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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-29
FRED KNOBLCOK IN
SERIOUS CONDITION

Fred Knoblock. who was in Juds,
Farrington's automobile which upset
in Boyd's Lane, in Douglas count
Tuesday. though badly shaken up and
suffering considerable pain in his side
did not think that he was seriously in.
jured until yesterday when he was
obliged to call a physician. The eX
animation revealed that KnoblUck suE.
tanned a. broken rib and other injur.
les. He is suffering from severe con
gestion of the liver due to bPuisc. aTi
is also threatened with traumatiC
pneumonia, also due to shock and
bruises. His fever. yesterday after
noon. was 1O3 degrees. Shortly before
midnight the attending physician re
ported that the fever had reduced a
degree and that the patient was
resting more comfortably thar in the
afternoon Carson News.
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ACT
UPON RESOLUTION

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
at a regular meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners of the County
OF Elko. State of Nevada, held on the
9th day of October. 1917, a resolution,
authorizing a temporary loan OF fifty
thousand dollars for the purpose of
meeting a necessity and emergency
within said County of Elko, State of
Nevada, was offered, the said resolu.
ton being now on file with the clerk
of the said board;
And notice is hereby given that on
the 10th day of November, A. d. 1917.
at the hour of two o'clock p. m. of said
day, this Board of County Commission.
ers will act upon said resolution"
ROBERT B. HUNTER.
Clerk of Said Board.
First publication Oct. 25, 1917.
Publications Oct. IS and Sept. l, II.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

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Elko, Nevada Land Office, October
s, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that PETER
S: lNDART. of Whiterock, County OF
Elko. State of Nevada, has filed in this
Office his application to enter. under
the provisions of Sections 23O6-23O7
Revised States of United States. the
following described land, viz:
The Northeast Quarter OF the
Southwest Quarter (NEA SWlD of
Section Nine 90. Township Forty.
five (45) North Range Fifty (5O)
East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridi
an, containing 40 acres within the
ElkO, Nevada land district.
Any and all persons claiming adj.
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 their alIldavits of protest
in this Office, on or before the 18th
day of November, 1917.
JOHN f. ROBBINS, Register.
First publication Oct. 16, 1917.
last publication Nov. 10, 1917.
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things relating thereto. and with said
inal account and report filed his an.
plication and petition praying for an
order. Judgment and decree OF said
court distributing all Of said estate to
the person entitled thereto, and
That Saturday. the 18th day OF No.
vember. 1917, at ten o'clock a m
at the courtroom of the said court n,
the court house in Elko, EIko county.
State OF Nevada has been. and i; here.
by duly appointed and fixed as the
time and place for the allowance. I'D
proyal and confirmation of said final
account, and the hearing OF said re.
port, and the hearing OF said petition
for final distribution; at which time
and place any person interested lin
said estate may appear anc file excep.
lions in writing to said account. or
objections TO said report or may other.
wise contest or resist said account and
report, or either, or show cause. # any
they have, why said petition should
..Ot be granted.
Dated at Elko. Nevada. this 9th
day of October, A. ID. 1917.
ROBERT .. HUNTER.
Clerk of said Court
First publication Oct. 81. 1917.
Last publication Nov 16. 1917.
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An Open LETTER FROM
YOUR UNCLE SAMUEL

under ten years pay but one cent
total tax. Free passes carry a tax
equivalent to that paid by the pur.
chaser of a ticket. Shows where the
maximum is FIVE cents are exempted
as are amusement parks charging no
more than ten cents. Charity fairs
are exempt. Admissions will include.
seats at tables, and there will be n
tax upon reservations.
First class mail will call for thee
cent stamps where It now calls for
two-cent ones. Postcards will cost
twice as much as at present. How.
ever. letters delivered by carrier from
the post Office where sent will be
charged but the present rate. Mail
to soldiers on foreign duty will &c
free.
Club dues above s12 per year will
be taxed ten per cent.
The above are all taxes which Will
be imposed by the end of the week
The tobacco tax will go into effect n,
the same time. However, il has been
imposed already by practically every
retailer. II was put into effect b.
the dealers at the same time that H. ,
liquor taxes were imposed-upon tie
passage of the act, October 8. The
automobile taxes, sporting goods
taxes and drug taxes went into Of
feet at the same time.
OF course. these taxes are ali IN
addition TO your income tax, upon
which you will have to make re.
turn before next March. So you had
better begin your conservation OF
wealth right now-just at the tim, YOU
are planning your Christmas expenses
Yours regretfully,
UNCLE san.
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MILLIONS ARE STILL
BURNING UP

Even the fire loses for the first
eight months of 1917 in the United
States and Canada tell a story OF tho
war since the total of $3.50, 500, 900, as
compared with Sill. 100000 in 1915,
represents the losses in oil and NUM-.
lions works, here and in Canada, not
necessarily OF an accidental character
AT the same time the total figures
are appalling and the amount in round
hgures represents a property waste
beyond all reason. 1t is almost Grim.
inal for August, 1917. to show lossC.s of
$21, 100000. as compared with So.
100000. for the same month in 1916.
since, as all know, even allowing fol-
war plots. most of these losses are
due to pTeventable causes.
We pay this enormous amount
every year as a tribute to the ma.
tional slouchiness in building con.
structiOn and to a gross carclessneSs
in the handling OF properties. which
is one Of our besettiRg sins. ir which
we can take no pride.
Now that national slouchiness Is
being universally condemned. ii is
about time that all forces Joined to-
gcther TO remove the stigma of this
criminal carelessness. which burma up
its millions every year, raises insur-
ance risks and rates and force on all
sorts OF secondary losses without
rhyme or reason.
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Revised Statutes OF United statess ne,
following described land. viz: t,s
The Southwest Quarter OF the
Southwest Quarter tswA swk). OF
Section Nine ts). Township Forty.
hve ti5) North. Range Fifty (5o)
East. containing Forty (4o) acres
within the Elko. Nevada Land Dis.
trict.
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 their affidavits OF protest
in this Office. on or before the 18th
ta:' OF November. 1917.
JOHN E ROBBINS. Register.
First publication Oct. IS, 1917.
last publication Nov. 10. 1917.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State of Ne.
vada. In and For the County of
Elko.
In the matter of the estate OF Len.
ora G. Buckle, usually known as and
called Mrs. Charles Buckle, deceased
Notice is hereby given, that by an
order of the District Court OF the
Fourth Judicial District of the State
of Nevada, in and for the County of
Elko, duly made and entered on the
22nd day of October, a. d. 1917, the
undersigned was duly appointed as
administrator of said deceased. and
that he has qualified as such admins.
traitor.
Notice is further given that any
and all persons having claims against
said dcccdcnt or the said estate. must
file the same with the clerk of the
above entitled court, with proper
vouchers and the statutory affidavit
attached, within three months from
the date of the first publication of this
notice, or their claims will be forever
barred.
Dated this 22nd day Of October. a.
u. 1917.
CHAS. BUCKLE,
Administrator
First publication Oct. 90, 1917.
Last publication Dec. 1, 1917.
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complete recovery.
UNCLE san.

complete recovery
The prisoner insisted from the
very first that he wanted to die. lie
was confirmed morphine fend and
when the drug was taken away from
him he became respondent Two
weeks ago he went on hunger strike
and for ten days never touched an
ounce of food. Last Sunday he broke
his fast by eating some soft boiled
eggs, whereupon he again refused 10
eat
Wright was an educated negro. and
is graduate dentist. He came here
from Ely on the morning that he
murdered the woman, and was little
acquainted in Tonopah.-Times.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Ol7Tl

Department of the Interior, L. :.
Land Office at EIko, Nevada. October
&c. 1917.
Notice is hereby given that RO.
BERT NJ LESHER. of Tuscarora,
Nevada. who. on November II, 1914,
made homestead application No.
Ol774. for the NJ NE4; SWT
NEH and SEA NwH of Section 90,
Township II North. Range 80 East.
Mount Diablo Meridian. has filed no.
ticc OF intention to make final three
year proof. to establish claim to the
land above described, before the regis.
ter and receiver of this office, on the
fifth day of December, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses.
Arthur Smith. of Tuscaroru, Nova.
da; Jacob w. Reed. of Tuscarora. Ne.
vada: Charles l.. Cole of TusCarOra.
Nevada; Charles Il. Woodward Of
Tuscarora. Nevada.
JOHN f. ROBBINS, Register.
First publication Oct. 90. 1917.
Last publication Nov. 80. 1917.
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THE POTATO CROP
AT METROPOLIS
tBy J. Carlos Lambert in Wells
Herald)

(By J. Carlos Lambert in Wells
Herald)
The Metropolis farmers planted a
carload of potatoes this season and
they are this week finishing the pick.
ing and gathering of bounteous crop.
The farmers are jubilant over the
crop and many OF them have OK.
pressed their intention of dOuhl'"g
their acreage next year. Several var.
ieties were grown and they all ma.
tured and did well.
However. potato buyers from the
coast are advising the farmers next
year to grow the Melted Gem, general
ly known as the Russet Burbank as
IL brings 20 per cent higher price and
can always be sold, even when pO'1.
toes are plentiful and cheap. This pc.
tato Is not heavy yielder, but II has
the added advantage Of being more
free from disease.
The crop at Metropolis is yielding
about 200 bushels per acre on the new
land. On land which has been manur.
ed the yield reaches 900 bushels, ant
even more. Next year. when some Of
the old alfalfa land is put into pota.
toes. the yield ought to double that OF
the new land. Several of the farmers
have netted $40 per acre on the new
land Mt the extremely low prices pre-.
yailing on potatoes this year Those
facts open up the question: Why
should not the farmers of Metropolis
raise potatoes extensively?
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF FIN.
Al ACCOUNT AND OF APPLICA.
TON FOR APPROVAL. OF SAME
AND FOR FINAL oIsTRlBU1 ION.

In the District Court Of the Fourth
Judicial District of tho state Of Nc
vada. In and For the County Of Elko.
In the matter Of the estate OF Laura
Short, deceased
To all persons interested In the cs.
tate OF Laura Short, deceased.
Pursuance to law, notice Il horcb'
given that J. f. Short, the admins.
traitor of the estate Of Laura Short.
deceased, on the eth day OF October.
1917, rendered and presented for al.
lowance. approval and confirmation,
and flied in said court his final &C.
count Of his administration OF the &C.
tates OF said deceased. accompanied
by q full report Of all matters and
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
o3lSG

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Elko, Nevada Land once. October
s. 1917.
Notice is hereby given that rETEl,
s, INDhRT, of WhIlcrock. County of
Elko. state of Nevada. has filed in
this Office his application to enter, uu.
dor the provisions of Sections 23O6.
23O7 of the Revised Statutes Of United
states the following described land,
viz.
The Northwest Quarter uf the
Northwest Quarter (Nwh NwH) of
section Ten tO) Township Forty.
FIVE (i5) North Range Fifty (5O) East
Mount Diablo Base and Meridian con.
tanning Forty 600 acres, within the
Elko Nevada Land District
Any and ali persons claiming nd.
Yersoly the lands described. OF de.
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Washington. Oct. IS. 1917.

Mr.. Ultimate Consumer:
My Dear Sir:-You are due for some
terrific jolts about the end OF this
weeks. for by November 3 many of
the new war taxes will be in effect,
and your pocketbook will grow
smaller each day.
Some of the taxes are dated No
vember l. Others go into effect
thirty days after the passage OF the
War Revenue Act which would
make the date approximately Nove:n.
Der 3.
Iany 0. the nIw levies are now i'll
existence. And, while others have not
gone into effect, dealers in the taxed
articles are beginning to protect
themselves. This is noticeably due in
the case of tobacco. which should not
properly be taxed until November 3.
From and after November 1. these
taxes become operative:
Three per cent upon transportation
of property by freight
One cent for each twenty cents ex.
press cost.
Eight per cent OF the cost of rail.
way and steamer fares.
Ten per cent of the cost of berths,
staterooms and chair car seats.
Five cents upon telephone, teIe.
graph and radio messages costing
more than fifteen cents.
Eight cents per 500 or fraction on
amount of life insurance policies.
One cent per dollar. on premium
paid for marine, fire. casualty. and
inland insurance
One cent on each ten cents or frac.
ton paid for admissions. Children
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MURDERER
DIES IN T0N0PAH

Spencer Wright is dead, and Nye
county is thus saved the heavy ex.
pensc of trying him In the district
court for his crime.
Wright shot and killed Nottie
Wright on September 10. following
which he sent bullet into his own
brain lie lowered between life
and death for several days when n
major operation for performed, fol.
lowing which he apparently made a
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sirins to object because OF the min.
eral character OF the land. or for
any other reason. to the disposal TO
applicant. should nle their afidayits
CT protest in this office. on or before
the 18th day OF November. 1917.
JOHN f. ROBBINS. Register.
First publication Oct. 1s, 1917.
last publication Nov. 10. 1917
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
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Elko. Nevada Land Office, October
s, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that PETER
5. lNDART, of whiterock. County of
Elko, State Of Nevada. has filed in this
office his application to enter. under
the provisions of Sections 23O6. 1907
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-08-31
0VERW0RK BABES
TO DODGE ARMY
ONE INFANT IS USED BY SEVEN
MARRIED COUPLES TO TRY
TO PROVE EXEMPTION.
Draft Board Member in Silver Bow
County Hear RumOrs of Crooked
Work in Connection With Affida-
Wits, and Prosecutions May Follow
Their Investigations.

How one baby has been used by at
least seven married couples, and how
one woman has acted as wife to two
different men in the claiming of ex-
emptions are stories that have begun
to reach the ears of draft board men,
bers in Butte and Silver Bow county.
One man connected with the draft in
this county states that he has receiv-
ed information that seven different
married couples have used the term
of dependent child" in claiming ex-
emption for the husbands. One
baby being the sum total of children
in the seven homes.
Should the story that has reached
the draft men in Butte prove true, it
will surpass the story from an Iowa
city, where five families were dis
covered using one child to claim de-
pendency for all. The Butte cases
are being investigated and, if proved
true, will soon result in arrests.
Wives are held equally guilty with
their husbands in such attempts to
avoid conscription.
1t is claimed that the one woman
who swore to the claims of two men
as wife of each one is not married to
either. Neither of the men is mar
ried, it is claimed. No names have
yet been made public, but federal in
vestigators are busy in Butte, as we'll
as other Montana cities, gathering
evidence that may lead to arrests as
soon as the first quota is made.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-08-31
BIG ENGINEERING
FEAT COMPLETED
WATERS OF ST. MARY'S RIVER
TURNED FROM HUDSON BAY
INTO ATLANTIC.
Project that Has Cost Government
Nearly $5,OOO,OOO Will Irrigate
100000 Acres of Land in Milk
River Valley; Treaty Arrangement
With the Canadian Government.

The waters of St. Mary river are
now irrigating lands in the lower
valley of Milk river in Montana.
BY an engineering feat OF the rec.
lamation service which is recorded
in the last monthly report of the
project manager in a terse para graph
of IS words. the st. Mary river.
which formerly belonged to Hudson
Bay drainage, has become contrib
utor to the drainage of the Atlantic
ocean.
st. Mary river, a stream of large
flow, is born amid the eternal SHOWS
and glaciers of the highest peak OF
Glacier National park. Its general
course to the international bound
ary. In Canada it joined number
of other streams and finally emptied
into Hudson bay.
Goes Into Canal.
Today by the work of the engi-
neer the ST. Mary is diverted into a
large canal % miles long and now
flows into the North Fork of Milk
river, a tributary of the Missouri
The Milk river rising in the plains
area of Northwestern Montana, flows
northward into Canada and then
eastward for more than 100 miles,
drains Dominion territory. 1t then
turns abruptly southwark across the
boundary and, after flowing for
many miles through rich and fer
tile valley, joins the Missouri near
Nashua, Mont. Draining no high
mountains, it's flow is erratic, uncer-
tain and entirely inadequate for the
irrigation of the hundreds of thous-
ands of acres of fertile lands through
which it flows in both countries. By
combining the two rivers an enor-
nous area of irrigable lands could be
developed, and it was for this pur-
pose the engineers of the service
worked out plan, the successful
completion of which is just an
nounced.
International Treaty.
For the reason that the lands in
Canada readily could absorb the en-
tire flow of both streams, an inter
national treaty was entered into by
which the Milk river in Canada was
utilized as carrier, and the COM
bined flow of both streams equally
divided between the two nations
In the lower Milk river valley i'm.
portant dams and reservoirs have
been completed and comprehensive
canal system is now serving consid
erable acreage. In it's entirety the
project will irrigate 100000 acres, O
which $4,000 are public lands to be
opened to entry upon completion OF
necessary works.
The irrigible areas are served by
the Great Northern railways and sur
round the growing towns of Chinook
Harlem, Dodson, Malta, Saco, Hins-
dale and Glasgow.
The net investment of the govern
ment to June 80, 1916, was about
$4,7oo,o0o.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-08-31
CARE FOR BODIES
OF SOLDIER DEAD
AMERICAN PURPLE CROSS NEW
PATRIOTIC SOCIETY TO UN-
DERTAKE NOBLE WORK.
Montana People Interested in Organ
iZation Which Has Offered Its Ser
vices to Government and Probably
Will Be Under Direction of the
War Department..

Many Montana people have inter
ested themselves in a new patriotic
association that has been organized
within the past few weeks, known as
the American Purple Cross associa-
ton, whose efforts will be directed
solely to the proper caring for the
bodies of soldiers and marines of the
American army who are killed in
Europe, and for the bringing back
to the United States of these bodies
for burial in their own country.
Memory of the horrible condition
of the bodies sent home for burial
following the clash between the
American bluejackets and Mexicans
at Vera Cruz caused DR.. Howard S.
Eckels and DR.. j. H. Mowbray, both
OF, Philadelphia, to devise plan for
the caring for the bodies of our boys
killed abroad. They formed and in
corporated the American Purple
Cross association under the laws OF
the District of Columbia. The trus-
tees and other officers are prominent
men over the country, including gov
ernors of states and captains of in
'dustry. An effort is being made to
have the association bear the same
relation to the quartermaster-g
al's department as the Red Cross does
to the army medical department, and
it is probable that this will be ac-
complished, as Major General Henry
G.. Sharp, quartermaster general of
the United States army, greeted the
plan with enthusiasm. Secretary of
War Baker now has the matter under
consideration.
The organization of the Purple
Cross followed the discovery by its
founders that no modern system had
been devised by the government for
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-08-31

taking care of the soldier dead in
France, and the plans under process
of completion now promise to revolu-
tionize and remove one of the most
grewsome features from modern war
fare.
Following the war the body of every
man who is killed or dies abroad will
be sent to this country and placed at
the disposal of his relatives, and even
should the war continue for several
years it will be possible, under the
present plan to recognize the bodies
of the dead soldiers.
The following offer, made by the
Purple Cross to the government,
probably will be accepted by the war
department.:
1--WE will furnish such number of
embalmers for the preservation OF
the bodies of soldiers killed in battle
or dying in hospitals as you may
deem necessary for the purpose.
1--WE will divide these into such
units as you may direct.
1--WE will equip and train these
men.
1--WE will furnish such number of
automobile ambulances as will be
necessary for this service.
1--WE will pay all expenses incident
to their equipment, training, trans
portation and maintenance.
"These will be available for all
sanitary work, asking only that these
may be allowed to keep their own in
dividual formation.
eff it be your wish that we be in
corporated in the army organization,
we will arrange to be enlisted as in
dividuals and assigned as you may
direct
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-08-31
Shoots With Camera.

Paris-Captain Guynemer, noted
French flying champion, takes a
photograph every time he shoots at
a German airman. Attached to his
machine gun is a camera-a repeat
ing camera. A pull of the trigger on
the gun also operates the camera.
This novel idea in securing war pic
lures has proved so successful that
every machine in the American avia-
tion squadron will be similarly
equipped with camera.