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PnpnIn,inn.

That is u lueer method ~ the con
u bureau in determining the center
~ the ooun,ry's population. The re-
-ult ~ the computation Is not the
center III population nj all, ACCORDING
Ia the popular uccepiatiob ot that
term. In making the calculation tho
GENIUS officials consider the whole
country M n plano ON which the poo.
Pile are standing. AMI then The point
ia ought where tho plane could DO
balanced, supporting every iphabiiant
to weigh the namo. This makes a
resident Of the PHc tic Rlopc * mt
Tor more than II citizen 81 tho midclo
west because ~ the element NJ dis.
lance. which Giyea the Pacific c0asi
resident the advantage or n longer
lever. Tho census officials estimate
that IL people in San Francisco com
terbnlsnoc ~ IN Boston. says the Her.
aid Of the latter city. SO tho dbs0
luto center Of population, according
20 numbers, would bc farther rssi
and considerably farther north thnn
southeastern Indiana. Whai the
ensus bureaus calculation show, 10
really tho center OF gravity.
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FRoM nEv. MR. NH CHILL.
PHILADELpHIA. May 30, 1901.

PHILADELPHIA. May 20, 1901.
EDIToR INDEPENDENT:
The. Assembly clused yesterday.
holding FROM May l5th. Tie sessIons
have been very full, Keeping Us from
carly morning til late at night. |
had hoped /" stay II few days l" SEE
the city. but will hurry Oh to Far
mmgdale, Long Island. to see III,
~neices, whose motht z, my sister, Teul
home" II few years ago. We have
been having rain Il good deal ~ THE
time, 50 the weather haL been col !
There are some things Inch strike Il
western man as peculi TT. FOR fouI
cents !oI can buy the three moSI
popular daily pnpen. Numberles
sign- q 40 on from ueur the 'lepOis-
.Guoh Lunch D Cents - Cen
Lunch Rnum,T Shaving . Cent; 81!
ShAves for "a q rarter." But, o
course. wages are Inv and .Inploy
inert hard to get. The West is I'll,
place. wen il prices are down.
!. man met Inc on the platform
asking for II postal carl and hurn-4
oil to get chnnge tn pay for it. II,
protested that he must pay for it, nm,
after some trouble brought me
cent. "
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winch prrys upon the cutworu.
The ~ insect Parasites may develope.
however. later III the srasnD When
rhe fields are very thoroughly irrignt.
ed. gent numbers ~ the worms ara
drowonrd. L, ID therefore probable
that II the fields wert dire narrowed
before the first irrigation and
thoroughly flooded tina IA great maj-
GRITTY ~ those worms winch escaped
the harrow would I've destroyed by
the water. In rRstern Nevada the
cuiworm has practical men. emerge
tic and Intelligent To deal with and it
will be- very surprising il IT long has
the best Of the situation.
In Eiko through tie kindness of
Regent Booher aud Mr.. Tnplrlt | had
m opportunity to rIaEIIue one Of the
most Interesting thIngT ANY student
Uf we tern geology would wish to see,
the ElkO CO Il mine. One needs only
10 look out nver the barren hill roll.
my away as far Is the eye can reach
III every direction from the town. to
SEQ how extremely useful such nm III
dustry M coal mining can beSome.
IL we take into confederation the
recent nature Of this coal formation
the depth 81 the mine. aud the close
resemblance Of the fossil plants 20
tbO"' now growing III Nevada. the
coal lorna lou serug OF Il surprising
good gu lIlty. or course the qunnti,,
~ ash remaining after the cOnl ~
burned IL Of very great imp rtHncr;
hut 1t wnuii lie scarcely FIR Ia Judge
this before the mine hRs been mora.
fully Developed and has reached IA
considerably greater ,lcpth. The
men who are looking Tor coal and oil
around EiKO deserve all that their
energy md enterprise may enable
them To discover.
Que who VISITS Ijlko for the first
timo cannot Tail to be Impress ID 10y
the pcrmanence and smlidiIy Of the
town and ny the number OF thought.
ful,forccful people whom he meeIs as
well as 10y their hcnrtiness and hos.
pitnlity.
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An f.,.r,.,inr ceup,r1.

=
Prot Young. who fpent Monday in
leaking over the t.lko coal and OIL
fields, writes Prof. ;Lnuderback as
follows oOnoernInR the country:
The interesting section ot country
lies Just south Of Elko and on the
south side NJ the Humboldt river. II
consists OF q series Of nllu:p hill Inoue
OF very great height until u di It ,nce
OF about II miles irom the river s
reached. these hills take the form
OF parallel ridges with a south west
ernly trend.
The formation consists nj a senes
OF beds OF varying thickness These
beds seem to be confOrmabl. (f)
They. have a south earterly dip
varying from 20 degrees upward and
u strike parallel to the ridges. The
following beds wore distinguished.
commenc ny with the lowest Fl st.
l Volcanic ~ash-white aud sandy
in texture
2 4 white thin bedied shale. The
lanellas sre very thin. few OF no
fossils.
g. A buff colored thin. bedded
shall, characterized BY fossil hearing
beds and Ignite seams. The fossils
are mostly Of vegetable origin.
The following ormations we're. also
observed, INIT their exuct relation Ia
the foregoing could no: be made on,
within the limited time at my dis.
pcsal:
A A buff color-d Sand stone.
B a dark colorAd shale (<aiI to
give by anrl,s els a high percentage
ct parHffine)
G A quartzite and q~u7rtzite cnn
Clnmerate. ,"
d A kuff.colored sandstone.
F. a limestone Of considerable
!, thickness and fossil bearing.
+. a quartz porphory associated
with the quarIzite.
In ad. iition a peculiar substance
wa funnd in the hills abnnt 6 or 7
miles as: of town. This is a brown
tar like material and occurs in the
cracks and assures of a bold bluff 81
saudsionP(?) ne or two instances
were noted in which it was found OF
h roof OF the crevIce.
Economically the country ia inter
esting for two reasons One til,
presence Of Ignite bcda. which ar,
Of sufficient thickness and quality Il
he nf some conmercIal value. It il
reported That s!ls ash content ia low
and the appearance of the ignite il
the mine and above ground how,
that il stands exposure fairly we'll
II breaks down, somewhat. hurn
with 4 moderate length flame an
gives ont considerable heat. Activ,
development is going on upon thest
beda.
S-c0ndly-the probability Of oi
, being struck. it is locally rep-nrte,
that the above mentioned p~eculia
tar like substance contains a hipl
percentage Of paraffins. This, takel
with the fact that there are ahale
y exhibiting similar r%esultR, ia regarde,
= 40 Al indication of oil. Howeve
' good these NAV he IN indications q
oil. it should be noted that, while tn
Q black elIale is ~ some extent, the oC
]currences Of the other are eItremel
y local and exceptional. The prospect
ing fer oil must Of nee, ssity, there
' Tor, be ny boring.
y Yn have asked me whether i
would DO worth your while to com
y up here. | should cay that 20,
V could probably iut in "a week an,
render the people OF EIko consider
y able service.
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COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDING

Following are the procee dipgs OF
tho commissioners ut the meeting
heIu Monday, June Sd:
ELKo, June 3, 1901.
Present - james Clark, w. ".
WeHthers und Phil shy der.
Minutes Of previous meeting read
and approved.
The money in the county treasury
was counted und found correct.
TIis official reports Of the several
county oil, era were read and filed.
The official bond Of Il. NJ. Ian d.
road supervisor Of Starr valley tOAu
ship. was examined, approved nnd
ordered recorded.
The petition Of citizens Of North
Ruby valley, praying for II change d
road, WIS granted.
The petition Of cit zens OF Hook
and BBnop school districts. pray ing
for u change Of boundary was grunteu
The following transfers were made
from, the general fund into the fol
lowing road funds:
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The petition 81 citizens Of Pleasant
valley, praying for the formation Of u
new school district, was granted.
The new dist rict tn consist Of thu,
portion Of Pleasant valley district
east OF Dry Creek, which runs be.
tween NJ. Ii. Miller'5 and Cardeu'r,
and to be known as Rabbit creek
school di .irict.
The buard adjourned until July
!, 1901.
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Tho uoI,n,,I.s, Ma, 1, Fit,

40 well M the hnudsomesf, and
"thers arc invited 10 call on any
"rugeist and get free n trial bottle of
Komp's Balsam for the Thcnyi and
Lungs, Il remedy that Is Guaranteed
~ cure and Ill, ye all Chronic and
Acute Co. -. Aetbma. bronchitis
and Ccus" ton. Price 30. NH
SOC, Fol ."In ~ Elku Drug Co.
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Prot. Nesse surprised the people OF
Elk0 last night by tangling himself
up in II matrimonial o tied b,
the Rev. Benz umin x. Darueille. The
event was kept q profound apcret. b.
the interested parties. Int the newa
ut the marriage soon spread around
town and the small boys were out in
force with tin-pans to start the newly
married pair on their Journey through
life.
The bride Miss Seitie johnson. is
the oldest daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Wick johnson. She grew up here
and has a host or friends. who wish
her M abundance Of auualine md
prosperity. The gro nm ia tho fnnn Ter
and conductor Of the EIkn Business
College. fiP, too. has nm rmv oi
trien'ls that wi n inn aud his wife n
world of happiness
4" The ceremony took place at the
residence Of the bride ia tie presence
Of few invited guests. After the
ceremony the stoom Hnd bride took
'he we5tbrund train for Fernialp.
California. whore they will puss their
honeymoon. A large Gro cd was nj
The train 10 shower nee uu the ha .Ip,
couple and bid Thorn God speed Oil
their journey.
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anb.rnn,nrlni Apnoin,m.n,..

The Governor has made the follow
ing appointments:
Bord OF Uemth.-Dr. s l. lie
Q ron; DR.. s. y. Gibson. Rene; Dr
T. Hansen, Winnoniucca.
Miliiary-Co. a. captain. D. NJ
II an. first lieutenant. II. Conrad
accond lieutenant. B. l.. Bowling; Ca
u. captain, D.. j. Sullivan. frat lieu
tenari. q. d. Pyne, second ~lieutenan,
WIN Black.
GeoFge ID. LouJerback OF Reno,
deleAate to the international Mining
Congress to be held In Boise cit, 4,
Idaho.
Abraham Fisher sas appointed y
commistioner OF decide for tie State
OF Maryland.
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IN th+ United States Court nj Oar.
o Monday. The argument IN the in
junction suit Of the Oregon SLor,
Line Railroad Company ngainet Sen.
store Clarke company WA continued
until tho 2I.b on motion Of the plain.
HG.
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Cnas liver.
YcrRcIOus
j. is. ADEL,
Hospital Steward.

She was a aweot young thing md
they had exchanged the ballroom tor
the conservatory. As his arm stole
abont her mousselino do sole waist
she m%urmured:
Gam ! the fret girl you svef
huggedS"
lilo wss a newspaper mar. and
therefore he could not tell n lie, 20 he
replied;
"No. eweetntgs; yon are the third
edition | have put to press tonight
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Deering Ideal Giant Mower.

Every Deering Mower is II Giant in strength and each
possesses the same admirable qualities, but the Giant Of
all is our special large machine for small horses, which
cuts n 6-foot swath with as little eXertion us o;her mowers
cut A feet. The apple ttion of Deeriug Roller and Ball
Bearings to harvesting machinery created n demand Tor
wide.cutting brs. They also made Dcering mochi les
famous. us Deering machiaes have male roller and ball
bearings equally famous.
We have built up n large trade IN these mowers in the
native or .ss and alfalfa sections, which other mowers
wisely avoid. 1t is mechanically correct; has n wide,
str ing frame; the bar is beaded, giving spec al rigidity,
and tn. materials are tn, best that money can buy.
We have just received a carload of these mowers. We
will sell you the
AZ foot Ideal mower for. $50 90
5 foot Ideal mower Observation-Disclosures. 90 80
s foot Ideal Giant mower for ......... 62 90
6 foot Ideal Giant mower for ............. G5 90
W. IL 9A1AagAGge11A DD99l11LEs2A ~ SSll.2s
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Lieutenant Charles Murphy OF
0oid liiU has been promoted to n
capisincy III the regular army. He
10 now IN command Of company OF
native troops in Tho Philippine.
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A fine display
Call and Inspect Them.
SEYMOUR JACOBS,
ElkO's Merchant Tailor.

For SALE--A ranch in
Ruby Valley, containing
5000 acres, together with
the stock on the ranch. For
further particulars call a,
or address the lNDEpENpEsI
Office. "
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FARMINGDALE, LONG ISLAND.
MAY ~. 1000.

ceuId not be present with the
spike q the Bro In rlIund aud pc 'ple
on a beautiful hill side cemetery
hera
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BILLS ALLOWED.

Following is n list cf the bills al
lowed by the Board Of County Com
missionen at their regular meeting
TN Monday June 8 1871.
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OUR

At Assembly il Phila Ielphia. with
Il miasi mary from Caina and one
from Oregon. / had II roum III the
Hotel Lorraine. It's emblem liz the
date palm. The hall way. leading I"
the office: II lp5 I ct Long, IS feet
wide, and borIered with palms in
h"xes. the walls. frors Of halIa.
stairs, bath rooms and dining room
are OF, granite aud marble. The din
ing ronm is on the eleventh floor. with
L ok! light Of glass. From it We Look
down Upon the city.
/ asked'a member ~ the hospital
ity committee: "Why 10 yon iruu-.,
us III Ii murble palace?" tie answer
ed: We cannot treat you mission
aries too we'll. We suppose you
don't get this every week"
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] now have in stock, just received.
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RICH MEN ~ THE CHURCH

Mr.. John Converse IL II member OF
the hospitality committee lie 10 u
director i'll and manager ~ the bal /
win l~ocoinOtive works. Sherr 9."UO
q work and where I2.00G locomu
tives wee made last Year. Mr.. Con
verse il mn T. der and WIS chairman
nf Il meeting on missions held ~ tie.
Academy ~ Music. Il large theatre Of
four galieries.
John Wnnnamaker, the merchant
prince. is an Elder II Brthrny church
Superintendent 81 u s .bbmlh school
school Of over 5000 members. H..
presided ut the grcat Sunday school
convention IN the same hall the luI
lowing night. We have lC2 churches
and over $4,000 Sunday schuoI schol
hrs III Philadelphia.
Mr.. Pitcairne was orr Vice. MoIer
ator. He 10 II Sunday school MAJ
md Superintendent ~ the Western
Division 81 the Pennsylvania line ~
railrOad.
Prcsi lent Harrison was on the re-.
vision committee ut the time ~ his
death. with Mr.. Harlan. me ~ the
Supreme Judges ~ rhr Nation.
II n no di.grnce to bea Prcsbyter.
ian iu the EHst.
(r%b continually
j. ANTHONY MITCHELL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-18
EnffnE a Living Ok

Only the very few among US run any
risk, in the course of our peregrinations
and vicissitudes, of being invited to
such Objectionable dinners as it was
the lot of Bruce, the explorer, to eat.
Such very nasty feeders as the Abys-
sinians of his day are becoming ex-
tinct. Fancy sitting down to table and
seeing the meat walk alive into the
room! That was their custom. And
they ate it alive, too. the brutesi
The wretched OK was tied fast, head
and legs, and then, by a delicate in
cision on both sides of the backbone,
near the launches, the attendants were
able to strip it's skin away, to enable
them to cut slices from the poor ami
NAL again and again without touching
an artery. The guests ate the meat
raw and quivering to the music of the
roars and believing of pain of the OK
of which it was part.
This is hideous, and even the least
particular of men may be excused for
shirking an experience of the kind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-18
MUCH MONEY HERE
Provided the Claimants Can Only
Make Good Their
Claim.

Detroit, Dec. 1S.-The only mining
shaft in this part of the state has just
been started in the Ecorse marsh
about Il mile south of the village of
River Rouge. John A. Russell and
other Detroit men are sinking a pros
pect shaft with the idea of mining salt
and thus getting it directly instead of
by the brine and evapOrating process
in general use.
If their mine Is a success it will be
the only salt mine between Syracuse.
y. Y, and the Kansas salt mines.
Work commenced a week ago and only
the preparatory steps have been taken
as vet in the work of sinking the shaft.
A hoisting engine is being used to re-
move the dirt as it is shoveled Into
buckets by the men in the hole. A
depth of about ten feet been reached
so far
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-18
Killed for %. 600.
TO MINE FOR SALT
Shaft Going Down in Michigan to
Find That Commod-
ity.

Chicago, Dec. 1S.-A claim has been
made to practically all lake shore prop
erty lying east off the United States
survey line of 1921. This time every
thing is included between the Indiana
and Wisconsin state lines. covering
property held by the Illinois Central
railroad, the Illinois Steel company
and other big corporations. represent
ing a value of millions of dollars.
Claimants to the north shore tract
are said to be DIR. Jacob Nine, +. II.
Pickering and NJ. T. Benson. Those
alleging title to the south shore tract
are said to be Il. ID. Marks and :. NJ.
RiddisOn, both of Chicago. The north
siders assert their title rests on revOlu-
tiOnary scrip secured many years ago.
while the south siders place their faith
in some other scrip obtained by DR.
Nine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-18
NO GROUND FOR \ CHANGE
AIaso Men Fruitful of Assertion and Bar
rem of Facts, Says Root.

NIaso Men Fruitful of Assertion and Bar
rem of Facts, Says Root.
"That furnishes no ground for turn
ing the board out of office or for post
poning the election and OvCrturning
the election machinery carefully pro
vided 10y the representatives of the Gu
han people in convention assembled,
and establishing new machinery for
the purpose of putting adherents of
your candidate into office. If such 4
course were adopted new nominations
would equally require new postpone
mentS and arrangements, and an
election might be indefinitely post
poned. 1t is Il false theory of official
responsibility which assumes that gen.
tlemen placed in conspicuous positions
of public trust will he guilty of official
malfeasance because they may person
ally prefer one candidate rather than
another.
AS to the assertion that the central
board of scrutiny has in fact proved to
be unfair something besides mere as
sertiOn is necessary. No facts are
stated Ey YOU to sustain this asser-
tion, except that YOU allege that an
illegal selection of delegate to Il pro-
v1ncial board of canvaSsers has been
approved: but you give no facts show
ing that the selection was Illegal; and
you state that there was Il failure to
post n list of taxpayers which the city
council of Havana ought TO have post
ed on the 29th of October. This was
not the business of the central board of
scrutiny.
II am Informed. moreover, by cable
from Havana that the list in question
was posted ON the 30th of October.
The single days delay could not have
occaSioned you or your associates the
slightest injury or Inconvenience. and
an objection based upon il Is. in the
highest degree. technical. While 1 do
not for Il moment suppose that you in
tend any such result l cannot avoid the
conviction that your request calls upon
the United States for that very inter
ference with the Cuban election which
your associates have deprecated. and
which it is our duty and purpose TO
avoid.
Your application must accordingly
be denied.
II remain. with great respect,
Your obedient servant
"ELIHU ROOF.
HSpcrptarV of WapS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-18
is TOO TECHNICAL
Those Complaints of the Maso
Men in Cuba Regarding the
Election Board,
so IT SEEMS TO SECRETARY ROOT
He Denies the Request That the Elec-
ton for President Be
Postponed.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-Secretary
Root has addressed a letter to Sidel q.
Fierra, the representative of the MasO
party in Cuba, who is at present in this
city, denying his request for post
ponement of the Cuban elections. The
secretary says:
'Sir: The application for post
ponement of the Cuban election pre-
sented by you on Saturday. Dec. II.
III behalf of the supporters of General
Maso as q candidate for president of
Cuba, has been carefully considered.
The effect OF granting the application
would be to prOlong American Occupa-
tion and postpone the independence OF
Cuba and the control of the island by
the government of her own people.
Reasons for the Application.
This ought not to be done in the in
terest of any candidate. or without the
most weighty and substantial reasons.
The substance of the reasons which
you present is that the central board
of scrutiny as now constituted is COM
posed Of gentlemen none of whom is in
favor of General Maso. and all of
whom are in favor of General Palma,
and YOU declare that that board is un-
fair and will he unfair in the perform
ance of its duties.
Central Board Is Defended.
THE board to which you refer WAS
constituted without reference to any
candidate. and before any candidates
had been nominated. 1t consisted OF
the president and four Of the dis
tinguished members of the constitution
al convention elected by the people of
Cuba to provide for the establishment
of the new government. 1t had the
approval of the convention and Of the
people whom the convention represent
ed. Since the board was thus cOnsti-
tuted candidates for the presidency
have been nominated. and it happens
that YOU and your friends have nom-
mated a candidate who has no adher-
ent in the board.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-18
HAD 1T IN THE CONTRACT
That the Men Employed Were to Take the
Places of Strikers.


Places of Strikers.
Chicago, Dec. 1S.-William J: Chal-
mers and Henry a. Penton, of the
AlliS-ChalmerS company, were before
Justice Prindiville in his court at 126
Washington erect, Monday on the
charge of conspiracy to do an Illegal
act in connection with the bringing of
workmen from the east to take the
places of striking machinists. The ac-
tion was brought under the recent
state law, which requires that work
men be Informed in advance of any Ia
bOr trouble existing at a plant in case
they are hired to come from without
the state to take the place of strikers.
-Four witnesses We're heard, and then
the case was continued. James J. Cog
gin. Harry Winchester, Richard Smith
and Gus Johnson, who came here to
work for the Allis-Chalmers company.
all testified that they were told that
the strike was over, and that they had
signed a contract which they read
first. The defense produced the con-
tract, and the witness identified it.
One clause read: 1T is understood
that l am to take the place of men on
n strike at any place the company may
decide to send me-"