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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-10-12
Miss SUall.

y child was brought to n Yorkshire
vicar for baptism. As he was told that
the name was to he Noah, naturally
referred to the infant as che" in the
course Of the service. Soon he felt his
surplice pulled 10y one OF the women, ,
who whispered to him that at was II
lass"
"But Noah is not girls nume" said
the parson.
ayes, it is,' spoke up the child's
father.
An adjournment was made to the
vestry to settle the point. The iathe r
said that whenever he had child to be
named he opened the Bible and chose
the first Lame Of the proper sex TINT
met his eye. Tho Clergyman Insisted
TINT in the present case mistake had
been made, whereupon the father open
ed the Bible mt Numbers cxvi, 80, and
read, -rhe names Of the daughters OF
Iolophehad were Nouh," etc.
There was no more to he said.
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Elko. Nevada. Friday. October II, 1906


-. =. "A No &c 9tsSssss
TIC mno. 0ie entire =, 4. ,uafdesty
rspubaeao uolninee iSsfs The long tcru
nnnfy commissiopersllip, is found il
this issue. This is not the first time Mr.
flario sty has been before the people OF
Elko County. lie served them well in
the assembly and should he be elected
commissioner he will give .he people OF
Elko county the same faithful service.
MIR. Hardesty is one of tho thrifty,
prosperous ranchcrs OF the county. lie
is heavy taxpayer and us commissioner
he would look after .he interests Of all
who pay taxes,
lie is thoroughly in accord with the
sentiment in favor OF better rouda, and
is firm believer in the future pros
perity Of Elko county. His record as
a citizen is above reproach and his
ability to serve the people us county
commissioner cannot be questioned.
The taxpayers OF Elko county should
give Mr.. fIardesty the conside ration his
long residence in the county and his
record.as citizen justly entitle him. n
elected he will give them honest service
III return for their confidence.
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Vote buying In England.

Votes have been purchased shameless
ly Hnd on II huge scalc in British clcc.
E0ps. An arrangement was once made
IL the borough OF Wendnver Ey which
two clndiiatcs were to bp elected after
dist ribution Of E6,00J (s30.00O among
the voters. Tho account reads: "This
being settled gentleman was employ
ed to- go down, when he WINS met accord.
ing to previoue appointment by tine
electors about mile from the town.
Tho electors asked the stranger where
lie came from. lie replied, From the
moon ThUy then asked, What news
from the moon? lie answered that he
had brought from hence $4,000 to be
distributed among them. The electors,
being thus satisfied with tho golden
nows iron, the moon, chose the candi-
dates and received their reward.'
At Hrndon man dressed as fantastic.
ally as the dancing Punch called at tho
house oi the voters aud left behind him
Gums Of tivG to ten guineRs 1925 10 s50l.
Another device was to collect The cit.
,zcns at the inns and hand them their
reward through hole in the door. For
thesc offenses the house Of comm oDs
passed resolution that lIindon should
he disfrnrclised. but so lax were the
morals Of tho iime-tho close Of the
eighteenth century that tho resolution
WIS never acted upon.
Again In 1859 tho "Alan IN tile Moon
turned up in Wakefield. Ilc went
about openly distributing money and
did not appear 10 bc in the lcnsi nsham.
cd ~ his occupation. At Dublin, iU
1868, Il hole III avail served the purpose
oi n distributing center Tor the ,c5 (s25)
notes, while nt Shaftesbury nh alderman
paid through hole in the door OF his
office n sum Of 20 guinens tsl00) 10 each
clector.
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by advereity. Though the day Is warm,
he wears mn overcoat. lie walks heavily
on massive ebony sticx.-Pal Mall
Gazette.
Increase In Land values.
Increase in the value OF farm land in
the United Siates from 1870 to 1908 are
discussed in report Just published by
the department Of agriculture. From it
these conclusions are drawn: Cheap
land is exhausted. The urban population
is last gaining and will co atiaue TO gam
on the rural. Value i'll farm lands have
increased in the last five years rs never
before, the increase will Le still faster
in the future because OF the exhaustion
OF cheap landI. Tie values uf farm
products are assured of remaining high
aud remunerdrive hereafter, and farm
'nR will be better paying us the ycars
pass by. Going back over per1od Of
10 yoars it is shown tEat there has been
a greater increase in average values OF
live stock prod ucts than Of grain pre-
duets,
IHese CONDITIONS are drawn from the
tabuiated statistics which rcpresen u t
careful study Of conditions III all states
In 1000 the average land value through
ont the country was s2l.so per acre. In
1900 it hal Increased to S20.ll, Il pro.
gress TINT can be described ns only less
than marvel. An especially sign iii en- t
fact is that the farm values Increased in
every state in the union. The abandon.
ed farms OF New England. New York
and New Jersey are getting their values
back. These increases are hirhly
signiiicaIt when it IL con 4idered that
farming has been on The decline and
mnny farms in several st uies have been
abandoned, ycr hy year, for two
Ipcndas Dast
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succrs.rui Woman pro.pec,or.

One Of tho few. and perhaps. by far,
the most sucoessiul woman prospector
IN the wost today, Is Mrs. Fermina Snt-
rie, oi Spanish descent, who makes her
homo at LnnninR, mn old camp near
Nina, and about 81 miles from Elaw.
thorne. Tho woman has history that
reads like pagee oi somo middlc.age
romance, and in spite Of her age, sbe
must be nov tbrecs.scorc, sho still goes
10 the hills on prospecting tours and ie
nblo TO take long, hard trips. that few
women Of even lcea yoars could undergo
At the prescn, time hlrs, Sarrie owns
number Of gold copper claims neat
IIuDning, and recently hns bonded q
to q Boston company iot s'1,0O0. Tho
bond runs ono year and during that
yonr tho company pays intefcsts on tho
amount regularly. She has 20 Other
claims In the dia,rict, but has rejected
NIL otrcrs for them. Carson Nowp.
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Volume ri
fridays ItHcea.

There was fair attendance at the
race track Friday 70 witness the last
day'p races. II was a good natured,
orderly crowd md everything moved
noothly except the races.
There was considerable growing over
the way the nenR dragged along, and
the rvuient robbery between the owners
Of some of the horses. This was plain
tn blind man in the race between
Little Phil. Miss Mollie aud Theron.
The bor:es wee tapped off by the
starter and Little Phil and Miss Mollio
ran for blood. hut not 30 with Theron,
lie went Il few rods Mt fairly good
pace and WIS then pulled by his rider
hn'i not allowed to run. Tho rider
claimrn that Theron was lame, but the
judges did not take much stock in his
story RS they declared Theron distanced
and ruled the jockey or the track.
In nis race. Little Pail was barred
from the bettnR and pools were sold
on Miss Mollie and Theron. Those
who riskrd their money Oh Theron had
NO more shOw to win than jack rabbit
has to enter the Indians happy hunting
ground. The game was fixed before
the horses startel. This kind ~ work
will soon kill tho Eilto races.
The first race %as won by Geronimo
wish aIar! +. second and Orio third.
TlIi' WA i gooI race.
In the second race. Cash lay won
cL'@"!y followed by Chnppy and BaIdy
IN the order named.
Tho third race WIS between Little
Phil, Miss Mollic and Theron. Theron
was pulled aud Little Phil and Miss
Mollia ran cluse race. Little Phil won
first money. Miss Mollie second and
Theron was distanccd.
Maud, Jack aud John contested for
the purse in the mule race. The long
carcd brutes made very good timo aud
passed under the wire iu the order
named.
The consolation race brought Miss
M"llir, Bnldy and Velasqurz on the
Lrack. Mis5 Mollie won with Baldy
second md V,ln qu q third.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-10-12

Probably more money has been lost
by tho Monte Carlo -Brnk" 'throush
fraud than through honest" play.
| Stake snatchinR and various ingenious
variations OF the corii.lcnce trick form
their main standby. Tie prime mover
in one plot WIS the magnificent -swell
mobsman" Addison, who "spicd out the
lnnd' nj Monte Carlo month or more
before he attempted operations. Van
ishinR for r space from the neighbor-
hood Of his bIissfuIly ignorant victims.
he returned eventually. accom mpanird
by friend Of his own sex nnd (proies.
sionl and two beautiful ladies.
Tho pariy ranged the mseivcs two On
each eide OF tho Trento ct Quarante
board.:: and, while the croupIer was
shufliing the cards prepnr 1t ory to stnrt-
ing the deal, the lady oD one side Ell.
gagged the umpire in ingenious chat.
asking explanation Of how the game
vas played and 40 forth, while she on
the other side requested Umpire No. 9
to supply her with gold change for n
b1nknotr. At Tho precise instant, when
the croupier was ready to begin. ono OF
the ladies dropped fifty louis on the floor,
where they rolled noisly hither and
thithcr, creatinR II most unseeminRly
diversion and nttrHctIng all the eyes
from the cloth. Attendants gathered up
her gold, whercupOu the game proceed.
ed. The A rdison quartet stnked heavi.
ly on red and won overy time. After
eight coups thoy left, carrying with
them l90, 900 francs OF the banks money.
At the door oi tho casino smart
carriage awaited them md in five
minutes they wero whirlrd RcroRs tho
frontier. Tho secret oi NJ. Ardison's
staggering success only trnnspircd when
too late. lIorriiied at tho loss to the
bank which tho eight coups had caused,
the umpire ordered the cards to be ex.
amined. There were eighty-iour too
many in tho pack. Tho croupier had
been bubed 70 insert a specially ehullled
slab Of 1ards Mt n given signal, and the
disturbance caused by the fail Of
mndamo's poldpicce had drawn all eyes
srom his 1npd
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Johnny and IDapah win HING.

Late Monday afternoon the supreme
court handed down decision sustaining
the conviction Of ibapah md Johnny,
the Indians convicted Of the Montello
murder. Tho decision was written by
Judge Norcross and cOncurred in by
Justices Talbot and Fitzgerald. They
wero originally sentenced to be hung
on September 18th, but stay Of cxecu.
ton wns granted 10y the supreme court
Tho Indians will be brought back tc
Elko for Judge Brown to set the date oI
their execution. Their only hope now
liee IN Communication Of their sentence,
to lifo imprisonment by tho board oI
pardone. II is not likoly, however. thu,
the,board Of pardons will not interfere q,
tho murder was one OF the most bruta
that over occurred in tho State
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Tragedy "f EnrIy Days DI.cInssd

The gnlc which swept over Washue
lnko several iays ngn brought ono OF
tho tragedies "f tho rarly days to light.
disclosing ON the cast shore "A SKELETON
~ II man, u bullet hole in the bnck OF
the skull. mutely telling the story Of his
end. How long tho bones had been
there is unknown, but the condition
would Indicate probably fifteen years or
more.
Tho skeleton wHs fonnd by pros
pec0r who was sannterinR along the
edge oi he lake and VIA attracted by
the bleached skull. lie male mn cx.
nm'nu'i"n and then notified persons in
the ueighb Thood, among them Anuy
Lindsey, who brought the story to
To Carson City.
The skeleton is almost intact, the
teeth well preserved and practically NIL
the bones there. The bones indicate
the person waa above the ordinary size
md the shape " the skull Shove that he
was ui tho CaucasinD race.
There Ia but one marked feat ure
nnd that il tho bullet holo IL the back
OF the skull, which plninly shows that
the person vas. perhaps, somo pros.
pectOr who wne tho victim of highway.
mon or else mRrks tho end OF some
frontier. icuh
This il the second skeleton that has
born found mt tho lake Within tho pasi
aeveral months and the chances aro TINT
the lako has not got begun to yield its
secrets. -CarJOn Nows.
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a Most Wnr hY Atilcln.

When an article las been on the
market for ycare and gains friends every
year, il ,s cafe to call this medicine a
worthy one. Such Ia Billiards. Hore.
hound Syrup. 1t positively cures
coughs and all pulmonary Diseases. One
o! the best known merchants tn Mobile
Ala, says; "l'or i've years tny family
has no, been troubled with tho winter
coughs we owe this TO Ballard's Horo
hound Syrup. know II has saved my
children irom many sick apclls.' Sold
by Elko Drug Co.
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Respectfully yonra,
iNts I'tStiuIlS olliTi
&. w. GROVER,
Recorder and Ex-Oflicio
Auditor Of Eiko County,
=" "rIIc Ola Woman ="

ioung man, the other day heard
You refer to your mother rs "the old
woman says Bert Walker. Perhaps
!ou did not mean it thai way, but it
iuuuded u ar'c and brutal No true
son refers to his mother rs "the old
woman Quite likely she is old and
gray, nni ONE oi those gray hairs and
"a few OF those wrinkles were caused by
the long vigils she put in ut your bed.
side when fever and youthful ills were
trying TO claim you. Mother doesn't like
To- be referred to ms the old womun. 1t
makes her fe.l us though she had run
her race aud WAS III the WY. The
world has 90 use for the hoy who does
not reverence his mCth,r. Tic man
Who loves and respects his mother has
to he pretty mean before the com munity
will 90 back on him altogether. The
boy who sees to it that mother doesn't
have to bring in bucket of coal or
sweep the snow or the porch, is doing
more toward attracting the attention Of
Of the Lord than the man who gives
81 900 toward building u new church.
When she is gone, my boy, it will be a
Whole LOT of satisfaction to ) on to know
that you always spoke OF her tcnderly
and as "nother. Exc change.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-10-12

Here is n simple method oi curing
fIcial neurnlgia: n the neuralgia in on
tho right pidc OF ilie idcc the lott hand
should be placed 10 basin OF water ns
hot as can be borne. or II neuralgia is
In the left eide oi the face then the
right hand should be plnced in the hot
water. II is asserted that IN this way
tclitt may hc obtained IN lcss thnn five
miDutes. The explanation is that the
two nerves winch have tho grentcst
number Of tactile nerve cudrngs arc tho
hith md the mcdian nerve. AZ the
hbcrs Of these two nerves cruss any
Impulse conveyed to The left hand will
affect the right eide Of the face or Il
applied to The right hand will affect tho
left side OF the face. Thia is on account
oi the crossing oi tho cords. Indian
Rcyiew.
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Notice.
TO 1uE VOTERS OF ELKo COUNTY,

TO TIE VOTERS OF ELKo COUNTY,
| desire, through this medium, to in
form you that owing to the great amount
OF business that Ii to he done in the
Recorders Office i'll ;he way Of dncu.
ments tn he recorded. and al 80 owing tc
the fact that during ;ne InuDth of
October | AIN required, under the law,
ns FIX Oilicio Auditor Ia extend the
As, ssment Roll for the ar 1876, it will
be impossible for me tn cunvass the
county without neglect of duty.
feel sure that the re cple Of this
county do not want me 20 neglect The
duties OF this Office, in order that may
make the canvIss prior To the coming
cl, c:ion, for | feel that | am we'll knowp
to almost every one in tie cOlniy.
| present Ia you my official record as
Recorder and Ex-Officip Auditor Of this
county and nn willing to stand upon
tnat ~ my recommendation for your
support ut the cOm!uG election.
Thanking one and all for the generous
support tint you have given me in the,
past ! am,
Respectfully youra,
&. w. GROVER,
Recorder and Ex-Ollicio
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RYAN IS RIGHT MAN
IN RIGHT PLACE
DemoCratIC-SllYtr Nominee For State
Treasurer Is Confident Of Winning
And His Friends, Are Legion,
And working Hard for Him.

David NJ. Ryan, nominee of th, Fusion
party for state treas urer, has made such
an honorable record us custodian oi the
states funds during the past eight years
and his incumheucy ~ the Office has
been go satisfactory to taxpayers, ir-
respective. Of par that any eulogistic
mention Of his career wOull seem super
iious. But rs there will be II large
number of new voters at the coming
election, II brief sketch OF his eminent
relevant.
The Democratic-Silver plrty nominee
for state tire asurcr, David NJ. Ryan, has
resided on the ComstIck since bnyhuod.
His fist business experience WAS as
hookkceper i'll Virginia City mercantile
house. Through keen business ability
and high integrity, indomit able energy
and tirmness 81 purpose he has become
one of the solid men Of the commor-
wealth. His first appearance in politics
was i'll lS9 ,, us candidate ior the office
Of treasurer Of Storey county. lie WIS
elected To this Office two successive
terms 10y large mHjuritics. lie filled
that position so ably TINT he was the
unanimous choire nf the Democratic
and Silver parties as candidate Tor
state treasurer in 1898.
His record for the past eight years III
TINT responsible Office is an open book,
MI nnl, l,nN 81, hn a
to re election. the Fusion party insisted
upon his becoming u candidate to sue
ceed himself. That il- will do go is Il
moral certainty, rs he has PROV d him.
sell the most efficient and reliable
Occupant OF that Office III the history OF
the state.
CONFIDENCE IS RYAN
The general public and the Taxpayers
OF the state OF Nevada have the utmost
confidence in his management and wat cl-
ful care Of nearly two millions OF dollnrs
III bonds and coin, nov in the vaults OF
theIstatc treasury.
Dave Rynn'5 interests are all in
Nevada, beng engaged in mining in
virginia City, T0nopuh nnd Ramsey,
llc is also engaged in the mercantile
business mt Tonopah mud Virginia City
ns well. His partner in many Of these
enterprise is r. y. Stenson lie is un.
questiouably tho right man in the right
place.
Tho people will Gee that they return
Dave Ryan TO the Office OF st ate treasurer
on November 9th. Tho money OF the
state Of Nevada is in good hands md
trustworthy. !
Mr.. Ryan ia on tine commission TINT
supervised tho magnificent home Tor
orphnns. new stone building. one OF
the finest III the state, also the Nevada
state library building nov in course OF
erection. Nevada has Rn all round
business man ns state trensurcr, let her
keep hun Mt his post
Ryan is we'll known Rs a sympathizer
with tho union principles, which for
over n quarter Of ceniuary ho has
actively supported. Over twenty eight
years ago State Treasurer Rynu orgnuiz.
I'd the Clerks Union in Storey county,
mud was its frat President Since TINT
timo no has ever been friend to or.
ganized labor. At the present time, as
mn employer, he engages union help and
pays them union wages. and is still m
advocate Of high wages and short hour.
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Blood poIsonlno

results from chronic constipation, which
ia quickly cured 10y Or. Kings Nes Iiic
Pilla. Thcy remove MI poisonous germs
fsom the system and iniuse new life and
vigor; euro sour stomach. pauseu, head.
ache, dizziness and collie, without grip.
inR or discomfort. 25c. Guaranteed 10y
Elko Drug Co's. druggist
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The Best Shoes.

Douglns shocs Tor men and women
mud other makee oi tirst clase Too; wear.
Sold by a. L. MAUK. The Shoe Man.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-23

Annual Meetings Americad Acad-
envy Of Medicine, American Medical
Assn. and the First Church of Christ
SCIENTISTS, Boston, Mass, June 2 II,
1905. Rate $40 so for round trip,
dates of sale May 3lst to June 9th
inclusive. Final return limit June
81, 1905. BY deposit Of ticket and
fee 81, limit may be extended to
leave Boston July 18th Stop over
at New York on return trip may be
obtained.
Home coming week for Kentuck-
ians, Louisville, KY, June 1917 'O6.
Dates of sale June 11-12-13, final re-
turn limit June "a, may be extended
to 30 days from date of sale by de-
post of SOC fee not later than June
%. Rate ono fare plus two dallars
for round trip.
Trinided, Colo, June 14-1S, 1906,
-14th annual convention of Colora-
do and New Mexico Epworth Lea
CUES. Rate $40 for round trip,
date of sale June 18th. Final re-.
turn limit June 10Th.
East Bound Excursions from
Colorado to various points in Hi
nois, Kansas, Northern Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakotas, Ten
nesee, Wisconsin. Rate one fare
plus 81 for round trip, minimum
selling rate $500. Dates OF sale
June l, 2, June 9-1O inclusive, July
Ito inclusive. Limits continuous
passage both ways, final return limit
Oct. 81. Rate to Chicago and re-
turn $31.5O, Kansas City and st Joe
$40 90.
Campbell Bros. Circus -Lamar
May IL, one aud one-fifth fare round
trip from points where fare is $500
or less. Date of sale May II, final
return limit May II.
Biennial meeting General Federation
OF Women's clubs at St. Paul May 80 to
June7. Rate for round trip, $50. 10 tc
May 26, IS, 30 and 30. Tickets good
leaving St. Paul or Minneapolis up tc
and including June 8, but on payment
OF 81 at time OF deposit limit may be
extended to July 10.
Annual meeting grand aerie Frater.
nal Order Of Eagles at Milwaukee, in
August. Rate, one fare plus 50 to Mil
waukee aud return. Dates OF sale and
limit Of tickets will be announced later.
S.cond-class colonist rates to Mexico
February Is to April and Septembe
Is to October 81, one way. Rate. S24
This rate covers intermediate points to
Ell Paso and Deming, also to all points
north Of and including the City of Mex
leo on the Mexican Central railway.
g. j. GARvIN, Agent.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-23
Tho Fruit Of Colorado.

The seventeenth annual report Of
the Colorado Board of Horticulture,
compiled by Mrs. Martha Shute,
shows that there are IA, 800 acres Of
land in Colorado now planted to or
chards, and that more than 900 var
ieties of fruit are grown within the
boundaries of the state. Delta
county growers received a total Of
1921, 900 for their 1905 crop, and
jefferson county growers, 100000.
The yield in Mesa county was valued
at $4,000, while Fremont county
comes in with crop worth $3.50, 900
most of which was received from the
sale of apples.
These yields, while immense in
themselves, are but the forerunners
of greater things to come. Last
year apples were shipped from Colo.
RADIO to California for the first time
in the history of this state. This
season arrangements have already
been made for the shipment Of double
last year's quantity, and the develop
ment Of the far western market has
just been begun. Canon City last
fall shipped its cherries in carload
lots to the Missouri river and be-
yond. Fremont county cherries had
never before been handled in such
quantities.
The market for fruit good flavor
and of keeping quality, both of
which attributes are possessed
abundantly by the Colorado product,
is only in its infancy. That the
quantity from Colorado will be able
to keep pace with this increasing de-
mand is evidenced by the fact that
there are, according to the report re-
ferrsd to, $4,000 acres in the state
available for orchards and small fruit
Aside from this the introduction OF
scientific methods in the cultivation
of the orchards now planted will in
most cases increase their productive
capacity at least one fourth.
The Colorado fruit farmer is fac
ing prosperous times, but in order
to take advantage of them he must
confne himself to the growth of fine
fruits which may be shipped long
distances without harm and which
will command a ready sale in far
away markets already flooded with
home grown fruit.-Scientific Farm
ar