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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-05

are the mixed breed made by the crossing
of the Spaniard and the Indian. The Cholo
men dress much as we do but the women
and girls have the same costume they have
had for generation or more. They delight
in delicate colors, and seem to have robbed
the gorgeous Andean sunsets for the tints
of their shawls and dresses They have
skirts of rose-red and sky-bue. Hundreds
of them wear skirts of sea-green, and not
few have short dresses as red as the sun
at its setting. They have shawls of the
finest of silk OF the most delicate hues, ard
these are so draped that they stand ouJ over
the skirts, which are propped out with
hoops The skirts themselves reach only
to the ripe curve of the calf, whose plump
ness is brought out by the high shoes of
white, cream or blue kid that form the fash
iona;le footgear The Chola shoes ha
very high heels. They are buttoned high
up, but are always tied at the top by cord
with a tassel that hangs half way to the
ankle.
The girls have white straw hats with tiny
black bands around the crown and bows on
one side. The bands seem to be pasted on
to the hat. and sometimes they are merely
streaks of black paint. AS the Cholito struts
along the street on her high heels she rests
her hat rakishly on one side of her head
and walks with a swing. Sometimes she
flirts her skirts a little to show her green
or blue colored stockings; and often you
notice that she has no stockings at all and
that what you thought was knitted hose OF
,1I1 Ill = a. H.. xof
the leg.
The Cholo women are very proud Of their
admixture of white blood. They think
themselves above their Indian sisters, and
look down upon the woman who wears a
blanket and sandals They are brighter
than the Indians. Many OF them are trad
ers who buy and sell in the markets, and
they do much of the retail business of the
Bolivian capital, having small stores and
saloons. Not few are the sole support Of
their families, including, perhaps, those Of
their husbands, who strut the streets of the
Bolivian capital, having allowances of pin
money from the trade carried on by their
wives.
But let us go on with our walk through
the markets. We pass scores of Indian
women wearing striped blankets of red, yell
low, blue and green. There are also natives
in black mantos, with black crepe shawls
wound tightly around their olive-skinned
faces. They have stopped on their way
home from church They have prayer books
in their hands, and also prayer mats. Many
are accompanied by the men of the family,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-05

number is increased by tens of thousands of
Indians. The Aymaras come in for many
miles over the country around, choosing
this Lords day of all others as their one
and only trading day of the week
| have seen most Of the great market
sights of the world l have haggled over
the prices in Calcutta, Bombay and Ben
ares I have dickered with the orientals in
Cairo and Tunis and have fought with the
Slavs at the fair of Mini Novgorod on the
Nolga, where Europe and Asia annually
meet to buy and to sell. l have seen the
open-air markets OF Africa and the mighty
bazaars of Siam and Burma, but nowhere
have I found so much activity as right here
in La Paz
The Indians are dressed in the gayest of
reds, yellows puppies and greens. They
bring their families with them and there
is mass OF moving men, women and chill
dren which throngs the streets from one
end to the other. Every one has merchan-
disc with him and many have travelled 40,
so or more miles, carrying their wares on
their backs In addition to the crowd on
the cobblestone roadWays are two long
lines of woman sellers who take up the side
walks. Every one sits down where she is
and spreads her wares out before her, so
that there are literally miles of vegetables
and goods of one kind or other lining the
streets In addition to the Indians are the
many Cholos or half breeds, and mixed with
the whole is the white population of the
Bolivian capital, women and men who have
come out to buy or see the strange sights.
The chief colors come from the dress of
the Indians The children and grown-ups
wear about the same costume, and even the
babies are clad like their parents. The men
and boys have or ponchos which cover the
upper parts of their bodies The poncho is
a blanket of the brightest of colors, with a
short slit in the middle through which the
head goes, so that the cloth rests on the
neck and shoulders and falls to the waist.
Under the poncho is an embroidered vest,
and the suit is completed by pantaloons that
reach half way down the back Many of the
Indian men are barefooted, and many wear
soe-leather sandals tied on with strings.
The most of them have on little felt hats
with round crowns, and under them knit
flaps that cover the ears and fall to the
shoulders.
The women also wear hats of much the
same shape, and some of them are bare
headed All are barefooted. They wear
gay blankets pinned AROUND their shoulders
covering a white waist or vest They have
very full skirts, of red, yellow, pink, green
or blue Everything is of the gaudiest ma
ture, and the cheap dyes of Germany have
aided in making the hues and tints swear
at one another.
Mixed with the Indians are the Cholos
and Cholas and the Choitos The CholaS
are the women and the Cholitos is a semi
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-05

who wear high black silk hats, black clothes
and black gloves. There are also foreign
ers for La Paz is a cosmopolitan city, and
it has all the queer classes of these Bolivian
highlands.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-05

WIZ veal ulSll DldCk SILK Hats, DldCk ClOlIleS
and black gloves. There are also foreign
ers, for La Paz is cosmopolitan city, and
it has all the queer classes of these Bolivian
highlands
The most interesting of all are the In
dams. We can see them everywhere buying
and selling Let us take a look at the
wares, Here is a woman with a little pile
Of potatoes and two or three artichokes be-
fore her. Close by is another peddling on
ions, and little farther over girl has for
sale green roasting ears, peas, celery and
lettuce. On the opposite side Of the street
is peddler who has flour in bags that hold
half pint, and farther on are peddlers of
fruit. Everything is sold by the pile, and
you measure the pile by your eyes. There
are no weights and measures to tell you
how much you are getting You pay by the
pile, and the piles are exceedingly small. A
half dozen little potatoes handful of flour
or a tablespoonful of salt makes up pur-
chase, and the usual trade is equal to 5
cents of our money. A whole marketing
could be crowded into half peck l doubt
whether the average cooking stove Of La
Paz could prepare much more at one time
And still the variety OF vegetables and
fruits and meats is great, and the quality
is especially fine, This high plateau is the
home of some of the chief crops of the
world. 1t is known that the potato came
from the Andes and it is a question as to
whether this is not the birthplace of our In
dian corn. Bolivia has maize, the grains
of which are twice as large as any grown by
our farmers. Some are of a bright yellow
color, every grain as big as my thumb nail.
Others are white, of twice the size Of lima
bean, and SO floury that they could be mash
ed to a powder between two stones. Some
of the corn is of mulberry color, other
kinds are red or even jet black
AS to the potatoes, they are red, white
and yellow, and some are as pink as the
toes of the babies playing among them.
fist, and other varieties not more than the
size of a thimble. They are all sold by the
pile and half dozen or 10 make up the
average purchase.
Nearly every potato seller has chuno
among her wares. These are potatoes so
treated that they look like bleached bones,
and are almost as hard When you break
them apart you find them hbrous and
tough. They are ordinary potatoes so
frozen and dried that they can be kept for
years without spelling The usual method
of making chuno is to soak the raw potatoes
in water, night after night, and then lay
them out on the ground to freeze. Then
the skins are rubbed off by treading them
with the bare feet. After that they are dried
in the open air. Potatoes SO treated be-
come as hard as stones. They form one OF
the chief foods of the Indians, who store
them away for the winter They have to
be soaked before being eaten. They are
served in the form of stew. | have tasted
them, but they are insipid and not at all ap-
petizing.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-05

Going on with our walk through the mar
ket, we see many fruits and grains that are
strange to our eyes Here is a woman who
sells quina or the seeds of plant akin to
our pig weed. The seeds are as white as
snow They are sweet to the taste, and
make an excellent Cruel. There are also
wheat, barley and oats, sold in inhnitesinal
quantities There are sweet and sour lem
ons and white grapes as big as ripe damson
plums. There are paltas or alligator pears
of twice the size of those that come to our
markets, and the picae, fruit that looks
like mammoth bean pod 1t has green
skin, and inside is pulp like the finest of
white spun silk, which when cold tastes like
a finely favored ice cream. There are also
oranges, apricots and bananas, as well as
tunas, the fruit of the cactus All of these
come from the Yungas valley, which is
reached through the break in the greit
basin in which La Paz lies. Going down
through that break you rapidly descend
until you reach tropical climate, where the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-05
Copyright, 1914, by Frank G, Carpenter)
LA PAZ, Bolivia.

STS-o1l6 o@$3 WANT to show you how
dM - our holy Sabbath is spent
M EM in this, the city of peace.
vel ISM The capital of Bolivia is
In - ~ one Of the most interest
HG&S4 ing of all the South Amer
lean cities, and Sunday is
its great day of the week The town lies
far back from the ocean, across the highest
range of the Andes, and on one of the high
est plateaus of the earth. In the Guibert
hotel, where l am writing, l am almost two
miles and half above the sea, and | can
see from my window the perpetual SHOWS
of Mount Illimani, one of the highest
peaks of this hemisphere. All about are
other high mountains, and walling me in
are the great ramparts, three times as high
as the Washington monument, that guard
the basin in which La Paz lies | have
climbed the walls Of Jerusalem, and have
tramped for miles upon the great wall of
China that separates that country from
Mongolia Neither of these walls is over
so feet high. The walls of La Paz are 80
times higher. They extend upward for
1900 feet and end in plateau that is more
than $4,000 feet above the level of the
ocean. The plateau of Bolivia is as big as
either Virginia, Ohio or Kentucky, and on
one side of it are mountains, some of which
are more than four miles in height. The
city lies in depression in that plateau. 1t
is in a little hollow away up here on the
topmost roof of the world. John d. O'Rear,
our American minister, says the site OF the
town is shaped like washbowl whose top
is three miles in diameter and whose sides
are 1900 feet deep. This bowl is almost
circular except for one end, where is great
crack, out of which the La Paz river runs.
And, indeed, that gives fair idea of the
city. Its site was a depression in the bed
OF the great inland sea that once covered
this mighty plateau Then the earth rose,
and the water broke through at the crack
and ran out, leaving the dry hollow that
now holds the capital of the Bolivian re-
public.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-05

When l last visited La Paz | rode from
Lake Titicaca across the plateau on the top
of stage drawn by eight mules which
were changed every three hours This time
I came on the railroad. | took the train at
Guaqui, on Lake Titicaca, and within three
or four hours had crossed the high plains
| could see no sign of a city until the cars
stopped at the Alto. This is at the edge OF
the basin, where the motive power OF the
train is changed from steam to electricity.
Here our engine pulled up on the brink OF
the precipice, and there below us was this
mighty hole peppered with houses rooted
with red tiles and galvanized iron. we
could see the walls of green, made by ma
ture, and the patches of cultivation climbing
their sides; and right in the center, away
down far below us, were the two and three
story houses and the churches and the
public buildings that make up the city
We rode down the sides of the walls on
an electric trolley in winding curves, our
train Engaging this way and that Here
the cars flew around loop, and there they
cut great figure 8, while further on we
could see a half dozen tracks above and be-
low US. AS we descended the town grew
larger, and the buildings, that were merely
toy houses when viewed from the Alto, be-
came Of respectable size. We could now
pick out the streets as they climbed down
the hills and could recognize the buildings
about the great central plaza, where stands
the national capitol, in which congress
meets. We could see the palace where the
president lives, and at its left the unfinished
cathedral, upon which the people have been
working for two generations, and where,
am told, they will still be working for
generation to come At the same time we
began to notice the crowds of the streets,
and our eyes caught the maze of bright
colors, which, of Sunday, paint waving
ribbons on the thoroughfares of La Paz.
On week days La Paz has mixedApopu-
lation of perhaps 10000 On Sundays this
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-05

Mixed with the Indians are the Cholos
and Cholas and the Cholitos. The CholaS
are the women and the Cholitos is semi
affectionate term for the girls The Cholos
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-05

On week days La Paz has mixedpopu-
lation of perhaps 10000 On Sundays this
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
MANY VARIETIES OF FLOWERS
They Are Found In All Kinds of Re-
e~eptaeIes In Every Section
Of Capital.

Flowers are planted in many recep
tacles In Washington, but there is no
use In trying to enumerate them. You
win Q many varieties of flower
boxes and flower urns and flower tubs
as you pass along the residence
streets.
In front Of 1915 1 street a sheet
iron cylinder has been converted into
a flower box or a flower tank. The
cylinder was one of those which may
be seen by the side OF a furnace, and
its normal function is to hold water,
hot or cold. That is probably what
this cylinder was used for before its
dedication to Flora. The name of the
foundry or the maker may be seen on
the west end of the cylinder.
The tank was cut away on one side
and set horizontally with the open
side up supported by a truss made OF
iron pipes crossed like the legs of a
sawhorse. 1t was filed with good
earth and pretty flowers are blooming
in 1t now. This very prosaic piece of
junk was ingeniously put to, a poetic
use
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
MAN TRIES TO FOOL POLICE
Burglar Amputatss ~. Ei.zs- ...h.
out AvallHother Points
Bstray Him.

New York-An attempt to beat the
finger print system proved unsuccess-
full when Joseph SIMPLE was identified
ut headquarters. though he had had q
sixth finger on his left hand ampu.
tated to fool the experts.
An tho prints OF the remaining nm,
gers Of the prisoner were the same al
those On the record OF SIMPLE, the
police examined his hand closely and
found . tiny scar where the sixth
finger had been. He then admitted
that a specialist had operated on him.
SIMPLE, who has served in Elmira
for burglary, was caught with three
other men in a basement at ITO East
Fourth street, in which the police
say they found $4,000 worth of stolen
hair goods. The other three have
also served sentences for burglary.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
an UNJUST CHARGE

Inc wells Herald charges ever
al times in the curse of an article
on the temporary defeat of the sale
of the Wells High school bonds
that those whe oppose the sale of
those bonds r opposed to the edu-
cation Of the children of Wells and
vicinity. In making that charge
the Herald knows that no one ia
miliar with the ethods pursued
in fastening those bonds upon the
county will believe that the opposi-
tion to them is based upon any such
ground.
The writer was not in the state
when the act bonding the county
without a vote of the people was
passed by the legislature and is not
as familiar with the method
employed to obtain the sanction of
the legislature on the scheme as he
otherwise would be. But from what
appeared in the papers at the time
and from what Assemblymen Fer
nald, Russell and Mcbride have told
him, he has no hesitation in soy wing
that the legislature was not cor
rectly informed as to the sentiment
of the people of this county toward
the proposed high school. They
were led to believe that the senti-
ment was almost if not unanimous
in favor of the school.
Further we are told by the as
semblymen named that neither one
of them was on the floor of the as
sembly when the bill bonding the
county for the Wells high school
a passed, yet all of them, and in
faGt the entire membership of the
assembly, are recorded as voting
for the bill. This alone raises the
suspicion that crooked work was
done by someone in the passage of
that bill. But be that as it NAV
there is a stronger ground for the
opposition to these bonds and that
is the right Of the legislature to
saddle bonds upon a county
without a vote of the people who
must pay them. If the people in
terestad in this school had submit
ted the question of the bonds to
the voters, it might have received
q majority If the votes cast, but
they preferred a different course
and now should not complain if
their scheme is defeated in the
courts. There is nothing gained
by incorporating those who are
honest and sincere in their opposi-
tion to the right Of a legislature to
fasten bonds upon a county without
the consent of those who must pay
them.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE FOURTH JUDICIAL LIS
TRICT OF THE STATE OF Me-
VADA IN AND FOR THF
COUNTY OF ELKO.
: In the Matter of the Estate of
Myrtle q. Puett. deceased. Notice
to Creditors.
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 End day Of March,
A. d. 1914, the undersigned was
duly appointed Administrator Of
the Estate Of Myrtle B. Puett, de-
ceased, and that he has duly quail
fled as such Administrator.
Notice is further given that any
and all persons having claims
against the said decedent, or
against the said Estate must file
the same with the Clerk of the
above entitled Court. with proper
vouchers ard the statutory Affidavit
attached within forty days from
the date of the first publication of
this Notice or their claims will be
forever barred.
Dated this End day of March, A. D.
1914.
John w. Puett.
Administrator of the Estate of
Myrtle B. Puett, deceased.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
Coal Coneumers OrosnJze.

Recent developments in the coal sit.
aation in the Philippines including .
shortage in the supply of fuel for the
archipelago during the last few
months and the increasing use of fuel
In the islands for industrial purposes
In which fuel costs are of prime i'm.
p%ortance, have led to the organiza-
tioD Of an association Of large coal
consumers in Manila which Is likely
to be Of great Importance In indus
trial matters in the far east.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT OF THE. STATE OF NE.
VADA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO.
In the matter of the Estate of
Thomas S. Porch,--Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Geo. M. CLAYTON, was
the 18th day of February 1914. ap.
pointed administrator of the estate
of Thomas S. Porch, deceased, by
order of the District court of the
Fourth Judicial District of the
State of Nevada, In and for the
County of Elko, and having quail.
fled as such administrator, letters
f administration Of said estate
were issued to him on the oath day
of February, 1914.
All persons having claims against
the said estate are required to file
the same, with the proper vouchers
and statutory Afidavits attached,
with the Clerk of said Court within
three months from the date of the
first publication of this notice.
Dated this 28th day of February,
1914.
Geo. M. Clayton,
Administrator Of said Estate.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
Habeas Corpus.

Habeas corpus is q writ directed to
a person OBTAINING another and com.
handing him to produce the body OF
the prisoner to do, submit to and re.
ceive whatsoever the court or judge
Issuing the writ shall decree. It is
applicable in all cases in which a per.
son In custody claims to be illegally
detained or wrongfully refused bail
or wishes to be removed from one
court to another.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
Beat Train In SPEEDING.

A man beat a train in a recent race
between the two from Groom to Kur-
seong, India-a distance Of 15h miles.
The victor, a private named Graham,
OF the Argylls, beat the train by two
minutes The distance was covered In
one hour and thirty minutes by con-
dnuous running. Graham walked two
days before from Ghoom to Kurseong
and back, 81 miles in six and one.
fourth hours.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
Guraa of

The most judicrous historians, the
most learned philosophers, and the
profoundest politicians, all lay 1t down
as acertain indispensable maxim, that
wherever luxury prevails. 1t never
fails t. destroy the most f~1ourishipR
states and kingdoms; and the expert.
enc of all ages, and all nations, does
but too clearly demonstrate the truth
Of this maxim.-Charles Rollin.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
Family Too Heavy for Hou.e,

~Sabillasville, Mo.-Because his fam.
LILY Of seventeen were too heavy for
the old farm house, Theodo Q C. Wills
built a new home. Wills weighs 225
pounds and the rest Of the family is
as heavy proportionately. There are
eight sons. who + carpenters, and
seven heavy daughters.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
- -
Ne Hspaper TrIviality.

1T is customary &c grid at the mod
ern press Of Europe and America as
sensational, yellow and corrupt, and to
represent the captains of industry who
control 1t as panders to base In.
stincts," says War and Peace of Lon
don. But, IS a matter of fact, the Of
tense Of the average modern newspa-
per consists in none of these things,
but in its overpowering triviality."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
Fure Colo.

Pure gold is considered as divisfble
In respect to purity into "a parts, each
called a carat, Tor karat), an old term
for one-twenty-fourth OF an ounce,
Troy. Fence the phrase Is carat fine
mea that Is twenty-fourths is pure
gold, and the remainder an alloy mate
rial. Ordinary gold chains and Jew.
cry are usually only II carat fine,
but wedding rings are % carats fine
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
Taking No Chances.

Dinny was taking dinner With Ho-
gan at a brilliant cafe. They weren't
accustomed to eating at such a place,
but they got along fairly we'll When
they had finished, the waiter said:
"Shall 1 bring you a couple of demt-
tasses?" mot on yer life," exclaimed
Dinny. Our wives might come In
an see US sittin' wild them."-San
Francisco Argonaut
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-07
Wouldn't Want Him.

A distinguished French authoress
twho for obvious reasons must be
nameiCss, but wac lately was intro
dsced to one Of Tho most important
and least imposing, personally, of che
European monarche) was asked q day
or gwo ago what she thought Of him.
Hen reply was unexpected. III I were
out fishing and caught him." she 10
Piled, II should put him back"