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CIRCULAR FOREST FIRES.

General Land Office, Washing
ton, ID. c., March IL, 1897.
For the information of all CON
cerned, attention is called to the
following act of Congress, ap-
proved February "a, 1897, entitled
IAN act to prevent forest fires on
the public domain"
Registers and Receivers, United
States Land Offices, and Special
Agents, General Land Office,
should promptly report to the
proper United States Attorney all
information they may receive rel
ative to the violation of the pro-
visions OF this law.
Z. F. BEST, Acting Commissioner
G. N. BLISS, Secretary.
PUBLIC No. IS.
AN Act to prevent forest fires
on the public domain.
BE 1t enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representa- yes oil
the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That any
person who shall wiltully or ma
llciously set on fire, or cause 10 be
set OH fire, any timber, under
brush, or grass upon the public
domain, or shall carelessly or neg
ligently leave or suffer fire to
burn unattended near any timber
or other inilammable material
shall be deemed guilty of ms
demeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof i'll any district court of the
United States having jurisdiction
of the same, shall be fined i'll .
sum not more than five thousand
dollars or be imprisoned for term
of not more than two years, OF
both.
SEC. 2. That any person who
shall build a camp fire, or other
fire, i'll or near any forest, timber
or other 1ntlammable material up
on the public domain, shall, be-
fore breaking camp or leaving
said fire, totally eXtingulsh the
same. Any person failing to dc
so shall be deemed guilty of a
mlsdemeanor. and. upon convict
ION thereofin any district court OF
the United States having Juris
diction of the same, shall be fined
in a sum not more than one
thousand dollars, or be imprisoned
for term OF not more than one
year, or both.
SEC. B. That IN all cases aris-
ing under This act the fines col.
lected shall be PAID into the pub
lie school fund OF the county in
which the lands where the otfense
was committed are situate.
Approved, February 24, 1897.
The Springfield herald., 1898-01-14

IL. G. Hazelwood OF London, Ky
was the lowest bidder for the
Lumberton and Pagosa Springs
mail ronte bidding $639 per year.
He will undoubtedly sub contract
the same to Ute Indian who will
carry the mail on Il burro. T. f.
Stillings OF the same place was
lowest bidder toI the Piedra route
which was $119.-Pagosa Springs
News.
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Live Stock and Grain Reports.

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fund to l.. F. Mathews $3.50, from
special fund district 40.
Bid Of Out West Printing Co.
tor furnishing of books and Office
supplies for county for 1898, ac-
cepted.
Bid of L. A. Wikoff for furnish
ing stationery for the county for
1898, accepted,
On motion Thos. ii. Goodwin was
made purchasing agent tor the
county, for 1898.
Adjourned to $50 a. m. January 6
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BY a telegram from Fort Worth

By a telegram from Fort Worth
Texas, we learn that:
"The Western Union Beef Co..
has Just sold 5000 steers off its
West Texas ranch to Clinton An.
derson of Wyoming. The con-
sideration is said to be worth $175
600. The Western Union Co., is
disposlng of ell its stock and prop
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New Mexico and Montana and will
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largest cattle company III the
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Commissioners Proceed,n gs.

Commissioners Proceedings.
Board of County Commissioners
met Monday January 8 at 100 p.
m. Present, Thos. II. Goodwin,
chairman, L. Hall and S. l.. Florey
commissioners, and LEWIS L. Math-
ews. county clerk, when the fol-
lowing business Was had and done,
to wit:
On motion of L. Hall. seconded
by S. l.. Florey, Thos. ii. Goodwin
was elected chairman tor the en-
suing year.
The Official bonds were exam1n-
ed and approved.
The following new bonds were
examined and approved:
Aft b. Allen, county treasurer.
J. NJ. Watson, j p precinct No 1
M. NJ. Myers, x
Thos. +. Mllligan, Co. assessor.
+. NJ. Whitaker Co. clerk.
S. w. Cole, county sheriff.
Theo. Brown, j p precinct No. 9
Bond of Edwin 9. Myers, county
superintendent, laid over for fur
tler consideration.
Tax stubs of 1896 tax from No.
591 to 671, compared with tax roll
and cash book.
Adjourned to $50 a. m. Janua
ry 4.
Met as per adjournment.
Examination of Co, treasurer's
books resumed and stubs of tax
receipts of 1896 tax, from No. 671
to S44, checked and compared
with tax roll and cash book. Also
receipts of '95 tax from No. 932 to
$50.
Adjourned to 1870.
Met as per adjournment.
Stubs of 1894 tax from No. Ill l
to 1116 comp ared and tax receipt
No. 1114 credited on tax roll, same
having been omitted by treasurer
Tax stubs of 1898 tax from No.
1894 to 1899 compared and check
ed with cash book and tax roll.
Bond Of Edwin G. Myers exam
ined and pproved.
Adjourned to $50 a. m. Jan. 5
Met as per adjournment.
Examination OF treasurer's re
port was resumed and warrants
paid, cancelled. Also interest cou
pons on county bonds to amour
of $454.SS, Cancelled.
School bond No. /, school dis
trlct No. 4 for $500, cancelled will
IA coupons for $3.50 attached
Interest coupons district 4, No. 13
IA, Is and Oof 1850 each, can
celed.
Tax sale certificate No. 237, sale
of '95 cancelled.
School orders Oh various dis
tricts, paid, examined and cancel
ed.
The following tax sale certlfi-
Gates examined and cancelled: Nos
40, sale of '94, 90, sale of '95, 90
36, 46 and go. sale of '96 and Ger.
tificates No. u, 66, 3, "a, 81, 40
A and 81.
Treasurer's report completed
and approved.
The clerks semi annual report
examined and approve. Also the
state reports.
Resignation of John Yokum j.p.
filed and to take effect when his
successor is duly qualified.
On motion Fred Willis and
Frank Dober were appointed jus
tees III precinct No. 3.
County treasurer instructed to
transfer $11.6O from special fund
school district No. 40, to special
fund district No. 5. Also to re
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oon'. Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lilo Away

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lilo away.
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the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days
Over 400, 1000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac of your
druggist, under guarantee to cure, Soc or
elOO. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
The Springfield herald., 1898-01-14
The snow of this week delayed
the Lamar mails one day.

the Lamar mails one day.
2nd Quarterly Meeting will be
hrld at w. II. Konkel's Jan. % %
Sam Smart has purchased the
grocery store of Mrs. Gilbert and
will assume control next Monday
Miss Alice Cole has gone to Las
Animas to spend a few weeks
with her sister, Mrs. Thos. II. God
win.
Harke, the phonograph man.
who was to show here last night,
was on hand but the extreme cold
deprived HIM of a crowd.
Several bad cases of measles are
reported in the eastern part of the
county. 1t Is said to be IN the
fCaddick and McAdam families.
Mrs. Mary L. Cole made a trip
TO Villas, Monday to make her
last official visit. Tuesday she
turned the office over to Edwin G.
Myers.
S. w. Cole has taken charge of
the sherili7s office. He will not
move his family to town but will
i''bach' in the old Murphy resi-
dence, what time it is necessary
for him to he here.
Geo. j. Cornish OF the extreme
southwest corner of the county.
dropped into town Monday even
ing to attend to business at the
county seat. He remained over
till Wednesday noon.
Judge Doughty returned to his
home at Lamar, this morning, after
nearly two weeks fighting the e.
lection contest in the county court
for the plaintiff. Judge Doughty
handled the case with marked
'bilty.
Sidney Tate, young attorney
came In with the mail stage from
Lamar, last evening to see this
place with view to locating for
the practice Of law. He was not
favorably impressed and went
back this morning.
Jacob NJ. Watson who has been
i'll town lor several days lett yes
terday morning for Minneapolis.
He purchased several head of cat
lie while here. of ID. A. Rinehart,
(which he took home with him. He
also bought some cattle of Geo. J.
Cornish.
LF. Mathews is selling off his
household effects. He will move
to the ranch with his mother for
the rest of the winter. Next sum
mor he Will take his family and
visit in California. He expects to
go to Garden City, Monday, to see
some cattle he Is having wintered
at that place.
Judge Upton left here Wedncs-
day afternoon to return home, to
Trinidad. He got to make quite
a long visit with his friends III this
place-longer perhaps than he
cared to. The contest trial, in
which he was attorney for defend
ant, took up all of last week and
three days of this. The Judge
noted all the improvement thst
has been made since lie left these
parts.
Beauty, Utility and Value
are happily combined In Hoods
Sarsaparilla Coupon Calendar for
1898. The lovely child's head in
an embossed gold frame, surround
ed by sprays OF flowers III mosaic,
the. harmonious pad in blue with
clear figures, and the cupons by
means Of which many valuable
books and other articles may be
obtained, make up the most de-
sirable Calendar I'VE have ever
seen. The first coupon article is
Hoods Practical Cooks Book.
4 handsome, useful volume Of $50
pages. Ask your druggist for
Hoods Coupon Calendar, or send
s cents in stamps for one to @. l.
Jood & Co. Lowell, Mass
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-26
Welcome Homo.


Looking more like walking skele-
tons than men. joe Harris md George
Russell returned from Jacksonville,
Florida. In It night ON N,:2.
A large crowd Of friends. accom-
panied by the local band were at the
depot tp give the returning heroes a
heartfelt welcome home.
The boys were certainly made to
feel that their friends we're glad to
see them home again. Both are very
weak and show the effect Of six
weeks confinement In a hospital IN
der tropical sun and racked by rag.
ing fevers. They both give very
gloomy accounts OF the condition OF
the men remaining in camp md urge
that agitation l,osing to their dis
charge be continued. The sick re
port the day they left camp showed
TAO ont Of 1000 men unit for duty,
including Col. Torrey, the Lieut.. Col
onel, the three majors and a number
VI captains.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-26

IL is quite common thing to bee
noted LII the newspapers the finding
81 ore assayiuR two, five, ten or TWEEN
~ thonsand dollars a ton, but it
should he noted aleO that very seldom
ID much heard Of such strikes after
ward. 1t by no means f,llows that
the finding Of such ore means a strike
III importance. Such st likes are
most common i'll new camps or where
people not fused to mining have con.
greRated.. The old miner ia not be.
lever in any such assays. a pocket
m few pounds or hundreds OF
pounds OF such ore may I've found,
but history has yet to record any
such ore in hundreds or thousands of
tons. II is the large body of low
grade ore which pays in the long run.
No pockety or bnnchy rich ore vein
has yet made a famous mine. The
producers which manly adj TO the
bullion output are plain, ever, day
mines, which do not indulge in fancy
assays. but keep on steadily turning
ont milling and Shipping ore. There
are very few men anxious to try the
properties that are only represented
by higb-assayIng ores, while there are
many on the lookout for properties
with ore Of ordinary grade. There Is
SO much chamce for misrepresentation
III such matters that few people with
ally knowledge Of mining can he
brought to believe there is any great
quantity Of work in a mne which as
says INTO the thousands.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-26
INTENSE SUFFERING
From Dyspepsia and StOm-
ach Trouble.
INSTANTLY RELIEVED AND PER-
MANEETLY GURhD BY sTUARr's
DYSPEPSIA TABLETS.
A New Discovery, hut Not u Patent
Medicine.

A New Discovery, But Not u Patent
Medicine.
Dr. Redwell relates an interesting
account Of what he considers re-.
markable cure ~ acute stomach
trouble and chronic dyspepsia by Tn.
u+e of the new discovery, Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets.
He says: The patient was a man
who had suffered to my knowledge
i7r years with dyspepsia. Every
thing he ate seemed h sour and ere.
ate aci ! and gases IN the stomach; be
had pains like rheuEati an in the
back, SHOULDER bla les and limbs, full
ness aud distress af:er eat ng, Door
appetite and l,ss Of flesh, the heart
became affected, causing palpitatlou
and sleeplessIess at nj .ht.
gave lim powerful nerve tonics
and blood remedies, but to no pur.
po'e. AS an experiment 1 finally
bought fifty cent package
OF Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet
at drug store AMI gave them to
him. Almost irnme Ii ito reli,f was
given and after he had used four
boxes he WIS To all api1 frances fully
cured.
There was no more aciiity or sour
Watery rislngs. no bloat,mg alter
meals, the appetite was vigorous and
he has gained between IL aud Il
ponnds'rn weight Of solid. health,
flesh.
Although Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's are al VertiJed md snlJ in drug
stores yet 1 consider them =. ,n,,st val
! liable addition to any phi, sician's line
OF remedies. as they are perfectly
harmless and can be given to chill.
dren or inyalids or in any conditinn
OF the stomach with perfect safety,
being harmless and containing moth
ing but vegetable and fruit es ,ences.
pure pepsm and Golden seal.
Without any question they are the
! safest, NEST effective cure for indi.
Restion. blliousness, constipation and
all derangementS of the stomach
however slight or severe, .. 49,.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are
made by the st art 20. Of Marshall,
Mich, and sold by druggists every
where at fifty cents per package.
Little book ON stomach diseases
mailed free, address Stuart Co., Mar.
shall Mich.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-26
THE NEWSPAPER Law.
All Subscribers Should Read the
FOLLOWING Law and Avoid Trouble.

All Subscribers should Read the
r"''owi"E Law and Avoid Trouble.
. l. All subscribers who do mt
give express notice to the contrary
are considered Wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. Ii subscribers order the discon-
nnuHnce OF their periodical the pub-
Usher may continue to send it upt,,
all aTrearages are raid.
5 Ii subscribers refuse or naoloct
to take their periodicals. from tina
office To winch they are directed, they
are responsible until they have set.
tied their bills and ordered them dis.
continued.
4. Subscribers moving to other
places withcnt informing the pub.
Usher, and the papers are sent to the
former address, they are hell re-
spOnslhle.
3. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals. from the
Office or removing and leaving the IN
mcalied for. is prinIa facie evidence
OF Intended fraud. ........
=. 1t subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end OF the time they do not wish, to
continue taking it, and the subscriber
will he responsible until an express
notice with all arrearages are sent to
the publisher.
Z. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fraud who take a paper
and refuses to pay Tor it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-26
For Sale at q Bargain.

The Cottage Hotel. Ogden. Utah.
Two story brick hotel, furnished, "a
rooms. Nice lawn and shade trees;
good barn and ont houses. Lot
40 255. Only one block from Union
Depot on car line. TITLE PER
Feet. Address,
j. Ii. a. II. r. MCMILLAN,
Attorneys.m- Law,
Ogden, Utah.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-26

The San Frahcisco report Gays:
The companies q the Comstock are
daily holding meetings und arc yot-
ing their pro rata to the sum aaked
for by the Pumping Associstic.u. with
which to start the work Of Drainage
and deep mining. pmtay several
more companies were nd led TO the
list, including the Hale aud NOrcross,
Justice and Con. New York.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-26
To Water CunsunIers,

Owing to the continued decrease in
the flow Of water, water for irrigating
purposes will On,y Ue turned OF from
I A. NJ. to 7:45 A NJ. We ask our par
rons II they will please be as saving
with the water as p' ss.ble, as the
tank this morning Only showed two
feet of water. Respectfully,
ELKo VA Err Co.
August 20, 1893.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-26
ROBERT f.. MOORE AND
MATTE A. MOORE,
DEFENDANTS.


MATTE A. MooRE,' ~ -
DEFENDANTS. =
Under and by virtue OF All order Of sac ,
and decree OF foreclosure issued ont of the -
District Court OF the Fourth judicial Dis
trict OF the State OF hevaua In and for the
County OF Elko, on the 9th day of August, {
1893. In the above entitled action whereof
the Bank OF Yole, n corporal ion. the bov0
named Plaintiff obtan ned q judRmenEapd
decree OF foreclosure against tho nboy q I!
named Defendants ard each of them on tho
End dav OF August. 1894. I am commanded
to sell all thns,. certain tracts OF land ajtu.
ate, lying and being in said County Of EIko
and State OF Nevada particularly described
as follows, to wit: or Section 8. the North
west quarter and the South half Of the
Northeast quarter; Of section 4. the East,
half or the Northwest quarter nnd the
Northeast quarter; OF section o.. the Wekt
half Il the southeast quarter; OF sectto, u,
thesoutheast quarter :of section 81 he SOUTH
west gu Irter OF the Northeast quarter; Of,
section ", the North half OF The Southeast
quarter. and tie South half OF the Northeast.
quarter and the Southeast quarter or the
Northwest quarter; Of Section % the West
half OF the Northwest quarter; Of aertiDD ,
IS: the Northwest quarter OF the North
west qua ter. all in Township 10 North Of
Range 81 East, Mt. Diablo Base and Nerd.
Ion = A.,
Also Of Section %, the North half OF tpe
Northwest quarter and the North east
quarter Of the Southwest quarters! Of 5 q
ton p. the Southwest quarter OF the North
west quarter and the South east quarter OF
North ast quarter and the West half Of the
southeast quarter and the southwest quar-
ter; OF Section rs. the Southeast quarter OF,
the Northeast quarter and the Southeast
quarter and the East half II tho Southwest
gu rter; OF S ction 49, the Northeast quar-
ter OF the Northeast quarter and the East
half OF the Northwest quarter and the RSt
half OF the Southwest quarter; OF section 81,
the Northwest quarter OF the Northwest
quarter, the East half Of the Northwest
quarter and the Northeast quarter and tka
Horth"ast quarter Of the Southeast QuaT'er;
OF Section 81; the ortnweSt qun kkfI OF Tho
Northwest quarter and the South halt q
the North" est quarter, the Southwest quar-.
ter and the Southwest quarter of the 6tfh.
east quarttr all In T.fNnship ~, JN0rth p2
Range 81 East, Mt. Diaolo Base and Merfd-
ian 70" .E' ..'....rs. ,....-.... u
Together with all and singular &c tene.
ments, heredi aments aud 'appuftepapCes
thereto belonging, or in any Wise apper-
tanning. '.HiTr, = D.. - H"!rr.fj -: -
Public notice is hereby given that on Sat-
urday. the 18th day OF October tte9. at
ten O'Clock a. n. OF said day ut tho burt
Elko and state Of Nevada. ! will In 0hsd.
f,reolosure sell the above deBonbSQ' prop.
erty or so much thereof rs mByJb DO nCces-
Earv TO satisfy Plaintiffs judgment ~ b
interest and costs, ~ public auction 70 tho
highest and best bidder or. bidders for cash
lawful money OF the United States: 'g'' -
Sheriff OF Elko County, Ney4da,
Dated September 17th, ISaS. <,,".' ''"'
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