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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-01-18
E. LUCKY MAY NO. 1. LUCKY NAY
NO. and APEX FRACTION:

NO. and APEX FRACTION:
Together with all the appurten.
anees thereunto belonging; togethev
with all The improvements thereon,
particularly the buildings situate on
the said LUCKY MAY No. / mining
claim, with the machinery therein. in
Guiding one fifteen horsepower West
ern gas engine with accessories), one
SxS Rix Gardner Compressor with
accessories). air receiver. one 2A Tor.
pedo rock drill with accessories). one
anvil and set OF blacksmith tools.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
Will, on Wednesday. the 18th day OF
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ADDITIONAL SPORT WILL BE
FOUND ON OTHER PAGES
POTATO BUGS ACTIVE
They Are Threatening Menace to the
Spud Crop of Kansas.

Manhattan, Kan, June tine COL
orado potato beetle has made its ap-
pearance in the Kaw and Arkansas
river valleys and other sections of the
state. Steps should be taken imme-
diately to combat this pest, points out
George A. Dean, professor of entomol-
ogy in the Kansas State Agricultural
college.
One of the most effective remedies
for this insect is Paris green, accord
ing to Professor Dean. For small
patches it may be used dry by mixing
it with fifty times its weight in flour,
sIaked lime or land-plaster. This
mixture should be applied in the
morning when the dew is still on the
plants, either by a perforated can or
some sort of a powder gun.
On large fields it is best to apply
the mixture in the form of spray
One pound of Paris green and one
pound of freshly slaked lime will kill
the larvae but it is necessary to use
two or three pounds of Paris green to
kill the beetles.
MANY growers prefer to use three
to five pounds of lead arsenate to a
barrel of water because it is more adj
hesive than the mixture of Paris
green and there is no danger of burn
ing" said Professor Dean. Pow
dered lead of arsenate may also be
used as a dust spray just as soon as
the insects are found working on the
plants, and the application repeated
when the other generation of insects
appear"
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AGGIE MEN TO FRANCE
Students Who VIII Go in Marine Band
Have Been Selected.

Manhattan, Kan, June MEM
bers Of the Kansas State Agricultural
college military cadet band, accepted
as a unit of the First Regimental Ma
rine band. will leave Manhattan for
philadelphia, Pa, Monday morning.
June IL.
Twenty nine men are needed, but
twenty-three have been definitely Sc
lected- They are:
E. D. Dewey, Fort Scott; P. ]. Hill,
Manhattan; j. S. Gulledge, Manhat-
tan; o. S. Brewer, Sedgwick; l. K.
Landon, Oklahoma City, Okla; F. j.
Scriven, Manhattan; G. w. Fisher,
Manhattan; o. F. Fisher, Manhattan;
r. r. Losh, Leon; Joe Helt, Winfield
C. L. Bonnet, Winfield; E. H Rich
ardson, Circleville; C. E. Webb, OK
ford; r. H. Oliver, Oxford; o. K.
Rumble, Moran; w. E. Forney, Cot
tonwood Falls; William Knostman,
Wamego; E. H. Barger, Smith Center;
c. E. Zollinger, Junction City; E. w.
Roney, Harper; Frank Dale, Man
haitian; F. J. Hanna, Manhattan; E. L.
Bebb, Reading.
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View Near Topeka Like Shell
Swept Section French Front.
Impressive Picture of Fearful
ness of Angry Storm.
IT MADE PLAYTHINGS OF ALL
Nothing Too Rigid to With
stand Force of Whirlwind.
Features Along Wake of Storm
Gathered by State Journal.

No sheu-swept section of the
French front can present a more des-
olate appearance than that waverinS
trail left by Tuesday evenings tor
nado from the Kaw river southwest of
Menoken to and beyond Elmont.
From a hill top the mere details are
lost but the path of the storm
stretches across hill and dale as clear
ly defined as a country road. me
path is not straight nor is It of even
width but it persistently bears to the
northeast with boundaries from one
eighth to a mile apart. And within
those boundaries is such scene OF
desolation as can be conceived only
by those who have witnessed the de-
struction wrought by similar storms.
At no point between the river and
Elmont did the funnel-shaped cloud
relent Apparently it gathered force
as it went until it reached the little
valley in which Elmont lies. There
in a burst of fury it settled down upon
the ground, spread out to the width
of almost a. mile and made playthings
of men, the works of men and even
those of nature.
Elmont and the immediate vicinity
suffered most from the storm. There
is not house nor a building in the
town that is intact and all except four
are RACED. The town resembles moth
ing so much as gigantic pile of goods
boxes thrown from great height at
random. And the remarkable feature
of the Elmont situation is that with
all the wreckage not a single resident
in the town proper was seriously in
jured. All those reported killed or in
jured from Elmont were in the coun-
try.
From the top of the hill southwest
of Elmont one can see the whole
valley. the central path of the storm
and its boundaries. The picture is
one seen but seldom in lifetime and
never to be forgotten. No human
agency could wreak such havoc. To
the south where, Tuesday deep green
verdure covered the hillsides. where
lofty oaks. elms walnuts and hick-
cries testified to perennial life. today
there are great, gaunt white snags
rising like tombstones from a mass of
torn and twisted limbs and trunks.
Many of the tree trunks left standing
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1.-THE MAN NEXT DOOR"
He Had More To Do With Registration
Than Uncle Sam.

The Man Next Door" To him goes
a great deal of the credit for making
registration day a success, according to
Col. Neil Rain, of the adjutant gen.
erals staff here.
There was one man whom the
prospective slackers did not forget
said Colonel Rain. THAT was the
man next door, They may have had
an idea that Uncle Sam and the state
and city authorities would not miss
them, but they held no such decisions
about their patriotic neighbor or friend
down the street.
Il heard many a man and boy say,
I've got my eye on a certain fellow in
my block-and if he doesn't display a
card or button tomorrow-watch me-
And the prospective Stacker knew he
was being watched. He was wise and
in the majority of cases was on hand
to register before the booths closed
trusting that physical disability or
other exemptions would keep him out
of the trenches"
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100000 MEN NEEDED
Regular Army Appeals to Postmasters
to Aid in Recruiting.

One hundred thousand men are
needed Immediately in the regular
army and recruiting officers are ap-
pealing to poStmaSters over the coun-
try to help them out The regiStra-
ton for selective service has nothing
to do with enlistment for the regular
army and the bars are down for all
those between eighteen and forty
years of age who wish to enlist
The 100, 900 men are needed to fill
out fifty-one regiments of infantry and
cavalry, field artillery and engineers
now being formed. Progress of re-
cruiting all over the country is unsat-
isfactory, according to army officers.
Recruiting officers have been ordered
to continue their efforts without re-
gard to hours Postmasters have
been aiding in recruiting but officers
now urge them to increase their ac-
tivity.
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~ Up to the Minute
~ SPORTING NEWS
II FROM EVERYWHERE.
new KING A LECIT.
Leonard Real Lightweight
Champion in Every Way.
VeiOck Gives History of Title
From Early Days.
BY JACK NEIOCK.

New York, June Benny Leonard,
new king of the lightweights, is the
eighth champion of his class with a
clear title to the crown
BEST OF all, Leonard is a legitimate
lightweight, and no one can gainsay
MS claim, for he knocked Fred Welsh
out after entering the ring at 1913
pounds.
1t is pleasure to register Benny
Leonard as king of the lightweights.
Ior ne is every inch a champion-and
a champion with a knockout punch
He punched his way to the HEAVYWEIGHT
throne over strong opposition, and
when his chance came he won his title
Clearly.
The Early Days.
Back in the early SOS the little fell
lows of the ring began to come into
prominence when such ,abattlers as
Jack McAuliffe, George Fulljames
Billy Frazer and Harry Gilmore at
tracted attention fighting between l2S
ana 1873 pounds. In England there
was no recognized lightweight cham
pion previous to the '7O's, tho many
boxers made claims
The first American lightweight
champion of note was Abe Hicken,
who claimed the title after defeating
Pete MCGUIRE in five rounds away
back in 1868. Time rolled on and with
Hicken's retirement the title lapsed
into obscurity for a time until Joe
Collyer, of England, put forth a claim
| to it. About the same time Bill Ed
wards and Artie Chambers claimed the
| laurels in this country. Edwards was
matched with Collyer and defeated
him, after which Chambers met and
defeated Edwards, winning on a foul
in thirty-five rounds.
DempSey'S Reign.
In 1884 Chambers retired from the
game and Jack Dempsey won recogni-
XII ne of hn icrlot
weights of the day.
| Then came Kid Lavigne, one of the
greatest lightweights who ever drew
on a glove. The Kid was a real
champion and he held his title until
1899 when Frank Erne beat him in
| twenty rounds at Buffalo.
Joe Cans came next, disposing OF
| Erne in 1902. But the color line was
drawn and most of the lightweights
refused to meet Cans. Jimmy Britt
| got match with Erne and defeated
him, and then went after Cans, but
the negro refused to make weight
and Britt laid claim to the crown
Up to 1905 Britt held his title. unit
knocked out in his famous battle with
Bat Nelson at Colma, Cal.
Then came the terrific battle be.
tween Nelson and Wolgast in 1910
Wolgast winning in the forfeit
round. Wolgast in turn lost his title
Ritchie went to London to NEE
| Freddie Welsh, and the Welshmar
was given a referees decision il
| twenty rounds.
Welsh's regime as champion of the
lightweights was marked by few rea
| battles. only one of which was ovel
the twenty-round route. This bou
was against Charley White, at Colo
RADIO Springs, and had it not been fol
the fact that Welsh had his owr
referee in the ring. he might have
been uncrowned at that time. His de.
feat by Benny Leonard marked fins
to an unpopular career, and also
marked a return to the good old leg
itimate lightweight limit, for Welsh
never fought at 1913 pounds in any Of
his battles.
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hay in the NOV, the roof and tons OF
brick caved in on them When all the
debris had been removed the horses
and mules were found dead, standing
up just as they were tied. The wreck
age had packed in beside them suffi-
GENTLY to keep them on their feet.
George Bills had been offered $500
for the mule team and valued the
horse team at higher figure than he
held the mules.
At the Paul Herman place on the
upper Silver Lake road there was
I shed city block from the road. The
engine is still near its original site
| but the separator and the rear axle
| and wheels are in the road while the
front axle and wheels are out in a
| field. Apparently there was nothing
| the tornado could not do and what it
| did or did not do was a matter of
caprice. There is not ordinarily much
| of a wind-hold on a steel range Yet
the tornado picked one up either at
home on the lower Silver Lake road,
carried it north for half a mile and
plunged it two feet deep into a field.
| All along the roads thru the path
of the storm are fallen trees. tele-
phone poles, wreckage of buildings
and the swollen bodies of dead ami
mails. In some places the roads are
| 1mpaSSa Die. unless some disposition is
made of the dead animals that terri
tory will be an extremely unpopular
| place within a few days. All along
the roads linemen are attempting to
restore telegraph and telephone
service. 1t looks like a hopeless job
to get the lines untangled, the poles up
and the lines in operation. But it
looks no more hopeless than does the
lot of the population of Elmont or
that of score of more of farmers
between the Kaw river and that town.
Nothing could appear more discon-
ISOLATE than man and his wife stand
ing amid the complete wreckage of
all their belongings. Yet few of those
whose loss was confined to property
show that spirit One of the heaviest
individual losers was o. D. Hotchkiss
His home, his barns, his outbuildings
his fine orchard were destroyed and
much of his livestock killed. Some
how he had rugged up a team and
wagon and was driving in from the
public road when he met a member
of his family going out.
Which door shall I go in front OIL
back ?" he asked with a laugh
The thing that appeared to bother
Mr.. Hotchkiss most was the loss OF
a gold watch. He spent much time
looking for it among the ruins but
failed to find it and complained bit
terly
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rs YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the columns o!
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

June Z, 1892.
Several young men are rising at O'Clock
in the morning to play lawn tennis.
Dr. r. A WATSON, a brother of DR.. L. c.
WATSON OF Topeka, has just completed one
Of the finest residences in Ottawa.
Mrs. James B. Hayden left yesterday for
Hot Springs Arkansas.
The Exposition Study class conducted by
Mrs. A. c. Wolger, met yesterday at the
home of Mrs. George NJ Noble on Harrison
street.
c. F. Whitney of the Inter Ocean mills
has gone to the Minneapolis convention
and will visit some of the big mills of the
Flour City"
DIR. and Mrs L. A. Ryder spent Sunday
visiting friends in Atchison-
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American League
American AssOciatio
w. L. May Recall O'NeiH.

st. Joseph, Mo, June 7-Indica-
tons were that the Western league
would draft Tip O'Neil1, former pres
ident of the league. to serve as sue
cessor to President Zehrung, whose
resignation will be proffered at the
meeting here today. Four of the
magnates are known to favor O'Neill
and their influence is said to be strong
enough to turn the tide.
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Lewis Outpoints Britton.

St. Louis, Mo, June Tied Lewis,
of England, outpointed Jack Britton,
of New York, in a ten-round no-decis-
ion boxing contest here, in the opinion
of newspapermen at the ringside. The
fight was tame and it's start was de-
layed more than an hour by wrangle
over the receipts which were small.
The men are welterweights.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

R. H. E.
Philadelphia lat Chicago ...4 IL 1
Alexander and Killifer; Seaton, Prem
dergast. Aldridge and Elliott.
New York Cat CincinnatD ...........3 3
Cincinnati 30 ~ L
Benton, Middleton and McCarty; Toney
and Wingo.
st. Louis Observation-Disclosures. %
Nehf. Allen and Gowdy; Doak, Ames,
! Packard and Snyder
Brooklyn at Pittsburg; wet grounds
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BASEBALL TODAY.


Philadelphia at Chicago, cloudy. p.
New York at Cincinnati, clear. 5 p. m.
Brooklyn at Pittsburg, cloudy, ) 80 p. m
Boston at st. Louis, clear, 80 p. m.
American League.
Chicago at Washington, cloudy, 80 p. m
st. Louis at Philadelphia. rain. ; 80 p. m
Cleveland at New York cloudy, 3 80 p. m
Detroit at Boston. rain, 3 80 p. m.
American Association.
Milwaukee at Louisville, clear, 3 Is p. IN.
Kansas City at Columbus, clear, p. IN.
Minneapolis at Toledo. clear, p. m.
st. Paul at Indianapolis, clear, 8 10 p. m.
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WESTERN LEAGUE.

Wichita Cat Joplin .................0 9
Joplin NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 8 IL
Lyons and Yaryan; Mapel and Monroe.
Denver Cat st. joel ....-..-.-.......0 s Q
st. Joseph -
and Moore.
Sioux City (at Lincoln) ............3
Lincoln -. - II .
Rohrer.
Des Moines lat Omaha ............3 5
Omaha % o =
Musser and Spahr; Merz and Brottem.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Cleveland lat n. W .6 70
New York -..-..1 L
Lambeth and O'Neill; Fisher and Nuna-
maker.
Cicotte and Schalk; Dumont and Ain
smith.
Sothoron, Hamilton, Park, koob and
SEVERED: Noyes, Shaner and Schang-
Roston Observation-Disclosures U
Dauss and Stanage; Ruth and Thomas.
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Just a few days before the storm
Earl Wendell purchased a new six
cylinder automobile. 1t looks like a
total loss but a mechanic was working
on it today, had the engine running
and declared he intended to drive it
to Topeka and up Kansas avenue for
repairs under it's own power
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At the Wendell home there were
inst seven live chickens left out of a
flock of 100 or more. There were
plenty of dead fowls in sight and most
of them were bereft of all feathers
except a fringe just back OF their
heads. Ten little red pigs that hap
pened to be out in a patch of alfalfa
untouched by the storm were roofing
around the ruins of the Wendell home
perfectly contented.
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In numerous instances the frames
of houses in the path of the storm in
the Kaw valley are left standing with
windows gone and furniture in the
yards. This is true of the George Bills
home on the upper Silver Lake road.
And in almost every instance the
glass from the windows is outside of
the house. Apparently the houses
exploded" when the tornado created
a vacuum outside.
There were two mules and two
horses in the brick barn on the Bills
place when the storm struck. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-07

There are three immense forest
trees with wide-spreadfng roots carry
ing hundreds of pounds of earth ly-
ing in the center of field just south
of EImont, a quarter of mile from
any other trees. They blew in from
somewhere, but no one has had time
to identify them.
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At the Wendell home straws-ordi-
nary wheat straws-were found driven
into the trunks of trees so far that
thew broke off when efforts were made
to pull them out.
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Just over the hill south of Elmont
is the Frank Fiederling home, or the
site of it, The home and outbuildings
are scattered to the four winds and an
orchard to the south is flat on the
ground. 1t was here that Mrs. Fielder
ling suffered injuries which may prove
serious To the southwest of the
Fiederling home perhaps half a mile
was the Charles Shepherd home
where Mrs. Emily Newell sustained
internal injuries. The place is a COM
plete wreck. 1t was between the Shep-
herd home and the Prairie Home
church, to the southwest, that Sher-
man Archer and Alonzo Andrews were
killed.
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Two big bronze turkeys that man
aged to escape death at the Ed vance
home were still proving around amid
the wreckage today like lost souls try
ing to locate themselves. Almost all
the other livestock on the place was
killed
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-17
LOCAL ITEMS.

There's a question of interest now being discussed as to whether or not many men will come in from the Outside on the opening Of na- vigation. Letters which haze been received from old timers int mate that they are doing well out there that they have no intention of .ak- ing chances in the Nome countr7 this summer. On the other hand some here think that because ot conscription many of military age who have no desire to be drafted will come up in larger numbers than ever. This view is hardly likely to be generally held, for even if one did desire to escape military draft ing, there is no place where such one would be so certain to be nabbed up as in Alaska. While a person might easily get mixed up in the crowd outside or lose himself in the hills, here ill Alaska without getting out of touch of all means ot livelihood, there would be no poss- ibility to escape.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-17
AT DREAM TONIGHT.
 WHO PAYS?

."Toil and Tyranny" the last of the last of these splendid pictures will be shown tonight. This closing closing episode is unrivalled in sensational thrills. The Theme: David Powers, lumber king, treats his employees as inconsiderable de- tails of his business, to be replacel without question at his pleasure. lie is backed in his patrician contempt for labor by his legal adviser, Perry Travis. Both Powers and Travis love Powers daughter Laura with a love that amounts fairly to wor- ship. Laura has promised to marry Travis. Conditions become unbear- able in Powers plant and his work CTS decide to strike. Laura's pleas for the workmen are of no avail. A Ham and Bud Comedy ends the show. This number is a repeater but a good one.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-17

if the same steadiness in attack which dissipated itself against the strong Verdun positions of the French last year is used against the entrenched positions of the British that there vii, be little doubt of the success of Hindenberg's drive.
 Indications are not wanting that the masses of the German people are growing extremely dissatisfied with the prospect of any more such
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-17
H0LLWEC SAYS WOULD
 NOT BE ADVISABLE

The main article deals with the fate of the conquered territory which must "be decided upon the basis of the military situation, emphasis be-
 ing given to German interests. The ''eroberungspolitik Enumeration po- licy) is not to discourage this en- phasis. The freedom of the seas, a strong colonial empire and "a war indemnity commensurate with our
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-17

LULU IN FIGHTING ST shrd shrdr
 LONDON, May 15.-Reports from the west indicate that there is continued lull throughout this fore noon in the infantry fighting on the west. The artillery fire on the other hand has never slackened and the commander says that it is possible any moment may percipitate an at tack by "either side'.
 Owing to hay weather today and a strong mist, it was somewhat difficult for airmen to carry out any reconnoitering.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-17

the country would not be subserved at all by any peace statement at this time. Any statement of peace terms might not now serve the country's interests.
 The Vossiche Zeitung quotes this afternoon the views of the National Committee promulgated last Febru- ary and said now to represent the views of the Chancellor himself.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-17

BERLIN, May 16.-In the Reichs- tag today, von Bethman Hollweg pulled off his promised statement regarding peace.
 Contrary to the original inten- ton it was no peace statement at all. He said that upon a review of the situation, carefully given upon the repeated requests of the leaders of the social democrats, he had decided that the interests Of
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-17
LOUIS PERRY LOCATED.

The mystery as to the where abouts of Louis Perry has been solved. MT. Perry absenting him self from this interesting burg to enjoy the rustic delights of Dexter Hill. what time he sojourned in the away his time close to nature in the snow clad hills. The news item in Worker revealed his wherea bouts and resulted in the allaying 'oi anxiety felt concerning his where abouts.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-17

sacrifices must be sought.
 These radical demands are il. Gensing the socialists who are ex- treme pacificists but it is under stood they have the assent of Dr, Sudel.im and other social-democrats leaders in compromised support of che government
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-17
MAIL PROBABLE TO-DAY.

That the mail will arrive today is the belief of the local postal off, cials. Owing to the bad conditions the trail however it would surprise of no one if it took a little bit longer.
 After this mail, two more are due to arrive.