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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-10
FOUND DEAD

The body of a man was found
Thursday afternoon lying beside
the Southern Pacific tracks near
Reno. There were no marks to
Indicate a violent death, and
its condition indicated death
had occurred only a little while be.
fore the body was found by j. w.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-10
Black Erldav-

Black Friday in the financial HIS
tory Of the United States was septem.
Der "a, 1869, when Gould and othor
spectators ran the price of gold up
to 1924, catching a great many DER.
sons In a corner and causing o panic.
n British financial history Black Fri
day was May IL, 1866, on which day
the commercial panic caused by the
failure of Overend, Quincy q Co,
Limited, reached it's height.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-10
MIzpah.

The word Mizpah or Mizpeh, Is He
brew, and means Watch Tower" For
example, see Genesis g. 40, where we
read, And Mizpah, for he said, the
Lord watch between me and thee.
when we are absent one from anoth.
er." For additional light on tho sub
1ect you may look at Judges 10:17;
ILL; 2O:1. Also l. Samuel, 7:5; 1917.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-10
SALMAGUNDI

Prof. Geo. E. Anderson and chill
dren returned from California this
morning,
The Woman's Guild will hold
their annual Charity Ball February
IL, 1914 at Bradley Opera House.
Nv Adyt.
MrH{nd Mrs. Mallet leave to-
morrow on No. 10 for Gilroy, Cali
fornia. They expect to be gone
for some time.
The Ladies Mission Circle of the
Baptist Church will give a Wash
ington Birthday party on Friday
AYening Feb. 2Oth.-Advt.
Edgar Mcdowell gave this office
a pleasant call this forenoon. He is
looking well and we were glad to
meet him again.
Rev. !. l. Gorby Phi. D. arrived
from Portland, Oregon on No. 20
this morning and will conduct SER
vices at the Presbyterian Church
tomorrow.
Ople Read will one minute nave
you roaring in laughter; the Eext
pathos will suffuse you with tears,
as he depicts life all know, but he
only can tell.-Advt.
Opie Read will give a varied pro-
gram and each nunber is p%ronounc-
ed a gem. He is a-Wonderful de-
lineator of character. Then too he
is from Arkansas just south of
Missouri. -Advt.
Nash P. Morton. principal of the
Eureka School, has been appointed
district attorney of Eureka county.
De formerly practiced law in one
of the Dakota's and is said to be
well qualified for the position.
This date in history: On De-
cember %. 1883, Hans Strubel-
pater invented limburger cheese.
And the next day the members of
the local board of trade sent in
their resignations.- Cincinnati En-
quirer.
An insane Turk on his way from
San Mrancisco to Constantinople
was Taken off No. 10 yesterday
afternoon. He is very much insane
and is getting worse. Sheriff Har-
ris said his name was too long to
give over the phone.
R. H. Lahan and family arrived
from Winndmuca yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Laban has been the tele-
graph operator for the Southern
Pacicfi for several months and takes
the same position in the Elko office
of the company.
y The thousands who have read af-
ter Opie Read have laughed and en-
joyed his humnr so quantity put.
But it is said by all that his pres
ence and the sound Of his voice
make one fully appreciate Opie
Reads genius. At Opera House
next Wednesday night.-Advt.
Don't forget that Mrs. Laura G..
Fixen, the noted lecturer, will
lecture at the Presbyterian Church
Monday night. She is said to be
one of the most eloquent speakers
on the American platform. Turn
out on Monday night and give this
talented woman II rousing welcome.
She speaks under the auspices of
the Mothers Club. No charge for
admission.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-10

days. but will have renowned the
arts and graces which they owe to
men and to the fapors of fate. The
women Of tomorrow will be more
perfect women instead of an incom-
plete man"-Chicago Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-10
PAYING Toll on rlnr.n River

At one ferry on the '.oigris ri"
toll is as follows: For q prr
two cents; for a prosperous
cents; for a soldier, tn &C,
pilgrim, twenty cents; for a
eighty cents. The scale OF
nearly everything along the
similar. But many of the Z
80 Door that they prefer /;
across In the ancient maru
bind several old gourds toE
then, sitting upon them, p
way along.-Christian Herald
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-10
Surely the Limit.

AN a~sbestos.lined vest pocket In
Which a lighted cigar can be carried
safely has been invented by a Philadel-
phia tailor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-10

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Service II a. m.
Sunday School. 1880 p. m.
Wednesday evening service at 8
p. m.
The Stone House, in the Webster
block, on Filth Street
a free reading room at the
same address is open to the public
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-10
CHURCH. NOTICES
BAPTIST CHURCH

BAPTIST CHURCH
NJ forming sermon at 1l:00 a. m.
Christmas Sermon.
Sunday School at 1910
Service at 100 p m
Doing Gods Will on the Earth"
The following special music will
be rendered:
Bass Solo: Prof. Stranger.
Selection: Grown Him King"
Chorus.
Chorus practice Thursday
ing at 7:30.
We invite you to come aud wor-
ship with us.
Rev. Chas. McHarness.
Pastor.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-09
Presbyterian Church.

Next Sunday will be High and
Holy Day with Special services. At
the Bible school which convenes
promptly at 9:45 a special program
has been prepared. At 1O:45 a ses-
sion meeting will be held to take in
the new members. At HOO, the
regular morning service hour, a
special service with excellent singing
will be held. The sermon will be on
''The Risen Christ" The commune
ion, or supper Of our Lord will be
celebrated at the close.
Junior C. E. Meeting 800 p. m.
Senior C. E. Meeting ZOO p. m.
Public Worship 500 p. m. At this
service an address will be given by
the pastor who will use his stereop-
ticon and the following masterpieces
to illustrate the death and resurrec.
ton of Jesus Christ: The Last Sup
per, Prayer in Gethsamne, Disciples
Asleep, Judas and the Rabble, False
Witnesses Before Caiaphss, Christ
Before PLATE, Jesus Before Herod,
Condemned by Plate, Coming from
the Preotoryrium, Jesus on His Way
to Calvary, Christ on Calvary, Cor
don's Calvary, The Descent from the
Cross, Joseph of Arimathea, Burial
of Jesus, Easter Morning, Resurrec-
ton of Jesus, Christ and Mary Mag,
dalene, The Journey to Emmaus,
Peter and the Risen Lord, The Ascen-
sion OF Christ.
Monday evening workers meeting.
Tuesday evening choir meeting.
Wednesday evening the devotional
meeting of the church.
Everybody welcomed to our SER
vices.
c. H. Ticknor,. Minister.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-09

j. S. Newton, M. D. Physician and
Surgeon. Special attention to dis
eases and surgery of the eye, ear,
nose and throat. Office Farmers
Bank Bldg. 25-tf.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-09
STATE ROADS AWAIT ..1a:
u. S. APPROPRIATION
Highway Office Ready to Spend Share
of-$25, 600, 600, Proposed in
ShacklefOrd Bill.

jefferson City, NO., April g. Gov.
Major. State Highway Commissioner
Frank w. Buffum and State Highway
Engineer w. S. Hawkins are prepar-
ing for an active good roads cam
paign in Missouri as soon as spring
fairly opens up. Data compiled in
the office of the highway commits
sioner will enable the State to comply
readily with all the requirements Of
the Shackleford $25, OOO, 900 road bill,
if that measure is passed. Missouri's
share will exceed 81, 5000
The highway engineer has stand
ardized all concrete road work. This
includes everything from a two and
one-half foot culvert to fifty-foot
bridges of the arch type. Blue prints
have been prepared, which will be
supplied to any county or road dis
trict on application.
This will eliminate the preliminary
cost of culverts and bridges TO road
districts.
Unofficial figures show there are in
Missouri 124,533 miles of highway of
all Kinds. This mileage is classified
as follows:
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-09
Black Hawk
Big John

A black jack Is hands high, 7years
old, will weigh 100 pounds in good
flesh.
TERMS:-$1O.OO to insure colt to
stand and suck.
Care will be taken to prevent ac-
cidents, but will not be responsible
should any occur. If mare is parted
with or removed from neighborhood,
service money is due at once. A lien
on colt according to law.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-09
Resolutions.

The elders, deacons and member
ship of the Christian Church at But
Ter, Missouri, realizing that, we are
about, with deepest regrets on our
part, to be deprived Of the Christian
followed, brotherly admonitions and
invalcable ministry Of our brother
and minister, George Prewitt, togeth-
er with the devoted services of our
estimible sister, Mrs. George Prewitt
and desiring to in some measure ex-
press our sense of the loss thereby
sustained in this church and entire
community. Therefore be it
Resolved, That in the departure Of
Brother George Prewitt and his wife
we are sustaining an irreparable loss;-
that their devotion to duty, their
Christian service, their high ideals,
their ennobling examples and loving
fellowship have endeared them to
this people in such manner that it ii
with sedse Of deepest grief we ara
compelled to release our claims upon
them; and be it further
Resolved, That we commend them
to all people every where, among
whom their work map fall as worthy
Of every confidonce and the Christian
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-09
PLANS STATE BOARD
TO DRAFT Law CODE
Gov. Major. Will Start Official Fight
for Simple Court Procedure
This Month. .

Jefferson City, Mo-, April 9. Gov.
Major said today he would appoint,
about the middle Of April, a commits
sion Of lawyers to suggests new civil
and criminal code to the next SEES
sion Of the General Assembly.
The appointment Of this commission
will be the first official step toward a
simplification Of court procedure and
practice in Missouri.
The Governor will name commits
sion of twelve or fifteen leading
lawyers Of the State. Specialists in
particular lines of practice will not be
chosen.
Gov. Major will consult with Judges
of the Supreme Court before making
the appointments.
After the election next November it
is his purpose to add several members
of the Senate and House to the COM
mission, so that they can be- familiar
with the work and in sympathy with
it when it comes up on the floors of
the two houses. 4
Simplification of court procedure
will be the paramount issue of the ad-
ministration in the session next winter.
Other measures that will have the
backing of Gov. Major will be for a
revision, to some extent, of fire in
surance laws and the creation of a 4
State Fire Marshal, and workmen's
compensation.
While the Governor has tentatively
made up his mind to limit the men,
bers Of the commission to fifteen, it !
may be made larger, as the task of
new code will be a large
one and the commission will neces-
sarily have to subdivide the work.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-09
NJ. S. YOUNG
$1,623, 1888, 953 Assessment
on Property in Missouri

Jefferson City, Mo-, April 5.-The
total assessed valuation of real estate
and personal property in Missouri for
the year 1914 is 81, 623, 1888, 953, &C.
cording to the State Board of Equali-
cation, which has just completed
equalization of the assessments.
This years valuation is an increase
of $58, $50, APO over that of last year.
Real estate in the figures for 1914
d S valued at 81, 247, 12l, $3.50.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-09
Brooklyn Bridge Too Low for
Deadnaught Texas.

New York, April 6.-The first on
portunity to gauge the immensely d
the new super-deadnaught Texas
most powerful American battleship ir
commission, came to New Workers
when the battleship slowed down
like a disgruntled giant before the
prohibitive girders Of Brooklyn bridge.
Under these same girders, which are
1875 feet from the water level, the tall
est sailing vessels had passed with
space to spare. The wireless poles
of the Texas overtopped the Orders
at the center of the bridge. by five
feet. ,..=..--,
Any one Of the cheering crowd
which gathered on the center of the
bridge could have jumped into the
basket of the fire control top without
appreciate risk.
Standing in this basket the ships
flag officer signaled the pilot on the
lowering Of the wireless masts that
there was five feet of head room.
The Texas is 565 feet on the water
line, with a beam Of IS feet. At her
trials she showed a mean displace-
ment of $1,000 tons.
J. S. Newton, M. D. Physician and
Surgeon. Special attention to dis
eases and surgery Of the eye, ear,
nose and throat. Office Farmers
Bank Bldg. 25-tf.
Mexico, Mo-, to Paint Up"
Mexico, Mo-, April 6.-The Civic
Improvement Committee of the Next
co Commercial Club is arranging for
"paint-up and cleanup week." the
date to be announced soon. The plan
includes the painting of every build
ing in the business section pure
white. .,.
Battle against the flies will start at
the same time. The movement was
launched by the Mexico Ledger.
Mammoth strain Light Brahma eggs
for sale, rs cents per Is. Chicks one
day old 10 cents. First hatch due
April 5th. Send orders early.
Address Mrs. Dora Harrison,
24.3t u Route g.. Butler Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-09

Exclusive of the work done on the
roads in working out the poll taA-in
this districts, which aggregated sew
eral millions of dollars and in addition
to money and labor expended on the
two good roads days-August 20 and
21-there was expended during 1913
81, 755, 3l5. 82.
This money came from the follow
ing sources:
Appropriated by County Courts for
main enance 81 4O1 PIG. 90
Appropriated by County Courts for
new WORE 56, 100 20
state aid from thu gen eral road fund l97, 1924 IS
State aid for maintenance OF inter.
county seat roads. .....,..... 800 o.
Private donations for road work 1851, 1884 OO
Appropriated by road districts... 1852, 7a9 on
Bridge fund. 692, I02 on
The engineering cost for 1918 on
road work was $780, 45. Is and on
bridge work $26,812.73, total of
road overseers was $3.50 and the
total amount paid them $444, 900,
making the totol cost of the super
vision of Missouri roads last year
$500 657.88.
1t is expected that there will be no
less than six graded highways across
the State completed this summer.
Most Of these will be graded and
dragged roads.
One of the possible road achieve
ments is the completion as far west
as Jefferson City of the Southern
Cross-State Highway from St. Louis
to Kansas City. Gov. Major has not
determined the date of the two days
of State road work.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-09

Mrs. Wilson Able to 60 Motoring
Washington, D. c., April 6.-Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson went motoring to-
day for the first time in several weeks.
She has entirely recovered from the
injury sustained from fall over a
rug.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-12
= N In Honor Of Miss Burdick.

Mrs. P. H. Van Dyke enter tained with an afternoon tea Saturday in honor of her cousin, Miss Margaret Burdick of Johnstown, New York.
 In the reception hall the guests were received by Misses Katherine and Rina Price and Elise Hirsch. The receiving line was in the parlor and those who stood with the hostess were Miss Burdick, Mrs. c. R. Hite and Mrs. R. T. Robertson. .t-5z In the dining room which was ] beautiful in it's decorations o1 ferns and pink carnations, 2 three-course luncheon was serv' ed by Mrs. Gustave Jones, Mrs Jos. M. Berger, Misses Thadees Kinman, Willie .Overton MlnQl and Carrie Stevens. Mrs. W. A Billingsley and Mrs. T. J. Gregg poured. Punch was served by Misses Elizabeth Irby and Hor tense Hite. Mrs. H. o. Walker and Miss Dove Erwin received lin the library. Little Miss Mar |garet Van Dyke received thu cards in the hall.
 The afternoon event was { most delightful one and a larg
 number of ladies called to mee
 Miss Burdick during the recelV
 ing hours.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-12
Whitley Held Without Bail.

Des. Arc, Jan. 1O-At the pre- liminary hearing. today of Jes- sic Whitley, charged with the killing of Westley Mum, Whit ley waived examination and was returned to jail without bond He was bound over to the grand jury, which meets in March. w. l.. Milford, justice, before the hearing was held, put each
 ness under $400 bond to fr'
 at the time. w. A. Leach of Lonoke, J. G. and c. B. Thweate of DeVall's Bluff, and F. F.. Brown of Des Are, represent the defense and J. B. Wood, prose cutting attorney, assisted by Geo. w. Clark of Conway, the state. It is said that Whitley and Mum had trouble over girl.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-12
Notice To Public.

For your information l VIII say that I am the person Who signed the petition asking that liquor license be issued for New port for 1914. l do not i've oll Malcolm avenue. l am a poor man, work hard for a living ana am temperate in my bellef' me people of this county voted lol saloons to be here for two years and I believe that the will o1 the people should be -obeyed. l sign- ed the petition for that reason and for the further reason tna' I believe it better for the ci.y to have licensed saloons ana re ceive the revenue than not te have them and be bothered wl'f blind tigers and boot-leggers' as was the case before.
 Yours very truly,
 l1a, J. w. Martin.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-12
Mems Meeting Sunday.

The Mems Forward Movement. an organization composed of many of Newport $ leading busi- ness and professional men, met in their regular service at 5 O. clock Sunday afternoon. It is very gratifying to it's organiz- CTS to see the interest manifest ed in the services and the large attendance by the men upon these meetings.
 The sermon was preached by Rev. G. A. Hoffman, whose sub .ject fer the afternoon was The Cross of Christi. The sermCh was a very helpful one to all who heard it.
 This association of men az planning to have speakers Of state and national fame to ad- dress these services of the Mems Forward Movement dur ing the coming months.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-12
TOWNSHIP OFFICES
 NOW SOUGHT
C. M. Ivy Announces For Consta- ble - Clarence PeniX For Oyerseer in Jefferson Dr. Watson and O.I.
 Hubert For AL
 dermen.

c. M. Ivy has announced his candidacy for constable of this township, subject to the Demo- cratic primary. He is an active young man, who has had consid- erable experience as an officer and is well qualified for the du- ties of the constabieship.
 Clarence PeniX, who made a good race two years ago for road overseer in Jefferson Town ship, has announced that he will make the contest again. He is an energetic and successful far mer and proposes if elected to see that his townships road funds are spent to the best ad- vantage.
 Dr. E. l.. Watson and o, 1. Hu- bert in response to a call from their fellow citizens, have an- nounced their willingness to again serve the city as aldermen from the Second Ward. During their terms, they have given the people of the Second Ward more improvements than under any previous administration. They have in a material way evidenc- ed their public spirit and pro- gressiveness and are citizens of character and successful busi- ness men.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-12

his retirement from the prose- cutor's office, from Lawrence county, and served one term He was appointed circuit judge at Batesville in 1910 and filled cred itably the vacancy to which he had been named. He served two years as circuit judge. In April, 1912, he was elected may or of Batesville, which office he held at the time of his death. He was a member of the Presby- terian church.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-12
Legality of Petition Attacked.

Fort Smith, Jan. 1.-The le- gality of the entire petition that has been filed for saloon licenses ] is attacked in a remonstrance of
 the Fort Smith Anti-Saloon
 League, filed in the County Court
 last night. Accompanying the
 remonstrance is a motion to
 strike names from the petition.
 The two documents indicate the
 line of opposition to the granting
 of licenses. The hearing of the petitions is set for trial before
 Judge Ezra Hester of Green wood, tomorrow.
 The ground upon which the petition is attacked are that the petitions were circulated and the signatures secured before Jaru- ary 1, and that the Going liquor bill did not become effective un- til that date; that the petition
 and signatures were not publish ed before the filing of the peti- tion with the county judge. Ac- cording to the contention that
 will be made by the remons-
 trants, there has been no legal
 publication of the signatures on
 the petition. It is contended by the Anti-Saloon League leaders
 that the publication made on
 January 1 and 2 did not comply
 with the law as they were made
 after the filing of the petitions. Another ground on which the petition is attacked is that it is not supported by the affidavit that is required by the act.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-12
STATE ENGINEER
 CARTER HERE
Making Investigation of C0ndi- tiOns and Soils to Be COnsid- cred for System of High
 ways.

H. R. Carter, the state high way engineer, is spending Mon- day and Tuesday in Jackson county Investigating the nature of soils, drainage and other con- ditions to be considered in map ping out a proposed system of highways for Jackson county.
 After a conference with a number of our citizens, who are interested in the subject of bet ter roads for Jackson county, MT. Carter was taken out on the Grubbs road beyond Village creek by c. E. Crook and Judge c. B. Coe will show him over some of the roads in Bird Town ship and the northern half of the county.
 MT. Carter IS reputed a frst class engineer and made an ex- cellent impression, upon those with whom he talked, in giving them ideas of the probable cost, the kind of construction needed and the experience of other
 counties and road districts in or
 ganizing these movements. No
 general plan has been conceived or adopted, but the majority of
 those who have expressed them
 selves, favor if possible, sys-
 tenn of 100 to 125 miles of well !constructed macadam roads en-
 bracing large part of the coun- ty to be organized into an i'm
 provement district by special act of the legislature.
 Jackson County needs a sy;s'
 tenn of roads and the promoters
 of this movement are conserva'
 tive men,. who believe, that a sys
 tenn can an be constructed at mucf Hess cost per mile than various
 individual road districts woult
 cost in the aggregate. They
 want to keep the cost of these
 improvements within reason, t'
 assess their cost according to thu
 benefits derived and not to mak' the expense beyond what prop erty valuations of the presen : would stand.
 Before any general plans ar l made for the system of roads 1 the people of the various towr ships will be consulted and it ] ] to be hoped that the system c /. roads as finally agreed upon an !, the steps to be taken to secur
 this improvement, : will mef } with the hearty endorsement an Q support of all sections of tn n county.
 s We need roads for. this gene : ation, not the next and with tr' e vel increasing every year, the n condition becomes worse und' d the present system. If a DOT r. issue through a special road dl !. trict embracing most of Jacksff l. county is feasible and the e Il gineer's plans and estimate W n show that it is, let Jackson cou + ty build real and permane d highways and instead of was e ing our road taxes, let that ful Q be used to pay interest and I E. tire bonds for roads we will ha 1T already secured.