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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01
Murder. Too. Was Planned.

dispntch frorI Phoebe says: Mon
roe Sanford and ~Cow by NcIl-- the two
under arrest at Lis place Tor rinunImg II
Wholesale robbery. ar" awaiting triaI =,
having been indicted 10y u spccial grand
jury.
II appears nov that their plot was
deeper than WIS nI first suppuscu
Every house ~ DrLrmnr that carries
money wiIs to bc looted, and the work
was Ia wind up by numbering Frank
md Sid Pace, then rOh the store. and
bury the bodies ~ IL grave already dug
undcr the house III winch Monroe and
Nrll were living.
Had II not been for Detective Hanks
gaining their confidence and JON ug ~
with them in all their worn, they would
have robbed the citizens Of DrLamar OF
at least go ,000 aud murdered two of ~
reputable Young men III we have III our
camp, Tho plot WIS we'll laid aId had
they not supposed they recognized in
Hanks II noted criminal known ia Jack
Go'ding, now serving tim" III the pcni
t"ntinry, md confidence III him, II Tonld
hnvc been carried out as planned.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01
BY SHOW OF HANDS
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN TO SERVE
THE SWISS PEOPLE.
Simple System Still Prevails in the
Ancient epubIic-Every Man of
Voting Age Called Upon to Partici-
pate.

In contrast with the complicated
ballots and election laws of this coun-
try Is the simplest of all voting sys-
ems, still practiced in Switzerland by
the showing of hands, says the
Churchman. Sometimes more than
10000 people are gathered in the big
market place. Some of the men have
come twenty or thirty miles to vote;
Tor every man OF voting age Is fined II
he does not report at the voting place.
The ceremony in the election de-
scribcd began with solemn march
OF the dignitarics from the house
where they had been waiting to the
platform. Then followed the singing
OF the AppcnZcll hymns and the long
! address by the landmann, during
which every man removed his hat.
After the address there was n silent
prayer of half n minute, and then the
voting began.
The men to be voted for happened
to be the officers who had already
served. and who were up for rc-elec-
tion. The name Of each candidate
was called out by the sheriff in voice
! that was almost II not quite n roar.
Then came the question. VIII YOU
replace HING No one moved. but AZ the
question VIII you confirm him?' n sea
of hands went up on the instant: and
so 1t was in every case. Such abso-
lutte unanimity was refreshing 10 see
Apparently there was no division into
parties.
The people knew their men and
| knew what ,hoy wanted. The vote
Was unanimous for each man, but one
Of the judges had died in October and
his place was TO be filled: so after
the others had been confirmed the
lnndmnnT called for nominations from
the crowd. Every man has the right
to nominate any one he plcascs who
Is n citizen and resident of the can
ton. So from out the crowd one
heard names called.
when some half.dozcn names had
been chosen they were read aloud and
proposed for vote, one by one. At
each name t&erc came n sprinkling OF
hands over the crowd till the name
arrived that the majority of the crowd
mad evidently fixed upon, and then
came the same unmistakablc upraIs.
Ing of hands In such numbers that
there was absolutely no doubt rs 10
who was elected and his election was
declared nt once by the landmanr.
After all the officers were elected
the landmann took the oath of Office.
and then tho whole crowd, raising
their right bands, took the oath of al
lcgiancc, rel -ating aloud the formula
In concert as 1t was read from the
platform. In the voting. whCro there
arises doubt rs to the vote. the vot-
crs are marched In front of the plat.
form In fours and counted. After the
vote for officers the question of chang
Ing the constitution, that the govern.
mCnt might be carried on in more
modern fashion. was brought up and
promptly and unanimously voted
down"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01

Tho ncndcmic field day held in Reno
Saturday wap one 0i the most exciting
ever held In the state. Very near cvcry
high echnol ~ tho etutC ww represented
10y u team.
FaiimR Ia get the Reno papers on
account of the washout near Golcondn,
WI are unable to publish the rcsults Of
tho different events. \ tcw diSpntchca
received " Eiko from members of the
tenn stnio TINT the score VIVA worry close,
Reno winning by five poinia, and Elso
VIVA second. II looked for time that
u k" wnn gong Ia cnpturc tho trophy.
Elho wna second.
Dispatches also stated that Mchlullcn
nf"No tito high pchoul record for tho
high'Inmp and TINT Clrcy was M casy
winner III tho mile run. 4 fun report
will appear tomorrow.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01
Volume ri
H"Inarl.abl- .,iINrr FInd.

@''liN' NcN.' May -1-Dnc Of the
o'EEest s'Ncr ihh Lo.d strikes ever
'""h' !" this section has come to light
in Crow canyon, three miles north Of
Austin. where three Italians are opcrat-
ing thr Richmond mmc. The local
raTrr. the krv"iil", says Of the lind:
Tho liihmoni is one III Il group Of
seven belonging to Fred Pcdrunciui,
John 'nno aud BILLY Scuichc:ti. At
II hrrth ot sihiy icet the water lev,
WI" reached AMI the chloride ore gave
way To sulphIdrs, HuG IN The bottom OF
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01
BURST AND LAND
SLIDE NEAR GOLCONDA
Five People Killed and Many are Missing
All East Bound Trains Annulled

The most diSatcrOuS cloud
burst and washOut in years
occurred ut l2:I~L this MORN
ing, caused by the breaking @
of the Dutcrtrc dam about
three miles above the Col
conda Cattle Company's
shcaring corral in Pole Creek
Canyon, an immense volume
of water said to have been
seven feet i'll height as it
came out ofthc canyon came
down from the Mountain
sweeping everything before
it. The house of ". &. Say
age Of the Cattle Co., it's
Shcaring corrals and plant
were swept away. Every
cellar i'll GolcOnda is flooded.
Some of the sheep hcrcdcrs
were carried halfa mile by
the force Of the water. The
track of the Southern Pacific
was undermined for a dis
tancc of a mile west of Col
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01
Odd Recurrence Of Diuits.

"ThC most remarkable arrangement
of numbers that | know Of" said
local business college man who takes
a delight In solving curious problems
and digging up mathematical oddities,
"ig the combination of tho six figures
of li2,Sj7. Multiply this number by
2 and the answer Is 2S5.71i. by 3 and
the answer IL i2S.57l. by I and the an.
swcr Is 5Ii .i2S. by ana the answer
Is 7li.2S5. by 6 ana tho answer Is
ShTii2. Each answer contains cx.
actly the somc diglis as the original
Sum. and. TO cap ihC climax. multi.
ply tho number by and up comes tho
answer 9g9 800"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01
Drowned nnd Then Munglcd.

1t seems Il peculiar fate for man to
be drpauci and t" later have his re-
mains rnn over nni terribly manglri by
Il freight tram, INT Is; ;raugc a. it may
seen tMrs is whit hunprnri to ". B.
Wright, 4 lumber innn. wOrking Tor the
Whit" Pme Lumber Company near
EdrNwi,l. some time ago.
iLhl WIS quit" IriuRer and about
a month agu he started to 20 from one
lumhcr camp :" uno'u,r while in an
intoxicn!c! condition While he was
walking over bridge hc fell into Grizzly
creek and was iroNncd. lie was miss.
ed 10y his ruu.mgdcs. bat wacn they were
unable =" find him they gave up the
search. Las; Wednesday afternoon
some Italians working on the Bocn and
L"yalton road discovered his remains in
Grizzly creek.
Tho body wRs taken from tie wnter
md rIurrl on . h nd ear. Onc of the
section hinds got on tho ear and started
to take the body 20 BcckwitI,, where
M inquest was tu he held. While
pumping tho car carrying the dead man,
the section hand failed to notice train
coming until ia WIS nearly upon him.
lie then jumped from the car and let
the tram hit the hand car on winch the
!cad mau WIS lying. Wrigh,'s body
wns thrown under the wheels aud was
terribly munIl"i.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01
WIZ Graduate with iIunurs.

Tho editor of the lNDEpgSpESr ac-
kn"" 'cdEcs tho receipt from Miss
llp2'llo VI. Lit,roll, OF Austin, OF IN in
vitation to tho commencement exercises
Of the z a iultWG class OF 1896, Of the
Austin lliLh School. rho exercises
viii take place June L..
Mss LitliCil 10 an accomplished
young in'y who was born and raised i'm
Austin. We are pleased to state that
he viii Grniuuic with hinh honors, OF
which she may well bc proud.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01
FARM.BRED MEN CALLED FOR.
Country Boys to Be the Future Xmas
of Commerce.

Tho time is fast approaching when
the Intelligent, Industrious and cner-
Couc !arlnbOy will occupy more
prominent place In the affairs of the
state and nation than he has occupied
In the past. The rapid pace which
has To be taken by people engaged In
the professions ana in mercantile pur.
suits In order To successfully meet
Tho competition on every hand Is not
con. Give to the mental endowment
OF L > descendants, and tho farmboy
OF rugged constitution and Industrious
habits will bo in greater demand TO
take their places than has ever been
known. Much as has been written In
regard TO tho prominent part that
such breeding and early training In
tho country have contributed to tho
successful management of great cn.
torpriscs and the successful prosocu.
ton of professional muttcrs. much
moro will bC said IN tho snmc dircc.
tion in the Manchester, n.
H.. Mirror
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01

a lnto diapnich from Prochc, Nevada,
saya:
Tho trial of II. j Gondrich, cx-
County Clcrk and Treasurer, charged
with ombczHlcmruL nf tho county fund.-,
came to M abrupt end Tuceday after
noon. 4 jury had been cmpnn"lcd aud
given their tCgtimOuy: when attorney
for tho defendant, W. ". Warner of
Salt bakc. moved tor the disnis al "f
tho defendant Tor the rcaHnn uhn, II
wag not shown that G"orich had NJ.
propriatcd amy ~ Tic money himsrif.
Ciyilly hc could loo hold responsible for
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01

conda, causing the ticing up
of all trains lorat least eight
hours.
Immediately following the
cloud burst a landslide oc-
cured i'll that vicinity doing
great damage and killing
five and wounding many.
The names Of the dead are:
Antoine Gabral, !. Anguiano,
Antoine l'icrtas, Chinese cal
led "Chippy" and IN Indian
named Bill. The injured are:
Henry Fcrrcira. suffering
from COngcStcd lungs due
to swallowing too much
mud and water, his condi-
ton is critical. Joe Lorcana
was dug out of Il pile of dc
brish and is considerably
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01
How 10 Avoid Coldo.

"first. last and all tho time. II YOU
wish TO avoid catching cold" says n
writer in q medical journal, keep yonr
strength at the maximum. Whencvc.
tho vitality Is lowered by oycrwork.
poor food, worry. or by any other
cause. your EOwCr OF resistance Is i'm.
iorCd and an 0pcning is mado for tho
thumsgnd aud one agencies OF disease
which are continually seeking to
break In"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01

J. II. Miller and LILY Rose, OF Chick.
Heha. |. r.. ran away to Oklahoma
city and were married on tho birthday
OF tho brides father. tho latter rcccIv.
ing tho first intelligence OF tho event
In this notc from his daughter: ~
could think OF nothing that you need
more than n sonlnlaw. 80 concluded
to givo you ono MS n birthday present" :"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-01

the acts Of his deputies. but Grim.
innil! It had to bu shown tiat he had
used and taken the money with u
frlunIous aud a criminal intent. 1t
WIS proved there was a shortage, as
shown 10y the experts accounts, but
who had taken the money could not bn
determined. Tho court ruled accord.
inply.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-14
Another Side to the Story.

We have just found, in the Brad
tains much truth and it applies to
other parts Of the state besides Brad
ford and Manatee counties
Not unfrequently we hear from indi-
viduals who always think they can do
better a little further on wonderful
stories of the prosperity of other sec
tons. These stories make the develop
ment of our own section look like
thirty cents i'm comparison, and a fell
low is almost made to feel that he is
literally throwing his life away by
remaining in this part Of the moral
vineyard, and that too within a few
miles ride of where money grows on
the shrubbery. But there is another
side to the story. Manatee county
paper tells it as follows:
1.-The people of Manatee county have
"dilly dallied'' long enough on truck
ing and orange business, which is all
right as far as it goes, and should real
ly have precedence over anything else,
but what we've got to come to is rails
ing more stuff and living at home.
This idea of only working three or
four months in the year and expecting
to get rich from one vegetable or or
ange crop is myth, and we had just
as well understand it right now. Any
man with energy and common sense,
by working it right, can make money
and good money in Manatee county,
but he can't do it by working only
three or four months in the year and
spending the balance of the time
wearing out the seat of his pants
around town whiting up dry goods
bOXeS''
1t will be observed that the South
Florida paper wants its readers to
raise more stuff and live at home"
just the thing this section of the state
is doing and has been doing for years.
When another fellow tells you all
about what wonderful things you
could do in some other section tell
lin to g'lOng, Bradford is good enough
for anybody.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-14
Grow Lettuce.

The editor of the Green Cove Springs
News and then urges the farmers of
Clay county to grow more lettuce We
have no doubt that there are still
many localities i'm this state where
lettuce can be as successfully grown
as it has i'm those places where it has
already been tried 1t is a crop that
is easily raised and is more easily
harvested than crop of potatoes. No
doubt many more could go into the
business prOfitably, yet it is not like
potatoes in one respect, there is by
no means the same general demand for
it. The market could be Overstocked
by a much smaller crop than the po-
tato crop that broke the market last
year.
Why don't our enterprising farmers
undertake the growing of lettuce i'm
and around this section of the county
where transportation is so handy?
There is big money in this crop and
it requires so little labor and expense
compared with some other crops. 1t
is about as quick a crop made as
Irish potatoes and does not require
more than half the amount of fertil
izer and labor. See what the people
are doing around Palatka:
Editor Palatka News:
There is no longer any doubt about
the successful growing of lettuce ON
the lands around Palatka.
Lettuce growing here is yet i'm its
infancy, and but limited number of
acres were planted, yet the yield of
the fall crop, just marketed, was over
$500 baskets.
Both soil and climate are well adapt
ed to the growing of fall crop of
lettuce The weather is little cooler
and the soil is more moist than most
of the older lettuce sections.
This is why our growers were less
troubled by having the crop go to seed
than were others. And the cold
weather that Injuries the crops of
our competitors at Norfolk and
Charleston does not hurt u.s. We can
also raise successful winter and spring
crops of lettuce
Tourists and visitors are invited to
come out to the Evergreen Farm and
see our winter lettuce and celery, and
at the same time, the fine crops grow
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-14

land, postage prepaid, for 40 cents.
This anomaly nobody has yet been
able to explain or excuse, and nobody
i'm congress appears to be disposed to
apply the remedy.
Another unreasonable restriction is
the rule that prohibits rural delivery
carriers from conveying any passenger
in his wagon. The result is that the
carrier runs his wagon with possibly
a load of twenty pounds of letters,
newspapers and circulars. In many
cases the load is not over two pounds,
and the estimated loss of this repres-
sive policy is 81 day for every rural
delivery carrier, or $31 900 a day for
the entire system. Very naturally the
postOffice deficit is growing with the
growth of the rural delivery system,
while the dividends of the express
companies are also growing as the
years go by.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-14

ing on the adjoining farms may be
seen. And anyone who sees these
crops will have seen some Of the pos
sibilities of hundreds of acres close
around Palatka.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-14

E o. Painter Fertilizer Co.,
Jacksonville, Fla,
Gentlemen:
little over year ago 1 bought my grove
here, which was then in very poor condition.
1 have used your fertilizer freely and to-day
my trees are the finest looking in my COM
munity. 1 will get about 1900 boxes this
season and 5000 boxes will not be Heavy
crop for them next season. With such results
l naturally wish continue the use of your
goods. Yours respectfully,
A. E. Berry.
Bowling Green, Fla, Oct. 20, 1905
Courtenay Merrtt's Island. Fla,
Dec. q, 1904.
E. o. Painter Co.,
Jacksonville, Fla,
Dear Sirs:
1 have been 10 days late in check. l wish 4
tons more of No. 1 and one ton of Die Back
but will not put in order until 1 get more
returns.
My oranges reported as being the only
ones arriving in N. Y. in excellent condition
N. S. Sans.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-14
Wfale-Oil Soap and other Insecticides For Sale
E. O. PAINTER FERTILIZER CO., Jacksonville, Fla |

Chamber, Washington, d. c. and
your congressman. Hall of Represen-
tatives, Washington, d. c. Every
Grange, farmers club and farmers
institute in the land should send
petition cOuched i'm the strongest Ian
guage possible.
A correspondent of the Southern
Agriculturist complains to the editor
of the injury that a change in the way
of carrying the mail has done him.
The editor answers and makes the
same recommendation that all are do
ing, who look at it from the farmers
side of the case.
Farmers Troubles About Small
Packages.
Kindly allow me to pour into your
ears some troubles of the farmer. Till
recently over same road the Star
Route for Offices Now, this latter has
been discontinued. and as we are ten
miles from railroad offices and often
want small packages from our railroad
and county town. that were formerly
supplied us by the Star Route wagon,
at a nominal price for carriage now
we are badly i'm the soup. too far to
go to town for things and carrier not
allowed to haul. Please push the
penny post parcel delivery idea and
head off another blood sucker-the eX-
press company.
The foregoing shows how easily a
large neighbOrhOOd can be rendered
isolated and helpless by a change of
mail route. 1t also proves the
fact that the National Government
should adopt laws to carry packages
by mail to suit the daily needs of the
agricultural classes The farmers
should agitate their wants and keep
letters going up to Washington. de-
handing these concessions. The Ag-
riculturist suggests to Mr.. Lindsay
and his neighbOrs to write to their
congressman and senators stating how
they are deprived Of all the advantages
of the Star Route. If all the farmers
will speak the same words, Congress
will hear and the postal package law
will be passed. Write dozen letters
every week to your representatives in
Congress and they will know you
mean business.
The Farmers Call publishes the
following:
Postal Legislation Needed by
Farmers.
This was the title of one of the
addresses delivered at the annual
session of the Farmers National Con-
gress at Richmond. Va. last Septem-
Der. 1t was by Congressman Lamb,
of Virginia. 1t was one of the ablest
addresses ever delivered before the
congress, from it we make the follow
ing extract.
Agriculture is the basis of wealth
and has made our new country the
richest in the world The balance of
trade now largely in our favor, is the
result of ceaseless toll of the Ameri-
can farmer. He may claim if not de-
mand every postal reform that legis-
latiOn can give him. For years he
asked for rural free delivery which
was thought an Utopian dream but
i'm 1904 there were 24.566 routes and
an appropriation of $13, 100000. Every
representative in Congress can testify
to the qualification this service has
given his constituents. A lady of a
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-14

large family i'm one of the counties
in eastern Virginia said to me only
q few days ago; "Oh, you do not
realize what a comfort the rural free
delivery is to our neighborhOOd We
had to send three or four miles be-
fore this. Now we have it at the
lower gate every morning. So we
write more letters and take more
papers, and are more in the world
than fOtmerly.'' 1t is claimed by
some that the introduction of rural
free delivery will so increase letter
writing and further use of mailing
facilities that the service will be soon
self-sustaining.
A careful consideration of postal re-
forms i'm this country calls for a calm
and impartial investigation of the
question of government ownership of
telegraph lines. Ours is the only
country today in which the telegraph
is not under government control.
While | do not believe i'm a paternal
form of government, we are often
compelled to choose between two evils
We cannot hesitate long in making a
choice between private monopoly and
government control of the telegraph.
In England, a State-contrOlled tele-
graph has resulted in cheaper, more
widely extended and more expeditions
system of telegraphy.
The parcel post is a success WHEREBY
er it is put in operation. 1t is adj
mitted that so far as small packages
and letters are concerned, the govern
ment service is better than private
service could be. If better on letters
and small packages why will it not be
better on larger packages. The pre-
sent rate on fourth class matter is
practically prOhibitive. A parcels post
at reasonable rates will be of meal
culable benefit to the farmer, the gar
dener, the retail dealer and even the
manufacturer.
The expenses of the pOstoffice de-
partment were more than $14,OOO,0OO
greater than the receipts, during the
last year. The editor of the Twentieth
as follows:
Rural Delivery Deficit.
According to the cOmputat ton made
by the fourth assistant postmaster
general, the cost of delivering a letter
by rural mail delivery is i'm excess of
the postage. In other words, rural
mail delivery is carried on by the Post
office Department at a loss, when by
rights it should be a source of reve-
nue.. The blame for the deficit ere
ated by the rural delivery service
must. however. rest with congress and
not with the department.
There are now over 81 900 rural free
delivery routes in operation i'm the
United States. Each rural free de-
livery carrier serves an average of 125
families on a twenty-five-mile route.
Like other branches of the postal
service that have come in conflict with
privileged interests, the efficiency of
rural delivery has been hampered by
restrictions. Congress will not allow
rural carriers to deliver a parcel of
merchandise except on payment of Is
cents pound postage and the weight
must not exceed four pounds. On
such fOur-pOund package the postage
is GA cents, which is practically
prohibitOry rate. The same four
pound parcel can be mailed to Eng