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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-11
BRITISH COMMERCIAL
representative HERE

ATLANTIC PORT, June l1.-Lord
on an errand to the United
States to coordinate with other Bri-
tish activities as commercial repre-
sentative of the British government,
arrived in the United States this
morning on an American steamer.
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FIRST CORPS OF
j. s. OFFICERS
now IN FRANCE
Part of Pershing's Staff Arrives
to Prepare Way for The
American Forces

PARIS, June 1.-THE first conting.
ent of American officers. part OF
General Pershing's stan arrived in
France this morning. The party con-
sists of Colonels Mccarthy. Taylor
and Ireland; Major Drumm; Quarter
master Captains Moore and Parges.
The officers came to prepare for the
arrival fthe United States soldiers
that will soon be sent over to the
western front.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-11
CIVILIANS IN ENGLAND
MAY DRESS IN kits

LONDON. June 11.-Kilts may re-
place trousers for civilian dress as
heir adoption is under serious con-
sidcration in many parts of England.
as a result of the governments ad-
vice that men should wear material
IF one hue as a matter of economy.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-11
IDAHO COMPLETES
HER ARMY QUOTA

WASHINGTON. June ll.-ldaho
has completed her regular army re-
cruiting quota. making the seventh
state to have supplied her allotted
number of war volunteers.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-11
ANOTHER AMERICAN
SAILING VESSEL LOST

LONDON. June 11.-Thc American
sailing vessel, Magnus Manson. of
1900 tons register, has been sunk by a
submarine The crew was saved.
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WHO IS THE HOME MERCHANT?

your affairs.
lie is the man whose clerks live in
Elko and spend their money with
you and other people OF the city.
He is the man who pays heavy
taxes TO help support the schools,
1uild and maintai nthe streets, police
and fire departments and other pub
lie institutions. He helps to support
the churches, hospitals and charity
organizations.
He is the HOME merchant-YOUR
riend-YOUR helper in time of need.
Don't you-or won't you-realize
that every dollar You send out Of
town goes to strangers who never
spend cent here?
BE FAIR TO THE HOME MER-
CHANT-your friend and neiGhbor--
BUY in Elko at all times.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-11

w. W. Pereival spent yesterday in
Tobar. where he went to consult with
farmers about their wheat crops. He
is buying up the wheat in various
parts of the county for the local mill.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-11

Jack Andrews, a well known saloon
man of Jarbidge died very suddenly
last week, presumably from heart fail
ure. 4 man by the name of Al. Jen-
nings was arrested on the charge Of
petit larceny for stealing clothing of
the deceased Jennings entered a
plea of guilty to the charge.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-11
TEN MINERS
ARE ALIVE IN
BUTTE MINE
BarraCaded Themselves in on
the TWo-Hundred Foot
Level with Sacks

BUTTE, June ll.-Tcn miners are
alive in the Spectator mine on the
two hundred foot level and the helmet
men are in communication with them.
The men using cement. sacks and
mine water bulkhcaded themselves in
so thoroughly that tools had 10 be
brought 10 break into the living toomb.
The men were in good condition.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-11

e. J. Milne and Ncls Peterson. OF
North Fork. spent yesterday in Elko
and returned 20 their home today.
They were met here by Senator
Kearns and Judge Manancn of Salt
Lake City.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-11
PERSHlNG DIMES
WITH KING AND QUEEN

LONDON, June 11.-General Perish
ing and Ambassador Page took lunch
con with King George and Queen
Mary at the Buckingham palace today.
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CONTRACTS ARE LET
FOR SIXTEEN SHIPS

WASHINGTON, June n.-Colonel
Coethals this morning let contracts
for the construction of sixteen wooden
ships.
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SINN FE|NERS
AGAIN ACTIVE
Killed Police Inspector Who
Tried to Prevent Their
Holding Meetings

DUBLIN. June n.-Police inspector
Mills was killed last night while try
ing TO prevent the holding of meet
ing by Irish rebels. Several of the
Sim Feiners have been arrested.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-11

w. T. Smith spent yesterday in Elko
shaking hands with his many friends
lie departed for San Francisco last
NIGHT
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THE STORE FROM WHICH GOOD THINGS
COME. THE BEST FED ARE THE
HEALTHIEST AND HAPPIEST

No one lives better for less money than our GUS
toners When you buy here, you can depend upon
our giving you just what you ask for and you !. may
rest assured that what you get here is good 1t mas
price is the strongest selling combination. We give
You the highest quality groceries at prices usually
less than you pay elsewhere.
Century Sliced Cling Peaches, can .,l'c
Liberty Brand Blue Berries Huckleberries) can lSc
Spanish Sweet Peppers (PimientOs) can --,,~-,--l2c
Peeled Green Chile, can ......-......--..
Golden Gate Ripe Olives can
~, ,,o,+o White Asror.ous. cau ... tic
Del Monte Deved Olive Relish, can .........-..,.llc
Del Monte Spinach, can ,-.,..'.zic
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-18

the last campaign, cannot amount to
more than half the normal
The agrarian interests are hard hit
by the almost complete failure of the
fodder crop, which, the chancellor was
warned, imperils the cattle industry,
especially as the northern neutrals
Will be unable this winter, for reasons
familiar to Americans, TO supply Ger
many with fodder as they have done
in the past. The result of the lack OF
fodder may be a crisis in the milk
supply that will almost exterminate
the infant population.
Most serious of all food deficiencies
is the partial failure of the potato
crop. At the time the commission 5
report was presented exact figures
We're not available, but the commission
warned the government that not more
than two-thirds as many potatoes ca n
be expected as were grown last year.
Immediately the potato ration was de-
creased to seven pounds a week, which
meant depriving the German of three
and a half pounds of potatoes weekly,
even tho riots took place last winter
because the people were only allowed,
when they could get them, ten and a
half pounds of potatoes.
Hunger Disease Spreads.
What these figures mean, in terms
of human life, is shown in facts which
have been obtained regarding the
spread in Germany of what are known
as hunger diseases For months
past the intelligence officers of the
allies in France have been discovering
on captured German soldiers. thou
sands of letters from people at home
describing their terrible privations
Some of these, telling of typhus,
scurvy and dysentery ravaging all
parts of the country, were published
some time ago by the French au.
thorities.
The worst epidemics, 1t is now
learned, are running their course in
the regions of Allenstein, Cologne anJ
Oppeln. THE undertakers are never
idle" is phrase used in a report
from Allenstein describing how people
are dying like flies from dysentery
An official report from Berlin, the
best fed city in the empire, shows like
the writing on the wall at Belshazzar's S
feast the doom that is creeping upon
the German people. The number of
cases OF dysentery in the city from
the beginning of June. this year, to
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-18
THE VALLEY OF THE BIEST

Far beyond the mountain lodges,
Where the SHOWS forever CLEAN
Past the marshes rank with sedges,
Past the sullen, murky stream
There my weary soul would rest
In the Valley of the Blest.
Undisturbed by city's terror,
Far removed from all its strife,
Handicapped no more by error
In the heart or in the life
There my soul shall find its rest
- In the valley of the Blest.
Deaf to warning tongues of slander,
Smirching many an honored name,
Troubled not by scenes that pander
To the senses lost to shame.
Sweet and long shall be my rest,
In the Valley of the Blest.
| have seen II in my dreaming
Like a vision of delight,
Beautiful beyond all seeming,
Ravishing my inner sight,
Where my troubled soul snail rest,
In the Valley of the Blest.
] would take the wings OF morning
over land and over sea,
Earth and all its pleasures scorning.
In my eagerness 20 he
Where my faintirr u NAV rest
In the Valley o. ,he Blest.
j. NJ. Cayaness. Chanute. Kan.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-18
BALLADE OF A THANKFUL MAN

Twelve months ago my ample size
Was something wonderful to view,
Attracting sympathetic eyes
And taunting comments not few;
But recently l said adicu
To corpulence as needless freight,
And in the future fats taboo
I'm back again to normal weight
In former days Id gormandize
BY ordering the whole menu.
And double on desserts and pies
And all the fat-producing crew;
No wonder that my waistband grew
At such terrifying rate,
But tho I'd girth enough for two,
I'm back again to normal weight.
AS you will probably surmlse.
The knowledge hadn't filtered thrc
or what "A little exercise
And careful dieting will do;
But when the simple facts ! knew,
! soon regained my lost estate
And now my cherished dream il true
I'm back again to normal weight.
ENVOY
My friends. ! simply can't disguise
The naked truth that life is great
Since I've begun 10 realize
I'm back again 10 normal weight
Rufus Il. Stronm.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-18

To deal first with the famine in
food. The partial failure of the Austro-
German Rumanian harvests has
caused pessimism amounting almost
to panic among the food authorities
OF the German empire.
One of the first official actions of
the German imperial chancellor, Herr
Michaelis, after he took office, was
TO appoint a commission to investigate
the food prospects, to go over and ver-
ify the conclusions reached by previ-
Gus commissions. 1t was found that
the torrential rains Of August and the
unfavorable weather conditions in
July had falsfied the moderately op-
timistic forecasts made early in the
summer; the tropical downpours that
saved the wavering German armies in
Flanders by turning the battlefields
into Quagmires at the same time de-
prived the German people of food
upon which they expected to exc out
the winter.
Reports Suppressed.
So gloomy were the conclusions of
the Michaelis commission that the
publication of its reports has been
strictly forbidden. 1t was found neces-
sary. however, to communicate them
to thousands of local authorities, IN
order to explain the drastic measures
shared by thousands cannot long be
concealed from enemy intelligence de-
partments
The total harvest of wheat this year.
the commission reported, cannot be
more than 60 per cent of the normal.
Barley, oats and rye are in even worse
condition, and their yield is only 55
per cent of that garnered in a normal
year. The commission expects 1900
600 tons of wheat and rye as the total
harvest in Germany. compared with
15,300,000 tons, the average for a long
period of years, and 100000 tons
harvested in 1915. Barley and Data
normally yield 11,850,0 tons; in 1915
only S,470,000 tons were obtained and
this year the total is expected to be
only 100000 tons.
Deficit in Dual Monarchy.
Concerning the grain situation In
Austria and Rumania, the mmission
report sthat it has been unable to oh.
tain exact figures, but that in the
dual monarchy the deficit will he at
least as great as in Germany, while
the harvest in the occupied territory
in Rumania, owing to scarcity of labor
and the destruction wrought during
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Supplies of Food, Fuel, Clothing,
Raw Material for Making
Munitions Very Low
Thousands Dying of Starvation and
Plaques; Situation Growing
Worse Rapidly
BY JOHN LLOYD BALDERSTON

Copyright. 1917 by The Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
LONDONGermanys desperate efforts to obtain peace this
winter caused not much by the terrible hammering
sustained by her armies in Flanders and the Asne
by the prospect of facing foe in the spring by
famine 1t is famine longer in the future, but in the
present. dearth of food dearh of materials for mun
tons dearth of coal, dearth of clothing.
The writer is enabled to present here certain sensational
but entirely trustworthy facts concerning this famine Stories
which leak the German frontier countries
accounts reaed by returned travellers who trained
deservedy regarded with suspicion The
this story obtained in quite quarters quarters which
make it their business to learn the truth.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25

not the smallest impression upon the
hearer.
You'll have n soon enough" he
replied: then with a touch of spirit,
"Do you think I'd work for this four
i1usher IL you were In the country"
flush" O'Neil cast a glance over
his shoulder by the way, how do
you happen TO he here? I thought you
were in Dawson.
u finished that job. | was working
back toward NH and the children. I
haven't seen them for tv.o years"
you think Gorrin1 &, a false alarmr'
Happy Tom spa' with unerring ac-
curacy at a craeb. then said:
Hes talklng railroads. Railroads.
Why, I've got n buy back In the state
Of Maine fourteen years DID,
"WiliieY'
yes. My SOB Willie could skin Cur
It's Gordon at railroad building, and
Willie IL the si-kly one OF the outfit.
But III hand il TO Gordon for one
thing-heis a money getter and q o
ey spender. lie SHOWS where the loose
stone in the hearth Is laid. and he
knows Just which lilac bush the fam
lily savings are buried under. Those
penurfous pilgrim fathers In nv part
OF he country cnine up and drop their
bankbooks through the slot In his door
every morning Hes the first easy
money | ever had. I'd get rich OF of
him. but'-Slater sighed-.of course
you had to come along and wrench me
away from the till"
Don't quit on my account" urged
his former chief. I'm up here on coal
matters. | can't take time to explain
now. but I'll e you later"
suit yourself. only don't keep me
loafing On full time. I'm an expensive
a III be packed and waiting for
you"
ofNeil went on his way. somewhat
amused. yet u~ndeniabsy pleased at find.
ing his boss packer here instead of far
inland. for Slater's presence might, aft
er all. ut well enough into bis plans.
~ Ne cesNarsd.1
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
HAS 21f OONsUIS

One OF the largest and most eff
ficent organizations working on a
national scale upon . project Of
patriotic and economic interest to the
whole country. does business the year
round without a cent of recompense
to It's members for their services :.
Those comprising the organization
are the State. County and Local Con-
suls of the Lincoln Highway As
sociation.
In the es counties of the IL states
traversed by the Lincoln Highway In
Its 330O-mile route between New
York and San Francisco there are
now 211 regularly appointed Consuls
OF the National Organization located
at various points along the way. The
major number of them have held the
position of Lincoln Highway Consul
since the proclamation and establish
ment of the transcontinental route In
1913.
Road improvement as exemplifed
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~ Neil remained In the BACKGROUND.
Ike an uncomfortable bridegroom. con.
scious meanwhile OF the searching and
hostile regard OF Curtis Gordon. But
1T last bis protegee managed to gasp
out In q more or less coherent man
ner he main facts OF the shipwreck
and her rescue. whereupon Gordon's
attitude abruptly altered.
NY Godr' he CALCULATED. You were
not On the NebraskaT'
Yes. yes, yesr' cried Natalie. The
hfeboats went or and left me all alone
In the dark with the ship sinking!
Mt. ONeil saved me. He took me up
and jumped just as the ship sank, and
We were al night In the freezing wa.
Ter. We nearly died. didn't We? He
fainted. and so did I. mummie. dear
II was 20 cold. He held me up until
We were rescued, though. and then
there wasn't room In the lifeboat for
both OF us. But he made them take
me In. Just the same. while he stayed
In the water. He was unconscious
when he reached the shore. Oh. it was
splendidr
O'Neirs identity being established
and the nature Of his service becoming
apparent. Curtis Gordon took his hand
In . crushing grip and thanked him In
q way that might have warmed the
heart Of a stone gargoyie. The man
was transformed now that be under.
stood He became a geyser of elo
quence. He poured forth his appreci
alton In rounded sentences. His splen
did musical voice softened and sweiled
and broke with a magnificent and
touching emotion Through IL all the
Irish contractor remained uncomforta
bly, silent. for he could not help think
ing that this fulsome outburst wa
aroused rather by the man who had
built the North Pass and Yukon than
By the rescuer of Mrs. Gerard's daugh
ter.
Curtis Gordon's respect for his guest
increased as they walked up the dock.
for before they had taken many steps
out from the crowd which had gath
cred 20 watch the ships arrival step
ped one of bis foremen. This fellow
shook hands warmly with O'NeiL.
~whereupon others followed one by one
-miue1. day iaborers, trough nccks"
OF many n~ationaltieA They dofred
their hats. something they never did
for Gordon. and stretched out grimy
hands. their faces Lighting up with
smiles. O'Neil accepted their greetings
with genuine pleasure and called them
by name.
Unexpected ss these saIutations had
been. O'Nen's g~reatest surprise came
Q moment later a. no passed the dnt
Of the company buildinsa There he
heard bis name pronounced 10 . voice
which halted him. aud In an open DOOR
way be beheld q huge. loose hung man
OF tremendous girth. with . var bag In
his hand and . vide black hat thrust
back from q shiny forehead
why. Tomf" he exclaimed Tom
Siaterr |rs= =
Gordon grosned and vent On with
the women. saying: Come up 10 the
house when you escnpe. Mr.. O'Nel. |
shall have dinner served"
MI. Slater came forward slowly.
dragging his clothes bag with him The
two shook hands.
what in the world are you doing
here. Tomy
Nothing. sid Slater lie had u
melancholy east af feature. utterly out
OF Keeping with his rotund form Ia
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25

by the Lincoln Highway makes ,
wide appeal as the private vocations
of the Lincoln Highway Consuls In
dictate. Among them are found bank
ers. lawyers, farmers. merchanta. In
fact, representative mcmbers of every
walk of American life. Each OF them
gives freely Of his time to the Lin
coin Highway as An object Of com
mol interest.
Practically all OF the Lincoln High
way Consuls are men of local and
statewide influence and some Of ma
tional prominence. Heading the or
%ganization in their respective states
are the follow viz State Consuls: Hor
ace e. Fine. Trenton. New jersey
Lieut. Gov. Frank b. McClain. Ian
caster, Pennsylvania; John E. Hop
ley. .Basyrus. Ohio; w. W. Grimm
Fort Wayne. Ind. J. w. Corkings
DeKalb, Ill: w. r. Coan, Clinton
Iowa; Hon. George F. Woltz, Ere
mont, Nebr.: Payson W. Spaldine
Evanston. Wyoming, j. David Lar
son, Salt Lake City. Utah; G. s
Hoag, Ely. Nevada; Joseph e. Cain
Oakland Cal.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25

his eye was the somber glow Of a son
NJ WAL with the flesh.
"Nothingr'
." had a good job, putting in a pow
er plant for his nibs"-he indicated the
~retreating Gordon with a disrespectful
Jerk Of the thumb-'but I quit"
mot enough pay7"
Best wages I ever got. He paws
well"
"Poor grubr'
"Grub's fine"
what made you quitY'
r haven't exactly quit, bat I'm 20
Ing to. When | saw you coming mp the
dock ! ssfd There's the chief, Now
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25
CHAPTER ~.
lev . Journey Ended 81 hep<

How . Journey Ended % Heps-
1T was owing 10 geographical ron
diuons thai Certea had been estab
ltshed a. the point Of entry to the
interior OF Alaska. Il was beca use
Of them that she had grown and fiour
shed. with her sawmills, her ginmills.
her docks and her dives. But at the
time when this story opens Alaska had
developed TO Q point where an over
and outlet by winter and = circuitous
inlet By way Of Eering sea and the
crooked Yukon In summer we're no
longer sufficient. There was need Of a
permanent route by mean OF which
men and freight might come and go
through oil the year. The famous
North Pass and Yukon railway. far TO
the eastward. afforded transportation
10 Da City and the Canadian ter.
ntory and had proved itself such a
financial success thar builders begun
TO look for q harbor more to the west
ward nom which they could tap the
treat heart OF Alaska. Thus II was
that Cortez awoke one morning TO tind
herself selected as the terminus of q
new line. Other Midway propositions
followed. 6imsy promotion schemes
TOT the most part. but among them two
mai had more than paper and "hot
an behind them One Of these was
oacked BY the copper trust which had
made heavy mining investments 200
miller inland. the other by Curtis Cor
oon. a promoter who claimed New
fork AZ his birt hplace and the world
a. bis residence.
Sofuon had been one OF the first 10
eaters In the Kyak coal fields. and he
1ad also purchased a copper prospect
Few miles down the bay from cortez.
Where be had started a town which he
called Hope. There we're some who
NOOK their heads and smiled know
'ngiy when they spoke OF that pros
pect' but no n denied that IL was fast
assuming the outward semblance of a
mine under Gordon's direction. He
aao erected a fine substantial wharf.
oeether with buildings. bunk houses,
.otlases and a spacious residence for
a'hself, and daily the piles Of debris
oeneath the tunnel entries 10 his work
Jugs grew He paid high wages. he
pen money lavishly, and be had a
~asnlncent and compelling way with
MN That dnzzled and delighted the
s0ou people OF Cortez- When be be
gan work ON "a railroad which was de-
s.ened TO reach far into the interior
as acuon was taken as proof positive
uls financial standing. and his crit.
were put down as pessimists who
".u some personal grudge against him.
~as up to the raw, new village OF
ope' with Its odor Of fresh cut fir
snu undried paint that the freight
smer, with Natalie Gerard and "the
."n prince" aboard. came gingerly
n evening.
wen before the ship had tied I'D he
asa identified the tall. impressive man
- Tue dock M the genius and founder
nope and the dark haired, well
.olned woman beside him as Natalle's
cIasa IL was not until they were
no. NJ nand that the daughter made
presence known. then. unable TO
ho, a'h herself longer, she shrieked
erecting down over the rail-. Mrs.
n ~ started, then stared upward as
apparition. She stretched out
s.'plng hand to Gordon. who stood
- frozen In his tracks.
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w oeor pay trou you row
for ever FIVE minvtsa."
bel want me. SO I began to pack"
The speaker da ugled his parity filled
war bag as evidence. In an even sour
er tone ne murmnred: Amt that Just
mel amt had a days luck since Lin
coin was shot The minute I get q
good fob along ron come and spoii T."
= don't want you." laughed O'Neil.
But slater was not convinced. He
shook HIS head.
sOh. yes. ron do, You've got some
thing on u you wouldn't be here. Two
bsen drawing tay from you now Tor
over nve minutes"
O,Neil made = gesture OF im~patience.
NO. NO. 10 the nrst place. ! have
nothing for yon TO do: in the second
place. I probably couldn't AFFORD TIM
wages Gordon IL paying you"
That's the dickens OF it" gioomily
agreed Happy Tom. Where are your
grips? I'll begin by carrying them"
II haven't any I've been shipwreck-
ed. Seriously. Tom. ! have no place
for yon"
The repetition ar his statement made