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The Washington herald., 1917-12-06
Playing at Politics.

1t is not surprising that Marquis Lansdowne, who
had long experience in Canadian politics. should at
this time any other spring peace propositions that
rattle Lloyd Georges government. To do it when
the allies are trying to settle down unity of action
was good politics That mischief may result doesn't
count. Lansdowne leaps of obscurity into promi-
nence Lloyd George has got to reply the political pot
is boiling and the British and Canadian politicians
are happy.
oablegrams report that President Wilson is ex-
pected to say something that will restore the political
unity amongst the British. Maybe he will Maybe,
Also he will have to say something to again put down
our own pacifsts who have gone to chortling over
Lansdowne's break"
And while they're all playing politics, the Kaiser
will be playing wari
The Washington herald., 1917-12-06
I. H. Hesly Now Lieutenant.

Commissioned as second lieutenant
in the United States Coast Artillery,
Thomas Henry Healy has been or
dered to the Artillery Training School
at Fort Monroe, Va.
The young officer was a practicinE
lawyer in the District at the time
OF his appointment He graduated'
from Georgetown University at the
head Of his class in 1914. and a month
after obtaining his law degree, last
June, he passed the bar examins-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-06
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.
BY John KendrIck Bangs.

PERSISTENCE.
Whene'er ! shoot and score a miss
] realize my AIMS not true.
don't excuse with that or this.
And Ger my error make ado.
I don't indulge in noisy roar
OF lamentation wholly vain,
But sight my little gun once more,
And shoot. and shoot. and shoot
again.
In Faith secure somehow. somewhere,
I'll score bull's-eye, full and square.
Copyright, 1917
The Washington herald., 1917-12-06
U. S. WANTS MATCHED LENSES

The Army Signal Corps yesterday
appealed to the public TO turn in TO
the government all the matched
lenses available for the making of
stereoscopic photographs in the
country. The War Department
wants to make a series of stereo-
scopic pictures showing all the ac-
tivities Of the United States army
in the war.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-06
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS.

New York, Dec. 5.-Washingtonians
registered at New York hotels IN
clude:. ]. z. Cunningham. 1910 Broad
way. r. 4o1; i. z. Fronani, Miss @. L.
Carroll F. e. Mack, J. o. Moque. s34
Fourth avenus.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-06

The Cossack territories are the most orderly in
Russia, cables Petrograd correspondent Isn't this
simply an old corkerl
The Washington herald., 1917-12-06

From Arthur Brisbane's story of Wilson's address
to Congress: La Toilette listens with his chin
resting on his left hand elbow on the bench out in the
gallery"
The Washington herald., 1917-12-06

The Germans are reaching the passing the buck"
stage Hindenburg it is up the U-boats to win
the war.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-06
The Farmers Score.

The contention of farmers has been
since the food control bill fixed the
price of their wheat-without respect
to what the minimum was-that
prices of products which they must
buy should also be fixed.
The President 10 now shown to be
In thorough sympathy with them. In
hs message he. said their conten-
tion was just. 1t is up to Congress
now to amend the food control bill
to conform to the new order.
Debate on this feature of the bill
was sharp. at the time the food con-
troll bill was up. Members from agri-
cultural States objected strenuously
to fixing the price of wheat, II no
minimum were included. Some of
them even threatened to vote against
the bill II the pgjce fixing clause was
kept in the bill. and IL no minimum
was provided. They held that steel
and copper and cotton and other pro-
ducts were not subjected to price,
liking provisions, and that the farm
ers alone were subjected to this
unusually violent restriction.
The Presidents opinion now does
not tally with his opinion when the
food control bill was In the moulding
process. For the President, at that
time, had the suggestions from day
to day before him, and BY a turn
Of his hand could have dictated what
form II should take. He could have
seen that the farmers were not dis
crlminated against. The fact that he
seeks II now, however, is cheering
and the probability is that IL will en-
courage the westerners who had the
matter on their minds yerv acuteIy
some time ago, to continue the fight
which they started at that time
The Washington herald., 1917-12-06

Pan-German League of Bavaria boldly announces
that its for war indemnity of $so,ooooooooo Who's
got it? We have
The Washington herald., 1917-12-06
The Russian aue.tIou.

Russia should wake up to her peril
that is. IL she takes heed to Presi-
dent Wilson's words.
But whether she win do so is quite
another thing. The truth is. as rather
adroitly suggested In the Presidents
message. IF they tour aims, etc.,
mao been made plain to the Russian
people at the very outset. we might
haye had a different Russia In the
The Washington herald., 1917-12-06

With all due respect to Lloyd George and Lans-
downe we prefer the sort of talking indulged in by
Haig and Byng on the Western front.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-01
Der IL. 1917.

Der IL. 1917.
Notice is hereby given that
CHARLES B. HENDERSON. OF Elko.
County Of Elko. State OF Nevada, has
filed in this office his application to
enter. under the provision Of Sec
lions 2306-2307 Revised Statutes OF the
United States. the following described
land. viz:
Lots One U and Two (2) OF Sec
ton Five go. Township Forty (40)
North. Range Fifty.two (52) East. n.
d. B. & NJ, containing Eighty and
Twenty.four Hundredths (S0.2D acres
in the Elko, Nevada Land District.
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 afiidavits of protest
in this office, on or before the 18th day
of December, 1917.
JOHN Z. ROBBINS, Register.
First publication Nov. Is, 1917.
Last publication Dec. II. 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-01

by steam. the shale and sand are sub
jected to a heat of from 900 TO 1000
degrees. The oil and gases created
pass through a series of pipes and the
ammonia sulphate, fuel gas and naph-
tina and crude oil are segregated.
GRADES ARE SEGREGATED
Mr.. Stahlman has improved the pro
cess to such an extent that the yari.
Gus grades of oil may be segregated
he asserts, but the improvements have
not been added TO the testing plant.
Shales and sands from various parts
of the state have been tested, but
most attention so far has been given
to shales found in the vicinity OF
Elko.
The industry OF oil shale distilla.
ton having been initiated, developed
and successfully operated in Scotland
for more than sixty years." said Mr..
Stahlman. "it was aimed in our ex,
periments to depart as little a pos
sible from the best and latest practice
in operation. The results of the ex.
periments show that the same method
Of extraction so successfully used in
Scotland will furnish equally good re.
suits in the treatment of Elko and
other western oil shaIes.
The average result of numerous
tests made at this plant on shalcs
taken from the surface near Elko is as
follows: Crude oil per ton of shalc, &
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

03222
Elko, Nevada Land ONCE. Novem.
Der 13, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that
CHARLES b. HENDERSON, of Elko.
County of Elko. State of Nevada, has
filed in this Office his application to
enter, under the provisions of Sections
23O6-2307 Revised States OF the Unit.
ed States the following described land.
viz:
Lot Four 90 of Section Thirty 800
Township Forty.one 4D North.
Range Fifty.two (52) East. NJ. d. b.
& NJ, containing thirty.nine and sew.
enty-scyen hundredths (39.7) acres
within the Elko. Nevada. land district
Any and all persons claiming ad
yersely the lands described, or de
string to object because OF the min
eral character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal to appli
cant, should file their afIidavlts oil
protest in this office. on or before the
10Th day OF December, 1917.
JOHN Z. ROBBINS, Register.
First publication Nov. 16, 1917.
Last publication Dec. 10, 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-01

gallons: gasoline product from gas. II
desired. Ii gallons, or n total OF So
gallons. In addition to the gasoline
product from gas. the tests show that
from the crude oil there can be ex-
tracted so per cent gasoline, leaving
20 per cent grease"
SHALES ARE ABUNDANT
oil shales abound throughout east.
ern Nevada, and there are vast de-
posts in Utah. Sanpete and Juab
counties. There also are immense
beds of oil sands in the San Rafael
swell, and some have been reported in
other districts in Wayne and San Juan
counties.
Coincident with the activities OF Mr..
Stahlman, 1t was announced that a
process for the extraction of oil from
shales had been evolved by Nevada
man named Crane. The details of the
process have not been made known
generally. A few days ago ]. D. Jen.
son, n Salt Lake mining engineer, an
nounced that he had devised process
and retort for oil extraction from
shales as early as 1902. According
to information available. all three pro-
cesses are to be put TO use in COM
mercial way in Utah and neighbor
ing states as rapidly as plants can be
installed.
For several years it has been known
that some OF the shale of the Green
River formation in northwestern Colo.
rardo and northeastern Utah would
produce oil when subjected to destruc.
tive distillation. but the yield of pc
trOleum from the oil fields was so
great that productive distillation did
not seem to be feasible, despite the
fact that in Scotland such an industry
has long been developed and Is today
paying dividens on large investment.
The United States geological survey
has regarded this oil shale as a great
reserve-an undeveloped resource
and one that would be developed as
soon as the demand for petroleum
greatly exceeded the supply. In an.
ticipatiOn of such an event, E. C.
Woodruff and David T. Day began In
1913, an examination of the Green
River formation in Colorado and Utah
and made rough field tests to deter.
mine the richness of the shalc. Al
though these tests were not entirely
satisfactory. they tended to confirm
the general impression that this shale
constitutes a source of oil which, soon
or or later will be called into use
Accordingly. the field examination was
continued during the summers OF 1911
and. 1915 by Dean L. Winchester, who
devised a more efficient and portable
apparatus for determining not only
the quantity of crude oil in the shale,
but also the amount of gas and of
ammonium sulphate fertilizer) that
might be obtained as a by.product.
The experiments of Mr.. Winchester
confirmed the results OF the work done
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

U32li
ElkO. Nevada Land Office, NoyenI-
Der .. 1917.
Notice Is hereby given that
CHARLES b. HENDERSON. of EIko.
County OF Elko. State OF Nevada, has
filed in this Office his application to
enter, under the provisions of Sections
23O623O7. Revised Statutes OF the
United States. the following described
land, viz:
= The Northwest Quarter of the South
east Quarter (NWA SEA) of Section
II. Township 43 N, Range so East
NJ. ID. Meridian. containing Forty
(i0) acres.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the lands described, or dosir.
ing to object because of the mineral
character OF the land, or for any other
reason, to the disposal to applicant.
should file their anldavits OF protest
in this Office. on or before the 10th
day OF December. 1917.
JOHN Z. ROBBINS. Register.
First publication Nov. 5. 1917.
Last publication Dec. 10. 1917.
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BY MAE MCNAMARA. Deputy.
MILTON b. BADT,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
032l3

O3213
Elko, Nevada Land Office, Noyem.
Der 2. 1917.
Notice is hereby given that
CHARLES b. HENDERSON, of Elko,
County of Elko. State OF Nevada, has
filed in this Office his application to
enter, under the provisions of Sec
tons 2306-2307, Revised Statutes OF
the United States. the following de.
scribed land, viz:
The Southeast Quarter OF the
Northeast Quarter (SEA NED OF
Section Twenty-three (23), Township
Forty-three A3) N, Range Fifty (5O)
East. NJ. d. Meridian. containing Forty
(4O) acres.
Any and all persons claiming ad
yersely 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
hould file their afIidayits of protest in
this office. on or before the 10th DAY
OF December. 1917.
JOHN L. ROBBINS, Register
First publication Nov. 5, 1917.
Last publication Dec. 10. 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-01
NOTICE OF TAKING PROOFS

State Of Nevada Engineers ONCE.
Carson City.
In the matter of the determination
OF the relative rights TO the waters OF
Humboldt river. and its tributaries. in
the counties of Humboldt. Lander.
Elko. and Eureka, in the State OF Ne.
vada
To all users and claimants OF, in
or to the waters of the said Humboldt
River and it's Tributaries:
You are hereby notified that. pursu
ant to Section % OF Chapter 40 OF the
Session Laws OF 1913, I will com.
mence the taking OF proofs as TO the
rights in and to the waters OF Hum.
boldt River. and It's tributaries. in the
counties of Humboldt, Lander, Elko.
and Eureka, State OF Nevada, on the
5th day Of January, 1918.
Such proofs will be received by me
in my Office in Carson City, Nevada,
to and including the 10th day of
March, 1918. prior to which date all
said proofs must be filed.
Dated at Carson City, Nevada, No.
ycTbcr 5, 1917.
J. G.. SCRUGHhM.
State Engineer.
First publication Nov. 8. 1917.
Last publication Dec. 8, 1917
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

025S2
Department OF the Interior. q. S.
Land Office at Elko. Nevada, Novcm.
Der II, 1917.
Notice Is hcrby given that
GEORGE w. FREY. of Gold Creek.
Nevada, who, on June 16. 1916. made
homestead application No. O25S2. for
the SEA NWH; NEH SWH; SWH
NEH and NWH SEH OF Section 2s.
Township ii North. Range IS East.
Mount DiablO Meridian. has filed no.
ticc Of intention TO make final com.
mutation proof, TO establish claim to
tho land above described, before tho
register and receiver OF this Office, on
the twenty seventh day OF December.
1917.
Claimant names az witnesses: Jes.
soy F. Baker, Of Gold, Krcck, Nevada;
Frank Baker, OF Cold Creek, Nevada;
Thomas Il. Ivory, of Gold Creek, Ne.
yada; Joel l.. Blackburn. OF Reno. Ne
vada.
JOHN f.. ROBBINS, Register.
First publication Nov. 10, 1917
Last publication Dec. 10, 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-01
STEAM OSCILLATION FOUND
To INCREASE RESULT IN OIL
Experiments Made at Utah University Plant Show Value of
New Process Demonstrated by Otto Stahman, Expert

The following from the Salt Lake
Tribune is particularly interesting TO
the many persons who have oil shale
land in this vicinity:
With a view to aiding in the nation.
wide campaign to increase oil produc-
ton, Otto Stahlman, a metallurgist
and scientists OF international reputa-
ton. has been quietly experimenting
for several months on a process for
the extraction Of oil from oil shales
and sands which abound in Utah and
neighboring states.
For the past six months the expert
ments have been conducted at the Uni.
versity of Utah, largely with equip
ment furnished by and with the as.
sistance of scientist members OF the
faculty of the state institution. To
such a point has the process been de.
yeloped that the tests made recently
with shales and sands indicate that it
may be used profitably in a CONNER.
cial way.
The plan, which has been erected
in the rear OF the university, Mr..
Stahlman points out, is a crude affair
developed only to a sufficient extent
to prove the feasibility of the process.
It consists of an upright cylinder about
a foot in diameter, into which the
shale or sand is poured, surrounded by
masonry, the lower part of which is
occupied by furnace. Superheated
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

stat" OF Nevada, County OF ElkO, S.
Noric" H. hereby given that on or
about the eleventh day of November.
1917. the undersigned found upon his
ranch and premises, which ranch ard
premises are known as the CHASER
Ranch" and situate at Elburz. near
HallcCk. County OF Elko, State of Ne.
yada, three certain horses, particular.
~ described as follows. to.wit:
Two bald faced horses. each aged
about three or four years old, weight
about LOO pounds each. and branded
on the left thigh, which brand is
made as follows, towit: o over back.
ward l..
One bay horse. aged about three or
Tour years old, weight about LOO
pounds, and branded on the left thigh.
which brand Is made as follows. to.
wit: o over backward l..
That tho undersigned has taken I'D
said horses, as provided, and in nc.
cordance with Section 2274 Of the Re.
viscd Laws Of Nevada. and tho owner
or owners OF said horses are hereby
notified to appear and prove owner.
ship OF tho horses herein described
and pay the costs OF these proceed.
ings.
Dated this goth day of November,
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the District Court OF the Fourth
judicial District OF the State OF Ne.
yada, In and For the County OF Elko.
In the matter OF the estate Jt John
8. Winter. 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
9th day OF October, A. d. 1917. tho
undersigned was duly appointed as
administrative OF said deceased, and
that she has qualified as such ad.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Elko OlI97
Carson OS346

CdlSOH UoOfU
Department Of the Interior, L. s.
Land ONCE at Elko, Nevada, Novem.
Der 16, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that MA.
ME E. WINSTEAD, formerly Mckee.
of Lee, Elko County. Nevada, who.
on November %, 1913, made Desert
Land Application. Carson City OS3i6.
now ElkO, No. O1197, for SWK SWH
Section %; NWA NWH, Section 80.
Township 81 North, Range 81 East.
Mt. Diablo Base &c Meridian. has filed
notice OF intention to make final proof.
to establish claim to the land above
described, before the register and
receiver Of the L. S. Land Office. at
EIko, Nevada. on the goth day Of
December, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses: John
Carter Of Lee, Nevada; Pearl Carter.
OF Lee, Nevada; Peter J. Ogilvie, OF
Lee. Nevada; Annie Ogilyic, Of Lee.
Nevada.
JOHN Il. ROBBINS. Register.
First publication Nov. II, 1917.
Last publication Dec. II, 1917.
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ministratrix on said 9th dax =, -
Der. 1917. oe'o-
Notice Is further given that any an,
all persons having claims aSaip,s -. ~
decedent or the said estate, mus, an
the same with the clerk OF thu ar
entitled court. with proper youch.-
and the statutory affidavit at,.oss.
within three months from the dare :,
the first publication of this Notice =.
their claims will beforever barred
Dated this 27th day OF October . ~
1917 a. "
MARY E. WINTER
Administrative.
First publication Oct. 81. 1917
Last publication Dec. l. 1917
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-01

In the District Court Of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State of Ne.
yada, In and For the County of
ElkO.
In the matter of the estate of David
Lindsay, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that c. A.
Monroe, administrator of the estate OF
David Lindsay, deceased above named.
having filed in this court his final
account and report and petition for
distribution of the estate OF said David
Lindsay, deceased, the hearing of the
same has been fixed by said court
for Monday, the 10th day OF December.
a. D. 1917 at 10 o'clock; in the fore.
noon OF said day, in the court room.
at the court house. In the Town of
Elko, County Of Elko, State OF Nevada,
and all persons interested In said es.
tate are notified then and there TO ap
pear and show cause, II any there be.
why the said account and report
should not be allowed and confirmed
and distribution OF said estate had a
prayed for in said petition.
Dated November II, 1917.
tScaD ROBERT u, HUNTER,
Clerk.
by MAE MCNAMARA, Deputy.
First publication Nov. II, 1917.
IneI n,thlirnIInn I.n a tn1r
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-01

Monday. the 3rd day Of December.
A. d. 1917. at 10 o'clock: in the fore
noon OF said day. in the court room.
at the court house. In the Town OF
Elko. County OF Elko. State OF Nevada.
and all persons interested in said es.
tate are notified then and there to
appear and show cause. IL any there
be. why the said account should not
be settled. allowed and approved. and
the said petition granted.
Dated November II. 1917.
(SeaD ROBERT b. HUNTER,
Clerk.
BY MAE MCNAMARA. Deputy.
MILTON d. BADT,
Attorney for Executor
First publication Nov. IA. 1917.
Last publication Dec. 2, 1917.
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MARY e. WINTER
TRESPASS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that no n,h
ing or hunting will be allowed ON tha
Osino or Twelve-Mile ranches Az
trespassers will be prosecuted. "
CHARLES CLUBINE.
Proprietor
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WARHNo.

Hunting. Filming and shoot,n, 4,
strictly prohibited on all Of ON,
ranches. on Mary's River and both thu
SeVenty-One ranches. Tresspaassr.
will be prosecuted according 10 law.
Nevada Land a Livestock "a
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Three Stages in Battery Service

3. For the man Whose battery
needs repair old age, abuse, &C
Cident or some other cause may
injure a battery. We have trained
experts, proper equipment and tools
everything to handle any battery
job and do it right.
When ct last you need a new
battery, we have the finest and
sturdiest one ever built the "Still
Better Willard" with Threaded
Rubber Insulation. 1t costs a little
more, but it's a mighty good in
Vestment.