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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
STATE OF NEVADA 60
COUNTY OF ELKo.
ELKo. Sept. 1, 1899.


COUNTY or ELRo.
ELRo, Sept. 1, 1899.
Tie Board OF County Commission
ers met pursuant to adjournment.
Prcscnt-James Clark. ii. NJ. Reed
and ". ~ Weathers.
The minutes Of previous meeting
we're read and approved.
The money in the county treasury
was counted and found correct.
The bill OF [. II. Pogue for justice
OF the peace fees WIS laid W until
the next meeting OF the board.
The sum OF $50 WAS transferred
from the General Fund to the lrdi-
gent Fund.
The oil .inl bond OF K. NJ. Wood
ward. justice OF the peace Of Cope
Township. WAS examined and APP
proved.
The reports of the several county
officers were read. examined and APP.
proved.
The following bids TO furnish the
county with wood were opened and
examined:
VT Craze, 10 cords. .....W Sc 20
G + Drown. 10 to - cOrds..@ 4 90
FN Burner, 10 20 10 cords. a.. q 90
Vim Roberts, 10 to 5Ocords. n i 90
Il Crane. 10 Goods. ......m q o.
Geo Clayton, 10 to 20 cords. e.. u co
J I Iriplett. % cords. .....m &C.. q 90
Ihe0 Dayton. IL cords. ....m.. u 90
c + Drown. % to 90 cords. a.. > 30
Upon examination the following
persons were awarded contracts to
furnish ten cords each at &c per cord:
G T. Drown, FV Burner, " L Crane.
George Clayton, j + Triplett md
Theo Dayton. Said wood TO be de.
liyercd subject to the INSPECTION aud
approval Of the Chairman OF the
Board.
Upon motion the clerk was author
lied and instructed ID accept SO
from james 5. McAvin in payment
for certain property belonging to
said Mc.Aylu, but sold for Delinquent
taxes on january Ii. 1879. and bid in
10y the treasurer for Eiko county.
And it IS further ordered that the
treasurer withdraw the deed given
10y said treasurer now on lille in the
recorders office, transferring said
property TO E!ko county and cancel
the same.
i communication flied herein hav-
ing been received from the commits
sioncrs Of Washoe county regarding
McCad., an inmate of said
Washoc county hospital, claiming
said McCadc to be a resident OF Elko
county and requesting his removal
thereto.
After thoroughly Investigating the
matter, upon motion ii was ordered
that the clerk he and he is hereby m
struc;ed To answer said communica-
ton AMI deny the assertion that Elko
county Is III any way responsible for
the maintenance or expense of main
tanning said McCade at The Washoe
county hospital or any where else.
No furthcr business appearing, the
board adjourned 20 meet as a hoard
Of equalization on MonEay. Scp,cm.
Der i, 1899.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

Surgcon.G General Stcrnberg has Ie.
csived a c%ablegram from the Direc.
tOr.Gcncral OF the Medical Service OF
Great Britain. asking him for 300
copies Of Il publication called "Sani.
,ary Lessons Of the War;" II this
number could not be obtained, the
DitcctOr.Gcncrn has asked for per.
mission to reprint tho publication for
distribution among the medical Off.
GERS OF tho British army. IL deals
with tho sanitary condition OF camps
md management 81 everything per.
tanning Ia the medical department
during the war with Spain. The sig.
n]iiicancc Of Of the request by cable is
in the preparation now being made
for n possible war in South Africa.
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BRING your job Work 10 the Gypr
PENDENT Office. Los prices.

"a" 'SbhrENbENr has made a com
n'nH'i"h with the San Frar cisco I}ul.
Gun ny which both papers will lc
Ich'crcd to subscribers hy carrier
'"T on" nhllnr II month. Every sub.
tcriber to both papers gets Il set OF
beautiful sttn burs, rhoto.cngravipga,
- VS. inches. OF Dewey. Schlcy and
Sh'nrsun,,, Americas great naval
her"cs. These pinturcs are works OF
nv ana will ornament any home,
suoscfibc NOW md got these bcauti.
luI pictures aud tho laice, nows Of the
"orin in the Bullctin aud the local
mo state news III the ISDErESpFNr
SUBSCRIPTIONS received at this office
or 10y Tho solicitor.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

According to IA tabulatod state.
men issued lay the TREASURY depart.
men the exports from the United
States have increased 10 per cent in
the past ten years. This is fnr ahead
OF the gain na L. in amy other coun-
try. Germany shows "A gain Of -
per cert III that time, France ten,
Switzerland six, and tho Netherlands
OF three per cent. England in those
ten years has made no gain in her OK.
ports.
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THE NEwsPArEn LAW.
All subscribers Should Read the
Following Law aud Avoid Trouble.

All Subscribers Should Read the
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.
/. All subscribers who do not
give express notice To the contrary
are considered wishing To continue
their subscription.
>. IL subscribers order the discon.
tinuancc of their periodical the pub
Usher MAJ continue To send it until
all arr,Gragcs are paid.
;. IL subscribers refuse or neglect
to take their periodicals. from the
office to which they are directed. they
are responsible until they have set.
tied their bills and ordered them dis.
continued.
i. Subscribers moving to otl!e
places without Informing the pub
Usher, and the papers are sent to the
former address. they are held re-
ponsihlc.
). The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the
Office or removing AMI leaving them
uncalled for. is prima fdcie evidence
OF intended fraud.
&. II 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 be responsible until an express
notice with all aErcaraGes are sent to
the published.
I. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fr1wd who takes n paper
and refuses to pay for il.
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For Sale
JAcKs SrArInM. July y. lsg.

JAth = SIAllpS, July -, 1881.
Special bargain. |, will pay you to
gee it; 400 acres Of State land. 100
under fence; house Of six rooms. on
ground floor, with upstairs, lSx30,
and Il good cellar; lumber house
and s'T..e room for % horses. There
is a good we'll OF water at the back
door. One cuu always make a few
dollars for meals and hay pasturage
for horses. y tine range and plenty
OF good land can b, bought if wanted
and there IS an Abundance Of water.
Located nine miles above Mrs. John
sons, on the Mountain City
road. The house is pretty well
furnished. VIII be cold tor eight
hundred dollars (sSOOl. winch is 800
less than cost. ] will be at the sta.
ton for a month.
MEs. \. VI. MCNFEE.
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Chinese Historical Methods,

The Chinese court historians work
does not see the light until the reign
ing dynasty comes to an end.
In this way these cclesiial histor.
JAMS have IN opportunity OF describ.
ing most truthfully the vices and vir.
tues Of the famous rulers, and the
real Significance OF the events which
taEe place during their reign. They
can write what they p'cssr witlmIt
fear OF censurc, for they knnS tla.
their work will not bc published ns
long as the rcigning dynasty ln,ta.
This has been the rule for more
than 1000 years.
Tho duty OF these historians IL To
wnte Il plain account Of al the events
That occur during their tenure Of
Office. At regular intervals their
completed work is taken from them
and locked up in AN iron safe or
vault. There it remains until the
fret member Of new dynasty rs.
cends the throne.
II 10 then given, with all the other
histories IN the vault. To the cour,
historian who is then living, and from
tho mass Of documents hc is expected
to prepare a truthful history OF the
dynasty which has just expired. The
present dynasty has been rcigning
since lGil, and consequently no
court history has been published
since that time.
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nevada Power Company.

y new company was organized here
last night which promises to he i'm
rorlant to Reno aud Of interest To
this part Of tho State. II is styled
the Nevada Power company and has
been iuaugurated primarially TO con.
troll certain water rights near the
canyon Gust ~ town. aud from the de.
vclOpmcnt of thcsc rights. secure the
immense power tn he had there Tor
transmission To the CUmstOck. To Re.
no, or wherever in the vicinity power
may be required. Engineers Of re.
putc assert that during the dry aeas
on nor water flows down Steamboat
creek than IN the Truckcc river: this
. location gets the benefit Of both
The distance from the canyon tu the
tomGto1k is about seventeen milce.
as compared with twcnty.eight miles
I" Floiislun.
Eastern capital ia behind The now
enterprise. which "a capitalized for
half Il million. Articles 81 incorpor.
ton will be fled aud officers elected
in the very near future Gazette.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

IL we could have irccr aud CHEAPER
distribution Of the products Of labor
the cry o! ovcr.proluction would ma,
DO heard. Millions in want Of tho
oommonest necessities md comforts
OF life in our v land prove beyond
successful contradiction that there ia
no oyer.productiop. Even with tho
fullest production, our own country
Ia always within n year Of starvation.
jackson tMicb) Patriot.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

Canals, and particularly ship can
Als' arc costly undertakings. Tho
canal cost c%2O.OOO.0O1, the Man.
chester ship canal C~lG,OUn,OOO. the
Sea canal cT.5OJ.0CO. tho North
Holland and the Corinth cannla
~t'i'ouO'OOO each, while tho partly com.
Panama canal has swallowed
up owe 10000, 900.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

kodol Dyspepsia Cure is n scion.
tiiic compound having the cndorsc.
mcnt Of eminent physicians and tho
medical press. II "higpsta what Won
cnt' md positively cures dyspcDsin
NJ. y: k"tron, Bloomingdhic. Tenn
says 1t cured him Of indigestion ~
ten years standing. Elkn Drup 20,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08
DO YOU KNOW

Consumption is prcyentabIc? Science
has proven that. and also that neglect
Is suicidal. The worse cold or cough
can be cured with ShIloh's Cough
and Consumption Cure. Sold on pos.
tive Guarantccc for ovc fifty Years.
For sale by Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

There are so many languages
spoken in the provinces Of Austria.
Hungary that interpreters arc en-.
ploycl in tho various parliamcnts to
interpret tho speeches Of the dele.
gates aud make them ineligible TO
NIL tho mcmhcm.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

The Atchisou Globe tells OF u Pit.
a.Pat society. lts members are
wOmcn whose hearts act strangely on
the approach OF II man. In later
years when the women are married
and have children the soCiety still
keeps up its pit.Hpat feature with
tho slipper aq an emblem.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

Sabbath school at l:3O.
Christian Endeayor at 7:3O.
The Senior and Junior Endcayor-
crs will hold a Union service.
Rev. Mr.. Mitchell will be absent in
Glover Valley.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

There are now three or four hun.
dtcd men working underground ia tho
Comatock mines. When the electric
power comcs into use there will prob
ably be two or tbrco thousand men
Mt work again in tho mince.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08
Does This Strike You?

Muddy compilations, nau~cntlug
breath come from chronic cOnstipa
ton. karl's Clover Root Tea is an
absolute cure and has been sold for
fifty years on an absolute guarantee.
Price - cts and 30 cts. For sale by
Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

Best On the market for coughs and
colds and all bronchial troubles; for
Group II has no equal writes Henry
x. Whitt0rd. South Canaan. Conn,
81 One Minute Cough Cure. EIko
Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

In n speech in New York the other
night, Congressman Lcntz Of Ohio
referred TO President Mckinley ~
the helpless aud doicnsclCss President
with II mortgage Of $4,000 on his
hhckhnnnF
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08
Hay and Feed Stable.

By order ~ the Board ~ Conn,y
commissioners, all bills against the
county to he acted uunn by the
hoard, must bC filed on nr before tho
saturday immediately preceding the
Monday upon winch The Brnrd meets.
otherwise the bills will not bo acted
upon until the next meeting OF the
Board.
Attest: A.. g. DAwLEY
County Clerk.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08

a,-:1A a. Z-:n 81
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-08
SAMOAN AFFAIRS,
State Department has Little Informa.
ton Concerning Conditions.

otutc department ms Ai'ttc lnlorHlt-
ton Concerning Conditions.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. June All
OF the Information that the state de-
partmcnt has received relative to the
progress OF the work OF the Samoan
commission ut Apia. save brief state
HeHt that the natives were disarming.
has come through the press dispatches.
No intimation has come from any off,
cal source to the effect that the three
consuls and the chief justice We're to be
relieved. The Intentions OF the British
and German governments Us 20 their
own consuls are known only at London
and Berlin, but so far rs Mr.. Osborn.
the United States consul, Is concerned.
there is no intention on the part Of our
own authorities TO remove him. The
impression prevails among the officials
that Mr.. Osborn has been fortunate
enough TO avoid making enemies at
ApIa and he is believed 10 be obnoxious
neither TO the German nor the British
elements.
AS to Chief Justice Chambers. the
Samoan commission, II is said. has no
power to remove him. He IS part OF
the machinery of the government Of
Samoa provided by the Berlin treaty,
and he can be dcposed only through,
complaint formally preferred by one
party to the treaty and found sufficient
by the nation from which he is ap-
pointed or by combined complaint by
two of the powers.
His office cnnlot be abolished by
the commission for their proceedings
are entirely al referendum, wherever
treaty changes are involved
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-08
MOUNDSVILLE BUDGET.
Yesterdays News From Marshall
County's Chief City,


The funeral OF Miss Alice Koontz who
died Tuesday morning. will be held
from the residence OH Second street,
this afternoon at . o'clock. lnterment.
Mt Mt. Rose cemetery.
The Ladies' Scw,hg Society OF the NJ.
e. church will give n strawberry and
Ice cream festival on the court house
lnwn Saturday evening.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety OF the NJ. T.. church will meet
with Mrs. c. C. Mathews this evening.
ut 7:3O o'clock.
Captain +. Klmplc. of the steamer
Ben Hur, was the guest OF his brother
ln-law. Bruce Potts, In Wheeling, ycs-
tcrdny.
Rev. W. a. Williams. pastor of the
Presbyterian church. and wife. left
yesterday for Columbus. Ohio.
Congressman and Mrs. Dovcner were
the guests OF POSTMASTER Lynch and
family yesterday.
The housc committee OF the w. C. Il.
Y. viii meet this evening with Mrs,
Oscar Wright.
Mrs. Cora II!Ggs and Miss Laura
WOODBURY. are the guests OF Wheeling
friends.
Miss Norma Scott returned yesterday
from n months visit with Pittsburgh
friends.
Mlsa Rctta johnson left yesterday TO
bc the guest OF friends at West Liberty.
DR.. ". J. Carney returned yesterday
from n professional visit to f.lttlcion.
d. C. 1larNIns, of Cameron. was In
tho city yesterday.
l.. q. Martin was visitor at Rosby'a
Rock yesterday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-08

and that, in comparison with other
Asintic people. they are above the
average. While not as Industrious or
thrifty as the japanese, they compare
favorably in intelligence and sobriety
with the best Of other Asiatlcs. be-
lievc firmly that the masses of the peo-
pie are not turned against us with those
feelings of hatred and revenge which
we cannot overcome. When they fully
understand that our Intentions are
honorable, that the recent conflict has
not been justified from their stand
point, and that possibly they have been
mlsled by ambitious leaders. I am con-
tldent they will readily accept my form
OF government we may Institute. No
greater misfortune could befall us than
to have the Philippines dumping
ground for mcrcenary politicians. Here
Is our greatest danger and II We can
safely intrust native Fi!lpinos With n
goodly portion of the lesser offices for
the administration of the interior. we
Will save ourselves from the greater of
two evils.
THE United States have assumed a
mighty and unavoidable responsibility,
not only to themselves and the natives.
but to the world. In occupying the Phil
ipplne Islands. They could not return
them to their former sovereignty. sell
them to another power, or Yield them to
native rule without shirking such re-
sponsibility and taking backward step
from which the nation would never re-
cover"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-08

Not guesswork. but science.
Not step backward, but stride out
OF the old ruts. I
Made possible only by Pasteur's,
Virchow's, Mctchnikof's and Slocum's
latest discoveries in bacteriology, by
gicnc and therapeutics.
In plain English, system OF modern
scientific disease curing.
The System consists of Four Prep
arations which act simultaneously and
supplement each others curative action.
You are invited TO test what this sys-
teri will, do for you, il you are sick. by
writing for free treatment to the Slo-
crm Laboratories, New York City.
WRITE 10 THE DOCTOR.
Send your name and full express and
postoffice: address to the Slocum Labor
atories, % Pine street. New York, and
mention this paper, and the -Four Free
Preparations Of medicine will be for
warded you.
The system is positive cure for con-
sumption, that most insidious disease,
and for all lung troubles and disorders
complicated by los; o! Acsh, Coughs,
Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, etc.
Thin, pale, weak people become fat
and hearty by,its use.
The test is to- try it
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-08
FEEL THE CHANGE
Hundreds Voluntarily Endorse o
Springfield, Ohio, Product.
a Statement by a Well Known Citizen
Who Has Found Great Relief
by Using L..

The time has come when people In
Wheeling feel the change Many peo-
pie in this city have given voluntary en-
dorscmcnt OF the grcnt change they
have felt after using Morrrw's Kld-nc-
ODDS; the people realize the good obtain
cd by their Use and give hearty express
sion of the same.
kidueot6s will cure inme back, KID
ncy Gacknchc. urinary and kidney dis
or1icrT, slccpieasncss and nervousness.
We always like to give reference as to
the merits OF MorIpws KId-nc-o,ds and
this time refer you TO Mr.. VIM. Stein.
who lives ut a53 Market street. lie says:
II WIS troubled for somc time with
severe and very sharp pain ACROSS the
small OF my back Just over the kidneys.
became nervous and sleepless: my
sleep wac so broken that could not get
the rest that | should. and would get up
feeling rIorc tircd In the morning than
when | vert to bed. was advised by
my friends tO try Morrows Kid-nc-oids,
and after SECURING some Mt Chas. r.
Goctzc's drug store and taking them nc
cOrding to directions. ! waB greatly re-
llcvCl. Mr.. Goethe guarantees them to
cure or will refund the money"
MorTUw5 kid-ne-0idS are q great
nerve tonic which acts on the nerves by
restoring them to their Tomal condi-
ton without artificial means We war;
rant the remedy TO do all that We claim
If used aS we dlrct.
To confirm the statement OF Mr.. Stein
We want You 10 ask him about Morrow's
Kid-nc-oids. He Is n grateful man and
will be glad to tell you personally how
much no VIVA bprril.cl by their uap 10
not confound Morrow's Kid-n.-otds
with my kind OF kidney pills. they are
no, pills at all but yellow tablets, which
IL the most scientific way of preparing
medicine and the purchasers OF them
ahoulh be careful 10 ECO that no other
remedy IN substituted. They are put
IN In wooden boxes which sell for 80
cents Mt Chns. II. Gcctzc's drug store
Descriptive booklet mnhcl upon request
by John Morrow & Co. chemis.s
Springfield. Ohio.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-08

Do you cough?
Do your lungs pain your t
Is your throat sorc'and raamcd2
Do YOU spit up phlegms
Does your head ache!
Is your appetite bad?
Are your lungs delicatef
Are you losing flesh?
Arc you pale and thin1
Do you lack stamina?
These symptoms are proof that you
have in your body the seeds Of the most
dangerous malady that has ever devas-
tated the earth-consumption.
Consumption. the bane Of those who
have been brought up in the old-iash-
Toned beliefs that this disease was hercd-
itay, that it was fatal. that none could
recover who were once firmly clasped in
its relentless grip.
But now known to be durable. made
SO by the world-stirring discoveries Of
that man whose name has been given
to this new system OF treatment.
Now known to be prcventable and
durable BY following and practising his
hygienic teachings.
The new system Of treatment will cure
you OF consumption and of all diseases
which can be traced back 10 weak lungs
q, a foundation.
It Is not drug system. but system
q germ destruction and body building.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-08

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