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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-05
WHY THINGS
ARE SCARCE

There is no famine or sign OF
famine" or excuse for anticipating |
or talking about famine" of any |
kind. in the United States, says the /
Christian Science Monitor. The
country is a land of plenty, and ii |
should be too grateful for its blessings
to listen TO those who proclaim short
ages" of supply in their efforts ~ hide
or excuse economic laundering or
wrong intentions. II the products OF
the soil. the mines. and the forests
were conserved and distributed as
they should be, there would be no
need, in the United States today, for
food or fuel commissions. Products
are scarce and high either because
they are cornered or boarded. as cot
ton and sugar were recent! found TO
oe, or because they are excluded from
the natural channels OF trade and from
the markets by WHO'LL inadequate
distribution system.
Let us pass over the 100000 bales
of cotton found hidden, the other day,
while a cotton famine was being
proclaimed, and the lO,GC0 600 pounds
of sugar found TO have been concealed
while a sugar "famina was being her
aided. turn away gen."aHy from ICON
oInic crimes against the public, and
face economic shortcomings for which
the public must, whether it will or
not. take it's share Of responsibility.
Never were greater quantities of po-
tatoes grown in the United States
than were produced this year Yet
there was a potato famine" in certain
parts OF the east last week, which.
however in response to the indignant
demands of consumers, was relieved
by the timely arrival of several train.
loads.
There has been sugar famine" in
the country recently. Housewives
have. as rule, been unable to pu:
chase this commodity for some tim"
save from hand to mouth. Many con
sumers of sugar have been on the
verge of a panic. They have been told
that the supply was practically cN'
hausted. and that. unless relief
should come from abroad, or from
Cuba, ur Hawaii, it would give out
cor plstely Now il is learned that
go Joe ,ounds OF Louisiana cane
-, ~ ontracted for on Wednes
W, and that this immense purchase
il! + sin moving within a week &c
relieve" the sugar famine" in the
eastern states.
Recently the price of eggs, in New
York. and in other cities, has beer
shooting up to midwinter attitudes, be
cause of their scarcity. On WednCs
New York just in time to avert :
threatened famine" in this cOmmOdi
ty. And so it goes, all along the line
There is always, in these late days
Threatened scarcity" and "threatenet
famine" in foodstufTs. but the time Ia
very seldom been known, since thcs
fashions set in, when anything needle
could not be bought by those VIII
could and who would pay the price.
There are minor and inCidCnta
causes, of course. for "scarcities" an,
"famines" in the most fertile and Pre-
ductlve agricultural country in th
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
03172

03t72
ElkO. Nevada Land Office. October
1, 1917.
Notice Is hereby given that
CHARLES d. HENDERSON. of Elko.
County OF Elko. state OF Nevada, has
filed In this Office his application to
enter under the provisions Of Sections
23O623O7 Revised Statutes OF United
States. the following described land.
viz:
Lot Four 81 Of Section Ninctocn
uO, and Lot One ~ Of Section Thirty
800 Township Forty.one (41) North
Range Fifty.two t52) East Mount
DIablo Base and Meridian, containing
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

Elko, Nevada. Sept %. 1917.
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 IA
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 1892 of the Revised Statutes
OF the United States, and the amend
mcnt thereto approved January %.
1880, concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re-
quirGd to hold said lode mining claims
for the period ending on the 3lst day OF
December, 1916. And il within nine.
~ days after personal services of
this notice, or within 80 days after
the publication thereof. you fail ~
refuse to contribute your proportion
OF such expenditure, as n co-ownCr.
which amounts to 10000. your In.
tercst 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.
tiOns.
II. a. BLEWETT.
l.. X. BLEWETT.
First publication Sept. 90, 1917.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
03l7l

0317l
Elko. Nevada Land Office. Septem-
Der 30. 1917.
Notice is hereby given that PEDRO
GOICOECHEA. OF North Fork, County
OF Elko, State of Nevada, has filed in
this office his application to enter. I'M
der the provisions OF Sections 1906
23O7 Revised Statutes OF United States
the following described land, VIZ:
The Southwest Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter tSWA NWI4) OF
Section Tnc 90 Township Forty-one
GIj North Rance Fifty-fve (55) East
Mount Diablo Dus, and Meridian, con
tanning Forty G0) acres within the
Elko, Nevada Land District
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the lands described. or desir-
ing to object because OF the mineral
character OF the land. or for any other
reason. to the disposal to applicant.
should file thier afIidavits OF protest in
this Office, on or before the 10th day
OF November. 1917.
JOHN E. ROBBINS. Register.
First publication Oct. 6. 1917.
Last publication Nov. 9. 1917.
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in this office. on or before the 18th
day of November. 1917.
JOHN E. ROBBINS. Register.
First publication Oct. 16. 1917
Last publication Nov. 19. 1917.
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WARNING.

Hunting. k1shln1 and shoo.r. g.
strictly prohibited on all OF or,
ranches. on Mary's River and both ~.
SeTenty-one ranches. Tresspus,sr.
will be prosecuted according 70 l,v
Nevada Land q iyestoch ~
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-05
APPLICATION NO. 1929

Notice of Application for Permission
TO Appropriate the Public Waters of
the State OF Nevada
Notice is hereby given on the 18th
day Of October, 1917, in accordance
with Section SO, Chapter 40, OF the
Statutes OF 1913. one Bessie Buster,
of North Fork. County OF Elko. and
State OF Nevada. made application to
the State Engineer OF Nevada for per
mission to appropriate the public wa
ters OF the State OF Nevada Such
appropriation is to be made from Hay
Meadow Greek. at a point about the
middle of the SEA Of NEH, Ser 10.
r. i3 N. r. Sc E, NJ D. b. & NJ. by
means OF dam. and 2-5 cubic feet
per second is to be conveyed to NWu.
VIZ NEA, Sec. 4, T. 50 N. r. Sc f.,
NJ. ID. b. q NJ, by means of bitches,
and there used for irrigation purposes,
from May until June Both of each
year. Water not to be returned "a
stream.
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TRESPASS NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that M a.,
ing or hunting will be allowed nm ,hr
Osino or Twelye.Mile ranches Az
trespassers will be prosecuted n"
CHARLES CLUBINE
Drnnrio.--
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-05

Merritt NJ. Rockwell. Of Lamoille, Ne
yada.
JOHN E. ROBBINS. Register.
First publication Oct 80. 1917.
Last publication Nov. 80. 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-05
ministratrix on said 9th day OF ~,
her 1917 w Oclo.

ministratSix on said 9th day Of ~.
Der. 1917. e'0-
Notice Is further given that any an,
all persons having claims ana,n.. A1o
deeedent or the said estate, mus, Az
the same with the clerk of the ah',- e
entitled court. with proper youcb..
and the statutory affidavit ,,,.sI
within three months from the J,,a
the first publication of this pctico
their claims will beforever barred
Dated this eth day of octcbe, An
1917 y
MARY E. WINTER
Administrators,
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MARY E. WINTER

First publication Oct. "a. 1917
Last publication Dec. /. 1917
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21

Nineteen states Of the Union now
give women right to vote for Presi-
dent Of the United States. Rhode Is
land was the first state, east Of the
Aueghenies, over the hurdles of preju-
dice and In at the goal of woman's
emancipation. And why not Rhode
Island? Wasn't she the state to give
Roger Williams, apostle of religious
freedom, standing room when Massa-
rchusetts shut her doors against him?
North Dakota led the whole process
sion Of 1917 suffrage victories-the first
state into the suffrage fold in the Ma
tonal Woman Suffrage Associations
drive for presidential suffrage. Ohio
was the first of the newly victorious
states east of the Mississippi to come
into her own, and Indiana Is the first
state to let women vote upon their own
Acknowledgement, though the women of
Wyoming territory did this in 1890.
On March 6, Governor Brough of Ar
kansas signed a bill giving women a
new and effective form of suffrage, the
right to vote in primary elections, Ar
kansas being the first state to pass this
measure.
Then came Nebraska with its eight
electoral college votes and its addition
of 31S,903 women of voting age to the
suffrage forces.
This brings the solid rampant of
western suffrage states eastward to
Iowa, whose legislature has passed
bill this year to give women the vote
by constitutional amendment. Two sue
cessive legislatures must pass the meas
ure before it can go to the voters. When
Iowa women gain the franchise, there
will be an unbroken chain of suffrage
states from California to Pennsylvania.
II New York and Maine should win
their referenda this year, there would
be almost solid suffrage territory from
Coast to Coast.
Nebraska's 1880 square miles Of
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21
ALL CLASSES HIT
WHEN RAILROAD
PROFITS DECLINE
Industry Feels Most keenly
Effect of Railroad Poverty.
UNWISE LAWS MAKE TROUBLE

Millions of Dollars Lost by Railroads
In Meeting Maze of Legislative Re-
quirements-Laws Contradict Each
Other.
"a man is as old as his arteries"
says a prominent health authority
With equal truth it may be said that
country is as prosperous as Its rail-
roads, for industry is the life OF a
country, and the railroads bear the
same vital relation to the Industrial
system that the big blood carrying
tubes bear to the human body.
There was time In the history or
industry when manufacturing was
one man affair, when every laDorer
owned his own tools and made goods
for his neighbors. That system passed
away with the invention of the steam
engine, and no sane man TO-DAY "oulo
wish for its return. The modern nigh
~ developed industrial organism de-
ponds absolutely on the facilities 1or
distribution provided by the railroads.
But how have the railroads been re-
warded for making possible the evolu-
ton of industry? In recent years they
have been made the subject Ior al
sorts of legal vivisection. They nave
been chloroformed and cut open' ana,
as usual in such cases, the surgeons
have differed as to the nature OF the
malady and the necessary cure inc
prevailing theory. however. vas that
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the railroads were suffering from an
abnormal growth OF the income, SO
their income had to be amputated.
From a professional point Of view the
operation was eminently successful,
but in number of cases the patient
died. Recent mortality statistics show
a total of 1862 miles of steam rail-
road in the hands of receivers, the
roads involved having a total capitali-
cation of 81, 100, 4SS,2 1O
One Roa Spend $19,ooo,ooo.
The avalanche of adverse laws direct
ed against railroads has been so over
whelming that since 1906 the Pennsyl-
vanfa railroad on its lines east of Pitts
burgh alone has spent S19,0000O0 com
plying with the legislative enactments.
Approximately that sum is equal to
per cent income on $300,OO0,000.
Interstate railroads are exposed to
contradictory laws enacted by the leg
islatures of the states through which
they run. About nineteen states are
irving to regulate the issuance of rail-
road securities by different methods.
Twenty-eight states specify headlight
requirements without any cooperation
with one another. Fourteen states
have different safety appliance acts.
Sometimes the orders of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. so far as they
concern intrastate matters. are prac-
tically nullified by the failure Of the
states to approve them. 1t is estimat-
ed that the railroads of the country
are required to make over 100000 re-
ports a year to various state or federal
authorities.
OF course the railroads do not bear
the burden Of this legal yoke alone. 1t
rests as heavily on the shoulders Of
the 1 100000 or more owners of Ameri-
can railway securities, many of whom
are women dependent for support upon
the income from these securities. In
surance companies, representing 30
100000 policy holders, have 81 100000
900 invested in railway securities, and
savings banks, representing 100000
depositors. have $SOO,000,0OO invested
in railroad stocks and bonds.
Wealth of Roads Benefits Many.
According to the statistics of railways
in the United States issued in 1914, the
railroads then employed Ito 96 per-
sons. to whom they paid approximately
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21
Suffrage Victories Of 1917
In the United States
What Has Been Done For Wonians Emancipation
In Various States

territory has raised the total area In
which women may vote, side by side
with men, to fraction more than half
of continental United States. Eleven
OF the fifteen biggest states In the
Union are now under the suffrage flag.
The total number of women of voting
age to whom complete, or near COM
plete, suffrage has been granted, is now
S,557 ,3OS; 4S per cent of this number
has been gained since the first of Janu-
airy, 1917. The total number Of cleo
toral college votes which women may
participate In choosing at the next
presidential election is 172-out of a
total of 531.
Besides the signal successes in these
seven states, North Dakota, Ohio. Indi-
ana, Arkansas, Rhode Islard. Michigan
and Nebraska. there have been legis-
lative victories Of more or less impor-
lance in ten other states since January.
Bills for full suffrage by amendments
to their state constitutions have passed
the 1917 legislatures Of New York,
Maine, South Dakota, North Dakota,
Iowa, Oklahoma and Michigan.
In New York and Maine, the enfran-
chisement of women will be voted on
this year. In South Dakota, Michigan
and Oklahoma it will be voted on In
1918.
In March of this year, eightyone
votes out of total of one hundred and
twenty-one were cast in favor of a
presidential suffrage bill by the Mis-
souri, House of Representatives. The
bill is yet TO be acted on by the Senate
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21
THE CHURCHES
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

lRSI DAflISI OHURCH.
REV. DR.. GEORGE BODDIS, PASTOR.
Services for Sunday, June "a:
Services will be held as usual at
l. a. m. and 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School, at 9.45 a. m.
Y. P. S. C. f. Friday evening
7.45.
Junior Y. P. S. C. E. meeting on
Friday afternoon at $50.
Morning subject; The Proof of
Our Love"
Evening subject: In the Den
of Lions"---the sixth of the series
of sermons on the Book of Daniel.
An offering for the National Red
Cross Society will be received at
both services.
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Suffrage a War Measure.

Woman suffrage has become a
war measure in England, Can
ada, Russia and France. Rhode
Island is the first state In the
Union to adopt suffrage as a part
Of her national preparedness. On
April 10, Wake Up America
Day." the message ran forth to
every village and farm that
Michigan women were going to
be free to vote In presidential
elections, thus sounding the note
Of preparedness for the nation
al crisis In the Middle West.
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9I,.5Sl,IlI,Zj2 per year In wages and
salaries The expenditure of that sum
is certainly a substantial contribution
to the income of all mercantile and
manufacturing enterprises. But, while
the railroad situation claims the atten-
ton of all classes of citizens, it must
appeal to the industrial worker in
bread and butter terms, for he is the
first to feel the effects Of railroad i'm
poverishment. This was evidenced in
1914 and 1915, when the railroad sit
uation was most acute and when thou
sands of men were out Of work and
the industries of the country were in
a serious condition.
How can the Industrial worker help
to put the railroads on a sOunder work
ing basis? BY joining in general pro-
test against the legislative avalanche,
by voting against the legislator who is
instrumental in the passage Of the bur
densome and taXatious laws that re-
duce railroad profits and the income
on railroad securities. 1t is vitality nee
essary that these securities should be
made more attractive to the investing
public so that the railroads can in
crease their credit and obtain enough
money to make improvements and in
crease their equipment.
Sound Credit Essential.
RAILROAD regulation must encourage
sound credit or regulation is failure"
says A. J County, vice president Of
the Pennsylvania railroad. Sound
credit is just as essential in the rail-
road business as in mercantile affairs.
and a railroad cannot have sound cred
1t without the earning power to pro
duce a credit basis "-InduStriaI Con-
serVdtiOn, Neto York.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21

MUSICAL STUDENTS WANTED
Students in instrumental music are
desired, on piano or organ. Please
advise H. Kathleen VanPelt, New
Hope, Pa.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21
New HOPE M. E. CHURCH.
HERBERT A. SAWYER. PASTOR.

HERBERT A. SAWYER. PASTOR.
Mems class meeting 900 a. m.
Sunday School 1000 a. m.
Morning Worship, II a. m.
The Baccalouriate Service of the
New Hope High School will be held
in this church Sunday evening at
7.30. All welcome.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21
New Hope PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

NEW HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
NJ. E. BARTHOLOMEW, MINISTER.
Sunday Service.
Children's Day service at 1870
a, m. Special program by the chill
dren and choir. Stereopticon lee
ture by the pastor.
Evening service 7.30 p. m.
Week-Night Service.
Christian Endeavor, Bible Study
and Prayer meeting, in the church
Tuesday evening 7.45 p. m.
Prayer meeting Friday 7.45 p. m.
Illustrated Bible study by the pastor.
All are cordially invited to these
services in the little white church on
the hill.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
REV. THERON LEE, PASTOR

KEW. THERON LEE, PASTOR
All are cordially invited to the
service of the church which are held
at the following hours:
Sabbath School 10 a. m.
Morning worship II a. m.
Mems Bible Glass 0 to 1O.45 a. m.
Teacher Training Class 2.15 p. m.
Mems Brotherhood meeting 6.45
p. m.
Twilight service $50 p. m.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-28
DAMAGED BY
WAVES FROM BOATS
Property Owners Along Mouse River
Kept on Part of River.

Minot, June 2s.-An injunction to
restrain the operation of motor boats
on h Mouse river between Second
street N. w. and Wildwood Park, has
been sought in the district court by
F. McVraken, John Davis, H: A. Foss,
Tufveson and other residents owning
property along the river Judge
leighton has set July 2 as the date Of
hearing and defendants, including
George Bissel, Mrs. George Bissel,
John Strommen. E.. H. Stenvick, c.
Younkin. M. Venaas and others, will
appear at 10 o'clock that morning and
urge that the injunction be not issued.
The petitioners also seek to have the
dams maintained by the Great North
ern n 500 railroads removed.
It is claimed by DR.. Carr and the
other applicants for the Injunction
that the ave. occasioned by the
passage of the boats are washing
away the banks and thus reducing the
land Of the wners. DR.. Carr in an
Interview stated that the residents
desire to stop canoes. but If the canoe
owners unite with the motor boat
owners and fight the injunction, ca
noes will also be barred from the
stream. They base their authority on
a decision handed down by the SUI
preme court in which the Mouse riv-
or was declared to be an unnavigable
stream and therefore owned by the
property owners along the river.
As boating on the Mouse river is
one of the most popular forms Of re-
creation, it is very probable that the
application for the injunction will be
opposed and the matter carried to the
supreme court again, II necessary, in
hopes of q ruling reversing the de-
cision handed down before.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-28
Newsies Get Busy.
u. S. ARMY DESERTER
KILLED in MONTANA

Great Falls, Mont, June 2s.-Evi-
dence was obtained here yesterday
that the victim Of the shooting at
Vaughn IL miles west Of here, Tues
day was Richard Sutor, son Of an In
dianapolis, Ind, bartender and q de-
serter from the United States army.
He had registered under the name Of
Corbin Trotter on co~nscription regis
tration day. He served for q time
with the United States army in Texas
but deserted in November, 1916. The
exact army unit in which he served
is not known here. sutor also has
a brother at Memphis. Tenn. sutor
shot Roy p. Stone twice a. the result
Of q drunken row % q woman; then
when Conductor Frank Kessel Of the
Great Northern ordered him not to
get on q train, he shot Kessel, hitting
him four times. Kessel shot Sutor
twice. killing him. Kessel and Stone
are reported as having q chance to
0cover from their wounds.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-28
ENLISTED men
MUST DO WHAT
GOVERNMENT ASKS

Bismarck. n. D., June 3s.-The ad-
jutgnt general advised the chief Of
the bureau that q number Of persons
had asked II they could not enlist for
certain work, or hire out to do GER
tain work in some Of the departments
where their experience would be Of
especial value.
General Mann states In reply that
enlisted mon are not permitted to hire
out for any work. the government re-
Quiring all of their time. Men having
special qualifications, says the gene
raj, can enlist in those organisations
In which such qualifications are de-
sirable. For example. electricians
are wanted In the coast artillerys and
signal corps; automobile mechanics
and chauffsurs in the quartermaster
corps. Once enlisted, however, all
mon are likely to be called for any
work ordered done by his organisa-
tion."
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-28
BOTTINEAU SETTLERS
HAVE FINE PICNIC

Bottineau, N. D., June 2s.-The Old
Settlers picnic held at the Dana
Grove near here was a great success
and al least 800 people attended.
Practically everyone arrived just in
time to partake of an old-fashioned
picnic dinner. In the afternoon q
short program Of speeches was given
and the following told Of their ex-
%periences in the early days OF the
state: Robert Brander Of Souris: v.
B. Noble, and Judge A. G. Burr. Tho
election Of officers resulted in the fol-
lowing being elected: F. w. Cathram,
president; s. A. Janeau. vice presi-
dent; B. MacNichol, secretary and L.
j. Glomseth, treasurer. .
The day was closed with a ball
game between teams made up Of old
timers in this county.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-28
Girl DROWNED
in SHALLOW WATER

Rugby, N. D., June 2s.-While
wadins III to bring in al old boat
which had drifted a short distance
from shore, Miss Sophia Nygard was
seized with cramps and drowned in
Spring lake, neal here. Miss Nygard
was with DR.. and Mrs. Collision. with
whom she made her home. and Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Thorsen. At first
when she did not reappear. her
them and paid no attention to her
absence. At last they became alarm
ed and summoned help. After an all
night search the body was discovered
by a barb-wire drag in four . of
water. The young woman was Just
81 and was popular socially in Rugby
and Min0t.