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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-03-28
site at Contact. Nevada.

site at Contact, Nevada.
Assessed to Margaret Hodge for the
year Of 1916 on page SS.
Lot l6 in block 16 East
Contact Townsite at Con-
tact.
Assessed to Margaret Helgerson for
the year OF 1916 on page 81.
40 Acres Grazing land, the
SWA of SWA OF section
II. Township 40. Range A.
Assessed to Ed Iyerson for the year
OF 1916 on page loo. Lots
13-14-15.16 in block o in
Contact City at Contact.
Assessed to Paul Johnston for the
year of 1916 on page 107.
Lots 21-22 in block l. in
Contact City.
Assessed to A. G. Kinslow for the
year of 1916 on page 116.
so Acres Grazing land the
NEA of SWA OF 13 & the
SWA of NW1t OF section
"a. Township 43. Range 81.
Assessed to Lauretta Meyers for the
year of 1916 on page 127.
Lots l0-11 in block J.; lot
10 in block 4; lot II in
block 8; lot Is in block 6;
all in Il. X. Townsite, Con.
tact, Nevada.
Assessed 10 Hugh Maxwell for the
year OF 1916 on page 127.
Lot II in blJCK = r. r.
Townsite at Contact. Ne
vada.
Assessed TO Mayer & Co. for the year
OF 1916 on page l27. Lots
IL in block II. East Con.
tact, Nevada.
Assessed TO e. McGurrin for the year
OF 1916 on page 1877. Lot 2
in block 6; lot % in block
II; in r. II. Townsite and
lots l5-l6.lS in block 13 in
Il. Il. Townsite, Contact,
Nevada.
Assessed to L. L. Mcclure for the
year OF 1916 on page 1877
Lot 10 in block l3. East
Contact Townsite at Con.
tact. Nevada.
! Assessed TO David McCombs for the
year OF 1916 on page l42.
100 Acres Grazing land. the
Elz OF SEX & 81 OF SEA
of NEA of Section "a,
Township 80. Range 60.
! Assessed to S. ID. Phillips for the
year of 1916 on page I66
20 Acres Grazing land, the
SEX OF NE14 of Section 4.
Township Al, Range 62.
| Assessed TO r. Swanson for the year
OF 1916 on page 100. Lot l
in block (. r. Il. Townsite
at Contact. Nevada.
Assessed to John Stark for the year
Of 1916 on page 1870. Lot IL
in block II. East Contact
Nevada.
Assessed to Geo TOstOn for the year
of 1916 on page 2O5. Lots
1916 in block 20. East Con
tact, and lot II in block lG
East Contact. Nevada.
Assessed to Blue Rock Mining Com
pany for the year of 1916
on page 10 & II. Patented
Mining Claims as follows:
l6 Interest in the Big Mon
ster, lot No. /;
l.6 Interest in the Isaac
Newton, lot No. Al.
l-6 Interest in the Great
Western; the Great East
EN-, and the Red Warrior
lot No. AZ.
The Carrie Group, viz: The
Carrie, The Emma, lot No
49,
Il Interest in the Comstoci
tn" Eyalinc, lot No. 43
q Interest in the Big Chic
lode lot 80, and "a Interest
in the Red Cloud lode, lo
No. 40.
V All in the t'erbcr Mining
District. Elko County, Ne
yada.
QuitClaim Deed OF any and al
property purchased at this Sale will
" be issued to the purchaser by tn,
County Treasurer as Trustee under
the law OF said Elko County, State o.
Nevada, conveying such title to the
D property as may have come into bis
> possession at the time said property
! was bid in for the benefit OF tn,
!" County and State at the tax sal,
thereof.
/ NJ. II. MILLER,
y County Treasurer In and for ElkC
County, Nevada.
Dated at Elko. Nevada, on the 4th OIL
March, 1918.
First publication. March 6, 1918.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-03-28

NJ. IT, NJ IIIEW,
County Treasurer In and for Elko
County, Nevada.
Dated at Elko. Nevada, on the 4th OF
March, 1918.
First publication, March 6, 1918.
Last publication, April 8. 1918.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-03-28
ANNUAL STATEMENT

ANNUAL STATEMENT
or the Nevada-Humboldt Mining Com
pany. for the year ending December
81, 1917.
Location Of mine. Humboldt Mining
District. County of Humboldt. State
of Nevada.
The sun., 1918-08-27
DOVES PROPHECY.
He Was One OF an Unnumbered Host
TO FOretell the World War,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str:
set out on a Journey to the Philippines in
June. 1903. about ten weeks before
the arrival in modern Babylon of DR..
John Alexander Dowie. This wonderful
man was a manifestation of Elias. He
heralded the great day of tribulation in
which we are now involved. He fore
told the present war In these words:
when they are through shedding blood
and hghtins on to their hearts content
the devirs content-then will come the
time for Zion to enter in and possess the
land tof Palestine) for the King to come.
a., ,-,.,,, :, ~. 4, onr duty Mil, :, -,
be true that whether we die for him here,
or live TIN he comes. We shall be numbered
with that triumphal host that will return
with the King. when he comes back to
claim his Town. and we shall see him In
the great city on earth and see him In the
Zion above
Now I see the city of the living God
appearing, ana ! tell YOU that 1t will be
the capital OF the world.
My eyes may not live to see the coming
Of the King. but I hear his chariot wheels
rolling along the heavens, and 1t is not far
on: the coming OF the King TO the oIty of
the living God.
The movement toward Zion has been
heralded by prophet There indeed
will be the capital of the world.
ROBERT ]. MCLAUGHLIN.
New YORK. August 26.
The sun., 1918-08-27
ON CHOOSING A WIFE.
Would . Woman Really In Love Re.
fuse to Learn to Cookl

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: I
was interested in Mrs. e r. Loom,s's
letter TO THE Sun ION Choosing a WIFE"
spencer. Newton and a few others GER
tainly were not merely fractions. ON
the other hand, no man ever accom-
plished anything great without the IN
fuence OF good woman The insplra-
ton OF woman has always been behind
great men.
1t is. indeed, conceded that the woman
In reality does the choosing nowadays;
that is perhaps the reason why there are
50 many bachelor men. know, as I am
in that unfortunate class.
I rather thought that all good women
knew how to cook instinctively.
Surely no woman would ever refuse to
learn how to cook II she ever fell In love.
Romance Is the best of all things In life,
and what Is higher. Economically speak
Ing, than being In love, with all its fine
thrills and aspirations? I would not be
a member of any church which frowns
on the gentle and important art of cook
ing. and l don't think much OF church
members who cannot cook or who look
askance at any one OF their number
who can manipulate the pans and per-
form gastronomic feats. And as for
Dan Cupid delegatins to narrow
minded parson the right to advise lovers
where TO find their mates-forsooth,
Dan would never think of I'll He needs
no help in that direction. Never!
But the real and only difficulty Is In
meeting mates. That is the real problem
for all bachelors. These are the humble
views OF one OF them.
JOHN e. WATSON.
STAMFORD. N. Y, August &C.
The sun., 1918-08-27
CHICAGO,S NAME.
Skunk and Wild Onion Share the
Honor Of Its Title.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. In
the letter Of "Historicus." the writer has
noted the name of an Indian village In
Tennessee. Chicacaugo, the name occur
ring in Sketches of Western Adventure"
1884, published In 1882. His query as
to whether the name has the same deri-
walton as Chicago" may be answered
in the affirmative.
The name is a clearly cut Algonuuian
word. meaning skunk. Good people liv-
ing in the windy city now claim that the
word means not skunk but wild onion
This modification. however, is merely a
permissible camoufage. or poetic license
The name occurs in Chippewa, Cree
and Massachusetts dialects. and mas
much as there is a Skunk River in Iowa
Chicaqua on the older maps, the name
may also be in the Sioux Jargon II
Is found in various forms In French
geographic literature Of the period OF
misunderstanding, zhegaug, sikak and
chikak
In "Margry's Voyages" there occurs
ia riviere de Chicagoua." and in an
other chapter "une certaine petite
riviere que ION appelle Chicago"
Scargo Hin, In Massachusetts. is also a
derived form. and the word means skunk
Tennessee is interesting from the fact
that 1t has not been noted so far South
before ]. w. REpwAY,
Meteorological Laboratory.
MOUNT VERNON, y. Y. August 26.
The sun., 1918-08-27
TROUBLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
A Seemingly Unnecessary Hardship
Imposed by the Interborough.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: on
Saturday the nth inst. between Z and
8 p. NJ, we came from the Atlantic ave-
nue. station, Brooklyn. on our way to the
upper West Side, Manhattan. At Wall
street we received transfers and were
told to follow the leader" In associa-
ton with others we went to the station,
corner William and wall streets. to our
minds the nearest and most accessible.
Here the transfers webe refused and
we we're told we must 60 to the corner OF
Rector and Greenwich streets station,
where we had to wait eleven minutes
for train (locals only, and we had to
change again at Chambers street for an
express. the very train that starts from
william and Wall streets, where we went
frst.'
The stations. Wall and william streets
and Rector and Greenwich streets, are
each about the same distance from the
transfer station, Wall street and Broad
way, but In accessibility there Ia a great
difference: Wall street IL wide. with
broad sidewalks and smooth crossings.
whereas Rector is contracted, with sharp
grade, narrow sidewalks, rough stone
street crossings and two overhead ele-
waited railroad systems, viz, the Sixth
and Ninth avenue lines.
This thing goes on twenty-four hours
day, causing confusion and delay.
aesravating the patrons Of the road.
fretting the employees and wasting thou
sands Of dollars in running the road.
NEW YoRK, August 26. J. $. DRAKE.
The sun., 1918-08-27
armies. now sorely harnsscd. Tim.

armies, now sorely harnssed. Time
would be won for the reorganization
Of played out units, the collection
and transportation Of supplies to re-
place those lost In the retreats that
have been necessary, and the estab-
lishment under .he best conditions Of
a new line of defence.
The safest course with reports that
the population Of Germany Ia behav-
Ing in an insubordinate manner is to
hope they are authentic and then to
dismiss them from the mind. Time
spent in serious consideration Of such
reports and building theories on the
possibility that they are true is time
wasted from the serious business of
the day, and may be time spent in
playing the Kaiser's game. The peo-
pie who are to beat the Kaiser and
his cohorts are not the Germans. and
the more we count on them to help
do the job the longer 1t will take.
The sun., 1918-08-27
DE 0AULTIER'S PARADOX.
"The Crime Of Germany Is q Crime
Against Force"

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--sir: I
have received this letter from Jules de
Gaultier. dated Roanne, France. July Z.
In a manner 1t is; through me, addressed
to the American people.
Jules de Gaultier Ia to-day little
known outside of France. But he Is.
I believe. Frances greatest living
thinker. In contradiction to a mere
fashionable philosopher like Bergson.
His books will last for all time, but his
star rises slowly.
In lie Bovarysm" he coined the word
"bovarysm," which has to-day passed
into French speech. He spurts from
Schopenhauer and Nletzsche, and car
rles forward the great Greek idea that
the world Is Justified as a spectacle.
His great formula, that man rises on his
illusions by "conceiving himself as he Is
not" will last as long as the VIII to Live
or the win to Power.
His work Is a glorifcation Of man
kind because mankind Is chimera laden.
He creates through his Illusions. In
that golden circle OF which the Mercure
de France Is the centre he is the Zeus.
But to-day he labors for France--which
he calls his super ego--night and day.
I translate his letter:
II chose this the natal day of your
country In order to address to you these
few words, and II Is to you. concrete in
dividual OF that great nation, that I
wish to express my admiration for noble
America.
Il salute American Force. and you
know sufficiently we'll my manner Of
Weighing values to know that in say
ing Force l means to render homage 10
the greatest virtue. to that from which
all the others are derived-generosity.
softness of manners. humanity and even
that coRtemplative love OF Reality
which, In the aesthetic sense. is de-
veloped only by the triumph OF man
over necessity.
III I had not deprived myself of all
leisure for the things OF the intelligence
in this time I should wish to dedicate
to your country this paradox: That the
crime of Germany is crime against
Force, and that II Is now going to ex-
plate that crime.
The force OF the resistance Of our
country shall not have been in vain
thanks to American Force. of which the
weight is felt more heavily at each hour
in the scales of Destiny.
America in a sublime gesture is en-
craving on .he hardest metal of history
magnificent allegory."
BENJAMIN DE CAssEREs.
NEW YORK August "a
The sun., 1918-08-27
REWARDING FOOD MASTERS.
A Singular System Of Punishment"
for violatOrs of the Regulations.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Press
dispatches from Minneapolis state that
many violations Of the regulations Of
the Food Administration have been dis
covered by Vivian B. wye. special rep
resentative Of the department, and that
as n result Julius Wesnes Of Gibbon
purchased 5000 worth OF War Savings
Stamps in lieu Of punishment for having
excessive -four supply and Paul Quandt
Of Stewart purchased a 5000 bond for
the same reason"
Comment upon this could be volumi-
nous! II II were not 40 ludicrous Il
would be pitiful. Forcing a violator OF
the law to make sound investment Is
truly a queer penalty.
After the small boy OF tho family has
hung the cat by the tail over the clothes
line, tied a tin can to the pup broken
three windows and put his mother to
bed with a nervous headache, his father
ought TO give him a ticket to the circus
Some people are still under the i'm
preston that laws are made to protect
and that penalties for their violation are
enforced 30 that the laws will be kept
It's too bad they didn't give these vio-
lators the stamps for nothing and let
them have a good laugh.
e. NJ. ArKIN.
WASHINGTON, August 20.
The sun., 1918-08-27
The Farms Are Fighting.

1t Is gratifying news which CAL
WIN J. HUsoN, Director of the Bureau
of Production of the State Food Com
mission, presents concerning New
York States farms. In spite OF
shortage Of workers Mr.. HusoN re-
ports that for many crops all records
Of tise State have been broken. With
the exception Of corn the cereals did
particularly well. THE spring wheat
crop has proved to be the greatest
ever raised, In some sections Of the
State running to forty-seven bushels
an acre. More rye was raised than
was produced last year. The crop
of oats was also n large one. Vege.
tables and fruits were plentiful.
Farmers did especially well with ber-
ries, which tlley dried In quantities
and sold for good prices.
The farmers and their wives and
daughters, according to Mr.. HusoN,
worked harder than ever before In
their lives. Women farm workers,
the farm volunteers and tractors
made up for the shortage Of men
workers. Mr.. HUsoN found 5000
tractors In use In the State, doing
IA vast amount Of work. The women
workers seemed to take naturally to
farm tasks; farmers In all parts of
the State reported that they were
well worth their hire. An important
part was played by volunteers, who
The sun., 1918-08-27

gave spare time. vacations and the
like to farm work.
New York In recent years has fallen
from the high place II once occupied
az an agricultural State. Even as to
the number Of cows and the total
value Of dairy products, In which 1t
long stood at the head, It had been
losing ground. But the farms have
answered the call to war rs well ms
the factories. The advance made this
year is particularly hopeful for the
future. A great part Of New York
States wealth Is, and ever must be,
In her farms. Concentration Of work
ers in factories and the draining Of
the farms to fill workshops had
reached a dangerous stage, resulting
I'M food prices which, even before the
war, seriously taxed the consumer.
New York State may not be able
to feed herself. 1t is not essential
that she should. But she ought to
come much nearer to doing 1t than
she has done for many years. The
increase In Great Brltain's farm
products since war emphasized the
need for home supply has indicated
what may be done here. II IL to be
hoped that the crop increases which
Mr.. HUsoN has noted will make n
record from which no recession will
be permitted after the war.
The sun., 1918-08-27
German Reports OF Disturbances
Among Civilians.

The conclusion reached by Deputy
Attorney General BECKER, to the effect
that numerous tales of dissatisfac-
ton and disorder in Germany were
circulated In this country In 1917 by
German authority In the hope that
they would lessen our war activity,
possesses peculiar interest at this
moment, when Germany's armies are
being subjected to severe punishment,
and reports Of civilian unrest within
the empire are coming to us from
various sources.
III the Kaiser's Government could
convince the world that the people Of
Germany had reached n mutinous
condition and were likely inside of n
short time to turn on their rulers. the
RUSSIAN statesmen believe there
would be n sIackening Of military
effort here and elsewhere that would
be reflected In less vigorous conduct
OF the campaign on all fronts. The
respite thus gained would he Of i'm.
measurable value to the German
The sun., 1918-08-27
Judge Mayors Decision In the Lusi-
tanla Case.

Judge JULIus NJ. MAyER's decision
on the petition of the Cunard Steam
ship Company for Limitation Of its
liability for damages resulting from
the sinking Of the Lusitania by a
German submarine Is a document
that possesses an interest far beyond
that created by its legal effect. The
case arose from the most monstrous
crime committed on the high seas in
the history Of the world: the whole
sale murder of men, women and
children by Government pretending
to civilization.
In deciding the legal questions in
volved 1t became the duty Of the
court to examine all the circum-
stances surrounding the destruction
OF fine Lusitania, and In his opinion
Judge MAYER has reviewed these in
manner that entities him to the
highest praise. Seldom has a som
prehensive account of an occurrence
that fills mems hearts with horror
and stirs their minds to righteous
anger been written more clearly,
With a more admirable repression of
passion or more logically than this
product of Judge MAYER's study and
learning. The result is paper of
rare merit, Of contemporaneous value
and of historical worth.
The publication Of Judge MAYER's
Illuminating and convincing recital
of the facts In the Lusitania case In
form that would make possible its
convenient distribution generally in
every State Of the Union Is highly
to be desired 1t would be well II
this project should enlist the interest
of one of the numerous patriotic So
cieties which aim to educate the
public to fuller understanding of
what Germany Is. No man can read
this clear. impartial. dispassiOnate
opinion without a fuller recognition
Of the necessity Of carrying to an
unequivocal conclusion the task on
which we reluctantly but deter.
minedly entered.
The sun., 1918-08-27
WARS HARDSHIPS.
Complaints OF q Retired Burglar and
a Bankrupt PIckpocket.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: Other
than OF a family calamity. Of which
shall not speak. meaning the loss Of
my blond sister-in-law, I have written
little but fiction. am no business man.
Nature simply did not. or failed to.
make me that way. SO to write of any
economic condition, disturbed as SO
many are by the war. Is a venture. 1t
was only because met and talked with
an old friend OF mine, a retired burglar
and from his conversation got a new
viewpoint on the already upset condi-
ton of the commercial world, that I
attempt IT, 1t may be OF interest to
business men. This man years ago was
a successful bank robber and had re-
tired to live on the income derived
from his stolen stocks and bonds.
These. he told me, have so much de-
creased in value that he believed that
he must once more take up active bust
ness.
1t was here that war conditions be-
gan to make themselves felt Because
OF the shortage of steel It was impossi-
BILE TO obtain a new set OF burglars
tools. He was forced to resharpen an
old and discarded set by the use OF
sandpaper made from the sand shaken
from the bread his wife bought and
sprinkled on paper covered with glue.
Not only this, but cotton gloves and
electric pocket lamps were hard to OBJ
tain. OF revolvers. and nitroglycerine
with which to blow safes. he got but a
scant supply. Soft rubber soled shoes,
commonly known as sneaks. were almost
as hard to obtain. Here was a man.
to put his hands once more to the
plough handles Of his chosen profession
the only one he knew.
He told me too Of the sad case of a
pickpocket who after years, many of
them spent in prisons in different parts
of the country. had stolen enough to
secure him a competence in his old age.
He believed at the beginning of the
war that Germany would win n quick
and decisive victory over all the rest
OF the world For that reason he IN
vested his all In large stock OF stuffed
white doves, symbols Of peace, believing
that there would soon be a great de-
mand for them. He sold but one, to
prominent office. In justice TO the afore-
said candidate for Office It should be
said he did not know the character OF
the man from whom he purchased the
dove
The other doves are still In storage
and are now so moth eaten as to be use
less, SO this aged man started out once
more upon the crowded street and amid
the Needless throng to abstract loose
change from the pockets of others.
His fingers are no longer as nimbie as
they once were. But that Is not all.
He finds that instead of carrying loose
change people invest in War Savings
stamps and because of the gum on
them and the humid weather they are
hard to extract from pockets without
being discovered.
Surely the war Is no respecter of
persons. Tp
New YORK, August 2s.
The sun., 1918-08-27

Twenty car rowdies arrested in
Coney Island give evidence OF the in
roads made upon the police force by
the war. Usually the annual battle
with car rowdies has been won by
July. and except for sporadic cases Of
misbehavior the transportation sys-
TENS are reasonably safe for respect
able folk for the rest of the season.
But this year the experienced sup
pressors OF tough men and boys have
been needed for other tasks, and it has
taken unusually long to put an end to
this nuisance. A few jail sentences
covering Labor Day will help to keep
the cars safe for decent men and
women.