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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-13

Among the demands Of the nationalist
party In Egypt, as formulated lately IN tho
native press are the creation OF an
Egyptian Parliament. the reservation for
Egyptians OF all important administrative
appointments, the refusal OF further con-
cesslous 20 foreign capitalists the abolition
OF all restrictions on the pilgrimage 10
Mecca and 90 tho monopoly Of pilgrim
traffic, as Far 40 Egyptian pilgrims are
concerned, granted ~ ths Khedivlal Mall
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-13

DO the experts in trials ever agree Or
anything
Baltimore American
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03

by hand According to the Baltimore
Sun POWER machines nave almost super.
seeded, the old-time hand shearinP. At
the main shearing plant there twenty
machines run by u gasoGue engine and
operated by as many skiltul shearers.
A days work for one of these men, with
his clippers, run by gasoline is, to clip
FROM 100 to l25 sheep. In the hands Of
an expert the work is done better than
with the hand shears. and the sheep are
left in a better condition than after O
hurried shearing in the old-fashioped
way.
The clippers are much like the Or
dirary horse clippers, and seem to fairly
peel oil the i.cce when run at full
speed. Then there is an economy about
the machine clipping In the fact that the
WOO! - taken or evenly. making Il
uniform staple and taxing away all the
growth, instead Of feavlng tufts and
patches on the sheep. So closely may
the wool be clipped that sheep have been
know to blister from the sun the next
day, but, 81 course, this can be avoided
BY regulating the shears.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03
uno,- sam nr-.L. M. con,rao,.

According to the Reno Gazette, there
is serious trouble brewing between the
governmment and the rauchen in
Churchill county whose ranches are
irrigated from the government canals.
When the surveys were made for the
government canals, the agents Of the
government agreed to furnish the ranch.
ers with Que inch Of water per acre il
they would relinquish their prior rights
along the Carson river and allow the
government to destroy the bitches they
had built ut great expense for the pur.
pose OF irrigatmg their lands. Tho
ranchers thought the government;
agents were acting III COOL faith and
-isned the agreements.
The work on the immense Mater
system was started ana IL nov nearly
completed. In building the canals and
laterals the government engineers de.
stroyed many Of the bitches owned b,
the ldrmers and made 1t impossible for
them to cultivate their land.
As II result Of thus during the years
1900 aud 1906 these farners lost thou
sands Of dollars. Oue farmer who III
1903 had raised 800 tons Of hay. on hls
land, i'll 1913 raised 10 tons, and i'll 1907
raised lpo tons. On account Of HE
failure To secure water and the sub.
sequent aliur OF his crops he suffered a
loss Of more than $4,000 during those
two years. THIS farmer. like the others,
however, said nothing, thinking that
when the irrigation system WIS estab-
hsbed and the wafer was turned into
the canals he would have plenty Of
water and would be able to cultivate
his land once more.
Some time 40 tie agreement signed
10y the farmers and the government
agents we're sent to the secretary OF the
interior, vino refused to allow them,
stating that Il maintenance fee had no.
been provided. He then notified the
farmers that they could have water
at 10 cents per acre il they desired it
Tor all the land they had under cuitiva
non when The agreements were signed
hhH ''''ic tt HIl-uAlpD WDTh WIS
started.
The farmers declare thai they cannot
afford to pay this amout and that if the
government does not Z ant a lower rate
their farms viii he ruined ana deserted
They claim that the! formerly irrigated
thcir land at IL rate less than j cents per
acre and That 40 cents per acre is tx.
orbItant.
Tie ranchers have employed Attor-
neys Summcriirld amd Carrier Of Reno
to take care "f their Interests, II they
are unable +" make u settlement with
tie govern ment, suits viii he brou- h..
worthless.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03
"N hos \ LInr.''

In the good old days, when the miners
'nndc human sicYts Of the fellow who
dared to call ticm liar. md men Of tIlc
logging campo fought dueIs and other
wise defended themselves against the
cblfHe OF unlruth, Tho iica II u public
"iIicihI using the term in print wae
most absurd
10 fact, It seldom happened. I'horc
WA not 50 much ~ tint sort Of thing u
u i"" !cnfs ago. Now we lind the
PRECEDENT II the United Stntcs using the
term "~,i"iinctntc and wilfuI ~fbachoond-
on numerous oCcaaions.
II acd 'o bc hat when the lio was
prR 'cd. the victim n,w INTO u passipp
ma demanded. "Whu's u liar?" Then
'hcro was something doing.
. Not 80 nov. Root aud volt
indulge ~ most any old terms that come
." 'hcu lit4t Tho president cnlIa Mr..
q liar in cold type. md Nr.
iinrriman sIys hc dill not lie, which
means that Roosevelt, hoca.
Aud there yon nrG. -Fnm,nI (NcLI
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03

Short Line md the Nevada Northern
having sent in the necessary
schedules to the commission. 0oldiield
Salt Lake, Los Angeles and San Pedro,
BullfroZ and Beatty and Eureka and
Palisade have not sent their schedules
into the commission. The roads have
until May 9th TO file their tarifs and it
is thought all Of them will DO filed by
that time.
AT the meeting yesterday OF the com.
mission in this city little WIS done be.
yond a formal discussion Of certain
points and a decision that a plan OF
procedure be mapped out by the next
meeting in this city. When the COM
mission holds it, next meeting the time
for filing schedules will have elapsed
AMI then the officials can set IL time for
:h" roads to make their rates confor N
with the Syphus bill.
The commission hhs fitted the enate
chambers rs offices and rs soon rs the
furniture for the board arrives further
changes and improvements will be
made.-Carson News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03
Meat ShurtuUp.

G1ldti Id is I'LL Ter soing Il meat famine
such m 1t has not experienced in II,
history and the inhabitants may b,
forced, III spite Of the mselycs, to udopt
tho dict of tho confirmed vegetarian.
iiirdlcy n pOtihd Of meat rctnaips m
the markets md owing tn the uncer
farnty uf tho time which freight SHIN.
mcnis amy be expected to occur, IN
r"nching the emp there IN no us surrpcc
nf bcrnR able 10 cat ronat beef for DAYS
Ia come.
n large eupply Of meats " all kinds
If IN transi. between here aud Rrno
and The butcher man Ia hopeful white no
burma up money and wmOsu the ncry voc
~ the telegraph In ly b., WIRING cvor y
10" minutes for more beet. flesh or
Uthcr wise.
lhorc still remains u gUudly supply ~
~ the ubiqitoua "nam aud" go with tho
Hddi ION Of canned soup md tie ouanti.
tics of peanuts IN stock tho bardy
denizoDa ~ the desert will, no doub,.
avoid tho necessity OF ouIug their bur.
os..-GJljilcid Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03
TARIFF WAR INTENDING.

L7ss thrn III months remain before
the Germap maximum tariff rat" will go
into effect against our produ"tl. unless
the German government win agaiu
extend the tune. We know that con-
ferenccs are being held in Washington
between Secretary Roo, and Mr.. North,
director uf the census who was head OF
the commission to Germany To try and
patch uD IN agreement, and now Baron
yon Sternburg, the German ambassador,
ha4 been called into the conference, 81
matters must be coming to u climax. II
Is nuo Inced that 1T has been mRdr
plain to Secretary Root mat owing t.
internal political condi ions IN Germany
the gJSerAmen. u hat 90 Intry cannot
cue v the order III effect extending
to neutrality-suspicious. the benefits OF
the minimum tariff rates. RuJ proha
bly, some other basis will be found for
new agreement, rs it is evident thai Ger
many has nearly aR much to lose as ",
have 10y shutting ont our meat an
hreadstuiTs, the prizes of which ar,
abnormally higher III the German em
pirs. When X meets mex
December the stand pat leaders may h;
rs still necked as the German protec
tionists III trying 10 prohibit imporia
tons, and hen will come the lug o
war. Either We must reduce on
tariff -atea on enough articles to max,
it de :irable for Germany to allow u
her minimum tariff rates or minimum
rates must be adopted, and the presen
rates would be our maximum rates
The plan Of the stand patIers to max,
the present rates the minimum and al,
% per cen for maximum rates woulC
force Germany and other countries Il
put in effect their maximum rates
When the republican national convcn
ton meets ncxt year it will be compelled
10 take action and usual glitterm,
g~eneralities will have to be Iaid aside 10
more explicit declarations.
AS our farmers must sell their surplus
products, which cannot be estimntet
until the crop liz garuerrd, and the Ger
man man ufacturcrs can reduce thoi
output Mt pleasure, it would seem tina
the United States, IL the republican
protection lists arc to bnve their way
will get the worst Of it. o. Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03
Entered ut the ElRo postonicc for transmission
through the mails rs second-class matter.
LOOKING

". #.#a
The president, in good strong Anglo
Saxon, says that his great and good
inend Harri nan is a liar OF the kind
that deserves a eulphruus handle to it
Now there arc u few things in this
connection that newspaper men remem
Der by glanclng occasionally over the
files OF their papers.
Near the windup Of the campaign of
1904 it was known to aud published in
the New York papers that there was
danger OF the republicans losing New
York, and the betting showed IT. 1t was
conceded that unless a movement, then
on foot, for raising a large fund pros
pered, that Parker would carry the
state.
The next day it was reported and
published and telegraphed abroad that
Mr.. Hartman, who had returned from a
visit TO Washington. had Interested the
leading business concerns and mstitu
tons to contribute to a fund reaching
up into the hundreds OF thous Inds,
which would save the country from the
horrors Of "A democratic victory.
The next day Alton B Parker declar.
ed that thus sum had been raised to
control the election and that IL large
part Of the money had come from Harri-
man and the insurance companies and
that il the president didn't snow it.
Mr.. Cortelyou did. Responsive to this
the president denounced Mr.. Parker as
a deliberate. malicious and conscience
less liar. Mr.. Corteyou also denounced
Mr.. Parker as n liar. Something like II
year later the checks showing the truth
Of the statements in the newspapers and
by Mr.. Parker were found Somebody
prevaricated. Who was itf
When all these things are put to-
gethtr, don't they sound funny?
We know from the historian, that
Washington couldn't tell a lie. Let us
stick to it that none OF his successors
can. Lot us stick to that for. Georges
sake.-Columbus tO.) Press-Post.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03
Montgomery edrana.

Two hearts were made happy at the
Commercial Hotel last evening, when
Judge Bruce spokes the word that
made Charles L. Montgomery and Airs,
Mary j. Medrana husband ADD wife.
The bride has been IA resi- lent of EIko
toI two or three years. Sine mas the
respect aud esteem ii all Nu" know her.
The groom was formerly d piuSpector.
Tie discovered tire rich mIues III ,hc
Bullion district, Lander county. and is
heavily Interested i'll lhat district. he
is at present engaged IL merchandising
at Beowawe.
The INDEPENDENT extends its con-
CALCULATIONS tn the newly welded pair
and wishes them Il happy voyage ON the
matrimonial sea
Mr. aud Mrs. Montgomery will leave
'onight for Beowawe. where they will
make their home. May peace, happiness
aud prosperii! be with them.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03
BY BURGOYNE
SWORD OF ENGLISH GENERAL is
IN AMERICA.
Gift to Col. Elisha Porter, Of HadIey.
Mass, It Has Been Treasured
a. an Heirloom Since Revolt.
tionary War.

One OF the most interesting relics
OF the revolutionary war In Massachu.
sets Ii a sword formerly belonging
TO Gen. Burgoync. which was present.
ed by him to Col. Elisha Porter, OF
Hadley, and which Is now In the pos.
session of Col. Porter's great.grand.
son, Samuel ID. Smith. OF Hadlcy, says
the Boston Globe.
After Burgoyne's surrender at Sara
toga he prisoners. some 1000 in
numbcr. were marched from Albany
To Boston. whence they were 20 DO
sent to England on condition OF their
not taking up arms against tho
cOlonists again
The IIcssians were sent by one
route and the English. under charge
OF Col. Thomas Seymour. OF Connec-
ticut, by another. The latter route
was what was known M The Old Bay
road. and was pretty nearly the same
route ms that now travcrsed by ho
Massachusetts Central railroad.
When the prisoners reached IIadlcy
they were quartcrcd at the foot OF
what Is now West street, near tho
Connecticut river.
Burgoync was III. and Col. Porter,
who lived where his Ere]at.grandson
now lives. invited him TO his home
To rost over night. Tho next morning.
before the general left for Boston. he
gave Col. Porter his sword. which has
been In tho family ever since.
Col. Porter charged his son never
To allow II to go out OF the family,
the son repeating ti:e charge 10 his
son, and he to the present members
OF tho family. Samuel ID. Smith and
his sister, Miss Lucy Smith. who prizo
Gen. BurGcyne's gift very highly.
The sword Is what Is known as o
dress sword, or napier. II IA q beau.
tiful piece Of workmanship. the handle
being Of silver cxquisitcly wrought.
and the blade OF finely tempered steel
covered with delicate tracery.
On ono side Of tho blade near the
hilt Is the kings seal. with the we'll
known words: "IIoni soft quI nal y
p%cnsc:" on tho other side IL n crown
and the letters &c. r." which stand
for "GnOrgihs Rex"
Authorities who have examined tho
sword say they have never seen theso
letters on II sword before. and aug
s that II was presented to Gen.
Burgoyne by the king. with ghom no
YVES II great favOrito.
A Skating One.
fvcttc Gn!lbert, the famous Proncb
hctrcFs, Is an excellent skater. in tho
bois dc Boulogne. In Paris. there ia nm
Ice rink whore Nine. G%uilbcrt's skating
is ono OF the principal attractions.
Ialking about skating IN New York
ono day Nine. GuIlbert said:
1T Is only through perseverance
that ono loarns TO skate we'll. am
sure no one eve suffered moro than
! IN learning to skate.
Il remember one day in INV girl.
MOOD tho second or third timo I had
ever boon on the leo, | was returning
ON 10 n crowded omnibus. and a
kind old man got up and offered me
his seat. "'
l shook my head. and tho old mnn
onghcd n good deal when | said:
NO. thank you. T'yc been skating
n I'm tired OF sitting down"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03
4 Grurl Ii.IIcinn.

1T Is all very we'll said the lecturer,
ITO cay that other religions are as good
us uurs. Fake MohGmmedunism, for
instance, that cruel creed. Take the
Lords prayer Of MohammeIlnism, the
prayer that is repeated tally in every
Mohammedan household and mosque.
This liz il:
al seek refuge win Allah from
Satan, the accursed, In the name Of
Allah, the Compassionate. me Mer1iful.
Oh, Lor! Of all Creatures, On, Allah,
destroy the inIiiel5 and prlythelste,
thine enemies, the enemies ~ thy reli-
gioD. On, Allah. make their children
orphans and detiIe their abo ie4, house.
holds, and their women. and their
children, md their posses ions, and
race, nnd their We ADJ, aud their lands,
as booty to the Moslems. Oh, Lord Of
all Creaturcs'"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03
THE DISTHIrU rIuN or GOLD

How does the total output distribute
itself! Where has il all guue? Why
should there he such n lack III supply in
sight, aud coming into sight as to war.
ant 80 ernest Il scramble to get ros.
session OF every little Tit -; the new
output. Tho siH, of lho Rddi InuRl to.
tails the markets. have received during
recent years ia a marvel. Iucluimg
the year just closed, the eleven years
sncc 1896 have added to the old stock
s3,322, TG0,sil. 1t should be Kept IN
mind that We are not referring To any
article of the character Of food products,
but to a non-pcrishablc urticlc. The
aggregate pro Iuction ~ the same metal
n the fifteen years from 1897 to 1895
reached but 81 $40. I3i,SS9. Tint is to
cay, III the eleven years ending with 1896
the hew supply wac 81, fl ,315 $50 lnrger
than II was in she whole previous period
II fifteen years Moreover, as the arti
Gle We are dealing with il. we repeat.
not perishable, has a high value, and ia
Kept with speci Il diligence, the puLlic
holds today, excepting what has been
used in the arts, -, 10 ,l!5,I 2j IN addi-
ton to the stock on hand IN 1881. which
"us sufficient to facilitate trade nt that
time. These few facts would on their
face appear tn afford evidence Of an
abuudan, supply to met every want oi
the worlds business ctntere without
friction. 1t should ulsn he aided that
;lt5 world" consumption y! S-,L - the
arts, etc., 10 not large though it ha,
been gaining during recent y"ar4,
Growth il particularly true Of the
United STATES, but II is also true,
though IN a less lcgrrr OF The rest ri
the world. Our mint bureau is gcncr-
ally accepted by the worlI as the au.
thority on TINT pDIui. Mr.. iiubcrts'
latest compilation If for 1908. Ills Ia.
tai given Tor ;hui year waa S3J,l2I 800.
II we nsaumC S9I.rUr. 500 ~ the amount
go used igOj-H bcgug q very active year
in Al industri Il WY nc estimate Given
for Last year would 5, ca To he no, lar
from nc hiiuHii liEuro.
:. The pia e' . 10 igmoDi Tor this Infgc
gold output and stock are much more
numerous thnn they wore Formerly.
Tho q is scarcely n among com
mcrCinl nations nov tint hns not ~
some "0y adopted the gold s,nudar T.,
no up u bisrs IT iull val1c, bui hy ON
fixed RELATION Ia gOld. md il consc.
Gn n'ly Keeping aud huild#Hs no a
Tor reserve. The has come ahont
through tho wolI.knowu circumstance
that II IL only u short time since silver
waA The actual currency 81 many cOup
trias That arc no longer ~ tbat situ ,tiuD
One 10y one. through different methods,
they have gotten into the current
which have chrricI them awny from
10 gold. With euch u tendency
existing. It Ia hard 10 follow the routes
md stopping places where the metal
collects, or TO measure lie volume. AZ
to the prospective output ~ golI, u litllc
fear has been f"It tCss the rrnuavanl
might sU!T0r a mu,lcrnir |
This feeling wna due to tho
GOV pla'c of tho labor prospects which
tho new constitution inpusoa. II
doprieei tho colony ~ y ircc
b sud IN dealing with Chinese labor
while allowing IL 10 lie d with Kunir
Inoor no It plcascs hltoRether, il ia
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03
Preparing To Fight,

Although the Southern Pacific Com
pany has cut the rates on carload lots
almost in half, the schedule beng pub
liahed and III Use throughout Nevada
for traffic within the state, the provisions
Of the railroad commission law will not
be observed; and 1t Is believed the new
statute viii he fought on constitutional
grounds.
WhIic the railroad commission bill
uamcs the WESTERN classification No. Al
us the onc under which the road shall
operate. the new schedule has been
made under western classification 40.
H." This in itself shnSs TINT ill.,"
Southern Pacific does not iuterd to take
the literal provisions Of tho last legs.
iativc act seriously. And further, the
tariff charges iled with the commission
at Carson City last Wednesday. do not
come within the law.
The argument will be made, il il
predicted, that the railroad will use the
new schedule until the commission be-
N''hNo "''hb'HlFNlN1 III Nllt Viz ulfllltI
will he taken TO the courts. Several
cases o. uncOnstitnuonlily will then be
attempted to be shown.
Agents Of the Southern Pacific Com.
pnny on the main line aud the Nevada &
c Iliforuia Railroad resolve the now
schedule y pril %. Although complying
III part with the requirements Of the
action Of the last legislature, the cut
demanded in tho law. Towns are
grouped under the echcdule. aud the
classes Of freight are lated opposite
Tho rates are considerably lower than
formerly. bnt the charges are still above
what the frnmcrs of the restrictive bill
expected. For inst mcc. reductions OF
7 rnd 3 cents - h4udnI pounds are
made on some "cornio iitins and the
tHriif fron here to Nina liz SO b a car
load 'tOu, where il formerly wps $40.
Similar r]cducit0ua urc male on nearly
all long distance Ina ia. The us do
not, however. approach the minimum
Intended.
The railrond commissions nnyc no
under dic bit IN u.o their rNo
Judgment III deicruuthc what mini
mGm charges on all cummo iitics arc
named. Tho Southern tactic, aided t.,
The Dtbcr railroad operating in Nevada.
will comply with the las until II makes
ahtir business unptolitHblr, II then
will 10 To- the cOurts.
Representatives 81 the rHilrOnd4 win
meet with the commission, probIbIy
tomorrow. and then xplain their ii ri,d
Or, " the commiBsiun is moi got ready Ia
hear the QricvaucCa ~ the railroads
against the Law, the onicinIa Of tho lines
in Nevada will wait until they are sum.
tnoncd to appear.
Clnssilicn'ioDs are iasucd ,hroc time4
II year Tor all roRds west Of The MrsaIa.
No, d2 has supplhnted No. IL In
all railroad Offices In tho territory
governed by agreement since tho first ~
the Jenf.
Tic Touopnh q Goldfcld Railrot ID ~
tho tiret ,hRt will be proceeded against
by the com mission. That line has not
hied ito rate sch dulc, although the
law direcis II to 40 DOR, no JonruaI
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03

treasury under Shaw and approved by
President Roosevelt have been helping
these frenzied iiuanciers by depositing
IN national banks all the available
money in the treasury without aver
charging them interest. AMI the enor-
nifty Of these transactions is made
worse by the fact thnt the interest rates
on money in Wall street has averaged
over 10 per cent during the past three
MISUNDERSTANDING.