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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-21

ELKo, NEVADA. January 81. 1909
To GEoHGE CuSLETr:
You are hereby notified that the II nL.r.
signed Leonard Taylor Mining Company or.
pended during tho years 1901. 1915. 1904 and
l"', cighs hundred dollars In labor and i'm
~proNcincnts upon the COLORADO and GRAND
VIEW lode mining claims, situate on BuIi H,in
Mountain, In Centennial Mining DIstrIct
county OF ElkO, and State OF Nevada Our
hhndtcd dollars was so responded M aforesaid
ny tho undersigned on each OF said lode mining
claims during and for each OF said four wear,
~ order io hold said claims uEhrr tho nrnvis'
IONS VI section ?jlI Of tho HevIscd Statutes n,
INC United states, and tho amendment thereto
Improved January ~. 1891. concerning annual
I"tor upon mining claims, being tho AMOUNTS
required TO hold said claims for said wears and
ihr tho period cndlDg on tho 3lst day OF Dccr,n.
Der, a. ID. lS7. And 10. within ninety dnys
after INC publication hereof. you fail or rsfIso
10 contribute your proportion Of such cSpcndI.
eur rs u c~n'Owucr, whichlmOuntsto four hun.
nrch DOLLARS, your interest In tho claims viii
bccoIic The property OF the undersigned corlar.
hlloh,, your co-Own'r, which has made the re-.
ton.
LEpSARD'rAYLou MiSiSG
GAiDSEH &. LE ISAnD President,
:. u! broadway, Albany, Now York
r.. j. l.. TAnER, Attorney,
EiEo, EikO County. Nevada.
Date of first publication, Feb. 7. 1909.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-21
Sheriff CHARGED With Fratricide.

Phil Smith, sheriff OF Lincoln count ,
has been bound over without bail To
appear before the grand Jury to answer
the charge OF murder.
Sheriff Smith was given IL preliminary
hearing last Saturday Mt Caliente before
Justice of the Peace Maynard, District
Attorney lIorsey represented the State
and f. X. McNamee appeared for the
defense. Sheriff Smith il accused u
killing his brother, John Smith.
Considerable mystery attaches to the
case and no definite intor nation be
obtained here relative 70 the sherii's
connection with the affair. When John
smith was shot last December ut Cali
ente it was first reported that he hud
been mistaken by u thug for his brother.
ThiR, however, it III said, was afterwards
denied 10y the brothers who told that the
accident WIS the result Of John Smiths
gun being dropped on a rock and dis
charging.
AZ the hearing the only evidence in.
trohuced by the defense was a %certiii-
cate, made by a Salt Lake City doctor,
to the effect that John Smith came to
his death from causes other than the
bullet wounts. This evidence was
ruled on; for the reason that it was hear.
say. Sheriff Smith is said 10 cour, full
Investigation Of the hffair.
The Phoebe Record, in referring to the
case, speaks OF it M the most unlor.
tunate that has ever come 10 its atten.
ton and points ont TINT a warm friend.
ship was known :" have existed bet wecn
the two brothers Scar cblight Bulletin
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NATIONAL BANKS AND
EASY MONEY.

Ernest G. Walker, Washington COR
contributes the following in his weekly
letter:
The Nevada democrats will probably
note III due season the success that
Senator George S. Nixon has hal III
securing deposits Of Government funds
IN National banks Oi TINT state. l, is a
nice little matter oi interest Tor the
the banks that have been fortunate
enough to have had their deposits in.
creased.
The detailed report hat Secretary
Cortelyou has just forwarded to the
Senate elbows the amount Of Govern
ment deposits in National banks Sep
temher 30 last, before the panic began,
and likewise December 7 last. OF
course the alleged necessity for these
deposits III National banks, to pre- vent
the withdrawal Of large sums from cir
culatiCn il the money wns kept in the
treasury %vauits, is pleaded. Perhaps It
is the system tim, to blame quite rs
much rs any OF the b~eneliciaries, but
the beneflcIaries profit BY the large in
terest amounts they receive virtually
cratic.
Only four national banks in Nevada
had deposits Of Government funds Oh
September last. They we're the First
National OF Elko, aud the Nevada First
National Of Tonopab. for $50 1000 each.
Tuose banks retained the sans amounts
December Z last, and it had not been
increased. The annual interest Of sach
OF those sums at D per cent-probably
it was loaned ont To borrowers ut higher
~rates-wOnld he $500. Probably ZACH
OF the hunks mentioned Is making d clear
profit, after all expenses are deducted,
Of Mt leas, 800 month out OF the gov.
ernment'a deposits. The Farmers and
Merchants National Of Rem had SiS,-
I5S.O3 OF government deposits Septem-
Der 30 last, IL il was increased to s5l,-
&C by December - last, probably due
the fact that il is a national bank
designated for the deposit OF internal
revenue receipts and other government
receipts.
The Nixon National bank OF Reno had
500, 0C0 Of government DEPOSITS Septeu-
Der 30 last, but this was increased early
last December to s475,0ON. Thus may
have been due in part to the ability Of
the bank t. furnish bonds for security
Tor the deposits or il MAJ have been due
to some good politi al pull in Washing
ton. Secretary t'ortelyou has said,
however, that not a dollar OF the public
moneys was deposited for other than the
public interest. Ii is understood that
the Nixon bank helped materially In
maintaining financial integrity in No
vnda, but the tact remains TINT the loan.
ing OF this money to borrowers should
net the Nixon bank something like
s23io a month. On the other hand,
some OF the rich banks OF tue country
received worry much more. The National
City bank u New York, a Standard Oil
concern, has sl5 1000, 900 and more OF
government depo:itl on winch il il
clearing in interest every month some.
thing like $4,000.
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whep he allowed hp cattle to drift upon
the Little Belt Forest, although it was
unfenced.
Shannon appealed from this decision.
and MS Muntuns is in the 9th Federal
Judicial Circuit, which embraces most
OF the Rocky Mountain and Pacific
states, his appeal was heard by the
United State Circuit Court Of Appeals
Tor the 9th Circuit, sitting Mt San
Francisco. The court has nov Affirmed
Judge Hunts decision, und this judy
ment is binding upon all Federal Courte
in the circuit. a similar case is pending
in the United States Circuit court for
Colorado, which is in the Sth circuit.
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SLAVES OF CONGRESS

The congress 10 popularity supposed 10
be a legislative body III which all mem
beH have equal privileges and rights.
says the Occur d'Alene Pres. In fact
1t 10 The general belief that every mem
Der has the right 10 introduce any
measure which he believes to DO a sub
ioct for Legislation. 10 former year. this
was true, hut eincc the days OF Gar
Reed the members Of The house have no
more privilege regarding legislation
than seems TO be granted those OF the
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'ion solvent wh"O his rcpor, e, ,'cd 'iin:
-ihe liabilities were NOR" than the asst :"
i-"t the light lime therr. Let IT con
h""" to shin" and cnc"n pnsE the policy
ana also ;l~. 'ar'ors e. Of the officers
nt ti, institute,
Ihruurhaut the mvs -]tipsunu there
Should be no personal ieuIus nor tie
-Fir't II vindIctiveurss. The truth is
"itat is desired aud Ii what the psrpIe
are eLtilleB.-Cnrson N"&-
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Modern Version,

Get thee behind me, satin," said
Jessie, as she kicked the train Of her
dress out OF the way.-Comell Widow.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-21

Entered ut the ElKo postonice for transmissiod
through the mails as second-class matter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-07-10

lector Office. whether a measure OF
public policy smacked OF Hamiltonian.
ism or Jerersonianism2 What he
wanted was the job. So a great deal
OF the local political oratory was prac-
teal 10 a degree.
AT the political %banquets. however.
the real o~ratory was supposed To be
uncorked, and We always attended
these banquets, usually at from three
TO five dollars "a throw" or a plate
as the more polite termed IL. But the
science Of after-dinner speaking-post-
prandial oratory. as il is called. is
largely dependent upon
conditions. and particularly as to the
state Of receptivity on the part OF the
audience. After a man has drunk.
say two or three glasses OF ~sauterne,
a couple Of glasses OF claret. and four
or five or eleven glasses OF cham
payne. he is usually in a very uncriti-
cal condition. And almost any
iowery bunk goes with him as some
thing grand.
But just let a man stick to little
old aqua pura" all during the banquet;
let him up-end his glass and say
Nay. nay. Pauline to the lettering
walters who hover near with the Bac-
chanalian fluids. and what a change
is there. my country-men." in his
judgment OF the post-prandial slush
that is ladled out 10 him. The Joe
Miller jests and learned by heart or
lamentations Of the speakers fall on
an inattentive ear: and he cannot be
lured into wild and u~nreasoning ap-
plause over some %wellknown quota
ton which has been delivered by an
orator with the air OF i've just
thought Of that"
Political oratory is composed Of the
usual two classes Of all oratory. to-
wit: prepared and impromptu. Pre-
pared oratory is oratory which has
been admittedly gotten up beforehand
and which the speaker Is ready to
hand out 10 the reporters on type-writ-
ten sheets before the banquet. I'm
promptu oratory is oratory which the
speaker has learned by heart and re-
fuses to give copies Of. although II
has been written out carefully. This
compels the attendance Of shorthand
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Paris Pattern No. 2439. All Seams
Allowed.-This new fare skirt is an
exceptionally good model for skirts
OF linen. pique, duck. khaki, or in fact
any washable material. The ENTER.
front closing enables IL TO be ironed
without any trouble or fear OF creas.
ing. and the inverted bOx-plait orna.
ments the center-back. The wide
bias band of the material is all the
trimming that is required and the
buttons should be Of the plain bone
variety. or linen covered matching the
skirt. This pattern is in three sizes
10 To IL years. Fer a miss of Is
years the skirt requires 5A Yards OF
material 20 inches wide ga yards &c
inches wide. three yards AZ inches
wide, or 2ls yards 81 inches wide.
one yard 20 inches wide. ive-eighths
yard 80 inches wide one-half ward AZ
inches wide. or t~hree-eighihs yard "a
inches wide. extra, for bias bands.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
% Pattern Department" OF this paper.
write name and address plainly. and be
sure q" give size and number OF pattern.
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Might Not Build Cars, But America
Has the Railroads.

At Briarclin Manor. the day before
the great motor race. Barney Oldfeld
said TO a reporter:
Here is a good one on the foreign
cars. DO you see that young million.
aire with the strap and buckle ar
rangement on his low shoes? Well. he
was doing the south last month in a
French limousine.
Between two towns there was a
steep. rough. soft hill. With his heavy
limousine the millionaire got stuck on
II. He had to turn back.
Well back there in the town they
advised him TO ship the Limousine on
In a fiat car Of the local freight that
was Just about to pull out. lie wise.
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KIND THOUGHT OF THE ee,nr
Possibly Turned silly Custom Inc.
something Really Worth While.

The most considerable girl e,..
kn-" got married yesterday" sal,
the man she showed her tbon,h,
iulness IN a most unusual wa, Tho
nay before the wedding she called M.
OF the rest OF the family 4,
d row OF old shoes standing in a down
stairs closet.
! want you To throw these aror
the carriage, she said. They ar. an
mates. ! collected them to throw
learned some time ago INA,
certain poor souls who have hard wor.
TO get clothes OF any description keon
a lookout for big weddings. Tbey
hang around the house al going away
Inc aud pick up the good luck shoes
Meybe they get a 1T, and maybe thew
Anyway. I've done all / coul1
TO accommodate them.
Here are six pairs OF shoes 10 be
nred after me. II somebody doesn
get htted In that collection, II ism
my fault"
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would be a shuttle at the other end OF
the hall.
Here he comes and there he is
would be the whispers and signals.
and the great man or great men would
approach through the center aisle at
tended by a Gordon OF followers like
the attendant pilot-ishes 70 his males
y the shark. or more properly speak
ing. ike the attendant PROPOSES on
he whale.
n silver-tongued" "bunk-shooter''
would then grasp the hands Of the
great men. 10 show how close he was
10 the throne. and would gently but
firmly subside. and the Real Thing
would proceed 10 address the meeting
Close attention was always shown 10
the mayoralty and aldermanic candi-
dates and 70 no one else. And what
the audience was always trying TO
hgure out was what kind OF a man
is he7 and not what are the issues -
And 50 the orators SCARED in and u
Of the Issues like a swallows flight
above a river. and their analysis Of the
questions Of the day left as much an
impression on their hearers minds as
the birds fight does in the air above
the rivers current.
But they were watching him and
shrewdly or otherwise making nm
their minds as to his sincerity his
courage. his honesty and his general
ability 10 Ill the Office he was seek.
ing h main issue was always some
thing that no one, not even the origi.
majors OF IL. really understood. II was
usually based on a strictly scientific
degree Of accuracy. IL started from
selfevident and bitterly contested con-
clusion. and arrived in a labyrinth OF
contradiction from which there was
no outlet The celebrated traction is.
sue. for instance. was one on which
several campaigns were fought. aad
no honest man ever really pretended
10 understand IL. The question had
as many angles 10 Il as three-cushion
carom billiards. and as fast as one
perfect solution 10 the puzzle was OF.
fered. something would bob Up that
would change the status Of affairs and
make II as much OF a mystery as be.
fore.
The main uses OF campaign oratory
Ia the wards was TO enthuse the work
ers. to get the "hustlers' in the varf-
Gus precincts busy in getting out the
votes. To do this required that the
speaker descend from the high trap
eye OF fiowery defamation and talk
about the practical benefits to be de
rived by a party victory. The thir.
teen struggling colonies" were all
right in their place. but that was
several years back. and what the
workers wanted TO heal about was the
patronage TO be distributed. the pos
sibility OF jobs and positions when the
victory was gained. and what there
was in II for them.
The business and professional men
OF the ward followed their callings
on precisely the same plan. They.
also. were looking In their line for pc
cuniary rewards and emolument. Yet
they sneered at the politicians. What
difference did IL make to a fellow who
out Of a place in the city col
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Paris Pattern No. 2429. All Seams
Allowed.-Developed in plain or
striped serge, checked tailor suiting.
or black-and-w white shepherds plaid.
mis- Is a most stylish coat to wear with
the short skirt of plain mohair or
Panama cloth. The .side-front and
side-back seams give long. graceful
lines TO the figure. The high collar
revers and narrow turn-back cuffs are
bound with black or ~self-colored silk
braid. and the side-back seams are left
free for a short distance from the low
er edge. doing away with the vent az
the center-back. The pattern is in
seven sizes-32 to A inches. bust
measure. For 80 bust the Jacket re-
quires ga yards OF material 20 inches
wide. three yards 80 inches wide. 215
yards ~ inches wide or two Yards "a
inches wide: pa yards of braid to
trim.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
70 pattern Department" OF this paper.
Write name and address plainly. and be
sure to give size and number OF pattern.
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ONE POINT IN OUR IA OR

~ did 50. During the slow. steep
run the conductor and brakeman OF
the freight gathered about him and
his Limousine on the fiat a He gave
them large. gold-tipped Egyptian Gig.
a%rettes, and TO please him the conduc.
tor said
Fine car you've got there.
Yes. said the millionaire. It's
a French car. We can't build them
like that in this country
No. maybe not. said the conduc.
tor. a bit nettled: We can build rail.
roads. though, to take them up tho
hills.
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POLITICAL orator is a man
Of verbal luxu-iance. and
nearly always the shallow
est OF sophists There is
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reporters to take il down. When ths
stenographers take IL down. the i'm
promptu orators will sometimes give
a favored paper an exact copy OF the
speech, so as 10 have il printed cor,
rectly.
II may be limited that all this sa.
vors of the cynicism OF the man who
envies the accomplishment OF oratory
10 the 'silvertongued" tribe. Far
from il, I have been there Hora-
ito. and have on occasion aroused the
plaudits OF the ~banqueteers myself.
The most pronounced success | ever
had In that way was a little impromp-
tn gem that | delivered before a stone
sober" crowd one time. had been
given my subject six months bs5ore,
and had written and rewritten my
talk all out. at least a dozen times. |
had polished il. and adorned il with
slavish care. and had blended with il
various thoughts and quotations from
the poets and the philosophers. You
don't have 10 use quotation marks in
oratory. and anyway, | did not know
where these gentlemen had toien
their stun from.
| type-wrote this talk. and let II
lie a couple OF months. and then went
over II again. shortening some OF the
long sentences, and %rearranging and
shifting until | got il down as fine as
il was possible for me TO do. Then
! learned II absolutely by heart. I
could say II backwards or forwards.
begin in the middle and recite ii eth.
er way. | knew it better than the null
tiplication table or the alphabet. |
Grated it, until | had. as | thought,
all the proper infections. even to a
little stumble. a little eloquent pause
where ! was supposed 10 be overcome
by the strength OF my emotions. II
was really a very hard job. the getting
up Of this little impromptu." and one
which | should hardly care to tackle
again just for the sake OF doing some
one a favor.
Finally | had the thing down letter
perfect. and the day and occasion ar.
for my setting it 60" Now
'impromptu" speakers make the
Of spelling their piece
right on the hooks" without giving
themselves any time for inspiration"
This is a fatal mistake. and even the
most obtuse will not be deceived II
you begin at top speed with your Are
But had heard too many
impromptu speakers to be lured into
such a false position. The proper
way is 70 select something about the
particular occasion which may strike
your fancy and then start in with a
hating sentences about that.
Something Of this sort, for instance;
AS / stand on this spot today. | feel
incapable Of adequately voicing the
feelings that the time and the occa.
sion would call up I'm the breast Of a
zeal orator" or Il am glad TO be with
7ou here, my friends. to-day. and this
audience. and the event which we are
allied upon to celebrate. only makes
ne feel my shortcomings as a speak
or AS | entered the hall to-day
sight Of etc. etc.
Aud then. when YOU have edged in
With one or " airy common. places
'ou can come in with your "siss. boom.
MI verbal pyrotechnics. and give the
audience a sure-enough impromptu'
exhibition
The uninitiated will say: Amt he
corker?"
The man that is next" will reply
G'van I'll bet II took him six months
o frame that up"
ERNEST MGAFFEY.
1915. by Joseph u. Bowles)
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Speed Of EIeetrieitv

Electricity. where unretarded by AT.
mospheric Influences, travels at the
rate OF 2Ss. 900 miles a second Along
a wire 1t is. OF course. vastly slower:
a p~erceptible period OF time Is occu.
pied by the electric current in send.
ing kilograms.
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ouldn't Wash n.

What is that young man doing on,
there"
Trying TO attract my attention with
the handkerchief Irritation. | guess
You do not seen TO be respond.
ing"
No. | am not his laundress Nash
vile American.
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In a Pinch, Use ALIENS Foor.rAse

a powder. II cures painful. smart
ing nervous feet and %ingrowing nails
us the greatest comfort discovery q,
the & Makes new shoes easy /,
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sutute. Trial package. FREE. "A.
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SIZE.
Enough to Keep Him WAITING

Enough to Keep Him WAITING.
hate to have my husband find a
horseshoe"
"Why?"
He always brings n horne. nails IL
up and then waits around for luck To
strike him"
"Well?"
And there never was such a man
for finding horseshoes."
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The hinher Aim

who shoots at the midday some
though he be sure. ne shall never hit
me marke' yet as sure he is. he shall
shooie higher than who agnes but At
a bush.-Sir Philip Sidney.
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lie who reigns within himself. and
rules passions. desires and fears. is
more than a king.-Milton.
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The best manner OF avenging our.
selves is by not resembling him who
has injured us.-Porter.