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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-21
Helping tho Western Pacific

a San Francisco dispatch CT the 18th
says: .,
The Western Pacific is receiving
help from eastern lines in securing the
lo'oO men winch it needs to rush Its
line 70 completion by January l. 1908.
The local office received u letter from
the Chicago Office OF the Wabash Rail.
road yesterday offering to send skilled
laoorers and mechanics to the new
Gould line. The Western Pacific ac.
cepted the offer and asked for all the
men the Wabash could supply.
other eastern railroads have been
sending men constantly ever since the
Western Pacific issued the call and il
seems probable that the roster Of 10. O
will soon he completed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-21
Evolution OF wuTkduy.

Pnor to 1890, the workday WINS eleven
to thirteen houra, or from SUN TO suu.
In that ,eHr tile agitation for a @ n.hour
day became quite con mon and resulted
III a humber Of strikes. The merchants.
manufacturer and employ crs generally
pledged Themselves tot to employ lnbor.
crs until they would agree to work twelve
hours for si n day. From 1880 to 1855
the ten hour contest resulted in bund.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-21
Democratic D.i.x.,...

Following II the delegates TO the
democratic county convention, so far as
the result OF Saturdays primary cleo.
ton has been reported to the county
committee:
observation-disclosures E NJ Gutridge,
j ID Carroll, John w Vowel, j. I
Wright. II Clinton, George Russell. S G
Shirley, G f Mayer " c Owene, J c
Harris. J f Triplett.
Tuscarora-T f Brewer, L L Grandy,
Jess, Snyder, G c Bach, Phil Snyder,
Ed Todd. d II Young.
Starr Valley-W W Weathers, W
Mayer, g G Truett.
Weiland-Ed E Oldham.
Halleck-A b Blevene.
Cobre- L Willis.
Carlin--J A Bieiar. James X ledge
Charles HAPPIER. CL Brooks.
wells-A W Goble. Allen Fisher, II
Fl Coryell, Phil S Triplett.
Lamoillc-Frank McDermott. Charley
Toyn, Jr.
Glover Valley-John J Schoer, ii A
Agee.
RUBY Valley-W G Greathouse.
North Ruby-W S Griswold, Sam
Bachman.
South Fork-w L Crane.
Columbia-wm Burte, Z G Winter.
Island Mountain-M J Fitzgerald.
Jack Creek-C l. Woodward.
Edgemont-Al. johnson, Joe Curry.
Mardis-Chas. II Graham.
Montello-H p Robinson.
White Rock-I II Pogus.
Fort Halleck--Bert Mcnamara.
Bryan-S q Tremewan.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-21

In a recent speech the Hon. W.
RothIchild. NJ. r.. said that within
the last two months very many ref
ugees from Russia had been sent back
to England and that he had evi .enco
that every one OF these men wa shot
at the Russian frontier without tgIa'.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-21
Coffee and Enilnnsu

Austrian and German physIcjons
have fixed on coffee rs one o; tho
causes Of epilepsy.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-21
Mariners Co-Tl--.

The Chinese in".~ - t,!.
compass 3 nOG "r~~.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-21

WORLDWIDE TARIFF WAR.
When the United States. or my other
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-21
THE DAILY INDEPENDENT
SUBSCRIPTION A t

Ono 90
Six Months. IS 90
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14

Sive fence laws, were all to move out
of the state, those who are left would
find the burden of taxation very much
heavier than it is now. We heard a
native F'loridian say, years ago, that
if the Northern people did not like our
laws let them go back where they
came from. That is the feeling of
many of them yet. 1t is contrary to
the true idea of American liberty.
American citizens ought to be able to
go where they please, in this country,
and be free to express their sentiments
about the laws and to agitate for the
repeal of any that are obnoxious to the
sentiment of any community. If it
was convenient for any of these same
cattlemen to move to a Northern state
they would not like it to be told that
if they did not like the laws they could
move.
1t is high time that Florida had a
local option fence law. One that
would enable the citizens of any vot-
ing precinct to forbid the running at
large of any kind of stock. Why should
dozen or So of good citizens be tax
ed hundreds of dollars to fence out
few dollars worth of scrub cattle and
raZOrback hogs?
1t is only a question of a few years,
the enterprising, progressive gardeners
and fruit growers of this state will
not much longer tolerate the present
condition of things. If you are inter-
ested to know how the matter is look
ed upon by others, read an article from
the Melbourne Times which will be
found, elsewhere, in our paper this
week.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14

within two days after the rendition of
the judgment.
Section six provides that when any
dog is listed for taxation and the tax
has been duly paid it shall be regard
ed as property and shall be entitled to
the same protection as other live stock.
Provided that in suit for damages
under this section, it is competent to
offer evidence as to the value set upon
the dog by the owner when listed for
taxation.
Section seven provides that any OWL
er or harborer of any dog who fails or
refuses to list the same with the as
essor shall be fined not exceeding
$1,000 But any one who refuses to
pay the tax when due may be fined
not exceeding $500 and upon con-
victiOn the judgment may include an
order to kill the dog. 1t is also pro-
vided that it shall be the duty of the
sheriff and his deputies and the con-
StdDlc Ol cdCU ulStIICt, W Nil CaiuoC
to be killed any dog the owner Of
which has failed or refused to pay the
tax when due. For such killing he
shall receive 80 cents for each dog.
Two more sections provide penalties
for poisoning dogs and also provides
for killing mad dogs. Any one who
shall conceal a dog ordered to be kill
ed or prevents the execution OF such
an order may be fined $500 for each
day that he shall so offend
This law is good so far as it goes,
but the tax on female dogs should be
of the provisions might be made more
stringent
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
The Dog Tax Law.

We have been giving the views of
some Kentucky papers on the subject
of Il tax on dogs. Later we announced
that such a law had been passed by
the legislature of that state. The
last number of the Farmers Home
Journal prints the law in full. We
would like to quote it verbatim as an
example of a good law, not perfect,
1t would occupy too much space, so
we must be content with a brief synop-
sis.
The first section provides that each
year every dog over four months old
shall be Unlisted for taxation, at that
time the owner may give the dog a
lame and set value upon him if he
chooses. Every one who harbOrs
dog on his premises shall be consider
ed the owner.
The second section provides that the
tax OH each dog shall be $1.00 to be
COlItCttu ny tlc ShCIIh anu pdiu O'Sl
to the treasurer. The funds arising
from the dog tax are to be kept and
accounted for separately and shall con-
stitute a fund for paying for any sheep
that may be damaged or killed by
dogs.
Section three and four provide for
tine filing of claims for damages and
the method of paying the same.
Section five provides that any one
owning or harboring dog shall be
liable for all damages that it may do,
except that mo recovery shall be had
for personal injuries to any person
when they are upon the premises of
the owner of that dog after night, or
upon the premises engaged in some
unlawful act in the day time
The same section also provides that
when recovery of damages is had
the court may order the defendant to
kill or cause to be killed such dog
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
A Millionaire Farmer.

Millionaire farmers are not very
common. 1t seems, however, that
there has been one, an account of
whose death we find in the Tribune
Farmer There are still similar
chances in the United States, and no
one can find any fault with money
accumulated in that way.
When Irving D. Smith, of Madison
s. D.. died recently just after celebrat-
ing his eithtieth birthday. the richest
exclusive farmer in the United States,
and the wealthiest man in South
Dakota. was laid to rest in a quiet
spot of country cemetery near Sioux
Falls. BY his life he answered the
question whether a man may become
a millionaire honestly. In the last
fourteen years he had made nearly
81, GOO. 900. and every dollar came from
the soil.
To this farmer, who has just closed
his earthly career. and to his widow
the philosophy of life was simple. To
them fortune brought no desire for
travel i'm foreign lands or for lavish
expenditures. The only diversion
which Mr.. Smith ever had was giving
$1,000 farms to worthy tenants, and
money for halls to the Odd Fellows.
When he began life it was with
few hundred dollars With this sum
he paid part on an Illinois farm, and
then earned the money with which
to pay the debt. Then he purchased
another farm and earned the money
from the two farms with which to
pay off the second debt
"HOw did l do it?' he often said to
those who asked about the creating
of vast fortune simply from the soil.
Il worked for my money, wanted to
see it grow, and | placed it in farms
as fast as | made it, buying one after
another, not particularly when land
was cheap and others had to sell, but
simply whenever l had the money with
which to buy"
did you make anything loaning
money! he was asked a few days be-
fore his death.
''Never a dollar that / can remem-
ber. l was not much in favor of loan
ing money. 1t was not that | feared
to trust my friends and associates, but
| consider it an injury to a man to
loan him money. l frequently bought
machinery and cattle for my tenants,
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH IA, 1906.
The Florida State Horticultural
Societv
Society.

The annual meeting of this society
is set for the early part of May, though
the exact date has not yet been an
nOunced.
The president has let it be known
that he has the promise that DIR. A. f.
Woods, Assistant Chief, Bureau of
Plant Industry, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, d. c., and
Professor e. A. Bessey, Pathologist in
charge of the Florida Sub-Tropical
Laboratory at Miami, Fla, will be
present and read special papers at that
meeting.
These will, of course, be interesting
and valuable. We hope that you are
planning to attend and get all the
good out of it that you can. We al
ways feel that these meetings are
profitable on account of their social
features if there were no gain from
the papers and discussions There is
no question but that much may be
learned at these meetings. They are
usually very profitable to those who
attend. We never heard of any one
regretting having been present.
You have ample warning, there is
time to make your arrangements to be
there And be sure to bring your wife
with you.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
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The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14

MY boy" said he, 1.-The day is pass
ing, night will come and your work
is not yet begun
"Oh," laughed the boy, there is
plenty of time; the sun was shining
so brightly l could not stay shut up
in a SchOOl-rOOm.'
In few more years the angel visit
ed the earth the last time He was
passing down a hill one evening when
he overlook an old man leaning on
a staff. Slowly he plodded down the
hill toward an open grave.
MY friend" said the angel, ''have
you completed the life work which
was yours to do?''
''The night is come" said the old
man, 'and my work is not yet begun:
the day seemed so long, but now it
is too late.''
And he tOttered into the open grave.
Selected.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14

and sometimes stood good for their
actual living expenses while they were
getting a start, but with many thou
sands of dollars to my credit, 1 don't
believe l ever collected interest or
loaned money for profit
For years Irving Smith was a
unique character in Madison. His
home was just outside the city, and
he had a modest office in town, which
he visited every day up to a few
weeks ago, when he was taken to the
hospital. His manners were unpre-
tentiOus, and his personal appearance
would never cause him to be recogniz-
ed as the wealthiest man in all South
Dakota. He was borne in Litchfield.
n. Y, in 1896, and after securing
some education he left for California.
in 1850. On this trip he was one of a
party who crossed the Isthmus of
Panama on foot. When he returned
to New York he married Jane Cham
pion and left for Illinois.
AS soon as Mr.. Smith came to Lake
county, S. D., in 1891, he began buy
ing land, as though he knew the
secret OF the crop wealth of the
pralrleS in advance. The last four
teen years proved that he guessed
right for the South Dakota farms
have made him 81 100000 in that time.
This fortune is almost wholly invested
in real estate, comprising ninety-four
farms in Central South Dakota: three
thousand acres in Iowa and some CITY
property in Madison and Sioux Falls.
a third of my money I earned
with my hands, Mr. Smith told his
attorney when his will was read to
him, ''and the other two-thirds were
probably made with my head" he
added.
Two years ago, when the millionaire
farmer was enjoying the best of
health, he conceived the idea of MAX
ing some of his tenants happy by
making their farms rent free. When
Anton Woods presented himself at
Mr.. Smiths office one day to pay his
rent he was told to take it to the bank
and deposit it to his own credit, and
that he might continue to do the same
tnlng year after year. The astOnisb-
ed renter asked what he meant. and
Mr.. Smith replied that no questions
should be asked. Two other renters
were told to do the same thing. When
Mr.. Smith found tenant who "was
the right sort of a fellow" as he ex-
pressed it, the rent money went into
the bank to the credit of the tenant
and 1T is supposed, when his will is
probated, there will be a number of
happy tenants. To Sioux Falls Mr.
Smith was particularly kind. He gave
the city a fine farm, overlooking the
river, for a cemetery, and to the Odd
Fellows of that city he gave their hall
In all her work Mrs. Smith practis-
es the same simple economy which
made her husbands fortune. She
dressed well, but very plainly; her
carriage was very plain, comfortable
affair. At other times she was found
at home. 1t was in the simple, broad
rooms of the farm home from the
windows of which this couple gazed.
not on wide lawns and gushing foup-
talns, but on great red barns, long
rows of granaries and broad fields of
corn.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
immigration and the Florida Fence
Laws.

Probably, the majority of the people
of this State would be glad to see it
well settled up with a good class of
immigrants. Yet it is a fact that, in
many cases. those who are here if
they had known the whole truth, about
our Florida fence laws, would never
have settled i'm the state If the North
ern settlers, who object to the Oppres-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

And when the matter is looked at from the prosaic dollars and cents side, it is still easier to prove that the non-riders are losing money and time as we'll Some one with d head for figures has recently shown that the owner of a wheel will average half an hour saved morning and
 evening by it's use. This is six hours a | week-three working days month At d very low calculation if Is the addition of SIG month to any mans earning capac . ity, without taking into account the ten or twenty cents d day which you can credit yourself having rescued from trac- i lion company. And that's not a small sum, either; say s60 a year.
 But that Is not all, when you come to
 measure the advantages of the present day use of the wheel because the bicycle this year not only costs less than the good wheel of '95 or '96, but Is really better l bargain. In the years in which the price 1 has been steadily hammered down. the i competition for business has been so fierce l that today's wheel is the best the world 1 has ever seen. It is more perfect scien- i tificaily. and is better equipped.
 | So, you see. there are plenty of reasons i for revival of the sanest sport we ever | had; plenty of reasons for asking your
 self whether you had not better join the riders again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Rentinu TypeWriters.

"Sometimes we rent typewriting ma chimes by the hour says man in the business quoted in the Philadelphia Rec ord, and the trade in that line shows g. tendency to increase. People who rent in that way come to our office and do their work for, of course it would cost too
 much to deliver the machine for so short a time Who these brief writers are we don't know. and naturally, don't ask, but I think the most of them are visitors in town. It only goes to show that the use of the writing machines is extending rapidly beyond those who make their regular living at it. The time will come, l think, when the hotels will keep ma- chimes for the use of their guests, just as they now keep pen and ink in the writ ing room. We rent them here at from 40 to 30 cents an hour, but the hotels could afford to make a charge only large enough to keep the machines in order and to save them from beginners"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
NEW RACE OF MEN.
Some Arctic Natives Found Who Had
 Never Seen White Mans Face.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
 Mail dispatches received at Queenstown yesterday from Victoria, B. C., contain an account of the discovery on Prince Albert Land, In the Arctic ocean, of a strange people who had never seen white men, and who lived under most primitive conditions, and were armed with rude copper knives, bows and arrows.
 The discovery of these people was made by Captain Klinkinberg, of the steam whaler Olga, while his vessel was winter ing in the ice. and he communicated the nature of his find to the officers of the British revenue cutter Thetis, who brought the news 10 British Columbia.
 Captain Klinkinberg, who has had a long experience in the command of whal- CTS in arctic waters. and is very daring man, decided to proceed on hunting and exploration expedition inland, and induced some Eslsimos to accompany him. The party were armed with rifles. and when they had travelled q distance of 250 miles in a northwesterly direction over the snow they discovered traces of people, who fled at their approach.
 Captain Klinkinberg succeeded in over taking them. and found that they num- bered about 15O. When they saw him and his party they came forward in q rather threatening manner They were armed with roughly made copper knives and bows and arrows.
 Fearing an attack. the captain ordered the rifles of his small party to be leveled at the natives This had the effect of frightening them One. who apparently was the chief of the natives. then ad- yanced toward the captain and put down his weapons Captain Klinkinberg doing likewise.
 They became friendly, and subsequently, Captain klinknberg learned by signs from an old woman who came from Prince William Land that the natives had never seen white people before He pro- ceeded with the natives. and found n vll- lage with about coo people in it The sole means of subsStence was by hunting and fishing
 The dress of these strange people was not like that of other Eskimos. but was Greenland natives. IT was made of soft tanned skins sewed together with deer sinews Their winter houses were of sod. with a lining of skins and quite different in shape from those of other known tribes in tho arctic regions The natives are no- madic
 The utensils in the huts were of the most primitive description, in the main fashioned from bone. and some from na- tive copper. The only articles seemingly brought from civilization which Captain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
A HGE COAL BILL.
'LocomotiveThat Burn Many Thou
 sars of Tons of Fuel.

From the Rlway Age
 Tho hill fl locomotive fuel is the larg- est item of kpense for materials incurred Inv railroadland it averages about U per cent. of thfotal operating expense. The annual retfts of railroads, which are now eo,ni,i out. give few figures relat- ing to fueRhich help in forming an idea of inc endnous consumption of coal by railroads 1 the year covered.
 Tbus threport of the Rock Island sys- len, for te year ended with June, l9Ob, when it eerated 1257 locomotives, shows that the pal bill was nearly So,ooO,Wo on +be Chicgo and Northwestern for the same nerbd when it operated 1342 locomo- lives th.cost of fuel for them was $5, 362,- GOO.
 The iherstgte commerce acofnmlssioh etatistief for Inc year 1904 show that the locomotke fuel bill for all the railroads in the rnitei States amounted to $lo9,- O00.0o if wetake the average cost of coai at S15ONperIton, which is probaply hgh for inc {yhIe country. this would repre- sent couumption of 106,000,o0O tons ot coal Thehumber of locomotives ownep Inv railroas in the year 1904 was 46,Sa, and assuming per cent. of these to be n the shop hnder repairs, there remain 3f- EOS engi,ss in service, and this numbf, divided ito 106,000. 600 tons gives 2S26 tons as the iverage consumption of coal per engine Ter year. . r.
 Comig now to something more denhllf for atsngle road we find from tue annufl renoy3of the Union Pacific for the yer endedwith June, 1905. that it paid for is coal 8, 394. .3SS and that the average cot per son was S1.76. so that the coal col- sun1d by locomotives on that lie amdnted to 1928 620 tons The number 1T Ioodnotives then owned was S35, fr4i whch we deduct per cent, leaving Pf inactive service; this figure, divided ino th tons as given. shows an average cp- sumption per engine per year of 25l5 tof.
 in the Chicago and Alton annual repft fbr the year ended with June. 1906, Fe ind the coal bill was S75i.0Oo, and the aYf- tge cost per ton was $1.20. which core eponds to a consumption of G2S,30O tfls. tThe total engine equipment is 250, les per cent which leaves 2S0 In active kef-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Another "Thad" Stevens Anecdote.

From Harper's Weekly. One winter when Thaddeus Stevens had come back to his Vermont home, he was the victim of a severe cold, and could not leave the house for many weeks. One O. his callers was the late Lewis Clark. a man of short stature, and who in earlier days had been a playmate of the "Old Commoner.' and was near neighbor of the Stevens family in their Peaeham home. Vermonters had just begun 10 wear buffalo coats. and MT. Clark arrived at the Stevens home almost lost in d coa which reached to the ground. His up- turned collar completely covered his ears and face, while fur cap completed the disguise.
 "Is that you Lewls?" asked MT. Ste vens, in an incredulous tone.
 "Yes Thad," he replied
 Well, skin yourself and sit down. said the other.
 During fine interesting conversation which followed, MT. Clark asked Stevens if he wouldn't come back to his Vermont home and live.
 No" replied Stevens. You have but two seasons here-winter and late in the fall.'