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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-24
iOLNT STATEMENT
OF AUDITOR AND TREASURER
OF ELKo COUNTY.


For the Quarter Ending April
I, 1897.
STATE OF NEVADA.
Comfy OF klko. CO. r'
AUDITORS OFFICE
To the Honorable Board OF County CommIs.
sioners Of Elko County, Nevada:
GENTLEMEN: We herewith submit our Omar
terly Report Of the Finances Of the Comfy
for the quarter ending April 1897.
respectfully submitted:
. "A. WATKINS
Auditor,
]. A. MCBRIDE,
Treasurer.
RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCE
Bal in treasury Dec % 90. S28,172 95
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-24
SUMMARY

Paid from county funds. 9,749 80
Paid from Road fund.-. 9O4 10
Paid from school fund. 9,2O8 70
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-24

From State app't school
fund. SOFT 90
FROM general licenses. +. 1883 80
Personal property. ....... rs
Is fees collected 49,. 858 IS
Sheep licenses. ....... 926 so
Errors drawing warrant. SO 90
Sale old furniture. -. 2O5 25
Error drawing warrant. .. go 90
Possessory land claim. :. Is 90
Delq't tax 1885,. pa
10 per cent adv. sale
Delq't tax 1885,. & 90
Auditors fees dig tax. -. 375
Penal fines. -. .......... 3 55
Total .5SS %
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-24

Balance in treasury. l9,S98 40
The above balance stands to the
credit of the varleus funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
April 1. 1897:
TREAsUREE's RALANoE STREET..
Cash in Treasury to'tLe credit of the
various funds, march 81, 1897:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
MAMMOTH ICE BREAKERS.
Powerful Steamship That PlOws It's Way Through Seas
Of Ice.

strain which will result when ths
steamer in the rear comes in contact
with the one in front. Heavy steel
beams extending longitudinally through
the vessels will take care of the con-
slant shocks and strains and prevent
any loosening of plates, the displace-
ment of which would cause dangerous
leaks. Except for heavier construc-
ton. the new steamers will be built
much the same as those already in use
in Finland. 1t has been suggested that
this double ice breaker might be a pos
sible solution of the north pole prob
lem. The ice which banks up along
the northern coast of Russia every year
cannot be much more formidable than
that in the far north and with two
steamers instead of one the ultimate
base of food supply and of succOr
would be divided. One vessel might
be lost, but the other would in all like
ihood remain to carry the explorers
back to civilization
What illimitable possibilities may not
the gallant admiral open out for the
commercial, naval and scientific re-
sources of his fatherland.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
YANKEE SHIPPERS TRICK.
Why the Admiral Sent Out By Russia
Was Disgusted.

A good anecdote is told, illustrating the
superior enterprise of the Yankee skip
pers years ago, says Harper's Round
Table. The Bedford whalers left port for
many a long voyage, sometimes to the far
north, 1T other times to the far south.
These intrepid followers of the sea sought
and pursued the whale in the ice-clad lat
itudes about the poles with a natural
fearlessness. A squadron sent out by Rus
STA TO explore the south seas and reach
the pole, if possible. had attained de-
gree of latitude which the admiral proud
ly told himself had never been reached be-
fore by white men or other human beings.
While he reflected upon the fame that
would surely embellish his name. his sail
ors cried Land. hoi' Off to the south
he deserted a long. low-lying bit of land.
and FASTENED to shape his course to reach
it, there to plant the Russian standard on
its highest point claiming it in the name
of his majesty
What was his disgust and astonishment
when. as his vessel approached the shore,
he observed over bit of headland a flag.
fluttering from a masthead. In a few
around the point and came sailing smart
~ over the waves toward his vessel. The
lean. Yankee captain, who was standing
in the rigging as the schooner came up in
the wind, yelled:
Alloy. there What ship is that?"
His majestys ship tho.
We'll. this is the Nantucket. from
Rhode Island. We're doing a little pilot
ing in these ATTITUDES. and If you want to
you in for small charge.
The admirars disgust caused him to
square his sails around and shape his
/ course for Russia
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
ONE MILLIONAIRE'S START.
He Earned $40 By Throwing the
Strong Man of the Show.


Detroit Free Press: HAD I caught
my train that night laughed the man
who had nothing to do for quarter
of century but sit and watch pine
trees grow to swell his bank account,
Il would probably be a farmer now
trying to raise a mortgage and a few
other things. / had gone to a little
town in lower Wisconsin to see colt
that man there wanted to sell me-
/ was a good judge Of stock and
shrewd on trade. but q greener coun-
try lad never broke into a town.
would have walked back to the farm,
after I found myself too late for the
train, but l saw a handful announc-
ing show that night and couldn't
resist the temptation to see it, though
it cost a quarter.
In my hilarious appreciation l was
more of an entertainment than they
had on the stage, especially as l was
utterly oblivious to the fact that 1 did
not look like any one else in the au-
dience. Toward the end a huge fellow
came out, tossed cannon balls in the
air, held men out at arms length and
lifted heavy weights. After this show
ing of his proves he offered $40 to
any one whom he could not throw in
side of two minutes. / was the crack
wrestler in all our section, though
none knew it, and 1 felt as though the
challenge was aimed directly at me-
L turned hot and cold during a few
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
THRILLING BUFFALO YARN.
How the Old Timer Lied About
What He Didn't Do.

Bangor Commercials: when / first
struck the short grass country old John
was there. He got me cornered one day
and was so tickled to get fresh victim
that he hardly stopped even to get a
drink, until ne had stuffed me so full
that l was partially paralyzed for a
month afterward. He gave me to I'M
derstand that for years before he came
to Kansas he was one of the most
dreaded desperadoes and Indian killers
that ever rcamed through the Rocky
mountains. I learned afterward that
he wouldn't fight a cat, and actually
trembled with fear whenever his
hatchet-faced wife turned loose on him
with her tongue, but when l first met
him his blood-thirsty talk fairly made
my blood run cold
He informed me that he was known
far and wide through the mountains
as Tiger Jack, the terror of the Rock
les But [ was going to speak of his
buffalo story. 1 asked him one day,
just to bring him out, if he ever got
into any tight places When he was
hunting buffalo. oh, I've been in places
that l suppose most fellers would call
ticklish,' he replied, but never any
and that time l own I was worried.
I was huntin' buffalo down the
Medicine valley in 10. The country
was just alive with the critters, and
I was knocking EN- right and left,
when all at once somethin' started a
stampede, and three or four million
buffalo came rushin down the valley,
just maxim the ground shake as they
came. [ seen at once that I would
have to get out of there or be run over,
but my pony was all tagged out, and the
herd kept gaining on him at every
jump. / saw that them buffalo was
goin' to run that pony down, and that
somethin' had to be done, and done
quick. Well, sir, 1 seen that there was
just one thing to do; [ waited till the
head buffalo was right on my pony
flank, and then I made jump on that
buffalo's hump.
Then, sir 1 just went jumpin' from
the back of one buffalo to another and
shootin' as 1 went-thought maybe you
know, that l could scatter the herd and
get a chance to get down on the
ground. Well, sir, when [ struck the
rear of that stampede [ was only a
mile from home. 1 went out the next
day and measured the distance from
where 1 jumped, and found L had
travelled on the backs of buffalo for
six miles and a quarter. I'll tell you
honestly, [ think it was a little the
closest shave l ever had.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
FAMILY INCIDENTS.
Mr.. Wingleby Comments Upon Him
self and His Household.


If you could walk behind yourself
once, you would be surprised said Mrs.
Wingleby to her husband and Mr.. Win
sleby dutifully said that he had no
doubt of it. Mrs Wingleby had been
trying 10 tell him what an old man he
was getting to be- so stumbling and
careless in his walk; and he was obliged
TO admit that there was truth in this as
there was, indeed, in everything that
Mrs. Wingleby said; but when he tried
to picture to himself himself walking
behind himself, why. really and truly, IL
made him feel quite young again.
My energetic daughter said Mr.
WingleDy, wants 70 know why you
couldn't dust with a bellows and [ tell
her that you could, after fashion. 1t
would be handy. no doubt: you wouldn't
nave to bend over so much with it. and
you could poke the nozzle into corners
and around back into places that you
could not otherwise as conveniently
reach. and ii certainly would blow Oft
the thick of the dust. But for thorough
perfect busting there's nothing like the
dust rag; and | do not look to see the
dust rag supDlanted. in careful house
holds at least, in either the near or the
distant future"
Nov. here was something" said Mr..
Wtngleby, that tried Mrs Wingleby
sOrely. She sent out a pair of shoes be
longing to one of the children to be re-
paired; and when they came home. all
nicely fixed. the little one couldn't geF
ed that she had sent out the wrong pair
"a pair that had been outgrown and dis
carded, but which Mrs. Winsleby VINO
hates to throw away anything had put
back in the closet and which she had
now picked up by mistake. So here was
50 cents locked up beyond recovery. just
gone. but she was not long cast down,
tor nothing can long impair her accus-
toned cheerfulnesS.
I have read pieces in the papers about
lead pencils, said Mr.. Wingleby, about
the great quantities of wood used in their
manufacture. and the enormous num-
bers produced. and all that and / used
I Con now. my four children must use
up the production of one small factory,
at least.
They start out with four to six lead
pencils apiece. and next morning they
have about two short stubs apiece left.
The outlay for pencils is an important
item in the family account: but L sup
pose the children have got to have lead
pencils.
Il discovered a long time ago. said
Mr.. Wingleby. that there was q whole
lot of words that / didn't know how to
pronounce: words that | suppose L ought
TO have known about. but which [ didn' t
My first discovery OF this sort was when
[ heard somebody pronounce a familiar
ferent from that in which / had been
accustomed TO pronounce it myself. L
looked that word I'D in the dictionary,
and found that the other man was right
and / was wrong II made me Shudder
to think of the many times I had mis-
pronounced that word, and | fear that [
used Il thereafter, for a while at least.
oftener than was reaLy necessary. Just
to let people know that [ knew how to
pronounce it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
T0RPEDOES MADE HARMLESS.
BY Means Of Balloon the Approach Of Submarine Vessels
Can Now Be Detected.

proach it, still within certain limits,
watching his target by means OF an in
strument called the periscoDe. consist
ing of small mirror attached to the
boat through a long tube. When finally
he has arrived within so short a dis
tance thai even the little mirror might
attract attention, he draws it in as a
snail does his horns, and now. himself
deprived of vision, but rejoicing in the
knowledge Of his unconscious adver-
sary's position and capable of making
his way toward it without mistake, he
can proceed onward and discharge a
torpedo at the sleeping giant, utterly
demolishing at one stroke the stout
est battleship that ever waved her en-
sign to the breeze. There is but one
chance of failure. namely a sudden
change in the battleshiD's course or
speed after the mirror has been drawn
in, which change would not only de-
feat the meditated attack but would
also expose the submarine vessel to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

to startle some of them occasionally
by remarkng:
I'm five years l shall be as white as
you are
Then Mr.. Herbert exhibits a number
of small patches of white on the side
of his face and others on his arms. The
patches are constantly growing in size
and in the course of few years will
extend over the mans whole body,
making him as fair as any Caucasian.
AS his features are not those of the
ordinary negro, his lips and nostrils
being thin like those of a white man,
it Will be impossible to detect the fact
that he is of African descent
AS every sehoolboy has read in his
physiology, the color of q negro comes
from a dark pigment beneath the skin.
Like every other part of the body, this
pigment has to be replaced from time
to time. In the case of the man who is
turning white this process of replacing
the pigment has been stopped, so that
he is certain to become a white man in
the course Of time. The change is not
in any way disease and does not al
feet the mans general health.
Mr.. Herbert himself says that the
change in color has been going on for
some three or four years past and be-
gan immediately after he had been i'll
OIL FEVER. II IS DfODdDle Cudt He VIII
live to enjoy the novel experience of
having been both a colored and a white
man. for although he is 65 years old,
he is strong ard vigorous and looks no
more than As.
Does the prospect of becoming white
please your" he was asked recently.
20, it doesn't matter much to me- he
said. III be the same man, won't I,
whether I'm white or black? I'd just
as lief be white, though, and since l
can't helo myself I'll try to make the
best Of it
Strangers often visit the cigar shop
to gaze at the proprietor as they would
at one of the animals in the zoo. and,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
FALL OF A FOREST MONARCH.
Saving Down a Giant Pine Tree In
the Minnesota Woods.

w. s. Harwood in st. Nicholas: I
had my eye on a grand old pine stand
ing a little way from any of his fell
lows, a monarch in the forest. 1t must
have been lao feet, perhaps more, from
the topmoSt point in its glossy green
coronal down to the dead goldenrod in
the snow at its base. 1t was about
three feet in diameter at the ground,
so tall so strong, so straight, noble
tree indeed in very truth a king of
the forest 1t was the result of the
life which dwelt in the tiny black,
winged seed which was lost to view
more than d century and half be-
fore.
While / was admiring the splendid
proportions of the tree, three men came
toward me- One was bright-eyed fell
low short of stature and swarthy of
skin, looking like one of the Chippewa
Indians whose home this forest had
been nobody knows how many centu
ries. He looked the tree over sharply,
stepping to this side and to that, eyed
it critically from various points of
view. and then with a small, sharp ak
cut a keen cash in the trunk about a
foot above the top of the dead golden
rod in the snow. He was an undercut-
ter. a man whose business it is to cut
into the tree on the side on Which it
should fall, so that it may not be bro
ken in the fall, or lodge in the crotch
of another tree. The cut on the side
of the tree is the guide for the saw
yers.
The other men, bearing a big saw,
began cutting down the pine, saving
steadily and powerfully through the
/ fragrant yellowish-white trunk. Now
and then the undercutter would step
up to them to see how thew We're pro-
/ crossing. When their saw had passed
| the heart of the pine the placed a
small bright steel wedge in the path
of the saw and drive it in.
/ Look out there, nowi" came the call
of the undercutter as he looked in my
! direction.
! / made a quick scramble through the
deep snow, nearly tumbling over a hid
! den log, and grabbing my camera as /
! went. l had no Intention of staying in
/ the immediate vicinity, for I had seen
trees like this fall before, and knew if
was a risky thing to stand hard by.
The best directed tree will sometimes
veer a little in it's fall, and woe to the
one who stands below it. Many an
1 experienced woodman has been killed
in just such place; many a one has
| been caught and pionioned, perhaps to
escape with only broken legs or ribs
In a second more the noble pine came
crashing down through the branches
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
ISLANDS NAMED FOR DOGS.
Manner in Which 'The Island of the
Talking Dog" Secured It's Name.

Talking Dog" Secured Its Name.
Chicago News: Dozens, some say
scores. of islands, of greater or less di-
mansions, are known as Little Dogs,
Dog Islands, Big Dogs" ETC., says
the Philadelphia Times An island in
the Thames, now a part of London, is
called the isle of Dogs" Three lofty
rocky islands near ST. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, are known as The Great
Dog George Dog" and the West
Dog" There are Dog Islands in the
Malayan archipelago; off the coast of
Maine; on the coast of Franklin coun-
ty Florida, and another in the Ser
watt group.
On the coast of Kamschatka there is
an island known as THE Island of
Talking Dogs The curious story con-
nected with this spot of land and the
one that gives it the name it bears is
this, according to an Asiatic legend:
The first inhabitants of the far north
did not employ dogs, but drew their
WalruS-rib Sleds themselves. After
ages had elapsed, men made an at
tempt to use the dogs of that region
which, by the way, talked just as men
do-as beasts of burden. The talking
dogs, however, argued the case with
their would-be masters, and were not
long in proving that they had enough
to do to catch game for themselves and
the children of men.
But the men soon learned the use of
the bow and arrow and the spear, thus
running the occupation of the talking
dogs. Again an attempt was made to
! harness them to sleds, but they re-
belled and all swan out to the island
afterwards known as The Island of
Talking Dogs"
Here the game was scarce and the
dogs soon turned cannibals, and by the
end of the first winter there were only
seven left. Some humane Kamschat-
kans volunteered to row out to the
island and bring off the remnant of the
dog colony. But the dogs refused to
leave their barren island, saying:
What people are you? We have new
err seen you before For this untruth,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

Adams. the second president of the
United States appears for the first time
in any postal issue. The larger of the
two sizes viii carry the head of Jefferson
as before. the three-quarters face of Mr..
Adams being reserved for the smaller
Some historical facts are recalled in
this connection. Adams. as will be re-
membered did not like Dr. Franklin. and
was somewhat suspicious of him; vet.
after the close of a century the special
department built uD by Franklin does
this honor to Adams. who is the first
Federalist to be recognized on a stanp
or card. Jefferson and Adams though
politically divided. bore each other per-
sonally in close regard. and died on the
new postal cards has therefore q sentl-
mental interest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

seconds of intense silence. Then !
sprang up, and as 1 came out of my
blouse, shouted: I'll go you, b'gosh!'
There was a roar of laughter, and then
some of those about me urged me not
to go up and have my neck broken
But one old man told me to go in. 1t
was a tough job, but [ finally threw
the giant almost through the floor with
a hiplock. There was a little hesitancy
about giving me the SO, but the
crowd shouted till 1 got it. Then the
old man took me home with him, and
in week 1 had charge of all the
teams in his lumber camps. In time
became a partner and he cleared the
ally match for million
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
Norwegian Antiquities.

Louisville Dispatch: A few years
ago the Norwegian government au-
thorized the opening of hill at Cox
stad, known as the kings mound,
with a view of discovering what might
be buried therein. The mound was sc
named from a superstition that it con
tanned the remains of some old Morse
king The real contents, however, were
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
BY LIEUT.. R. scALLAN.


The balloon is ma novelty on board
ship. Many European battleships are
ALREADY equipped with apparatus for its
reception, fliing and maneuvering. It's
purpose SO far however, has merely
neen TO extend the lookout horizon and
detect tie approach Of a distant en-
envy but heneeforth the balloon enters
on new role, that of defending the
haNles Of the world from the insidious
atSaeks Of submarine vessels, by ex-
leheli1g the field of view beneath the
surface OF the ocean.
RE story of the changes IN naval
maternal which have resulted in the
adoption Of the balloon as an adjunct
70 the warship is both interesting and
instructive Ever since steam and iron
accomplished such a radical change in
modern naVies, gradually Transforming
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

needed at the capital, on the sea route
to Yenesei.
A trial trip of two ice breakers of
smaller dimensions, designed according
to the admiral's plan, recently sue
ceeded, amid the applause and enthu-
siasm of assembled thousands, in fore
ing their way at a rate of ten kuOts
through the ice pack covering the Gulf
of Finland
HOW THE BREAKERS ARE CON
STRUGGLED.
The ice breakers will have a special
form of construction, so that ,hey will
be able to fully withstand the shock of
contact with the ice in front and the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
Negro Turning White.

There is a negro in New York City
who is turning white. The transforma-
ton is not due to fright but to perfectly
explainable causes according to the
physicians who have investigated the
case The mans name is Rufus Her
belt, and he is the proprietor of a CT
gar and tobacco store. Most of his GUS
toners are business men and he likes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

of the other trees, falling upon the fro
zen earth with a noise which drowned
all the other noises of the forest-a
roar which echoed and re-echoed
through the long, dim aisles of the for
est like the booming of some mighty
cannonade
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

a Viking ship, the bones of IL horses,
saddle remnants and a number of
horseshoes. The mound in question
was 10 by $50 feet in height. Judging
from the character of the deposits, sci
entists place the date of deposit be-
tween 700 and 1000 A. D., during the
later iron age.
The horses were some young and
apparently than the ordinary Nor
wegian horse of the present day, but of
the same race as the ford horse.
--<e>s1u><e--
Florida Fruit Chewing Gum has a
delicious flavor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
UNCLE SAM'S NEW POSTAL.

a Portrait of John Adams Designed
For the Smaller Size.
New York Post: The postofice depart
ment has received for approval the dies
for the new postal cards. The most re-
markable thing about them is the fact
that on one Of them the head of JOhr
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
TETHoD OF DETECTING TORPEDO BY MEANS OF A BALLOON

according to Mr.. Herbert, this is the
only unpleasant part in the strange ex-
perience of turning from black to white.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

States That Will Elect Governors.
New York Sun: These are the states
which elect governors next year: Ala
bama, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan pin
gree's successor), Minnesota, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, North
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont,
Wisconsin, Wyoming and New York.