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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
RECEIVER TREDONT
DIES SUDDENLY

Earl w. fremont, receiver o:
the Carson land office, died sudden
ly at his home Saturday afternoon.
The News says that Mr.. fremont
spent the forenoon in the office at
his work, but complained of a Sc
we're headache just before noon.
Nothing IA thought of this how
ever, as he had complained of fire.
quent sever headaches. His
daughter dropped into the office
shortly before noon and accompan-
led her father home. He still COM
planned when he reached home and
said he would go TO bed for a time
and may be it would pass off. He
went into the bedroom and remov-
ed a portion Of his clothing and
went to BED, His daughter went
to the room shortly after and he
told her to get him a drink of liq-
uor as he thought it would benefit
him. There was no liquor in the
house and she went to the d. ug
store and got some. On her re-
turn her father took about a table,
spoonful of the liquor and imme5-
lately fell back upon his pillow un-
conscious. She rushed to the front
door and summoned Judge Sweeney
and Attorney Bartlett who we're
passing. They in turn summoned
the physicians of Carson who re-
sponded quickly, but could do no
thing for the unconscious man and
he passed away at 1920 without
reeaining consciousness. Cerebral
congestion is given as the cause of
death.
Mr.. fremont was nnative of New
Orleans and was about so years
of age. He lived in Eureka county
for years and in 1899 was sent to
the legislature. In 1900 he was
appointed census supervisor for the
state and in 1905 was appointed
receiver of the lana office. A little
over two years aga his wife died
and since then he grew thinner and
thinner and extremely nervous. He
tried to carry a bold front, but
those who knew him knew he was
suffering from a broken heart. A
daughter and a son are left to
mourn his death. He will be buried
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
Joined the GREATER HuMBoLDI

-
Joined the GREATER HUMBOLDT
CORPORATION. and they. with
others who We hope will also come
into the association want to know
what is being done by the company
to keep the promises made to them
last fall; and we would like to
give them some idea. through inc
columns of your paper of. the work
done.
The company is keeping it's
promises to the letter and the spirit
ALSO. A surveying crew was plac-
ed in the valley as soon as possible.
end up till Christmas had run over
two hundred miles of reconnois
sance canal level lines, and retrac-
ed &C many miles of Government
Section lines. This was all done
for the purpose of being able to
select Government lands in the
lower part of Humboldt Valley up.
on which to borrow money for the
construction of the drainage canal
across Battle Mountain Basin, and
the irrigation system for covering
that land and deliver to the Love-
lock the supply of water they
have a right to. The plans for the
first unit of the work to be done
calls for the drainage canal across
the Basin, t e irrigation system to
cover the tract of 10000 acres OF
Government land. which. extends
from the Lovelock irrigated lands
to within a couple miles of Winnie
mucca, and the construction of one
reservoir.
The use Of water for this 80, 900
acres of land will still leave a sur
plus of water for about ITO, 600
acres more, a part of which is to be
used in completing the proposed
system, and the balance distributed
among the water users in the val
ley as agreed upon. While this is
II synopsis of what has been done
on the surface. a great deal more
has been and is being done under
the approval of those water users
of Elko County who belong to the
company.
Respectfully yours,
E. C.. Mcclellan.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
LUCKY OR UNLUCKY FRIDAY

Editor Carver of the Worth
County Times. of Grant City, Mo-,
is evidently of the pessimistic sort
for he gathered up some facts
about the Friday superstition that
will give you an. opportunity to
think a little and note if death and
destruction is rampant on that day.
Here they are:
Lee surrendered on Friday.
Moscow was burned on Friday.
Washington was born on FRIDAY.
Shakespeare was born on Friday.
America was discovered on Fri
day.
Richmond was evacuated on Fri
day.
The bastile was destroyed on Fri
day.
The Mayfower landed on Friday.
Queen Victoria was married on
Friday.
Charles was beheaded on Fri
day.
Fort Sumter was bombarded on
Friday.
The battle Of Marengo was
fought on Friday.
Joan of Arc was burned at stake
on Friday.
The battle of New Orleans was
fought on Friday.
The battle of Bunker Hill was
fought on Friday.
The Declaration of Independent &c
was signed on Friday.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
DEATH CAUSES COMPLICA-
TONS IN LAND OFFICE

The sad death of Earl w. IRE.
mont, following the weeks of stron-
uous labor ut the federal building
in preparing and trapscibing the
many hundred pounds Of documents
which had to be transferred to the
new land Office at Elko makes quite
a complication in the local office.
Yesterday shortly after the death
Of MIR. fremont, Registrar Cohn
telegrapbed to the department at
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
Utilization Of Waste Cork.

Waste cork is used for a variety OF
purposes. Life buoys are filed with
scraps of cork; linoleum, a variety OF
noor-cloth, is made from nnseed oil
and pulVerized cork paper, a material
used for packing bottles, is made by
coating strong paper with an adhesive
mixture and sprinkling powdered cork
over 1t; cork is sometimes used in
place OF wood ~shavings In the prepare.
ton OF vinegar; and Illuminating gas
has been'made from cork waste by dis.
tillation in a retort.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
suttons Deliberately Came or

Harry, age -four. was Investigating
mothers sewing basket while she was
busy. Mother told him not to take
the buttons off the card, as they wcuI,
be lost. The little boy continued &c
play with them, however. ard some
or the buttons came off the card
Harry, l told you not to take the
buttons off the card. Now you have
disobeyed me-" "But, mother" said
Harry, II didn't take EN- of. They ie'
thelibertly came OIL"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
ssst In cust.rd.

When making onstard 1 aiwsys asa
a little salt, says y New YORK psen.
contributors. This keeps the crstar1
from drying and caking IN tho eust.rd
pot and adds to the favor.
coffss Frappas
To one pint Of cold strong ooSses
tone-hah cup ground coase Ia onsi
quart watsr) add ono ecant Gun %
sugar, stir until dissolved, then pro-
coed az usual. After the mixtara has
bean scraped from the sides 81 ia,
cylinder the second time. or wAon,
half frozen, in frspps aiasses
with q star Of whipped cream upon
the top of the frappe In sasa giaaal
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
TakIna No Chances.

Dinny was taking dinner With Ho-
gan at a brilliant cafe. They weren't
accustomed to eating at such a place,
but they got along fairly well. When
they had finished, the waiter said:
Shall l bring you a couple Of demt.
tasses?" mot on yer life," exclaimed
Dinny. "Our wives might come In
an see US sittin' wild them."-San
Francisco Argonaut.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
sof.snrna Granite alnb..

1t has been observed that, under
g. I'm conditions which have not
~ q explained, granite viii warp like
wood. A slab set in q waIl has been
under observation in Switzerland, and
. porceptible distortion has made It.
self apDarent-Harper's Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
Paying Toll on Tlsris River.
Il ona fairy on tha Tinris 80.

nv one herTy on the Tlgris rlvr-
Toll Is as follows: For q pc
two cents; for a prosperous
cents; for a soldier, ten cca.
pilgrim, twenty cents; for a r
eighty cents. The scale OF p
nearly everything along the '
similar. But many OF the Hri
g" Door that they prefer l.
across in the ancient mamie
bind several old gourds togy
then, sitting upon them, pa14
way along.-Chrlstian Hera;G
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
SALMAGUNDI

The commissioners are holding
their regular monthly meeting.
Several teams came in with Bull
ion ore y~eseerday and today. When
The roads get good again, the ore
Come in much faster.
The issues of January 20. March
rs. July 20 and September 5 and 6
r missing from our Daily files.
Anyone having any of these will
confer a favor by sending them to
this office.
Mrs. M. H. Miller left on No.
19 this AFTERNOON for a visit to her
son. DR.. Henley, at Woodland, Cali
fornia. She expects Co he gone
several weeks. While she is away
Gerald will keep his father in the
straight and narrow path.
Superintendent Davis has leased
a portion of the Stormking claim,
adjoining the Kerr & Peterson lease
on the west, to P. M. Shelby, min
ing engineer from Butte City, Mon
t ans He will begin work as soon as
the snow goes off in the spring.
Gilbert Henry. an old resident of
this county, died at the Boiling
hospital at 1920 this morning. His
funeral will take place from Key
ser's undertaking parlors at 2 o.
clock tomorrow afternoon. We
haven't the data for a more ey-
tended notice.
There was a lively time at the
Bakery saloon last night. A fellow
by the name of Hogan got in the
fighting mood and knocked out
several amateurs that tried to put
him to sleep. Hogan is thought to
be an expire fighter. Whether he
is or not, he is handy with his
dukes.
The News says that 5000 that is
presumed to. have been in the pos
session of Albert Trosi, at the time
he was killed in Carson on Labor
day in the auto accident cannot be
found. 1t is claimed that he was
pa $4,000 on an auto purchase the
morning of the race. He paid a
commission of $1O0 and the balance
has not been found. 1t was not on
his person when he was picked up
after the accident.
The new land off re is being rap
idly put in shape fol the ~transac-
tion of business. The work has
progressed so far that Mr.. Dyer,
chief of the San Francicso land d.
vision, will leave for San Francisco
tonight. He says there is no doub:
\ of the success of the Office as both
register and receiver are competent
men. He predicts that thev will
make a splendid record for the
new office.
Probably the largest and finest
dressed steer ever seen in Winnie
muc:a is on display at Miller &
Bain's meat market. The carcass
is that of a four year old alfalfa
fed steer which was purchased from
w. F. Twist of Paradise Valley.
The live weight Of the steer was
1896 pounds or nearly twice that
of the average, while the dressed
weight is over 1900 pounds. The
cost of the animal to Miller & Balm
was around $780, Humboldt Star.
Governor Oddie arrived yesterday
morning to meet Messrs. Rils-
sci and Fernald, members Of the
Industrial School board. The board
- was in session yesterday and today
and authorized On advertisement
for plans and specifications for o
building to take car. of thirty in
mates. The advertisement will APP
peRaon the 9Th. Governor Ojoie
resdfned to Carson this afternoon.
He told the reporter that the out
look for q good year for Nevada
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
nard lah.

1t 10 going to be difficult TO get
women to quit judging other women
by the furs they wear.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05

ty the Carson Basons beside his
wife.
May he sleep we'll.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
HOUSE FOR SALE

A 5-room house in Elko with
cellar, outbuildings and shade trees.
Price $1,000. Inquire at the In
dependent Office. Advt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
YEGGMEN MAKE BIG HAUL
Between $4,000 and $4,000 Taken
From Blown Safe.

Milledgeville, Ga.-Currency amount
ing to between $4,000 and $4,000
was secured by yeggmen who wrecked
the safe of c. H. Bonner, a business
man here. One Of the robbers bound
and gagged the night Waterman, and
guarded him while two others explod.
ed three charges Of nitroglycerin,
completely demolishing the safe, and
emptied it Of what Is said to have
been the accumulation Of a lifetime.
Mr.. Bonner would make no definite
estimate Of his loss.
The yeggmen escaped without de-
lection, and apparently left no clue.
Mr.. Bonner is one Of the wealthiest
merchants of the city and was pecu-
liar In his business habits inasmuch as
he deposited money only in his safe,
never using a bank. He employed a
private Waterman. It was generally
known that he carried q large sum Of
money at all times in his safe. He
was q collector Of rare coins and
other odd moneys and kept several
sacks and boxes Of such in his safe.
The robbers got everything in the
shape of money. Mr.. Bonner himself
has not told the amount Of his loss.
Sheriff 8. L. Terry WAS one Of the
first to the rescue OF Mr.. Dunn, and
has begun quietly to investigate the
robbery, with hopes Of finding clues
that will bring about arrests.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Ball of Fire Near Lapland.

New York.-Among the remarkable
storm stories told by the passenger
of the steamship Columbia, of. the An
Choir line, and the Red Star liner Lap
land, both of which came into port In
New York three dsvs late, was the
account Of a large and brilliant me-
teor which burned its way through the
snow and hail and plunged Kissing into
the sea within a short distance Of the
Lapland. Passengers said that at
night they were startled by the ap-
pearance in the northern sky Of a bril-
liant ball of fire. Shooting in a para
bola toward the liner, 1t seemed to
them almost certain to fall on the
Laplan's deck. Instead 1t burst into
pieces with the report Of a cannon
and sank into the sea The Columbia
brought in the lowest barometrical
record ever reported
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
MOB STOPS TRAIN
TO GET PRISONERS
PASSENGERS AND MEMBERS OF
TRAIN CREW HELD AT BAY
WITH GUNS.
HANG NEGRO FROM BRIDGE
Mob Intended to Lynch Two Negroes,
But One Saved by Confession
of His Companion.

fernando, Miss.-Stopptng an I'LL.
nois Central passenger train in the
woods near Love Station, Miss, a
mob OF bout fifty masked men held
passengers and members Of the train
crew at bay under cover Of revolvers
while they forced Sheriff E. F Nichols
Of DeSoto county to turn over to
them Johnson McGuirk and Bill Phil
lips, negroes, accused Of wounding ].
X. Ingram, a wealthy mill owner, near
Byhalia, Miss, several weeks ago. Nc
Guirk was hanged from a railroad tres
tie and Phillips restored to the cusr
tody of the sheriff. A..
When the sheriff and his two prts-
oners disembarked the mob permitted
the train to proceed while the march
ed the handcuffed negroes to the tres.
tie. Preparations e being made to
lynch both, but the pleadings OF Mich.
OILS In behalf of Phillips against whom
it is stated the evidence is alight, was
effective and he was returned to the
sheriff. With little ceremony a rope
was placed around McGuirk's neck and
he was forced to leap from the bridge.
The mob then dispersed and Nichols
came to fernando aboard a later
train with his prisoner.
The two negroes were being brought
to fernando from Batesyille, where
they had been taken at the time OF
their arrest to escape mob violence,
for preliminary hearing. At Love Sta
ton the mob surrounded the train,
and while four Of the men took charge
of the engine crew others marched
through the train, terrifying the pas
,sengers by brandishing revolvers and
shotguns. ,
Ingram was shot from ambush three
weeks ago. He was taken to a Mem
phis hospital, where he is reported to
be in a precarious condition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
STATES IS
MOSI PROSPEROUS
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE HAS
FOUND PROSPERITY ALL
OVER COUNTRY.
THEY VISIT MANY CITIES
federal Reserve Bank Organizers Jubi-
liant About Business Conditions
Disclosed on the Trip.

Washington.-The federal reserve
bank organization committee, back in
Washington after a five weeks trip
through the country, in a statement,
announce that its selection Of federal
reserve cities and definition Of reserve
districts would not be made until it
had carefully considered information
accumulated on the trip. The state
ment said the committee found the
country prosperous and learned that
bankers and business men are conf
dent of the success Of the banking
system.
In a supplemental statement, Sec
rotary McAdoo declared he hoped the
new system would be established in
time to take care of crop-moving con-
tingencies next year, but that If 1t
were not the treasury department
would stand ready to place its funds
again at the disposal Of business men.
The committees statement, in part,
is as follows:
1--WE have spent practicallyfro the
4th of January to the present time in
hearing the views of business men and
bankers on the problems Of dividing
the country into not less than eight
nor more than twelve districts and Of
locating in each district the main office
Of a federal reserve bank. Of the two
questions, the division of the country
into districts is the more important
and difficult. The committee asked
those who appeared before it to direct
their attention to these two problems,
A great many able and impartial bust
ness men and bankers have submitted
their, best information and opinions
and always in a spirit Of great fair
ness.
"In every section Of the country the
committee has found a practically
unanimous conviction that the u r
rency bill will bring about most bene-
fetal changes in business. The COM
mittee was presented with overwhelm-
ing evidence of the enormous economic
strength of the country and Of the
rapid progress Of every section"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
ARE WATCHING DIAz M|RON
FlRE.EATING EDITOR Is BEING
CLOSELY WATCHED BY
= POLICE.
He Threatened American Charge
o'Shaushness, Which Has Been
Reported, to Washington.

Mexico City.-Salvador Diaz Miron,
editor of Ell impartial, has been placed
under police surveillance because OF
the report that he had threatened to
kill MI. O'Shaughnessy, who recent.
ly protested to President Huerta con.
corning the character Of anti-Wilson
editorials appearing in Ell impartial.
It appears, however, that the most Sc.
rious threat made by Miron was that
he would repeat to Mr.. O'Shaughnes.
sy's face what he had written in edi'
torials. .
The charge has reported the incident
to Washington. The state department
has assured him that 1t approves of
hid protest and that the American gov
eminent intends to give him and his
family protection.
Indicative Of the slightly increased
anti-American spirit, there appeared
the first issue of a weekly magazine,
the purpose Of which, it is announced,
is to attack Washington's Mexican pol
icy. Most Of the cartoons are direct
ed again John Lind.
Hachita, N. M.-Maximo Castillo,
the bandit, has been brought here by
American troops. With him were his
brother, his trumpeter and the las.
ters wife and two Indian women.
The bandit apparently was not at
all averse to placing himself under
the protection of the United States.
His band, which for months has har.
assed settlers, held prisoners for ran
som, burned, sacked and stolen in a
career which eliminated in the Cum
bre tunnel disaster, is scattered and
believed to be broken.
Since the Cumbre tragedy Castillo
has known no rest and seemed on the
verge Of a breakdown when brought
here. Villas rebels have been hot on
his trail and along the American bor-
der American troopers kept %sleepless
watch. Finally he chose capture by
the latter as his fate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
LAST TRIBUTE PAID BACON
Funeral Services Conducted at Christ
Church in Macon.

Macon, Ga.-The body Of United
States Senator A. o. Bacon reached
Macon on a special funeral train from
Atlanta. Hundreds of Macon people
were in waiting at the station and
stood with barred heads as the casket
was taken from the "a and placed
in the hearse and transported to the
city hall.
The line Of carriages on the trip to
the city hall was headed by the Macon
drum and bugle corps, with muffed
drum, and the three local military
companies. Mayor Smith met the par
ty at the city hall and preceded the
casket TO the front Of the auditorium.
With a sergeant Of M Of the local
military companies and a Confederate
veteran in gray uniform at either end
Of the casket, thousands filed by to
view the body. 1t va a tribute such
as Macon never paid to any other
man. .,,
The body lay in state at the city
hall until 10:45 o'clock Thursday, when
it was taken to Christ Episcopal
church, where the funeral services
were conducted at eleven o'clock by
Rev. John H. Bunting, the rector. In
torment followed at Rose Hill ceme-
terry. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Hammer hominated sy Wilson.

Washington.-W. C. Hammer. OF
Ashesoro was nominated by President
Wilson to succeed Attorney A. 2. Hol-
ton of the Western District Of North
Carolina.
Mr.. Hammers nomination arrived
at the Senate about 2 o'clock and
was referred to the judiciary COM
mittee, where it will lie for some time
to give anybody who SO desires 2
chance to protest against conhrma-
ton. Senator Overman zig acting
chairman Of the Judiciary COMMITTEES
in the absence Of Senator Culberson-
He said that he desires to give time
for any protests and will not ask for
action for a few days. There is very
little likelihood Of any serious light
owe the confirmation of Mr.. Hammer
The big war is over.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-25
Duo Hole In Wall and Escaped.

Bay st. Louis, Miss.-Four white
men, charged with burglary, one
charged with carrying concealed weap'
ons and another charged with larceny,
escaped from the Hancock jail here by
digging a hole through a three-foot
brick wall. One of seven negro pris-
e who refused to leave said the
ESCAPED men were directed in their
work by Alfred Oliver, aged 20, charg-
ed with burglary and breaking jail.
He said one of the prisoners escaped
through the hole, stole the jail key
from the sheriff's office.