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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-23
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

Elko. Nevada, Sept. %. 1877.
TO JOHN G. TAYLOR:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the year 1916
$4,000 in labor and improvements
upon the Bonanza Jack Pot group of
claims, eight in number, known Us
the Jack Pot, Jack Pot Extension,
Mother Lode. Mother Lode Extension.
Gilt Edge. Four Aces, BONANZA. and
Royal Flush, situate in the Blue
Jacket Mining District, in Elko coun.
~, Nevada. under the provisions of
Section 2i32 OF the Revised Statutes
of the United States. and the amend.
ment thereto approved January -,
1880. concerning annual labor upon
mining claims. being the amount re.
quircd TO hold said lode mining claims
for the period ending on the 3lst day of
December, 1916. And if within nine
y days after personal services OF
this notice. or within 80 days after
the publication thereof. you fail OF
refuse TO contribute your proportion
of such expenditure, as co.owner,
which amounts TO $4,000, your in
terest in the claims will become the
property of the subscribers. your CO
owners. who have made the required
expenditure by the terms OF said sec.
| lions
II. a. BLEWETT.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

03187
Elko, Nevada Land ONCE, October
8, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that PETER
S. INDART. of Whiterock, County Of
Elko, State of Nevada, has filed in
this office his application to enter,
under the provisions of Sections 1906.
1907 Revised Statutes of United States
the following described land, viz:
The Southwest Quarter OF the
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WARNING.

Hunting. Fishing and shoo,,D, :.
strictly prohibited on all NJ o.
ranches. CT Mary's River and both ~.
SeTenty-one ranches. Tressp.s,,,.
will be prosecuted according 70 b1
Nevada Land 4 Livestock On
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TRESPASS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that no A.,
ing or hunting will be allowed on ISL ,nt
osino or Twelve-Mile ranches .n
trespassers will be prosecuted all
CHARLES CLUBNp
Proprietor
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ii. a. BLEWETT

First publication Sept. %. 1917.
Last publication Dec. -, 1917.
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]. G. SCRUGHAM.

First publication Oct. Is, 1917.
Last publication Nov. Is. 1917.
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First publication Oct. %, 1917.
Last publication Dec. l. 1917.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05

many reserve officers and candidates for
appointment as such who would be In
attendance at those camps will have
special qualifications to teach certain
subjects and in this way will be of ma
terial assistance to the regular army
officers. This depends so much upon the
personnel OF each instruction company
that the matter must be regulated by
the regular army officers in charge Of
each company.
The outline Of the entire course Of in
struction will be prepared in the War De-
partment and furnished to the command
ing officers of the camps.
Books, maps and. printed matter in
general will be furnished by the gov
ernment. Those who attend the camps
should bring whatever books they pos
sess, but the authorized and necessarv
books for individuals will be furnished
on arrival in camp
The minimum age of those who at
tend is twenty years and nine months
This enables the War Department to sp-
point suitable young men who are q
years of age at the end OF the training
period. The maximum age is A years.
II is expected that students at colleges
who are members of the Reserve Oficers'
Training Corps and who are especially
| htted to become members Of the first
1900 will be selected by the regular
army officer on duty at the college and
| admitted to these camps. Such students
should preferably go TO the camp that
pertains TO their home States. It is be-
| heved that colleges in general will
graduate seniors who attend these
camps"
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05
Jack Porcupine and
Jimmy Skunk
BY Thornton Burgess
of the VIglIantes.

The first law of Old Mother Nature
ever has been, is, and ever will be,
self-preservation. To this end she has
devised countless eXpedients for pro-
lection and defense. She is the orig
inal exponent of preparedness. In
every phase of life you will find it. 1t
is one of the most impressive mani
festations of life in what we are
pleased to term the lower orders.
Last summer 1 encountered a por-
cupine in the depths of the woods. I
blocked his path. Did he meekly turn
aside? Not a bit of it. He was in
his own domain wherein he had def
mite rights. Without pause he came
straight on. There was no manifesto
ton Of anger. merely a slight lifting
and rustling of the barbed quills with
which he was armed. 1t wasn't a
threat; it was a warning. He was
prepared. not for offense, but for de-
fense. 1 decided not to meddle with
his affairs and stepped aside. He
went his way calmly and unafraid.
On several occasions 1 have met
Jimmy Skunk. We always parted
friends. 1 trust we always shall. l
cannot recall a single occasion on
which he manifested the least fear.
He was peacefully inclined, with no
desire to interfere with me and su-
preme confidence that l would not in
terfere with him. At a suggestion of
an overt act on my part which might
be construed as unfriendly there was
a polite lifting of his banner. Nor
was this a threat. 1t was a courteous
hint that he was prepared. He is the
most perfect example of the efficiency
of preparedness of which 1 know. He
is powerfully armed, but the sole use
l,a Of 10 in do
fense of his rights.
We as a nation may learn much
from Mother Nature and her pro-
visions for the safeguarding of the
individual and the race. The only
assurance of peace is the absolute con-
viction that we are fully prepared in
stantly to meet aggression. 1 believe
that universal military training and
service for a limited period would
make for both the moral and physical
upbuilding and welfare of the nation.
1t would impress as nothing else could
upon every individual the democracy
which our flag stands; the democracy
which can come only from shoulder-to-
shoulder service in a common cause
the cause of all.
this nation has ever engaged is a pitt
full arraignment of the stupendous
folly of unpreparedness. Peace and
the blessings of peace are for those
only who are strong enough to COM
mand and demand them. We are once
more at war. 1t is safe to say that we
should not have been forced into wal
if we had had some form of universal
military service which would have
found US instantly prepared to main
tain our rights and our self-respect
Might may not make right, but 1t
goes far to maintain right.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05

csnrps, EastsTn Dspartmont and will report By
tsle1srh at once TO tbs commanding Eeucrsl =
that department for assignment 20 station MAJ.
Harry H. Pattisou. FIrst CErtlry: Capt Percy ".
Arnold. Fourteenth Cayslrys tspJ- james GOeShs.
Fourteenth CsVBlrg; CaTs. Arcnihnli 2. Cmuiskey.
cavalry. Dztsched Officers Lst; Capt. Edmond n.
TJmpkins. Fifth Csyalry; Capt William 9. heade.
sscDud uavslry Cspt. Charles n BUnkeE, Third
FiCld ATtillerys Capt. Edwin De L. Smith, Third
FTld Artillery; Ospt Kenneth s. Pe1nns Fffh
J-eld ArJller; Capt. William II. Doods. r.. Si-th
Field Artiler; First LisIt Vincent Meyer. flsid
ARTILLERY. Detached Ofhcas Last; First Lieut.
Julian y. Barnes Field Artsnery, DetGched O1hosrs'
List; FHst Lisut Joseph ". Swing Eghh Fei
ArieTy; First Lieut. Harvey n. Hobos. Eghth
Field Artiuery; Lieut.. Cd. John ". Hearey, Third
Cant- psul HSrst, Nine<eenth Infantry; Ospt. Visit
c. johnson. Twenty sixth Infantry. CSpt- John l..
BJEd, nIrIeth lursHtry. CsES Walter 9. SWINE.
TEcHtyhrSt IUfsntry; Capt. Paul O. GGlleher, Ntne-
e-rth IufantTy; Opt. RoOert L. Weeks. EEhtsenth
Infantry, and Capt. John G. Ascomb, Thirty hft1
Infantry
Capt Edward y Mason. U. s A. retirSd- 10
signed 70 qrJIve duty and detailed for R-oe-1 re-
cTuiting service at Newark, n J.
Flrst Lieut. Thom%s W. Gum. z. 6. A. rrttred.
Is sssi=iIcd active duty and detziled for Cc1-sl
rscnu.ing ssrTine At Joplin, No.
CsG Charies B. Hepburn, L. S. A. rctred,
is SssEned 70 active duty ~ Hun'inEl1n. W Ea-
The follOTring- ncd officers of the EnEneer Sc
tion. Officers RsszTe Corps. are asig0ed TO ac1Es
duty, 70 tsx e5ct May s. lsI7. and will TelDTt on
that date ct the trimming camps 70 bs hlld a. ths
places hereinafter designated: Madison Bsrrzcks,
BIIdett, Gap: JOan B Dole. Capt Roy W. Cans
mann. OaDs- BeTtr. m ]. ball, FlTst Lieut. Warm
Z DSrrUw. FIrst Lieut.. Philip Il SpsST Firr
IisIt LSwis c. WatsrbU-y. First Lieut.. Morgan 7.
Coakley First Lieut.. Robert BoettssT. Frs Lieut.
ODNTTNT-Fn on PAGE TN
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05
HERE. AND THERE

Here at home wild beauty burns under
Aprils sky,
Lustre Of all Youth and Joy: birds
that swirl and swing:
Daffodils and hyacinths for the rich to
buy.
Tides that roar beneath the Bridge,
winds that laugh and sing.
Here at Home Life. dominant. strong,
and clean and fair,
There, beyond old Oceans rim, Storm
and Death OUT THERE!
Here at Home gay nags that daunt
proudly 'gainst the blue,
Hearts a1ame for liberty, eyes that
gleam with Joy,
For we're pledged at last to fight, '1n
to see It through
Watch the rapt and shining look Of
that ruddy boy.
Here at Home Youth champs the bit,
wild to do its share
There beyond the battle smoke .
in that Hell. OUT THERE!
Some there be who only see plunder.
carnage, rape,
Clouds OF dust and whirring shells,
stone-age deviltry
They would hold our armies back .
hide that splendid shape,
Dim those brave. wide-visioned eyes
scoI at CHIVALRY!
still they ten US: Hold aloof Peace
is wise and fair!
Theirs, not ours, this cloud of Death
rHERE~
Here at home these blind ones prats
few, thank God. they are!
But their day Is over now 4. .
proud, our banner wavesi
Soon well play our part in this. Free
dom's Final War,
Sharing In its grimness and its glory
and its graves -.
Here at Home. Life. dominant, clean and
strong and fair,
There. beyond old Oceans rim .
DEATH AND HONOR .
THEREi
ELIZABETH NEWPORT HEPBURN,
In the New York Times
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05
Disillusionixed
tBufalo News)


To a very great extent American and
allied hopes have been buoyed by the
expectation of red May day in Ger
many.
This mornings news, then. is dis
tinct disappointment.
Unless some unbelievably successful
method Of censorship has been imposed.
the first day of May passed with only
ordinary disturbances within the German
empire.
Strikes have been declared among the
munition workers in the Rhine country
and local disturbances are reported from
Essen, the center Of the great Krupp
works.
They are neither more nor less, how
ever. than have been common to MAY day
celebrations in Germany even in days of
peace.
Very probably the dispatches are accu-
rate 1t Is inconceivable to us that labor
disturbances on such scale as the allies
have wished for. can have taken place
and the news successfully withheld from
the rest of the world.
The development seriously impresses
Americans, for the first time. with the
marvellous solidity and coordination of
the German people, particularly the mill
tary and Industrial elements in the en-
pire.
Americans have been led to believe that
Germany is ready to join the movement
against autocratic power.
But hasn't the wish fathered the
thought?
Are we so sure that the process OF dis
integration has set in within the German
empire. and on whose authority do we
form our conclusions?
Is it not about time for Americans to
make up their minds that Germany, II
she is to be made impotent as a world
menace. must be whipped decisively and
not merely watched until her structure
falls of its own weight?
Perhaps yesterdays demonstration of
loyalty to the empire was as good a thing
as could happen to the allied cause.
1t may serve to dispeI an illusion that
only defers the ultimate action.
"'Atta Boy!"
Chicago Trtune)
The United States must win this war
We do not need to flatter ourselves that
our allies, without US. would lose it. For
our purposes it does not matter whether
they would or not. The United States
must win 1t, in some fashion, some time,
whether nations crack and the skies fall.
In military psychology there is only one
spirit that is useful 1t is the will to
conquer, the will to win. We are not
military people. but we know the spirit,
translated into other terms. We know
that a ball team which is on its toes and
will not accept defeat is a tough team to
beat. 1t intends to win from the start.
1t will not accept any other arrangement.
1t is not open to any other suggestion.
1t intends to win. 1t has no thought of
weakening If the way becomes rough.
The spirit is so contagious that it spreads
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05
The House Saves the Day.

by action OF the House OF Repre-
sertatives yesterday the newspaper
editor who runs afoul of the govern
ment on question involving censor
ship is entitled to that old Anglo
Saxon right given to every man that
was accused, jury trial.
This real victory for the cause of a
free press will be greeted with joy
by many a person-not necessarily
a newspaper man-who has watched
the progress of an autocratic gov
ernmental control in these war times
with foreboding. 1t has been a sinis-
ter development. 1t has been check
ed, however, before it has gone very
far; and the House, in failing to re-
spond to the crack of the whip, has
reasserted its independence in a way
which will have highly hygienic and
salutary effect on certain minds that
have become superheated with the
war fever.
The fact is that the administration
was ill-advised in attempting to in
clude censorship within the scope of
the espionage bill. AS originally
drawn, it was torn to pieces in the
Senate; and the House fatty refused
to accept it unless it was entirely re-
drawn. There is every reason to be-
lieve that the opinion of the majority
of the House was against the inclu-
sion of any censorship clause in the
bill; but a parliamentary trick was
played, apparently, in order to save
the face of the administration.
1t has been more than a month
since the President delivered his war
message in Congress, and in that
period the newspapers of the land
have been under a voluntary censor
ship" In that time a ZEAL spirit of
cooperation with the government
has been shown; news of the most
vital sort has been withheld, for the
most part, without direct request of
the State and Navy departments; and
complaints-there is no need to deny
there Ihave been a few violations
have been few and far between.
But if there have been violations,
it must be conceded, on the other
hand, that certain of the requests
made of the newspapers have border
ed closely on the ridiculous. The
great majority of them have been
reasonable and have been strictly OBJ
served. The only test of news to be
censored is whether its publication
will be of value to the enemy-pro-
vided it can reach the enemy; and
when the government desires to
prosecute newspaper editor it will
have to prove both of these things
Furthermore, the question of intent
is to be considered by the jury in
reaching a. verdict. -.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05
How the Editors Are Viewing
America and the World War

quickly to the spectators. Mass percep-
.ions eaten IT. The people who watch 4
nau game know how the players feel
Atta boy" is the yell of appreciation.
Inc nghter may be defeated, but he is
never licked
The viii of a determined fighter never
can De changed. He may have to accept
consequences he did not will, but they
viii De consequences against which he
VIII tight SO long as he can lift a finger
His Will survives the collapse Of all his
powers. 1t Is dominant in the ruins of
ms plans. 1t is unconquered.
The Will to win must animate this ma
tion. We cannot lose this war 1t must
be won. Alta boy!" is our translation
Of terms OF military psychology. We may
have to add some slang to the fertile
British vocabulary and the artistically
descriptive French vocabulary. =
Money and the Man.
New York SUM-
The estate of James ]. Hill is valued
at $51, ,179.s ss9 As fortunes go today this
amount would not give the man high
rank. There Is doubtless a kind of great
ness in simple accumulation-in a per-
sistent purpose to make a pile of money
But Hill did not make enough for that
kind of eminence. Money was the by
product of his constructive work. He
valued it as a means to an end. But
he found no particular satisfaction in
Its possession. He would probably have
agreed with Charles Schwab, who re-
marked not long ago that an expend-
iture of $4,000 year was about as much
as a man could get a direct personal
return for. Indeed, Hill might have nam
ed lower figure as the limit of his
own simple needs.
CIOse to Quota.
buffalo American.
Lacking less than seven hundred of
the quota for war strength, the American
navy stands almost fully equipped with
men for the prosecution of the war,
needing, of course, the continued recruit
ing of men to supply fleets of smaller
boats and for the new vessels that may
be placed in commission and to repair
the losses that may result from engage
ments.
It Is a fine thing to have the navy re-
cruited almost to its war strength, and
this fact reflects wide credit upon the
enlistment energy employed to gain this
end. And at the head OF the States in
the position of enviable honors is to
be found Maryland. This State will en-
Joy lasting distinction for the man
ner in which It conducted its campaign
and won the honors for being the first
to secure its quota. Thus the success
in recruiting for the navy is a success
that is a fact of particular pride to
this State.
The American Navy is the proudest
possession of the American nation. And
its personnel and equipment are of the
very best, while the craftsmanship rec
ord Of its men is the envy of all other
nations. This is an attractive branch
of the service and those who enter it
know they will be well treated and
find room for action and promotion.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05
Our Wheat Crop.

The world is confronted by a grave
food shortage. Every nation from
the Arctic to the Antarctic may yet
have to be "rationed" in the same
manner that the German people to-
day are rationed.
1t would be irony indeed if the
first scientific attempt at internation-
alism, at a concert of the nations,
should be forced by the fact that the
food stocks of the world are running
low. Most Americans would prefer
to have peace organized on a more
idealistic basis than that.
Yet the facts are clear. The wheat
fields of the United States, which are
the keynote of the arch, are not up
to the average this year because TO-
100000 seeded acres in the winter
wheat States have been lost. Further
more, there is no evidence that there
will be any marked increase in the
coming crop of American spring
wheat
Senator McCumber to the contrary
notwithstanding, it is probable the
winter crop will not exceed 65o,ooo,-
900 bushels, instead of the $4,000 900
that he predicted. The governments
recent report indicated only 100000
900 bushels, but this doubtless will be
increased, although there is no pros
pect that the crop will equal that of
last year, which was much below the
average.
American farmers should be urged
at once to "use every available acre,
for it is not too late to sow wheat in
the Northwest. The acreage there
should have been doubled, if that was
possible" Otherwise, the shortage will
prove a very real embarrassment to
the nation and to our allies, and we
will be forced to dilute" our wheat
in the same manner that the Ger
mans have employed, although it is
that we will ever be
reduced to the German type of war
bread"
The world war has developed into
a great strategy of shipping, food
stuffs, and supplies. The United
States holds all the trump cards. The
government is taking the necessary
steps towards securing control of
prices and of the machinery of dis
tribution. Nothing less than such a
national organization of industry and
agriculture will be sufficient-and it
is clear that, even with such Federal
lied control, we are going to be hard
put to it in the matter of wheat.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05
R. R. MEN GET PROCLAMATION.

A copy of President Wilson's proclama-
tion, calling upon citizens in every occu-
patton to do their bit" in helping to
win the war, will be placed in the hand
of every one of the quarter of mil
lion employees OF the Pennsylvania Rail-
road system, on the lines both east and
west of Pittsburgh. The proclamation
has been reprinted for this purpose, in
the form of a small booklet, bearing the
national emblem, in colors, on the cover.
A paragraph beneath the flag sets forth
that the distribution of the proclamation
to the men on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road system is being undertaken sin COM
pliance with President Wilson's request
that the widest possible circulation be
given to his appeal for the faithful per-
formance, by every citizen, of his in
dividuaI part in the conduct Of the wal"
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05

As was to have been expected, Speaker
Clark's assertion that in Missouri no
difference Is seen between a conscript
and convict. has been promptly chal-
lensed, and by very good authority
the Kansas City Times. That newspaper
says Mr. Clark simply expressed, in this
particular, the views of Missourian. not
OF Missourians, and It adds: There Is
no stigma attaching to conscription where
every citizen Is conseripted. The stigma
comes in where one willing citizen is per-
mitted to perform the obligation of a
Stacker. as under the volunteer system =
But the Times goes farther. It says that
the Speakers only apparent reason for
using the words 'conscript'' and .'con-
vict together was that they sounded
alike-a very poor way to build SEN
teneeA Christian Science Monitor.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05

There was a time that Charles w.
Morse was suspected of flirting with
the undertakers and his release from
the Atlanta penitentiary followed.
Now he proposes to build 5000 5000
ton boats for the government within
one year, provided he has the re-
sources of the country placed at his
command. 1t appears that his recov-
cry is complete.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05

The Rev. E. Sherman, S. J., son of
the famous general, declares that war
shames hell, and that if his father
was alive today he would offer an
apology to hades. And we have no
doubt that after reading European
history Of the past few years that
Gen. Sherman might revise his
famous remark.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05

Those who sit in clubs and talk
about the war will probably have to
pay more for the privilege soon, ac-
cording TO the present intention of
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, which is considering plans for
raising the revenues to carry on the
conflict.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05

WIRELESS.
Now wireless telegraphy
Is quite a wondrous thing to me,
Altho' 1 must admit it's true
There's nothing in it very new.
For ever since the world began,
And maid was maid, and man was man,
Without the aid Of earthly arts
Hearts e'er have spoken unto hearts,
And sent their messages of cheer
Vibrating thro' the atmosphere.
Copyright, lsl7J
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05
ADMIRAL WILLIS DEAD.

Rear Admiral George Sidney Willis.
who achieved fame in the Boxer rebellion
in China, is dead in Philadelphia after
long siege Of illness. He was born in
Philadelphia and was appointed to the
Naval Academy in 1875. He was a MEM
ber of the American Society of Naval
Engineers. He was "a years OF. age,
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05
It's Tough to Mis- a Man.

Judging by the start New York has.
in few weeks the whole town will
look like London does when it anticipates
Zeppelin raid. 1t must be hard on
the tango lizards, stage door Johnnies.
Broadway rollers and other forms of
parasites to have the Great White Way
shut down as early as / a. m. in the
morning. Sherman said It.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-05
Did You Know That,

Centipedes are not bothered by the
high cost of shoes
You cannot ride an icycle, or bat
SNOWFALL.
Any groceryman can make a ten dollar
bill look like 30 cents.
Horse radlshes do not grow in stables.