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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09
SCIENCE VS. rSEumo

or every 100 1000 persons who die in
this country, over 10000 are claimed
by pneumonia. Consumption has been
called @the great white plague and
is dreaded above all other discusses, but
the close race made by Its sister scourge
is startling.
The latest reliable statistics for the
country us a whole are those OF tie
census OF 1900. and in the year closing
with the beginning o! the censu count,
there had been lO5,97l deaths from
pneumonia, while consumption had
scored only 5000 more, or lll.O53.
Is it strange, then. or in the least sur
prisinr, that physicians and sanitarians
are sounding "a note OF alarm and ceas.
ing to regard tuberculosis rs the II
great enemy to bo met and battled
with?
The diaelsc is such IN ineidious foe
to the race and does it's work so quickly
that it has not been rs successfully
studied ns come others that are less
deadly. The medical profession IS fully
aroused, however, and will prosecute n
vigorous &c campaign this winter.
Minneapolis il one OF the cities asked
to assist in the collection Of data, and
every other large city in the country will
contribute to the supply of Information.
There will be laboratory work at Boston
New York and Philadelphia, and every
hospital III the land will be expected TO
make reports OF field work.
Thus science hopes TO obtain light on
the cases, manner 81 traumissiOn, con-
ditions that seem to favor the prevail
ence Of the disease, rs we'll rs those
most marked where il is least prevalent.
Much more deadly than smallpox,
and perhaps as ensily communicated,
is pneumonia, yet cities md states are
up in arms against smallpox, communi-
ties 90 into panic over it's presence,
and it is popularity regarded as The pest
OF all pests. while until the last few
years pneumonia has been viewed with
more or less indifference 10y all ave the
medical fraternity.
This is the proper season for "A study
Of the disease, us it begins it's ravages
with tho beginning OF winter. 1t is also
the right time TO take warning, but not
to AXE fright. Pneumonia is ii proven
table disease to the extent that tho
chances OF contracting it are redubed
in proportion 10 the care taken tn keep
the 8! stem in good toue and, so FAR rs
possible, avoid exposure 10 wet and
cold-MinneapoIis Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09
Made Fortune Ia I;cvrIIIr.

\ recent letter from Herman Isci-chkr
OF Rcveille Nye county, to VIII j. DDo-
ley Of Salt Lake City, Informs tine lat
ter that he has received the final pay
ment OF s50. 600 TN his mining HOY
critics at RcvrilIc. winch he sold come
months ago Ia Thomas j.. Lynch Of
Tonopah for $55.OOD. Mr.. ID Obey i
well known to N,yudans through his
successful mining ventures a; De
Lamar, Llucoln county, and at State
line. IIo went to Rovclil" q few years
ago II made several locations near
those acquired 10y Mr.. l;cischIr, AMI 1t
ID said, he intends to begin HorR on
his property oOn lhe district Is about
eight miles wide; will mincraliz. with
many varieties Of lead, silver and iron
ores. II is II district within the burd-
ers Of the great state OF Nevada with
a great iuturc.-EurokH Sentinel.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09

-Don't talk to me abont the recipe
i'll that magazine" eHId MrH. Lane
with great energy. "Wnsn't that the
very magazine that advised me to put
on that sody solution and leave the Ia.
blecloth out overnight TO take OIL those
yellow stains.
AIN inclined to think it may have
becn,' said Mrs. Lanes sister, with
due mcckness 81 sent o Il number
Of them i'll the spring, ! rcmcmhcr.-
well. and what happcncd?" asHcd
Mrs. Lane, with rising wrath.
Didn't the etains d]Isappcur?7 asked
her sister.
"%Disappcar!7 said Nlru. Lime in n
whitening tone. at was the iahI,ciutl,
That Disappeared. ! don't know any
thing about the staius."
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09
INCREASE IN GOLD PRODUCTIONS,

The statement published by our gov
orument that the English enthusiastic
are looking for a future output OF gold
in the Transvaal OF from Sl2O 900. 600 to
Sl50,0p0 GOO a year is stimulating to- the
imagination, just us the realization OF
this prediction would be stimulating to
the speculation md business OF the
world. In the first six months OF this
year the output nf gold in the Transvaal
amounted to about S3S, 900 1000. This is
at the rptc OF S%T6,0C0,0C0 for the year.
Last !ear's production amounted to over
SCI, 100000. The largest production WAS
in 1898, beng ST9,2l3,00O.
The prospect ia, that the production Of
1904 will nearly equal that OF 1S9S-in
other words, will return to The normal
yield Of this region. Coulie labor has
just beer introduced into the Transydnd,
and with this solution OF tho labor prob
lem there should be n continued in
crease in the outpu, OF the yellow metal
in the Transvaal. II the production
should over reach the enormous total OF
$3.50, COO, coo the effect on the business
world can hardly he overcstimated.
With a TranevaGl production last year
OF eel 900, 900 tho worlds output OF
gold amounted approximately to $500.
coo, 900. An increase in the T~ransTaul
production III the near future to 1920,
100000 Il year would En- the totnl ar
nual product OF gold IN the world
10 the stupendous sum of siC0, 100000,
Even a product Of 800, 100000 II yenr
10 an enormous addition to The worlds
supply Of money. Allowing - per cent
10 meet tho demands OF the arta and
sciences. that leaves 800, 0CO,0JO to CT.
ter into the various reservoirs OF ~ ncy.
IDasmuch as the use ~ gold in tho mon,
otary systems Cf che world is now very
largely Rs II rcGcryo aEnils st credit, II
may be enid that MI addition of e225.
100000 to The worlds money Rupply
means mn nd led credit cupDcity ul oycr
. l,O00,0el. n, 'hsn, within two or thrc,
years. 10y the promised increase il
tho production " the ifunavanI. the
worlds output Of gold is expanded &c
si00, 1000, coo, it is cnsy TO sec hos cnor-
nous would bc hO'h the increase in tho
supply Of mon"y and in Tie credit ca
paciiy OF the leading nations Of the
giobo-lrom the Wall Street JouruRl
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09

Vh" most successful ur the grcut nd
vcrii#'ug Evrnnnnie Of the United
States WAS tie vcuhnr If a commodity
known ps "Ilun;ttion Filters" He dc.
visol au cnigm1t'" line. st. 1850.
~ which appeared simultaneously
I'm every American newspaper and pc
riDdicnl Of amy size. aud aluo on the
walls OF inuumcrublc barns. fcuccg nnrI
trees. One day NIL tho rocks OF the NJ
nGnrn falls were covered with the
1a1nc mystic slgn. Forest trccs along
III. lines Or th" ponnsylynnin railroad
were h"wn down 20 afford the pnGgcn-
g"rs II glimpse OF the snuc announce.
mont omhlnluuCd In ~lciicra 100 feet
hi2li on the mountain side. What did
il CnhnliFtIc announcement convoy Z
Not untll the proprietor bud made his
fortune dl1 lu ~cpulr7ccuh t. explain.
"ST. iSGn. &" meant "Sturlcd Trade
In 1860 with Ton bnIlnrP."
5ut n Mcrr Unsrui.
II understand your ruthcr said ! wna
n rusCnl.'
No. Ito r1yq YOU are u frrl."
"lf that's his opinion. tlcn wen have
10 clorc. ll"'ll never give his consent"
~--llOuston rosl.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09
Books.

or tho things TINT make for happl.
ness the love OF books comes first. =
a book. unlike any other friend. will
walt not only upon the hour. but upon
the mood. II nsks nothing and gives
much when II comes In the right
way. Ia your world Il small
one, mndc uncomfortable by n thousand
petty carcsf Are tho heart aud soul OF
you cnst down by bitter dIsnppoint.
mcntf Would you leave It nil, II only
for nm hour, and come back with n new
point Of vIcwf Then open tho covers OF
n book.-FrOm the Masters Violin"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09
The Most Expensive %IiaIirund.

The most expensive railroad in the
world is the New York subway. 4
writer in Lcslic's Weekly, commenting
upon the cost 81 this rOad. says: "'|len
1t ia entirely in operation this road wIn
he about twenty miles III length. Its
cost will be $4,000 go. That IL s3,OOO,-
coo per mile. About eight miles arc
nov IN operation. The fare is five ccuts.
When the remaining sections elIali be
opened ihe fare will uc The anne The
city OF New York has prii The cost of
construction, and the $40, Cos, 900, with
interest, yHar by year, must 10 repaid
10y the operating rOmpnny. Nickel farea
must do thin. II the cost were repre-
sentcd hy five cent coma placed edge To
edge. there would bc u line moro than
$50 miles lOug. We already know TINT
the rOst 81 constructs ion viii be $40 .00O,-
900. ]Equirmcu; will add &2C, 100000 to
the. Tho steel betma md girdcrs in
rlur" wciah l2i.000, 900 pounds. There
wns cHcayu'oi $4,000 cubic ynrds OF
material AZ many ns 10000 men hive
beer employed on 10" work at onc time,
aud the road will give permanent ON
Payment to 200 rrrson". During the
construction there were fatnl ]accidcuin
which cost fifty Iiyca.-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09

The Board met pursuant to adjourn.
ment.
Prescnt-Stanley Rigsby. Phi Snyder
and W. W. Weathers.
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved.
The usual monthly bills were cranIn-
ed, approved and ordered iili d.
The bill Of G.. 3. Russell OF the Free
Press Publishing Company. for printing
lists of registered voters OF the different
precincts was laid over for further con.
side ration
The bill OF S. T.. McGinnis Tor bring
ing body Of +. Brown from Mountain
City to ElKo was rejected.
Money in Comfy Treasury was coun.
ted and found correct rs compared with
the Au litor's and TrcrauIer's books.
The official report Of the several coun.
ty officers were examined and found
correct.
Upon motion it WAS ordered that the
Auditor and Treasurer he and they are
hereby authorized to make the following
transfers tO-wit:
From tho general fund into the follow
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09
ENGLAHD AND rnE AsIAriU WAR

Tho English government ia bong
criticised M exhibiting bId faith in
allowing the Baltic fleet 10 coal ut Port
Said. and in showing uthors cOurtcsic-
to the Russian government quito in.
consistan, with ito offensive mud do
fcrsive alliance with japan.
To what extent this crjticiRm is II
jus. one future events must determine,
but it il evident That England doce
not intend to DO unnecessarily drawn
into my complications with Russia m
The Oriental imbroglio
While English iDtnfaste have been
seriously jcopnrdizcd by tho ambitions
OF RIssia, and a Russian victory ia the
present var would threaten the in
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09

To The Representative 81 the Assocint
ed Press, the editor 81 tho Noyoo Vrcm-
ya. the ST. Petersburg newspaper, hnu
made q romhrkablc stunnncnt. His
paper IL one Of .lic Urc,ul orsnua of tho
Russian capital, and b%clnga to the con.
scrvntiyo element Of the empire. Tho
editor eiid he believed IN the nutocratic
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09

thing ver before occurred in the his
tory Of Amnrican elections.
Mr.. Norcross' largest majority was
in Washoo where it footed up iIG.
TLis Is ID more than his majority in
the State Il u whole, from which il
follows that outside Of Washoe Bartiue
ca FRIED the State by tho email margin OF
3i.-Appeal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09

C~ynicus-Thc propagation Of the hn.
man race depends upon early mar.
rages. Sillicus-ITow do you make
That out7 Cyn!cus Well. if n man
waited until hc VIVA really old enough
10 get married hc wouldn't.-rhilndcl.
phia Record.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09
Dtdn't Know II All,

"Oh." snccrcd tho self important
lawyer who wa8 cross examining. you
think you know It NIL, don't your"
mot quite" replied the witness.
"Por instance, I don't know how you
manage TO secure nm occasional client"
Chicago News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09

Foolish men mistake trnngltory sem.
dances for eternal fact md 20 nstray
moro md more CARLYLE.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-09

\ petition having been heretofore
filed praying that M order be made by
the Board authorizing Hon. Oryis ling,
Superintendent ri Public obstruction at
Carson City, Nevada, TO enter Maud
Murphy a deaf md dumb child in the
Institute at California for deaf and
dumb M II pupil from Nevada and :lre
matter beng referred to the District
Attorney, now thefeiore upon report
from tho District Attorney that the
same is proper and necessary it ia here
by ordered and the said Orvis Ring il
authorized to enter Maud Murphy, Il
deaf and dumb child in the Institute
in California for the deaf and dumb ag
u pupil from Nevada.
4 petition WIS received and granted
from the citizens Of South Fork vt Ten
Mile Creok.
Petition Of citizens Of Starr Valley re-
latinR to changing road in field Of w.. j..
Black wsls laid over.
No new bond having been filed 10y j.
NJ. Erwin tho Office was declared vacant.
Adjourned To meet December 81, 1904.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-29

peon1e stock yards 1t is the
place to which the
greatest number of visitors to the city
are taken. Summer or winter the space
about the Enclosures in which the ami
mails are confined is crowded with peo-
pie who seemingly never tire of their
antics. The big, steam-heated building,
in which the denizens from tropical
lands are kept in the winter time, is not
half large enough to accommodate the
Sunday and winter holiday crowds.
A few weeks ago there arrived num-
Der of new animals, among which were
included tigers, lions and baby chin
panzee whose mother had died in the
voyage across the ocean. Could any one
of the many orphans of the city have but
half the care that little African ape re-
ceived they would think they had
reached Heaven ahead of time.
The Lincoln park ZOO is the best thing
of it's kind in the west. It is not the
equal of the New York geological gar
dens. which are the largest in the world,
but it has few other equals in this coun-
try. Three years ago it's stock of native
American animals was depleted through
the purchase by the Canadian govern
ment of a number of specimens for the
Canadian national park, at Banff.
Though Banff is located in the very heart
of the Rocky mountains, the Canadian
government found it cheaper to pur-
chase animals whose native haunts arc
in the mountains than to capture them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-29

The United States Government
building is on a broad terrace half way
up the hill in the extreme eastern part
of the grounds. Uncle Sam never had
such large exhibit building at an ex-
position before. It. is nearly 800 feet
long and $50 feet wide. Another build.
ing devoted to fisheries built in the
style of an old Roman house stands
upon lower ground directly southwest
from the larger building. The outdoor
display OF ordnance is not the least in
teresting of the government exhibits.
The Palace of Art at the Worlds Fair
contains 1876 galleries. Each gallery
is a large room, lighted from above
and filled with the choicest works.
All countries of the world in which art
has made noteworthy progress are rep
resented. The group of buildings
which house, this magnificent display
represents an expenditure of more than
100000. The group is situated upon
high ground south of Festival hall
The Festival hall is the center piece OF
a rich architectural work browning the
hill which rises above the Grand Basin
and upon whose slopes are the Cascades
and gardens. Here another million
dollars has been expended to produce
a decoration that will distinguish this
exposition from all others.
In short article such as this one
can only refer to such great features as
the Philippine exhibit, covering 40
acres and containing more than 1000
natives from those far-off Pacific is
lands; the United States government
Indian exhibit, covering many acres
and occupying large building; the ex-
hibit of the United States bureau of
plant industry, consisting of an out
door map of the United States, cover
ing four acres; the great athletic field
where the Olympian games of 1904 will
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-29

be held; the Aerial concourse where
the airship and balloon contests, hav-
Ing prizes aggregating 100000, will take
place; the anthropology exhibit; the
4O or more state buildings; the outdoor
exhibits of the departments of asri-
culture and horticulture, covering
many acres; the Palace of Horticulture,
4O0 by 800 feet, containing the largest
exhibits of horticulture ever brought
together; the beautiful Temple of Fra
ternity; the magnificent buildings
erected by foreign nations; the great
Inside inn, where 5000 guests may find
accommodation at rates from $3.50 to
$500 per day; the extensive live stock
pavilion; the great landscape clock
made OF flowers, 112 feet in diameter,
and giving the correct time of day:
the intramural railway, which gives a
seven-mile ride for a single fare, and
many other things of interest to WIS.,
itors.
Even to the timid traveller st. Louis
presents no complications. 1t is all as
plain as a b c when once you get your
bearings. The streets all run east and
west or north and south with rarely a
confusing diagonal. Market street and
its western extension, Laclede avenue,
are the dividing line which separates
the northern and southern sections Of
the city. All streets north and south
from Market begin their numbering at
Market, so that No. 1924 South Broad
way. for example, would be 20 blocks
south from Market street. All east and
west streets begin their numbers at the
Mississippi river, so that No. 1920 would
be 81 blocks west of the river. Some
times in long block 200 numbers are
allowed.
All trains into St. Louis arrive at
Union station, one of the finest rail-
road terminals in the world. The sta
ton is on the south side of Market
street between Eighteenth and Twenti-
eth streets, so that when the visitor
energies from the station he finds him
self at the beginning Of the city num-
bering both north and south and Is
blocks from the river.
Standing on Market street with his
back to the station the downtown or
main business section of the city is to
his right about one mile. The Worlds
Fair is to his left, westward about five
miles. All the street cars are so Ia
beled that he may easily know which
cars to take. Cars running north on
Eighteenth street, at his right. intersect
the several car lines running between
the Worlds Fair and the business Sec
ton of the city. BY walking one, two
or three blocks to the north the WIS.,
itor may get car east or west, or if
baggage laden he may take car on
Eighteenth street and get transfer
without extra fare to any of the east
and-west lines except the Suburban,
which is separate car system. - -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-29

Handicapped by AM o,,,on;o,
claim to find Chi
cago an improbable field when COM
pared with other cities, while Chicago
property owners claim they are being
charged higher rate for protection than
is charged in other cities. The percent
age of losses would seem to warrant the
higher rate. For instance, the percent
age of loss on the insurance in which
fires occurred during 1902 in Chicago
was 14.S; for the same year in Boston it
was II; in Philadelphia it was AZ, and
in New York it was but three per cent.
During thatyear Chicago had ,lQs fires,
with an insurance on the property en-
dangered of $31 1897 $3.50, and the COM
panies paid in losses 81 ,729, 274,O71. New
York had $500 fires, with insurance of
$3.50, 274 ,45O, and the companies paid in
losses $5,864,638.
The fact is that whatever may be the
virtues or defects of the members of
the Chicago fire department the city
lacks fire protection through the made
quacy and antiquity of it's fire-ighting
apparatus, and at the same time is ex-
posed to the gravest danger of disas-
trous conflagratfon. Surrounding the
business section, north, west and south,
is a district filled with structures built
soon after the fire of 1871. They are
ramshackle wooden affairs, dives of the
lowest sort, inhabited by the class of
people most likely to start fire through
carelessness. A fire started in any por-
ton of this section of the city, and aided
by a strong wind sweeping over the
business district, might at any time
prove more disastrous than the recent
devastation of Baltimore.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-29

three sections of the city, and are three
distinct bodies.
The North park board caters to the
public taste that cares for geological
specimens; hence the Lincoln park ZOO
The West park board caters to athletic
sports, and race tracks of various kinds
are to be found in Garfield, Douglas and
Humboldt parks. The South park
board has what is called the aesthetic
tastes of the rich to cater to, and flowers
and driveways are the principal attrac-
lions at both Washington and Jackson
parks.
The South park system is undeniably
the best cared for in the city. Both the
parks and boulevards of this section of
the city are kept cleaner than those of
the North or West sides, though the
North side is not far behind: but the
West side is a bad third. All, however,
are attractive, and afford the only
breathing places many of the dwellers
of the city know. They are the chill
dren's paradise, especially since the
keep off the grass" signs have become
an oddly. In each of them may be
found great broad stretches of lawn
where the tots may roll and romp their
hearts content. Swings, tennis courts,
golf links, boating, ball fields and
numerous other means of amusement
furnish attractions for the poor, while
the rich find the passing show along the
shaded driveways not unattractive,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-29

NJ
have been married
within the past few months. This does
not necessarily mean the girls at cen
trial." but includes the girls operating the
private switchboards in big stores and
Offices as well.
A pretty voice will often do more with
a mans heart than a pretty face, and
soft answer from the girl at the other
end of the wire has sent many young
man seeking it's owner, and the mar
riage license clerk.
Superintendent Hubbard is rather in
clined to ridicule the idea of his COM
pany having gone into the matrimonial
agency business unintentionally, but
admits that for some reason he has had
an unusual number of designations
among his operators, and there are SUI
ficient known cases to prove that the
majority are not quitting to engage in
other commercial lines, unless house,
keeping may be classed as such. The
writer knows personally of one family
in which three sisters have followed
each other into the telephone Office and
from there to the altar This is some
proof that the "hello" girls time is not
wasted. $50.
WRIGHT "a. PATTERSON.