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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
Saturdays Carnage.

Denver, Colo, Sept. Topeka lost to
the home team here in Saturdays game
by the de margin of 16 to 5. Weld
man started in the game for the visitors
but lasted less than one inning. san
ford was sent in to take his place.
FISHER made ono Of the longest home
runs ever seen here when he drove the
ball over Forsythe's head on q line
drive. First Baseman Koerner OF the
Kaws was called home on account OF
the death OF = relative and Rapps hello
down the first sack. The score follows:
rnDEHA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
FEDERAL LEAGUE.

burne. O'Rourke, Henry 2. Bills. Stol-
en- bases-O'Rol rke. Henry. DouDie
plays-Bills to Fitzsimmons: F1tzstm-
mons to O'-ourke to Henry: Collins 70
williams. Bases on bails-Scoselns' q
Durham. /, Left on bases-Lincoln. 3;
Wichita. s. Struck Out-Scoggins, D.
Durham, l. Time-1:sO. Umpire
Stockdale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Saturday Results.

Saturday Results.
Milwaukee 3-4: Kansas City Ia.
Minneapolis s: st. Paul 8.
Indianapolis 3: Cleveland 1.
Louisville IL: Columbus T..
Sunday Results.
Milwaukee AZ; Kansas City 8-4.
Minneapolis 5-6: st. Paul so.
Indianapolis SO; Cleveland FL.
Columbus Z: Louisville 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

Fond au Lac. Wis. Titusville. Pa:
Coleman, Tex, and Nowata, Okla, are
the cities recently adopting
commission government charters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
e.ao.ooo

Old Houses Made New.
Comparison Of number of permits
issued since 1903 for remodeling dwell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Saturday Results.

Saturday Results.
st. Louis 3: Kansas City 1.
Pittsburg Ia: Brooklyn 7-3.
Indianapolis 3: Chicago 2.
Buffalo 4; Baltimore 2.
Sunday Results.
Kansas City 2: st. Louis o.
Chicago Is: Indianapolis 9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Saturday Results.

Boston Z: Philadelphia 1.
Chicago 3: Pittsburg 2. =.
New York ST.: Brooklyn 5-4.
st. Louis II; Cincinnati 2.
Sunday Results.
Chicago 8; Pittsburg 5.
st. Louis z; Cincinnati 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Saturday Results.

Saturday Results.
St. Louis Z; Detroit O.
Boston 4; Philadelphia 1.
Washington 4; New York 1.
Cleveland 60; Chicago 4-3.
Sunday Results.
Chicago 6: Cleveland 1.
Detroit Is; st. Louis 4.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
MANY FOREST FIRES
BUT WELL CONTROLLED

During 1918 the force on the
national forests fought 1920 fires,
or nearly twice rs many as started
in 1912. the best year !he forests
have EVER had.
Notwithstanding the great in
crease in the number Of fires, For
ester Graves considers that the
showing made by the forest service
was quite as favorable us that in
the preceding year, because the
damage done aud the costs of FIRE
lighting were no greater proper
ticnatcly than in 1912. In both
years practically so per cent of all
fires were detected and cxtinguish.
cd before they burned over a quar-
ter of an acre, and % per cent Of
both years fires were put out be-
fore they covered 10 acres. OF last
years fires, 3,278, or considerably
more than the whole number Of
fires in 1912 were confined TO areas
of less than 10 acres and in 1850
additional fires less than 500 dam.
ages was done by each. In only %
fires did the damage amount to
81 900.
The aggregate loss in timber is
estimated at nearly 80 million
board feet valued ut about $S2. 900,
and the damage 10 young growth
and forage Is estimated at about
$4,000 making Il total of about
Sl02,0O0. About Is per cent of
this loss however, was incurred on
private land within the forests
where lG per cent Of the fires had
their origin.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
MUCH NEEOED RULES

With Il smile the coroner issued
pedestrian rules which he explain
ed had been suggested to him by
the speed maniac" The Jules
are:
l.. Pedestrians crossing boule-
yardg at night shall wear u white
light in front and n red light in the
rear.
2. Before returning to the right
OF the left the pedestrian shall give
three sharp blasts Of a horn not
less than three inches in diameter,
8. When an experienced aut0mo,
brle driver is made nervous by
pedestrians they shall hide behind
a tree until the automobile has
passed.
d. Pedestrians shall not carrs
in their pocket, any sharp sub.
stances which arc liable to irjurc
tires.
5. In dodging automobiles pedes.
TRANS shall not run more than
sever miles an hour.
G.. Pedestrians must register at
the beginning of each year and
pay n license fee Of SIS for the priv.
lcge of living. There shall be no
rebate if they 90 not live the year.
Z. Pedestrians will not be allow
cd to emit cigarette smoke on any
boulevard in nm Offensive or unncc.
es5ary manner.
8. A pedestrian before receiving
his license 10 walk upon a bouIc.
ward must demonstrate his ability
in dodging, lcaping, crawling and
extracting himself from machinery.
Pedestrians will be held respon.
sible for all damage done to auto.
mobiles or their occupants by col.
lisi0n.
The coroner did not say whether
he expected the nine rules to be
oboyed.-Ex.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
infant MORTALITY

Miss Julia Lathrop, chief of the
new federal children's bureau say:
in her first annual report that 49,
600 babies under one year Of age
die in a year as the result of ne
glect.
Some one has remarked that ii
is more dangerous to be q baby
under five years of age than to be
W 80 years of age. The death
rate is bigger.
1t is a curious fact that hard
times decrease the infant mortality.
Prosperity raises the baby death
rate. For when times are good,
the mothers go into the mills.
There they make the tragic trade
Of child life in exchange for the
money that is supposed to buy
more happiness and comfort.
When the Lancashire mills of
England wcre shut down as a re-
suit of the American civil var and
consequent cotton famine, the
death rate of adults in that hungry
and haggard district showed a
marked increase. But the death
rate of infants was smaller.
The natural food Of infants, even
with an i'll nourished mother, is
more wholesome than food that
seems better from the adult view
point, if it is accompanied by ne
glect.
Of course the needless infant
mortality is largely among the ig-
norant population. a big slice of it
in families of newcomers just ar
rived from the cuarser sect )ns of
Europe. When the immigrant baby
is sick, the doctor is the last one to
be called. Previously a council of
neighbors and friends is held. The
conclave assemblies in the sick room
the men smoking. The air is near
ly thick enough to siife a we'll per.
son, let alone the little bud Of life
fading out on the pillow. AS a las
resort the physician comes. Blu
it is too late.
Doctor no good" says tn,
neighborhood, as the relative
gather for the funeral. But the un
dertaker's bill is enough to havO
paid the Doctors service severa
times over had he been called il
time.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
It IS TO LAUGH

1t is laughable to US on a solid
bottom to hear the raving and the
.quaverings from the press of Cali
fornia who standing upon CULVER
ing, rocking, waving mound of
earth tell of The awful earthquake
shock which visited Nevada a short
time ago. 1t is awful to contem-
plate and wonderful to behold the
lurid, undulating tales which tells
OF the shivering and the rolling Of
the shafts of the Comstock into the
bowels Of mother earth and there
was not one spot in the whole deep
hole which showed that Nevada
had anything but a good rocky in
terror.
Nevada is not built on a founda-
ton of iron ships and mud from
the sea bottom with numberlcss
empty boxes and dcfunct street car
horses as is the great city of Cali
fornia from which comes the great
stories Of Nevada's temblor. The
people of California say they never
had a 81 eat earthquake. II is true
they had a fire in San Francisco q
ltw years ago which destroyed the
city, but earthquake, Land sakcs,
mol Don't you know it would be
an awful thing to be noiscd around
that California had an earthquake.
1t would hurt the fair dun'tyc,
kh0w? Truly Nevada wants &c
send that $4,000 to California
right away where it will be safe,
An earthquake might visit Nevada
an time now and sweep the state
away and il the $140, 900 was ir
California it would be perfectly
safe aid could not be hurt.
Maybe that awful shock which
knocked Nevada galley west and
tore the props from under the Sill,
yer State was only a warning tt
those who would object to sending
the money to the city by the SCI
that sometimes has q fire but never
has an earthquake. - Carson Meas
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
THE NEW ELECTION LAW

George A. Bartlett, wh1 has
been criticising the new ell elton
law says it should be about the
first TO 60 into the scrap heap sug-
gested by George Wingfeld for
half the laws Of the state. When
interviewed by an Appeal man to.
day, Mr.. Bartlett submitted the
following:
Is the Act of March 81, 1913
IAN Act relating to election and
removals from ofice"-constitu-
tional?"
This Act was supposed to be a
compilation Of all the then existing
election laws, and was introduced
in the assembly late in the SEES
sion and slid through the senate
during its last hours.
1t was not supposed to contain
any material changes in the law and
it WINS accepted as Il compilation
without critical examination.
The Act contains some radical
changes, particularly in reference
TO the primary election law. The
legislature of 1911, in accordance
with the platform declarations of
the political parties, provided for
one ballot for all party tickets.
This was understood to he done at
the request of organized labor, their
representatives ~contending that
many electors working for large
corporations would not vote when
they had to disclose their politics
for fear Of losing their job. Tho
Act Of 1918 provides for sepa ate
tickets again; an e~lector rannot
vote at a primary election at all al
less he previously registers hi
party affiliations. While the Ac
provides that in order to vote ut
primary election y voter mus
register according to his part!
anliaiion. The Act also provide
that tho registration of the las
preceding election shall be uset
|, and that supplementary rcgistra
) zion for new voters may be made
The old registration books show n
party utilization: this raises a mic
question to scrap over.
Another important change re
latcs to the form OF affidavit for
candidate at a primary election
= He must swear that 81 affiliate
s with such party of the last genera
election" The Act thus puts tn
: stamp Of disapproyal upon an cleo
$ tor changing his mind in politics
II is an inalienable right for an,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
BEESWAX DEPOSIT
A. r. BinkleS and Fred Wsiiaaely

A. R. BinkleS and Fred Weideiy
are the undis wneFs of n
of the most 6nueeaT deposits in this
land where natural wonders
abound. Recently they happened
upon a hill near the Binkley prem
Uses south of Fallen that is in real
ity n hill of wax, left there appar-
emily by wild bees, which must
have been there in times past in
great numbers or over u long per-
iod of time, for it is estimated that
tons upon tons Of the wax lies in
the hill.
Samples have been on exhibit in
Fallon and are said to indicate the
depusit one of real commercial
value and in due course Of time
shipments will be made to outside
firms handling beeswax.
1t is suggested that this valley,
to which LahOutan, the French ex-
plorer gave his name. was once u
vcritablc land of milk and honey,
then even more than nOE, and that
the predatory red mar knew no
famine. That he watched the red
glow of the desert twilight fade in
to the purple and pink of dusk that
carh evening mantlcs the brown
landscape Of this glorious land, and
gaZed with contentment rs the bee
ceased his labors Cor the day and
the elk and deer frolicked in the
moonlight that is now reflected by
a thousand mirrors, artificial water
ways that nuIlify the primcrdiai
and insure human activity in this
project within the near future that
will make the ancient beehive, of
which we now have substantial evi,
dence seem a puny effort indeed
Fallon Standard
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
NEVADA SHEEP INDUSTRY

The annual report of the Nevada
sheep commission is just off the
press of the state printing office
and is being mailed to sheep own
ers by G. Del Wolfenspargcr, secre-
tary of the commission. The re-
port is ADDRESSED 10 Governor Cd
die.
For the year 1913 a fraction
more than 4 per cent of the sheep
in the state were found to be in
fected with scab. The infected
sheep were con6Eed to a small num-
Der of owners. The inspections
during the year totalled l,267, 1922
of which 427,632 were found in the
Washte district, 1873, 797 we're in
the Elko district, and 356,003 were
in the Lovclock district. The num-
Der of sheep exposed to infection
in each district was: Washoe, 3,2l0;
Elko. 39,045; LoveOck, 1,SOO. The
number Of infected sheep in each
district was: Washoc, 800; Elko,
3l,ll4; Lnvelock, 222, 1854. A large
proportion of the tronble is said IL
have been among certain White
Pine county flucks.
The balance in the hands of the
commission at the end Of November
was SIS, 966, the income for 1871;
being $S,2G0 and the expense Sill,
JIG. Salaries and expenses of in
spectors totalled $S,246.
The report gives the total valua
ton of sheep in the state as So,
l3l ,056.50. Two counties, ClarI
and Storey arc credited with n
sheep. Elko county leads with
valuation Of 1923 AS; Humboldt
second with 1868, 100. and Whit
Pine county is fourth with S241
400. All others are below 500.
600.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
A POINT WELL TAKEN

AT the Equal Suffrage meeting
at the Majestic Theatre, Monday
night, Miss Anna II. Martin, State
President If the organization in
one Of her Introductory remarks,
made the statement that "when the
call went out for the last special
session Of the legislature Il number
of the members who bad made our
laws had jumnCi the State, having
no interests whatever therein.
They had 10 he called f0m Alaska,
Arizona, New York, idaho. and n
number Of other States 10 make
laws for Nevada"
There is o truth in the state
mcnt than appears on the records.
Year after year, men impecunious
und representing no interests what.
ever, only the per diem, inject
themselves into politics and cause
the defeat OF man who have the
progressive interests Of the State
In view. get elected and at the
close nf the session hunt new fields
for s%ustcnancc. There arc two vital
Interests in this state that should
be represented and work hand in
hand, in the interests Of the whole
people, and those are the taxpayers
and thc great labor organizations
and in selecting mon to represent
them, they should steer clear OF
political graficrs. moochcrs, and
parasites Of the political world
Sparks Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS

Horace White, who reported the
famous debates between Lincoln and
Douglas. recently gave an address
in Chicago in which he referred to
the memorable event as follows:
douglas opened with his re-
m%arkable nuency that covered many
rocks and puicksands and attacked
Lincoln's stand that the government
could not exist half free and half
slave. Didn't Washington, Ham
ilton, jefferson and Jay in drawing
the constitution leave each state
free to choose" he asked. He
ended in a whirlwind of applause
and Lincoln started in. Lincoln
had a high pitched falsetto voice
that resembled the pipe Of a boat
swain's whistle and he often had to
stop for repairs in the middle Of ii
sentence. Both mind and body
worked more slowly than in Doug
lass case. No one ever caught
Douglas mapping and he was quick
us a fash III answering questions
and making his interruptcrs feel
their inferiority. Lincoln respond
ed to Douglass attacks by saving
the Little GiaLt's" argument was
a sp%ecious and fantastic array of
words Ivy which nan might prove
a morse chestnut to be q chestnut
horse"
"DOuglas's day Of glory came
when Sumter was fred on and ne
aligned himself with Lincoln and
came home to hold the state i a, the
Union. | heard him address the
Legislature and | cannot conceive
tia. Demosihencs, Patrick Henry
or any other orator could have sur
passed his rcmaf kublc outburst Of
passion, perspiration and patriotism
and his trcmendnu carnpstncss. ilc
was the only mar who could have
held the southern counties Of Hi.
nois for the Union, and he did it,"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27


Our own impression is that in
the days when the Commerce COM
missions power were chiefly those
Of guide counsellor and friend 1t
was not mach Of a success-from
the public standpoint. 1t did not
counsel the louting of the New
Haven or the ba%nkrupting of the
Frisco: it did not guide Wall
street into stripping the Pere Mar
quette. or Mr.. Hartman into
plundcring the Alton. or "the tin.
plate syndicate" into drowning the
Rock Island in a sea of water. But
these things happened and the
commission is even now without
power to prevent them from hap
pening again.
Therefore, from an Interstate
Trade commission merely for ''guid-
and good counsel" for indus
trial corporations we may fairly
ask to be delivered. New York
World.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
FIFTY Per CENT GlHiNIBAR
FOUND EAST OF NINA

All previous finds Of high grade
cinnabar ore was discounted this
week by the discovery made on the
poperty of PEPPER & Keough at Gin
nebar, nine miles cast of Nina.
For sometime past they have been
carrying On development work
under the personal supervision of
Charles Kcough. The main work
carried forward has been the sink
ing Of a shaft to prove the deposits
at depth. The ledge was cut in
the bottom Of the shaft. About
three feet of ore has been exposed.
but no cross cutting has been done
rs yet the extent of the ledge has
not hccn Bsccrtaincd. OF the value
there was no question. 1t is un-
doubtedly the richest cinnabar rock
ever discovered, a portion of the
ledge giving values of so and GO
per cent in mercury content. This
may seem to many like an exagger-
alton, but every statement can he
verified by samples or u visit to the
property. Besides this the shaft
has cut a vein f quartz alCng this
that returns values of 81 in gold
and II ounce in silver. The opera.
tions have been greatly hampered
by the deep snow and recent bad
weather. Work has been started on
the tunnel and the different lodges
exposed by surface outcrops and
! shallow cuts will be opened up
thoroughly at depth. In one days
work n thousand dollars worth Of
ore was extracted from the new
strike in the shaft.-W Western Ne
vada Miner.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
WANT ANOTHER MEXICAN WAR

ION to MeXicO.' is the cry of the
jingoss, stirred W by capitalists,
spectators and promoters who are
perfectly willing Uncle Sans boys
shall be shot down in order that
the investments they hayc-a great
portion Of which represent the
spoliation of the Mexican people
shall be rendered more valuable and
more secure.
These JinEoFs are hcrsting Prcsi-
Gent Wilson because he has not in
EtCIfcrcd in Mexico and dispatched
the army acros the Rio Grandr,
which would prcci4 itate war with
that country.
They parcllPl Wilson with Polk
and say the Notwithstanding" Of
1919 must be stopped, as was the
"shilIyshaIlyirg" in 1915. -Sacrn-
mcnto Bee.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
new TAX METHODS
HERE TO STAY

1t is quite possible that the fall
campaign may witness 8 battle be.
tween the tax dodgers and the tax
payers. The Equalization of tax
alton simply means that all classes
pay alike in proportion to their
holdings.
1t means that there is no favored
class who are to be above the law
or exempt from its workings. 1t
means that if john Smith owns a
miners cabin and one COW that he
has to pay taxes or the proper
valuation of that property. 1t also
means that if William Smith lives
in a $50, 600 home and has 10000
cattle that he must pay taxes on
every head. He is rot to put in his
house to the assessor at $4,000 and
his cattle at 1900 head. This was
the old method of taxation in vogue
for many years in Nevada, but it
don't go any more.--Carson APP
peal.
How does the Appeal figure out
that the man who owns 900
head IF cattle must pay taxes on
every head" when the "Hentlcmen's
agreement" with that same cattle
man gives him an arbitrary rcduc-
tion of 25 per cent? The Appeal
will please explain its reasoning.
The pare assertion is too much for
the ordinary mind to grasp.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27
A CRY FOR HELP

According to the Commercial
News, a cry for help goes up from
the male citizens of the Republic.
From Baltimore comes the news
That the ~tailors Of the nation in
convention assembled have laid
down new STYLES for men which give
rise to the gravcst apprehension.
"String.bcans pants" is one Of the
notable features Of the q attire,
and We can think Of nothing mere
dreadful. Trousers 1--WE abhor the
veracular), are to he skin tight
and-wn quote-"to frame the fig
urc like tights in pony hallct.''
This is alarming especially to those
whom Nature has not endowed
with the best styles Of architecture
in the lower limbs.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-27

any quantity is a foe to eff cheney
SO proven by science end business
This firm thinks its expenditure.
of an additional 10 per cent viii
be an excellent investment, visible
eventually in dividends.
That reasoning is correct. And
it is reasoning of the sort that is
doing more to promote genuine
temperance than all the well-moant
or emotion sob-singing on the cal
cndar. The job versus the drink!
Some weeks ago the Constitution
preached a New York Sermon
without sobs" upon the drink-or-
the-job text. 1t based its state
ments upon the edict Of the new
Atlanta municipal court, which
gave all court attaches the choice
between three" fingers and EN-
ployment. We cited similar policies
becoming increasing the national
attitude of business and industry.
We laid down the premise that it
was this kind of practical interdict
that was doing the real work or
temperance reform.
Not for many months has any
single editorial in a Southern paper
attracted more favorable newspaper
and business comment. The Consti-
%tution's theory C TO have
struck a thought that vas in the
mind of clergy, laity and the
scientist.
There was just one exception.
Curiously and ineXplicubly, it came
from a prominent and able Atlanta
pulpit. II didn't matter to this
particular minister that economic
temperance was ronquering where
e~motionalism was failing. 1t didn't
that he ought to ue grateful
for healthful results, whatever the
medium. So long as the end wasn't
reached by the '"Ten Nights in q
Barroom" schedule it wasn't guar
anteed under the pure fo-d and
act. Whether this honest but
misguided clergyman believes bust
ness will let its employees guzzle
to their hearts content, or that the
emotional method is aIl-sufficient,
we are unable 20 determine.
But this doesn't prevent us from
accla;ming the forward march of
temperance by the path that APP
pears to promise the most effective
results-the economic method
the drink or the job" plan.-At-
lanta Constitution.