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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-13
Whistler Did Not Care.


One day the late James McNeill
Whistler, the famous artist, went into
a London hat shop. He stood there
bareheaded, as the clerk had taken his
hat to another part of the shop to
match 1t. AS he leaned idly against
the counter, man rushed up to him,
took of his hat, thrust It into Whist.
ler's face, and exclaimed In anger:
Look here, want you to understand
that know something about hats, and
/ insist that this hat doesn't fit mel"
Whistler looked at the man with In.
terest; then he smiled politely. please
put the hat on" he said, and the angry
man did 30. whistler looked him over
critically from head to foot; then in
his peculiar, drawing manner. he
said:
Quite right, quite right. sir, 1t does
not At. Neither does your coat; and
furthermore. your waistcoat is too
large, and your trousers are horrible
color"
After Whistler went out, II took tho
proprietor half an hour to convince
the man that II was not one Of the
clerks who had insulte, him.--Youth'a
Companion.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-13
ELKo. NEVADA WEDNpsDAY. MAY 49, 1914

son. R. W. Hesson. A. w. Hesson Co, by
A. w. Hesson. Ramon E. Echarrieta,
Mrs. Laura Feddema by p. Feddema. c. b.
Armstrong, 81. L. Bruce, Mrs Nellie Fuller, w.
II. Bell by Mrs. w. h Bell. Mrs. NJ johnson.
Mrs. O. +. Nesse. E. Z. Caine by Mrs. E. E.
Caine. Henry Bolts, NJ. T. Jukes. c. J. Little
held The Elko Realty & DevelopmentCo by G.
b: Henderson AgtStar Hotel. Peter Jauregui,
Frank Yrigoyen. James Russell, Domingo Ag-
ular By d. McElroy. Agt.. j. E. Snelson Mrs Julia
A-Mayhugh, Diana Morgan Hill. Mrs.J Phillips
A. w. Knudson by d. E. K. Mrs. H L. Case,
Mr.. d. O. Bresee by Mrs. d. o. Bresee. Title
Guarantee Trust Co. by w. G. Wright, Mgr,
Mrs. L. Mcdowell, E. Cipriani, HELEN Spaan,
Ollie Day. First Baptist Church per GE Ander-
son, elk. T. F. Brennan. Engler Co.. j. Eisen-
berg, Elmer ouderkirk. Mrs. j. G. Wilson.
Notice Is hereby given that written objec-
tions to the grantingof the above application
for such franchise. right and privilege as Is ap-
piled for shall he filed with the Clerk OF the
Board Of County Commissioners Of the County
OF Elko. State of Nevada. at the next regular
meeting Of such Board. after the completion of
the period Of publication. towit. on the Sixth
day Of July, A. D. 1914, at Elko Nevada on
which date said application for q franchise viii
be heard aud considered
Isaac Griswold. Chairman.
Webster Patterson.
j. II. Peck.
Board Of County Commissioners OF Elko Coun-
ty, State of Nevada
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Elko 0478
Carson City 06l40

larson Clty U6l4O
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Elko, Nevada,
April z, l914.Sk
r Notice is hereby given that Jesse
E. Snider. of Tuscarora. Nevada,
who on May 90, 1911, made Carson
City homestead application O614O,
now Elko No. OATS for the M
SW4; SE3 SW4 and SW4 Sci of
Section 29, Township 80, North
Range SO, East Mount Diablo Meri-
dian has filed notice of intention to
make final three year Proof to es-
tablish claim to the land above de.
scribed, before the register and re.
ceiver of this Office at Elko, Nevada
on the ninth day of June 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
William E. Clawson, of Tuscarora,
Nevada,
Emmett L. Bachman, of Tuscarora,
Nevada,
William B. Griffith o. Elko, Neva-
da,
Frank Clawson, of Tuscarora, Neva-
da.
John E. Robbins,
Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-13
LsokIna nackward.

He was not very sober and had rid
den for an hour or two In the taxi.
cab when the chauffeur stopped. How
much 90 over" asked the passenger.
Eighteen shillings and sixpsnoe, sir"
was the reply. There was q pause;
then: We'll, look here, driver" said
the passenger, "iust hack UP and keep
going backward till you como to two
shillings--it's all I've got"--London
Mail.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-13
First Publication May !, 1914.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
01447
Elko-Nevada Land Office. =
May 5th, 1914.

may ON, 1914.
Notice is hereby given, that Sam
uel Mcintyre of Halleck, County of
Elko, State of Nevada, has filed in
this Office his application to (en-
ter, locate; or select) under the
provision of the Acts of Congress,
approved June 22d, 1874 Tor See.
.2306 r. So the West / OF the
NW4 and the NW4 Of SW3 of Sec.
20 TIP 35 North Range SO East.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the lands described, or de-
string to object because Of the min
eral character of the land should
file their affidavits Of protest in the
Office on or before the llth day of
June 1914.
John E. Robbins,
Register.
First publication May 6, 1914.
Last publication June llth, 1914.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-13
She Knew tho Game.

NOW, children" said the teacher to
the Junior class in arithmetic, "if l
had nine yards of cloth and used FIVE
to make a skirt aud three to make
q jacket, whnt would i have leftW "A
lot of scraps" promptly answered the
little girl at the foot
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-13

II the world owes every man a iiy.
Ing, tho millionaires must be prs.
ferred creditors--Chicag News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-13
AutomoblIe Man Dimes.

Waiter, I don't want this cheese.''
Anything wrong, sirfp ITS too old.
Haven't you got any OF the 1919
rnodel3"-Y Yonkers Statesman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
THE TEoDORO

From the New York Sun.
 Outlook, records modestly but firmly the fiuminiferous achievements of one of its employees, who like itself enjoys a wide circulation:
 Part of the Rio Duvida explored by Colonel Roosevelt had never before been seen by civilized man. Incidentally, the Brazilian government intends to rename the river and call it the Rio Teodoro, in honor of Colonel Roosevelt. Teodoro' is the way the Brazlians spell Theodore. It was thought best to use MT. Roosevelt s Christian name instead of his surname, be- cause Brazilians find it extremely difficult to pronounce the latter correctly"
 Thus the River of Doubt is transformed into the River of Certainty. The observers of omens will notice that the finder of a part of this henceforth cocksurest of all the universes streams has now annexed the whole. The known and the unknown, speaking symbolically, the republican and the progressive, are now united under one name and style.
 All hail to the Teodoro We love to think of that large reach of water, that long murmur, that everlasting swash and out in South America. Perhaps he can be in- duced to run d part of the time in North America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
ANNIsTON,s LABOR

From the Anniston Evening Star.
 Last year at the annual banquet of the Anniston Chamber of Commerce, James Mitchell, then president of the Alabama Power company stated that while coming to the city he was told by business man in the east that Anniston enjoyed the best
 labor conditions of any city in the south, and it was a fact worthy of note that this same fact was stressed by w. P. G. Harding in his talk at the banquet.
 Mr>darding accounted for the fine labor conditions here by citing the fact that a large percentage of the laboring men own their own homes and are permanently es- ta bished in the town as citizens, thus giv- ing them heart interest in its welfare; and this was practically the same thought expressed by MT. Mitchell.
 Annistonians have reason to be proud of the fine spirit that exists between cap- ital and labor here. for no other one thing can contribute more to our industrial advancement; and 1t Is along industrial lines that Anniston must work out it's future greatness, facts that are recog-
 nized by men of the caliber of MT Hard ing and MT. Mitchell, who have been taught by practical experience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
Boys and Cigarettes

"The Anti-Cigarette league may in
 imze the cigarette habit prevalent on both sides of the Atlantic, but that crusade like most crusades is likely
 to become too drastic and too sweep
 ing" said an old user of tobacco Excessive cigarette smoking is doubtless very injurious, but I approve of cigarettes in moderation for adults.
 I only smoke cigarettes at banquets,
 and on those occasions they fill real
 need. It used to be that we smok ed
 only cigars at banquets, but many men want to take a few whiffs of to- bacco. and the cigarette is a good me- dium. I have long contended that if the boys would abstain from cigarettes
 until they were fully grown they would never become cigarette fiends. In my circle of acquaintance many men smoke three or four cigarettes a day and
 never more than four. These men never
 smoked a cigarette until they became of age.
 T read with interest what Principal Charles A Brown of the Birmingham central High school had to say about the effect cigarettes on boys att tending the public schools After watch ing and comparing the records, Pro- lessor Brown reached the conclusion that the cigarette boy Is 10 or 15 per cent less efficient in his studies, to say nothing of lack of efficiency in ath- letics. than the boy who never smokes. "The cigarette habit seems to be singularly enslaving to youth. I know
 from my own experience that 1t is not
 so in the case of grown-ups. l never smoked a cigarette until 1 was 25 years
 of age. For several years I smoked half a dozen day but without any special effort cut them out as rule and now
 indulge only when I am at banquet.
 The pipe as a habit is good enough for inc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
A Bumper Wheat Crop

Among the monarchs of agriculture aclose rivalry is maintained by cotton, corn and wheat. Last year the United States exported cotton and its manu- factured goods to the startling amount of $500, 100000, and today the eyes of the country are upon the enormous foreshadowed yield of wheat, which is expected in 1914 to reach 950, 0,0OO,. 900 bushels, or an excess over, 1915 of 2OO,0O0,O bushels.
 At present Russia holds the wheat producing record with an estimated crop of S12,OOO,OOO bushels, but oul last years crop was twice that o1 British India or France, three and g half times that of Canada, and more than four times that of Argentina.
 This is important as about a de- cade and half ago Sir William Crookes gravely announced that the time was approaching when the United States, on account of home consump. tion, would no longer be able to ex. port its wheat. He estimated our re. quirements for home at five bushels for each inhabitant and he was prob ably nearly correct.
 Statistics are interesting and il is learned that in 1880 we raised ten bushels per inhabitant, while il 1900 the yield fell to less than sever bushels. But we are redeeming our selves and it is more than probabl that this year we will return to tn condition of 1880.
 Still, we are not raising sufficien wheat per acre, the average for tn past few years being but 15.2 bushels which is far below the European stan dard. Our population has not been suf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS
a Cincinnati Ennuirer.

From the Cincinnati EnQulrer.
 After one of the common herd has dodged nine speed-crazed machines when he is trying to get on street car, you can't blame him for grinning when he hears an automobile tire explode.
 If a girl calls you cheap skate. or a liar or dead one. there is still chance for you But if she ever announces that you are mo gentleman you might as well beat it. There's no hope.
 Any old time a girl looks as though she was being squeezed when she is wearing clothes it is a sign that she would look better in a bathing suit.
 It often happens that the man who cusses the automobile crowd for trying in a friends automobile and begin cuss- ing the traffic officer for holding up the automobile crowd. Ireland hasn't anything on a married man in wanting home rule and not get. ting it.
 Some day when we get efficiency work ing properly, we will issue marriage li- censes with divorce coupons attached. The old-fashioned wife who used to wait up for her husband now has a married daughter who has a night key of hel own.
 1 Lots of men and lots of women get theil complexions out of bottles. But the mel use theirs internally.
 There will always be hope for the foo men as long as they don't take to wear ing silhouet pants that expost their E l V. DIS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
OUR CIVIL SERVICE
4
 A xIyI
By BILL VINES

Johnson incidentally admitted that there
 was S16o0 clerkship available for some North Carolinian who had duely and properly passed the civil service examina- ! ton. Did MT. Pou have anyone in mind ?'' Mr. Pou did. He had several people in mind, that is one of the best things MT.
 Pou does is to have people in mind, and In that he has nothing on any other mem-
 Der of Congress whatsoever. But Mr. Pou having exhausted his memory and the records. could not locate a man who had stood the examination, and he was sorely puzzled. Finally he found the record of one l.. T. Marlborough from Raleigh, who
 had years ago passed very top-notcher examination for a clerkship, and who in the meantime had mysteriously disap- peared. Search was made for MT. Yar- borough, and at last he was located oc- cupying s1400 clerkship in Washington. As he came from Raleigh Secretary Dan- iels was consulted. Did the secretary know him?" Sure thing" Secretary Dan iels knows everybody in Raleigh, or who ever was in Raleigh or ever hopes to he In Raleigh. Was he democrat?', Ger
 tainly born in the purple" Secretary
 Daniels wrote letter; Senator Simmons wrote letter; Senator Overman wrote letter, and Congressman Pou wrote a book all extolling the virtues and ability of Mir. Marlborough and his eminent fit- ness for the place. Inspector Johnson was impressed and convinced that the greatest
 blow for efficiency that could possibly be struck was to appoint Mr. Marlborough to the $16O0 clerkship forthwith He asked that MT Marlborough come to see him. It
 was done, and he passed inspection. He then indicated that MT. Yarborough's | commission would be made out in the i'm mediate future Then everything blew up. The explosion came with a dull thud. It occurred to someone that perhaps
 it would be a good idea to ascertain the
 politics of MT. Marlborough, just as matter of form.
 The next day Mr. Johnson was besieged
 over the telephone to hold up. He was in- | formed that there had been horrible
 blunder, and after all--and purely for the
 sake of efficiency-perhaps that the ap-
 pointment of MT. Marlborough might be a tactical error. The matter is now in statu quo
 l The great mistake that MT. Pou made
 was that he failed to take into considera- ton that Mr. Marlborough was employed
 by the government under a republican ad-
 ministration-a democrat from North Car olina given a job under the civil service under republican administra ton? Can | any republican conceive how that would tend toward efficiency? It might now, but not four years ago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18

A| The great civil service system of
 " the United States government is something that listens good. It has the true ring of patriotism in it. It is a fine thing to talk about, when one is re- ferring to efficiency, and all that kind of thing, don't you know, in the public service Efficiency is the watchword of all politicians, of whatsoever political omplexion-efficiency must be maintained at any cost, in order that the people may be given full value received for their money which is used with the greatest discretion to purchase said efficiency. The civil service makes toward efficiency fin theory-and this is government of theory in many respects In the CIVIL
 service, and under its benign protection an employe of the government is supposed and it is so in theory-to take rank in the department in which he Is employed purely on the merit he possesses and dis
 plays. and the zeal he has to promote the public work
 Then, too, the civil service gives the re- publicans something to talk about. when they are out of office; likewise it gives the 
 they are out of office. Under a repub- lican administration the civil service is sacred, they bow down to it in much the same manner as the what's their names used to bow down to the sacred OK they defend 1t valiently and frown upon any suggestion that they exploit it for the benefit of their particular political organ
 ization-perish the thought. The same may be said of the democrats. The eff ciency of the public service must not be
 threatened by jeopardizing the civil ser vice, far be 1t from any democrat to even think of such thing, and so it goes. Of course the people accept this all in good faith. and it saves a lot of bother oh. quite good deal of bother.
 Of course when the republicans are out of office-that is quite a different matter At such times and intervals the esteemed civil service Is not what it ought to be.
 The democrats are very crafty and they regulations of the civil service that re- publican would never think of, and if he did think of, would scorn to do. and if
 he did 1t, would never admit it. Thus in the great vaudeville stunt of Running the Government, the civil service act is
 really one of the best .skits" in the whole performance, believe me.
 Recently Chief Postoffice Inspector Johnson had conversation with Con. gressman Pou of North Carolina. Desir. ing to be of service to MT. Pou, Inspector
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18

at the manner in which our sociologi- cal problems are handled, but it ap- pears that British statesmen can be guilty of blunders and egregious ones at that. Nor has England manipu- lated the race question in half so sat isfactory a manner as have the leading spirits of the south. It now remains to be seen whether British diplomats will follow in the footsteps of our own people in an effort to solve the prob lem or whether they will abandon the task and permit the union to become an independent nation which now seems the only solution and the ulti- mate destiny of that country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
The Bushes. situation

The Business situation
 Henry Clews in his Saturday review points out both satisfactory and unsatis- factory features of the business situation, but on the whole the outlook is cheering He notes that developments of the past week have been for the most part favor- able. After telling about the great crop prospects, the review says in part:
 Another satisfactory element Is the general soundness of business conditions Persistent liquidation has weeded out nearly all weak spots. There is little overtrading or overexpansion in any di- rection For sometime past business has been conducted on a hand-to-mouth and bedrock basis Commodity prices have shown very considerable decline There are no over supplies of desirable mer- chandise, and basic conditions generally are exceptionally sound. The situation is positively ripe, for fresh forward movement in trade and industry as soon as confidence is restored. Confidence la the chief element lacking.
 "Still another favorable element is the growing impression that before very long some concessions VIII Dc iilddS to e'Ae railroads in the matter of rates. These concessions will probably be kept down to the minimum, but genuine disposition to deal justly by the railroads would un- doubtedly have more favorable effect than the mere concessions in rates. An improvement in business would also De more beneficial to the roads than any in- creases they are likely to secure In the matter of freight charges. It is unfor- tunate that the disclosures regarding New Haven should have been made at this time Such misdeeds as those charged invariably bring retribution at one time or another; but justice and not ven geance should be the spirit in which the government deals with all interests; and punishment for such misdeeds should be visited upon those who committed proved crimes rather than upon innocent stock holders who have already suffered se- verely for the bad judgment if not wrong. doing of others"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18

report from London says that the Churchill collar Is being taken up'' this season. For long time Mr. Church. ills devotion to one particular style of collar was remarked upon, but his taste was not generally commended The kind of collar MT. Churchill wears which is to be seen in all the pictures of him that are published, is a standing collar, with large wings, set wide apart. It is the sort of collar that the average man puts on with misgivings. Lord Roseberry is an- other English statesman who made a collar fashionable. The Roseberry collar was more freakish than the ordinary col lar The tips of the two triangular wings, instead of being sharp and point ed were rounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
ROAD CONTRACT AWARDED

From the Pine Belt News.
 The court of county commissioners of Escambia county was in session last Thursday to consider bids for building a state-aid good road from Pollard to the Florida state line. The commission CTS decided to reject all bids and ex- ecuted a contract with J. R. Pipkin for the construction of this road. One thou sand and three hundred dollars will be the cost of the road. $650 to be paid by the county and $650 by citizens of Pol lard.
 The commissioners will apply for state laid for the building of good road to the Florida line by way of Henley Ferry bridge, and this road is being surveyed. Bids for the building of this road will probably be called for in the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
England's Racial Menace

Ex-Gox. c. S. Osborn of Michigan, who has been spending some time in exploring the far east, has recently given to the American press some in teresting statistics concerning the South African union, and those which bear upon the imminence of black peril are of peculiar significance to us of the south.
 The governor states that in seven years the population of the union has increased to the extent of 7S2,675, but of this number there were but 161 ,219 whites, the remainder being all blacks. He likewise shows that in a total population of 5,95S, ,499 the blacks number 4,63O,474 and the whites but 1,27S,O25.
 Of the white increase of 161 ,219 the Boers represented 156,310 and the British something less than 5000, leav- ing the latter so hopelessly outnum- bered by Dutch and blacks that in less than a decade they will be but g negligible portion of the populace.
 Governor Osborn declares that tho Boer war was diplomatic and mar tial disgrace and dismal failure, th' magnitude of which is just at presen becoming appreciable. The officia language of the union is Dutch, ant every concession made by the premier to British interests is provocative of ; political storm.
 It has been the custom of British diplomats and statesmen to sheer a American policies which they tern sshirt- sleeve" diplomacy, and to jeel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18

ficiently dense to urge upon us the intensive farming which obtains upon the continent and elsewhere, but the time is rapidly approaching when the acreage yield must be increased.
 The growth of our population and the desired expansion of our commerce both demand that we should be able to export as much, if not more, wheat as we consume and less wasteful farming methods will enable us to meet these demands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
NOT OBSERVING
From London Tit-Bits.

From London Tit-Bits.
 No" complained the Scotch pro- lessor to his students, 'ye dinna use your faculties of observation. Ye dinna use them For instance-"
 Picking up a jar of chemicals of vile odor he stuck one finger into it and then into his mouth
 Taste it, gentlemen" he coAmand- ed, as he passed the vessel from stu dent to student. After each one licked his finger and had felt rebellion through his whole soul, the old professor exclaimed tri- umphantly:
 'I tol ye so. Ye dinna use your faculties. For if ye had observed ye would ha' seen that the finger I stuck into the jar was nae the finger l stuck l into my mouth"