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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-03
The Gold Circle Boom

4 correspondent OF the boldt
Star writes as follows concerning Gold
Circle:
Excite ment still continues at Gold
Circle and the camp is growing every
day n promises To rival the famous
southern mining towns Of Goldtield and
Tonopah. There are great bodies OF
low grade ore besides the veins bearing
the free gold that have been discovered
in many plRcea, and all the INNING men
who nave visited the dist riot b, llsve il
To be a c.np Of ereat promise. Idaho
capital Inns late ly purchased several
claim, pa, ing a very eubstsEtiu price.
Savage and Gordon are working Il large
shift Of men on their property, which
gives greater promise with depth.
The Snyder brothers have lately let
sc veral leases on their property.
Golconds is the great supply point for
the Gold Circle district, being we'll
situated On the railroRd 90 that trains
make good connections with the auto
mobiles md stage lines. The business
men Of Golcon1a are making every
effort possible &c meet the growing de-
mand for supplies for the nav district.
The accommodations at Golconda are Of
the very best, the roomlpR houses beng
large, a furnished and well kept.
The Golconda hotel ls known to give
The best service Of any hotel in the state,
and in connection with the hotel are ;he
splendid hot springs. After the drive
from Gold Circle the traveller can go 70
the hotol and have every convenience TO
be found IN a city, with the added
luxury Of the healtb-givlng sprtDga.
The SHval rooninR house has well
furnished sunny rooms that are eur.
passed by none in the state.
Tue road from Goloonda to Gold
Circle ia also in good condition and is 70
be improved. A subscription has been
taken up and work commenced today
30 that the road will be in excellent
condition before long. The rosd is 10
be carried aronnd the candy grade, tho
one poor place in tho road at present.
Lumber and supplies Of all kinds are
being taken ont from Qolconda every
day, sometimes as many as twelve or
fourteen large freight teams lenv,uR in
q day.
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Salmalundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY.

Mr.. Littlefield left for Gold Circle
this afternoon with II iour-llorso team
loaded to the guards with lumber and
other truck.
Mrs. J. l.. Keyser and Mrs. William
Willis lott on SO. 3 this afternoon Tor
Los hDgeIes on n visit to rcletivea and
triends. Mrs. KoyVcr will visit her
father, mother and sister IN Lps ADRclep.
Tho bank commissioners IRE consider
ing tho last report Of Bank Examiner
Miller aud Il 10 underst0od that II re-
ceiver will DO appointed Tor the State
Bank and Trust Company Immediately.
This should have been done several
months ago.
Pity the poor newspaper man, for an.
other print paper trust Is forming with a
proposed capital Of 100000, 600. Tho re-
port Of tho organization says, "littlo each
will 10 required" but wo doubt that, for
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-03

action for the coming campaign. One
section u charging the hard times TO tho
wicked democrats, who seek 10 demorAl-
ize business by removing tho tariff.
The others are appealing to Roosevelt TO
call an extra session aud revise tho tariff
IN response to the popular demand, and
incidentally 70 steal democratic thunder.
You pay your money and take Your
choice.-AppeI.
While the law requires the county
treasurer to issue tax receipts contain
ing tho description Of the property on
which taxes are paid, its strict enforce.
ment would rosalt in an endless amount
OF work. 1t has always been the prac-
Gce of Treasurer Dawley to issue such
receipts whenever requested by the tax
payer. 1t would, therefore, seem that
there ia no just gionnd for complaint,
RI all a taxpayer has TO do is TO cay that
lie wants the de Bcription Of the property
on which he pays set out in the receipt
and it Is done. This hat never been
refused to any taxpayer.
NJ. p. McInnery Of Reno, New, a
special detective, returned today to that
city with J.. G. Regan arrested by the
Ogden police Monday Oh a charge Of
fraud. It is alleged that Regain vent to
railroad freight Offices in Reno repre-
sentinR himself to DO a shipper. He
would charter II car to ship plows or
scrapers and would then claim that he
wac in need Of money, rendering a
check and securing a large amount in
exchange. 1t was claimed that he fad
obtained in the neighborhood Of $500
by the method in a couple Of days, and
after the Ogden police had beer notified
by the Nevada authorities, Patrolman
Burke made a quick capture Of ReganI
Ogden Journal
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-03
ANYTHING FOR "slR WALTER
Instance Of the Popularity Of Great
Scottish Author.

There Is testimony to Sir Walter
SCOTS popularity with all classes in
the "Burford Papers," q chronicle Of
former days and doings In England
and Scotland.
In 1881 Scott was invited to q break.
fast at an Edinburgh house. He q
so pleased with the Yarmouth bloat-
ers that were served piping hot,
that one OF the feminine guests went
to the market the next day to order
some for him, to be SEM to Sussex
place, where he was staying.
II don't send so far" said the fsf.
monger.
81 am sorry" said the lady. "Tho
order was for Sir Walter Scott"
The rough fishmonger started back,
then pushed forward to the lady
through his piles OF fish. q,
For Sir Walter Scott, did you say,
madam? Sir Walter scott7 Bless my
soul, he shall have them directly II I
have to carry them myself! Sir Wal.
ter Scott! They shall be with him
tonight" then pausing. mo, not to-
night; for tomorrow morning q fresh
cargo comes In, and he shall have
them for his breakfast. Sir Walter
scott!"-Youth's Companion.
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cAi.ese wriaDs .

Tho Chinese hold Sycfy scrap Of writ
ing sacred, no matter what tho charac-
ters e~Ipress-the merest commercial
message, advertisemrn ut, etc. Since
Coniucius used these characters to
teach his wisdom they are holy.
In the average Chinese community
all letters and waste papers ara laid
away in a clean receptacle to await tho
collector, who appears at regular In
ter vals to transfer the waste papers TO
the sacred furnace II the papers
we're burned by the Chinese In their
own homee, the sshes OF the sacred
writings would minRle with The ashes
Of wood and other fuel, and the ashes of
Chinese writing are ~ sacred a. the
writing itself.
The ashes from the sacred furnace are
placed in sacke, tho sacks arc conveyed
by wagons to the sea and the ~. in q Mon
Var boat, are carried out Wharo the
tide runs sw1tt and consigned 10 tho
waves.
The Mon War boat belongs to tho
Mon Wa SHEER. which is a lodge with
branches everywhere, organized and
maintained for the purpose Of paying
reverence to the spirit OF Confucius.
The furnace In the Chinatown which
nearly every large city in The United
States harbors is generally a BRICK,
ovenlike structure about five feet high.
Opposite it on the wall: there will usu-
ully be ar inscription Of the character
Of the ~followinR: @The spirits OF our
anc' stors ere pleased hat We ksep sa-
cred the writing Of our country
The society o; Non War Sher (Club
OF the Beautiful WritinR) is made up in
each case OF the prominent denisens Of
Chinatown who support it by voluntary
contributions, which pay the salaries Of
the keeper and his assiBtant.-Nuw
York Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-03
Street -lmprovereni

Mr.. Jamos Dewar called at thus office
this morning and invited the writer 10
take a ridc over the cI.9t end q Idaho
street and view the improvement the
property owners Of that part OF the town
have made ON that etrcet between
Seventh and Twelfth streets. Tho street
hne been plowed on the eldes and round.
ed Up III the center and then covered
with gravel. The grading WIS done by
the property ownere, the county fur
nishing the cham gang to shovel the
gravel.
While this shows n commendable
spirit IN the property owuere, II does
not seom right that they should be COM
PEELED TO bear the expense. A plan OF
improvement should DO inaugtated and
taxes lowed zach year sufficient to pay
the expense OF improvlnR certain streets.
This should DO kept Up until every
street in town 10 placed IN q decent con-
di ton Tho h~uphnzard system heroic.
toro followed has been q miserable fail.
IRE.
Tho main streets OF the town are a
rank disgrace 10 every citizen. The
work done on them each ycar In tenn.
porary and the money 1t costs has been
wssted. II the plan adopted by the
citizens on tho east end OF Idaho stree.
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Salmaqundi.
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.

Mrs. Woolvcrton's many iricnda will
TO pleas ii to learn thai sbo continues
to improve.
a. ". Goble, the prominent Wclls
merchant, arrived this afternoon. ilo In
n OF the grand jurors.
Mr.. W. W. Weathcrs and Stanley
came DOVE from Starr Valley this after
noon. Mr. woathcrp / .ono Of the grand
jufors.
II 10 not tho noisclc@ gun the country
needs. Give us a Maxim who can i'm
veot u uoiselcss observation-disclosures Re-
publican.
Here Ia a question: When a man gooe
10 honven will no lilo about the popula'
ton Ia no docs Rbont his home town.
Toledo Nowp
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POWER or raE norHscAlLps.
Accumulated weaith coon 70 Make
influence Of House Enormous.


1t has been calculated that at the
present rate OF accumulation the
Rothschilds will own by the middle OF
the present century some R3.o00, 000..
600 sterling, or nearly enough to pay
on the national debt three times over.
says Il writer in tho Grand Magazine.
OF London, England. The Imagination
is staggered and fails to realize The
power which 10 represented by such
figures. II could finance. or II could
stop, a war; II could delay tho indua-
trial development Of a country for a
generation; or It could, on the other
hand, enable a country which Il IA.
Iored to beat all It's Industrial rivals.
A power like this must have It's finRSrs
on all the arteries through which nows
the llfe.blood Of commerce, tho ebb
and now Of which 1t can regulate un.
controlled.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-03
%Salmaaundi.
FROM MONDAYS DAILY

Mr.. Shirley left Tor Salt Lako this
morning.
Mr.. BridgmRn returned from Denve
last night.
Tho public school resumed business
this morning after n forced vacation
caused by the measles.
Niles lIamiil returned from Ogden
) ceterdey and resumed hcr work IN tho
public school this mornnR.
Niles Francy, a trained nurse, was
brought from Carlin yesterday aud taken
to The Boiling hospital. She IL reported
hotter today.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-03

had been started years ago on tbs main
s~treets, these streets would now DO .
credit to tho town.
While We would Like to See every
street IN town improved, We do not BE-.
heVe that the property owners along any
street should pay the expense ont OF
their private purses and thsn be taxed
to pay for tho improvement Of other
streets whore the people hare lsss en-
terpnse. Tho benefit i Tor al and all
should pay their just proportion.
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%Sa1magundi.
FROM FRIDA VS. DAILY

Judge Pike returned TO Reno on No.
3 yesterday.
We are glad to learh thai Mrs. Wool
verton ID now able to be up and around.
Regent Henderson left for Reno last
night to attend a meeting OF the board
today.
Knox Crane began work on IdaLu
street, between Fourth and Fifth, this
morning.
The grand jury will report to Judge
Brown come time this afternoon and be
discharged.
The ladies should read the Reinhart
Co.'s new al. 1t will IL ter at them be-
cause it is all for them.
Judge Bruwp returned last night
from Lincoln county. His look indicate
that he did not worry much while
away.
Deputy Marshal Stern went out To
Lamoille yesterday to subpoena a wit
ness. He returned to Carson ON No. S
last night.
Opening OF new spring hate Of the
latest etyle at Mrs. Campbel's Millinery
store Saturday, April Ith. All the
ladies are invited.
4 freight car wRs broken into at
Well last night and twelve Smith 4
Wesson revolvers and eight shirts were
taken by the thieves.
Did you ever see any better weather
than we have had since March passed?
Today could not have been better il il
had been made to order.
II requires two days for a letter to
reach GeDoa from Gardenrville and the
same time for an answer to return, the
real distance being about eight milee.
A century OF calamity has not yet
taught builders or owners OF property
where crowds assemble that exit doors
should open outward, never in ward.-
Racine Journal.
a new paper TO be called the Daily
American will be launched in Reno
shortly. Fred Brown, formerly Of the
Nevada City Transcript is at the head
Of the new paper.
The La Majestic cigar nj the Club
and Elk s~Rloons Is man uiactured ex-
presely for MIR. GuiridRe. 1t is the
cigar Tor smokers. Call Tor the La
Majestic and have a good smoke.
A tirst-class Japanees cook wants a
situation in hotel, restaurant, boarding
house or in a good family In city or
country. Has had a good deal Of oxpe-
Renee and has the best OF references,
Inquire nj this Office. 30
Fears arc sometimes expressed that
"the martial spirti il dying out In this
country And yet we are told there are
at least lis military and semi.nilitary
schools In this land and nearly GO, 900
cadet soldiers. This ought to help some.
NORTH western.
Las Vegas %jurore, who were eIiied at
Phoebe, report 40 men IL the minee at
Piocbo and As at Jack Rabbit. All the
other people in Pioche AFRO holding Office
or are candidates. by association some
OF our jurors came homo with political
bees in their bounets.-Las Vegas Age.
DR.. GiDiland IL suffering from a
threatened attack Of the grippe or pueu.
monia and II has been though best 10
take him to the Boiling hosoital. Though
not seriously I'D, bic condition 10 such
that he ia not able 10 attend 10 his
patients Ind they are requested 10 wait
until ne il able 10 reeume work.
The state police under Captain Coz,
are doing good work at Rawhide. They
have disarmed sbout a third Of the mon
in the camp and have enough gum In
their p~ossession TO start a South Ameri-
can revolution. Tho police are insist.
ing on good order and cleanliness In
the camp.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-11
Rev. French e. Oliver Issues
Open Letter to Nebraskan
Urging New Work.
WOULD EQUAL APOSTLE PAUL
Oliver Tells Candidate He Was %.
feated Three Times for Holy Pur-
pose-says Ambassador to Gods
Greater Than Ten Presidents Of the
United States.

burlington, Kas., Nov 11.-Rev.
French e. Oliver, who is holding re-
vival meetings here has issued an open
letter to William ]. Bryan, urging the
Nebraskan to become an evangelist,
predicting he would become the equal
of the Apostle Paul.
Twelve years ago." writes Oliver,
81 wrote you letter in which stated
my conviction that you should preach
the gospel, and added the statement
that if you would consecrate your
wonderful talents to God. as an evan
gelist the Bryan of the twentieth CEN
tury would equal the Paul of the first
century as champion of the cause of
Christ. Personally your three defeats
have. been three sources Of sorrow to m
as I have hoped to see you elected to
the presidency. Who knows? Perhaps
God has withheld the presidency from
you in order that you may become
more to your country than president. I
am firmly convinced that one ambas-
sador of Christ of your caliber is worth
more to this nation than 10000 presi-
dents. This impression regarding your
fitness for the great work named has
been strong in my heart for twelve
years. I pray God it may become
fire in your great SOUL"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-11
WHEAT SOON NEEDED At HOME
Days Of Exports Numbered, Says
i James J, Hill, in Address.

Tacoma, Wash, Nov. 11.-"Six years
will bring the end of wheat exporta-
tion from Puget Sound and other Pa
cific coast. ports" was the prediction
made here by James ]. Hill. chair
man of the board of directors of the
Great Northern road.
Mr.. Hill asserted that within that
period the consumption of wheat by
the United States will be SO great 1t
will not more than equal, If it will
equal, home consumption.
Mr.. Hill, together with the presi-
dents of the Great Northern, Northern
Pacific and Burlington systems, Fran
els B. Clarke, president of the North
Bank road, and twenty other executive
officials Of railroad lines, were guests
at the annual banquet of the Chamber
of Commerce, the largest affair of its
kind ever held here.
Mr.. Hill spoke nearly two hours and
announced that the Great Northern
will start thru passenger train serv-
ice daily between Tacoma and Chicago
next spring, providing the conditions
warrant. He and his party will go
to Seattle today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-11
REVISE THE Tariff,
SAYS HENRY C[[NS
Noted New York Bank Declares
Lower Tariffs Are Neces-
sary to Business.
GRADUAL REDUCTIONS DESIRED
cIews Says Radical Reductions Should
Be Avoided and Six Months Time
Given to the Trade to Adjust Busi-
nes. to New Rates - Present sched-
uIes Have Ceased to Protect.

Indianapolis, Nov. 11.-Before the IN
diana Bankers association today, Hen
ry Clews, the New York banker, de-
clared in favor Of tariff revision. He
said:
Towering Of the present tariff is
absolutely necessary to the welfare OF
our manufacturing interests ard for
eign trade. Protection under it has very
largely ceased to protect, owing to the
excessive competition it has encour-
aged here. But the reductions made in
it should be gradual, and ample time
three to six months-should be al
lowed importers to dispose of their
stocks of raw and manufactured mer-
chandise imported under the existing
tariff. Radical reductions would be
disturbing to the trade and should be
carefully avoided"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-11
stalk Driven in Neck.

Sioux City, Nov. 11-With a great
Jagged hole torn in his throat, from
which gushed stream of blood, L.. NJ.
Huffman walked, leading team Of
horses. two blocks to his home, 1903
Cleveland avenue, where he now lies
in a precarious condition.
Mr.. Huffman is a farmer, and was
cutting and hauling cornstalks. He
had just finished the last load and,
climbing to the top. started to drive
from the field. The jolting OF the wa
gon caused him to lose his balance and
he was thrown headlong to the ground,
striking the sharp point OF recently
cut stalk with such force as to drive
it into his throat and down behind the
breast bone to the cavity containing the
right lung, piercing the pleura.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-11
HONOR FOR cLARKsoN.
Elected as Head Of Iowa Society of
New York.

New York, Nov 11.-James S.
C,larkson, surveyor of the port, will be
the new president of the Iowa society,
one of the largest state organizations
within New York. A committee on
nominations, made up of Samuel
Strauss, C. w. Huntington, Col. H. L.
Swords, William A. Jones, w. e. Cros-
by, John f. Murray and Michael j.
Morris, has recommended that he be
chosen. 1t has also recommended
George F. Parker as first vice presi-
dent, Judge John F. Dillon as second
vice president, George f. Brownell as
third vice president. William r. Hunt
ington as secretary and treasurer.
Trumbull White as historian and DR..
Newell Dwight Hills as chaplain.
At the last meeting of the society
a resolution suggesting an organization
to provide suitable memorials of The
late Senator Allison at the national
capitol and at the state cap y at Des
Moines was passed. The senator was
the only honorary member of the local
society.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-11

as it were. This week the committee
has sent out circulars to members of
the Legislature rehashing some of the
old accusations against Cummins and
assailing him for having called the
special session of the Iowa legislature
in August and appealing to legislators:
IF you do not indorse these declara-
tions, or his actions, vote for Hon.
John #. Lacey for United States sena-
tor and thereby rebuke the ambitions
of a free trader, free silver candidate
While this issue has been passed
upon by the voters and the attitude OF
the junta pretty positively condemned,
yet it is believed that possibly a half
dozen of the members of the legisla-
ture could be induced to again bolt the
party.
''' s
Returns from seventy eight coup ~
give Cummins 44,950 majority o.
Lacey and disclose that "a total vote
of 1S7,S9O was cast on senator In the
seventy y-eight counties. The same
counties cast 1882 votes In the June
primary, and Allison had $40 majority
over Cummins in them.
The remaining twenty-one counties
cast about 10000 votes in the senator
ial primary of June If they increase
the vote 10 per cent as the rest of the
state did. a total of about 100000
votes will have been cast in the
November senatorial primary.
Taft's vote is said will not fall below
240, 900, and may go to 245,000.
Following are the Totals in the sew.
enty-eight counties in the primary OF
June and the one held last Tuesday
Nov. 8 Primary-Cummins 116.42O.
Lacey 71,470; June primary-Alli- :
son S5.2O6. Cummins S4.566.
Lacey, therefore, ran 1875 behind
Allison in these seventy eight coun-.
ties.
The approximate majority of eight
of the remaining twenty-one counties
whose returns are missing have been
reported by the county seat news
papers. The eight report net majority
for Cummins of 39S, which pute his
majority up to 45,34S.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-11
ORCHARD DESTROYED BY FIRE
Fifty Acres Of Trees Near Sioux City
Burned by Thieves.

Sioux City, Nov. 11.-Fifty acres Of
orchard and forty acres of potatoes ON
the farm of Billy Minor in the Broken
Kettle country between the Big Sioux
river and Perry creek valley. were
burned OVERLY a fire started by two
men believed to be from Sioux City,
after they had stolen quantity of
apples and POTATOES.
When Mr.. Minor discovered the fire
it was almost a tidal wave of flames,
destroying everything in it's wake and
it was impossible for him and the small
help he had to check its progress until
the entire ninety acres, which was COW
cred with tall grass, had been burned
over.
Mr.. Minor called at police head
quarters and asked that the local
authorities attempt to apprehend the
incendiaries. He gave the names OF
two men whom he suspected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-11
DEBT OF IOWA CITIES.
Sioux City Has Largest Per Capt.;
Debt-Cities Owe S8,762937

Sioux City Has Largest Per Capita
Debt-cities Owe S8,762,937.
Des. Moines, Nov. 11.-Auditor of
State Carroll has received reports from
all of the cities of the state except one
giving information respecting their
financial condition, and yesterday the
result of compilation of these reports
by D. A. Sheets, in charge of the mum
icipal accounting department of the
auditors office, was made public,
showing that the ten first class and
twenlty-.one second class cities of
Iowa owe $8,762,937. This amounts
to $13.3S per capita.
Sioux City has the largest per cap
ita of debt, $34.92, due to old outstand-
ing obligations. Dubuque is next with
s24.9O. Iowa City has $22.15, Ames
s2o.13, Knoxville $19.s5, and Abba
$19.96. Muscatine has $18,19 per cap
ita debt, but no other goes over SIS
except Onawa, which has $15.S7.
Following is a table made up from
the auditors forthcoming report on the
subject of municipal debt in Iowa, Watt
erloo being the only city not in the
list, having failed to report, showing
the amount each city owes-of more