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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-07

The scarlet fever epidemic con
tinuss 20 spread and several more
cases are reported Mrs Frank VIII
lIams Is seriously IN with the disease.
and the little son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Smiley. OF Starr Valley. Is re-
ported 10 be dangerously iIl The 1T.
tlo fellow ia supposed to have con
tracted the disaaae when IN E!lko.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-07

ton OF said work. Such occupant or
claimant 20 continuing shall BE- en-
titled 10 develop and prosecute his
claim for patent and to have the same
as provided by existing law for sucb
locations not exceeding in the azpra-
gate $3.50 acres.
In the paragraph Of the Walsh hill
just quoted il concealed. II Is asserted
b. the opponents to the adoption OF
the paragraph. the Standard Oil mig
ger IN the woodpiIe." The provisions
OF this paragraph. il j. asserted Woufd
place upon oil placer Locators a burden
OF compliance 50 heavy thai the larger
proportion OF the several millions OF
oil placer locations nov held in Wyo.
ming would revert 10 the government
with the result that rivals OF the
Standard oil refining interests would
b. deprived OF the new prospeetIya
producing acreage necessary to enable
them 70 become formidable competi-
tors Of these interests in the Wyoming
market. The petition teIegraphet 10
Wyoming cougressmen by the opera
tors Of the state ask that section II be
amended as onIows:
Section l7-That the rights OF anv
person. or the assignee OF any person.
Who. prior to the passage OF this act,
has in good faith asserted A claim OF
discovery 10 any oil or gas bearing
portion Of the public domain open TO
appropriation as such under existing
laws and in pursuance thereof has
hled a location notice or certificate
hereof in the office OF the recorder in
Tie county wherein such land is sit
uats. and Who has taken possession
thereof. and who after the passage
OF this act shall engage in a reason
able prosecution OF development work
leading 10 the discovery OF oil or gas
in paying quantities thereon. shall not
Do affected or impaired by the pro
visions Of this act.
Provided. That when such person
hall b. the claimant or assignee OF
more than one claim upon the same
structure. the drilling Of a prospect
.ng we'll within eighteen months from
this date. for each 1850 acres or less
held by such claimant or assignee, to
the oil or gas bearing sands or shaies.
shall b. construed as reasonable de-
ealopmeut.
Provided further. That IN the
event oil or gas shall D. encountered
IN pros pecting well. the drilling Of a
we'll on each claim within said area
shaU b. prosecuted with due dill.
gence: and such occupant or claimant
shall be entitled 70 develop and prose
} cute each claim to patent and receive
patent for each l6O-acre claim or less
4
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-07
,cHoOL CLOSED ON
ACCOUNT SICKNESS

On account Of the scarlet I
- fever epidemic the trustees 81 I
> the grammar school decided 4
. today not 10 open school until (
. next Monday There are ten (
. cases OF the disease in EIko (
= and the action was taken on the 4
. advice OF the health officers.
. Parents are requested to keep (
> their children from all public (
. gatherings until danger OF infec :
g Jion subsidies. 4
. q O = . o o O . O O .
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-07
SENATE BILL ENDANGERS
T|TLESTO ELKO SHALE LAND
Protests W be Wired to Nevadas Representatives in Con-
gresS Fear that Measure in Present Form Win Deliver In
duStry into Hands of the Trusts

The following dispatch from Chey-
enne. Wyoming, is OF particular inter
est 10 those Interested in the shale
business IN this section. As practic-
ally all the locations here were made
since August /, the bill in its present
form would !nyaudale titles 10 all Of
the best properties. 4 protest will be
wired 10 Senator PiJtman and Con
gresham Roberts this afternoon, and
1t will be signed by practically every
person Interested in the shaIe bus
ness in this community:
Scores Of Wyoming oil operators
this week have signed protests against
the passage OF the so-caIIet Walsh bill.
senate 2sI2, sixty fifth congress, hrsc
session, a bill TO encourage and pre-
mote the mining OF coal. phosphate.
OIL Ea=. potassium and sodium on the
public domain" The protest is not
against the bill as q measure. but Is di-
recred against the first paragraph OF
section l.. which paragraph bears
upon the rights OF persons who here
r.fr-. have ,.ga, oil ,I,c.- .r,t,,y
Not only have Wyoming operators pro
tested by telegraph and MAJ. against
rhr adoi .on Of the bill without elm
nation OF lhe Objectionable paragraph
OF section Il. bu, they have begun the
formation OF state organizatlou in.
tended to protect the rights OF locators
and have sent post haste 10 Washing
ton committee. composed OF John .
Clark. Leslie Miller and II. Fl
Schwartz. 10 lobby against the objec-
,ioaabla proposed legislation
In their FIGHT 10 prevent the enact.
meuc OF section i in its pre-ra, form.
the smaller operators OF the state have
the aid and support OF one OF the
largest concerns which have entered
the Wyominz fields. the Rovana Pairo-
leuu company. the subsidiary repre-
seu,jns the Dutch Shell syndicate in
this state The Roxanz company as
--rrs that tho Walsh bills provisions
bearing upon the rights of oil placer
Ioca,o-s o.. an attempt 10 deliver the
Wyoming oil business into the hands
OF the STANDARD Oil company and its
subsidiaries
The smaller ogararo-s O., tho state
while gladly weIromfrr the Rovan,,.
assistance ef this time regard rho
Du-cb-ShaI subsidiary with r..Ie no-a
y,yor tina, tr.y -ag,-d ,r. s,,r.1,-5
oil Interests. assuming that the ROx-
ana has mergad its interests with their
interests at this time purely from sell
hsh motives and that the Romna. II Il
Is able 20 snrrench itself in control OF
the Wyoming situation. will be not
+ less Oppressive to the small operators
than Is Standard OIL, Be that "a IL
may. the Wyoming subsidiary OF the
Dutch syndicate. which successfully
has fought the Standard OH in the
Dutch East Indies and China. and the
small Wyoming operators who are in.
tsr"sting in creating and maintaining
an open market for their product. at
this time are cooperating "a allies in
a determined attempt TO prevent what
. they claim IS an attempt BY the stand
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-07
DUCK SEASON CLOSED
ON DECEMBER 81

- Last Saturday afternoon De
- putty Game Warden Oliver Fee
. received a telegram from State 4
. Game Warden Grover stating (
. that duck season closed on (
. December 81 There has been (
. some discussion here over the 4
. date ot the closed season on &C.
. count OF the conflict OF the state 4
. statutes and the federal migra. (
. tory bird law. Mr. Growers 4
= opinion finally settles the mat (
. ter and ylolators og the law will (
. BE- prosecuted. (
q q - . . - a. q . - a. 4
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-07

Mrs. Helen Kidd was an arrival
from Reno yesterday morning and she
expects to visit with her sister. Mrs.
William Doyle. far a couple Of months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

run across the ocean almost as often as in times of peace
 Now, we, like France and England, are to be restricted. It seems pity to many that women buyers who are willing to go to Paris to bring back clothes are to be forbidden that privilege. A few men buyers will be allowed to go after the government has thoroughly searched their reasons for the attempt and given them permission that is hedged about with as many restrictions as though it were signed by military governor.
 Under the pressure of all these cond- tions, the American buyers think they will not go to Paris this year. and the rumor persists that only a very few of the French houses will show gowns
 The latest rumor, believed by many, is that the new fashions will be shown in Deauvlle and Biarritz and not in Paris Whether this change from the century, old center of fashions to seaside sum mer resorts is to calm the fears of the Americans, who might not wish to visit raided city, or whether it is done as method of saving thousands of francs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
Don't Saryg Your Shoulders ait Label @a@ I'm U A" I'm New Gowns
Propaganda to Be Widespread Over This Continent That Women Must Aid Exploitation of American Clothes The American Fashions for This Summer
 Are Truly Admirable

for the French dressmakers, no one can tell
 The Americans have shown supreme courage, the women equally with the men, but not since the battle of the Marne has the situation been so tense, so filled with misgivings, and so preg- nant with danger as in Paris at the present moment. The air may clear, the German line may be thrown back, the colossal Gothas may be overcome; but now there is feeling among the buyers and it seems to be shared by the French dressmakers, that the tenseness is too great in Paris to allow of any judicous shopping and exploiting of new fashions
 Remember you may be a cynic about this affair of the interchange of gowns between the two countries, that it is not matter Of frivolity. It is a. stern ne cessity in finance. France needs the money; America has it. France has here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

ficers. They will be able to interpret from one general to another speaking different languages.
 Whatever France can sent us in the way of pictorial matter, she should be willing to do. Heretofore, it has been as difficult to get sketch or photograph from a great French house as it is for civilian to get a military passport to go into the front trenches. Possibly, under the strengthened circumstances, she may be more lenient, and our artists may be able to obtain from time to time the new interpretation of clothes which Paris is sending to the coast
 In the meantime we are all quite eager about the new American output. The first touch of it's sanity is shown in the fact that materials suitable for our eli mate have been chosen for the summer gowns
 Organdy is too well known to be more than barely mentioned, but the fact that it has appeared for evening gowns is a comfort to many who did not know what to wear when asked to dinner on hot summer night.
 dIS SuiipluodS IlouStS StiiI III eX- istence, we suppose, where deeplye decol- lette satins, strings of pearls and jewels in the hair are worn at a late and elab- crate dinner party but these are few and far between among the mass of people in a hot summer. Even Newport, Bar Harbor and White Sulphur, with all their pomp and circumstances of wealth and power, have shown strong inclina- tion to dress simply, though well. The two are very well joined together you know. if one takes the time and trouble to perfect the Joining.
 Another sane thing that the designers over here have done which was of aeces- sity is to launch gowns in the materials, whether thin or not. and in the colors whether vivid or dull that can be easily purchased in any part of this country.
 The exasperation that was caused by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

He who aspires ao equal Paris; he who thinks we are strong enough to go on alone forever, is one of the foolish of the world. We can no more create clothes for the next 10 years with the skill that Paris creates them than we can paint pctures as her artists do. Internal artistic feeling is achieved through the centuries. It is not an overnight gift from one country to another. But that is not the question. We must approach the thing humbIy if we are to be genuinely suc- cessful; but the thing, the vital thing, the thing to show off with pride, is that we walk alone today because we must HUNDREDS OF FASHIONS
 SHOWN TO READY BUYERS
 It may be that under the present con- dtions created by our government and seconded by the French, the newspapers and the fashion illustrators will become, in the new military term, liason of-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

Added to this extreme uncertainty and 1 loss of money, there are the new laws of export and import.
 Taking it all in all, there is an un- easy feeling in both countries that there will be less buying of French clothes this summer than since the Franco Prussian war We may get French n- spration through gowns that will be sent over haphazard through resident buy CTS, through cables, photographs and sketches, through written letters and pos sibly through crinolines, but one thing is certain: That the vast amount of mer- chandise which has heretofore crossed the ocean in September and determined American fashions. will not be bought or sold this year.
 What then? Are we ready to launch out for ourselves in any large and con spicuous manner? I think we are.
 It would be foolish, however, to sound the trumpet, and wave the banners, and proclaim a victorious march into the highest realm of original interpretation of clothes Revolutions come slowly. None of them spring up over night. They are not somersaults; they are grad ual turning around of the wheel, which gains momentum as it goes.
 For three years we have talked French fashions but worked on American ones. Last February we did our best. This June we have worked like beavers to get out our own clothes for the summer. We gratefully accepted the silhouette that Paris gave us in the spring. We do not want to break the bond that binds us, and we are eagerly stretching odt our hands for whatever we can get from the geniuses on the Seine. but we've got to walk alone now.
 We have been gong from chair to chair in wobbly fashion and few have mo- ticed our little endeavors. Only the moth CTS and fathers have cried aloud that we have ceased to crawl.
 But suddenly the child is able to walk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
Relgium's Courageous Humor

revealed by Brand Whitlock in his story From Everybodys.
 Some interesting national traits of the most oppressed people in Europe are of Belsiam's tragedy now running in Everyoody's When the German Elm peror spoke of the horrors of Louvain and told how his heart bled when he saw that such measures had been ine- vitable," the phrase my heart bleeds'' was added to the phrases of irony with which the people of Brussels expressed themselves in all the cruel events of the war According to the American Min ister, Tt became the same sort of bitter joke that 'Gott init Uns had been since the people had been accustomed to see that device on the round buckles that glistened on the German belts, until some one thought of won Gott'; then that was the common pleasantly. The changes were rung in all the keys, and many a tale was invented in which they played their part.
 Tt was this sense of humor indeed that kept up the hearts of the Belgian people, that peculiar esprit that early won moral victory over the Germans. This sense of humor is a part of that ln- domitable courage which has kept the Belgian nation alive along the calvary of its tragic history. Even Baudelaire, the French poet, who in his cruel anu aciduloIs spite wrote as many nasty things about the Belgians as he did about the Americans, whom he so detestcl, has reluctantly rendered them this Jus- tice: Always oppressed.' he said. but never conquered. !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
ed coats. These are lined with obi crepe sometimes and are worn ove, plain or striped skirts. THE "MADE IN


 crepe sometimes and are worn ovA' plain or striped skirts.
 THE "MADE IN
 U. S. A." LABEL
 her shoulders at an American label and asked for something French To give her what she wanted deception of the meanest kind was practiced. A Bremen label was slipped into the gown of an American designer, and often the de- over which she had labored for weeks sold as product just from Paris.'
 But there is an immense fight on, started and vigorously waged by virile and patriotic publishing com pany, for honesty, pride and direct purpose in the launching of new Amer ican fashions as American products.
 We are now to have a Made in U $, A. label, and women are urged to be considerate of it, not contemptuous. The public must be trained to give consideration to the new project, and a propaganda is to be spread throughout the continent that urges such consid- eration from every woman who buys piece of feminine apparel
 There is no need to be contempru- ous, my dear women. Equally, there is no need to say we can do without Paris But the new situation is a healthy one and 1t must be encourag ed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
BUYERS CANNOT
 CROSS OCEAN

The hand of the government, with it's five fingers gripping every part of the continent, has reached out and touched those women who have made their living by shutting across the ocean and bring ing back to America what it wanted from France. The government has said that no women shall have passports unless they are going to work for the war and even then, they cannot be self appointed missionaries or impulsive emo- tionalists. They must be sent for by workers over there, and they must give guarantee that the work will be done and that in every way they will fulfill their mission to the best of their ability.
 The government has insisted upon nar- rowing down the travellers to a mere thin thread, and in this thread there must be no women, except those in uniform whose nerves have been tested.
 France and England took this step three years ago. The women in France have looked with astonishment and in- credulity upon the battalions of Amer ican women who have constantly gone in and out of Paris since the war began. I they were compelled to remain in cer- tain districts and only go to Flanders under the protection of the government and for reasons of it's own. French wom- en have considered trip to the fortifica- tions that surround Paris as little journey into the world. They may go to a.eauville when the season is at it's height in August, but they cannot go in any other direction, and their per nlits and passports are so difficult to get that thousands of women prefer to remain in the serenity of their own homes rather than attempt anything so hazardous as an hours journey from Paris.
 America, in its reckless indulgence of all caprices. in it's unlimited curiosity gratified by the wherewithal to travel, has allowed it's women to run to and fro throughout the beligerent lands and to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
MATERIALS
 WE WILL WEAR

As we have taffeta, America is in- troducing gowns of it in slate gray in black, in dark blue covered With tulle, in pale blue touched, Vatican like, with a box pleat at the back and group of pink roses at the waist.
 Georgette crepe and chiffon are also plentiful, and both fabrics are used in large number of interesting gowns. Satin holds it's own. Tulle and silk net remain in the best possible taste. Japanese and Chinese crepes, oro- cades, pongees and silks, which seem to be easily obtainable from the east these days, have been worked up by American designers into frocks that exactly suit our temperature.
 What is known as obi crepe, and many of the other colorful designs from Japan, have been adopted as part of our everyday wear, especially in millinery and for the lining of coats and circular capes.
 Sport coats Of Shantung and the thick, fine weaves of Chinese pongee, have been quickly offered by our de- signers to substitute sweaters, satlli sleeveless jackets and velvet. pocket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
WHOLE SITUATION HAS
 CHANGED IN CLOTHES

Those who can look below the sur face know that terror and danger have very little to do with the present situa- ton regarding the shipment of clothes It is an economical one, probably, more than one created by the sound of bombs or the bursting of shells.
 It is a question of shipping, of packing, of invoices, even of cables. No one can feel sure now that the clothes for which thousands of dollars are paid will reach America. This is not on account of sub- marines; it is because the French rail- roads are needed for troops, and entire trunks of most costly gowns have been forever lost between Paris and the coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

There is no getting away from the Paris situation in it's cause and effect upon clothes.
 This nation, like others, has leaned upon that one city of the universe for it's inspiration, guidance and material and artistic help in the making, selling and exploiting of women's apparel.
 To have the bonds weakened that con- meet us with Paris is to have the feeling that child has when it's mother turns it loose and tells it to walk alone to the nearest chair. There is in the minds of the buyers, we imagine, something of the panic that must come to the young brain when it knows that it must depend upon nothing but it's own legs for support in wide oasis of space.
 We did not get this feeling when the war broke, because two or three thousand gowns were assembled in public under the sound of the cannon nearing Cam piegne. Even the submarine menace did not break the bond for the succeeding two summers but it perceptibly weakened after last season and now we are con- fronted with a situation in this country that has grown to strength and impor- tance in the last few weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

French clothes, especially during the last two years, has been that the materials and colors could not be bought in this country, and very little could be bought in France.
 You who are a dressmaker under stand the loss of business this caused, but you who are a layman may not realize that it is necessary, in order to get back the initial price of a French gown plus the duty, for several copies to be made and that women demand the copies in the exact material and color of the original. If these could not be obtained by the dressmaker she lost out.
 Each season the yardage in Paris has grown less, Each season the trans portation has become more difficult and uncertain. If the American public accepted gowns of different material and color from the original, then the dressmakers over here would realize a profit on their initial expense, but the French do not always make gowns and colors.
 Now, in America, the new gowns which we have launched can be dupli- cated anywhere, so there is no nerve strain. There are certain weaves Of silk jersey that we can't get in this country, and so we have given up im- porting those gowns to a large meas- ure But there is an excellent quality of thin wool jersey which can be worn all through the summer in America, which is offered in exceedingly good colors, and which leads the fashion for summer resort clothes.
 The dye question has been overcome in so admirable manner that the world of apparel is jubilant. Overs can be recommended very highly these days, and although we may not eX- pertinent with the subtle and exquisite shades that the French often pro- duce, we have enough variety to sar- isfy an exacting woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

windmill in l:.-ope grinds grain to flour for baker ad then mixes and kneads it into dough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
Obi Crepe Makes Gay Summer Parasol

The hat and sunshade match. They are built of black taffeta enlivened by the eastern crepe, with it's vivid colors that match our hotwater landscape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

tofore had the inspiration to offer and America has heretofore followed it. somewhat too blndly
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16

OF Mexican beans, which arc boiled
over camp fires and seasoned with n
few chilli .'hpcrs. Yct these soldiers
arc apparently sturdy men. and have
been known to march all day ard fight
all night without stopping for rest
or food.
Since tho days or the Mexican War
of lS4S. the Mexican soldiers stamina
on his unbalanced and scanty ration
has been the marvel OF American mill
tary men. The Mexican army fire.
Quently lives on the land and the fare
is rs bare as the land over which they
pass.
Aside from the lack OF proper.
nourishing food. the Mexican soldiers
life in thol field is miserable. lie ~
whipped for the most trivial infrac-
lions OF the military rules. with the
fiat side of sabcr or Il heavy stick
He is forced to wear rags for a uni
form. his feet are covered only with
thin leather sandals. and the only COW