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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-01
Scvnda's Mammoth Cave.

Some two weeks ago brief account
OF the discovery Of a mammoth cave To-
Gated on the San Pedro route in N.vadp
WAS published i'll these columns, Gays riIe
Utah State journal. For some time the
specimens Of the stalagmites we're ex.
mbticd in the window Of tho Herald
brar ch Office. \ letter has been re-
ceived from Charles A. Raber, the dis
covercr and explorer Of the cavern, III
winch hc tells OF some OF its wonders
The following are some extracts from
the letter:
-In regard 10 this cave, wish to say
! is at the very top Of n monster cat
nract mountain-ns they FAY, up among
the clonds. 1t caps The mountain ike
an immense China hat on a mans hcnd
and under it's crown, on the extreme
edges, are openings TO other caves. From
the sounds they produce, gurss party
might reach China,
"rms capping or top cave would rend'
lily shelter "A regimont OF soldiers. The
very month Of it overlooks the Las We
gas country most beautifully watercd
But the beat part Of it is that this cave
it liable to add another great page to
the mineral records OF Nevada,
There il q iissuro mineral. bearing
vein Immediately connected with this
cave OF caves, and no doubt il is the
cause Of its strange makeup. ] really
believe there is another jerome mine
here. Copper stains and deposits and
iron are visible for miles around this
mountain OF caves. Then again, find
signs OF carbonate and suIphide OF lead
with chloride ard carbonate Of lime Tor
nation. Tho bottom Of the top cave
| ws.tigurcs in places like the backs oi
turtles. by striking ono oi thesc with
! an nx the outer shell scales Oft in the
form Of bowl-shaped vessel, with beau
hful eky blue or grccnish hluo tinis in
inside. These in particular furnish Oh
jccis OF the greatest curiosity.
have not yet explored the cave thor
oughly, and 7 expect TO find maDy
many wonders hidden in the inner rcces
scs Of this wonderfully adorned home
"rhore is plenty Of pure water her,
requiring only little development for NJ
ample flow. Tho mouth Of the cave ant
the surrounding fastnesscss nre tlit
homo oi tho mountain sheep.
"From Cave Springs on the line q
tho San Pedro & Salt Lake road. is
gradual riso OF about eight miles to th,
ideal resort"
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Death Valley, which has SO thwarted
man in his attempt To obtain foothold
within Its confines, was once the home
of man anu bousted some degree OF civil
hzatior. This IL made apparent hy the
discoveries Of Of prospcctors. who re-
Gently penetrated an uncxpIored por.
ton OF the valley, says Los Angeles
special dispatch to the ST, Louis Rcpub.
lie.
In attempting to enter small canyon
at the northeastern extremity Oi the val =.
ley they found their WAY blocked 10y n
wall OF masonry which extended entire.
" across the cauyon, at n height OF
about ninety feet, The wall had crum-
blcd III places and showed signs 0i CEN
turtles OF wear, but in the main It stood
its built. The men clambered up the
sides OF the canyon until they reached
the top OF the massive wall, which there
has thickness OF thirty feet. 1t is
about three times rs thick nt the base.
II was evidently built as dam To cal ch
the water which descended from the
mountain during the rainy season, for
investigation disclosed an ancient canal
leading to the plnin.
Along the sides Of the canyon above
the level oi the masonry were shallow
caves. evidently followed out 10y the
hand OF man, Across the foot OF each oi
these were walls ~ adobe brick Of rude
workmanship, indicating TINT the dam
was also wall OF defense, for no
enemy could scale the walls 81 the can.
yon or the masonry III the face OF even
weak opposition.
In some 81 the cave homes were found
pieces oi broken pottery and rude i'm.
plements hammered out OF copper. "A
vein OF which tho prOspectors found at
the head Of the canyon. with ancient
workings, showing where natives got
their supply.
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Nixon Becomes Nervous.

Hon, George $. Nixon OF Winnie.
mucca, Tonopah, Carson and the Cur.
NOW tract visited Sparks last Sunday,
says the Hartman Herald. 4 wns
purely visit to Sparks, and not to the
people Of the town. for it is not Of rec.
ord that Hon. George spoke to'a SINGLE
man here during his brief visit. The
leaders OF the Republican party in this
bailiwick, md every Republican here is
Il leader, are very sore on Nixon for his
failure To stop and consult them ON the
political outlook. They say he acted
like Il mhn who was afraid ui getting his
leg pulled and from his hunted and wor-
ricd look it was evident that he had been
having seance with the Republican
Leaders Of Reno, who arc the toughest
game in the West. We you'll advise the
Republicans not to get downhenrtcd.
When tho campaign opens md Ni1ou's
Senatorial boom is fairly launched he
will be down to Sparks and circulate
among the y"ters, even il the Reno pol.
lies do not leave him enough money To
buy beer with.
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Elko. Nevada. Friday. July l. 1904.

that some crime committed there should
be punished for the sake OF the camp.
The crime Of robbery Is in law a much
higher oirense than TINT OF horse steal.
ing which comes under the head OF
grand larceny, the latter being punished
by term III prieon of from ono to four
teen years, while the minimum penalty
Tor robbery Is tive years which may be
extended to Il lie sentence. Upon Mr..
Cannon and Deputy Sheriff Borchert
signing an agreement to the effect that
il the prisoners were not held or con-
victed III White Pine county on the rob.
berry charge they should be returned to
the Elko Jail free Of expense to this
county, Judge Brown ordered Sheriff
Clark t" deliver Armstrong and Thomas
to Deputy Sheriff Borchert who had
White Pine county warrant for their ar
rest "n the robbery charge. Mr.. Can
non paid Sheriff Clark the money ex-
pended by the Elko county officers III
arrestinR and bring the horse thieves to
the Elko jaIl and for their board while
here i'll jail. Cannon and Clark departed
with the prisoners on Not last night
for Cherry Creek via Wells.
When the young men were told to
get ready for the tnp, they replied that
they would be ready i'll minute. They
assert their innocence OF the charge of
robbery, but Gdmit that they broke into
Mr.. Cannon's stable and stole the
Navajo blanket. They claim that they
were i'll Cherry Creek only part uf one
Mr.. Cannon aud Mr.. BOrchert there
seems to be no doubt Of their commit
ting the robbery with which they are
charged.
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Trick t0 Avoid SrTNice.

The lie oi Russian SOLDIER said
the sage, "iB desperately hard, and
owing to tho compulsory service laws
there nro all sorts Of attempts made 10y
the simple minded recruiting officer.
At a HtRtioD in eastern Russia, for in.
stancc, a conscript recently plcadCd
deafness aud so wouldn't auswc: any Ui
the questions put to him.
"iou can go home" said tho surgeon
at Inst, in n very low tone.
Tho fellow jumped Tor tho door and
so was caught.
Near Moscow Hercules said that the
index and middle fingers oi his right
hand were joined together md could moi
bc separated. They did not look go, but
the surgeons strength VIVA not grcni
enough to separate them aud Mt Inst the
examiner said:
allow worr your fingers before you
had this Hccirni!-
~rhoy were this way, said tho llcrcu
les, mud to tho surprise Of every ono, b.
illustrated by opening ms tngPrs NJ
casily as anybody else. Philadelphia
PrcRa.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-01

curious vessc! has been recently
built in Denmark. Referring Ia this
vessel, the Literary Digest saye: 1T
can travel ON land M well as on water,
crossing neck 0f land on a railway
track and then descending gain into the
waves. This curious boat, the Swan,
runs between Lynghy and rocrum,
Says the Revue Scicntitiqur: 'Lynghy
isa town i'll tho ncighborhOud 81 tile
four lakes OF Lynghy. Bagswacrd, Furc
and Foerum. Only the first and third Of
these are connec;cd; the others are sep.
aratcd 10y IL strip oi land 300 metres
(about ,OC0 fcet) wide which il crossed
by the Swan. For this purpose lines
Of piling extend into the water. far apart
Mt first, but AZ they near tho shore ap-
proaching until they will just admit the
boat between them. Tho boat il thus
guided until it strikcs the line Of rails
on which II crosses the isthmus. Below
the water line the boat has two pairs Of
whecls. AS soon rs these touch the
rails lever stops the shaft TINT drives
the screw aud starts another that drives
these wheels. After crossing tho land
m inverse manipulation Of tho lever
stops the wheels and the propeller begins
to turn again. The car has turned into
"a boat.
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DISBURSEMENTS.

Total. ... .s7G.974 O5 ala. IO7 o.
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WnrEwick-Clurk.

4 very pretty wedding took place at
high noon yesterday ut the residence OF
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G., Clark, when Miss
Lulu Bello Clark and Mr.. Arthur
StOughton WRrswick were mndc hus.
band and wife according to the rites oi
the Presbyterian Church, Rev. Geo, II.
Greenfield performing the ceremony.
The bride is Il very popular young
lady OF Elko County having been en-.
gagged Rs teacher at Wells and Contact
for the pnrt three years. She has a
host Of friends at Wells where she has
just closed her last term OF teaching
Mr.. Warswick is mechanical engineer
from Salt Lake City and gentleman
of sterling worth, Mr.. and Mrs. Wars.
wick left on No 6 last night for Salt
Lake City where they will mike their
future home. a few invited guests
were present and the table and piano
were gOrgcously laden with gifts useful
md beautiful.
After the ceremony the gucsts were
invited to- the dining room whore nm
elaborate wedding dinner VIVA served.
Tho INDEPENDENT extends its congrat.
ulntions aud wishes the newly married
couple long and happy life together.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-01

There il considerable discussion Of
tho United Stntcs ScDntorship in tho
western pnrt of the State. OF the three
men now prominently mentioned as the
Democratic candidate. neither eccm Ia
havo the strength necessary to pull
down the plum, Sadler, Sharon and
Fitzgerald each have their fricnhe, but
unless one oi them develops great
1eal more strength than he now sccms
to poEscss somo other candidate will
cRrry oil the nomination. Governor
Sparks notwi,hst Standing hia dcclinatiun
oi tho honor, is still talked oi M posi-.
bility. Ito scums to have moro strength
thnn my oi tho others now mentioned
Tor the place. a. the Scnntorship now
stands, it il nnybody'e tight. At lcasi,
TINT in tho Impression the writer gained
in Reno and Carson last wock
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-01

Japnncso woman can bc as poetic md
picturesque in search oi n husband w
Hhs s IN everything tlsc. y mntri'
moDial advertisement. printed in Toxic,
reada
nm II worry pretty little woman, with
locks thick and wayy, like the clouds.
My iacc has the briliancy and entin.
like texture of the iloSere, my figure ia
flexible like thclwecping willow, md my
eyca have the curve oi the Croacopt
moon. have enough fortune to Gnablo
the Ia wink through lilo, the hand Of
my beloved ono in minc. contemplating
the flowers by day and tho moon by
night. n this mce,s tho cycs of M intel.
ligcnt, agreeable, Handsome gentleman
~ good taste, will unto myself to
him for uio, aud ehat. with him later
the pleasure Of being buried together in
tomb 0i ro7o .cOlOrcd marble
Tho latest ccnAua shove 3i60O mar.
riages in Japan in tho year. Not ono
bride wns moro than wcnty.two ycnrs
old. I'orty.two were only iiitecr, 15V
were sixteen 5,s3l were seventeen, H.
100 w, re oinotoon, IL, 400 were twonty.
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Tnken To white PInc County.

u. ". Cannon oi Cherry Creek md +.
n. Borchort, deputy sheriff Of White
Pine county. who camo here for tho
horse thieves. Armstrong and Thomas,
some ton daye ago, made application Inst
ovcning 10 the District Court Tor mn
order transferring the prisoners TO the
authOriiiea Oi White pmc coualy so
tndt they might bc tried in that county
on the charge OF robbery pending
thotc against them. II waa shown to
tho court that several robbcrics and
other crimes have been committed in
Cherry Creek which have cscnpod pun.
iehmcnt md that tho leading citizens
aud tnxpnyora Of tho town felt TIM, Tor
thoir protection II was very desirable
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-01

For hundred ycHrs or more witch
Hazel hns been recognized as u superior
remedy, but II temniucd for r. & Do
Witt & Co. of Chicago, To discover
how to combine tho virtuce ~ Witch
lTszcl with othea antiscptice in the form
Oi salvc. DcWitt's Witch Hazel Salvo
il the beat aaIve in the world for eOrcs,
cute. burpa, bruiace, and piles. Tho
high atnnding of the enlvc hns given
riso Ia countcricits. and the public ia nd
vstcd to look for the name "Dcwht- on
tho package, nnd accept no other. Sold
by Elko Drug Go,
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SUMMARY.

BALANCE IN TREASURY .....,... $4,000 35
The above balance stands to the
credit OF the various funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet. dated Jan.
]. 1904.
rREAsURER's BALANCE SHEET.
Cash II treasury TO the credit oi the
varIoue funds. Jan. l. 1904:
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JOINT STATEMENT
-OI THE
Auditor and Treasurer of
ElkO County
For tho Quarter Ending Dec, II 1908.
STATE OF NEVADA,
COUNTY OF ELKo, es
AUDITORS OFFICE

AUDITORS OFFICE.
ELKo, New Jan. 1. 1904.
To the Honorable Bourd Of County
Commissioners of Elko county, New. ;
GENTLRMEN:-We herewith submit our
Qarterly Report OF the Finances OF the
county for the quarter ending Dec 81,
1903.
Respectfully submitted,
G. W. GROVER. Auditor.
a. G. pA~LEY. Treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17
A SIBERIAN BLIZZARD.
Life in Snowy Prison at Thirty-five Degrees Below Zero.

A blizzard on the Siberian desert Is dreadful thing The author of Tn Search of a Siberian Klondike," tells of being overtaken by a severe snowstorm. The dogs lost sight of the trail, and the snow came down so heavily they could hardly see the leading dogs, and is was deemed the safest thing to stop and endeavor to protect themselves as much as possible from the storm.
 With our snow shoes we dug down six feet to the ground, making an excavation about eight feet square. Placing the three sledges round the edge of the hole, we banked them in the snow; then we took tarpaultn from one of the sledges and with walrus hide rope improvised a sort of roof over our dugout
 The dogs dug holes in the snow and set tied down comfortably to sleep. They were almost immediately covered with snow.
 At this time the thermometer stood S5 below zero We could not tell whether it was actually showing or whether the snow was only being driven by the wind: but, at any rate the air was filled with it and the prospect was anything but ex- hilarating. We lined the bottom of the hole with lures, got our sleeping bags and prepared for long siege.
 As we were without fuel we had to eat cold food. Frozen reindeer meat taken raw is not an appetizing dish, but this, to- gether with hard bread and pounded soup ball, formed our diet for the next few days. In this snowy prison we were held for four days, and we were obliged to climb out every three or four hours and relieve the tarpaulin of the weight of snow. Our furs were damp, caused by our breath, which congealed and. thawed again from the warmth of the body. To
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coIdest City In the World.
From Leslie's Weekly.


 The coldest city In the world is Ya- kutsk, eastern Siberia, in the empire of the czar and the Russians. It is the great commercial emporium of east Siberia and the capital of the province of Yakutsk, which, in most of its area of 1,517,0s3 square miles, is a bare desert the soil of which Is frozen to a great depth. Ya- kutsk consists of about 400 houses of European structure, standing apart. The intervening spaces are occupied by winter yoorts, or huts of the northern nomads with earthen roofs. doors covered with hairy hides and windows of ice. Caravans with Chinese and European goods collect the produce of the whole line of coast on the Polar sea between the parallels of 70 and "A degrees from the mouth of the River Lena to the furthest point inhablt- ed by the Chookchees. Last year col porteur of the British and Foreign Bible society made tour of eleven weeks down the Lena, a river 5000 miles long, visiting Yakutsk and selling Gospels in their own language to the Yakuts in the villages along the banks.
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say the very least, we were extremely un-

say the very least, we were extremely un- comfortable.
 At last it got so bad that gave orders to burn one of the sledges, and that day we feasted on hot tea.
 To while away the tedious hours l gave my arctic friends some lessons in astron- omy. using snowballs as object lessons. On the side of our excavation l made bas-relief of the great Masonic temple in Chicago. They looked at it very polite ly, but I could see that they took me for the past master of lying.
 I told them all about elections, tele- phones, photographs and railroads, and gathered from their expressions that they thought I had gone mad from the cold and exposure. They looked at one anoth- CT and muttered, "Durocl Durocp which is Russian for crazy.
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Poor Drink,

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Strange, isn't it." remarked the talka- tive man, that oil should be used to calm troubled waters?"
 "Huhi" snorted the Kentuckan; Its stranger still that any one should trouble water"
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SOME NEW BOOKS.
BY PAUL PRY.

In Dollars and Democracy" published recently by D. Appleton x Co. of New York, Sir Philip Burne-Jones. the Eng fish artist, has written a book about things he saw in America during his visit here, which covered period of nearly fourteen months. The book is fully illus trated also by pictures made by the au- thour Of people and things, which at tracted his special attention and these lend peculiar interest to the work
 The well known Englishman seems to have been most faverably impressed by his reception and visit and in consequence has sad many nice things aoout us in his book. In the opening pages he says; One of the first things that strikes the stranger in New iork Is the extreme smartness of the women-all ot them, rlcn and poor, in their varying degrees-tney are so well set up, so excelienlly groom ed. They hold tneTnselyes too, Deautltui- ly, and, in what we should caIl the lever mldale class-snop girls, telephone gnls, etc.--there Is none ol the siouenlng anu stooping to which We arc accustomed among similar oraers at nome, nor any
 
 jeweiry. "@- F There is something veiy Iemarkable, something pathetle. aboue the attitude of American men to rhelr wo- men folk. They are so anxlous for them to have a good time'-the good tune that they cannot and will no. arrange Tor themselves. fheIr chivalry and courtesy to women Is very pretty, too. Women, Il rule, are tremendously safe with Amer ican men, and they know it. When alfs sad and done, America is the land for women-they are queens of the situation all round. The fact that they have an equal share with their brothers in the division of their parents property gives women in America a sense Of independ- ence, right, as 1t were, to hold up their heads in the land which may to some extent unconsciously account for their in dividuality, possibly even for that splep- oid carriage to which l have already. alluded
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The new Colonial Hotel, 2O0-21l N. 21st street. First class throughout. Ep and Up Call and see it.
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If you want anything mob. by in furnishings we are the people. Birmingham Tailor ing Co.
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said that she has two periods of work during the day. She begins at II o'clock in the morning and works until ?, and then she rests or walks during the afternoon. After dinner, in the evening" she resumes her work and works three or four hours. T always lock my door when l work, says this popular young writer "I can't wor'i when I realize that I can be inter- rurted." It Is said that the first draft of every chapter that Miss Glasgow writes she makes in pencil. She usually writes this seated In large rocking chair, with her pad in her lap. The Deliverance was written three times Many of her chap ters were written five or six times. Miss Glasgow never uses a type writer and never dittates. Her final drafts of her n1Yeli Ere all in her own handwriting, which is large and very legible.
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The Smart Set tells the following story of the popularity and influence of certain pieces of present-day fiction. It seems that a member of a New York publishing house dropped into small bookshop just off lower Broadway to see how one of his firms latest books was selling in the busy office district. The book in question was Anita Vivanti Charters Winning Him Back" which, as you may know, is the story of a young matrons laughable cam paign of extraordinary poses, moods and artiEces for regaining her husbands af- fections. A single question started the dealer, a middle-aged German: haf sold many, und only von remains. I sell you dot von at cost I don't want 1t here! No, faf not read 1t mineself, but my wife, who Is young und foolish. she read but half und den she stopped und said she herself uld do 1t, too. I know not vat she meant but since then she is crazy how you say?-boog- All de time she fairts to smell coffee makes her sick she veeps, she laughs und years green clothes und smell of queer thingsl She is crazy und so is der book und so will I be too, already! sell de book at cost if you take ii init youv
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notable illustration which portrays with remarkable fidelity the spirit of "Ye olden time' Is in the April Century, the work of Anna Whelan Betts, entitled "The Easter Bonnet"
 splendid full page portrait of S. Weir Mitchell, M. D. is given, the we'll known writer whose work "The Youth of Wash ington'' is begun in the present issue It is in the form of an autobiography The portrait is from a painting by John S. Sargent.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar author of Lyrics of Lowly Life" Tn Old Planta- tion Days" etc., has written a new vol ume of negro life, in the manner of Folks from Dixie" which Dodd, Mead & Co.,, will bring out with the title Little Ar rica."
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Breaking into Society," is collection of crisp, new fables by MT. George Ade in his best and most inlmitable style, which has made his former work so popu- lar. The moral lesson of these droll tales is conveyed with the authors customary touch of genial irony coupled with a vein of hard, sound common sense.