is another
phase of Egyptian life revealed by
the rock pictures Of the Mother of
Civilization" The more we moderns
dig into the buried past Of the
Pharaohs the more moderate grows
the estimation Of our wonderful prog.
ress.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02
Exeer,Ion ga ,a Rula.

C~ountryman lat the National Gal
lery)-"Why, them's the very same
pictures I saw here the day before
yesterday" Attendant (dryly)-
quite likely" CONFERENCE.-THE
that clerk at the hotel is an awful
lair. He told mo that the pictures
was changed daily in all the leadin'
picture houses"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02
instantaneous HousekeepIn,

Il see a prom mt New York club
woman says you - do q days house
keeping In ten L. .-tes." Something
In that. Every notice the housemaid
In a play? One swipe, and the room
Is in order."-Judge.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02
HUERTKS RECRUITING
METHODS

To be a schoolboy in Mexico
these days means that to be a mill
tiaman.' Huerta is rapidly militar-
izing every group of men, in every
walk of life, that he can clap his
attention on.
Three months ago the national
agricultural school, indhe surburhs
of the capital was a quiet, easy-go-
ing institution witch its thousands
of students, gathered from the
farms all " the land paying at
tention to nothing else than agri-
culture. Today it looks like q bar
racks. The professors have been
converted into captains, majors
ard lieutenants and they wear mill
tary uniforms in the class rooms.
The students have been put into
soldiers uniforms and have been
supplied with rifles, which thew
are forced to use in practice.
Life in the dormatories has been
put on a military basis and day
and night the big school farm is
patrolled by farmer boy sentinels.
The boys in the night schools,
business colleges and even private
schools are being drilled, by orders
of the president" Not a few of
the professors in these schools have
resigned their positions rather
than become officers IN the army.
The professors who remain may Of
ten be seen in the boulevards of
the capital. drilling under the in
structions Of a real army instruct
or, their boy students. little chaps
as tender in years as ten, may be
IN these groups, learning how
to carry their rifles and how to
maneuver at the orders of a pro-
fessor captain.
The law students have Teen
formed into a brigade of their
own. Two or three of the leading
law instructors in Mexico have re-
signed their positions because thes
felt they had been Inundated by
the demand that they become a
part of the Mexican army.
The medical students medical
students are alike all over the
world-werc too much for even
Huerta. At a time when no one in
the capital dared to raise his voice
against Huerta these medical stu
dents astounded the government
and the populace by making a
demonstration against the removal
of the head Of the national school
by Huerta, and the substitution of
a military head. This demonstra-
tian occurred on q visiting day
when several members of Huerta's
cabinet were present.
The police were called and the
doors of the school closed. Huerta,
who usually knows what action to
take against the Dligttest sign of
opposition of his plans was puzzled
in this case. He he. itated to order
the execution o. the ring .leader;
for the same reason, he hesitated
to cause their arrest on the grounds
of treason. Finplly he solved the
whole thing by closing the school
for two months. Wheraupon the
irrepressible medical students held
another demonstration of joy be-
cause "'school was out" If Presi-
dent Wilson were to order that all
the clerks end secretaries Of the
postofic department, for instance,
be formed into a military COM
pany and were to be drilled, he
would cause similar CONSERVATION
to that which followed such an or
der by Huerts the other day. Huer-
ta's order extended to avery gov
eminent Office in the capital and
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02
Truly -E,rJ.Haarted.

THAT old ne" 'per seller is a good
sort. There is an old widow who
can't afford to '-;' In the paper, SO
every morning rs he passes her room
he stops and reads her the serial
story."--F1iegende Blaetter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-02
SALMAGUNDI

lUhhottOW. oouuay oCuuOI ~ X .SU
The Elko Mercantile come to the
from fifth a big sd today. Read
it.
No dance at the Rex tonight.
The Bunch will dance with the
Socialists Advt.
Special at the Rex tomorrow a
Keystone Comedy Howl "That
Ragtime Band with Ford Sterling.
DAdvt.
Mrs. Wallace Toombs and Miss
Tessie Crane are entertaining their
laiy friends at the Rex Theatre
this afternoon.
The Western Pacific advertises a
change in the arrival and departure
of two of their passenger trains,
effective on Monday. See the ad
for particulars.
There will DO no Mass in Elko on
Sunday, May Bird, Father C%orcoran
having to attend a funeral in a dis.
tant part Of his mission.
Wilhelm Schmidt committed sui.
eide in Reno carly yesterday morn
ing by shooting himself. Despond-
ency over business troubles is Civ
en- as the cause.
The calvary force in the strike
districts of Colorado has been
q%uadruplcd. Orders for the addi-
tional force were issued yesterday
by Secretary of War Garrison.
The prospects for a peaceful set
Element of the Mexican trouble
grows brighter every day. The
mediators report progress although
Carranza has not-accelted the pro-
posal of an armistice with Huerta.
The Adult Sunday school class Of
the Presbyterian Church will here
after meet in the Audience room
and the Primary department in
the former Sunday school room.
Nsaik fail to hear the noted
preSa shnd evangelist at the Bap-
fist CSSrcSs on Sunday both morn
ing pid evening. Meetings will
also be held each night during the
week.
Quite a delegation of Carlinites
attended the dance last night,
Among them was Constable Kap-
pier who informed US that the re.
port was being circulated in Carlin
that the force in the railroad shops
would ZION be increased rs per
cent.
Editor Gray states in the last is
sue Of the Commonwealth that he
has decided to move the plant to
one of the most prosperous agrl-
cultural valleys in the western part
of the state. There will be no more
issues Of the paper until it is set
tied in its new home.
Emanuel Klein, a New York at
torney, has come to Elkn to Locate.
MIR. Klein was in Jarbidge during
the early days of the camp and was
n Of the leading factors in main
tanning law during the troublous
time following the opening Of the
towDsite. He his travelled extern
sively and thinks Elko is one of the
best places he hss>seen in whi h to
settle down.
j. Stitt Wilson, the former Sor-
ialist Mayor of Berkeley, CALIFORNIA;
ollnpS SSity City, will speak at the
BradfV, Opera House Elko on Sat
urday May 9, at 8 p. m. Subject
live Issues for Live People"
Music and singing by the Socialist
Chorus at 7:45 p. m. Everybody
invited. Admission free. Dance
after the lecture. Dancers who
cannot get there in time to hear
the lecture will please come after
$3.50 p. M. A collection will be
taken to defray expenses. -Adyt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-01
TAKING CARE OF THE HARNESS.

Harness should be cleaned thor
oughly at least once year, the spring
being the best time.
Take the harness all apart and soak
the parts in wash tub OF luke warm
water with a handful Of washing soda
in 1t.
Let the harness soak fifteen VI
twenty minutes and then SCRUB Will
an ordinary scrubbing brush. "hei'
+he leather is nearly dry use edge
h1fcr,:1g. 1t can be obtained from a
i. maker. If you can not get H.
IT, ulf gallon of vinegar and put
pforcs of iron in 1t for three or loul
DAVIS or until he vinegar IS rlch
golden color.
Give the leather a good coat OF TINS
fluid, and rub the harness thoroughly
Take a quart of neatsfoot OH anu a
half pint of kerosene. MIX anu val 40
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-01
Hints For Poultrynen

While the hen houses must not be
kept too warm they must be dry and
free from drafts il you wish your
fowls to be healthy.
1t Is claimed that the flesh of fowls
can be Favored by feeding herbs and
spices. This is a common practice in
France, and it is done to some extent
In this country, especially in feeding
celery to roasters.
Don't forget that the hens want
plenty Of fresh water even If the
weather isn't hot. Laying hens are
heavy drinkers as so much Of the egg
is composed Of water.
Save the feathers. They have a
market value and they also make nice
cushions and pillows. Dry the feathers
thoroughly before putting them into
any cases.
You can beat the hen raising chick
ems if you give your mind to it, as your
brain should be better than a hens
but If you want to succeed with chick
ems you must learn from your own
mistakes as we'll as from the hens.
Over feeding should be recognized
as a very serious matter, since diges-
tive disturbance is fatal to quick
growth.
Exercise is natures one great pam
acea, so see that you manage your
foods and the feeding to keep your
chicks at work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-01
TILE DRAINAGE PAYS.

One point that should commend tile
drainage to many farmers that is
often overlooked is that of saving
time while we are working a field
that contains wet and low spots.
One can ordinarily plant or sow
field more rapidly where he has
straight away work than where he Is
compelled to run aroud wet por~
ton Of the same; then again, it Is
rather unpleasant to have machinery
clogged every time We cross a field
by coming in contact with soft. sticky
mud.
This Is especially unpleasant when
drilling small grains, for many times
the drill hose will become clogged
and a skip will be made in the field.
If we have to make q second job of
planting it is a setback in the work
on the farm. When we can't culti-
vate a wet spot the weeds grow in
the field.
Systematic rotation of crops cannot
be conducted on Il farm where a por-
tim Of the land is too wet to grow the
various crops that are grown in the
rotation. and this Is the leading factor
in maintaining fertility of the soil.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-01
An expert duck picker.

put a dam in the duck yard, giving
them two feet of water in the brook.
from four to eight feet wide, and I
could see a great improvement in
their growth from the very first day
gave them full swimming range.
OF a flock Of about fifty, I only lost
one after I gave them the brook. Be-
fore, when / had them in wire cOops,
with a dish Of drinking water by
them, I lost a great many. Four
times a day I feed a mash composed
of ground oats parts, mlddlings 2
parts, and corn meal 2 parts. Into
every six quarts Of this dry feed I
put one quart Of meat scraps and
good handful Of fine sand, mixing all
we'll together dry before wetting it.
I make the mash a little more wet
for the ducklings than I do for the
little chicks. After I get the ducks
to weigh about two pounds each, at
night I add two parts Of cracked corn
to the mash, and can almost stand
and sea them lump up. At about
nine or ten week old they are ready
for market, or just before they start
the pin feathers. To delay longer Is
losing game every time, as they
shrink in flesh as the feathers come
out.-M. Hutchinson, Massachusetts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-01
Quick Returns Possible

A Californian writes of her exper<
fence in poultry raising. This season1
trials have confirmed the two previous
years experiments that closely
yarded chicks are much quicker grown
and consequently much more profit
able than chicks raised on free range
or in larger yards.
My own runways are 4x20 feet: IN
this space I raised 60 to 70 chicks
which I marketed in their seventh
week to fashionable grill house at
price that made my neighbors 'sit
up and take notice."
First you must have cleanliness.
Second. you must have method IN
feeding and caring for the chicks, elsA
you will never have profitable results
The task before you is great for you
must never let the crops Of the chicki
get empty, yet. you must SO manage
the feeding that the chicks always
think themselves starving at feeding
time. .or.
Difficult as this sounds It IS simple
In practice and the method can be
stated In three short sentences, viz:
Feed often-four or five times q
day, and at regular hours
Never give the same article Of food
for two successive meals.
Never leave a particle Of any kind
of food before them. II any chicks
get crowded away and do not seem to
be able to get enough to eat in 10 or
IL minutes take them out Of the pen
and put them by themselves for they
will ruin the appetite Of the best
chicks. To summarize: Feed often.
feed a great variety. grade your stock
according to digestive capacity.
Great stress is laid on a balanced
ration. and rightly. Yet. don't attempt
to give balanced ration at every
meal or you will soon have q rabble
of peevish, stunted chicks.
Be satisfied If you attain q balanced
ration in two feelings or even If tho
sum total of one days feeding forms
balanced ration.
Only in this way can you keep your
chicks always eating a full ration, yet
always willing to eat moro and be
able to digest it.
If by any chance your chicks 1iave
been overfed at q meal. remove their
grit dishes for an hour or two. When
returning them, see that the dishes
are we'll filled: miss one feed, giving
in place of it nothing but fresh cut
greens.
Any chick worth the raising WIN
scratch with a full crop II not over
fed.
Here Is the main advantages u
chicks in small yards: You can regs
ulate the kind Of food, the amount %
it, and the amount Of exercise witk
certainty.
ready for the market. sooner than BY
any other method. I have marketed
chicks from one to three weeks sooner
in my small yards than in large yards.
or from the range-raised chicks which
were mothered by hens. Feeding Wae
the same in all particulars
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-01

extent by many "a rmsrs. A great
many of those engaged in agricultural
pursuits seem to have little realiza-
ton of the Immense loss incurred
through the waste of this important
product. They begrudge the time and
labor required to remove it from the
barn and feeding lot. and it Is not
uncommon to see a man purchase
commercial fertilizers and waste the
manure produced by his stock. Barns
are often erected on steep side hills,
or even close to the banks OF running
streams. which practice insures q
most effective and wasteful loss Of
the valuable constituents of tie
manure heap.
Farm manure IS perishab bio
product, and must be handled with
intelligence to obtain Its maximum
value. Doubtless when manure 70
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-01
Raise More Beef Cattle

We quite agree with the statement
by Chicago man who has kept Ia
close touch with the cattle owners Of
the country for the past twenty years.
that decreasing beef cattle supplies on,
the farms east of the Missouri Rivsf,
is the most vital problem facing thu;
live stock industry today, and one:
which must be remedied by greztel
effort toward replenishment Il the
prosperity of the land owners - to ba
continued and. too, If the beef thp
public is to secure it's regular QuotaAt
prices below prohfbitive levels.
The nation has in recent yeaf1
drawn too heavily upon the source Of
fat beef output. without due regard to,
the future Of the supply. Farmers Oh
the corn belt have been prone to loo1t
to the West and Southwest for their
supplies Of feeding cattle, not rea1sm0l
that the increasing population II COM
stantly calling for greater home pros
duction of fat beeves.
Time has arrived when the West q
few years back the breeding ground
for the corn belt feeders, Is no longer
able to supply feeding cattle to thu
farmers Of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois.
Indiana and Ohio except at almost fat
steer prices. The situation Is growing
more acute each year. Within tho
past two years the effect Of home pro@
ductfon Of beef steers In the states OF
the middle west has been a relatively
shorter supply Of beef than consumpes
tive capacity required. and the result1k
have been higher average prices for
fat steers than realized in thirty Year,
past But instead of general prosper
ity it has been prosperity for the few,
because cattle raising and feeding has
declined.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-01
ORCHARD NOTES.

There is vast difference between
commercial orchards and family or
chards. For the latter the variety
should be greater to meet the tastes
of the various members Of the fam
lily.
Isn't is strange that men who never
neglect a cow or colt or any other
animal will pay a big price for a
fruit tree, stick it in the ground and
never touch it again until it dies
But they do.
There may be cases where COM
mercial fertilizer is useful in the or
chard. but stable manure generally
reaches the spot.
Set raspberries eight feet apart and
trellis on two wires, the bottom being
thirty inches from the ground.
Small fruit vines should always be
so kept that they can be easily Gull
tivated.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-01

A manure spreader Is very valuable
on the farm.
Of valuable plant food, and unfit to
bear further profitable crops. Sub
stances which are added to the soil
in order to replace the ingredients
which have been removed by pre-
vlous crops are called manures. The
oldest and most common form OF
manure Is the farm manure. OF all
fertilizers this Is the most popular.
Early Roman writer's called attention
to the fact that the addition OF the
excreta of farm animals to the soil
resulted in increased production, and
from that time to the present the
ma jority of farmers have placed their
reliance on this class Of manures for
maintaining the fertility of the land.
A we'll kept manure heap may be
safely taken as one Of the surest tndi-
cations Of thrift and success in farm
ing. Neglect Of this resource causes
losses, which, though little appre-
ciated, are vast In extent. Waste OF
manure is both so common as to breed
Indifference and SO silent as to escape
notice.