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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-12-04
LAMoILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. r. f.. Jones and daugh
ter. LEILA and Beatrice of Elko. spent
Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Newman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Wilson and
sons, Leslie and Hugh. attended our
Thanksgiving dance.
Rev. Byers and family and DR..
Rand and family Toasted with Mr. and
Mrs. W. VI. Barclay on THANKSGIVING
Day.
Mrs. James Holland and son. Clark
have returned from n visit 10 Salt
Lake.
Miss Grace ElInorc Of OsIno. rs
spending a few days with her sister
Mrs. Clas. Clubinu.
ROY. Bycrs Is a buaincFs yIaItor
in Elko this week.
y mn" time was enjoyed by ali nj
Our Thanksgiving dance. The mn.
Sic' which was furnished by the Hale
orchestra OF Elko, was especially nnc.
II" supper was all ono could wish
Tor ana We arc hoping our Morcan.
tile company win give ~ many moro
such pleasant affairs during tho com.
Inc winter season.
Paul and Dewey Conrad Of Elpo
liIRh school. spent T~hanksriyipp vo.
cation at hcIr home hero.
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NEED MORE FOOD
IN BELGIUM

Now York, Nov. 3O.-Tho Rockcfcl.
lcr foundation In Il statement issued
Sunday, says II has received from it's
war relief commission. which already
has reached Rotterdam, II favorable
report on the efficiency Of the organ.
'11tion for the distribution Of food and
clothing for the needy Bclgians.
"yckiiiio Rose, chairman of the
foundations commission, reports
that IL" need OF additional auppIIes
sun Is most urgent and that contribu.
'lohS OF 10000 tons In addition to the
cari;o"S already assured must be ship.
pea during December. ARRANGEMENTS
nave boon made, tho foundation
S'"trS' Tor the transportation OF 49,.
OOO,OOO pounds Of food to reach the
i'cIHians before the first OF the year.
tn" American commission for re-.
li'l In Belgium has arranged for the
hlsratchihg of several steamers with
TelloI carEOcS. Tho first early ship.
mcnt will be on tho steamer .,asti.
can, which sails from Philadelphia on
December 8, carrying II cargo OF
$4,000 bushels Of wheat, valued Mt
about 100000. Ships from San Fran.
cisco and Pugont Sound carrying Ia.
cihc coast donations also nrc TO leave
soon. streaming through the Panama
canal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-12-04
INTERESTING FACTS
IN DIVORCE CASE

The case of G. w. Moore vs.. Fran.
els Moore In which tho plaintiff sued
for a divorce, was heard In the dis
trlct court this morning. Some In.
tcrcsting facts were brought out in
tho case which will cause n scnau.
ton in Elko. The plaintiff testified
that his wife had been seen in CON.
pany with several men. among whom
no names win TrcmCwan. n man
named Murphy and another By tho
name of Young. She, according to
Moore, would leave the home as gOOn
as he departed and would hunt the
mon UP and then they would 20 to n
saloon and all imbibc freely Of tho
Joyful juice. .IC also stated that she
had an ungoyernabio temper and fro.
]ducntly threw hammers, dishes and
other articles OF furniture at him. The
result of tho marital troubles were
mat shG left him some months ago
ana refuses TO return. saying that she
loves him no longer and viii not live
with him. She made no fight against
the proceedings and says that slrc Ia
glad for him 10 got a divorce as she
wishes 10 remarry. Moore is employ
ed Mt the Western paclno AMI has re-.
sided here for tho last three years.
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TIL" markets for the Goldncl Is con-
tinucd to gain strength Saturday, with
a uniform advance throughO II tho
entire list and closing figures higher
than at any time during tho recent
boom In prices. Florence Go'dncld
was the star performer In paint oil
gain price. selling up to 81. IN IN.
GREASE OF 30 cents for the DAY on re-
ports of improved conditions ~ the
mhc. Jumbo Extension MAJ ttaincd
It's strength and advanced t. = clos
Ing price of $3.50 bid, Mt 1855.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-12-04

Figures brought up TO the year 1911
give the number OF illlteratcs per
thousand Of population as follows:
Austria, 429; Belgium. 24S; France,
1G1: ireland, 1872; Italy. 615; Portugal
702; Roumania, S03; Russia, 725; Ser.
via, GOT; Spain, G37; United States,
native whites. 4G; foreign born
whites, 1928; total population, 1873;
Germany, practically no illitcratcg;
Sweden, 2; Norway, Q; Denmark. 2.
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going to the "hOt hole" west of town
and drown herself and she told him
goodbye forever. investigation, how.
ever. showed no signs of her having
gone there. and inquiry was made ut
the ticket Offices II wac found that
Il ticket for No. 10 had been sold to
Ogden presumably for her and a fact
which Ia believed TO be Of significance
is that n certain man made Inquiry
OF The agent about n Pullman berth
TO Ogden on the same train on which
Mrs. Owens is believed to have gone.
Then there Is the further fact that
Mrs. Owens had not sufficient funds
to buy a ticket 10 Ogden, and whore
she procured the same cannot DO
learned.
In speaking OF his wife today Mr..
Owens said that she has been very
moody OF late and he attributed the
same to the fact that she was In a
delicate condition, IIo said that she
had once before done the Same thing
hut after Il short time returned and
happy family relations were resumed,
and he believes that She will soon
again return TO her homo.
Mr.. and Mrs. owens have two chill.
dron, three and four years OF age.
which makes the affair moro regret.
able. Mr.. owens Is engaged In the
hat and clothes cleaning business and
IL well respected.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-12-04

A mountain lion recently killed In
Tho Grand Canyon game preserve.
which adjoins the Tusayan national
forest, measured ten feet from nose
TO tail. Mountain lions and other
beasts OF prey, such ms wolves, coy
otes and wild cats, are killed by for.
est officers and game wardcns be.
cause they are n menace TO stock and
TO game animals.
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n. A. M. ELECT THEIR OF GERS

AZ n regular meeting OF Ell , clHp'
tor Of R0ycl Order Masons he'd last
night, tho following officers wcio
elected:
H. J. Winturmantoi. II. 4.
Otto II. Williams, X.
J. L. Kcyscr. 81.
Jno. Henderson, Treasurer.
J. c, Doughty, Secretary.
H. A. Eylcr, G. Of If.
r. !. Stewart. y. $.
!. ID McFnrlane, X. A. G..
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MIR. and Mrs. VIM. Mayer return
cd from Salt Lake City last night
where they spent several days buy.
Ing new furniture. rugs, etc, or tho
now addition to the Hotel Mayer now
nearing completion.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-12-04

j. NJ. Morgan, who pleaded guilty
to drunkenness in tho justice court
yesterday has had sentenced postpon.
ed until tomorrow morning by Judge
Castle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-12-04

The above note was found in the
pocket Of John C. Coble, who was
found a suicide in the ladies' paricr
of the Commercial Hotel this morn
ing at 1890. CobEc had been seen at
several places last night and had
seemed to be in good spirits. The
shot which snuffed out his life as a
candle in the wind naturally came as
a surprise to all who knew him. He
walked into the Commercial Hotel,
wrote the foregoing note to Mrs. Cob
lie and placing the muzzle OF a IS
~Iver-Johnson in his mouth, fired the
fatal shot.
MI. Coble had been a resident of
this city for some time, having come
to Elko from Cheyenne Wyo., where
he was ~well-known. He had been
considered wealthy by everyone until
now, but from the tone of the epistle
found on him, It is believed now that
he had lost his money In some man
ner- He was not known to be a gam
bling Elaa although he frequently
played freezeout in local saloons for
small stakes. Not q great deal Is
known about him here although all
who knew him in Elko liked him and
he was on good terms with almost
everyone. He Is survived by a family
OF five children and his widow. All
of his children are small.
Several people who were i'll the
Commercial at the time OF the shoot.
ing saw Mr.. Coble enter the hotel and
go into the parlor. They thought
nothing of IL and none could discern
anything unusual in his manner.
When the shot rang out, the witness.
es all testified that it sounded as if
1t came from the outside and q
search was made Of the exterior be-
fore anyone thought of looking into
the parlor. When the parlor was
searched however by Mr.. Merrick,
night clerk at the hotel, Mr.. Hartley,
II dancing master, and G. T.. w. Dore,
ticket agant at the Western Pacific
depot, the body OF the dead man was
seen sitting In a chair, legs crossed
and a revolver with one chamber en-
PITY In the folds OF his overcoat. He
had turned off the light and the room
was In total darkness when discover
ed. Tho coroner was Immediately
summoned and at an inquest this
morning. a jury composed of r. B..
Clark, Wallace Toombs, w. II. Miller
w. r. Englert, C. F. Holland, and D..
McEiroy, returned n verdict that the
dead man had come to his death as
II esult of n gunshot wound admin.
tstered by himself.
The dead man, as far MS is known.
left no estate. His wife stated this
morning that he was supposed to have
some money on deposit at the Wells.
Fargo National Bank in San Francis.
CO but no record has been found OF
1t to date. The only effects found on
the body were n diamond ring of con.
siderable value, u watch and chain
and some valuable trlnkets. Evi.
dencc found In his effects show that
he was n member OF the Cheyenne
lodge, No. $50 u. 2. o. Il. and local
Blks will make inquiry as to his peo.
pie If he has any others outside his
immediately family. He IL also said
to be a member of the Masonic lodge.
The body Is lying at the Keyser
undertaking parlors and no nnoun
cement has been made as to the dis.
position Of the remains.
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Mining properties all over tho Cold.
he'd district that have laid dormant
Tor seven or eight years, are now
starting operations, or arc preparing
to do so.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-12-04

DEAR ELISE:
Believe me, ! have tried to
pull through. I am all in; l
am all in. Believe me-, ! am
yours until the end and ! can
not make good.
:. Lovingly,
Your Husband
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Dr. +. ". Murry, OF Ogdon, NV
head OF tho bureau Of animal INDUS
try whose headquarters are $50
Ogden, is In the city today on 'h'''N
business.
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Newark post., 1914-12-16
State Grange Meeting

The Delaware State Grange
held it's fortieth annual session in
the rooms Of the Century Club at
Dover last Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday with nearly 200 del
egates in attendance. Secretary
Wesley Webb reported 40 oranges
in good standing organized in the
State with 2349 members, a net
gain for the year Of 365 Total
dues contributed during the year
amounted to $1O1S.O5 and Sixth
degree members contributed $349
while from advertising and other
sources the receipts were $324.39.
The subject of good roads was dis
cussed at length. New Castle coun-
ty delegates holding that road
building methods employed there
could hardly be improved upon
with the material available. Kent
delegates urged that the road law
be amended so as to permit employ
ment of their good roads fund for
improving as well as for new roads.
Resolutions were adopted favoring
prompt appropriation by the Leg
islature of money to meet the ex-
penses incurred in checking the
spread Of the foot and mouth dis
ease. The report on cooperation
maintain that the Grange was able
to establish cooperative store in
each of the three counties, capital
| lied by stock company and con-
Quoted on cash basis. Ae report
was submitted on special lines OF
woman's work, chief of which was
home-making. The Grange went Oh
record as opposing the resubmlsslon
of the liquor license question III
the State. Other resolutions fav
ored laws prohibiting the entry OF
gypsies into the State, the teaching
of practical agriculture, domestic
science and call the arts that adorn
the home" in the colleges OF the
esSrate; appropriating 800 to fur
s., a room or provide other equip
nlshA>t the Women's College al
ment aos.Lto-wide prohibition ano
Newark, Starry corning with the
State laws conno-ett Congress. A
Webb-Kenyon act opn2elgian suf
gift of 800 for the b
ferers was also voted.
Newark post., 1914-12-16
Biz Day For
The Children
Good Time Arranged by Com
mittee

IFS a good thing to be children
,ometimes, and never better than
II Christmas, when it's mighty
fonnder was a child Himself. Some
snch thought has impelled the
ChiIdrpn's Committee Of the New
Tpntulv Club in their efforts to
nrovide a good time for the child
rpn of the town at the joyous
season. A delightful
nrogram of wholesome entertain
Fnent has been prepared for next
Wednesday afternoon when about
Three hundred and sixty children
If the town will be the committee s
Eupsts at the Opera House. Thru
Fbe generosity Of the Opera House
Eompany which has contributed
[be hall, and a part Of the enter
Fainment, the plans have been ex-
tended to include many happy
kprprisos for the little ones. Tick
bis of admission are being distrib-
|rted throughout the town to all
children in the public school in the
ffh and all lower grades, and to
b the younger children living in
|he town. An invitation has also
been extended to members of the
New Century Club, with their
[bldron. whether residents or non
residents of Newark. The Commit
bee forbids the disclosure of any of
(Ieir secrets. 1t is safe to say, how
g.r. there is a good time in store
kr everyone.
Newark post., 1914-12-16
SCHOOL WILL ENTER
TAIN ON FRIDAY
Mothers Urged To Attend
Meeting

The second of the series Of en-
tertainments being giysM for the
parents of pupils iii the Grammar
School will be held next Friday af-
ternoon in the room of the Fifth
Grade, teacher, Miss Agnes Medill.
At the close of the children's pro-
gram the committee on Bylaws for
the proposed Parent Teachers AS
sociation, explained by Professor
Rich of the Women's College at
the last meeting, will report, off
GERS will be elected and permanent
organization effected. The COM
mittee in charge of this work is
composed Of the teachers Of the re-
spective grades, assisted by the Ed
ucational Committee Of the New
Century Club.
The committee extends a cordial
invitation to all parents who have
children enrolled in the grammar
lades to attend. It is hoped the
plan will result in one Of the -four
ishing organizations which have
been beneficial to all concerned, in
many Of our neighboring towns.
Newark post., 1914-12-16
SON OF EX-PRESIDENT
VISITS NEWARK
In Search Of Family History

For the purpose Of looking up
some family history, Abram Gar
held OF Cleveland, Ohio, youngest
son OF President James A. Garfield,
who was assassinated in Washing
ton in 1880, shortly after his in
auguration, visited Newark last
week.
The grandmother of President
Garfield formerly lived in this
vicinity and was baptised at the
Old Welsh Tract Baptist Church,
near Newark, between the years
17S7 and 1898. She was Susanna
Griffith, who afterwards married
John Rudolph. 1t was to hunt up
some data relative to Mrs. Griffith,
his great-grandmother, that Mr..
Garfield visited Newark. He was
referred to Mrs. Agnes Miller, who
is an authority on Newark history,
and especially any in connection
with the Welsh Tract Church, with
which she has been identified all
her life. Mrs. Miller's mother was
Francis Barr Griffith and she was
Of the same Griffith family as Mr..
Garfeld's great-grandmother.
The Griffiths were among the
very early settlers in this country
and Mrs. Miller was able to give
her visitor much history about the
family that he did not know Of.
She loaned him some manuscripts
which contain a detailed history
of 10 or II generations Of the fam,
lily.
Mr.. Garfield was greatly inter
ested in a picture Mrs. Miller
showed him of Rhudden Castle, the
first home of the Griffiths in Wales
This picture was secured by a rel,
ative Of Mrs. Miller, during a visit
to Wales, last year. This old cas-.
tie, still well preserved, but now
unoccupied, was built in 1918.
Newark post., 1914-12-16
-
St. Thomas Guild Growing

AT meeting Of the new Parish
Guild Of st. Thomas Church, on
Monday night, twenty new men,
bers were elected, making thirty
two new ones since the guild was
re-organized under the new rector,
the Rev. Walter G. Haupt, to fur.
ther the various activities of the
parish, religious, philanthropic and
social. Several entertainments are
to be held in the parish house soon
after the holidays. The guild has
now fifty seven members, the twen-
ty elected this week being as fol-
lows: Misses Anne M. Hossinger,
Alice Singles, Margaret Bowen,
Mary Major; George Dobson, Will
lam Dean, J. Pilling Wright, Mrs.
J. Pilling Wright, Ernest Wright,
Mrs. Ernest Wright, Harry A.
Heinel, Mrs. Harry A. Heinel,
Mrs. Benjamin Jacobs, Mrs. How.
ard Gilpin, Mrs. Nellie Bennett
Mrs. William 7. Singles, Mrs. d
NJ. Major, Mrs. G. G. Hubert, Mrs
Naomi Lyman, and Mrs. McCul
Tough.
The officers of the guild are
David G. Rose, president; Miss
Frances Hurd, vice-president Mrs
Levi K. Bowen, treasurer; Harlow
H. Curtis, secretary.
Newark post., 1914-12-16
Interesting
Local History
Jefferson Davis Ancestors at
Welsh Tract

In the course Of a recent article
in the New York Sun on jefferson
Davis, president of Confederate
States, by Edward N. Vallandig-
ham, appears the following which
will be of interest in Newark:
Within a few years there has
been found pretty strong evidence
that Jefferson Davis first Ameri-
can ancestor, man of yeoman es-
tate, who could neither read nor
write, came to America as a colon
ist Of the Welsh Baptist settlement
established by the grant of VIM.
Penn in 17O1 in Pencader Hun
dred, New Castle county, Delaware
The region is still known as the
Welsh Tract and is still inhabitat-
ed by descendants of the original
settlers who still worship at
quaint little brick meeting house
built in 1747, two miles south Of
Newark.
"The Davis family had 400 acres
III the Welsh Tract as early as
17l7 but the member of the fam
lily from whom Jefferson Davis is
supposed to be descended was dis
possessed of his property, which
went to his brother David, and
Evan Davis, son Of the dispossess-
ed brother, is supposed to have
joined an offshoot of the Delaware
Welsh Tract colony which settled
on the Peedee river in South Car
olina. He later moved to Georgia
and left one son whose ninth child
was Jefferson Davis"
Newark post., 1914-12-16
)elaware's Child
Labor Law AS 1t Is

Within the last week criticism of
|he Child Labor Law passed by the
! |ast session Of the Delaware Legls-
Eture, because Of a case reported
b Wilmington, where a boy OF
(Ourteen had been forced out OF a
position which yielded the sole IN
|omc Of the family, has been wide
|pread. That this was due to an
|rror in the administration OF the
|w. rather than the law itself, is
proven by the following quotation
pom the statute books Of the State !:
In any case where the labor OF
child under the age specified IN
|hiS act is necessary to assist IN the
|upport of itself or it's family, be-
Iause Of the death of a parent or
he illness of a parent, or for any
ther unavoidable cause, the State
|hild labor inspector shall present
he case of such child to the judge
i the juvenile court Of the city OF
Wilmington, or to the resident
ldge of the county in which such
hiId resides, and also to the agent
f the Society for the Prevention
Cruelty to Children, and If such
ldge and said agent shall sign a
emit for said purpose the said
hiId- shall. he allowed to work for
"-'" -" e'.'" ~. from the
lot exceeding one year ,rs nm said @
late of the said permit, and :: s., !
permit may be renewed by san
Judge and said agent from year tt
ear. The State child labor inspec
or shall make report of all such
|aSes to the commission, both in
Is quarterly report and at any
lated meeting of said commission
Riied prior to the time of filing
'id quarterly report.
Newark post., 1914-12-16
Farmers Club Meets

Pencader Farmers Club held an
interesting meeting last evening in
the Welsh Tract School House.
Eighteen members were present.
Prof. A. E. Grantham of the
Delaware Experiment Station gave
an interesting and helpful talk. 1t
was decided to send an exhibit of
thirty ears to the Corn Show to be
held in Middletown next Satur-
day. All farmers of the district
having prize ears to contribute are
urged to communicate with the
Club
Newark post., 1914-12-16
Newark
Mammoth Plant
At Marcus Hook

Work on great buildings to ac-
commodate a $1OO,OOO,000 plant,
to be located on Is acres of land
recently purchased at Marcus Hook
will be begun in the near future.
The new concern, known as the
Benzol Product Co. has opened Of
fees in Philadelphia. The war in
Europe is said to be responsible
for the plant, which will furnish
the dyestuffs, especially aniline
oil, the scarcity of which has forced
many textile mills to close, within
the last three months.
Newark post., 1914-12-16
THE STUDENTS PART
IN COLLEGE EXTENSION

rule do not extensively reach the
State as whole. They are more
or less local, that is, confined to the
college. Aside from these activities
the students of many colleges have
been successful in taking the col
lege activities before the people.
Some of these have been in the
form Of midwinter indoor carni-
walls in which the students Of the
various colleges, courses, or de-
partments vie with one another in
getting up booths in which are ex-
hibited students work or recent
discoveries, various Investigations
and inventions. These booths are
usually set up in the local halls or
armories. North Dakota has had
two or three successful seasons
with such student extension work.
The Electrical and Chemical engi-
neers for example, exhibited the
various newly discovered rays,
their uses by physicians, the Won
ders Of the wireless phone and tel
egraph, it's workings, ETC., various
batteries, the oxy-acetylene weld
ing process, the nitrogen tungsten
light, comparative cost of lighting
systems, sanitary plumbing, water,
heat and light for rural home, etc.
The last exhibits (1914) were
crowded for three days.
One Of the most novel and daring
! of the student extension activities
was carried out by the North Da-
kota Agricultural College in the
way Of a Students Life Special in
February 1913. The special train
of six ears was made up of bag
gage car for exhibits, dining car
and three or four Pullman cars,
The students manned-and wom-
AIMED (if you please) every posi-.
ton on the train Seven young
ladies from the Home Economic
course took charge Of the dining
car. The engineers took full charge
of the train. Over 100 students and
members Of the faculty toured the
state for four days. The College
organizations taken along included
80 members of the cadet band, Il
members Of the orchestra, the crack
squad, the college "Y" quartette
the Edwin Booth Dramatic Club
the student staff, part of the col
lege staff, official chaperones, anC
special guests, including Miss Mar
guerite Curtiss, staff correspondent
of the London Times and Tele
gram, London, England, Mr.. Buck
walter, representative of the Selie
Moving Picture Firm, Lloyd Nj
Dowell, Portland, Oregon, who haC
charge of the Western Growers
Special. 5000 people assembled
at the college to see them off. Th.
baggage car carried attractive ant
instructive exhibits from every de
partment. At the various stops th'
students would take charge Of al
the extension activities, lectures
demonstrations, music, vocal an(
instrumental, and in the evening"
the dramatic club would give ;
play in the larger towns. Thirty
four towns were visited; the Stat
legislature quit business while th'
president of the college delivered
a Lincoln memorial address an(
later in the day they were enter
tanned by the students, the Home
Economics girls having the plea
sure of feeding the governor
daughters.