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The Lexington advertiser., 1914-11-13

We subjoin an editorial from the
facile pen of N. A. Mott, editor of the
Yazoo Herald, and also a member of
the legislature and editor of the Union
Advocate, who by virtue of his various
public connections IS well informed
and authoritative on matters of public
import and concern. We consider the
postmaster generals suggestion of con-
tract-letting in the rural mail service
reactionary. and If adopted. will great
ly lower the efficiency of the service.
now 20 very popular. and are disgusted
that any Depocrat ever made such a
suggestion. The Yazoo Herald says
Postmaster General Burleson has done
a great deal for the Improvement of
the mail service, yet In one thing we
think he Is making great mistake. He
has made a proposition to congress to
place the rural free delivery of mails on
contract basis, instead of having mails
carried by salaried men as at present.
During the period just prior to the es.
tablishment of the rural mail service,
the mail was carried from central post
offices on the railroads to country post.
Offices by what was then known as
star route" mail carriers, The serv.
ice was then wOefully inefficient, and
gave rise to some of the greatest scan.
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-11-13

to be. They are asking favors. and
any man seeking for favors is expected
to be friendly. 1t is perfectly all right
for them to be useful to help chop
wood. to hold the calf off, juice the
heifers, kiss the babies and to say nice
things about fiat-topped biscuits and
iat-headed children. Even in Mississ-
ippi candidate will not be censured
for carrying along a complete toilet
case, so he can lend the ladies of the
household powder rag, . nail file, a
hand mirror or hair brush. But it
ought to be unlawful for q candidate
to carry around jokes. A candidates
Jokes are deadly. They ought to be
prohibited under the pure food and
drug act, on the gound that nlildew is
poisonous.
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-11-13

A political campaign approaching,
the following from an exchange might
be read with interest: Some people
are always trying to poke fun at the
candidate. But some people would
joke about their grandmother false
teeth. or make merry over a nutmeg.
One of the facetious references IL
about the candidates handshake. Most
people like the candidates handshake.
It is good, warm, sure-fire affair (?)
And il it were not for the candidate
lots of fellows would never get Ia
shake hands at all. 1t is all right for
to be friendly, They ought
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-11-13

In the circuit court at Topeka. Kan
sas. man was convicted of perjury
because he swore he drank forty eight
pints of whiskey and seventy-two
quarts of beer in two Gays. The man .
defense was an offer to repeat the feat
in presence of the court. which was re
fused. The test should have been per-
mitted in the interest of science as
we'll as justice. He either could do it,
or proposed suicide through his favor
lite element, in the spirit that inspired
that ancient convict who asked that he
be drowned in butt of malmsey, -
Aberdeen Examiner.
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-11-13

Every news gatherer heartily en-
dorses the following squib from the
esteemed Forest Register: Why don t
you tell the newspaper those interest
ing items of news you have up your
sleeve or on your mind? Newspaper
people are always a busy lot and if
any item of news escapes them it is
because they don't want to publish il.
There are dozens of little news items
that escape every week, just because
somebody is too shy to tell the editor
about them. The Register wants every
item of news that happens, and you
may call up by telephone. or send the
item in by mail. or tell the editor in the
office or on the street. you confer an
everlasting favor and are Immediately
registered as one of the near-angels in
the office angel book.
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-11-13

The Independent is new weekly
publication launched at Oxford by T.
E. Dunn, a newspaper man OF pro-
nounced ability. 1t required some
nerve to start new business in the
midst of war. which, while on for
eiRn fields. has had such tremendous.
ly paralyzing effect on local conditions,
but Mr.. Dunn seems amply justified
in his belief that there is room in the
good and progressive county of Lafay
ette for just the kind of paper he 10 is
suing, as the advertising patronage he
is accorded is copious and liberal. The
Independent is well-edited and we'll
balanced-the strong and able editori-
ais neither oversha1owing nor being
submerged by the splendid local mat
ter furnished. thus pleasing all pos
sible predictions of its already large
and rapidly increasing CLIENTELE.
Evening journal., 1914-10-09

Virginia has just voted for prohibi-
ton by a majority Of more than $4,000
This is the tenth man-suffrage state
to vote itself dry-an example which
no woman-suffrage state has copied!
Kansas, the only state which has
both prohibition and suffrage, went
dry before women got the vote.
Evening journal., 1914-10-09
BOOKS ON The
EUROPEAN war

AT the Free Library the books upon
the countries now engaged in war IN
europe are In great demand. There
are. however, a large NUMBER OF
hooks upon these countries, especi-
alIv Russia, France, England ana
Germany. The greater part OF these
hooks have been carefully chosen TOT
their interest and accuracy. Among
the most interesting arc the follow
ing: -,-., %
Europe. Hungary and the
Hapsburgs. 1907. go
Jordan, ID. C.-Unseen empire. 1917.
Kellner, l.. and Arnold and Delisle.
Austria Of the Austrians and Hun
gary of the Hungarians. 1914.
Mahan, A. T.r-Naval strategy. 1911.
Poincare, R.LHow France is gov
erned. 1913.
Rumbold, Sir Horace. Francis
/ Joseph and his times. 1903
VILE, f. When around the Kali
ser.
n Hill, d. IA history OF diplomacy
in the international development Of
Europe. 1905.
Lowell, A. L.-Governments and
parties In continental Europe. 2v,
1896
Ogg, F. A-The governments OF
Europe. 1913.
Hearne, R. P.-Aeriai warfare
1909.
Novioow, War and its alleged
benefits. 1911.
Wilkinson, II. S.--Britain at bay
1909.
BRACE, ]. C.-France under the Re
public. 1910.
Mason, Mrs. c. A.-The spell o
4 France. 1912.
rardieu, A.P. G. A-France an,
the alliances. 1908
Bigelow. P.-The borderland OF tn
Car and Kaiser.
Collier, P.-Germany and the Ger
! mans.
Barring, M-The Russian people
& 1911.
Wallace, Sir d. M.-RuEsia. 100;
Boulger. ID. C.-Belgium OF the Bel
81 gums. 1911.
Durham, NJ. E.-Throuch the land
Of the Serb. 1904.
Miyatovic. C.-Servia and the Ser
vians. 1905
Evening journal., 1914-10-09

Mrs. Touret, Of Colorado Springs,
speaking at a recent anti-suffrage
meeting at Fitchburg on the many
undesirable effects Of suffrage in her
state. advised her hearers to cling TO
what they can do "just as women"
she added: righteousness and sym
pathy cannot be secured by legisla-
ton. Massachusetts is a model state
and some Of the finest things of the
west have had their origin here. Don't
ever let this state come down from
its high place.
Evening journal., 1914-10-09
SENATOR DUPONT ACCEPTS.

Mayor Harrison ". Howell this
morning received letters accepting
an invitation for the Old Home Week
celebration from Mayors William e.
Valiant, of Laurel, and Charles l..
Moore, Of Georgetown. United States
Senator Henry A. DUPONT has also
stated that he will be present
Evening journal., 1914-10-09
DOES YOUR STOVE
NEED RFPAIRINGg

We have repairs for any stove made
since the Civil War. Bricks, CRATES,
fire-clay, cement, stove-pipes, damp
ers, collars; IN fact most anything
you need.
Get ready for Winter. Do II nowi
Phone d. A. 2625. Automatic 1882,
Mcmahon Brothers, Inc, 60O-6O2-6O4
King street.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1914-10-09
MRS. SNYDER in DEMAND.

Mrs. f. c. Snyder, of Newport, this
morning received an offer to conduct a
two months tour of the New England
States, demonstrating canning and pre-
serving. Mrs Snyder has charge OF the
canning clubs in this State for the
United States Department of Agrieul'
ture
Evening journal., 1914-10-09
IT'S TINE TO
REPAIR THAT STOVE.

Don't wait any longer. or the cold
weather will catch you mapping. Fire
clay. bricks. CRATES. lids. in fact any
part OF your stove can be replaced on
short notice.
Phone today. d. A. 2625-Auto-
matte 1OS2. McAiahon brothers Inc
Sixth and King streets, and get ready
for the cold weather.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1914-10-09

1--WE do not need women to mother
the government. We do not need TO
see the mother spirit in the supreme
court. We need mothers where
mOthering counts-in personal con-
tact with the lives of individual chill
dren. This is being made a matter
of legislation when it should be par
entail control and parental love We
need better fathers and mothers, bet
ter homes, the family still the social
unit with a common interest and
sympathy. We do not need more
women politicians. more women Of
flee seekers, more women street ora
tors-which type are appearing I'm
this suffrage agitation far too fire.
quently for safety. GRACE Dufield
Goodwin, in Theory VS. Fact
Evening journal., 1914-10-09
GRANT LFTTFRs ON ESTATE.

Register Of wills Francis M. Wal
ker has granted letters o. adminis-
tration on the estate Of James G.
Douglass to Mahlon Belts and on the
estate of John M. Clayton to John
B. Johnson.
Evening journal., 1914-10-09

Politics" declared Senator Root,
in oondemning woman suffrage 20
years ago, "is modified war" But
that Is awfully out Of date now, even
n Root is still an anti-sufragist,'
said vote enthusiast a few weeks
ago. Because there will never be
any more real wars anyway; public
opinion and intelligent study now de-
eide the questions that used to lead
20 war; and besides, neither the So
cialists nor the suffragists would
permit the world to go to war now-a-
daysl"
Evening journal., 1914-10-09
ANTI SUFFRAGE NOTES
(EdIted BY a Winning ton Anti-sunragIst)

clared war upon each other. What
peaceable ladies these are. who as
sured us that II women had the vote
there would be no more warsl
Evening journal., 1914-10-09

Since statehood the women OF
North Dakota have had the eduea-
tional franchise, which enables them
to vote for state and county super
intendent OF schools. The vast ma
iority OF female citizens have faith
In the integrity of their husbands,
fathers, brothers and sons, however,
and do not use nor want even this
franchise. On June gath last, at the
primaries, the men and women Of the
state voted for these two offices. As
an example Of the interest taken by
women, 81 OF them voted in Cass
county, where 3,59S men went to the
polls. In Fargo, the largest city in
the State, only 20 women voted.
County Auditor Addison Leech is au-
thority for these figures. They clear
" show one Of two things: Either
the number OF suffragists in Fargo Is
very small, or else they carry their
political burden very lightly and
carelessly. If TO one Of the candi-
dates for office was worth support
ing, why did they not nominate a
man who was worthy of being en-
trusted with the education Of the
children Of the State?
Evening journal., 1914-10-09

The National American Suffrage
Association. whose president Is Dr.
Anna Shaw, and the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage have de-
Evening journal., 1914-10-09

AS an example Of the advantage
woman possesses in being non-par-
tisan. take Miss Julia G. Lathrop's
tenure Of Office; Miss Lathrop is head
of the Federal Children's Bureau ana
retained her position while the male
heads OF bureaus lost their positions
on account OF their political aihlia-
tions in the change from the Taft to
the Wilson administration.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05

The copartnenhip heretofore ex,
listing under the firm name and style
OF RUTHERFORD & KENDRICK, in
the Town Of Elko. County OF Elko
State Of Nevada. was dissolved on the
22nd day Of October, 1914. pursuant to
the articles Of partnership.
ALI persons who are indebted to
the aforementioned firm are respect.
fully requested to come forward and
make payment Immediately to E. R.
Kendrick. who has purchased all the
accounts and who has assumed all
the Indebtedness contracted by the
said firm up to the date of dissolu,
ton.
Dated at Elko. Nevada, this 3rd day
Of December, 1914.
G. A. RUTHERFORD,
e. R. KENDRICK.
DIG.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05
PROTECT THEM FROM WANT

Suppose the Grim Reaper" snatch
ed you away from your happy fireside
today. Would your wife be protected?
After the doctors and undertaking
bills were paid, would she have
enough to permit her to keep up the
home, live right, educate the children
and free the future years of toll and
misery? Would your plans and in
vestments all go wrong, because your
wife wouldn't have the means to con-
tinue the payments or meet the in
terest?
No man will have any occasion for
anxiety if his provision takes the
form of insurance. Aside from the pro-
lection at death, insurance helps him
to enjoy peace and contentment in de-
Ginning years, because of the money
he receives from the matured policy.
The cost of insurance is very mod
est compared to the benefits you and
yours receive. Let US talk 1t over,
now, today when you are %insurable.
Tomorrow vol may not be. -.
II. 8. TABER
Agent New York Life Insurance Co.
ELKO I: I: NEVADA
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION


Elko. Nevada Land Office, Novem,
Der "a, 1914.
NOTICE is herby given that Pink,
ard Reed Prunty, of Charleston, county
OF Elko, State Of Nevada, has filed in
his office his application to enter un.
der the provisions Of Sections 23OG
and 1907, U. S. r. S., the following
described land, viz:
Lots Three (3) and Four (4) OF
Section 4, Twp, 43 N, Range 81 E..
M. D.. B. & NJ, containing 1923 acres
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the lands described, or de.
string to object because of the miner
al character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal to ap
plicant, should file their afidavits Of
protest in this Office, on or before the
5th day of January, 1915.
JOHN E. ROBBINS,
Register
First Publication Nov. %, 1914.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05
INDEPENDENT
AN IMPOSSIBLE
THING

h really good newspaper promotes the interest of the town in which
II Is puDhshed to such a extent that it really becomes imnossfbla n
pAe IN estimate upon its worth says the Sparks Tribune. There is nc
noeiprS nat does o much for the corporation or the individual citizen
aS ue paper. 1t is the friend of everything that stands for the upbuud-
In or IN community. The paper has % yet come inoit it's own how
e'er, pecause II is neve appreciated to the extent of it's worth " the
people at large. Yet when battles are to be fought for town II county a
iUh Is lac TO n newspaper office, always o find the loyal editor ready
frequently without hope of reward.
Nany otner enterprises are encouraged by a bonus, but rarely is
me paper offered any such help. Communities OF infreuuentlv lose SIGHT
o ther cal benefactor when they fail to recognize the paper in their
mos as such. The minister and the editor e hand in hand ~ tbe b1
Wark o. defense against the attacks If evil designing cbenoes asectin.
the individual or the town.
FOL uese and other good reasons the newspapers Of the town and
DUN should receive the support of the public at large ii a very liberal
degree for it is really the most important business enterprise in the CON
mun1ty. The editor is a business ma and o a mendicant n shou1d no
recognized IS TIT most important factor in the community, for In.
Iced is n town or corporation that has not at least n OF these nec
essary persons in it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Elko, Nevada Land Office, Novem-
Der "a, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that Jay
H. Clemens, of Reno, county of Wash
oe, State of Nevada, has fled in this
Office his application to enter under
the provisions Of Sections 23O6 and
1907, U. S. r. s., the following de-
scribed land, viz:
SEA of NWM, and lots 8 and 4 Of
Section 5, Twp, 40 N, Range So e.,
M. d. 3. &c M, containing 1914 acres
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the lands described, or desir.
ing to object because of the mineral
character Of the land, or for any 9th.
er reason, to the disposal to appli-
cant, should file their aGidayits OF
protest in this Office, on or before
the 9Th day of January, 1915.
JOHN E. ROBBINS,
Register.
First Publication Nov. %, 1914.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05
DARN
1T ALL

II regional reserve banks have been opened and floating around te
country somewhere area about fol hundred millions of dollars II amor
gency currency-that is, if W have the dope right. That would make
aDout or dollars for every man, woman and child in the country All
hat Is In addition to the money that wa alleged to be in circulation be-
lore The regional banks opened. Now we have been looking forward to
n release Of all this money, expecting that we would, of course gel Dir
1o dohar ut where is 1t? We said nothing about this before be.
cause we wanted to give William McAdoo and Paul Warburg a chance to
get on heir feet and attend to the distribution. But several dys have
gone by and yet there is nothing doing. This places us in an embarras.
N position. We nae learned that the Rock Island railway vas to have
been put up for sale at auction and We expected to buy it, Now look at
ne h"e w are IN. Any day they may decide to put up the railway and
mere We are without u dollars. We have made up our minds to one
thing. If William McAdoo ever runs for President, we will refuse to SUI.
port him and will leave him flat IN his back.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05
NOTICE TO

nv iNE ~ ChEDllOR
In the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District Court of the State
Of Nevada, in and for the County of
Elko.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF NEPHI ]. JESSEN, Dsceas-
ed.
NOTICE is hereby given that by an
order Of the District Court of the
Fourth Judicial District Of the State
of Nevada, in and for the County of
Elko, duly made and entered on the
18th day of November, A. D. 1914,
the undersigned was duly appointed
Administrators of the Estate of Nephi
j. lessen, deceased, and that she has
duly qualified as such Administrators.
Notice is further given that any
and all person having claims against
the said decedent, OIL against the said
Estate, must file the same with the
Clerk Of the above entitled Court,
with proper vouchers and the statut-
DRY Affidavit attached, within forty
days from the first publication of this
Notice, or their claims will be for.
ever barred.
Dated this 18th day Of November
A. d. 1914.
MAGGI JESSEN,
Administrative of the Estate of
Nephi J. lessen, deceased.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF JOHN JACK Decaased

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF JOHN JACK, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that by an
order Of the District Court of the
Fourth Judicial District OF the State
of Nevada, In and for the County OF
Elko, duly made and entered on the
18th day of November, A. d. 1914, the
undersigned, was duly appointed I'D.
ministratrtx with VIII annexed, OF the
estate of John Jack, deceased, and
that she has duly qualified as such ad.
ministratrix with the will annexed.
Notice is further given that any and
all persons having claims against the
said decedent or against tao said es-
tate, must file the same with the
Clerk Of the above entitled Court, with
proper voucher and tho statutory am
davit attached, within three months
from the date OF the first publication
Of this notice, or their claims win bo
forever barred.
Dated this 10th day of November,
A. d. 1914.
ANNA JACK,
Administrative with WIN annexed OF
the estate Of joins Jack, deceased.
First pub. Nov. II, 1914.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Elko O638.
Carson City 06663
Elko, Nevada Land Office

Elko, NeVaQa Lana once,
November 13, 1914
NOTICE is hereby given that Will
liam R. Young, of Tuscarora, Elke
County, Nevada, who, on December
10, 1911, made Carson City home
stead application 06663, now Elko
No. O63S, for the SWA sen and Sc
Il SWA Of Sec. s.. and NWA NEA
and NEA NWA, Section 8, Town
ship AZ North, Range 81 East Mount
Diablo Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make final three year
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the register
and receiver of this office, on the
twenty-third day Of December, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Dean H. Young, of Tuscarora, Ne
vada; Joe Curry, Of Elko, Nevada;
Ben Bangs, of Elko, Nevada; and
Chas. Mayer, ST., Of Elko, Nevada.
JOHN E. ROBBINS,
Register.
First NH Nov IA 1914
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department Of the Interior
Elko 0610

Department Of the Interior
Elko 0610
Carson 06585
U. s. Land Office at Blko Nevada.
November 10, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that Henry
r. Smith, OF Tuscarora, Nevada, who,
on Nov. z, 1911, made desert land APP
pIication, Carson City No. O6585, Elko
No. 0610, for Lots pa Sec.
ton A; It. 80 N, II. So
e.. &C swA swA SEX Section SO.
Township 40 North, Range 81 East,
Mt. Diablo Base G. Meridian, has fled
notice of intention to make final
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Register
&Receiyer, at Blko, Nevada, on the
twenty.second day OF December, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Frank Smith, OF Tuscarora, Nevada.
Ed. Byrne, Of Tuscarora, Nevada.
Joseph SayaI, of Tuscarora, Nevada.
John Saval, of Tuscarora, Nevada.
JOHN 70. ROBBINS,
Register.
First Publication Nov. IL, 1914.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Eiko O773
Carson City 0To9s
U. S. Land ONCE, Elko, Nevada.

y. .. Land Omce, Elko, Nevada
November II, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that Doro-
teo Bermeosolo, of Tuscarora, Nevada,
who, o June 4, 1912, made Carson
City desert land application 07e99,
now Elko, No. O773, for the SH
NWA and SWA NEA of Section
II, Township 81 North. Range SO East,
Mount Diablo Meridian, has filed no
tice of intention to make final
proof to establish claim to the
land above described, before the reg
lister and receiver of this office, on the
sixth day Of January, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Roy T. Suttle, Of Tuscarora, Neva-
da; Henry Fisher, of Elko, Nevada;
Joe Pattani, of T~uscarora, Nevada;
Daniel B. Sabala, of Elko, Nevada.
JOAN e. ROBBINS,
Register.
First pub. Nov. 18, 1914.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05
A STAGGERING
STATEME EMF

suppression Of he foot and mouth disease has been q COSTLY af
fair to tn Federal Government and the Governments If several states II
has cen still mor Sc to those who Are losing blooded stock If high value.
Ihere are other stock diseases, however, which have cost and
ar costing a great deal more thar the foot and mouth disease but the
Country doesn't make 81 much fuss about it. A recent report places the
losses from tuberculosis and contagious abortion at $45 900 1000 pr year
about evenly divided between h two, cattle ticks $4OOOOOO0, while 9TH
er contagious diseases bring the total to 1912 $50 900. This includes 8
100000 TO poultry diseases.
These totals are staggering in their proportions and re nt pleasant
to consider in a country that is growing short of meat supplies. The
question facing us is a serious problem but most of these infectious
diseases are susceptible of eradication.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05

J. D. Mariner Music House. When
you think of Pianos write ]. D. Mari
ner. Will save you from $50 to 500.
All instruments. Guaranteed, tuned
and insured. Do not buy a Player with
a cheap action. Photographs, band,
string instruments. Books and sheet
music. Popular music 15c. Mckinley
and. Century editions 10c. Box 422.
123 N. Virginia ST., Reno. Nev.-adv.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-05

An example of concerted action and what might be accomplished
thereby is shown in the fact that Humboldt county ranchers secured a
change In the recent order o. the tax commission establishing exhorbi
tan values o. lands. The change secured means the lowering of tax val
uatons $3500O0. Elko county was more unjusly dealt with than Hum
boldt county but no concerted action ws taken here and al a result the
exhorbtant values stand. ' . . r-e aH-