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Irrigation work.

Engineer L.. IL. Taylor, chief engineer
Of the irrigation project in Nevada,
spent last evening in Reno and returned
to his headquarters IN Hazen this
morning. He stated last evening that
he had Just finished the survey OF one
hundred aud fifty miles Of laterals in
Churchill county extending from Fallon
westward along the Carson lake and the
desert extending to the west OF the
metropolis Of Churchill county.
The survey OF the laterale was finish
cd at the close of the year and Mr..
Taylor stated that the work would be
advertised for bids within the next two
weeks.
He will put on an engineering party
tomorrow afternoon surveying laterals
from the man canal to irrigate the
large flat Just west Of Wadsworth. He
says that these ~laterals will DO ready
for use and will ave water III them by
spring aud TINT ut that time hundreds
Of new homes will stand where there is
now only Il barren desert.
The laterals to he surveyed just out
OF the old railroad town OF Wadsworth
will irrigate in the neighborhood of
$500 acres and in all Their re will be fifteen
small irrigatinG bitches. The land
which will be irrigated by these laterals
has nearly all been taken up, but the
settlers are waiting for the water before
attempting to improve their land.
The ~laterals west OF Fallon will IT.
rigate thousands OF acres and Engineer
Taylor says that the home seekers are
already preparing their land for the
water that will soon be turned into the
irrigatlng bitches Tor their use.
at has been stated" said Engineer
Taylor, shat there would be very little
work done on the irrigation project in
Nevada during the next year, but {
will say hat the work is to be continued
until all this land is under cultivation
and until where there are only deserts
at the present time, will be hundreds Of
farms in a few years."
When asked to state what would be
done at Lake Tahoe this year, MIR.
Taylor SAID:
Il really do not know how the mat
ter stands Mt the present time, but will
say that the people going to Lake Tahoe
next season will see the government
doing some very interesting work at
the site Of the Lake Tahoe dam. He
also stated that ut the present time the
water in the Carson was the only water
being turned into the c%anals, although
The government was ready 10 turn tho
water from .he Truckee into the canals
whenever it was acknowledgements.
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the construction OF 100 miles Of railroad
extending from Snake river to Wiuue'
mucca. Work will begin az soon rs the
material can be secured. 1t was stated
that sl,5OO.OOO bonds to pay for the
company's San Francisco terminals arc
now under option. Steel for a part OF the
line has been purchased. AS projected
tho railroad will extend from Butte City,
Montana, through BOISE City, to San
Francisco.
Many Of the Now Years eve rltes and
ceremonies are similar to those practiccd
Oh Halloween. In Finland, for instance
the girls and boys go out backward to
:he wood pile and from the sizc and
shape Of the pisce Of wood they pick up
determine the stature OF their sweet
hearts.
\ Clergyman at Yarmouth, England,
who was attending "A ~rumnIagc SALE"
that was being held for "A charity, laid n
new straw hat on a stall and when he
turned around Ia get it n minute or two
later found that the energetic stall
keeper had sold it for ! cents to an I'M
known purchaser.
Officers of Washington's stall wore
rutTled shirtE, red eashcs and wOrstcd
gloves. During the period OF the con-
federation thet troops retained substan
italy tho revolutionary uniform. The
cavalry had brass helmets with white
horse hair. In 1892 both infantry and
artillery officers had swords OF saber
form.
John G., Mccall yesterday sen to the
trustees Of ..e New York LILO insurance
company his check for 5 1000 and his
note for S!5C 900. This is to- refund the
money paid to Andrew Hamilton and
not accounted for by him and winch
MC;;ail promised to repay in case
Hamilton failed to account for it,. II
Mccall would nov refund the $3.50, 600
that lac stole from the company to give
to republican campaign committees, he
would stand much higher in the cstima-
ton Of the public.
\ New Years method employed by
the Italian peasant girl to learn what
Lyman has i'll store for her is to stand in
the doorway Of her home facing the road
and kick oil one Of her slippers with
sufficient force IN send it ovcr her head
and back into the room. II the clipper
falls IN the sole, the toe pointing toward
the door in which the girl st tnds, ste
takes it rs an omen that before the new
year dies she shall have walked out oi
her parental home and entered another
house as its mistress and as a bride.
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newspapers, he sent the stock to al a
share aud unloaded hundreds OF thous
Il d OF shares before the collapse came.
There is IA strong probability that the
man murdered at Montello some days
ago was Fred Formau. Police Sergeant
Chambers remembers the man MS having
been i'll Ogden u couple OF days and
spent the hight at the police station Of
December %, leaving Il day or too later
for the west. lie answers to description
OF the murdered man perfectly and the
loca! officers are confident that he is the
man.-Ogden Journal.
This year promises to be tho record
year for travel into California from the
East. Ii is estimated by the officials OF
the railroads interested in this move
meut that $4,000 tourists have visited the
state this winter. The total revenue OF
the railroads transporting the visitors is
estimated at not less than $1,000, 900. Tho
conc'ueion ia drawn that California will
derive the snug sum Of sl5, 000,C0 from
tho seasons tourist business.
Warden j. l.. Copsidine has stated
that he intends to follow the tracks Of
the prehistoric man, ::hich are so plainly
seen in the yard Of the prison at Carson.
The warden will haze Il tunnel driven
into the hull and will follow The tracks in
hope OF coming 10 n Cave in which the
bones of tie man tlat made these tracks
may he found. lie has been advised to
do this by the Smithsonian Institute at
Washington, and il he succeeds Iii his
work he will throw "A great light on pre-
historic America.
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build the road both east and west from
thai point ms fast as men and money can
build it. 1t also has il from the highest
authority that the company expects to
have the road completed between San
Francisco and Salt Lake by January /,
1908, and will be able at that time to CON-
pete for all the business.
y despach from ST Petersburg says
that Admiral Rojestvensky in a letter to
the Novoe Vremya refers to the absolute
secrecy Of Admiral Togo in the DISPOSE.
ton OF his fol ces and declares -shis WIS
unknown oven to the admiral OF the
British tleol allied with the japanese
who concentrated his forces Mt Weihai.
wei i'll expectation OF receiving an
order to annihilate the Russian fleet il
this the final object OF Great Britain
was beyond the power Of the Japanese"
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In dispute over some mining claims
near Lunniug J. y. Tracy telegraph
operator, shot and killed Il miner named
Mccormick in the depot waiting room
at Lhnniug about $3.50 o'clock Friday
afternoon. According to the story the
men had II disagreement over some
mining claims and Mccormick came ia
the depot where Tracy WIS ut work. The
men became involved in a dispute and
both drew guns. Tracy fret first three
tImcs-cach shot taking effect. Nc
Cormick, although he had his gun in his
hand When Tracy fired. was unable to
shoot and fell dead IN the door OF the
waiting room. Immediately after the
shooting Tracy surrendered to an officer.
y corOner's inquest was held and exhon-
Grated Tracy. declaring the killing Of
Mccormick was done in self deicdJe.-
Appeal.
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Tho following officers o; Ruby
TcmpIc, No. 6, Rathbone Sisters, were
installed las. night by Mrs. 4. S. Dorsey,
Past Chief:
Mrs. Rose Clark. Past Chief; Miss Eva
Thompson, Most Excellent Chief; Mrs,
Mary Ghccn, Senior; Mrs. Mamie
Dorsey, Junior; Mrs. Matte Griswold,
Manager; Miss Mary Dcwar, Mistress oi
Finance; Mrs. Minnie Doughty, Mistress
OF Records and Correspondence; Mrs
Elizabeth ilarbin, Protector; Mrs
Margaret Green, Outer Guard.
After tho installation exercises, the
officers and members proceeded to the
Mayer restaurant and slowed away Il
large quantity Of catables.
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LEVI TRAUSS 20
OVeTdllS
Had Only The Best.

George Washington drank the best
liquor, and he drank it straight, ami the
same is true OF Andrew jackson.
Jackson, however, preferred his rather
youug, and would drink it new from
tho worm.
On one occasion 1t fell to me to 20 to
Madison county. Kentucky, aud inter-
view Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay. The old
lion met lie at the portal aud gave me n
hospitabIe welcome. He showed me
his baroniaI hall, his pictures, his books
and mis- weapons. Then he fetched
forth liquor.
The first was some brandy iifty four
years old. =. was insipid, ami the
general nniy produced it rs a curiosity.
Then he produced brandy eighteen years
old, and the gods OF high Olympus
never quatTed mightier mead.
Whatever OF Imagination l had il
awakened, all my montal energies It
quickened and caused me to hang on
the lips OF the wonderful old man rs he
gave me his impressions OF Russia.
There Is Il tradition that James Blu.
chanan kept tho best whisky Of any Of
the presidents. l have read the state
ment that he had in his cellar at Wheat
land enormous quantities Of the best
rye whisky in the world when no died.
!. was said, and the story was told
with the precision and Enthusiastically
that gave it the impress Of truth that
whisky-that ia, good whisky and such
whisky us he drank-had no other in
toxicating effect on James Buchanan
than a gentle exhilaration, and that he
could drink a gallon a day without
perccptible effect on his physique or the
slightest disorder OF his mind.
There was a story that John Tyler,
when president, wanted to find out what
the democratic Iarty was dong in the
field II politics and with that end in
topers to interview Buchanan, then IA
senator in congress-. get him drunk and
induce him to talk.
The parties met at the Astor house in
New York, and shortly after midnieh,
Tylcr's cmissarics were both under the
table and old Buck, i'll full possession OF
all his IaCu!rse amt President Tyler's
p1liti rGl ipcrcts trottcd of to bed.
Inefc = a story OF .Ee cellar Of an
other Pennsylvania statesman, Simon
Cameron. 1t is said there were several
barrels Of "cherry bounce in there that
had the ciTec! 10 cause any member Of
Pennsylvania legislature who drank Of il
to VOC for anything Gen. Ccameron TOLD
him to vote for.
Gen. Sheridan told n story Of Bis
marck, and one could SEQ that the It'll,
general felt that the treatment Hc,oT I'D
him 10y the mighty chancellor vac iujuT,
ioua. II vas late on the day OF Sedan
Bismarck and Sheridan had witnessed
the battle and the victory, and both pa
spurs to flank md dashed FOR Bismarck
quarters. Herbert bismarck was there
and his father asked for something t
drink. There Wac just me bottle o
brandy Oh the place, a little more than
Il Eth Of Il gallon. This was uncorked
and the chancellor put il to his moutl
aud drank and drank, and when he hat
finished there WIS not n drop remaining
for his guest.
But what did Bismarck ever SEQ tina
he coveted that he did not ~monopolize
New York Tribune.
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FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
SaImagundi.

Ga, YOUR annual resolution in shape
tc GO INFO effect on Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed Lyton anu Mr.. J.f
Uoll. md are in from Lamoille.
Mr.. Greenfield returned last might
from Lamoille where he held afternoon
|s,iyi''.
Commissioner Snyder returned last
Nth: from u trip to Utah and Idaho.
He saw several bishops On his trip and
squared himself for another year.
II il rerorted that Jack O'Brien and
Marin Hart will iisht for IA $4,000
pIrSn nj Reno. Tie Reno sports claim
tJ,oy know uo:hins about the proposed
fight.
J.. Aaron lngHlls, better kno IN rs
Buca- Ingalls,, the O~iinghoupc mIucr, If
said Ia be a raudi lat: for governor. II
il not oiated "n which ticket he proposes
t. run.
&. ". Poweils WIS found in an IN.
rOnsciou' condition bet wern Galconda
and Battle Mountain Sunday night.
lie was hcating his way west and Is sup.
poeci to have fallen from a train.
A. Monday ii the first day q! tho Mes
Year and a legal holiday, there will be no
pap issued from tins office. Tho office
force will need the time to get th,ir
resolutions in shape for practical
operation during the year.
The last day OF 1891 was rather soft
aud the streets were full OF elush. Tn.
less al r sns fail, the last day Of 1893
will be decidedly different. To-day is
coli al stormy and the streets are COW
cred wiLh o There will have TO he
a big change tonight IL there is any
sluss III the streets tomorrow.
Wednesday lie Ormsby county grand
Jury indicted Frank Moore for burglary
anu ""'nrs night he was in the peni-
tc1ti uy serving IA three years sentence.
The indictment was found in the fore
noon and Moore was arraigncd in the
AFTERNOON and plead guilty. lie broke
into II b.H car and stole a quantity Of
g"nls.
This il the lat business day Of this
lrnf maj the last issue Of the ]lHDFrEH-
DENT for 1905. 1t is therefore our
Pheasant duty to extend Ia all our
fri."I- aud patrons the compliments Of
t,ir ,ra5uE aud wish thoD happiness and
prcsr,i'y during the coming year.
May the new year bring nothing nj
gCpi :" o
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Storey County Mortality,

The mortality OF Storey county for the
year 1907 presents an interesting study.
In al there wore about 95 deaths. Reck-
onmg the population at 1900, n rather
low estimate, the death rate per thousand
was n little over four per cent. When
the high mortality OF many other com
munities is considered it will DO ssen that
the county is an extremely healthy one
Six OF the deaths we're those of infants
and children under one year, and abont
30 OF those who sought their final rest
were over 80 years OF age. The highest
death rate occurred in December, when
there we're IL deaths. Tho average Y
OF those who died IN that month was
over 81 years. II will he seen from tho
foregoing that most Of the deaths we're
form causes attending old age. There
worc no deaths from epidemics of Il
character and but one fatality In the
mines. Two died from gunshot wounds.
Chronicle.
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Pebbles from Greenland

a carload Of flint pebbles from Green.
land, consigned to the Standard Consol.
idnted Mining Company Of Bodie, was
received yesterday ut the Carson City
freight office Of tho Virginia & Truckeo
railway.
These pebbles are OF uritorm eizs and
will be used in the working Of t%ailinvp.
by being placed with the tailings in a
revolving drum. These pebbles will last
Tor years in this process ns they arc as
hard rs steel.
Tho Standard company has but ro-
Gently installed this plnDt, and it is ono
OF the most novel in the United States
md has proven to be eminently success.
ful.-Carson Newe.
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FROM THURSDAYS DAILY


Pierce Wore will leave for Goldic!d
tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Brain left for Cali
foIuin thus afternoon to spend the
winter.
Mrs. j. Henderson and daughter, Mrs.
Brown, left for San Francisco Oh No. 3
this afternoon.
Robert II. McCurIy aud son have re-
signed rs trustees Of the Mutual Life
insurance company.
The Idaho officers are still looking Tor
the murderer Of TX Governor Stcuncn-
berg. Six m"n suspected OF the crime
are in jtil.
An ci.ht.ycar-oId-chiIi u! John Han.
kms nt Ruby valley died ycsterday. The
remains were brought in this afternoon
Tor intcrmCnt.
The board Of yarIon- yesterday con-
siicrcd the application Of Charles
Angel, sent up from Esm"ralda county
for r.nbezZlcmcnt. Tho board took tho
application under consideration.
Wrivci last night from Snlt Lake and
l,F' for tho west on No , this afternoon,
10 -aya there are about $500 people at
Tonopnh and more AT Goljiicld.
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.'HOM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.
Write it 1896.

Write it 1906.
Mr. Hurley. nee Miss Lulu McMuIlcn,
is visiting her ElKo relatives and friends.
The commissioners me yesterday and
allowed the monthly grind Of bills and
adjourned until today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher, who were visiting
Sir. and MH. Quincy, lett Tor their home
ut Oakland Saturday night.
The Wintcrmnntcl Co. offer some c1.
ccllcnt bargains III jrwciry, cut glass,
otr. SEQ the now al for further partic.
ulnra.
Mr. Dan O'Donu. the first wltc ot
Bigamist O'DoHn, n0w doing time III
the Carson pom, WA granted II divorce
last Saturday ut Fnllon.
Tho last mail train made its first trip
through Elko yesterday. Postmaster
Jones does not know how 1t will effect
our mnil service further than it gives us
nm additional mail from the wOst.
Tho last issue 81 the Hawthorne
bulletin contains twelve pages. eight Of
winch ARE taken up with the delinquent
tax li4t and motto" 81 Enlc, Nearly all
the Delinquent property il III Guliiicld.
Two men at Mr.. Thompson's livery
stable were celebrating the advent of
tho new year Sunday night, when they
began sruiIlmg over the piatol they wcr"
1890. .l-. =. ..-. l.-.1.., ,,.l A..
bullet went through one Of their hnnds.
Tho man IN n0v in the hospital. lilo IL
known aa ask Shooter John.
Unless ono ~ the good citizens Of
Fort Churchill, Lyon rounty, consents
{" act ia postmaster, Uncle Sam will
cloio IL" office l. it possible that there
III ma office in this country TINT n repuh.
lican doesn't want? Ono 81 Elko's
republicans should move to Fort
Churchill aud take thia job before il Is
too late.
"Ycp" anih Uncle Silae. inter having
r~uniuntrd for mn hour over the comic
opera he had witnessed. az cp, | reckon
IL tho mllkmaids out our way was To weaI
tho kind Of clu'cs tho milkmaida docs IN
these shows. ] reckon about hall the boys
IN the country would 10 huBtlin' 10 gel
tho job o drivin tho cove up from the
rnstur.' reckon. Ycp!"
As usual On tho first OF the year, W.
lnyC sent ont n number ~ billie. They
represent II good deal OF money in III,
aggregate that would enrvc u useful pur
po7C IN lhia Office. Those receiving TN
bills will cOuicr n favor by calling u
this Office before Saturday mud gnttin,
our autograph to tho bills. Your crodi
will then 10 gcOd Tor another year.
Tho standard ut money in ~liueaia /
tho rublr, silver coin continuing ~
grains " fine silver and equal 10 10 cent
American money. In actual circulation
thorc Ia littlo hut paper money, valued n
from 10 To % per cont. below it, nominn
value. \ rublc In divided into t.
kopcckB, Half and quarter rublcs mn
nth, tenth aud twentieth par,a Of
rublc, nrC coined of silver.
Governor llcrrick oi Ohio in ont wit
strong message iavOrinR tho abolitIo
ot lilo Legislative lobby. Tho people @
OHIO abolished tho governor lnf
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Plea for Shorter Houre

President Mitchell of the Mine
Workers mnde nm interesting state.
ment In his Tamaqua speech, when
he said: II do not ask for the eight.
hour day rs n matter of sentiment,
but rs n matter Of good citizenship.
a man can do more work in eight
hours than In ten hours. DO you
know that in the soft coal regions
more coal Is produced per man in an
olght-hour day than was produced ia
IA ten-hour day." Let's see. who was
the lawyer who said that he could do
a years work In eleven months, but
not In twelve?-Doston Globe.
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stockhoIders' Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the regu.
lar annual meeting OF the stockholders
OF the First National Bank Of Elko.
Nevada, will DO held at it's banking
House in Elko, Nevada, on Tuesday, tho
ninth (0.h) day OF january, 1906, at Q
o'clock p. M, for the purpose Of olecting
a Board OF Directors TO servo Tor the en-
suing year, and for tho transactions of
such other business rs may properly
como before tho meeting.
The FIRST NATrosAL BANK.
BY II. II. ~ ,LLErT, Cashier.
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Where They Lived,

Two young married couples met q
a hotel In the mountains this sur,
mcr. They became the best o.
friends. When the day f." parting
came there were loud expressions Of
regret.
Now you must come to see me rea!
soon" said Mrs. q.
81 certainly shall" replied Mrs. A.
What part OF tho city do you 1.-Two
in?"
"Wc live Mt al West -- street"
said Mrs. G..
The other woman looked amazed.
"What!' she exclaimed. "371 West
- strcct-why wo have lived there
for moro than two ycars."-Now Yorl,
Sun
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For coughs and colds no remedy 10
equal to Kennody's Laxative Honey aud
Tar-thc Liquid Cold Cure. II Ia dif-
fcrcnt from all others-botter, because it
expells all cold from tho system by act
ing ms n cathartic on tho bowels. Gives
strength TO weak lungs. Affords immc.
diatc relief i'll Group, coughs, colds,
whoopinG-cough. etc. Children love it.
Sold by Elko Drug Co.
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New Jewelry Store.

II. friedrich, tho Jewelcr, Announces
that he has gone 10 SIM Frnucioco TO
secure the necessary fixtures 10 properly
stock bis new jcwclry store III Elkn. TO
be located in connection with Seymour
Jacobs store. Wait for the new stock.
all fresh goods ut San Francisco prices
mud guaranteed.
Fiuo watch repairing our specially at
reasonable prices.
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Soothing and Comforting.

The soothing and comforting eirectof De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, when applied
to piles, sores, cuts, boils, etc, subdues
pain almost instantly. This salve draws
out the inflammation, reduces swelling
and acts rs q rubefacIcnt. thus circulat-
ing the blood through the diseased parts,
permitting or aiding Nature to per.
manently remove the trouble entirely.
Sold by Elko Drug Co.