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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-04-05
WARNING.

Hunting, Fishing ana Shooting f.
strictly prohibited on all OF our
ranches, on Mary's River and both the
Seventy-one ranches. Tresspassers
will be prosecuted according to law.
Nevada Land & Livestock Co.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-04-05
APPLICATION NO. 1855

Notice Of Application for Permission
to Appropriate the Public Waters
OF the State Of Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day Of March, 1917, In accordance
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

essarily modest. We have no i'd
lie rich; we have no war profit
GERS; in fact, on account of crop
failures, we have but very few
in comfortable circumstances.
But were a New Yorker here
when the money-raising effort
was being made he would learn
that when a dollar is contrib
uted 100 per cent of it reaches
the proper c~hannel-without any
formalities, and without any
staging or advertising. Yes, it
may border on audicity to make
comparisons between the ma
TONS metropolis and our little
town. Nevertheless, we cannot
refrain from remarking that we
like Omemee's way much the
best,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
THE BIRTH OF A NATION
Return Engagement Thursday,
nnAA~~~ On 1AaR

December 20, 1917.
AS a star-gazer might pick a
particular brilliant star from
out of the Milky Way, so a the
atre-goer who witnesses the
Birth of A Nation will recall
from it's myralds of exciting
scenes, joys and woes and won
ders, one particular scene of
speech which occurs in a negro
rumshop, into which a young
white man has strolled in search
of a negro murdered.
Perhaps a dozen m%urderous
looking wretches are in the hut.
BY a cunning trick the propri-
etor seeks to beguile the youth
while he is dealt a deadly blow
by one Of the inmates, but he is
prepared and looking for this
and it's attempt is the signal to
cut loose. He disarms the lat
ter and rough handles the form
er-then the circus commences.
White eyes and Diary visages pop
up from every corner and their
owners fall upon the reckless
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
URGING OTHERS TO, BUT

Omemee Herald: The New
York 400" have shown their
loyalty and patriotism, once
more. This time it was in the
form of a great war and chart
ty bazaar" It was a big affair,
of course. The receipts were
$78,745. Just grand-did you
say? Well, just wait-till you
hear the rest Of it. When the
dust settled the New York World
made an investigation. It discov-
cred that 1854 went to the war
charity and the rest of the $751;
ATS was eaten up for "expens-
es." A number of gentlemen
whose business is that of urging
others to contribute are better
provided with money than they
were before the seventy-eight
thousand dollar "war bazaar"
started. And these are the peo-
pie who are given to much wor-
ry over the alleged Indifference
of the middle west; who charge
the people of North Dakota with
not fully realizing that Uncle
Sam is at war; who accused us
Of stacking in the matter Of
standing by the government.
New York has also given out a
lot of gratuitous advice on show
to economic and win the war;"
It is not hard to guess what is
the trouble in New York. There
is too much collecting for the
glory of individuals who get the
credit, too much staging, too
much desire to get in the lime
light. Some of the New Workers
who have been free to criticize
North Dakota's attitude during
the war, would profit by a So
journ of a month or so in most
any town in our state, even in
our little village of Omemee.
Contributions and subscriptions
here to any war cause are nee
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
white, but he handles them all,

white, but he handles them all,
knocking them right and left,
throwing them out of the win
dow, picking them up bodily and
knocking others down with them
and literally cleaning up the
place, until he is treacherously
shot in the back from ambush
by the culprit whom he seeks.
No more desperate battle than
this one has evev been waged,
in make believe or in real life
one against a score.
It is one of the thousand cpl
sodes in the great production
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
DAMNED EITHER A

"You are damned if you do and damned if don't" is the way
one citizen expresses it and he didn't miss the mark very far at
that.
Realizing the situation and knowing the conditions in the no.
crop districts, President Townley personally went to see President
Wilson in the matter of seed for next spring and asking Con-.
gress to do all in their power to relieve the situation. Mr.. Town
ley should be commended for his efforts in trying to secure seed
for the farmer who is too poor to buy his own, but instead of re-
ceiving praise the gang press has seen fit to load him down with
abuse and misrepresentation. The opposition has put the amount
Townley asked for at a hundred thousand" claiming this sum out
rageously too large and insinuates the farmer might go look out
for himself, and in other ways combining themselves to anything
but the truth.
The farmers, no doubt, appreciate the efforts put forth by
Townley and realize that "a friend in need is a friend indeed" To
use every means at our command to increase the wheat acreage
for next season is a patriotic duty, as half starved soldiers in the
trenches are worthless, and unless we put forth extra efforts in
the way of food production, we may be rewarded with serious con-
sequences. There should! be no craftsmanship shown in a move of
this nature and anyone beittling or in any way hanpering the
progress of those who are willing to lend a helping hand in an eff
fort to procure seed for farmers who are in actual need in this
respect, should be put on the carpet and made to answer many
questions pertaining to patriotism.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

that makes the men scream and
the women jump to- their feet
and yell. .ttI. sl@E"
This famous masterpiece will
return to the Grand on Thurs
day evening, December 20. The
production this time is accom-
panied by the organizations own
musical director, with q COM
plete three hour specially adapt
ed piano score. =
Prices on this occasion are 81
for adults and SOC for children.
Seats are now on sale at F1ade-
land Williams Drug Store.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
THE %BOTTINEAU C0URANT BoTTINEAU, NORTH DAKOTA

I'VE have the League on the run" says one. who 'knows"
whereof he speaks. Right you are, old boy, and they are "going
some" too @~ w-@. @ m~
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

The Lidgerwood Broadaxe last week handed one Tracy Bangs
of Grand Forks a few upper cuts that are liable to leave a scar for
life.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

How does twenty-five dollars a word sound to you? That is
what a school teacher in California received for submitting the
best war slogan. Freedom For All Forever" received first hon
os and for this the st. Paul Daily News paid 500, offering this
amount to anyone who suggested the best slogan.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

Republicans being in the minority in congress, papers of that
persuasion are Mortified that the democrats are grabbing all the
acclaim for conduct Of the war. They want a nonrartisan organi,
zation of the law making body and of the presidents cabinet. But
republicans will first have to forget their partisanship before such
IN organization can be efected-and that is one of the improb-
sble possibilities.-Rugby Farmers News.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

Last week some smooth-faced silver-tongued Crook feeced
a North Dakotan out of some twenty thousand dollars and Town
ley was away down in some of the eastern states. However, the
gang sheets" will connect him with the deal in some roundabout
war. you can bank ON that.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14

the body by preventing 1t from being
taken off by the general atmosphere.
Therefore, you want blankets soft and
pliable so that they will fall of their
own weight and fit snugly to the body,
so as to prevent the air from circulat-
ing between the blanket and the body.
The army blanket is woven so close
ly and becomes so rigid when thrown
over the body that it fails to fall in
close, but stands out and permits an
air space between itself and the body.
This interferes with its heat-retaining
qualities to the extent that after prac-
teal application in our large hospitals
In the commonwealth of Pennsylvania
we find In the cold high mountain re-
gions we can get along with three soft
er woven blankets instead of having
to use Ave army blankets.
With this discovery and practical APP
plication we not only save much money
In maintaining our hospitals. but we
give our patients more comfort. The
blankets are warmer and at the same
time are lighter in weight.
The army blanket was made original
ly so that it would be strong and could
be used in active campaigns, where 1t
had to be carried on the soldiers
backs, or on saddles of horses, or in
the supply wagon. Owing to the fact
that they were made of all wool, had
long lives, and were made In sub
stantial way, they soon found their
way into general use, particularly in
TO hospital use, and more especially
into hospitals where the open-air treat
ment was necessary.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14
Crazy Calculating.

Edgar II. Bruton of Moultrie, Ca,
who until recently regarded himself
as n mathematical genius, has consult
ed specialists in Atlanta to determine
If he cannot stop calculating. He suf-
fers from an ailment which he refers
to as acute and chronic calculation,
and as result of which his head hurts,
he talks constantly to himself and his
nervousness increases daily.
Mr.. Bruton became so mathematical
that he counted how many steps he
took in any direction, how many times
he opened and closed his eyes in a
given time and how many strokes he
took when shaving. At first he required
sos strokes of the razor to do the last
mentioned performance, and when he
cut the strokes down to 800 and whit
tied his chin down to nothing he began
investigating himself with the aid of
physicians. He now estimates that he
will be cured by spring, during which
time he will open and shut his eyes 49,
9TS,97S,67S,9S7 1854, 567, SOS, 493 times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14
CANADA SHIPS MUCH PAPER
Great Increase in Consumption Of
Wood Pulp Causing Concern
Among Conservationists.-

A great increase in the exports Of
paper from Canada to the United
States Is causing concern among con
servationists of the dominion, Uncle
Sam is informed, as it is feared that
the drain upon Canadian wood-pulp re-
sources will result seriously to the do
minion. 1t is pointed out that the
drain is likely to increase rather than
diminish, in view of the rapid deple-
ton of accessible supplies of timber
suitable for pulp wood in the United
States.
That Canada Is making big progress
toward becoming the worlds center for
the manufacture of pulp and paper 1t
is declared, is indicated by the fact
that for the year ending with July,
1916, the exports of paper amounted to
$21, 67S,S6S, of which SO per cent went
to the United States and 81 per cent
to the United Kingdom. This was IN
increase of 81 per cent over the figures
OF the previous year. The first ship
ment of paper from Canada was made
in 1902. amounting to total of sol for
the year. The total exports for 1902
were hut $4,000 and for 1913 only $6,-
827, QUO.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14
New Grounds for Divorce.

There have recently been furnished
by an English novelist new grounds for
divorce, namely, 'incompatability Of
furniture" This Is not so slight as 1t
seems, for, though the day has gone by
when woman can torment her hus-
hand with the "tidy," 'the lambre-
quin' and the "antimacassar," there
are other means to the same end.
There is, for instance, the futurist
footstool--a small affair of gaudy tint
that leers aggressively upward If he
looks thoughtfully down; that has, If
he should be wild enough to desire to
rest his slippered foot upon 1t, a mass
of hard, silk, would-be fruit sewed just
where it will interfere on the top.
Ever this footstool is placed where he
will be sure to stumble over it in the
dark. Then there is the hand-painted
in oils Chinese bed of wood, or the
photo of the mutual friend he can't en-
dure, or for his dresser drawer the
silk tie case she made him when she
knows he likes to hang his tie up-but
look around little for yourself-and
charity begins at home.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14
SIlucksl

A pedestrian on the Circle saw a
glittering object on the sidewalk and
stopped to pick 1t up.
"Shucks!" he exclaimed as he ex-
amined the piece of jewelry he had
found; at isn't worth a dollar"
"Well, what did you expect to flnd?"
asked passerby.
"Oh, 1 was just commenting on
my luck. I've found hundreds of
things In the course of time, but MOTH
ing very valuable. 1 was hoping my
luck would turn"
The passerby, after taking a few
steps toward the gutter, slipped dia-
mond ring off his finger, stopped and
held up the ring, pretending to have
found it.
"What do you think of that |" said
the astonished finder of things. "Say,
mister, I'll give you hundred for it."
"Not for sale," and the passerby put
the ring back on his finger and walked
away.-Indianapolis News.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14

the poor there usually develops rather
early in life keen appreciation Of
the value of money. Whatever money
there Is Is quickly spent, and comes
to represent pretty definitely the ne
cessities and the luxuries of life. A
nickel means q loaf of bread and
penny means a stick of candy. Money
is hard to get and good to have and
without it there is privation and mis-
cry.
On the other hand, in the homes of
the well-to-do and in the country,
where comparatively little cash Is
handled, the opportunity to become ac-
quainted with the sources and proper
ties of money are comparatively mar
row. Here people somehow have what
they need, and no special effort or
hardship is associated with getting
these things.
Money plays so important role in
modern life that we are apt to take 1t
for granted without thinking especially
of teaching children what they should
should learn these things definitely
and practically, beginning as soon as
they are old enough to appreciate rela-
tive values. A child can begin by buy
ing things for the household when he
) able to distinguish the coins and
count up the amounts. The age for
this will, of course, vary with different
children.
In households that do not manifest
through their activities and conversa-
ton the methods by which the family
income is obtained children should be
explicitly Informed on the subject. 1t
is not only embarrassing to the child
to display his ignorance when compar-
ing notes with other children, but II is
a necessary part of his understanding
of the world to know just how people
obtain the precious tokens by means
of which they secure all their necessi-
ties and luxuries.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14
Primitive Australian Savage
Most Marvellous of Hunters

In endurance and speed the Aus
tralian aborigine Is not the equal of
the American Indian, and his weapons
OF wood and poorly fashioned stones
are effective only at short range; but
as hunter the native Australian Is
marvelously adjusted to his environ
ment the National Geographic Maya
zine says. His success lies in an init
mate knowledge of the habits of ami
mails on land, in the ground, In trees
and under water, and his wonderfully
developed power of observation.
He decoys pelicans by initiating
their cries, catches ducks by diving be-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14
Made Leather From SeaWeed.

Shark skins are not the only product
of the sea one can make leather from.
A French chemist more than 80 years
ago succeeded In making leather from
seaweed by washing it with potash
and steaming 1t in a boiler. The ro-
nance of leather lies in the tanning
of it, for the whole vegetable world Is
pressed into service. Russia leather
owes its delicious aroma to the birch
bark it Is tanned with, and the map
preclative moth so dislikes 1t that the
presence of one volume In row Will
keep all free from insects.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14
sees LONG SERVICE HIGH COST OF KILLING
Materials Used in SmokeIesS
Powder More Expensive.
Uncle Sam Hit by Increased Expenses
In Operation of Government
Naval Factory.

The high cost of killing has hit Uncle
Sam.
The smokeless powder manufactured
in 1916 at the naval powder factory at
Indian Head, Nd, cost the government
more than seven cents a pound more
than during the preceding year. Uncle
Sam manufactured 1920, 405 pounds Of
smokeless powder in this factory In
1916, as compared with 4,053, O59
pounds in 1915. The cost per pound
increased from $O.249 in 1915 to SO.32l
In 1916.
This large increase In cost was
caused mainly, it is said, by the In
crease in the market price of all raw
materials entering into the manufac-
ture of explosives, due to the war
abroad. AS an example of this, say ex-
perts of the navy department, the cost
of mixed acid more than doubled, and
it was accordingly decided to increase
the capacity of the nitric and sulphuric
acid plants at Indian Head to take care
of the entire capacity of the powder
factory. These extensions to the acid
plants are now just about completed,
and at the current rate for mixed acid
it is expected that they will pay for
themselves in few months. In addi-
ton to this increase more recently al
cohol and nitrating cotton have great
ly advanced in price. The officials OBJ
tanned supply of sodium nitrate Of
excellent quality at low figure by pur-
chase in the Chilean ports and trans
porting In naval cutter to this coun-
try.
The navy department did not con-
tract for smokeless powder with any
private manufacturers during the past
year, it Is said and no deliveries were
made by manufacturers on back con-
tracts. 1t Is expected, however, that
during the present year additional con-
tracts will be placed with private firms,
owing to the fact that the new building
program, which is beyond the capacity
of the Indian Head plant, is making
large demands on that plant.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14
Quail an Ally of Farmer.

"The meat value of the quail is in
considerable-negli gible-when COM
pared to the services these birds rem
der to the farm" bird expert of the
University of Oklahoma says. "They
prey upon 145 different kinds of de-
than 100 varieties of noXious weed
seeds. They stay on the job -
months in the year and labor continu-
ally when weather conditions permit.
I do not believe that the land owners
should permit a multitude of so-called
sportsmen to destroy this powerful
ally Of the farmer"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14
Loving a Crouch Away

There's a look on the face you can
love away,
There's Il crease in the brow you can
smooth today;
There's a CLEAN in the eye you can
change to one
That Is sweet as the ray of the morn
ing sun
It's the touch of our loving, the
sweet of our will,
That scatter the shadows of anger
and Ill.
There's a crouch that you think Will
be always the same,
So grim and so dark; but it goes as
1t came
When you love 1t away with tender
ness born
OF the spirit Of brightness and glad
ness and morn
There isn't a crouch ever lived very
long
Meath the spell of love that Is
sweetened with song.
You can love it away, love the acne
and the care,
Love the heart that Is heavy with
grief and despair,
TIL # lifts to the sunshine, as flowers
in the spring,
And responds every time to the song
that you sing
Forgetting its wrinkles and creases
and frown
At the touch of loves fingers like
velvet of down.
Baltimore Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-14
Woman Has Given Five-SixthS of
Life to Uncle Sam.
Miss Emma Brown, Not Yet Sixty
Three, Has Been Employee of
Government for 81 Years.

A unique case in the government
service is that of Miss Emma S. Brown,
who, not yet sixty-three years old, has
spent fifty-one of those years In the
employ of Uncle Sam.
A remarkable feature of the case of
Miss Brown Is that, although her work
Of over half century for the govern
ment has been constant and frequently
arduous, she has hardly a gray hair to
tell the tale of lifetime of labor, or
confess the toll of the years. Nature
favored her again, inasmuch as she has
been spared the necessity of wearing
glasses, and she reads and writes, sews
her vision.
At her desk in the trimming room of
the United States bureau of engraving
and printing Miss Brown keeps busy
at her task of experimenting the work
of the hundred and more employees
under her charge, who trim the sheets
of all government moneys from one
dollar up to thousand made In Uncle
Sans great money factory.
This work of trimming the federal
notes requires precision and care, and
1t is Miss Browns task to see that it
is done to the standard required by
the government, and that work is
planned and allotted so that there is
no waste of time or overlapping of
work. She Is credited by the officials
of the bureau with executive ability,
which maintains the work evenly and
satisfactorily, and with turning in re-
ports which prove that she Is possessed
of mind strong and accurate.
Miss Brown was born in Philadelphia
In 1854, the daughter of contractor in
that city. During the Civil war the
latter was sent for by the United
States government to wire the treasury
building to make possible the destruc-
ton of the money vaults by an electric
spark in the event of the capture of the
national capital by the Confederate
armies. The nature of the work in
yolved a good deal of exposure and Mr..
Brown caught a cold that resulted in
pneumonia, from which he died in Oc-
tober, 1864.
To make matters worse for the
Brown family, the eighteen-year-ol
son of the contractor, Alonzo T. Brown,
had in the meantime enlisted without
his parents knowledge and consent
giving his age as twenty-one. In his
first engagement he was killed by a
shell from the enemy's camp, near Pc
tersburg, Va, July 80, 1864.
The fathers and sons deaths within
few months of each other left the
wife and mother of two small daugh-
tiers without means of support, and it
was decided that the intelligent and
capable child of eleven should become
the family breadwinner, Fortunately
for little Emma, S. NJ. Clark, the first
director of the bureau of engraving
and printing, was friend of her fam
lily, ana he offered the eager child a
position under him.
Miss Brown has served in almost
every branch of the service Of the bu-
reou and has noted with interest the
development and progress of its meth
DDS and work. She recalls, as an in
stance, when the numbering of thou
sand sheets consumed one days work
Of one person operating hand press !;
now from one press, electrically driven,
from 10000 to 10000 sheets are the
daily output