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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

The gold standard advocates have
seen lii To drop disguise. Their lead
crs admit that tho Monetary Commits
sion sent Ia Europe 10y President Nc
Kinlcy was farce. They openly dc.
clare TINT there will he no more pre-.
tense on their part; that the country
shall bc plnntcd on gold bnsis in
name as well ns in fact. And they
announce that il is their intention to
retire tho grccnbacks. in order to take
tho control Of tho currency from the
elected rcprcseE .ativcs OF the people
and put it once for all in tho hands
Of the banks. This program will bc
carried through the next session OF
Congress.
For our part we are glad that
these enemies OF the people have
come ont into the open. IL they had
fought thcro last year they would
have been beaten. u they fight
there next year they will be beaten.
We will unhcRitntingly stake our
Judgment Of affairs on the prediction
that at tho coming ecssion. the
House of Representatives will vote to
retire the grccnbHcks. And IL wo arc
not much mistaken the retirement OF
the grccnbacks will result in tho re.
tircmcnt Of the mcn who DO tho deed.
Stockton Mail.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

a Washington Dispatch of the
10Th says: On motion OF Assistant
Attorncy.Gcncral Anderson the Su-
prCmc Court today decided To issue
immediately II mandate in the Dur.
rant murder case. No representa-.
tive ot Durrant was in court when
the motion was made. Court. after
u hurried consultation on tho bench
announced through Chief Justice
Fuller, that the mandate should be
issucd forthwith. Mr.. Anderson
thinks this will settle the matter and
hastcn Durrnnts execution. lIC
said he would have made tho motion
sooner but Cor tho necessity OF giving
notice tO Durrant's counsel
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
4 Mine the street.

While workingmcn were digging
holes for telephone poles on Butte
avenue in Randrburg. Cal, recently
ledge OF good orc was struck near
Ord's hardware store. Felix Don.
nelly. w. Il, Grant aud +. G.. Descent
wcro hOining come rock close by
whcrc the hole wan being dug, and
they tried some of tho rock thrown
ont md found it very rich. They at
once put up:monumcnts aud located
the Lodge and propose to begin doycl.
opmcnt on it at once. Rlndsburg
mPy not bc the heavenly city, but
her strcots are literally paved with
gold.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

An exchange says allow often do
we hear people say. "Whcro IN tho
world do all the lliCa como from2' 1t
ia simple enough. Tho topper mal;ca
tho whisky fly; the cyclone makes the
house ny; tho carpenter makes tho
saw hy; the boardor makes the butter
fly; tho blacksmith makes tho shoe
liy; the butcher makes the COW fy.
and tho house vito makes tho old
man ny.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
Every latch u Compass.

Several weeks ago i'll London.
said an English tourist. Il was stand.
ing beside an American acquaintance
when | expressed wish to know
what point WAS ;hc north. lie pulled
ont lIs watch, looked at it and at
once pointed in the right direction.
! asked him whether he had COM
pass attached to the watch. All
watches are compasscs' lie replied.
Then he explained to me how this
was. Point the hour hand To the sun
and the south is exactly half way be-
tween the hour md the figure XII
on the dial. For instance, euppose il
Is o'clock. Point the hand indicat-
ing ! to the sun, and ! on tho watch
is exactly south. Suppose. again.
that it is 8 o'clock. Point the hand
indicating eight to the sun, and the
figure y on the dial ia due south.
"My American friend seemed sur
prised that ] did not know this. and.
not wanting to bc left alono in my
Ignorance, | asked Henry NJ. Stanley
whom | met the following dny.
whether he knew Of this simple means
"f taking the poin,s Of the compass.
My self -cstccm arose when that IA.
nous traveller told me ho had never
heard Of it. So. perhaps, there may
bc plenty OF folks in your country
who still remain in my original state
Of ignorance. | don't know what
place my American friend halls from.
but somewhere in your great Wcst.'-
New York Herald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

Once when General Sherman had
been under the caro- Of physician
for s0mo tImc. hc said; "DOctor. |
don't sccm to hc getting any better
for all your medicine. "Wcll. gen.
crnl." replied the doctor. jocoEcly
"pcrhups you had better take Shakes.
pcnrc's advice and throw physic to
tho dogs" "l womld. doctor replied
tho sick man, ns he turned his head
on the pillow al would. but thcrC
are n number of valuable hoga in the
ncighborhOOd.--.lIps Angeles Re.
cord.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

Invitation Committee:
Elko-J S Gardner, Ed. Lytton. J T
Wright, James Bett, J B Abel, s e
Rodgers. Henderson Green, P z
Vore. VIM. Hunter, John McFar-
lane, Chas. Greenberg, Webster
Patterson.
Lamoille-A l. Cotant, Jas. Russell,
Jr., Al Griswold, VIM. Rigsby.
Wells-E @ Mcclellan, Nm. Krenka.
Ruby Valley-W S GriswoId. Adolph
Fink.
Tuscarora-J Eggers, L Dart, W Fl
Bently, l. r Barnard.
Carlin-C n Mcbride. j Pechard.
Reception Cormitteo.
Geo + Talbot, James Brain,
Thos Hunter. CT Hood.
9 + Moore. James Dewar,
Frnnk Wiggins.
Floor Director:
ii. s. VAN DR1ELEN.
Floor Managers.
Ed Bilkey, / N,Shorwood.
George Banks, L Il Van Driclen,
p s Triplett. Walter Kline,
Jas Holland, j NJ Thompson,
Beet OF music has been engaged for
the occasion.
TICKETS admitting Gentlemen aud
LndIes), e2.Oo.
Ladies' without escort, 30 cents.
A most cordinl invitation is extended
the public.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

We hereby tender our sincere
thanks TO the people of Cortcz, Bco-
wave and Elko for their loving sym
pathy aud assistance during tho i'll.
ncss, death and burial OF our dear son
md brother. Your loving Kindness
10 ua in our trouble and Distress can
only bc repaid by our heartfelt
thanks. We owo you debt Of graft
tudc beyond measure.
As you assisted ia to bear our
gricvoma burden, may you meet with
tho same loving tenderness when the
Angel OF Death casts his dark shad-
ow upon your thresholds and bears
away your beloved ones.
MW. ANp MHs. W. S. CLAYTON
ASD FAMILY.
Ellto. Nevada, Nov. II, 1897.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
11TH ANNUAL
8
Szg
Tho HKSGlVIuG BILL
GIVEN by
ELKO LODGES
sNo. is. K. of p.
Harris Hall, EIkO, HeY.,
November 25. 1907.
Grand March at 9 q. m.
Sharp.
NUMBER 46.

Committee OF Arrangements:
G. fl. Sproulc, Al. Womack,
G. a. Gardner, II. j. Jones,
Walter Henderson.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

GUlNAN SET FREE.

orh-by County Grand jury Ignorcs
Charge Against Him.
Just as we were getting ready for
press, the following dispatch wis re ..
ccived:
~CAESoS, NEv., Nov. lG. 1897.
-DAlLY lHDEPENDENT, Elko, New:
In the Jones murder case today the
Grand Jury ignored the indictment
against Julian Guinan and the Judge
set him free,
az. G. BoYCE.r
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
RANCH,
CATTLE AND
HORSES FOR SALE.

a fret class opportunity for
anyone wishing 70 engage in tho
cattle business. Everything
needed for conducting COW
ranch will bo found on the
premises.
For turthor Information writo 10
Carat & Co., White Rock, Il ko Co
Nevada.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
VOLUME XXI.
/OiHT STATEMENT

IF AUDITOR AND TREASURER
OF ELKO COUNTY.
Por the Quarter Ending June
80, 1907.
TATE OF EEvADA,I.
County OF Klko. te'
AUDITORS oyfILE
T"the Honorable Board OF County CoEnliE
slone:s of Blko County, Nevada.
GESrLKNEs; We herewith submit our Quar-
o;ly Report OF the Finance Of tho County
TOR tho quarter ending June - 1927.
Hespcetfuily submitted:
CA. WATKINS
Auditor,
IA. MCBRIDE,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
Ellso. Nevada, Nov. L., 1897.

Harris hail is rapidly approaching
completion. I, will bc roady for tho
Knight's dane Thanksgiving night.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-29

This is not a profitable poultry
country, so far as my experience goes.
Grain cannot be raised in the white
sandy soil we have here, so all has to
be bought, and freights are enor-
nous. At the end of the year the eggs
sold at from twenty-five to forty
cents per dozen, only just pay for the
feed.
The chickens raised are profit; but
the market is limited, and poultry be-
ing so plentiful in the neighborine
southern states, it does not pay to
ship them. breed pure black Minor
cas-. Have imported birds of the
Northrup and other well known
strains, but can sell none. Apparant-
ly the population have not yet got to
appreciate thoroughbred stock-not-
withstanding which [ consider that
the manure alone is of so much value
that 1 keep on increasing my flock.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-29

eleven eggs between the best lot of
hens average for each hen) and the
lowest, while only one egg was the
difference between the first, second
and thru lots, anu the breeds consist
ed of both sitters and non-sitters. A
trial with the same hens another year
brought the best of the previous year
to the fourth place. 1t is better to
keep the large breeds (sitters), if hens
are to be kept in confinement, as nom
sitters give the best results only on a
range.-Farm and Fireside.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-29
Saving Poultry Manure.

Mr.. T. Newton Banner, Dade county,
Florida, in the August Farm Poultry
says:
[ am a grower of pineapples, in
which industry fertilizer is one of our
largest expenses being also a
breeder of thoroughbred poultry, 1
save all the droppings from the chick
en- houses to use on the planta tions.
A correspondent in recent article
asks how the manure can be kept in a
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-29
Poultry in Large Crops.

1Ou1CIy Ill Large OIOpS.
Many claims have been made in ia
vor of poultry-raisers which have
done harm by inducing inexperienced
persons to venture into the poultry
business under the delusion that they
can surely make a competency even il
failure ensues in every other enter
prise. Careful reflection should con-
vince the most enthusiastic individ-
uals that it is impossible to realize
much that is held out invitingly
With the sum of a few hundred dol
lars, or as much as a thousand, it is
proposed to engage in the poultry
business The question is considered
and discussed as to the profits to eX-
pect. Comparing the business with
any other it can be noticed that there
is no occupation that would not be
considered very profitable with prof
it of twenty per cent, or even one half
that percentage. To realize 5000 a
year on an investment of $1,000,
therefore, is to secure in the poultry
business something that is difficult to
obtain in any other direction, yet
many who invest 81, 200 in poultry
and the necessary buildings are not
satisfied unless they can make a sum
nearly equal to the capital employed.
One cause of much expectation is the
fact that fowls multiply rapidly, and
will naturally increase, which is true;
the chicks to reach maturity, while
the expense is occurring all the time.
The sum of 81 900 would not pay for
the buildings and fowls necessary to
start with five hundred hens, and the
profit will not amount to one dollar
hen for the whole number. Right
here it may be urged that one can, by
doing the work himself, make $500 a
year on capital of $1,000, but it will
not be profit, as the labor must be
paid for, whether it is performed by
the investor or by employing some
one to assist. That, however, is the
bright side of the business. If a per-
son can invest his money so as to give
himself employment it will be a great
point gained, but only the most expe-
rienced poultrymen have succeeded
in keeping five hundred hens. On the
farms where the farmers are already
established they can, by utilizing
their labor in winter, make poultry
pay we'll on their investment, but all
who may engage In the business will
find that as soon as the labor is hired
the profits will not exceed those deriv-
ed from some other pursuits. Farm
and Fireside.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-29


swer, taken from the Farmers Slowgo
and Thrifty Papers, says: ''Mix the
manure with an equal part of sifted
dirt, and keep it moist by happening
it with soap suds.''
The same article further says, 81
once heard an agricultural chemist
say he would not take all the drop
pings in the United States, if kept
dry, as they would not be worth the
hauling. Droppings are very valuable
that is, if you retain the value, and
do not allow them to become silicates;
or, to better express it, glass;" In
"Wright's Practical Poultry Keeper
after speaking of the value of poultry
manure, he says: ct should be put
in any convenient receptacle where it
can be kept dry, and should be mixed
well with dry earth, SCOT, or fine dry
ashes''
Later, after giving the analysis OF
the manure, made by the late DR..
Voelkner, he says: GAS regards it's ap-
plica ton, DIR. Voelkner recommends
that mixture should be kept of two
parts burnt gypsum and one part min
eral superphosphate, and that one
part of this should be mixed with
three parts of fresh chicken manure,
kept under cover, and turned once or
twice, and finally passed through a
sieve; this treatment would absorb
the surplus moisture and reduce the
whole to fairly dry and friable con-
dition, in which it should be used at
the rate of eight to ten hundred
weight per acre."
[ wrote for burnt gypsum, but the
fertilizer house I sent to replied that
they had never heard of it, but that
they thought land plaster would take
it's place, and that "acid phosphate
would take the place of mineral SUI
perphosphate. [ don't know if they
were right, but anyway, that is what
| have been using.
make a mixture of two parts land
plaster one part acid phosphate. They
are both cheap articles and [ think
can be got at any fertilizer house
For every three pals of chicken drop
pings put one pail of this mixture.
I keep a large box near the chicken
houses, with a loose cover made of
boards with a roofing paper tackled
droppings and mixture, turning them
over once or twice with a shovel.
When [ have enough [ fill an empty
-four barrel, tie piece of roofing pa
per over it, and leave it. On turning
out the contents of these barrels there
are no Jumps or silicates; it is all in a
crumbly condition, and easy to put on
the field. The moist way may be bet
ter; I have never tried it; but don't
see how it could be put on a pineap-
pie field, where the plants are so close
together that man can hardly work
his way through. In a potato or corn
field no doubt it could be done.
The dry manure, made as [ have de-
scribed, has certainly given good re-
suits. The fruit has been larger on
the beds where it has been used than
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-29
The Breeds and Profits.

Where the farmers fail is in certain
experiments which seem to be uni
versal with them; the principal one
being the crossing of two breeds III
the attempt to produce something
better than the originals. Great
pains and expense are undergone in
the endeavor to get one Or two pure
breeds, one of which may be the n 81
attic family and another of the Medi-
terraneans; for instance, the Brat
mas and Leghorn types are very dis
similar and adapted for purposes es-
pecially characteristic of their-kind
The Brahma is large in size, has &
fly The Leghorn is small, light II
body, active, and has single comb
(some varieties possessing rose-combs)
and it does not thrive well in confinc-
ment, preferring to forage, being able
to fly over a high fence. The Two
breeds were produced by crossing, Bat
are the result of long-continued sya-
tenn of selection. The farmer knows
that the Brahma can endure severe
winters and is a persistent sitter
when it becomes broody, while the
Leghorn rarely sits, being considered
a nonsitter. After keeping them sep
arate for awhile, it occurs to the farm
er that by crossing the two breeds he
can unite the good qualities of both
and secure something superior ito
either of the parent breeds. That is
where he ruins his breeds, for in
stead of deriving from the cross a
bird combining all the desirable char
acteristics of the two breeds, he sim
ply divides and reduces their capac-
ity. --e loses the size of the Brahma
the advantages of the pea-comb and
the activity of the LeghOrn. He does
not have in his cross-bred fowls the
prolifcacy of the Leghorn nor the
hardness of the Brahma, and he also
Illus ullIlSol1 SlOChCu Will a ll1otlC.V
lot of birds with no uniformity At
ter year passes he allows his fowls
to run together and his flock becomes
a lot of scrubs.
Now, this crossing of the two breeds
to get something superior has been
tried hundreds of times and by many
It is the same old story of attempting
to improve in hurry, and it cannCt
be done. New breeds now in use can
not be made in a day All of our
breeds resulted from many ex>
periments, and it requires a quar-
ter of a century to fix the char
acteristics of a breed so that the
bird will be true to standard OF
points. 1t has been maintained that
a hen of a non-sitting breed will lay
more eggs than sitter and will give
a larger profit. This does not always
happen. The non-sitter also requires
a resting spell, as well rs the sitter
but during that period she does not
produce anything, while the sitter
will raise brood of chicks for mar
ket. Another point is that the hest
sitters are those that lay in winter
the non-sitt tiers producing more eggs
Of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-29
POULTRY DEPARTING NT.

Address all communications to Poultry De-
partment, Box 200, DeLand, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-29

ISJUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE SO cts.
GALATIA, Ills, Nov. 16, 1888.
Paris Medicine Co., st. Louis, Mo.
Gentlemen:--We sold last year, 600 bottles OF
GROVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and have
bought three gross already this year. In all
perience of IA years, in the drug business, have
never sold an article that such universal salts
faction as your Tonic. Yours truly,
ABNEY, CARR s. Co
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-16
DEFENSE OF THE COLONIES.
Lord BeresfOrd Prefers Forts to
Presents of Ships.

London, July 15.-Lord Charles Beresford
has written letter in reference to the
magnificent offer of the Cape Colony to
present a first class battleship to Great
Britain, in which he deprecates the fact
that the old colonies are hurrying TO imi-
tate the cape, because, as he says. in the
event of war, strategic reasons might re-
quire the removal of the fleet from colo
NAL waters, leaving the colonies open to
hostile attacks, and this might cause sore
ness and misunderstanding on the part of
the officials of the colonies which had con-
tributed to the purchase of iron clads. 1t
would be much better, says Lord Beres-
ford, for the colonies to provide well forth
fled and equipped naval bases where a
fleet could be repaired and refitted in the
shortest possible time. The increasing of
such bases would do more to strengthen
the empire than the enlargement of the
fleet, and Lord Beresford thinks it would
have been wiser to spend Fl 900, 600 in max
ing the cape more efficient as a naval
base
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-16
CLOSE SHAVE IN THE SURF.
Three Ladies From Atlanta Narrow
~ Escape Drowning.

Brunswick, Ga, July 15.-Passengers
from ST. Simons bring a story OF narrow
escapes from drowning experienced by DIR.
and Mrs. Green. Mrs. Dunwody and Miss
Emery. all of Atlanta, yesterday. They
are guests OF the Arnold house and went
in bathing from that place. Being ven
turesome all went beyond their
depth. Miss ENERGY tried -
swim back, but failed, and sae
with Mrs. Green, went under twice. DR.
Green attempted to bring them back, and
Mrs Dunwody. In the excitement, got be-
yond her depth. With three ladies on his
hands, DIR. Green was badly handicapped
and all thought they were going under
They began to cry for help. and strollers
on the beach heard them. Gen. J. FLOYD
King, Messrs. Arnold. W. T.. Miller, ana
T. ]. Reese, of Rome then made a heroic
rescue. They were fully dressed, but rush
ed boldly into the surf and seized the ex-
hausted quartette. The swim back to shore
was exciting to onlookers. and the res
cuers were cheered repeatedly when they
reached safety with their burdens.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-16

coined the visitors, as did also Rev. A.
Carmen of Toronto
Replies were made for the Methodist
Episcopal church by Bishop w Y Ninde
of Detroit, and for the Methodist Epis-
copal church south by Bishop o. 2. FitZ-
gerald of Nashville
In the Metropolitan church. Mayor
Fleming gave welcome for the city. and
Rev. DR. William Briggs for the Metho-
dists of Toronto In response, Bishop c.
c. McCabe for the Methodist Episcopal
church; Rev James Thomas of Little
Rock, Ark, for the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, and Rev. A. H. Crane, D.
D., of Bombay, India for India, spoke
This evening four monster meetings
were held. In Massey Music hall 5000
people gathered. Rev. w. F. McMurray
of Richmond, Mo, was chairman, and adj
dresses were delivered by Rev. W. j.
Haven of Brookline, Mass and Rev. w.
D, Bradfield of Galveston, Tex
At the pavilion more than 5000 assem-
bled, with Rev. L. H. Murln of Baldwin,
Kan, as chairman. The speakers were
c. e. Piper of Chicago and Rev. J. Hill,
Gainesville. Tex.
At Cookies church. a congregation OF
1900 people listened TO Bishop Charles Fl.
Fowler's address on Great Deeds OF
Great Men"
At the Metropolitan church, $500 people
were present. Bishop John p. Newman
delivered lecture on the Advance OF
Christianity" in the course of which he
made vicious attack on the press, stat
ing that instead of doing good they served
up for us at breakfast a hash of crime
murder and scandal.
Seattle is represented by very strong
delegation, who are making a strong
fight for the next convention.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-16
DECISION on A LAND GRANT.
1t Takes 1000 Acres Away From the
Mill Tract.

Washington. July ia Spanish grant
of about 5000 acres in Florida, made to
George F. j. Clarke, deceased, and called
the mill grant" is involved in a decision
Secretary Bliss has promulgated, denying
a motion for review of the former de-
partmeutal decision in the cases. The
decision directed the cutting off of 5000
odd acres and exclusion of a specially
designated tract of 1000 acres from the
southern boundary of the grant. and the
issuance of a patent to Duncan Clinch for
all lands included within Buckley creek,
St. Johns river, and the new southern
boundary line, making. 1891 acres Mr.
Clinch claimed that many years ago he
had sold parts of the 3,0OO-acre tract and
gave warranty deeds for them, and In
view OF the consequent hardship asks that
they be respected. The department, how
ever, holds that in conveying these lands
he voluntarily assumed the burden of in
Identifying his grant, IL the conveyanees
fell without the grant as finally patented.