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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
COMMISSION MAX KES
NEW WATER ORDER
ShaughneSSy Reversed BY
Other Members and Water
Rates are Increased

The Public Service Commission of
Nevada has rendered an opinion and
made an order in the case OF the Elko
Water company. and this opinion re.
verses the findings recently made by
J. F. Shaughnessy. one of the mem
bcrs. in which he stated that many
OF tn" rates charged BY the water com
pany were too high. This opinion was
written and the order made by II. F..
Bartinc and ". II. simmons. Mr
Shaughnessy rendered dissenting
opinion.
Under the new order an increase TO
50 per month from $3.50 a month is
allowed the water company for the
use of fire plugs. The maximum al
lowance of water per month is in.
creased from 5000 TO 10000 gallons
per month. The commercial rates are
to remain the same as they were be
fore the proceedings were commenced
The opinion is very lengthy docu
ment, covering about twenty pages
OF typewriter matter The order is
as follows:
Omcc OF the Public Service Commits.
sion of Nevada, Carson City. Nevada
October 10. 1917 Present: II. +
Bartinc, chief commissioner; J. F
Shaugnessy. first associate commits
sioncr; W. II. Simmons, second asso
ciatc commissioner; Z. E. Stone, as
sistant secretary.
( Pursuant to the conclusions anC
findings in the opinion of the majority
of the commission. it is hereby or
dcrcd,
First. that the order heretofore
made in this case under date OF Feb
ruary 10 1917. BE- vacated and Sc
aside.
Second. that the Elko Water com
pany shall establish and publish 70
the future. effective November l. 1911
the following schedule of rates:
/ OF ltHlNtUN' NNllHuill'lN' N'il"uh
crs with single tap and no other cor
vcnienccs. s1OO per month; consun
crs with four.room house. withor
sewer connections. $175 per month
. Consumers with five-rOom house. q
larger. without sewer connections
S2.OO:. consumers with sewer connct
tions, $3.50: maximum allowance
10000 gallons per month for $3.50
next 10000 gallons. 20 cents per 100
gallons; next $4,000 gallons, l6 cent
per 1000 gallons; all in excess q
100000 gallons. 1919 cents per LOO
gallons: commercial rates TO remail
the same as before the commencement
of this proceeding.
For contractors. brick work. p"
900 bricks, cents, concrete work
per cubic yard. cents; concrete side
walk. per square yard. cents: plas
tcring. per square yard y cents: ston
work. per perch, 6 cents
(SCaO Il. p. STONE.
Assistant Secretary Public Scrvic
Commission OF Nevada
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
FALLON FACTORY TO
CONTINUE OPERATIONS

Defrite word has been received
from the Salt Lake office that the
local sugar factory will operate next
year. There will be two forms of
contract offered the grower-one on
a fiat basis and another on profit
sharing basis-the particulars of
which will be given in our next .s-
sue. Assurance has been given that
the price will be decidedly increased
from prices paid the grower this past
year. The policy of the company of
sharing with the farmer on all over a
fair profit to the company insures the
farmer good profit and makes il poss
sible for him to make nice little sum.
in addition TO the regular prices in
event of a high price of sugar.
There has been considerable anxi.
ETY. on the part of the farmers as TO
whether or not the factory would
run 1918 campaign and this
assurance coming from Salt Lake is
good news TO the community. while
the assurance of better price for
beets will mean added good fortune
to the growers and will no doubt
mean an increased acreage.-Churchill
County Eagle.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
THE MOTHERS OF MEN

Tn, braves, battle that was ever
fought,
Shall tell you where and when?
on the maps of the world you will
find it not
"ris fought by the mothers Of men.
Nay. not with cannon or battle shot,
with sword or noblcr pen
Nay. not with eloquent words Of
thought
From the mouths OF wonderful men.
Uur deep in the wallod.up woman's
heart
OF woman that would not yield.
But brovcly. silently. bore her part
10. there is that battle field
No marshaling troop. no biyouaC song
40 banner to CLEAN and wave:
But oh, their battles. they last. they
last
From babyhood TO tho grave.
Vet faithful still a. bridge Of stars.
She fights In her waIlcd.up town
Fights on and on in endless wars,
Then. silent. unseen, goes down
Oh, " with banners and battle shot;
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
COMPANIES PROTEST
AGAINST LICENCES

At meeting Of the city council last
night. Attorney Gibbons OF Reno ap-
pcarcd and stated that the Wells Far
so company felt that it was due as a
courtesy TO explain to the council ~ hy
il hadn't paid the license tax assessed
under the city ordinance. Mr.. Gibbons
stated that his company was engaged
in Interstate business and for that rca-
sOn any licens" tax against il was lie
gal He explained that il might seem
a small matter Tor Il large company to
refuse to pay this small tax, but that
if 1t permitted itself TO be licensed
licenses in every town and city in
which it does business. He said that
the express companies OF the United
States. while doing a business OF 500
900 900 year are now operating at a
loss OF 100000 month and that it is
necessary TO avoid all possible leaks.
Attorney Charles b. Henderson ap
pcared for Judge Brown OF Reno, in
behalf of the 5. +. company, and for
the W. =. company and the Bell Tele
phone company. and Mr.. Rogers ap
pearcd for the American Express Co.
and they stated that these companies
occupy the same status as the Wells
Fargo company Mr. Henderson offer
ed to furnish citations to the city at
torney. which he stated would clearly
show that companies engaged in inter
state business could not be obliged 10
pay licenses under city ordinances.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
CHILD MEETS WITH
STRANGE ACCIDENT
Betty Zentner Crushed by Log
on Beach; Is Now
Improving

The following is from paper pub.
lishcd at Marshficld, Oregon:
"Dr. F. NJ. White received a tcle.
phone message this afternoon that
Betty Zentner. the flve-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Zent.
ncr. Of Bandon. is suffering from
conclusion OF the brain and perhaps
internal injuries caused by the roll.
ing of a big log upon her at the Ban
don beach
"A "aye washed in ON the beach.
catching the child. and carrying her
in. while at the same time il loosen
ed log on the beach, which rolled
upon her. Her condition was thought
TO be serious.
The Icntners are former residents
Of Klamath Falls and have lived in
almost every station between Coos
Bay and Eugene during the past few
years, while Mr.. Zentner has been
engaged as Southern Pacific engineer
Mrs. White and her two sons, FL
bert and Russell. are visiting at the
Icntncr home"
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
RED CROSS HAS NEW
CHRISTMAS SLOGAN

Eventually everybody in tho United
states will be members of the AmCri.
can Red Cross The payment OF one
dollar for hrst years dues entities
you to a membership card and Red
Vfoss Button. Yet over thrcCfourths
OF The men. women and children In
bIko county are not yet enrolled. You
may be contributing monthly to the
vocal chapter. branch or auxiliary. You
may have made donations or bought
LIBERTY Bonds. But are you paying
'Our dollar a year that makes you n
member Of the American Rcd Cross?
Ten Million New Members by
Vhfistmas," Is now the national slo.
van Hunt up your local committee
members and join. Lc, Elko county
'salh be the first over the top
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
UNIVERSITY TO HAVE
NEW MILITARY COURSE

Acting on the suggestion of the
quartcrmastor general OF the war dc.
partmCnt. course in army supplies
and business methods will be intro.
duccd at the University of Nevada
noxt semester. TnC course viii take
the place Of the quartcrmnstcrs course
which will be given from now on at
the auartcrmastcr's CantOnmcnt nt
Jacksonville. Fla. whore $1,000 men
will be trained for the corps.
Three classes Of students. according
TO a war department bulletin received
by Acting President Levers OF the
University will be interested in the
army supply and business methods
course. Tho classes embrace those
who anticipate possibility Of being
drafted into the army and who desire
to take service I'm the supply depart.
mcnt. those who desire to volunt Ger
their services In the supply depart.
mcnt Of the army and those who cx'
pcCt lo associate themselves with com.
morciial and industrial establishments,
handling army contracts.
The course will be under the dircc.
ton Of Maj Ryan. commondont OF
the cadet battalion.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
CONGRESS ASKED
To DECLARE WAR
AGAINST AUSTRIA
President Says it is Necessary
To Meet Anomalous
Situation

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Prcsident
Wilson today recommended IN con.
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iiIi''i'u'"'' Wal "s"'hs' Aus'''"' 'h'
president told congress, was noces-
sary to meet the anomalous situation
which the United States faces in its
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same logic ne saiu would l'ad 10 WAL
against Turkey and Bulgaria, but they
do not vet stand in the path OF the
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u" ''"e'''e
president uec'a'eu '''"' "o''i'hs Sh'''
turn the United States until 1t won
the war and Germany is beaten All
talk Of peace he pronounced as out
OF the question
,p.,co" b, said "You,d como only
when German people make it through
ruler, that the world could trust,
when they make roparatIon for the
destruction their present rulers have
caused and when Germany recccds
from all territory that has been &C
quircd by armed conquest.
"Immrdiar. war against Austria.
.y., ,louph sh. Is hut yasaaI of
Germany and not her own mistress. -
the president declared. was necessary
becausc the central powers must be
considered as one and because the
war can be conducted successfully In
no other way"
Giving warning that he would not
hesitate to declare war on Bulgaria
and Turkey, the president said: I'VE
shall 20 wherever the necessities of
this war carry us. but It seems 10 me
that we should go only where the i'm
mediate and practical considerations
lead US.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
PRESIDENTS SPEECH Of
INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER

WASHINGTON Dec 4.-The international charac-
ter of the presidents speech indicated by the fact that
the government has already placed it for simultaneous
publication in practically every capital in the world
wild demonstration greeted the presidents
ommendation that be declared against Austria
Senators and representatives from their seats
cheering and the visiting diplomatic corps also applaud
ed
La Toilette and Gore, however, remained in their
seats and did not applaud.
The presidents closing declaration that the whole
energy of the nation be devoted to winning evoked long
OutburSt
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
AN INCIDENT Of
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Interesting Story Of Charles
Mayer and Side Light on
General Lees Character

man. Mrs. Charles Mayer. received a
request from the historical depart
ment of Washington and Lee Uni
versity, Lexington. Va. to furnish the
society with any items of interest con-
cerning the connection with the insti.
tuition of General Robert L. Lee. who
was president of the institution fifty
years ago, at the time Mr. Mayer was
a student there. In reply he has sent
them tn" following little incident:
Fifty years ago. two boys, John
Graham. 20. and Charles Mayer. Is,
were students at Washington College
They ruOmed together, in the college
building and their room was located
near the office of the president, Gen.
eral Robert f. Lee. They had their
wood piled on the back porch The
wood belonging to General Lees Office
was piled near theirs.
For some time the boys had been
missing their wood and they deter
mined to find out where it went So
these two foolish Youngsters got a big
TWO inch augur and pound or so of
powder, bored hole in likely look.
ing stick. filled it nearly full of powder
and tampcd il with wet clay. so as
TO insure good explosion, then laid
the stick back on their pile and waited
for developments which came early
the next morning, when they were
awakened by loud explosion and the
alarm OF fire.
The college boys and the people OF
the town turned out and after a time
/ eXtinguishod the flames after the in
| terror OF the generals Office had been
/ nearly destroyed. There was not Il
/ piece OF that stove left a. large as
! your hand. The first thing we boys
did was to look for that stick of wood
of ours. which of course was gone.
The general had a negro servant
who attended to his Office and among
his duties was to make the fire He
was TOO lazy TO walk to his own pile
20 just took il of ours, with the above
results
on course during the next few
days there was much speculation as
TO how the explosion came about.
Well, We two boys stood it as long as
We could and then concluded TO go 70
the general and make a clean breast
OF il. II took some time for us 10
get up our courage TO face the gen,
cral. but finally We went to him and
told him the whole truth.
shall never forget his face, as hC
sat and looked steadily at Us with
those wonderful eyes OF his. There
was no anger in his expression. il
seemed to BE- pity. After long paus,
he spoke. and showed us in kindly
words, how thoughtless we had acted
pointed out to us that we might have
. killed his servant or himself and how
We might have destroyed the dear oil
' college building, that had been erect
+ ed by the endowment Of George Wasl
l. ington can assure you that at tina
I moment there two boys in bitter tear
; When the general closed. my con
I paniun. whose father was wealth,
. man. proposed to replace everything
= as it originally was The general
= reply was: My dear young man.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04

II will be remembered that the little
child visited here with her mother last
summer. Mrs. Zentncr is a niece of
Miss NJ. +. Hough OF this place. In
a letter which accompanied the clip.
ping it is stated that Mrs. Zentner
tried to release her child from under
the log but was not able to do so,
and before aid reached them the little
one was almost lifeless. While the
mother was trying to rescue the child
she was knocked down by another
wave. There were four other children
playing on the beach, but they all
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
GERMANY SIGNS
ARMIST|GE WITH
RUSS LEADERS
Peace Terms Are to Go Into
Effect Within Forty
Eight Hours

LONDON, Dec. THE armistice
between Russia and Germany has
been signed at the headquarters Of
Prince Leopold OF Bavaria. says an
Exchange Telegraph. The armistice
is TO become valid within the next
lorty-eight hours.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
FIGHTING At CAMBRIA IS
FIERCE AS VERDUN ATTACK

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec 4-Before Cam
bra violent fighting unequa He'd since the DAYS of the
Verdn attack has broken out anew on front of less
than ten miles between Marcoing and Gonnelieu. The
British repused with heavy losses the German attacks
which were delivered in great strength with large
forces.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04

scrambled out OF the way and escaped
injury.
Little Betty is an unusually bright
and beautiful child. and the many
friends of the family will be pleased to
learn that at last reports the little one
was recovering and that II is hoped
that she will suffer no permanent in
jury from her frightful experience.
Mrs. Zcntner spent much of her
childhood i'm Elko, and will be better
remembered by her maiden name,
Leila HOugh.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04
SEVEN C0NVICTS
ARE RECAPTURED

JOLIET. ILL.,, Dec. i.-Seven of the
nine convicts who escaped yesterday
from the Illinois penitentary have
been recaptured.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-04

Port Castrics is the principal city
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-05
Band Music Was
Fine Throughout

The band music was one of the
most pleasing features of the celebra-
tion. The Portland Police Band
proved to be a most excellent organ
ization, as good as any that has ever
played here, and not only fine mu-
sicians but jolly good fellows as well.
The concerts in the Chautauqua
building, while not as well attended
as might have been wished, were fine
and the roundup was greatly enliv-
ened by the policemen musicians.
The Ashland Band came in close
second. Director Loveland had gath
cred together bunch Of musicians
who were there" all the time and
ran the police a cloes race for first
honors in the regard Of the crowd.
The Dunsmuir and Grants Pass bands
were both live organizations and the
Ashland Boys Band, less than year
and a half of age, gave a concert
which would have been q credit to a
much older organization. Music all
the time was a feature without which
the celebration would have been
much less enjoyable.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-05
Minor Features
Were Entertaining

The two sulphur baths were FREE
quented by thousands daily and were
a valuable asset in entertaining the
crowd. McElroy's open air dance was
the center of attraction for jam all
afternoon and evening and was con-
Quoted in thoroughly efficient and
clean manner. The Bungalow and
the Nat furnished fine music and
much pleasure for crowds of dancers.
The baby and rose show attracted
crowds of women daily. The list or
prize winners will be published later.
The Vining theatre, with Miss Myr-
tie Stedman in person as an added
besides fine feature pro-
grams, was crowded from morning to
The baseball games, In
which the McCloud team cleaned up
over the Woodburn soldier boys
team we're attended by hundreds
daily.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-05
Great Auditorium
Attracts Attention

The Portland Police Band, that
was here to play for the Hyiu Hehe
celebration and the Rogue River
Roundup, gave two delightful even
ing concerts in the new Chautauqua
auditorium while here, one Thursday
and one Friday evening, The Thurs
day evening concert was the first en-
tertainment ever put on in the new
building, which has just been COM
pleted. The members of this splendid
Portland band were enthusiastic over
the great Chautauqua auditorium as
a suitable building for holding both
musical and dramatic entertainments
and were outspoken in their praise
of its structure and beauty, as we'll as
its location in beautiful Lithia park
They said they had played in some
Of the largest cities in the United
States and some of the finest build
ings, but said that the Chautauqua
auditorium has them all beat when
it comes TO acoustic properties. The
building not only attracted the atten-
tion of the Portland band, but all 9TH
er visitors as we'll. Those attending
the band concerts in the new Chau-
tauqua building commented on the
excellent acoustics of the big audi
torium. One man sat well in the rear
of the auditorium one evening in Or
der to particularly test the acoustic
properties and was profoundly i'm
pressed with the fact that the tones
came clear and true, no vibrations be-
ing perceptible. Persons coming from
distances were constantly asking the
question, "What great building is
that?" and during the three days of
the celebration swarms Of people Wis
tied the big auditorium. The new
building will be formally opened on
the evening of July II, at which time
the Chautauqua program for this
season begins.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-05
Patriotic and Roundup Parade
Hyiu Hehe Spirit Rampant

A mounted division of ladies, each
representing state, followed. Each
of the lady riders wore scarf bear
ing the name Of the state she repre-
sented. These riders were members
Of the Medfofd Riding Club. A lady
rode next dressed to represent Joan
of Arc and bore on a standard the
"tri-color" of France 1t would be
proper in this connection to mention
the fact that the colors of the French
nation were freely displayed every-
where on the Fourth. Along with
Old Glory waved also the flags Of
Belgium and Great Britain, these for
eign flags being displayed for the
first time in Ashland's history in con-
nection with Independence Day.
Just ahead of the company
Of Boy Scouts rode little Miss Olga
Jordan as miniature Goddess of
Liberty" in tiny float that was
nicely decorated. The company of
Boy Scouts-a patriotic bunch from
Grants Pass-were next in line
with the Moose Band following. The
many cars in the miscellaneous sec
tion followed. One Of fhe striking
floats in this section wac the w. H.
Hodkinson float, which was buried in
waving streamers of cream-tinted yell
low. Another float that attracted ia
vorable comment was the car driven
by Miss Evangeline Policy. Other
floats worthy Of special mention
were entered by the Oregon Fire Re-
lief, White House Grocery, Chautau-
qua, Butter-Nut Bread, Nurmi Bak-
ers, Ashland Butte Lodge, L. o. o
NJ. No 1928, Painless Parker, the
Civic Club, and the Hawaiian
Stringed Band
The famous Police Band of Port
land was next in line, and fine show
ing these splendid big fellows made,
dressed in their neat police uniforms,
as they marched with the military
precision of West Point cadets, led by
their giant drum major" This
splendid organizations of musicians
from the active police force of Port
land won frequent applause along the
route. This band has no equal in the
northwest, If on the coast. The cow
boys and cowgirls' section followed,
with Dell Blancett, the famous round
up promoter and hero Of many Of
them, riding in the lead. Boys and
girls of all sizes, Indian and white,
winners of roundup trophies far and
wide, fancy ropers giving a sample Of
their art along the way, and all wear
ing the typical regalia of Frontier
and, composed the makeup of this
section, The cars carrying the base
ball teams and the Stedman camera
,ar, in which rode Miss Myrtle Sted-
nan, noted movie star and one Of
Americas prima donna singers, came
IeXt, followed by long chain Of plain
,itizen cars bringing up the rear
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-05
Celebration Free
From Accidents

The only serious auto smash that
occurred during the celebration hap
pened at the foot of Billings hill
Tuesday evening when a Grant car
driven by Eric Anderson of Apple
gate and a new Cadillac driven by
Court Hall of Medford smashed into
each other and crumbled both cars.
Although ten men were in the two
cars, none was hurt.
A few cars collided in the congest-
ed parts of the city during the cele-
bration, but no damage beyond bent
tenders and one or two broken
wheels resulted. No serious injuries
and but few minor ones were report
ed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-05
Wins from
Burns in Bout

Red Watson proved to be the
whole class of the boxing tourna-
ment which was held at the roundup
grounds on the morning of the 4th.
Eddie Burns of San Francisco was
saved from knockout in the third
round when Sheriff Jennings stopped
the match after Watson had knocked
Burns to the canvas time after time.
Johnny Mccarthy and frankie
Burns spared through eight rounds
and showed a disinclnation to mix
it which did not greatly please the
crowd. On account of almost total
lack of attendance on the third the
two bouts were consolidated on the
4th, and even then the attendance
was only about three hundred