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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
Metropolis a Winner.


State Superintendent of Public In
struction Bray tells OF the way the
people in the vicinity of Metropolis,
Elko county, are making the best OF
a bad situation. When the dry farm
ing bug began getting real good,
company sold large tract OF land In
that section to settlers, built big
hotel, and prepared for the establish
ment Of a city. The panic came and
the sale of lots stopped. This was fol-
lowed by a series of dry seasons. a
lot of Mormons from Utah, however,
had settled there, and though 1t was
hard pull, seem to be getting out OF
their troubles by industry and CO.
operation. They erected a school
house, costing $4,000, and bonded the
district to pay for 1t. There was no
town from which to draw the scholars.
The country around, however, con.
tained many children and it became
necessary to get the children and the
school house together. The people
| arranged for a bus line, and every
morning the drivers go from place to
place, within q radius of ten miles,
gather up the children, and take them
to school. In the evening the trip is
/ reversed. In winter or summer there
is no laying off. The wagons make
the trips, and the children are taken
to and from the school, whether 1t
SHOWS or blows. Last winter, when
the snow was the deepest, the children
were taken TO school as usual, and on
the coldeBt days o. hot lunch. was pre-
pared and furnished them, the parents
contributing share for share to beai
the expense.
This year, says Mr.. Bray, the farm
ers are going to have good crop or
their dry farms, and will demonstrate
that the dry farming idea is not sc
bad. There is considerable irrigated
land also in the vicinity and with the
irrigated lands for sure crops, and the
dry land for crops when the season II
favorable, like this year, Metropolis
will prove to be good place to live
In spite OF drawbacks, the small com
munity has kept at It, until there Il
every reason to believe they are goint
to make a success OF the settlement o.
the big tract. ., a..
Cotton Growers Rejoice.
Twenty cents pound was paid foi
the first bale OF cotton from this sea
sons crop. auctioned off on the steps
OF the New York Cotton Exchange.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
DISCOVER PETROLEUM
AND GAS IN GERMANY

BERLIN, June 29.-Petroleum and
natural gas have been discovered near
Boernsen, in the Duchy of Lauenburg.
Experts who have examined the wells
believe that they are as rich as those
discovered some time ago near Stor-
marscfien in the same district. The
government will exploit the wells at
once. A small army of engineers Is
at work.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
GERMAN DYE TRUST PLOTS
TO KILL U. S. INDUSTRY

BERLIN, June 29.-Seven Of the
largest aniline dye factories of Ger
many have formed n combine. They
will work their splants throughout the
war in order to pile up large stocks
for export as soon as peace Is restored.
At home the trust will sell It's products
at the highest prices, while In foreign
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
ALL OVER NEVADA
to Barbecue.

Invitation to Barbecue.
Warden Dickerson invites the peo-
pie of Nevada to be present Sunday,
July 2, at the prison farm, south o.
Carson, to participate in a barbecue.
He promises plenty of barbecued beef,
barbecued mutton, barbecued porn,
and barbecued beans, and wants the
people to pay the farm a visit and see
what is being done. Those who adj
mire good farming and fine livestock,
will find 1t profitable to accept the
warden's invitation. The improvement
of the farm since 1t became the prop
erty of the state, in buildings, fences
In the cultivation and leveling OF the
ground, and In the fine stock with
which 1t has been supplied, will be a
revelation to most people.
Owing to the conditions, few people
have seen the farm, and this is going
to be good chance, to say nothing Of
the barbecue.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
KNIGHT CONDEMNED.

LONDON. June 20. - Sir
Roger Easement, the leader OF
the Sinn Fein rebellion In
Ireland, which was recently
crushed by the British at
Dublin, today was found gull
ty Of high treason. after a
short trial before the judges
and jury. and was sentenced
to death by hanging. He did
not change expression when
the verdict was announced.
It is probable that King
George win exercise his pre-
rogatiye with a view of
clemency. .... &.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
MASSACRE IMMINENT.

Ell PASo, June 29.-Fear
ing that a massacre OF the
Chinese In Northern Mexico
Is now imminent, petitions to-
day were sent 10 the Chinese
Ambassador at Washington
asking that he should urge
President Wilson to permit an
exodus Of Chinese across the
border, under bond. providing
that they should be returned
to Mexico when the situation
clears. Two or three years
ago, Villa and his cut-throats
slew hundreds OF Chinese at
Torreon.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
MOB THREATENS.
EAST DU BUoUE. nj, Ju

EAST DU BUQUE. III. June
29.-Two Mexican laborers.
infuriated while engaged In
an argument over Mexican
American relations, drew re-
volvers and shot to death
Arthur Mullen, a contractor
by whom they were employed.
He had been joking them
about war and its possible re-
suit. One OF the slayers was
jailed and a posse Is pursuing
the other. A mob is collect
ing rapidly threatening to
wipe out the "Greaser' col
ony. numbering 20. -
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
MAsoNs IN GERMAN
U.s.. ARMY ORGANIZING

WARSAW, June 29.--With great
ceremony the third Field Lodge OF.
ganized by the Free Masons In the
German Eastern army has just been
opened in wilma. The opening was at
tended by several generals. The two
other masonic field dodgers are at
Kovno and Warsaw.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
LEIPZIG RAISES INCOME
TAX RN 17O PER

LEIPZIG, June 29.-To cover the
enormous expenses for the support OF
families OF soldiers and other war suf-
ferers, the city Of Leipzig has decided
to raise the income tax. The average
Increase amounts to ITO per cent and
unmarried persons with an income Of
more than $3.50 will also have to pay
special tax OF five to ten per cent.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29

SACRAMENTO, June 29.-The Cali
fornia militia, perfectly equipped and
eager for service, will move toward
the border tonight. Special trains are
in readiness. The first squadron OF
cavalry VIII start ut p. NJ. for No
gales. All companies are\ breaking
camp this afternoon.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29

CAMP WITHYCOMBE, Or, June 90.
ALI troops of the Oregon militia are
now on their way south. All except
battery A, field artillery, which goes
to Calexico. Cal. Imperial Valley. will
be stationed at San diego.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
Saue.Hens, BewareI

Winnemucca.-An ordinance, fixing
the date Off the opening Of the sage
hen season In this section for July 1
was passed by the county commission.
ers. This will give the hunters Is
days more of the season. Guns are
being cleaned and plans laid for jolly
hunting parties.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29

Elko is the center of a tourists
wonderland, soon to be famed through
out the world.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29

GALVESTON. June 29.-The collier
Dixie arrived this afternoon with $50
fugitives from TampiCO, Mexico.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
STATE TROOPS MOVE
TO SOUTHERN BORDER

TACOMA, Wash, June 29,-Troop
B. cavalry, and a fully equipped signal
corps left this afternoon for Calexico,
on the California-Mexicob border.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29
SWISS PROTEST EXPORT
OF FOOD TO GERMANY

BERNE, June 29.-The Swiss papers
are protesting violently against the ea.
port of foodstuffs to Austria Hungary
and Germany. Under the pretaxt that
flour is becoming scarce. the bakers
have again raised the price Of bread.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-29

countries the prices are to be reduced
to the lowest possible level.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
Raisin Suaar.

Sugar is manufactured from raisins in about all of the countries of south ern Europe and western Asia.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
ALAMEDA CLEARS
 WITH BIG CARGO

The Alameda arrived from the wesrward and dOckca at tuIs port at I:45. It cleared for the Sout4 at S;IO q. m. The ship was heavily loaded with ore and canned salmon from westward ports. Fourteen thousand cases OI salmon ana twelve hundred tons ot copper ore We're Ill the holds Of the bIg ship. Thirty four passengers We're picked up at this ToIt for the souIhv1u run. Twelve interior p,g5- scngers made connections on tle AIame6a for he south. FOurtee2 of the Skagway pasSeugree list were for Juneau.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
TOWN TOPICS

Arthur A. Davis of Tacoma, was a passenger to this city on the Alameda.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. N. Goldborg are new arrivals in tho Garden City. They came from the west ward on the Alameda.
 Arthur D. Jet of Anchorage is a guest at the Golden Ncrth Hotel.
 Edward W. Boyle. mining man of Dawson. is reg istered R+ the Pull len House.
 Mrs. Gus Johnson and Miss Yir- ginia Johnson, both of Dawson, are regi cred at the Pullen House.
 Mrs. Annie Wodridge of Dawson, is Q recent arrival In this city.
 MT. and Mrs. P. E. Wright of Seattle, are Pullen House guests.
 c. F. Pugh, collector of customs returned to Juneau on the Alameda
 Miss Deniston, Miss O'Hara, Miss Lane and Miss Sergent. four jolly tourists who have been stopping iu .bis vicinity for q fortnight, left for the south on the Alameda,
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
HAYNES PRODUCT
 FINOS.NARREI

Growers in Haines have already contracted with SealtIe commis- siyu houses to furnish them with approximately 400 bags of ruta- bagas. It is repo-1ei that they will be ready for shipment by the middle of the month,
 Alaska rutabagas demand higher price than J1oss grown in the eastern parts CT the state Of Washington. Seatuo jobbing and commission houses have handled the Haines product for three sue cessiye yeaTs and find that the demands for them cannot be GiIed by the growers
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
Buddhisnn's Hades.

The internal reginus of Buddhism are horrible They comprise a great hell and lSG lesser hellS in these hells. according to the sculptures of the Buddhist temples. men are ground to powder and their dust turned into ants and Heas and spiders They are pestled In a mortar The hungry eat redhot iron balls The thirsty drink molten iron.
 Islamism says of the internal re- gions: "They who believe not shall have garments of fire fitted for them, Boiling water shall be poured on their heads and on their skins. and they shall be beaten with maces of iron London Chronicle.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
AGENT GOES TO INFERIOR

CarI Taylor, travelling freight and paSseaEer agent for the Southern Pacific Railway lines arrived in this vi'y early this IUrung on the Alameda and left on the morning s train for a fo-night's tgiT to the interior. MT. Taylor worked thru all Of the westward towrs in be- half e his company and reports that things are swinging along at a rapid gait to the west ward.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
FREIGHTER COMING NORTH

The Princess EnO, Cane dian Pa cific freighter left Vancouver on the IIth and should make this port next Monday. It has on board about 800 tons of coal for this city anu a big consignment of eX- plosives for the interior. It is expected thak the Ena will make runs during the winter with freight to Alaskan ports.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
DenonrtrztiorE of he Ludierous.

Have women a sense Of humorT7
 ''They must have. 1T they hadn't profound appreciation Of the comic they couldn't possibly approve Of the current fashions in hat" S"-WashlngtOn Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
FORMER PRINCIPAL WRITES

Miss Margaret Keeuan, former principal of the SkagW ay public schools has written snort business letter at the Daily Alas kan. She reports that things are moving smoothly with the Fair banks school and that she is mnk- ing gCCG progress.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
Of Course

The shyeSt girl in tGc world Is will Ing to sit in the lap uf mXury.-Louis vile COuricr-JOUrnal
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
4. B. NOTICE

Meeting of Camp Skagway, No. l, Arctic Brotherhood, tonight fin the Arctic Brotherhood Hall. Im- portant business requires the at tentiOn oF all members of the Or der. Visiting brothers wIecOme.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
srsenlsnss srs.us-,e-ss..

Greenland. with is ry mountains. Is very exclusive. and. sn far uum invit ing visitors. it even makes u mcouven tent for tourists Co .aud nu Jhc little bit of occaS aSiouaIly green land that sur rounds Its great bear Of puiTUtual ice Permission must be had from Den mark. Denmark Is. Indeed very care fuI and conservative m the manage ment Of Greenland affairs The Jrade there Is monopolized hy the state. and only government veSsp's are welcomed to Greenland waters This Is Co pro. tect the GreealandeT~ from unsCTuDu ious merchants The state also fixes both the price they shall pay for food and the price they shall sell at
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
NEW ARRIVALS IN FALL WEAR

Jim Kennedy, buy manager of Clayscn's popular haLerGashery in this civ, is trimming his window with the newest fall arrivals. The window is trimmed In a yellow an black background and throws for ward the garments in an attractive manLer.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
FORCES CROSS
 DANUBE RIVER

LONDON, Sept 12 - Combined forces Of the Russian and Ruman- ians have crossed the Danube riv- CT and are marching thru Serbia. The exact objective point is un- known but it is believed by the leading military critics that they will attempt to smash the Aus trian lines.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
LIVE STOCK ON SOPHIA

The Sophia has in its cat tie stalls thirty four heads Of live stock which will be shipPed over the summit O the interior. Be sides me cattle it carries a heavy freight consignment to the interior
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
ARRIVES
 IN HE MORNING

The Princess Sophia Viu make this port tomorrow morning around the seven o'clock hour. It carries 27U tous of frcigLt and 35 paSseu- gers for SkaEWay. 1T will re main iu port until Thursday night and clear for the south about 6 0 o'clock.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-12
REELECTED TO OFFICE

Word comes from Juneau that William c. Wright prominent Skagway business man, has been reelected vice president of the Southeastern Alaska Shrine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
Helping Men to Go to Plattsburg,

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: AS there are many patriotic and
worthy young men Of fine character and dis
position in the City Of New York who lack
the means TO defray their expenses at a
training camp and pay for the required
equipment, if the facilities were furnished
them to take a preparatory course at a
military camp they would be proud to serve
their country A fund for such purpose
could undoubtedly be raised il every person
forming part of the civic parade for pre-
paredness on the 18th Of May next would
contribute the small sum of % cents, 70 be
forwarded to the National Security League,
with offices at 81 Pine Street, New York
City.
Probably an amount Of from $4,000 to
$4,000 would be collected, which would in
sure the expenses of training and equipping
500 TO 700 young men, and the selection
of those most fitted could be made by com
petent committee appointed by the league.
j. GERALD DE POLO.
New York, April 80, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07

he has done more, he has carried spiritual
death TO all that is essential in our own
democratic faith, which derives from that
of Britain and France.
This war in Europe is going on until the
German idea is crushed or conquers. The
world cannot now exist half civilized and
half German. Only one of two concep-
tions of life, of humanity, can subsist.
One of the conceptions was written in the
Lustania Massacre, written clear beyond
all mstaking. 1t is this writing that we
should study on this anniversary; it is
this fact that we should grasp to-day, not
in anger, not in any spirit that clamors
for vengeance, but as the citizens of ma
ton which has inherited noble ideals and
gallant traditions, which has inherited
liberty and light from those who died to
serve them and now stands face to face
with that which seeks to eXtingush both
throughout the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
Water Power Owners Should Awake.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Adamson amendment to the
Shields water power conservation bill, now be-
ing considered by Congress, Is poor excuse
for a water power conservation law.
There have been several attempts IN the
past seven years to enact a water power con-
servation law. Every one has been in the IN
terest of spectators and opposed to any rea-
sonable conservation. But there has never
been such an outrageous attempt as this one.
Apparently these spectators are relying
upon the terrible war in Europe, our troubles
in Mexico and the public interest as to who
shall be the next President of the United
States to obscure and hide the inequty of
this proposed law.
They expect that the Representatives and
Senators in their haste TO pass the legisla-
ton demanded by President Wilson (Which
includes the Adamson amendment) and to
return home in time to fix their political
fences will adopt this measure without in
vestigation or careful consideration. Among
its Objectionable features is one giving spec
uators the lawful right to obtain any existing
dam, water power or fowage lands through
condemnation proceedings, if the proposed
dam or water power is to be located on any
stream in the United States, any part OF
which stream is or can be made navigable.
See line 10 and following on page "a OF
Section 10 OF the Adamson amendment, and
the bottom of page and following, Of the
report Of the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce-Report No 4Oi on 5.
1881, House of Representatives
If this measure becomes a law nearly every
water power owner in the United States can
be made a victim of mercless and avaricious
spectators. Every owner should protest to
his Representative and Senators against this
measure becoming a law. G.
Eustis, Fla, April 29, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
The Crucible.

] saw them salow-cheeked, and peaked,
and worn,
Slaves to the stool and bondmen to the
pen;
Forgotten were the days when men were
men,
And women, women. Each sweet gentle
morn
Looked down in gladness on new toll for
lorn,
New grindings in the money mart, and
then
/ heard the trumpet, and beneath my
ken
| saw America renewed, reborn.
Gone the drab show that dimmed mine
eyes before,
Swept like gray fog or fabric of dream
Before the winds of morn and in
their stead
| saw the men of Concord Town once more.
And Gettysburg and San Juan!-Gleam
on CLEAN
saw the bayonets and the eyes of
dread
EARL SlM0NSoN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
Disfranehised Through Moving.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir; wish 70 protest against the election
law that DISTINGUISHES a citizen when bust
ness compels him TO move TO another state
All my ancestors, since the beginning Of the
nation, were Americans in every meaning o.
the word. Business compelled me 20 move 70
this state from New York last December
Next November | shall be denied the rlght
of citizen 10 vote, solely because | shan
lack one month of having lived year IN this
state.
II would be entirely proper 70 refuse
man the privilege Of voting for a county ear
didate unless he had lived IN the county =
year, or a state candidate unless he h"d
lived in the state year; but man VINO h"'
been born in the United states and whose
parents and grandparents have been born
here also, should certainly have the right %
vote for President Of the United o.a'e'
regardless Of the length Of time he may have
lived in any particular state. C. H. L.
Garfield, n. j., April So 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
RIVER AND HARBOR WASTE
Representative Frear Strongly Condemns
the Pending Pork Bill Measure.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

o the Editor or Inc IflDune.
Sir: After two weeks debate the wasteful
$50 900 900 river and harbor bill for 1910
passed the House. Against the bill were l43
votes, while 1b9 votes for a s20,OOOOOo sub
stitute, counting ten pairs, recorded the
strongest opposition ever presented in the
House against such measures. The bill has
now gone TO the Senate.
The 1914 and 1915 so-called pork barrier
bills, aggregating s92,OOO,OOO, were defeated
in the Senate and s420Oo,00O was saved 10
the Treasury, while reduced aiiotmeh's
thereafter, made by engineers in large part
were spent on wasteful projects.
The 1916 bill, with its 27O projects scat
tered all over the country, is as bad in char
acter and s5.00O,00O more eXtravagant thsh
the 1915 House measure, which was de-
feated. Over one-third of the 1918 BILL or
SIS ,S29 900, is given to two rivers whose
combined actual commerce reaches about ~
per cent Of that handled at Ashtaouia OF
many other single lake or ocean harpors'
The bill also carries S1,34S,OOO for inc
traffcess Trinity, Brazos, Arkansas ana
Ouachita rivers alone. From the wasteIui
Beaufort Canal 81 100000 item found in the
1916 bill to the equally wastetul sl'foo'ooV
Missouri River item many millions are car
ried for questionable or indefensible prof.
ects.
Publicity helped defeat the 1914 and 1919
hills This wear the notorious measure dis
riaces vitality important national legislation.
Wbvq Waste was never more inexcusable
than IL is to-day. and the 1916 bill pending
before Congress ought 70 be defeated and
500 100000 to s25,OOO,OOO saved through
moderate substitute passed to meet needs Of
legitimate waterways.
JAMES A. FREAR.
Washington, d. c., April %, 1916.