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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-01-12
NO POLITICS IN oReANlzA-
TON OF FARM LOAN BANKS

WASHINGTON, Ian. Skkpsranna
new federal land bank which Is to be
located at Berkeley. Cal. by political
preference VIII be disappointed. The
federal farm loan board at Washing
ton has announced Officially that poll
teal preference will not have any
weight in the selecting OF the stats
OF the twelve federal land banks.
The board points out that the banks
must be run on sound business meth
DDS IL they are TO be sWeessful and
therefore no appointmentSt to positions
can be made unless good business
ability is the particular qualification.
Already politicians at Washington
have been trying to obtS patronage
through the appointment OF their con-
stituents to positions with the federal
land banks. So far they have been
unsuccessful and the board is deter
mined that they meet witk no success
in the future, provided. of course. that
their candidates do not possess the
business ability which TIE board re-
quires in the conduct of NE banks.
Each bank will have a president. a
vice president, a secretary, a treasur-
err These will be the managing Off
GERS and will receive good salaries In
addition each bank will have regis
trar who will have 10 be an expert on
securities. A force of af6iaisers will
be appointed for each b1hk to view
and value the land offered as security
for farm loans. From one hundred
and fifty to two hundred Of these ap-
praisers viii lbe appointsa altogether.
They will receive salaries averaging
approximately $4,000 a year. The
board is positive in staiiag that not
one of these jobs will be regarded as
a political plum
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-01-12
ADVERTISEMENT FIR THE PuR.
CHASE OF TWO TRAILERS
FOR ROAD BUILDING PURPOSES

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that
the Board of Highway Commissioners
of the County of Elko, State of Ne
vada, will receive, up to two o'clock
p. m. of the 9th day OF February. A.
ID. 1917, sealed proposals for two
trailers OF at least four yard capacity,
with end dump, to be used for road
building purposes and to be so con.
structed that they can be attached to-
a motordriven tractor and TO each
other so that they can be hauled over
any road that the motor.driven tractor
will travel. The proposals shall be
accompanied by certified check of at
least ten per cent. of the amount bid
The Board Of Highway Commits.
sioners hereby reserve the right to re-
ject any and all bids
by order of the Board OF Highway
Commissioners, this 9Th day of Janu.
airy, 1917
E. p. CARVILLE,
Clerk of said Board
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-01-12
SUM MONS.

In the District Cour of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State OF Ne.
vada, in and for the County OF Elko
Elizabeth Wakefield. plaintiff, VS..
Charles Edgar Wakefield, defendant.
Action brought in the District Court
of the State of Nevada. in and for the
County of Elko, and the complaint
filed in the office of the clerk OF said
District Court
The State of Nevada Sends Greeting
to said defendant: You are hereby
summoned to appear within ten days
after the service upon you of this sum.
mons II served I'm said county, or
within twenty days of service out Of
said county but within said judicial
district, and in all other cases within
forty days--exclusive of I'll day OF
service--and defend the above entitled
action. This action is brought to dis.
solve the bond OF matrimony existing
between plaintiff and defendant on the
ground Of extreme cruelty.
Dated January II, 1917
ROBERT d. HUNTER.
Clerk of said Court.
J. NJ. MCNAMARA,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
First publication, Jan. IL, 1917.
Last publication. Feb. 20, 1917
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-01-12
California Jelly

PURE FRUIT, FANCY IN NO. TINS; SALE
PRICE lie
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-01-12
These Items Sold For Spot Cash Only
Lion Brand Lunch Oysters

EASTERN STANDARD OYSTERS, NO SQUAT
TINS; REGULAR PRICE 15e; SALE Sc TIN
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-01-12
California Apricots

HEAVY PACK NATURAL FRUITS, PEELED,
NEW PACK IN LARGE NO. 2Ia TINS; REGULAR
PRICE soc, SALE i5e TIN
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09
Stop the Dickering

One of the measures that seems to
have been fathered by the depart
ment of farm markets makes it a
crime for a dealer to offer any more
money for produce in one locality
than in another. He must absolutely
equalize his offers, taking the haul
into consideration or be subject to
prosecution. If buyer finds it easy
to get ten car loads of fat hogs at
Firth and much more difficult to
find and assemble them on a branch
line like Aberdeen or Arco, he has
no choice nor chance to consider all
the little details entering into the
trips out to see about it: he can sit
down in Salt Lake and figure the
freight rate from Firth and Arco and
Aberdeen and fix the prices at the
three places, and then-cut out Ida
no and buy in Wyoming where they
do not put man in Jail for offer
ing just what the hogs are worth to
him in each locality.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09

Rev, L. B. Benson, of Galya. ILL
nois, has accepted a call to become
pastor of the Emanuel Lutheran
church at Blackfoot, until perman-
ent pastor can be obtained.
Rev. Benson was born in Sweden,
1882, coming to America with his
parents at the age of two years. He
grew to manhood in the state of
Iowa. At the age of Fl he enrolled
in the Capital City Commercial col
lege at Des Noise, Iowa, and was
graduated from there 1908; 1904
he enrolled in the Augustine college
and continued his studies there till
1909, when he took up missionary
work in Utah. At the same time Mr..
Benson pursued his studies at the
University of Utah and in 1910 he
received his A. B. from Augustine
college at Rock Island, III. Three
years later he was graduated from
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09

the theological department of the
same institution receiving the degree
of bachelor of divinity. Rev. Benson
twas ordained in Chicago, Illinois,
1913, and has for the past three and
a half years serv.d as pastor of the
Lutheran church al Galva, Illinois.
Services will be held in the Luther
all church here after next Sunday
every Sunday except the last Sunday
of the month when the pastor will
occupy the pulpit at Moore. All
those of Lutheran persuasion and all
others who desire to worship in the
Lutheran church are cordially well
come. Sunday school at 10, morn
ing service II, evening service 7.3O.
those who desire pastoral duties per-
formed may call phone number 1913;
residence sc Stout avenue. All SER
vices are conducted in the English
language.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09
What the State Solons
Are Doing at Capitol

scoundrels who have no regard for
their oath. The way to put politics
on a higher and cleaner plane Is to
take such legislation and pass it
NOT. r.' M.-
More Trouble for Women
An association calling itself the
State Federation of Labor has bill
introduced providing for an eight
hour day for women and providing
penalties for any one employing a
woman for longer hours. -Four
years ago a law was enacted making
| it a misdemeanor to have woman
work more than nine hours, and 1t
drove women out of employment to
some extent because it was difficult
to find employment that did not ap-
proach or exceed nine hours of SER
vice. Many women who had good
positions in office work or other
agreeable employment with long
hours lost their jobs or had to ar
range for substitutes, to hold forth
part of the time. Cutting it to eight
hours will cost many more their jobs,
and will drive more of them into
idleness and dependence. The state
and society have been busy trying to
make women Independent, and to re-
move from them the dangers with
which they have too long been beset.
These short hour measures are a
short-sighted way of coddling
womanhood into greater difficulty.
For Honest Advertising
So many merchants get up adver-
Using schemes involving the issuing
of metal checks or coupons redeem
able in goods, and so many slips oc-
cur in redeeming them, that mea-
sure is now before the legislature
providing that state license must
be taken out before the firm can is
sue anything of the kind.
| The intent seems to be to force
men to use Uncle Sans money as q
medium of exchange or get out OF
business 1t is probably born of that
kindred movement to compel men to
conduct honest advertising, and say
what they mean about goods; not
advertise two-dollar shirt fol-
$119. but two-dollar shirt for So;
ten-dollar suit for $40 and admit
that it is selling for more than II
cost them.
For Wider Tires
House bill No. 81 by Peter G
Johnston is designated to prevent
! the sale of narrow tired wagons iI
Idaho, and by gradual elimination
of those now in use, give time tt
wear them out and discontinue theil
use, the purpose being to cease cut
ting up the roads so badly.
Make Ltigants Pay
House bill No. So by B. Harve.
Alfred provides for the county to pa.
the cost of juries for civil cases, bu
to collect it from the losing litigant
securing this by providing securit.
when suit is filed.
For a New Constitution
A senate joint resolution introduc
ed by Senator L. r. Thomas provides
for calling constitutional conven
ton in 1918 to revise the presen
obsolete state constitution and wip
ing out lot Of superfuous things.
Protect the Easymarks
One measure provides that before
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09

Wh0n the legislature convened at
Boise, the governor advised that they
finish up their business in 40 days
and adjourn. The house proceeded
rapidly with its organization and got
thru with it's grist of committee and
other appointments in four days,
just half the time usually consumed
in the task. A review of the work
of the legislature up to the seven
teenth day showed that they had in
troduced 1O6 measures against 81 in
a corresponding period two years
ago. If they keep up their gait they
must have so many measures before
them that it will take an extra ses-
sion to get them all considered.
Nursing an Erratic Department
We suppose every session wit
nesses the introduction of some fool
ish measures, and the fourteenth ses-
sion is no exception in this respect.
AS copies of these bills reach our
desk it appears to us that about
every third one is to provide more
power for. the state manager of the
farm market bureau. This person
has been operating an office at the
capitol for two years and has de-
luged the mails with lot of imprac-
tical stuff about when and where to
market, when and where to get men
to work when laborers are wanted
and in a general way has proven
himself a bag of wind and a con-
venient leak for the state treasury
it will be interesting to see what
the solons do to these measures de-
signed to give autocratic power to
one who has not proven his worth,
and to department that may always
be administered by an erratic.
After the Politicians
Senate bill number 80 is designed
to regulate the acts Of committees
managing political campaigns. They
must render statements OF campaign
expenses, they must advertise Their
several acts and tell why they acted
and then they must make affidavit
that that is all they have done.
Seems to us we have such law
applying to candidates and that two
Republican candidates for the nom.
nation for governor few years age
each turned in sworn statement Of
expenses for less than $3.50 wher
each of them mad expended more
than, $4,000. We don't think
either Of them had any regard fol
his oath, and the honors bestowed
upon one Of them since then indi
Gates that the people don't either
If he will be good sport and spent
his money with them, the people
don't care whether he is perjurel
or not when he runs for the highes
office the state can bestow. 1t II
we'll known that in every campaign
since then, there have been candi
dates seeking the nomination fol
governor, who expended severa
times as much as the amount the!
made affidavit to, and altho it wal
we'll known, no action was ever takeI
to punish them. The Republican,
know this and the Democrats know
it, and if an individual cannot b.
made to conform to the law in sucl
matters how is a committee consist
ing of 20 or 80 individuals to b.
held to it? A careful analysis of thu
situation shows that 1t merely BARI
honest men from serving in sucl
matters and makes more room TO
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09
WANTS MINORCA EGGS
AND FIELD PEA SEED

H. G. Kluesner, of Taber. has writ
ten to The Idaho Republican asking
for the names of persons who have
the thoro-bred singie-comb black
Minorca chickens. He desires chiefly
to buy some of the eggs for setting.
His letter also asks to whom he
should apply for field pea seed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09
w. o. T. U. MEETING

The regular meeting of the W. G.
T. U. was held Thursday, February /,
in the V. /. s. room. Frances e.
Willard, Her Ideals and Aims From
the Viewpoint of Present-day Think
ers," was the subject for study.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09
Club Women Got In

One day the house of representa-
tives voted to close the doors to
visitors and bar people out of the
galleries. While it was under dis
cussion somebody remembered that
the club women of the state were
gathering that day to visit the legis-
lature, and Representative Peter G.
Johnston moved to lay the motion
on the table for one day to enable
the club women to get in and the
motion carried.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09
License to Hull Seed

House bill No. 81 provides that
no man can operate a thresher or
seed huller until he has first taken
out license with the state. The
bill is probably designed to prevent
the mixing of seeds, and to encour-
age the production of pure seed, but
the wording of the bill does not in
dlcate what it is intended to accomp-
lish.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09

An old principle is better than a
new fad.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09

a man goes out promoting a cream
cry or Touring mill or any such CO.
operative blessing, he must secure a
license from the state. That will
cost him some money and he will
add that to the price of the gold
brick he has it in mind to SELL and
the easymarks will foot the bill in
addition to the other. He will ex-
hlbit his license much and often to
show that he is all right.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-21

they were bound to the submarine
war zone. The other three were
| steaming to regions where the Ger
man raider Vineta has been active.
Of the IL ships, two are American,
two neutrals and six British, one
French and one Japanese. Three are
passenger-carrying liners armed for
defense-the Laconia, Roma and Ver-
di.
The American vessels are the City
of Puebla, bound for Havre with mu-
nitions, and the Medina, bound for the
River Platte. The City of Puebla
cleared Saturday and left her pier
She anchored in the Narrows, how
ever, and did 1t actually leave until
noon today.
The two neutral vcseIs are a g.
500-ton Danish motor ship, bound for
Copenhagen, and the Norwegian
steamer Bjornstjernc Bjorson, bound
for Cette, France, with munitions.
The Fabre liner Roma left at 4
WHO oINSiii'oli N'ii my 1'o poSScIlS
ers for Marseilles, France. She also
carries big cargo. Her pier in
Brooklyn was carefully guarded by
detectives just before the hour of de-
parture and every passenger was ex-
amined before being allowed to pro-
cced aboard The Roma carries one
of the famous French naval rs guns
mounted on her stern.
Of the other two. passenger-carry-
ing liners, the Cunardcr Laconia left
her pier Saturday. For some unknown
reason she anchored in the outer bay
until 7 this morning, before starting
on her voyage The Lamport and
Holt liner Verdi also left her pier
Saturday and did not proceed until
today. She is bound for the River
Platte with many passengers.
The Verdi, with the American
steamer Merdina and the japanese
steamer Kawachi Maru, are the only
ships which left today that are not
actually destined for the submarine
war zone. The latter is bound fol
Japan by way of the Panama canal
The Laconia alone carries about
10000 tons of cargo, valued at sew
eral million dollars. She also has
about 100 passengers on board, but
the exact number is not known be
cause of the policy of secrecy adopted
by the steamship line, in accordance
with admiralty instructions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-21
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
COME BACK INTO STATE
Fivu Insurance Bills Z. Passed by
the Legislature Clear the
Situation.

The passage by the general as
sembly of five out Of the seven fire
insurance bills recommended by the
Manning commission has clarified the
insurance situation in South Caro-
lima to such an extent that several
companies which Withdrew when the
Laney-Odom act was passed last
year have resumed the writing of
policies in South Carolina.
These companies are Northwestern
National of Milwaukee, Germania
Fire Of New York, Rhode Island of
Providence, R. l.; Nationale of Paris,
France, with headquarters in Provi-
dence; Union of Paris, France, with
headquarters in Providence, and
Phoenix of Paris, France, with head
quarters in Providence.
Governor Manning has signed the
act providing for the regulation of
fire insurance rates in South Caro-
lima, the measure making a minimum
license fee to be charged fire COM
panies by municipalities and a third
bill inquiring into the origin of fires.
The other two bills passed, those pro-
viding a building code for the moor
porated cities and towns of the State
and allowing the State insurance
commissioner to accept service as an
attorney, have been ratified and will
be presented to the governor during
the day for his signature. He will
approve them.
The other two bills of the seven,
those providing for the examination
and licenshing of insurance agents
and repeating the "valued policy"
law, were continued on the senate
calendar unit. the 1918 session of the
general assembly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-21

Of the other steamers bound for the
war zone carrying cargoes of muni-
tions, four are British. They are the
Moorish Prince, 3,766 tons net, bound
for La Pallice, France; the Llandud-
no, 2,519 tons, bound for England; the
Feltria, 1887 tons, bound for London
the Kansas City, 1,482 tons net, bound
for Bristol.
The American steamer Algonquin,
which was to have sailed Saturday
with cargo of munitions for London,
has not departed.
In addition to the vessels which
sailed for the war zones the following
left their piers today and proceeded to
Gravesend bay, where they dropped
anchor in order to take on explosives.
The Russian steamer Czaritza,
bound for Kola Bay; the French
steamer Virginie, bound for Bor-
deaux; the French steamer Basse-
Terre, bound for Bordeaux, and the
japanese steamer Tsuyama Maru.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-21
THE MA MIN Gs Times.

fires in approximately 40 furnaces in
the district have been banked, while
various departments at many mills
have been closed because, Of a short
age in cars which has prevented the
bringing in of raw material and the
shipping Of the finished products.
Railroad officials estimate that more
tl'an $4,000 tons Of structural mate
,ial alone are jammed in the local
yards awaiting movement, while mills
have continued to roll new steel until
the mill yards will hold no more.
In the coal fields in this vicinity
the mines are unable to operate more
than 40 per cent and last week the
general average was not more than
80 per cent. AS high as 81 is being
paid at the mine for coal in carload
lots. In the Connellsvllle fled spot
furnace coke is being eagerly sought
as high as $12.25 at the ovens.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-21
500 REWARD, S1OO

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being great
ly influenced by constitutional condi-
lions requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Medicine is
taken internally and acts thru the
Blood on the Mucuos Surfaces of the
System thereby destroying the foun-
dation Of the disease, giving the
patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing it's work The proprietors have
so much faith in the curative powers
of Halls Catarrh Medicine that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address +. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggist,
75c.-adv.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-21
GIRL SEES FATHER
SLAY HER MOTHER

st. Joseph, Mo-, Feb. 18.-Mrs.
Dagmar Krucker, who was an import
ant figure in the Mcdaniel murder
case here, was shot and killed at her
fathers home here late this after
noon by her divorced husband, John
E. Krucker.
Krucker then turned the weapon
on himself and is dying. Their g.
year-old daughter lay ill in the room
and watched the tragedy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-21
INDUSTRIES HALTED
BY FRENCH HOLD-UP

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 19.-The rail
road freight situation has resulted in
temporary suspension of industrial
activity in the Pittsburg district. The
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-21
TWELVE VESSELS
LEAVE NEW YORK
They Carry Corgoes Valued at $780,
100000 and With Three Exceptions
Are Bound to U-BOat Zone.

New York, Feb. 18.-Twelve ships
carrying 10000 tons of cargo valued
at more than $2O,00O,O00 left this
port today. With three exceptions,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-21

11htsey Aoeps Seven,
1enne G1 want to tell Ihaye been heneted
py Lydia f. Pmkhas Vegetable Compound eight
OF health unable for three in
the family had dull tired dizzy feelings, and hands nearly
all the time and could scarcely sleep ALL said had
severe case OF liberation and without operation would always
oe an invalid but told him wanted to awhile Our druggist
ADVISED my husband to get Lydia Pnhams Vegetable
ana has entirely cured Now seven and work
III inc garden some too lam thankful got medicine
as tough saved life and have to others and
they nave been benefted"-N1rs W. LINDSEY Tenne Ga
If you want special advice Lydia e. Pnkbam NIei-
cine Co. (confdenaD letter will he
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-21
Zoo Sick
so. lork
Many Women i'm this Condition Re-
gain Health by Taking Lydia E.
Pinlkham's Vegetable Compound.


Mdgway, Penn. - II suffered from female
trouble with baokache and pain in my side for over
seven months so could not do any of nv worI.
was treated by three different doctors and was
getting discouraged when my sister-in-law told ma
now Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound had
helped her, decided to try it, and it restored nv
health, 80 now do all Of my housework which is
not light as have little boy three years DID,"
- Mrs. o. M. RH1NEs, Ridgway. Penn