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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-06-03

in the city were not prepared to make a
report. Mayor Peck stated that if the
city did not soon take some steps to
abate the nuisances that now exist in
several city lots that are made insight
ly and insanitary by the hitching Of
horses and the dumping of rubbish, the
state food inspector would, and perhaps
| fine the city and the owners Of the
| lots in question. The matter was left
in the hands of the committee who were
admonished to abate said nuisances as
soon as possible.
The matter of the fitzpatrick ditch
was again heard and it was reported
| that the new ditch was completed and
that all parties interested were about
to be satisfied with the arrangem ents
the city will soon consummate.
The council have not yet been able
to- induce Mrs. Chalmers to build
sidewalk on her property, and failing
to get personal interview with her
have ordered the clerk to use his in
tluence with her by mail.
The bond of Mrs. Maud Cherry, the
new city treasurer, for $4,000 signed
by herself, L. M. Capps, and E. NJ.
Kennedy, was read and approved.
The bond of the First National Bank,
the new city depositary, for $25,OOO,
I'D hy hn
L. M. Capps, was read and approved.
The council thought that $75 per
month for the maintenance of the city
park was excessive and made an offer
to the V. I. S. ladies of $50 per month
I Il 20 the work necessary to keep the
park in as good order as they saw fit.
The council will meet in special ses-
sion tomorrow night to investigate
proposed new lighting system for the
city which has been submitted to them
| by Manager Hughes of the Southern
Idaho Water Power Co., who promises
them better illumination for less IN pney.
The Improvement Committee was in
strncted to get a new Underwood Type,
writer that is offered them for 1925
which Councilman Bergman says is a
snap. and the council is of the same
opinion.
The report of the chief of police for
the month of May showed collections
amounting to $4,000, and that Of the
scity sexton 1910. The report OF the
police judge was also made, but it
did not swell the city treasury I'd any
great extent, as most of the fines he
imposed were either remitted BY the
council, or unpaid by the defendants.
! A five-spot was all he could turn over.
A building permit was granted to
f. M. Capps to improve his property on
East Main street where the Chapmans
formerly resided, but which has re-
Gently passed into his possession. He
proposes to put $4,000 stucco story on
the residence.
A petition to extend the south end
of Maple street across the M ackay
tracks was read, and met with the ap-
proval of the council
| Mr.. Ed. Watson appeared before the
council seeking advice for the protec-
tion of his hay and other property
which was being destroyed by stray
stock. His troubles were referred to
the Law and Order Committee.
The bills of the judges and clerks
of the recent city election that were
presented for $500 were reduced to
$400, which the solons all agreed was
sufficient compensation for the SER
vices rendered and the time spent.
The constables of said election were
allowed the sum of $500.
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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-06-03

where the bottles are washed, are as
clean as it is possible to have them
having cement floors and drains and
being supplied with an abundance of
|convenient, pure water that is supplied
by nearby deep well that is operated
with new metallic windmill. The
wash house has just been equipped with
a new and commOdious zinc tank where
the bottles are washed and sterilized
twice day with non-poisonous liquid
that kills all germ life that might exist
in the bottles or water.
Last fall the Merrell's built new
brick barn 3Ox6O feet that will ac-
comodate thirty-one COWS, where there
is patent stanchion that fits over the
head of each COW while she is being fed
and MIXED. The floor is made Of
cement with two drains that receives
all the refuse Of the cows that is car
ried away by flushing process which
easily keeps the barn in clean, odor-
iCSs anu SdHltdIy Wucrc tuc
atmosphere is as pure as it is possible
to have it. The barn has an arched roof
that formes a loft capable Of holding
fifty tons of hay which is handled by
the most modern methods Of unloadin .
and storing it.
The herd of this dairy is composed of
Jersey and Durham cows that are both
sleek and gentle and apparently in the
best Of health, and they could not be
otherwise owing to the hundreds of
green acres that abound in wild grasses,
alfalfa and an abundance of pure, clear
water that they have daily access to.
One of these Durham cows has given as
high as six gallons of milk per day,
and the beautiful Jerseys milk test 5
per cent. butter fat.
This up-todate dairy is known as the
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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
WAR CLOUDS DISAPPEARING

Washington, Aug. 26.-Count
Won Bernstorf, the German am-
bassador, arrived here early to-
day and at the embassy it was
said he would shortly go to the
State Department for a conference
over the Arabic matter.
The tenor of Berlin dispatches
late last night and early to-day,
especially the declaration of the
German chancellor that proper
~reparation would be made if the
submarine commander exceeded
his instructions, and the public
disclosure that Germany, after
the sinking of the Lusitania, had
taken steps to prevent another
such disaster, renewed the feeling
in official quarters here that
friendly relations between the
two countries would not be
broken by the Arabic incident.
American officials have under
stood for weeks that German sub
marine commanders had been
given instructions after the sink
ing of the Lusitania designed to
meet the representations of the
United States, and therefore the
sinking of the Arabic was a
double shock.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
State Officials Demand
Bigger Fair Fund

The accounts OF the pari NUT
uel receipts at Reno are being
checked up at the direction Of
Governor Boyle. The percent
age of the State racing commits
sion will amount to $4,000. The
racing commission allowed the
association to retain the difference
when a mutuel bet amounted to
an uneven sum in cents-thus,
tickets paying $4.45 on the clerks
calculation paid $40. Govern
or Boyle believes this was not
correct procedure and the amount
so retained is to be accounted for
by the association and subjected
to the percentage accounting
specified in the Laws per cent
to the association, of which one
sixth will go to the racing COM
mission. About 5000 more will
be coming to the State racing
commission from the association.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28

A girl had a proposal of mar
riage Sunday night. and asked q
week to consider it before answer
ing. She then organized herself
into an investigating committee
and began taking testimony from
married ladies of her acquaint-
ance. The first one she visited
used to be a belle and the most
admired girl in town before she
married six years before. The
cross examination brought out
the fact that she had six chill
dren, did all her own work, in
Guiding the washing and ironing.
and hadn't been down town for
four weeks, and that her husband
had given her but SO since she
married, and that he had bor-
rowed and forgot to pay back $40
which her brother once gave her
for a Christmas present. He
bought himself a new overcoat
with the money, while she wore
the same plush coat which she
wore when he was counting her.
Another woman whom she visited
quit teaching school three years
ago to marry 'the handsomest
and best dressed man in town."
and she was supporting him. A
third didn't dare say her soul was
her own when her hus band was
around, though she used to write
some lovely essays when she was
at school on the emancipation
of women" and the fourth wo-
man she visited was divorced.
After visiting them and summing
up the evidence, she went home
and wrote the young man. She
will be married next month.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
NEW TO-DAY
N o

In the Third Judicial District Court OF the
State OF Nevada, in and for the County
OF Eureka
In the matter of the Estates and Guardian.
ship Of Marian Damele and Tina Damele.
Minors.
Notice Is hereby given that under and bv
virtue of an order Of the above entitled court
made on the 18th day of August, 1915. the
undersigned was directed to sell ct private
sale In one parcel for cash. the following de-.
scribed real and personal property belonging
TO the above entitled estates and described as
follows, TO wit: An undivided two-ninths in
terest in aud TO the Three Bar or Damele
Rsnch. consisting Of contract lands, situate
and being In the County Of Eureka, State of
Nevada, containing 1910 acres more or less.
together with IN undivided two-nintbs inter.
est in al farming implements, supplies. mer.
chandise. 600 head Of cattle, 80 work, saddle
and range horses. in. upon or about the said
ranch.
In pursuance Of said order the undersigned
will receive bids or offers in writing for the
purchase Of said property ct private sale ON
Monday. the 20 day OF September, 1915; said
bids or Offers to be delivered at the residence
Of the undersigned, in the town and county of
Eureka, State Of Nevada.
Dated this 18th day Of August, 1915.
PIETRINA DAMELE, Guardian.
Date Of first publication Aug. %. 1915.
Date Of last publication Sept. Is. 1915.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
LAND VALUES CAUSING TROUBLE
Property Owners Protest That Classifi-
cation Il Unfair; War on Assessors

Carson City. Nevada. Aug. 26-The
affairs of the Tax Commission and
the various County Assessors con-
tinue to be conducted with regular
ity and without friction. During
the week some of the biggest prop
erty holders of the State appeared
before the board and asked to have
their taxes lowered. Objections to
classification and valuation of land
we're the chief bones of contention.
What has been regarded as the
stumbling block, the comparison of
land classification and valuation. has
not been reached, owing to the fact
that the rolls have not been segre-
gated. Murmurs of discomfort are
being heard. however, among the
big property owners and it is said
the election of Assessors will be made
a Statewide political issue next year
in an effort on the part of those OPP
posed to the Tax Commission to
secure enough members on the State
Board of equalization to override the
rulings of the Commission.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
OARDANELLEs ABOUT ALL IN
Turkish Capital Is Reported
on Verge of Panic Follow
ing Combined Raid
of Allies

London, August 25.- Land,
sea, air and submarine attacks
against the Turkish troops in a
great concentrated effort by the
British, French and Russians to
force the Dardanelles, take Con-
stantinople and gain the support
of the wavering Balkan States,
are reported tonight.
Forty thousand Turkish troops,
withdrawn from other fronts, are
being hurriedly dispatched to
Gallipoli.
The Turkish capital is report
ed in a State bordering on panic,
which has been intensified with
the Russian air raid, which had a
particularly depressing effect on
the more superstitious part of the
Ottoman population.
The young Turk leaders are
reported to be sending urgent
appeals to Berlin for assistance.
| Emissaries are said to have been
dispatched to plead with the Ger
man war Office for a quick move
against Serbia and the Balkans
in an effort to cut through to
Constantinople and lift the pres
sure which is rapidly carrying
Turkey under.
London optimism is increasing.
The operations in the Darda-
nelles now entirely overshadows
in the British mind the campaign
in the east. It is believed that
early relief will be brought to
Russia through the opening Of
the straits. Some observers even
20 as far as to state that the next
few weeks will see the opening Of
the water way.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
Latest News Notes
Received Over the Telephone
From Palisade this (Satur-
day. Morning

The condition of Mrs Bruce
Saulter. terribly burned at Reno
Thursday when a pan OF gasoline
with which she was cleaning a
dress exploded, is now reported
to be serious, other complications
arising in the case.
A fire at the Preside in San
Francisco early Friday morning
destroyed the Government army
barracks and a cottage in which
the wife and four children of
Brigadier General John ]. PERISH
ing, now in command OF the
United States forces on the Mex
lean border, were living. His
wife and three of the four child
rem were burned to death.
Italy reports a steady and sue
cessful advance on all Der fight
ing fronts.
It is rumored in Athens that
the Turkish government has de-
clared it will make a separate
peace with the Allies unless Ger
many declares war against Italy.
The Germans are now trying
to furnish Turkey with munitions
of wal carried in with Zeppelins,
but as their capacity is only be-
tween three and four tons, this
service is far from adequate to
meet the latter's desperate needs.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
Nevada State News

Willie Nicholson, who is accused OF
having stabbed Zone Round" Hogan
to death in a fight at White Rock
near Tuscarora, a few days ago. was
bound over to answer before the dis
trict court of Elko' on a charge Of
manslaughter.
After spending 80 years roaming
all over Nevada, following the lure
of the yellow metal. James Barron
has finally packed his blankets and
started back to his home and family
at Ellsworth. Me-, having recently
disposed of mine in Churchill Coun'
ty for $25, 900.
Because Mrs. Forquer, charged
with the crime of murder, refused
to answer the court when the ques-
ton of how old she was came up, the
witness was fined 500 and sentenced
to serve one day in the Humboldt
County Jail by Justice of the Peace
Dunn of Winnemucca Wednesday.
Placing the muzzle of a sawed-off
shot gun against his forehead and
pulling the trigger, was the method
of enlightenment adopted by d. H.
Crawfeld, foreman of the Miller &
Lux Ranch at Alder Greek last Mon
day at noon. No reason was as
for the foreman's rash act.
leaves a wife and four children
who were on the ranch at the time
he committed suicide.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
Unique Divorce Suit

A novel case, in which the
plaintiff, an unmarried man, asks
a decree of divorce from his COM
mon law wife, is being tried be-
fore the district court of Washoe
County. The action is sought by
Pierre Couste, a Los Angeles COM
mission merchant. He began
living with the woman from whom
he now desires legal separation
in 1902 and by her is the father
of a 12-year-old child. This is
the first case of its kind ever tried
in Washoe County. He asks the
divorce on the ground of cruelty.
Common law marriages are rec
ognized as valid in Nevada, and
a legal decree, of divorce is re-
quired to exempt a person from
prosecution on a charge of bigamy
should a venture be made on the
matrimonial sea again without
obtaining a legal separation.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
Died From Thirst
When Machine Stalled

According to a dispatch from
Los Angeles, failure to think
about the evaporation in an auto
mobile radiator brought about
the death of one person and the
frightful torture of two others
who arrived from Desert Head,
Imperial Valley. James Roche
and John Welsh, attorneys, and
James Clark, a real estate man,
left Sunday in an automobile for
Ell Centric.
The car stalled Monday because
the radiator was empty. Roche
and Welsh started for a mirage,
believing it to be the Salton sea.
Clark waited a day, and then
went to Mineral Springs and or
ganized a rescue party. They
found Roche unconscious and
Welsh dead.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
Justice Court Gases

In the Justice Court Thursday the
case of Herbert Burdick against
Nick Ratio, a suit for the sum OF $64,
claimed to be due for services rend-
cred, was dismissed on motion OF
the plaintiff.
Manuel Oscoz. a sheep owner on
the east side of Diamond valley. was
arrested and brought to Eureka by
Deputy Sheriff William Loofbourrow
last Saturday charged with the un-
lawful use and diversion of waters
belonging to j. P. Jacobsen. A plea
of guilty was entered in the Justice
Court and the minimum fine OF $40
and costs was imposed.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
WHAT AUT0M0B|L|NG COSTS

On June l of the current year
the number of automobiles in the
United States for the first time
reached 2,O00, 900. Figuring Oh
an average of four persons to each
car, which is very conservative,
there are 5000, 900 people in this
country iu daily enjoyment Of
motoring. What it costs to follow
this sport is of interest. because
of the stupendous figures involved.
To run 1000, 900 cars for one
year requires at the very least L.
coo, 600, 900 gallons of "gas"wortb
$3.50. OOO, 900; 100000 gallons
of lubricating oil, worth $8,00O,-
900; 10000 900 tires, worth not
less than SIG apiece, or 1892, 00O,-
900; accessories and extra COM
forts, goggles, gloves and caps,
$50 per car, or 81, O00. 900; garage
charges on short tours exclusive
of gas and oil,) 500 per car per
year, or 5000, 600, 900; repairs
made necessary by wear, tear and
and accident exclusive of tires)
$50 per a per year, or $780,
100000. Total running expenses
for all ears in use, $3.50, 000, 900.
Add thereto the value of the 600,-
900 new cars purchased during
the year. at an average price OF
$3.50. or $3.50, OOO. 900, and we get
the immense total of $1.180.OO0,-
900 spent in a single year (1915)
on the sport of motoring.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
Abe Ruef ParOled

Abraham Ruef, one-time boss
of the political ring of San Fran
cisco, has received a parole from
San Quentin, where he has been
serving a sentence of IA years for
his connection with the bribery
of the supervisors during the time
Eugene Schmitz was mayor of the
city.
The parole provides that be
shall go. to Mendocino County,
where he has a ranch, and re-
main there 80 days. Ruef 9
quested that this condition be
made SO that he might not be
charged with renewing activity in
San Francisco politics. where a
municipal election campaign is
under way.
Ruef has spent four years, five
months and Is days behind pri-
son walls. He was sentenced to
IA years Imprisonment for having
offered a bride to Supervisor ]. j.
Furey. His conviction was one
of the results of the famous San
Francisco graft prosecution.
With full credits for good be-
havior, his 14-year sentence was
automatically reduced to eight
years and 10 months. He has
served half of this, the minimum
requisite for parole, but, in ad-
dition to his prison term, Ruef
spent three years in the San Fran
cisco county Jail after his first in
dictment in November. 1906, upon
a charge Of extortion, which was
quashed.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28

Reading the exchanges from all
over the State it is noticed that most
of the schools are in charge of Ne
vada young men and women and
that an increasing number of those
educated in Nevada turned their at
tention to this profession. 1t is q
very satisfactory outcome to the
States school system. says the Ca
zette editorially.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
Water Notice
Notice Of Application forPernission to APP
propriase the Public Waters Of the
State of Nevada

pfOpfIote TIC uDiC Vatcts VI III
State of Nevada
Application No. 1867.
Notice 10 hereby given that on the 18th dayof
August, 1915, in accordance with Section 50,
Chapter l40. Of the Statutes Of 1913, one
Dudley Z. Pemberton Of Beowswe. County
Of Eureka, and State Of Nevada, made APP
plication to the State Engineer Of Nevada for
permission to appropriate the public waters
Of the State Of Nevada. Such appropriation
is to be made from Boulder Creek, at q point
in the NW4 Of NEt Of Sec. 4, 7. 50 N, X.
40 T., M. d. B. 4 NJ. by means Of q dam.
and l.6 cubic feet per second is to be conveyed
to the NW3 Of Sec. 4, 7. IS N. r. 40 E., Nj.
ID. B. a NJ, by means of bitches and there
used for irrigation and domestic purposes.
Water not to be returned to stream.
Signed: w. NJ. Kearney,
State Engineer.
First publication August %. 1915.
Last publication September %, 1915.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28

An announcement published in the
Reno Gazette states that the formal
transfer of the paper had been made
to the present owners and that all of
the capital stock is owned and held
by Samuel Platt. George L. Sanford
and Graham Sanford. The editorial
and new columns will remain under
the direct charge of David William
son, who has so ably managed the
paper for several years.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28

The Lincoln Highway from New
York to San Francisco has been Sc
lected by the Aero Club of America
as the route for the two cross-coun-
try flights to be held some time in
1915.
The State papers say that the meet
ing of the Press Association, which
was scheduled in Elko for September
18th. has been changed to Septem-
Der 9th. in order that the editors
may see the rodeo.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-08-28
THE AUSTIN FANDANG0
Eureka's Second Annual Pilgrim.
age to Austin Was a Success
full and Well Enjoyed
Trip

The second annual trip to Austin
of the Eurekans took place last Fri
day and Saturday. Six cars,which
were loaded to capacity, made the
trip, carrying the ball team, band,
dramatic club and other visitors.
The ball games of the series were
hit-and-miss affairs on both sides,
with the exception of the last. when
all the hits and runs on one
side.
The first game, which was between
Buckhorn and Austin, was a surprise
in two ways. First, the big score,
and second, the defeat of Buckhorn.
1t must have beeu an off day with
each, as the score was Austin %,
Buckhofn IL.
The next day the game between
Austin and Eureka was a little bet
ter, the score being Austin 10. Eu-
reka IL. The Eurekans did as well
as could be expected, not having
practiced or played together since
the Fourth of July.
Sundays game was between a
team composed of Austin and Buck
horn players and the Indian team.
The score in this game was Austin
Is. Indians O..
On Friday night at the Interna-
tional Hotel, and Saturday night at
the Hogan Hotel, dances were given
with the Lobster Club Band furnish
ing the music. Both of these af-
fairs were we'll attended and en-
joyed.
On Sunday night '"The Bank Cash
ier' was presented at the Interna-
tional hall by the Eureka Dramatic
Club. The play went off as well as
could be expected, considering the
lack of rehearsals and proper stage
equipment.
Saturday and Sunday mornings
were taken up with the usual sports
of such an occasion, and the pro-
gramme went through with smooth
ness and dispatch.
Buckhorn joined the Order of Pill
grims this year, and it is hoped that
they will not drop their member
ship card. The more members of
the order. with the good-fellowship
and goodwill which has been shown
thus far, will be of a beneficial nature
to every n concerned.
At the end of each of the visits
every one begins figuring on the
next. and soon others will also be-
come enthused with the idea.
The question, which naturally
arises in a persons mind. is. if such
enthusiasm can be aroused after
such a prolonged period of depres-
sion, what would it be if the camps
were to enjoy as long a period of
prosperity.
Monday saw the return of a tired,
dusty but we'll pleased crowd who
were highly enthusiastic and gratified
at the splendid reception, cheerful
hospitality while there, and the Sol
rowful and lingering good-byes on
their departure.