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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26
Gold Found.

An important discover! has been
made on American Flat in the placer
claim owenca by W, Il. Shackeltou.
He located the Electric placer Claim
and during the development work a
bunch OF black sand was encountered
that bids fair 10 develop into a VERT.
aola bonanza. \ small test was sent
to Selby's and returned 400
u ton in gold, Should tue pocket de-
Nelop into something regular as no
doubt it will. American Hat will be.
come a beehive. Placer mining has
been carried on there III u dcsultory
manner for years, but the present dis
rovery will greatly stimulate that iu-
dustiy Report.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26
SEvApA.s TAXABLE WEALTH.

According to the annual report OF
Controller Davis, the total assessed
valuation OF real estate and personal
property for 1899 is s23,5G6, i5S.3 6 OF
this SUBSCRIBED IL the valuation
placed upon roal estate and s7,70i,-
2Oo.lO upon personal property. In
addition to this the net proceeds Of
mines were valued at Sl26,25l.S,
making the total valuation upon
which taxes were collected S23692,-
10000. The assessed valuation Of real
estate for 1899 shows u loss NJ $780,.
iOG.9D "a compared with 1898. while
personal property was assessed for
sSSl,G5L.l0 more i'll 1899 than it was
III ISIS. This leaves u net gain on
real estate and personal property OF
S3Ia,2iI.20 over the assessment OF
lS9S. The net procceds Of mines fell
from s33o,034.l Is in 1898 to sl26,25l.33
III 1850, a loss OF 500. 1920. Iuclud-
ing the net proceeds OF mines. the as
sessed valuation OF all property III the
State IN 1899 was $500, 709y69 a
against S23.5lT,2i529 i'll 1898. Il net
gain % SlIo,i6iio.
Those figures present some queer
phases. Personal property shows IL
fair increase in value, due, doubtless,
to the increased price OF cattle last
year, while the value OF real estate
and improvements shows a loss Of
So02 iO6.9O. 1t is difficult to account
for this loss when the price at which
Nevada farms are selling is taken
into consideration. Governor Sadler
aud Controller Davis boasted last
fail that mor land was assessed last
year to stockmen than ever before in
the history OF the State. The loss,
therefore, cannot be due to the fail
Gre OF the assessors to aSsess State
lands under contract TO the stock,
men. 1t must be looked for else
where. Some Of it may be due to the
decreased value OF real estate in
Storey coouty and other mining SEN
tiers, but this is hardly possible, as
the outlook III nearly all the mining
camps OF the State wa brighter in
1899 than in 1888.
These figures show conclusively
that Nevana needs a better system OF
assessing property than she now has.
Her people are fairly prosperous and
the value Of farm and other real es-
tate is steadily advancing i'll nearly
every 81 ctioD OF the State. Fgrm
lands are commanding higher prices
than ever before and town property is
keeping pace with it. Yet the valua,
ton placed upon real estate and in.
provements in 1899 il 500. 90 less
than 1t was in 1898. IL this decrease
III the assessed valuation Of real es.
tate and improvements continues q
few years longer. taxation TO the
small rancher and the man who owns
a little house in town will mean con.
tiscation.
The correction OF this evil is a prob.
lem for the next Legislature to solve.
Property that now escapes taxation
must be made to bear its Just pro-
portion OF the expenses Of State and
county governments. When this
property is added to the assessment
rolls i'll each county, the total yalua.
ton OF taxable property in the State
will be at least fifty million dollars,
The rate Of taxation will then de.
cceaso and capital win seek invest
ment IN the State.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

The stampede to enter the Oklaho-
ma public lands, upon their opening
Ia settlement, is II matter OF recent
history. The government has be-
tween 10000 Geo mud 100 oOO,CO0 acres
OF arid public lands which can be re-
claimed through irrigation aud made
more productive than the lands of
Oklahoma; and tie government could
sell its land to settlers as fast us it
reclaimed it.
Such important works as storage
reservoirs should be built us internal
Improvements anc permanently mnin-
taiDd by the State or Federal govern
ment. This would give absolute US.
surance OF safety to communities
farming below them. Without such
u guarantee Of stability, the inherent
fear OF a settler III reservoir systems
cannot be overcome, for the irrigator
is always at the mercy Of the reser-
voir.
1t is well said. why should the arid
west not have its share of the great
sums u money which are being cx-
pended by the government Tor interu-
al improvements? What good reas
ons can be advanced why tue western
States and territories should con-
tinue to contribute to the building Of
the east and south unless the west is
given 4 fair proportion Of the eSpen'
ditures for such purposes? Eastern
States whether seaboard or interior
get the proportion OF harDor or river
appropriations but the arid States Of
the west get nothing, wen while they
contribute their share TO these eX.
penses.
Crops evapnrate 300 times their own
weight Of growth annually. To al
low the growth of weeds in an irri-
gated field means an immense loss OF
the precious fluid so necessary 10
! plant iie. While the man causing
waste gets all the water he wants.
still he drprives the irrigation works
Of proportion Of its capacity thereby
cutting Oft some Il or causing an
increase | expense and perhaps n
resulting loss to himself in the end.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26
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!. The latest postal laws are such
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and refuses to pay for it.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

\ Sunday school superintendent Mt
the close OF an address. which be WIS
sure he mad kept within the compre-
hensiOD OF tie leas; Intelligent o! The
scholars, smiliugly invited questions
a tiny boy, with II white, eager face.
and lHrgo brow, ut once held up HIS
hand. -Pleasc, sir. why was Adam
never a baby The superintendent
coughed X pome dou5t es to what
answer to give. but a little grrl OF o.
the eldest OF several brothers and sis.
tefs. come promptly TO his aid.
'Plcasc, sir" she said smsr,ly.
shore vac nobody to NUS him.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

An extraordinary fact disclosed by
recent events in railway affairs, and
especially by recent conferences in
this city, is that ten men practically
control all OF the railroads IN this
country, says the New York CONNER
cinl Advertiser. The names o, the
men are: William X. Vanderbilt,
%Pierpont Morgan, l.. II. Hartman.
Coils L. Huntington. George J..
Gould. james J. Till. \. j. Casset.
William Rockefeller. Jacob II. Scbir
and james Spyer, With two e1ccp
ti0us Messrs. Till and Cassett-arl
OF these men are residents Of Nsyy
York city. There are other men Of
Influence and power in the railroad
HELD but the ten men named domiu.
ate the situation absolutely.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

lie I~SoErESDESr has made a com
htDatlou with the San Frnrcisco Bul.
letin ny which both papers will be
u~eliV'red 10 subscribers by carrier
tpt nhc dollar u month. Every sub.
scrIbcr 10 both papers gets a So, Of
beautiful Sin burst photo.
- KS inches. OF Dewey. Schlcy and
sampson, Americas great naval
heroes These pictures are works OF
art and will ornament my home.
SubHcribc now and get these beauti.
tnI pictures md the latest news " tho
world IN the Bulletin and the local
and state news In the tapErESpErr.
subscriptions received at this office
or by the solicitor.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

State Treasurer Ryau's report
shows that the States strong box
contained on January |, 1899. 1871.
l7l.I2: there was paid into the treas.
ury from all sources during the year
s~ll2,i99.Si, making a grand total Of
S1lV,62lli. The total Of
the State government Tor the year
ls'p were 1878, 1f9.it. leaving q bal.
ance on January /. l0OO,ot SENSIBLE
In tho State school fund there is in
state and Unitei States bonds.
Sl,3'G.1&o.a5, SGs5.cO0 of which is in
United States 1 per cent bonds.
Against that ia bonded indie bted
ness OF sGTl,T955.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

President LOubet has managed "a
hold Office till now without his medal
In a rev days he will have this im-
par,nnt certificate OF election. a. it rs
beng struck Mt the mint. On one side
there IS the Presidents head in pro-
file with the words. Emile Louhet.
President lie Ia Republic Erancaise."
and on the other side a figure Of the
Republic standing before the election
ballot box dropping in NJ. Loubet
name. with The Inscription -EIu par
rAsssmblee Rationale le Is Fevrier
lSy9.' Every Deputy and Senator
will receive II of them .-LoudUn
Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26
TELL YOUR SISTER.

y Beautiful Complexion ia an ,mr,s
sibility without good. ppro hIoyJ ,ha
sCtt thht only cS;s,' 10 connection
WIN good digestion, n bcnlthy liver
aud bowels. hnri's Clover Root 70,
scts directly on the buwcls. liver and
kidueys keeping them In prrim.i
eeaitb. Price - cts. and ~ eta. Ia,
sale by Elko Drug 90. wv
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26
THE GOLD CRISIS.

Every shipment OF gold out OF the
United States adds a link to the al
ready strong chain OF evidence that
the gold standard is a weak thread on
which to hang the material and pcrs-
onal welfare OF the nation. und too
narrow an edge upon which to bal
ance humanity.
That England Is drawing upon us
10 provide for her expenditures i'll
South Africa ut the rate Of nearly Il
million dollars daily, ought to open
the eyes OF American citizens to what
may become Il situation OF positive
danger. Tho administration organs
boast that We are heavily supplied
with the yellow metal but with the
heavy drain going Oh our supply can.
not last much longer and then what?
The United States is occupying tho
anomalous position OF the worlds
storehouse OF gold and every nation is
drawing upon us for supplies. In
deed there is nowhere else for them
10 20.
Why should a war with which We
have nothing whatever to do throw
our money market Is well rs those OF
the whole world into confusion! In
every great money center-London,
Berlin, New lork-there is Il money
strmgency and the greatest appreheu-
sion OF a gold famine. Moreover the
condition OF the money market is
necessarily seriously affecting every
branch Of business.
Edmund Thery, in the Paris Matin,
declares upon the most emphatic fg.
ures that the embarrassment OF the
English money market Is just begin
ming, and thar gold Is bound to al.
vance III price all over Europe. \
truly singular thing TO say OF a fixed
money standard. Between 1879 and
1899, he says France. Austria, Spain,
Italy and Russia have been boarding
gold until at the present time nearly
one thousand millions OF gold are
prisoners OF State held withou: any
possibility OF relieving the English
market.
Iu spite OF M alleged output OF the
worlds gold amounting to S3oO,GCQ.-
600 in 1899, the European money
stock has been diminishing for three
years. Nine of the principal countries
ofEurupe have decreased their money
stocks from eight billions of francs IN
1897 to seven billions III 1899, and the
contraction is still gong Oh.
Millinery does no. include the Unit
ell States in his investigation. but all
things considered this country stands
in u worse condition than the cuun
tries mentioned. because We must part
with our gold at the demand Of Eng
land, and she now demands 1t IN such
quantities that unless peace be de
clared 10y the end OF February. a
crisis OF gold will be upon Us and not
even the present currency bill can
save the nation and the world from =
panic, heightened by tie persistence
i'll using the standard metal, gold, rs
the main merchandising element in
financial affairs.
When the full meaning OF the COL !
standard shall break upon the intel
hgenco OF the American people It Will
appear as the most damnable conspir-
acy against humanity ever devised.
England's g:eed has brought US ~
the pitiable condition that the slight.
relaxation OF her control over the
worlds gold brings financial disaster
and ruin. This ls accentua;ed 10y
the present makeshitt o, the currency
bill. which plunges the nation deeper
into the slough without furnishing a
way q: retrest.-Ex.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

Congressman Newlands has receive
ed his quota Of seeds Tor distribution
in the State and will send them to
any one desiring them. Address al!
requests 10 Francis @. Ncwlands.
House of representatives, Wishing
ton, ID. &.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

\ novel idea Of saltiug cattle comes
from a Kentucky breeder. He saya.
always put salt on the bacss ., cattle
aud not on the ground. Il, doing SO
tie sait works through the hair and
forces the cattle TO lick themselves.
which keeps the hair nice and glossy.
Should there be any ycrntu on their
backs the salt kills tbcm. lie Claims
That he has followed this plan of salt.
lax Tor fifteen year and always has
nice healthy cattle, lilo says VIXEN no
goes into the pasture with a sack Of
sats every COW begins licking her
back.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26
Random Notes.

The originator Of the story that
General JoubeEt, the Boer command
or, Is a native OF Louisiana and an ex.
Confederate officer confused him
with another Colonel Joubert, who
WIS in the Confederate army and a
native Of Louisiana. tie was a Gre
ole aud lived and died in Louisiana.
The big department stores OF New
York were bothered during the holi-
days because they could not get
enough pennies. The banks were
unable 70 supply the demand, and
the sub treasury bad 10 come to the
rescue. In some cases the big stores
had ~ pay a small premium to secure
enough small change.
Recent experiments by the experts
OF the Fish Commission in Washing
ton have demonstrated that genuine
pearls of high quality may be grown
N an aquarium, fountains. fish
ponds and i'll any other pools Of water
which can sustain mussels, oysters
and otheS mollusks that emit nacre.
the beautiful ir!dcsceDt secretion Of
which pearls are made.
y Washington observer has come
TO the conclusion that q greater mum
Der OF prominent mon. foreigners rs
well "a Americans, pass the coruer OF
Penus! wanna avenue and Fifteenth
street in a given time than pass any
other corner in the country. Il il
the beaten track to the White House
Of Ambassadors, Ministers, Senators
at1 Representatives.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26
NOTICE.

by order % the Board Of County
Commissioners ~ Elko County, State
OF Nevada. made this 9Th day Of
February. 1879, notice liz hereby
given that all persons who are charg.
90 upon the county must come tu the
County Hospital. Or all claims Tor
their support will be disnllowed by
said BonrG except ~ cases OF extreme
emergency.
Attest: \. G.. DAwLEY
County Clerk.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

The frs. people TO live IN the
twentieth century Will be- the Friend.
ly Islanders for the date line, as it Is
called lies Just ~ lie esst -. thr,-
group. At ;hHt time, though it will
be Tuesday to them. the rest Of the
world Will be enjoying the last lay OF
the nineteenth century, Dec. 81. 1900
~ Melbourne the people will be go
ing 20 bed: at Manila it will be two
hours earlier or ) o'clock in the even
ing; at Calcutta the residents will be
eating their 6 o'clock dinner; and in
London Big Ben in the tower OF the
House Of Commons will be striking
the nOUn hour. In New York and
Washington 1t will be Monday morn
ing while Chicago will be barely con.
scioHs Of the dawn. San Fruncisco
viii be III the deepest sleep OF the
early, dark hOnrs OF Monday morning
and half OF tie Pacific slope will be
wrapped in the darkness Of the same
morning hUur=, which become earlier
to the west Until at Brooks or Midway
Island 1t will be but "A few minutes
past II on Monday Observation-Disclosures
Home journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

Through the rlscally rottenncss OF
the naval construction department
the contract speed Is only q fraction
over IL buots, while that 81 British
cruiser, is uysf - knots an hour. Tba
ocean liner Wilhelm der Grc1sc made
an average Of pa knots in her last
trans Atlantic trip. "a the principal
object " building vessels Tor the
navy is FOR the purpoee of capturing
merchant vessels during war with
foreign nations, tho average lands.
man fails TO see how the now cruisers
can bo used Tor that purpose, IA tho
modern ocean liner would leave them
hull down in the chase Of a single
hour.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

The mar who fixed up n brand neg
81; OF New Year resolutions and has
withstood temptation Tor three weeks
Ia just beginning to wonder il whisky
will really keep Till 1901. It's ten 70
II that tho resolution won't.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

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best pills made Tor constipation w.
use no others Quickly chr, MI
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26

Lewis Dennis. Salem. Ind. says
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troubles. Elko Drug Go.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-26
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EDGAR RETNitNRT

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Hoods ptIl, care liver Ills: nonlrnta,tns and
oniJ eIthArue to take with Hoods SAr,apaIillA
The times., 1900-12-18
A LARGER REDUCTION LIKELY
Probable Action of the senate on
War Revenue Revision.

The Senate Finance Committee will take
up the consideration of the War Revenue
bill Immediately after the holiday recess
of Congress. The prospect is that the
committee Will amend :he House bill Sc
as to provide for larger reduction OF the
war taxes than is made by that measure
as it was passed by the lower branch OF
Congress.
The House cut off substantially $iO,eoo
600 from the annual receipts of the Gov
ernment although Secretary Gage recon-
mended that the sums should not be more
than $50, 600, 600 The Senate Finance Com
mittee still believes that the condition OF
the Government business warrants much
larger cut than was recommended by Sec
retary Gage. and that it would be the
height of wisdom to pass at this session
all the revenue legislation that is TO be
enacted in the near future.
Before final action is taken. however,
the members of the committee will make
a searching examination of the condition
of the Treasury, and enquire very care
fully regarding the prospects OF large
surplus at the end OF the current fiscal
year and the fiscal year ending June 81,
1901. If this examination brings the re-
suit expected by leading members OF the
committee it will cause no surprise II
the Senate provides for a cut of S6O.00o-
900 or more in the revenues al present de-
rived from the special war legislation.
The times., 1900-12-18
CHANDLER URGES ACTION.
The Montana Senatorial Case Comes
Up in the Senate.

During The morning hour in the Senate
yesterday Mr. Chandler asked whether the
Committee on Contingent Expenses had
taken any action in the Montana Sena-
torial case.
Mr. Gallinger stated that the committee
had not had an opportunity TO act.
Mr.. Chandler asked that the Committee
en- Privileges and Elections be given power
to 90 ahead in the case as the Committee
on Contingent Expenses seemed TO have no
desire to take action.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas stated that if Mr..
Chandler was anxious to have the matter
before the Senate both Messrs. Clark and
Maginnls would be pleased 20 appear be-
fore the Senate very shortly.
Mr. Chandler replied that Ii there was
money enough in the United States Treas
ury TO make an investigation, he wanted
one made. He announced that if the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses did not
make report very shortly. he (Chandler)
would move TO have his committee dis
charged from The consideration OF the
case
The matter finally went over.