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VOL. LXYI ELKO, NEVADA. THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1913 NO. 131.

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# OUR NATIONAL AIRS(Mrs, H. L. Bruce)

The following paper was read atthe open meeting of the DraperSelf Culture Club, held in the Pres¬byterian church last Saturdaynight. It was highly appreciatedby the large audience assembled."Music has power to uplift or to

lure into evil, to sooth or to stimu¬late and perhaps there is no one

who has not in some way felt its in¬fluence. Probably no music hasswayed the emotions more than our

National Airs. On the march tothe battlefield soldiers have beencheered and urged to action, ontheir return soothed and rested bythem

Perhaps the m >st familiar of allour National Airs, one that is sungby almost every child as soon as hecan talk, is Yankee Doodle. Tenyears before the Revolution thissong was used by the British armyto insult pious Puritans on Sun¬days. It was played by the Britishti*)ops on their march to Lexing¬ton and was adopted by the patriotsunder the name of the "LexingtonMarch." And so the victoriousAmericans, remembering this, play¬ed it while Cornwallis troopsmarched out of Yorktown. Thusit began and ended thq Revolution.It was perhaps first officiallly re-

cugnized as a National Air atGhent in 1814 at a banquet, givenin hon >r of the American TreatyCommissioncis when Henry Clay'scolored body servant whistled itfor the band master who harmo¬nized and produced it.

"Hail Columbia" wsis written as

a march called the "President's, March," until the words were fitted

to it by Joseph Hopkinson for an

^^tor friend, during the politicalIncitement of 1794.

The well known "John Brown"was originally a Sou'hern SundaySchool air, which was transplantedto Fort Warren and the originalwords were changed to ridicule a

Scotchman of the Twelfth Massa¬chusetts. It was then that "JohnBrown's Body." as it had become,was taken up in New York andother places. It is one of the greatmarching songs of the world and issung everywhere. Kitchner's sold¬iers in the Soudan were cheered byit and it was heaid on the battle¬fields in Southern Africa

For the words of "The BattleHymn of the Republic" we are in¬debted to Mrs Julia Ward Howe.Dr. and Mrs Howe were in theSouth when they heard the sold¬iers, just after a skirmish, singing"John Brown's Body." The Rev.James Freeman Clark who had ac¬

companied them said to Mrs. Howe"You ought to write some betterwords for that" to which he replied,"I'll will try" and as a result we

have the "Battle Hymn of the Re¬public."The greatest of all war songs,

"Dixie" brings at once to our

minds, Southern scenes. Strange*, as it may seem, this song hadits orgin in the north. It was writ-en in 1859 by h member of Bry¬ant's Minstrel show. The Mason andDixon line was the verbal inspira¬tion of the song. The comooser andauthor had traveled much with cir¬cuses and when they were showing

fin the North and cold weather ap¬proached the Performers longed forthe Southern tour to begin andfrequently would say "I wish I was

in Dixie." This catch phrase was

used in after years by the authorof the song. "Dixie" was written!for the grand walk around for Bry¬ant's Minstrels.

"America" or "God Save theQueen" really belongs to Englandbut it certainly has the qualities ofa National Air as it has been

FOB VOTING "DRY"San Francisco. June 5.To be

rec ailed for having voted "dry" issomething of a novelty, but Sena¬tor Edwin Grant of the ninteenthdistrict, located in this city, maybe unseated tor having voted for a

"dry" fair here in 1915Petitions have been in circulation

for several days and those in|chargeof tne work claim they will beready to file with th6 requisitenumher next Saturday.

Senator Grant antagonized a

number by voting against a billproviding for a few day's intervalbetween the issuing of a marriagelicense and the solemnization ofa marriage and by voting on a

measure making it mandatory touse California printed books in theschools of the state.

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ft CONTESTGresham, Ore. June 5,.Seven

fire departments are taking part ina fire department contest here thisafternoon. Lents, Esacada, Tre-mont, St Johns, Woodstood andLinntun volunteers are participat¬ing.The Gresham company has chal¬

lenged all competitors to a war

fight for $25 a side. The eventsclose tonight with a dance at Com¬mercial Club Hall.

A CONVENTIONLong Beach, Cal June 5. The

third annual convention of thestate hotel men, convention beginsa three day's ssssion here tomor¬row. Hotel men from all overthe state will b° present. H. WLake of tha Hotel Fresno willdouhtless be elected president.

adopted by at least six Nations.Even Handel's Austrian hymn, al¬though written with the idea of be¬ing entirely different, but still fillthe same place for the Austrianthat "God Save the King" did forEngland, is similiar.And now we come to our Nation¬

al song, "The Star Spangled Ban¬ner." A few years ago this was

officially adopted as the Nationalsong of the United States. It hadseveral musical settings before thepresent one. which was originallyan English Drinking eong, "ToAnacreon in Heaven." This songwas written for a club that former-ly met at the Brown and Anchorin the Strand London, probably byDr. Samuel Arnold, about the timeof the birth of Beathoven in 1770.Francis Scott Key, during the Brit¬ish attack on Baltimore in 1814and while detained on the Britishfleet during thr bombardment ofFort Henry, wroto the verses ofthe Star Spangled Banner andfitted them to this old tune. Thestanzas were first printed in theBaltimore American. ,

There are many more, some pro¬duced by the War of 1812, manyduring the Civil war but few ofthem have become famous. Thereis something about our NationalAirs that no other sonRs possess.They have a meaning distinctlytheir own. Whether it is in thecomposition that the meaning ori¬ginates or whether it is in thepatriotism, natural to every trueAmerican, it is there. Whether itbe the ludicrous "Yankee Doodle"or "the beautiful "Star SpangledBanner" it is the same. And toquote from the man in the song,which seems to express the generalsentiment,"Any tune like Yankee Doodle,Simply sets me off my noodle,Its a patriotic somethingThat no one can understand."

ELKO COUNTY DEVEl-OPMENT LEAGUE ClISY

t JPresident Gedney is Stirring things Up j.Why the Indiana Auto Party Will

Not Visit Elko.How Roads Are 1

Being Repaired and Where.The League is Not Dead,But Very Much Alive.

President Gedney of the ElkoCounty Development League hasreturned from Salt Lake after a

three weeks vacation. His healthiB greatly improved, and he isback at his office in the Pioneerbuilding, full of enthusiasm over

the League Development workWhilo in Salt Lake he had a con¬

ference with the Overland Trail As¬sociation in which a discussion tookplace regarding the Indiana Auto¬mobile party which will probablyreach Salt Lake July 17th. TheTrail Association will send a com¬mittee to meet them at Grand Jun¬ction who will show this party thetrail from Grand Junction to SaltLake. This Indiana partv will gothrough from SaltLake to Ely thento Eureka, Austin. Fallon andReno. If the road from Montello toElko has been "logged" that isthe mileage known, they wouldhave visited Elko.The road from Deeth to Natchez

is not yet in shape though workwas commenced a couple of daysago to build a new road betweenthese two points. The road overNorth Fork is not yet repaired.There is a break in the road be¬tween Carlin to Battle MountainThe road between Carlin and White

House is reported as being in goodcondition. From White House toBattle Mountain there is no roadexcept through the Dunphv field,and when irrigation takes placethis road is not passable. PresidentGedney reports that he recently meta deputation from Battle Mountainand a decision was made to raisefunds to build a bridge at WhiteHouse over the Humboldt riverThis will make the road fromWhite House to Battle Mountain 16miles whereas the old road makesit 33 miles. The old overland roadfrom Carlin to Gravelly Ford andthen to Beowawe runs close to therailroad. Several are in favor ofhaving this overland road repaired.There is a good road now from Car¬lin to White House a distance of33 miles which President Gedney

i recently covered in his auto in twohours time. There is a fine boule¬vard from White House to Welsh'sCanyon, a distance of 11 mileswhich is a Dart of the road fromCarlin to White House. The cementbutments have been placed in posi¬tion for the bridge at North Forkand the grading across the NorthFork flats is about half completed.The steel for this bridge cost $320and Rockwell & Sutton of Elkohave the contract

A CONFERENCESalt Lake City, June 5.For the

purpose of discussing the develop¬ment of the resources of the westat a three day's session, executivesof Oregon, Montana, Utah, NevadaNew Mexico, Colorado. Idaho, Wyo¬ming are here. Governor West ofOregon is president of the confer¬ence. It is expected that one ortwo more will arrive tomorrow.Much regret is expressed becauseof the absence of Governor John¬son, of California, who is kept awayby press of work resulting fromthe necessity of having to pass on

many bills enacted at the recentsession of the legislature, whichdemands his attenion..

THE OLD DREAMS.fPHK old dream*. the kii|i| dreuiriH. the-*¦ fc\vect dreuma and true.The bright droams, the light dreams, the

denr dreams ¦>( you!The old dreams forever.And no dream to die

Down all the dark purpleOf night In the sky.

rpiiK old drenins, the bold dreams, the-*. loved dreams that comeOf you In the sweet vnlos when old lips

are dumbThe old dreams forever.To guide and to cheerThe spring with Its laughter,The fall with its tear.

rpilis old dreams, the staled dreams that-*. walk In our sleepUntil to our tired arms In dear rest they

creep.The old dtennis forever.Whate'er may befall.

And love's dream of morning.The best dream of all.

. Baltimore Sun.

A BOY'8 LOGIC.I'm a tnan I'll be a knight.

* * A noble knight In m inor bright,With a cont of mall and a helmet tnllAnd a sword, and a shield, and a spear,and nil.I'll be a splendid, glorious sightWhen I'm n flashing, dashing knightAnd then I'll trnvel far awayUntil eomowhere 1 find a dey.Because It Booms to mo It's rightFor a dey to associate with a knight.

.Oscar Idewelyn In SL Nicholas.Congressional Library.

The library of congress at Washing¬ton la the third Inrgest collection ofbooks In the world.

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W. W. BOQHER RETURNSAfter an absence of three

months the many friends of W. W.Booher are delighted to welcome hisreturn to Elko. During his triphe visited 20 states and covered7000 miles. He returned lastnight on the Western Pacific, fromButte where he spent a week vis¬iting his brother who is the Soc¬ialist police Judgu of that city. Anextended account of his trip willappear shortly in these columns.

A MARRIAGE LICENSEYesterday a marriage license was

issued to Eulogio Gariola, of TenMile, and Tamasa Ariaga

Proved His Contention."Mother," complained Johiany,

not so pleased as might have beenwith the results of unselfish roniter-nal tailoring, "these trousers aretoo tight. They'ro tighter'n my

1 own skin.""Now, my son," said mother, in

quiet reproof, "don't exaggerate.How can they be tighter than yourskin ?""They are, too, mother; they

must be. T can sit down in my skin,but I can't sit down in these trou¬sers.".Exchange.

Betty's Gift.A Lancashire vicar was asked bythe choir to call upon old Betty, who

was deaf, but who insisted in join¬ing in tho solo of the anthem, andto ask her only to sing in tho hymns.He shouted into her ear, "Betty,I've been requested to speak to youabout your singing." At last >«hecaught the word "singing" and re¬

plied: "Not to me be the praise, sir.It's a gift.".Pall Mall Gazette.

On* In a Hundred.Taking the statistics of the world,

one person In every 100 born lives tobe sUty-flve years of age."ki ¦¦ i> > i >n y .A. *

Art Thou the Man(or Woman)?

H. T Speedie, a Western Pacific\uditor is at the Mayer.H. A. Stone auditor for the Globe

Express Co. is in town from SanFrancisco.

B. T. McDermotta rancher fromLamoille is in town.There will be no reserved <*eats

at the Tom Thumb Wedding. Comeearly and take your choice.Burton Sails and wife of North

Fork are at the hlko.J. W. Roork is a Deeth visitor

today and is staying: at the Elko.S. T WineB a prominent rancher

from Ruby Valley is in town

M. A. Hout is a Ruby Valleyarrival and is transacting business.

L. W, Baldwin a Reno plumberis in town.

G. H. Austin of Walton, NewYork is in El ko.

Tom Thumb! Trained Rabbit!Three bears Bradley Opera House,Thursday night, June fifth.

F. Rielly of Montello is an arriv¬al and is at the Elko.

Jas. and Wm. Par«er are in fromSalt Lake today.

W. J. Forbes and wife are Deetharrivals.

Dont fail to see the bride Thurs¬day night.

A. Williams Jr. from San Fran¬cisco is reRistered at the Mayer.There are to be many distinguish¬

ed guests at the Tom Thumb Wed¬ding.

Dr. W. E. Taylor of Reno is intown on a business trip.

G. A. Schoer is an Ogden visitorand is a guest at the Commercial.J.P Rain is in town today from

Palisade

Ralph Ferguson from Buckhornis staying at the Commercial.

L. W Rackerby of Sacramentois here on business.

Tom Thumb Wedding, OperaHouse Thursday night, June fifthFifty cents children twentyfivo. 8p. m.

Blowing Out an Egg.To blow out hd egg uiake a small

bole In each end. bore the holes witha large darning needle or hatpin, presslng steadily, but not too hard, andtwisting the point round and rounduntil a small hole has beet) punctured,then enlarge the hole slightly with thesharp point of your sclssore. beingcareful not to crack the shell in doingso Make the hole In the large endof the shell a trifle larger than the oneIn the small end. Hold the egg overa bowl, put the small end to your lipsand blow steadily until ull the egg hasrun out of the shell.

Hardly Ever."Other things bPlng equal," she ask¬

ed. "don't you think a girl has a betterchance than a widow has to get mar¬ried?""Perhaps." he replied, "but a widow

hardly ever gives a man a chance toconsider other things equal.".ChicagoRecord-LI era Id

Reason Why."Yon haven't many relatives, have

yon?""Worlds of them.""I never meet any of them at yonr

house.""No; they've all got more money

than I have".Judge

To he thrown npon one's resourcesIs to bt» cast Into the lap of fortune..Benjamin Franklin.

OPPORTUNITY,Opportunity ha* ali her hair on

her forehead, but when *he haspassed you cannot call her back.She ha* no tuft whereby you can

lay hold on her, for «he i* bald onthe back part of her head and neverreturn*..Francoi* Rabelais.

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HUNTING CROOKSNew York, June 5, Secret Ser¬

vice operatives are working in Colo¬rado, Arizona and New Mexico inan effort to locate the plant of a

gang of skillful counterfeiterswho are making halves and quar¬ters of silver and flooding the eastwith them.These counterfeits are not as

perfect in workmanship aa some

made of baser metal, but are takenreadily among the residents of theeast side. Alloys are used so as tomake the profit about 35 cents on

each half dollar and 18 and 20. v. _». r>

Vienna uu cauu quai icr. uar suvci

is worth about CO centB per oonce

and the value of the dollar is$1,29.29, if not in practice, stillin theory, of these profit is plentyenough to encourage the bogusmoney men, especially when theproduct is so easily disposed of.

Every silver smelter through thewest is being checked to ascertainwhac becomes of its product andby a process of elimination, oper¬ators believe they have succeeded inlocating the plant where the coinsare made to one of the thr^e statesindicated.

A BABY SHOWPortland, Ore June 5.Portland's

eugenic baby show opened todaywith a display of infants calculatedto make the worst advocate of race

suicide withdraw oppositon. Con¬testants are between one and fouryears of age. The prize for win¬ners are round trip tickets to Salemwhere winners may register forthe bahy contest for the state fair.

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DORCAS SOCIETY DINNERThe Dorcas Society, will serve a

dinner on Thursday, June 5th atthe Presbyterian church from 5 to8 d. m. Foil dinner for 50 eta.Everyone invited. Strawberry shortcake with ice cream for desert atthis dinner. D. 131

MONTELLO ANS ELKOThe Elko bas°ball team will play

Montello next Sunday at 2:30 p. m.This mcrring W. L. Merithew re¬ceived a message from Montellowhich read as follows:"Will accept game for coming

Sunday. Arrange to take care ofteam while in Elko."

Dr. Paradis.Immediately Manager Merithew

wired back this terse reply."Your wire. Will expect your

team, Sunday June eighth."As Montello has a fast team this

year, and come expecting to defeatthe Elko's an interesting game isto be expected. Then too the ad¬mission for adults is only 25 cents.

MARRIED IN BUTTEHarvey J. Rutherford returned

on the Western Pacific last nightfrom a trip to Butte. While therehe was married to Anna Garwoodlast Monday evening at the CullcnHotel. The Independent extendscongratulations.

A CONGEALED WEAPONGeorge S. Parker, a colored man

was arrested last night hy DeputyConstable Idal for carrying a gun.He appeared before Judge Castleand was fined $6.00 in the morningcourt.

(tare One, Tee.To be able to say nothing when It Ig

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