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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

The county board of education
has elected the following teachers
for the ensuing term Of the Elko
county high school:
+. a. Swanscr, principal: Miss
knemcyer. mathematics; Mr.. 10th.
rop, music: G. c. Jensen, science
j. b. Ctahbe, English; John G.
Edgemond, commercial. The later
takes the place Of Miss Duane, who
resigned. Miss Hershiser, also re-
signed, but the vacancy has not
been filled. MIR. Edgcmond comes
from Berkeley.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
FROM THE ANANIAS CLUB

VIZ refuse to permit any bilious
Britisher, no matter what his
scientific reputation may be to
shake our faith in Colonel Roose-
velt's geographical veracity.
The colonel is a little weak on
the constitution and the courts and
the Sherman antitrust law and
treaty obligations and the Morgan
corporation interests and such like;
but he is great on bugs and birds
and Inns and elephants and bobcats
and dik-diks and grizzly bears and
rlvers and hills aid trees and the
Ten Commandments and similar
phenomena of nature.
If the colonel says the river is a
thousand miles long. it's a tho"s-
and miles long. We wouldn't knock
off an inch to avoid a war. If any
captious critic claims that such q
river in such a place must u up
hill in spots and cross other rivers,
let it go at that. Maybe it does for
all we know. Anyway, the colonel
has been there and seen the river
and got boils and been durked in
the rapids and lost his dog and fall
en- off th~irty-6ve pounds in weight,
and can produce witnesses. That
is mere than the other side has
offered ~ do.
The colonel is not a naturc-fakir,
no matter how much of a political
fakir he may be. What he says
and writes about government and
politics should always be taken with
a few grains of salt; but what he
says and writes about his hunting
and exploring expeditions has gen.
orally withstood the acid test. As
a naturalist, the colonel never needs
anybody to underwrite his state
ments. 1t is only in politics that he
requires a Loeb.-Tonopah Bonan-
"a
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
BIG TANK FILLED
TO BRIM BURNS
TO THE GROUND

That a tank containing $4,000
gallons of water should he con-
sumed by fire seems paradoxical,
but such was the case yesterday
when the big tank of the Tonopah
Mining company situated on the
heights Of Mount Oddie on a level
with the North Star mine was COM
pletely destroyed and left a mass of
embers burning for three hours.
The explanation of how it hap
pened is simple, but the actual
cause of the fire remains enveloped
in mystery, although it is thought
crossed wires had something to do
with the loss. The fire started at
the dashboard and famed by a
fierce gale ran up the side of the
wooden covering until it lodged in
the roof where it burned like a
furnace without any restraint. The
heat expanded the immense hoops
holding the slaves and the water
was released gradually. Then the
company opened a three inch valve
provided for the purpose and en-
pleted cmptving the tank.
AS the pressure of the water
was removed the hoops dropped off
and the whole structure collapsed
into a heap Of cinders. No damage
was done by the howing out CT So.
600 gallons of water and the com.
munity on Mizpah hill vas not EN-
barrassed as II supply was furnished
by the smaller tank situated lower
down the side Of the mountain. A
new tank will be installed in the
course of a week. The loss is cover.
ed by insurance, as the company
carries a blanket policy with the
agencies, represented by the South
ern Nevada Abstract company.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29

Undouh lily a Tip.
"Wns II a gen; ne tip Rawson gave
you IN the stocS market?" 81 guess
II Was; It made i.e lose my balance"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
MEN AND CIGARS

Because of his solemn garb q
cigar salesman was taken for a mar
of the cloth and asked. to make a
few remarks. He acceded to the
request and ascending the platform
said:
Men are like cigars. Often you
cannot tell by the wrapper what
the filler is. Sometimes a good old
stogie is nor popular than an i'm
portant celebrity. Some men arc
all right in the show case, on dis
play, but they are great dispppoint-
mrnts when you get them home.
No matter how fine Il man is he
eventually ~erts his match. A
two7for oft'n puts on as many airs
as a 80 center. Some men never
get to the front at all except dur.
ing campaigns. Some men are very
fancy outside and are selected for
presents. Others have a rough ex.
terror. hut spread cheer and com
fort about them because Of what is
inside.
But all men MS all cigars. good
or bad. ~two-fors, rich or poor,
come to ashes ut last-.Ex.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
TOWN OF MARVEL
OFFICIALLY DEAD

The %inglorious end that has over
taken a multitude of wildcat min
ing camp promotion within Nevada
is the portion IF Marvel, On over
exploited district east of Fallon in
the Dixie valley, saws the Churchill
County Standard. Of unholy con-
ception, both Marvel and the mer
behind it have come to grief and
with little formality. Put forward
less than a year ago as a town tri-
butsry to Aladdin's cave; with wide
stretches of rich agricultural land
surrounding the civic center, a
bunch of Frenchmen from San
Francisco and elsewhere, Thought
to lure the gold from investors back
home in Gay Paris. But alas and
alack. it WIS not be so, for the
folks back home were wise in their
generation, which is one more
than had been put forward by
Father Time, when these gay pro-
meters left home, with the result
that Marvel is n miserable failure.
Confidently. there is n multitude
of trades people hereabouts who
feel miffled over the failure-the
crouch varying in size from a few
dollars to a good many.
The curtain was rung down un
the final act of this fiasco with all
of its embellishments, including
high powered automobiles, flying
machines and an aerial passenger
and mail service. last Friday when
Deputy Sheriff C.. NJ. Clark travel,
ed Marvelward in company with ].
w. Phelps, l. H. Kent and Harry
Robinson and served in the ends OF
law and justice by placing an at.
tachment on the marvel townsite
including hotels, saloons, general
stores, streets and alleys and the
advertised swinging gardens. initial.
ing a fresh Babylonian of mythol.
ogy. Not even the white elephants
in the Marvel City park were sac,
red to this minion of the law, anC
whatever was lacking to make Mar
vel dead has BEEN did" The las
dash was added to the genera
compost and We are now authorized
to officially announce that Marve
is dead.
To be specific J. w. Phelps on be
half of himself and others and 10y
the instrumentslity of the deputy
sheriff attached Marvel for about
$500 due from the promoters of thu
failure. Whether there still re
mains in Marvel materials of q
sufficient value to meet these de-
mands is n question for Goldsmith
deserted village had nothing OF
Marvel.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
do GOOD WORK

The United States Acoustical
Correction company has completed
the work of correcting the acous-
tics Of the district courtroom. A
few days ago we described the work
bsiDg done. At that time, the
ceiling was being covered with
heavy felt, held in place by wires
stretched tightly across it. The
work was completed by covering
the felt with white cloth especially
woven for the purpose. This leaves
the room in such a condition that q
stranger entering it would not
know anything had been done to it.
We happened in thu courtroom
at Eoon today and with Mr.. Gheen
and j. r. Crowley, the %acoustical
engineer in charge Of the work, ex-
perimented in hearing each other
in different parts of the room. We
sat in the witness chair and Mr..
Crowley went to the back of the
room. a conversation was then
carried on in an ordinary tone and
every word either said was dis
tinctly heard by the other. Mr..
Gheen then sat ut the reporters
table and we carried on n nve
sation with him in q low tone.
Every word was distinctly heard By
each. Before this work was done, it
was almost impossible for the re-
porters TO hear what was going on
in the courtroom. The sound
would be SO confused that the work
of reporting at times was d very
difficult matter, especially if the
reporter wanted to be correct in his
work.
IL the experiment we made today
is verified by time, the contractor
has done an excellent job on our
courtroom and INC thst will prove
a blessing to the judge, Jurors,
officers and others whose dIty and
pleasure it will be- to attend future
sessions OF the district court.
Mr.. Crowley will leave tomorrow
for San Francisco. He has been
very accommodating and pleasant
to the writer ard we wish to assure
him of our appreciation of his many
courtesies.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
sair Of lie.

The nearer you come into relation
With u person tho moro necessary do
tact aud courtesy become.--O. w.
Holmes.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
WESTERN ELECTRIC SHOE SHOP

First class repairing of MI styles
boots and shoes. All orders given
prompt attention. Country trtde sol
cited. FRED HEINRICH. Prop.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29

Tn, largest tree in the United
States is said to be tho Mother
OF the Forest" a giant redwood in
the Calaveras big tree grove in
California. 1t is supposed to con.
tnin l40,619 board feet of lumber.
There arc, however, many claimants
for the honor of being the "larg.
est tree and the oldest tree" and
the claims according to foresters,
cannot always be verified.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
ATTENTION CREO|TORSl

All parties having claims against
the Kerr & Peterson lease at Bul.
lion arc hereby requested TO file an
itcmized statement Of the same at
once with the undersigned.
l.. o. Henderson
Elko, Nevada, May 8, 1914.
Advt / mo.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
For Yeur plan...

Carbide. the peariy gray powder left
from acetylene lamps. Is excellent for
use around plants. 1t stimulates tho
growth Of both flowers and foliage.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
FORMER PRESIDENT
FUTILE Of THE
B. & N. IS DEAD

Brookline, Mass, Nov. 30.--Lucius
Tuttle former president of the Boston
& Maine railroad, died tonight az his
homo here. Death was due to angina
pectoris.
Mr.. Tuttle's health had been impair
ed since an operation three years ago,
in which one leg was amputated Not
withstanding this handicap he had con-
tinued many of his activities until a
week ago.
Mr. futile was born in Hartford,
Conn. March II, 1916. Forty-five years
of his life were spent in railroading.
For seventeen years he was president
Of the Boston & Maine railroad his first
position being that of n ticket clerk.
Under his administration the road
grew from the original line of that
name with one or two branches to an
important system covering a prosper
Gus area. Mr.. futile retired from the
presidency four years ago
For many years. Mr.. futile was a
storm center in New Hampshire poll
tics. The Boston & Maine railroad
had acquired practically all Of the
small railroad lines in that state and
completely dominated transportation
interests there. At every session OF
railroad was accused of maintaining
a permanent lobby in a room in a no.
tel in Concord, N. H.. and of using un-
due influence to obtain favorable
| Legislation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
Chittenden County
Trust Company
Burlington, w.
JIM CROW"
LAW INVALID
Majority of Supreme Court OPP
poses Discrimination against
Negroes.

Washington, Nov. 3o.-A majority of
the Supreme Court to-day Joined tn an
opinion that the Oklahoma Jim Grow"
law proviso permitting railroads to fur
nish sleeping, dining and chair cars &C
commodetions only to tho white race
was unconstitutional but did not 30
decree because Of imperfeetions In the
petition on which the case reached the
courts.
The case was one in which five negroes
claiming the entire law was unconstitu-
tional sought an injunction to restrain
five railroads In Oklahoma from enforo-
Ing IL. The Oklahoma federal courts dis
missed the petition, holding the law con-
stitutional. The majority Of the court
affirmed the dismissal to-day. because
the negroes had not shown that they
had applied to the railroads for 40
commodation under the law or that the
railroads had notified that they would
refuse certain accommodations
The majority. through Justice Hughes,
stated, however that they could not
agree with the lower court that the
provtso as to sleeping. dining and chair
cars wus constitutional. A minority con-
sisting Of Chief Justice White and JUS
tees Holmes. Lamar and McReynolds.
concurred merely in the order of affirm
ance. but expressed no views on the
constitutional question.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
BABY FOOD
FOR BELGIUM
Is Prepared Following Instruc-
lions by DR.. Wiley-May
Save Millions.

New York. Nov 3o.-Boxes of assorted
foods, prepared especially for babies and
invalids In accordance with food list
Just made out by DR.. Harvey w Wiley
of Washington, d. c., are to be sent to
Belgium by the woman's section OF the
American commission for relief in Bel
GUM. II was announced at the New York
headquarters OF the commission tonight
BY means OF these baby boxes'' It is
thought, the lives Of a million babies
and children who are suffering from lack
of proper food may be saved.
The commission stated that the food
which has been sent heretofore has been
Intended mainly for the adult popula-
ton. BY the new plan, thirty pound
packages will be prepared and marked
with a VIII band, so that on arrival
In Europe they can be sent Immediately
to ailng children who need them. sixty
pound boxes of ideal food for invalids
or adults with blue or red bands re-
spectively also will be sent forward.
The presidents of fourteen state Fed
Grafton Of Women's clubs have accepted
places upon the cooperating committee
Of the womens section of the commission
within the last few days, 1t was an
nounced tonight.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
VERMONT NOTES.
Accidently Shot by Brother, Young
Calais Boy Dies

Shot in the back, through the act of a
younger brother who did not know the
shotgun was loaded, Fremont Slayton
15-year-od son Of Mr.. and Mrs Mahlon
Slayton of Calais, died at the Heaton
hospital in Montpelier Friday after
noon, an hour after being brought there
from his home. The accident happened
on Thursday afternoon. After returning
from visit to his traps, Fremont Stay
ton set his loaded shotgun in the kitchen
and moved to another part Of the room.
His brother, Leroy, aged II, picked UP
the Weapon and, wishing to hear a
match snap, placed the match on the
capholder and pulled the trigger. He was
gun happened to be pointed In the direc-
ton of his older brother, who at the
moment was STOPPING over the woodbox.
The charge of shot struck Fremont in
the back, just above the hips. The
parents of the boys were both away, the
father having gone to Burlington to
bring home his wife, who had been in
the hospital. The injured youth was
taken to the home of Byron Bullock, who
lives near by, and DR.. Hall of Woodbury.
was summoned to attend him. An ex-
animation Of the boys back showed ~
perforations where the leaden pellets had
entered He survived the first shock,
however and Friday afternoon was
brought to Heaton hospital Little hope
of saving his life was given. and the end
came late Friday. The weapon used was
a 12-gauge gun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
HOW ST. JOHNsBURY DID 1T.
Received sx2.oOo from State to Repair
school House.

The ST Johnsbury school board has Is
sued a statement showing IN detail the
total cost Of rebuilding the Summer street
properties. The total amount expended
10 date has been s4s,s9476
The total appropriations for this work
amounted to $++.1N.N.
To Offset this the town receives ala
from the state to the amount OF ~ ooe.1l.
over so, 900 of this amount is returned to
the town inasmuch rs 1t has raised and
expended more than 20 per cent. Of the
grand list for school purposes, for trans
portation, advanced instruction. trained
teachers. legal schools and = stated por-
ton Of the super1ntendent's salary.
The statement shows that the not cost
Of tho improvements to the Summer street
buildings, including tho thoroughly up-to-
date equipment. costs the taxpayers $780,
o32.l9 The result is modern plant In
every respect, or. as the board expresses
Il in the report, we have provided as far
as possible for the physical and eduoa-
tionai welfare Of the children attending
school in this building"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
BIG APPROPRIATION
WANTED FOR ARMY

Washington, Nov. 30 Appropriations
aggregating sl04,1A512 to carry the army
through the coming year, are proposed
in estimates which the war department
has Just completed for submission to
Congress This is an increase OF s3,105,900
over the total carried by the army bill
for the current year, although reductions
are made in the allowance for many
branches of the service.
A new item Of $4,000 for purchase Of
automatic machine rifles Is asked. Alto
gether s., 900, 00o Is sought for ammunition,
compared with 100000 carried in the
current law. For field artillery for
the organized militia s2,o90OOO is asked
s., 10000 having been appropriated last
year For the manufacture. repair and
issuance of arms at the national armories
s25O,ooo is asked against $4,000 last year
The signal service would get $4,000
Of which 10000 would be for the pur-
chase, maintenance, operation and repair
of airships. Provision would be made
for giving one years additional pay TO
the benefciaries OF men killed In the
army aviation service.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
BACON TO BE
REAPPOINTED TO
SERVICE BOARD

Brattleboro. Nov. 8o-Gov. Allen NJ
Fletcher. who was here Today as q
member Of the board Of visitors to State
Report c. Bacon. chairman Of the public
service commission. had resigned, and
the Governor said that the report was
true
1T is my intention, however" the Gov
ernor added. ITO ask Mr.. Bacon to accept
a reappointment and hope he will do so
I consider him one of the ablest lawyers
in the State The resignation and re-
appointment which is for a term Of four
years is a formal step taken to obviate
any complication that might arise from
the Indebtedness Of the statute on this
point If the step were not taken before
December L.
While the Governor was talking Mr.
Bacon approached and the Governor re-
asserted his intention of re-appointing
Mr.. Bacon and added, There are one
or two other positions Mr.. Bacon might
have If he would accept them
Mr. Bacon expressed his preference for
his present position. Regarding the
positions Of the State judges the Gov
ernor said he had no comment to make
but he considered 1t would be his duty
to make appointments December l. IL
the members Of the board OF visitors Of
State institutions. who are the Governor,
Lieut.. Governor Frank e. Howe of Ben
nington, Speaker Charles A. Plumley Of
Mortified, and Mrs Perley F. Hazen Of
ST Johnsbury, expressed themselves as
greatly pleased with the conditions at
the Austine Institution. Concerning the
Brattlehoro retreat the Governor said
that while some progress had been made
In improving conditions with regard TO
sanitation and ventilation, conditions
TODAY
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
NEW STATE FAIR BUILDING.

Work has been commenced on a new
administration building at the Vermont
State Fair grounds In White River juno
ton, the cost OF which is to be 5000 and
has long been needed by these In charge
OF the annual exhibition. The building
will be two stories In height and especial
ly attractive. On the first floor will be a
room for the secretary and treasurer, a
postoffice and a room for those In charge
of the midway attractions, There will
also be a counting room and n room for
ticket agents. On the second floor Will be
room for the commissioners, a storage
room and a feature will be a loggia.
Balconies will project from every side Of
the proposed structure and on top viii
be a cupola with flag staff. On either
side Of the building will be a fence ex-
tending some distance and adding great
ly to the general attractiveness In front
and above the windows on the first floor
will be the word administration, and
the many windows will provide plenty Of
light Secretary Davis is personally
experimenting the work, which will be
rushed with all possible speed
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
CONNECTICUT VALLEY
POULTRY ASSOCIATION
FAIR THIS WEEK

Bellows Falls, Nov. 30-The fifth
annual fair of the Connecticut Valley
Poultry association will be held Tues
day. Wednesday and Thursday Of this
week in Union hall Last year there
were 776 entries to this show as COM
pared with 71s this year. but George
s. Buston, secretary of the association,
said to-day that the quality this year
will more than make up for the de-
crease in entries There will be more
than $500 given in cups this year. In
GLIDING the famous $500 challenge cup.
besides a large number Of awards in
each class which have been offered by
local merchants.
Among the exhibitors are the follow
ing: Mrs. NJ. f. Thomas OF Brandon, G..
II. Bates and q. C. Bartlett of Newport
Center, A. D. Bradford and f. l. Badger
of st. Adams, r. c. Blodgett Of Bristol,
H. A. Bush & Son of Milton F. L. Ber-
geson of Burlington, o. N. Eastman of
Burlington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
ESTABLISHING IDENTITY.
Man Killed near Montpelier Thought
to BE A. Shepard.

Montpelier, Nov 3O-The probable iden-
the Central Vermont branch train early
Sunday morning near Montpelier juno
ton was established this afternoon after
many persons had viewed the body in
the Volholm undertaking rooms, by n
Mr.. Gibson Of Groton, owner OF a lumber
mill at Fayston. who asserted THAI the
dead man was undoubtedly A. Shepard,
recently in his employ at the lumber
camp, wiz COMPLETED his duties Thurs
day OF last week.
Mr.. Gibson stated that he had in his
employ many men who work but short
time, and that Shepard was probably
one of them, He said that the red
sweater worn by the dead man was the
one worn by the man when he left the
lumber camp, Other facts learned yes
terday tend to corroborate Mr., Gibson's
Identification, for Orville Pine, employed
at Miller's Inn wine room, said yester-
day after viewing the remains that he
was fairly positive that the man was In
the hotel Saturday morning and told him
that his name WAS Shepard and that he
was lumber}ack Another tattoo mark
"s' was also found on his arm IN add
ton to the initials NJ. l.
Nothing Is as Yet known as to where
the man came from. or where he has
relatives, II any, Mr.. Gibson left for
his home in Fayston and will endeavor
to nnd out II possible, more about Shep-
ard. il such Is his name,
The body will probably be buried to.
day. II nothing more 10 learned about the
man.