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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-06

y Welsh c~olli"Iy fireman named
Evan towels died recently MS the re.
suit OF terrible injuries he had s,s.
Gained In u fire In the RhOndda valley.
Will" the men wcro working at tho
pit bottom the pit "knockcr's' clang.
Ing gave warning that something was
wrong. iiowclls went up In the cage
20 50" what was the matter. and near
the top Of the shaft he found n fire
had broken OFT. Tho rage was drawn
NJ into the middle OF the flames, aud
Just ~ III" man arrived In the heart OF
III" ire TIE "knOckcr" wire broke.
aud tn" signal To stop tho cagO was
given automatically. The shrIcks of
the man In tho cage drow tho attcn.
ton OF th"s" oD III" bank. and by tho
tim" th> cage had been drawn To the
top. II"wClrG clothes had all been
burned upon him. II is stated that the
guido ropes were white with heat, and
as soon as tho fan was stopped to pre-.
won't 10" fl" getting into the pit n ball
ut Ham" rose from tho shaft. shot mp
by the air pressure.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-06
MISSIVES OF WOE

In President Cieyeland's second nd
to Official business usually were left
unans wercd and even unacRnowledged.
1t was Mr.. Mckinley who established
tho rule that a typewriter form OF
acknowledgement should be SEM in reply
TO every letter addressed to the White
House, no matter how humble the
writer or how Insignificant his commun-
cation. THIS custom frequently was
misunderstood us implying that, ~
referring letters, he had recommended
favorable action upon them. There was
then, md If now, a firmly esiabIi- he'd
rule that neither the president nor any
other executive officer shall c~ert his
personal influence III behalf OF any
private matter.
Only tine letters OF the prcsid, Di's
personal friends and those Of prominent
officials relating to confidential matters
are reserved by Secretary Loeb for the
pcrusal Of his chief. Tho bulk md
scope OF the presidents daily mnlI
repders any other course impracticub,e,
In every administration the White
House IN the target Tor every form Of
suggestion or appeal that presents it.
self to either the well ordered or the
d|isOrdcrCd mind. However, the grcnt.
or number nf the presidents would 10
advisers at least OF the gcuiler sex
arc neither crratic nor insane. They are
tho good, patient, sell sacrificing women
OF tho country, and b. no means all
arc Of tho solid aud desirable class
referred TO by Abraham Lincoln when
no eaid that "the Lord must have loved
the plain people or no would not have
made go many oi them"
Tho letters written by women 10 tho
president, almost without exception,
are extremely touching. No email
bear evidence Of hours Of care.
hi and oven prayerful effort IN pre- "a
ton. In others DEF ctive spelling, false
and crippled Logic combine 70
appeals which the writer's firmly
believed TO DO just. Many arc profusc ~
hoir apologies for on roaching on the time
u tho busicet chief executive this country :
yer has had, but MI am convinced that
10 in his power 10 aid them.
Tho rapid advance IN tie intelligence
I the women OF the United Staire ia
allied to disabueo the mind Of the
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-06
1898 AND 1912

In his letter to Secretary COrtelyou
commenting the government ISSUE OF
bonds MIR. Roosevelt said: There is no
analogy mt all with the way things were
in 1893. On November 30 Of that year
there was in the treasury hut Sl6l $780,.
coo in gold. On No!smber ii Of this
year the ~ was 1901 poe 900 Of gold. Ten
years ago the circulation per capita WIS
S2323. 1, is now 1929"
Mr.. Roosevelt might have addel that
at this time when the government is
issuing 800, 900 900 in bonds it has some
thing more than $3.50, 0OG, 900 loaned to
tba banks.
Mr.. Cleveland had but Sl6l ,000, 0G0 in
gold and no money to loan to the banks
hut he was roundly denounced, for his
bond issue, 10y republican papers,
MIR. Roosevelt has 1904 900 900 i'll gold
and s25O,OO0 900 loaned to the banks,
yet he makes a S50,0M COO 5.::! ,sGnc
in time OF peace and men who con-
demned Cleveland applaud Roosevelt
Commoner.
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Brings South America Nearer.

John BarrclI's lecture III Salt LAX.
nearer TO The people who heard han. IL
made the Panama canal Il more REAL
thing than 1t had been before. And II
IMPRESSED upon his auditors SOME
mcas urs of their obligation TO know
mure abont their ueighbors--to tile
mutual prOiiimg OF both OF them.
The statement thai hc found IA
Bucnos Ayarr the biggest and mu4t
complete newspaper plant III the world
Is rath,r startling. IL one did not kmoS
Mr.. Barrett Is perfectly nfoI med, and
hat he has see the printing establish.
meuts Of every capital III the world, that
assertion would bc taken with IL gram OF
allowance. Since is must be believed,
he fact Ii astonishing.
Maybe We have had the Latin : men.
cans uudcrs.zcd. Bucnos Ayrcs has a
population Of ii million. That puts II
INTO the class with the big cities Of tie
United SluttI. But there IL no live
million collar nowsp!pcr Cilicc ~ ANY
city Of a million inhabitants III tLs
country.
Do they read more GENERALLY down
there: Have they more happenings to
read about? l. ilIu average "f intrlIl-
gcncc 81 those people higher than our
OVID: l. there more iutcrcst III public
p%olitict: IL there u better watch on
the events 81 the world?
4 publi-hing cs,abiishmcnt - the
extent dcscriOc& 10y Mr.. Barrett wuuli
be II marvel an! where III the UuitcJ
Stiica |, il not 'quricd here.
Countries which MAINTAIN puGli-hsng
houo"s Of thnt rNtoni are worth cuIti,nt-
imr. There must br eum"lhmg very
dee Irabl" hbuut those people. We -haIl
alwuys hc grateful iO Mr.. Barrett fur
having made very near Ia us the hIs
thumgs 81 the South American republics.
-Snlt Luke Republican.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-06
Jingu, Japan's Heroine

Women plnyed an important part in
the early history OF Japan. To >
woman, the Enpress JinHu, belongs In.
glory OF the first conquest made nv
Japan-that OF Korea, A. d. o0i
Dressed ns a man, she led her fleet over
the unknown waters, across which sbo
alone believed a country lay to the west.
ward. III we succeed" she said to her
chiefs, tine glory will be all yours. I
will be responsible for defeat.
Tho Koreans laid their wealth AT ,hs
feet .: the conquerors aud the k,ny
swore that so long Rs the stars elo,o
and water rau down hill Korea shouId
be faithful TO japan.
This achievement III the dauptI, 80
emprcss gave rise to the proud boas, OF
the Japanese, "Ile arms Of japan SHIN.
beyond tile seas" But the most Inn
portupt fruit Of her victory was the IN
PRODUCTION III Japan Of Buddhism from
Korea, rs well us Aeiutic art, scieu o..
medicine AMI literature. Jinpu, HOW
ever, WIS never proclaimed head Of tb.
empire. d first female ruler VIVA
Suikc, and since her time eight cu-
presses have governed Japan, so,nr OF
them with great NATURALIZATION
Times.
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The Look on The Dead Face.

al shall never forget said Rev, DR..
j. EverisJ Cathell, rector Of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church III Des MONIES, 4au
experience 1 once had in Richmond,
Ind, during my ministry there.
"a man who kept au oyster and re-.
freshment room Called tho chapel be-
cause it was Always open ON Sunday
was the husband Of a brilliant womnu
whose literary gifts nre still ono Of the
things 10 which Eastern Indiana points
with pride. Tho husbands ostcnsiLle
business WIS in reality but II side line,
however, as he made Il specialt, OF q
game known among the lniiy as poker
Ills place was the rendezvous tor a good.
sized following Of gamest era and had be-
come no such notorious.
ain TIE course Of tine james, the
husband, met with un accident III which
one oi hls ankles WIS bruised and lns-
Cerated to such mn extent that blood
poisoning resulted. After u week or su
OF terrible suffering hc died.
~ called upon the widow .nd found
her pretty badly i%ndisposed. Sho lay
on the couch III considerable distress
md talked with great difficulty.
son, DR.. CathclI, sio said, Il am in.
decd cory you could not have been
present. IL would have teen n comfort
to hive you. But all was done that
might be done. The day was absolutely
perfcct-the sky II HAWKES. turquoise,
the sunshine liquid gold, tho grass vel.
vet emerald, the air balm itself; that
doar old man with his kindly gentle
voice rcad the service disiDely, and
ever every where were Jamee'
irieuds. IL seemed that everyone was
there. ! had never known I'll. rc wae Ro
many who would care 10 follow him 10
his last resting place.
"'Uui, most beautiful OF all, she con-
reaching out bor hand and lay
ing It on mine, 'was the look on the
poor dead face. II was a look OF per-
feet peace and rect. TO know that
all his suffering DO could aseume
such an expression was q great
md biased satisfaction 10 nc iWh,
10 you KNOW she concluded, brighten.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-06
Uses Of Wood Pulp.

A bulletin Just issued by the Forest
Service Gays: More than three and one
half million tons Of wood were had
into pulp during the last year. Most OF
this was converted into pager, and OF
the paper the greater proportion WIS
used for printing books and newspapers,
The supremacy Of the United States III
using the greatest amount OF reading
matter per capita is maintained ut the
cost Of an enormous drain upon the for
cots.
Yet besides paper there are u number
OF other special uses to which the great
quantity Of wood-pulp WIS put. From
pulp factories it went to other establish
ments where it Was made into IA number
OF different articles Of very diverse use.
Among these articles is he water pan
made OF wood fiber which is nov a more
familiar sight tbnn the II made OF act
ual wood. In addition Ia pails, wool
pulp is used III our homes III the form ot
basins, dishes, boxes and picture frames.
The use Of wook-pulp for car wheels has
long been kouwn, but Il new use report
cd from Germany is that for telegraph
poles. Articles of wood-pu!p hnvc con-
siderable bearing on electrical industries
us in the ease Of conduits aud lnsulators
ID various forms.
Americans now use wOOd-pulp steam
and water pipes, shoe heels, hor7eshoes,
spooIs, tool handles, buttons, pullors,
paving blocks aud collins. Paper--or
wood-pulp--surgcOn splints have man!
advantages over those Of other matcrit as
III their lightness, strength and tlcXibiI-
ity. Perhaps the most unique use Tor
paper-pu,p is for observatory dOmes
Here again its lightuess, strength and
tlexihiIity coumend IT, and i'll addition
it has none Of the Disadvantages which
arise from the usc uf metallic substance
near To- seusltizrd inst umcut..
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tionally able brief in behalf Of his die
tmguished client, the president, must
be admitted; but even in his glorifica-
ton OF MI. Roosevell's antitrust record
much remains to be explained.
sMr. Knox did not explain why after
5S5 days OF supposed investigation OF
corporations there has not been O sinl u
word of that publicity in the interest OF
Of the public for which Mr.. Roosevelt
has been clamoring and which congress
enacted legislation to obtain.
1He did not explain why S476, 900 Of a
$4,000 fund appropriated to enforce
the anti trust and interstate commerce
laws has been lying idle for $50 days.
aue did not explain his own removal
from the cabinet to the United States
senate and the extraordinary rearrauge'
ment OF that cabinet for the obvious
purpose OF placating corporations.
ale did not explain why Mr.. Cortel
hou, after learning from 'diligent i'll
yestitiop' the secrets OF the great cor.
p%uratiops, was made chairman OF the
republican national committee, to
collect campaign tolls from these very
same corporations.
~lIe did not explain why the great
corporations and trust masnites who
we're fighting Mr.. Roosevelt's nomina.
riou six months ago are o supporting
his candidacy.
The record of ,arlier activity Ill the
enforcement Of the law was explain cd
but no explanation was male OF the
record OF subsequent secrecy, submls-
sion and surrender. Was this task too
great even for the acute mind Of
Philander T.. knox,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-06
Treating Wounds.

III you could see some Of tho
vicious home treatment applied TO
cuts the young inferno at I~Icllcyrc
said. you'd wonder mt tho compara.
lively few cases Of tctanus. n a play.
ful mongrcl pup snaps at you. tho
East Side knows that the only thing
to do Is to Dut some Of tho hair al
the dog that did the blting-tho hair
must DO from that particular dog
Into the cut. They come with in~cisiOns
rocking with all tho Nth imaginable;
tho dlrtlcst cobwcbs from tho garrett,
Tor Instance. which arc oven more
popular as n poultlce than those made
OF a chew OF tobacco. Two boys came
In recently tho same day with cuts
to which cigar butts had been bound
down because. they explained. thcy
don't chew tobacco. You cant con.
vince the East Side that It's wrong.
Don't waste time. but clean tho wound
scientifically, pray for good luck and
yell, Next!'"--Ncw York Sun.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-06
U. S. Troops for GOIdiield.

Tho situation at Goldtielu is rapidly
mine owners have determined upon a
plan OF compaign that promises to re-
suit i'll the total destruction Of the
Western Federation OF Miners i'll this
state. The mine owners throughout the
state have agreed TO close the mines and
keep them closed until the trouble ut
Goldtield ia settled for all time.
While there is yet no open outbreak
the situation is euch that Governor
SPARKS nas called upon President Roose
FOR United States troops, to ue sen to
Goldfield immediately. Governor
>, arks stated yesterday that the troops
would leave San Franc:sco this SGoTnmg
but General Funston in command Of
rhe Pacific Coast division Of the reguH r
army stated Thursday that be did not
think it would De necessary to seId
troops Ia Goldlield that day, but he
would send them when ordered to do so.
lie said he could not say what his
orders were regarding the trouble in the
mining district.
While the ISDEPEND-ST regrets tim,
Governor SPARKS has been forced to take
this step, it heartily cummends his
action Law and ord, must rule III
Nevada rnd lie la abiding eiemeEt u!
the state should stand SOLELY by Gov
ernor Sparks in all measures no may
take to secure that end.
The mine owners OF GUldlirld have
heretofore ruet the miners i'll Il friendly
spirit and have entered into agreement
with them, from time to time, only t.
have the agreements broken, whenever
it suited the whim OF some agitator.
This action on the part OF the miners
has o ont the patience OF the mine
owners and they have been forced into Il
position, where they must fight. II
when tho fight Is over, the Western
Federation OF Miners is driven from the
state, its members will be alone to
blame.
Colorado methods, whether practiced
10y the authorities OF the Western Fed
GRAFTON Of Miners, arc distnsteful IL the
people Of Nevada, but il either are /" be
put in tor CT in this state, let uG have
those Of h authorities that make for
law and order. DistuBteiul us they are,
they are infinitely preferable to the
methods Of irresponsible agitators. The
one will ultimately bring peace, while
Il,n nIhar r-il Irnnl ,liuSnHinnf La al Iapo
ness and anarchy.
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Worlds Champion Hen.

The 25C-egg hep - the worlds champ
ION ID reported from the Maine agri-
cultural station. She laid 80 eggs in
u year, counting from Thanksgiving
day to Thanksgiving day. Six years ago
the Maine station took up the matter Of
increasing winter egg production and all
hens that laid over 200 eggs especially
laying during the winter months-were
selected as foundation breeds. BY con.
t~iuuing this selection a humber OF hens
have been produced that have laid over
2j0 eggs i'll a year, and tue end is not
got. The aver age hen lays only Elk or
seven dozen eggs III u year aud che lays
them III the spring and summer months
when Eggs are cheap. Later in the
summer she moults and lay no more
until mex season, us IA rule.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-06

average woman OF .he idea that the
president, il he would, could right every
wrong that besets the country. This
idea, while entertained mainly by the
un~educated, is not monopolized by that
class. Hundreds of young women who
could pass almost without I'm error an
examination In the civil government OF
the United States III matters that con
Germ them personally are prone to
attribute to the president imperial
power, and impulsively request him to
exercise it.
During the administration Of Preei-
dent Mckinley appeals for money were
the most numerous OF the Letters semi to
the White House. Many petitions ~
his character are received by PresI-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt, even though
their numerous ~olive branches" furnish
AN abundant explanation as to the
manuer i'll which the highest Of officit
Salaries may be made TO disappear
Parents OF large families, esperia,ly
those including twins or triplete, have Ii
fancy for making known to the chici
executive that they are taking due pre-
caution, against race suicide. A very
modest gift sent to each Of these utter
est,ug families wnuld cover Sycamore
Hill with mortagcs In less thai a year.
Exchange.
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CRAFTSMANSHIP

No obaervant man who heard or read
Conference could fail to note the strik-
ing object lesson they conveyed Of
the difference between politics and
craftsmanship.
The representation from II states was
made up largely OF congressman, Gov
ernors and others who occupy tile fore
most places in the government Of their
respective communities. Yet even to
the majority Of these the spIrIt that pre-
vailed in thus memorable meeting must
heve been a revelation of what con-
s~titutes the real duties OF u public
servant.
The easiest of descents for every
public official is into the pItfall Of petty
craftsmanship, small intrigue and local
wrangleg for patronage and selfish nd
vantage. This conference stood for the
subordinatioD OF tie one for the better
ment OF all. 1t was one of the finest OF
al modern examples Of enlightened
Jelf-interest.
AHlill w NLiS wy iAiIb ~ Obh lll I
in the proceedings, our belief is that II
convention such as this will do much to
inspire to statcsmaDship men who with
out such stimulus might have degene-
rated into politicians.
Because Of contrast IN figure OF the
conference stands out ST rikngly before
our eyes. Senator Newlands Of Nevada
comes from an arid State, where Il tea
cupful OF water TINT does not come from
melting mountain snow or an artesian
well is n far greater rarity than u mug
gIt Of pure gold that means Il fortune.
IDt no citizen Of Boston, Norfolk or
T. Iiladelphia was an Hblcr and more
g ger advocate of our seaboard develops
mont than this statesman OF the I'M
wItered, West, who nsks in return our
u. vocacy OF the national system of irri-
Z ION tint will make his deserts bloom
We wonder il it has occurred to our
Eastern Senators that it is II reflection
up III their claims 10 1t atcsmunship that
every Atlantic State today gives grato.
ful acknowledgment 81 the broad patri-
oil im OF this Nevadiu. Wo wonder il
thej feel the st ng Of the truth That
Psunsylvanians heard more in behalf of
their water ways III u day from Newlands
thIn they have he trd fro Il their
Senators in 10 y"Ir4.
Above md bey ond all other material
~re!ulis Of the conference, we count il ms
IN Insurance that sooner or later the
tlmo will come when The only means for
pu lie officials to win the favor of the
vo,crs will bc by sctv ug the real inter
sole Of the people. And when that day
coiIos II will 10 the signal for the die
apro srance Of al political and civic ills
p .lladelphia North American.
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COMING BACK TO 1904

Mr.. R%ooscvelt's recent letter To Sec.
retary Cortelyou, communicating tho
lnit,s on his wonderful adrOitupes IL
briuG .ng order out OF the financial cbaoa
which,, by the way, he had only aggra.
yated, and also cODgratulating the
cBptninB Of iiuaucc, Rockefeller and
Morg IN, Tor their share IN the WORK,
reminds Que Of the old hoax pcrpotrntcd
by MIR. Roosevelt with the aid OF
Phil der Knox and other gentlemen Of
that "a. a little while ngo the preei-
dent ms railing NJ the criminal rich
and IT, ceatepiDg Rockefeller with ami
lilntiu1. But all thia IL changed, mud
the To-. t1cs OF 1901 resumed. II IL we'll,
therefore, TO refrcPh orr memories BY
.rofercn ce to the history Of that period,
lest &c forget, and misjudge tho presi
dent.
"Tbat Mr.. Knox in HE Philadelphia
said the New York Void in
1901, "succeedcd in framing m cxctp
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NeN" heard OF tn" u"nnosl man
In town. and his faithful wife in her
FADED gown, and nr Maud IN the stub
Die raking hay. when the good n,1
Judge rode h"r way; and the famoua
mar with Iimc ana pole. and the trunpt
BOY n swimming hole; but the frcol;
" All Is the man who goes and buys
Tor family food and clothes ON crcIi,
Tor SIX months or moro. from the kcrp.
or OF the local store. ana vino, ,r.
cash he sells his crops. nj tho Ioc,l
store he never stops: fnrgrts tbe hin
II" ought tn nay. and for thinrg hc
wants be sends away to. Make G.
fak" VII" want the mon" and WIN
SCI Tor cash To cyoryonc rhio
man WIN mind OF little strength cnn.,
so" the PUNK" at arms Icngi;, hnt
crabs the penny noar his eve. nnL ,o,s
inc glittoring dollars lie.