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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-07
TRIES TO lASSO BEAR
WITH GRAPEVINE MOOSE

ELKINS, w. Va, Jan. flames S.
Ware had thrilling experience
when he encountered a bear and her
cub on Cheat Mountain recently.
According to Ware, the bears
climbed tree, and, being unarmed,
he secured some grapevine and fol.
lowed. with the intention OF iessoinE
them. The mother bear climbed
down over Ware, soldering in his
face he said. but making no at
tempt to attack him, and fled into
The woods. abandoning the cub. Ware
hurried home and returned with a
dog and gun. but both of the animals
had disappeared.
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granted the Austro- Hungarian natich'
alities.
Passage between Black sea and
Mediterranean must be international
and neutraliLed Arabia. Armenia,
Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine are
10 have recognition OF their separate
national conditions.
Matter of German colonies is to be
left TO a conference which must cen
slider wishes and interests OF the in
hab!tants.
Violations OF international law. such
as outrages on British and other sail
ors must have reparation so far as
possible.
Sanctity OF treaties must be re-est' b
lished; territorial settlement must be
based on the right OF self-determins
ton OF the consent CT the governed
and an international organization mus,
be created TO limit ornaments and
diminish the probability OF war.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-07
FIRST ARREST UNDER
NEW EXPLOSIVE ACT

The first arrest under the new law
prohibiting the handling OF explosives
without a license from the bureau of
mines was made Saturday when
Santiago Garazo was taken into Gus,
tody by a United States marshal at
Ely and brought to the Washoe coun,
~ Jail pending his disposal by federal
authorities.
GaraZo. who is Mexican, was ar,
rested on an executive warrant. He
Is alleged to have had III his posses.
sion several sticks OF dynamite with,
out having obtained a license under
the recent order governing the licens.
ing OF the same by the United States
bureau OF mines.
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GREAT B3ITAIN'S PEACE
TERMS GIVEN IN BRIEF

k..sium must be restored ami re.
paration made for injuries inflicted.
Serbia. Montenegro and occupied
parts of France. Rumanla and italy
must be restored.
France must have Alsace.Lor,s &c
to the end that the crime OF 1877. be
atoned for.
Salvation OF Russia mus be- lef. TO
own people but independent Poland
viii be created for the stability OF
Europe.
Italy Is 10 be supported In her 81 IT.,
for complete union OF the people Of
ltaban race and tongue.
Genuine self.govenment ls TO BE-
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READS SIGN, KEEP OUT:
RETURNS WITH MESSAGE

CAMP FUNSTON, Kan, Jan. IA
green rookie" from Arizona has been
impressed time and time again with
the fact that proviate OF the Ma
tional army has to remember a thou.
sand and one dos" and don't's."
Recently he was given an order 10
deliver at certain Office. He re-
turned with the message undelivered.
When asked the reason he replied:
"On the side of the building, in
big letters, is 'Priyate-Keep out"
Guess l can read what's what for
me-"
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to the public
of Elko county that all boots and
shoes left for repair last year must be
called for before February /. 1918, oil
they will be sold for charges.
MODERN SHOE REPAIR SHOP
fiji
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and get his ticket. He was from
Scotia. California. and was bound for
weiser. Idaho. where his mother is
said TO be dangerously sick.
Father Richard hit It to the minute
in his prediction that this section
would be visited by storm on the
seventh. 1t started to rain just after
midnight last night and we have had
intermittent showers through the day.
He says that this spring will be a wet
one and that we will have no extreme
ly cold weather. IL his prediction
comes true II means bountiful crops.
Uncle Joe Triplett. the local weather
prophet, concurs in the opinion. He
says that we have not had a season
like this one since 1868. Today's
storms badly injured the little ice
that had formed on the river and the
ice men are the only ones that are
worrying now.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-07
PREVIOUS YEARS.
WEATHER RECORDS

The recent stretch OF beautiful
weather is almost without parallel in
the annals of this section. The more sc
on account Of the extreme tempera
lures of nearly every section of the
country and world Alaska weather Is
from 80 TO IS degrees below zero, and
the eastern and central states are sui
| fering with intense cold. The contrast
with the states winter weather OF this
year is striking. But speaking OF rec
ords, correspondent TO the Reno Ga.
zette has compiled a few records
which may prove interesting:
For long continued cold weather
with the ground covered with snow
and the Truckee river frozen solid
the winter OF lS59-6O holds the record
For high water in the Truckee river
the flood of January 1862 has the rec
ord by big margin.
The winter of lS63.64 was one OF
the most pleasant and driest ever ex-
perienced in the Sierra Nevada noun
tains. Ok teams and mule teams were
hauling freight all that winter from
Sacramento to Virginia City and other
towns in western Nevada.
The ninety mile per hour Washoe
zephyr at Galena on May 81, 1865, was
a sample of some of the wind storms
of the long ago.
The winters OF 1867 and 1868
were the two wettest consecutive win.
tiers on record. 1867 also holds the
record for greatest winter snowfall in
the Sierra Nevada mountains which
kept the TruCkee river at flood stage
until late in the summer of 1867.
The floods of December 1871 which
washed out every culvert OF the Vir.
ginia & Truckee railroad tstween
Reno and Steamboat Springs Is consid.
cred one OF the big floods.
During the winters OF the late sew.
anties there was much skating along
he TruCkee river with ice from four
.een TO twenty-five inches thick on the
river above the Riverside mill dam.
At Summit Station there was a
snowfall of 29S inches during the
month of April 1860. with the trains
for sixteen days in January
1890, and another blockade in Febru.
airy lasting several days.
On May 10. 1896, the minimum tenn
perature at Reno was l6 degrees and
on May 90, 1896. Reno had its most
terrific hail storm. The river rose
over two feet in less than an hour and
in the valley on the south side OF the
river the fruit trees were stripped OF
all foliage and the first crop destroyed
for two seasons. Birds and poultry
were killed by the wholesale. Many OF
the hailstones were one and one.hali
inches and upwards in diameter and
some CT the piles OF hail remained foI
forty-eight hours.
On March 20. 1897, the minimum
temperature at Reno was three de
grees below zero.
AT the carnival at Reno during the
first week in jelly, 1862, there was &
snowstorm with two or three inches
Of snow and some very cold, windy
weather with the good people OF Reno
wearing their furs and overcoats and
shiyering at the same time. The ice
cream parlors were selling hot coffee
az substitute for ice iream.
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BANKS ASKED FOR
FINANCIAL STATEMENT

WASHINGTON. Jan. THE comp
troller of the currency this morning
issued a call for the condition of ma
tional banks at the close OF business
on Monday. December 81,
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LOCALS AND PERSONALS

Tom Hunter. son of Mrs. Ida Hunt.
er. departed for Oakland Saturday to
resume his school work.
Messrs Wiley and Hatch, two Of
Metropolis substantial citizens are in
Elko on business matters.
Vivian Grover was a week end visit
or with Morley Murphy at the Murphy
ranch in Starr Valley.
Mrs. S. Mcdowell, who has been
in poor health for several weeks, has
been taken TO Livermore, California.
for medical treatment.
Or. Mentz has returned from his "trip
To San Francisco where he took n sp :.
cial course in certain work in the dem
tai line, and he is ready TO receive
patients again. The doctor has been
appointed as a member of the medical
advisory board of Elko county. D14
Chester Bremen has returned to
Sparks TO resume his work as teacher
in the high school there. and John
Patterson has gone TO Reno to re
sumo his studies in the State Univer-
sity. John says that there are very
few upper classmen left, most Of them
having Joined the army.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. 3. Stewart departed
yesterday morning for an extended
trip to Washington, New York. Jack,
sonville. New Orleans and other cast.
ern and southern cities. They expect
10 settle up an estate in New Jersey
while away, In which Mrs. Stewart is
one of the heirs. They left their little
daughter at Golconda with Mrs. Stew
arts mother, Mrs. Polkinghorn.
J. NJ. Lockhart, an Ely attorney is in
Elko today on matters connected with
the closing OF section of road near
CurrIe. The county highway board |
is in session and is conducting a hear.
ing in the matter. 1t seems that a |
farmer by the name OF Curley has
fenced portion Of the road and pro- !
tests have been entered by others in /
that section.
According to members OF the advis-
DRY board nearly all the registrants
are claiming deferred classification. It
is said that some of their answers
are decidedly amusing. There is much
complaint over the classifications
made by the exemption board as 1t
is not generally understood that the
board is bound by iron-clad rules
which they dare not break. All APP
peals must go up to the state board as
the local board has no choice in the
matter but to classify the names &C.
cording to directions.
A stranger by the name OF John
Kelley was found dead in his seat in
the smoker on s. p. eastbound train
No. 20 yesterday morning. The body
was taken off here and coroner's
jury today found that he had died OF
suffocation. He had evidently fallen
asleep and his head was in such g
position that breathing was shut of.
Death had evidently occurred several
hours before the train reached Carlin,
but Il vas thought that he wa7 asleep
until the conductor tried to wake him
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TO THE FUEL
CONSUMERS OF ELKO

There is at the present time a sur
plus supply of coal on hand among the
fuel dealers OF Elko.
We advise all fuel consumers to lay
in enough for their immediate needs
at once.
FUEL COMMITTEE.
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902 Commercial street. Tsp

FOR SALE-Boarding and lodging
house: strictly modern; completely
furnished; bedrooms; 2 bath rooms;
furnace heat; veil located: full al
the time: cash o. terms. Address
p. q. Box l5S, Elko, Nevada matt
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Hot specials at the Elk Cafe every
evening from D. IN. to l a III. Roast
goose and sucking pig for Sunday
dinner dl5tf
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ORIENTAL NEEDLE WORK AND
KIMONO SHOP-Madeira, Cluny, Fill
let. Florentine, Venetian. Turkish
Rugs, Silk Underwear, Negligees,
Shirt waists. Japanese Kimonos and
all kinds of Oriental Goods. whole
sale and retail. NJ. Lamey. 435 Rail
road Street. n2Stf
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FOR RENT-A good piano in per
feet condition, in every respect. to the
right party or parties. For terms in
quire of Irwin NJ. Dowell or Mrs G. p
Griffith. fj14p
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Mrs. S. Mcdowell, who has been
in poor health for several weeks, has
been taken to Livermore, California.
for medical treatment.
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Vivian Grover was a week end visit.
or with Morley Murphy at the Murphy
ranch in Starr Valley.
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Messra Wiley and Hatch, two of
Metropolis substantial citizens are in
Elko on business matters.
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Tom Hunter, son of Mrs. Ida Hunt.
er. departed for Oakland Saturday to
resume his school work.
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FOR RENT-Three room furnished
house near the w. p. round house
Phone 433. n30
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WANTED-Housework, washing or
ironing by the hour or day. Inquire
CPS Idaho street. FLOP
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Or. mentz has returned from his trir
TO San Francisco where he took n sp /,
cial course in certain work in the den
tai line. and he is ready to receive
patients again. The doctor has been
appointed as a member of the medical
advisory board OF Elko county. fj1i
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21
VALLEY RANCHERS
COOPERATE WITH
HOUSING OFFICERS

That Imperial Valley ranchers are
responding in a notable spirit of CO.
operation 10 the efforts of The Com
mission of ImmiSraion and Housing
of California to improve living con-
ditions for The working man, Is the
statement made by j. R. Munson,
camp inspector Wit Inspected Nun
SON on his present trip is l. De Vale,
who represents the Latin race work
of The commission. Mr.. De Vale is
interested in the problems of the
Mexican population and aids Them in
the settlement of questions that arise
with employers.
"Aside from one case, The commits
sion has generally found willing
ness to assist our work. The larger
ranchers are finding il pays from a
labor standpoint. The men arc con
tented, and willing 10 slay with their
jobs. 1t shows they appreciate clean
cook houses, screened bunk houses,
with comfortable accommodations
and other things decent, said the IN
spectors.
The work of the commission in HE
VALLEY now chiefly relates to The cot
lon pickers' camps. The INSPECTORS
were in The Valley several weeks ago.
Suggestions for improvement were
nade in numerous cases. Practically
all of these have been complied with
and the inspectors are highly pleased
with the response.
Another trip will be made by the
officers of The commission 10 the val
ley in January.
INDEMNITY QUESTIONS.
Stockholm, Nov. 22.-Discussing
the question as TO what indemnify ;hc
Entente Allies might demand from
Germany, Prof. Franz Oppenheimer,
writing 10 The Frankfurt Zeitung,
SAYS the total national wealth of Ger
many before the war was estimated
al 100000, 900 marks and The total
annual national income a! 40,000,000
marks. He estimated the annual cost
of feeding and clothing the German
people at 20,000,000,000 marks.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21
BAILEY FREED Of
MURDER CHARGES
BY LOCAL COURT

Afler reviewing a decision of the
appellate court, Judge Frank j. Cole
in Superior court yesterday acted
favorably on, The motion of District
Attorney E. R. Simon 10 dismiss The
charse of murder against William
Bailey, who has been a prisoner in
the county Jail for more Than a Year
awaiting The end of the court fight
for his liberty.
Bailey was tried twice for the MUIR
der of Dan Gansmer al lockwood last
summer and was convicted of man
slaushicr al the last trial. Recently
he higher court reversed tle deci-
sion of the Superior court and re
manded the case back 10 This coun y
for trial.
The district attorney based his
dismissal action on The fact thai if
The instructions of the higher couil
were followed il would be almost i'm
possible TO secure a conviction.
Bailey, who has al all times main
tanned his innocence, was defended
BY Conkling & Brown.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21
COUNTY STAYS
MARRIAGE Of
GIRL IS AND
N A n FORTY

Probation Officer Swanson is
wrestling with one of the most pc
culiar and difficult problems ever pat
up 10 his office. He is finding il
harder 10 accomplish than TO ua-
scramble eggs, and this latter was
cited by the late j. Pierpont Nor
san as the hardest thing in the world
to do.
Mr.. Swanson's job, wished on to
him, is to break up strange ro-
nance between Spring and Fall-a
love affair between a 13-year old
girl and 4O-year-old man. The
couple declare they will never be
separated, will never dischard their
love, and will wait for each other.
The affair between The pair waxed
so strong that the man approached
officers for an order 10 compel Coun-
ty Clerk Major Cook to issue him Il
license. ell had previously armed
himself with the permission of The
father of his child sweetheart,
81 reasoned with The man and be-
lieve that he will be sensible and will
wait until The child has reached al
age when he can renew his suit"
said Mr.. Swanson in discussing the
case. "This office could not coun-
tenance marriage of this sort" ,
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21
AMERICA s
FOOD AIDS
S I A IRVING
EUROPEANS
Great Ships Laden With
FOOdstuffs Are Now on
the Sea Bound for HOl
land.
(By Associated Press)

Washington, Nov. 21.-Five Dutch
ships laden with flour will leave
American ports soon for Holland by
permission of the American govern
ment. Their cargies will make pos
sible an immediate increase in Dul ch
bread rations.
(By Associated Press)
Paris, Nov. 21.-The Americans
will pass through the city of Luxem
burg Today. General Pershing, who
is accompanying the forces, will call
on the Grand Duchess. A proclama
ton has been issued explaining thai
the passage of the Americans
through Luxemburg is necessary and
guaranteeing the discipline AMI
friendliness of the soldiers toward
the population.
(By Associated Press)
) Berlin, Nov. 21.-Berlin has now
had week of revolution, yet The
streets have the same appearance as
that which they presented any Sal
urdy evening during the war, with
The exception of the absence of news
paper reference to events along The
front. The casual visitor would not
be aware that this city had been the
storm center of gigantic political
upheaval The masses appear to Ge
anYthing but excited over HE future
progress, of events. II is no reflec-
ton on The Germans sense of Eatri1
otic duty 10 say that he news CT
American relief has temporarily
eclipsed curiosity over The polilical
drama. After four years of Year The
lislless attitude of The middle class
elements in The early stages Of the
revolution is typical of the prevail
ing apathy. The Ebert t-Haase cabi-
net is apparently in undispuied con-
troll and The cabinet is concerning it
self with The urgent problems Of food
and rehabilitation
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21
RECEIVES ARTICLES
Of incorporation
OF NEW CHURCH

Articles of incorporation for the
First Evangelical Church of Impcr-
ial Valley, issued by the secretary
of stale, were filed today with Coun-
ty Clerk Major S. Cook. This con-
gregalion, the newest conner in The
ciiy's religious circles, was organized
at a meetinS held last January.
According 10 the incorporation ar
iicles the church belongs to and is
amenable to the discipline of the
German Evangelical Synod of Nortn
America.
The directors and officers are:
Georse Herr, president; Hugo Wet
eel, secretary; Peter Hammer and J,
Widmer.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21
FORMER VALLEY
MAN, NOW
ON VISIT HOME

Calexico is entertaining for few
Gays Captain Fred Libby, famous
throughout The world as the leading
aviator among the Americans who
fought for freedom on Frances soil
After his four years of active
very active-service in The Royal Fly
ing Corps of The British army, with
a record of Twenty-Five German air
planes downed by his own hand, bear
ing a medal pinned on his breast by
the King of England, and many othai
medals, Captain Libby is enjoying a
visit with his former comrades in the
Royal FLYING Corps, Captain Roberts
and Lieutenant Murphy, all three be-
ing guests al The home of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. S. Abbott.
Captain Libby enlisted in The Ca
madam branch of The British army in
1914, at the outbreak of the war. In
terest on the part of Calexicans is in
creased by The fact that he is an old
Imperial Valley boy, and once was
employed on The Stanton ranch. He
was one of the first 10000 Canadian
soldiers to land in France, and he
was moi long in beginning a brilliant
career that broushl him praise in
many lands. He witnessed from his
favorite plane The famous crater al
Messines Ridge, and when the thrill
ing climax TO the attack came he was
flying low over The ground over which
The battle ragged. doing effective work
for the Allies there.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21
GREAT OFFENSIVE.

London, Nov. 22.-The British
armies so far outran the forward
movement of the medical corps in the
advance eastward from Arras, France,
in the great Allied offensive, that al
one lime the troops were 20 miles
ahead of the medical stations. In all
this 20-mile strip there was no habita-
ton above ground and no shelter for a
main dressing station, still less for Il
casually clearing hospital. For a
time stretcher bearers carried The
wounded by hand for three miles.
For nearly two Years while The war
was at an impasse in the trenches
wounded men were cared for with pre-
cision. Wounded men from battles
that began in France at daybreak We're
landed from ambulance trains at Char
ing Cross tation in London in the aft
ernoon of The same day. But when
The great Allied offensive was in prog
ress the British medical service was
not able 10 keep pace and the prompt
succor of wounded men which had
seemed automatic, became less prompt.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21
CD. Greenleaf
Is Recovering

After undergoing an operation in
which he was on The liable for six
hours, Charles D. Greenleaf, son of
w. H. Greenleaf, is well on the road
10 recovery from wounds which he
received several months ago on ihc
battlefields of France.
A letter received today by The par
ents informed them of the operation,
performed at The government conva
lescent hospital al Cape MAY, N. j.,
for The purpose of restorns 10 him
The use of his left arm. The mem
ber carried deep scar from The fly
ing fragments of shell.
Mr.. Greenleaf, who IVES private
in the 163rd infantry. saw several
months of aeive service. His wounds
were in the right thigh, left arm and
shoulder.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-21
ADMIRAL TY
ANNOUNCES
SURRENDER
Hun SHIPS
German Main Fleet Sur
rendered to Allies at 8
O'clock Today, According
to British Advices.
(By Associated Press)

London, Nov. 21.-The admiralty
today announced that the main Gel
man fleet surrendered at 8 O'Clock
this morning at point of rendez-
vous for the Allied and German sea
forces between thirty and forty
miles east of May Island.
The British grand fleet, accompa-
MED by The American battle squad
ron and French cruisers, sailed from
Scottish base al 3 this morning to
accept the surrender of The German
battleships, cruisers and destroyers.
(By Associated Press)
On Board a British Cruiser, Wed
nesday, Nov. 2O.-The transfer of
The first twenty German submarines
surrendered was made thirty-six
miles off Harwich, silently and with
crews sullenly obeyed orders and
tonight the U-boats are moored un-
der The British flag near a British
submarine base. American seaplanes
floated overhead during the surrca-
der and American submarine chasers
carried British crews 10 the U-boats.
The Germans spoke to The British
only once from the time the first
U-boat was sighted, when this un-
signed wireless request was received
from some German commander:
"Slower; my boats cannot keep up
This speed"
1t is understood that eight bat
tleships, six battle cruisers and eight
cruisers surrendered.
(Ry Associated Press)
Amsterdam Nov. 21.-The first
German warships destined for intern
ment left Kiel harbor Sunday, accord
ing to the Vossiche Zeitung of Ber-
lin, and included the Bayern, Gros
ser Kurfuerst, Kron Prinz, Mark
Graf, Koenig Albert, Kaiserin, Seyd
liiz and Moltke.
(By Associated Press)
London, Nov. 21.-The admiralty
today announced:
"The commander-in-ch chief reported
al $3.50 this morning he met The first
and main installment of the German
high seas fleet, which was surrender
ing for interment."
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Nov. 21.-The Amer
lean squadron which. participated in
The surrender probably included five
dreadnaughts and number of Amer
ican submarine chasers probably par
ticipated.
Americans destroyers presumably
still patrolling and conveying mer-
chant vessels until all German sub
marines are accounted for.