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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-05-22
KEEP CATTLE AT HOME

In the ninth judicial circuit Of the
United States court of appeals i'll San
Francisco, Il decision was recently
handed down which is important to all
cattlemen of the west. 1t is to the cf.
feet that cattle. must be kept off the
government forest reserves V q when
they are not fenced.
Three years ago Thomas Shannon
permitted his cattle to roam over the
Little Belt forest reserve III Montana.
Suit was brought against him, March
IS, 1907; before Judge Hunt in the
United States circuit court, for that
state. The result was an injunction re,
straining Shannon from permitting his
cattle to roam w the reserve.
Montana has a fence law under which
the landowners must fence their land
before they obtain redress from
the courts from stockmen whose cattle,
feeding upon the open public domain,
range upon and injure the private
lands.
Shannon's counsel argued that this
state law would apply as against tn,
United States, but Judge Hunt held
that tho power of congress over tn,
public lands, including the forest r.,
serves, is complete; that congress has
delegated to the secretary of agriculture
power to make regulations TO protect
the forests; that the secretary had
properly made Il regulation that cattle
must not range over the forest reserves
without permit; and that consequently
Shannon was Il trespasser when he per-
United his cattle to range over the
Little Belt reserve even though it were
not fenced, 10;
Shannon appealed from this decision.
The case was tnken to the United States
circuit court Of appeals in San Francisco
and that court has just affirmed Judge
Hunts decision.
III view of the amount of work the
government is doing in the way of es.
tablishiug, maintaining and improving
the forest reserves. this decision is of
deep intcrcst.-Ogdcn Journal
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Bought Massachusetts Bonds

The state board IF education held a
meeting last Thurday and purchased
$4,000 worth of Massachusetts bonds
bearing interest Mt 3 per cent. The
money was from the permanent school
fund of the state and this makes three.
fourths of Il million dollars the school
fund now holds i'll the Massachusetts
bonds. The Bay State" bonds are
unusual i'll hat the bonds are moi only
guaranteed by the municipality which
issues them but by the state of Mass.
achusetts itself. thus making the bonds
doubly secured. The present amount
will he invested in Is which are now
selling for about 81 or % cents on the
eastern market. 1t may bc that the
bonds can be secured for even lesser
amoun owing to the fact that cash is "A
rather valuable asset these days.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-05-22
THE SCOT OF STEEL

An article, on THE Cost and the
Profits of Steel Making in the United
States" in the last Quarterly Journal
of Economics gives some interesting
information. The writer say: that
the United States steel corporation can
put. down ore at Pittsburg for about 81
for a tonof ore. The coke and lime
stone cost less ithan$3, while the labor
and maintenance charges at the furnace
cost 81. Thus the total cost of produc-
ton ,of,a ton of iron does not exceed 81,
and yet for many months i'll 1906 and
1907 the prevailing price of iron was
$50 a ton. That was the price paid. by
the steel maker who vas unable to
make his own iron. @ .
The cost of converting pig iron to
steel is s. a ton i'll the less efficient plants
in some parts Of the country, but at
Pittsburg it is about 81. The rolling of
rails from ingots Costs 81 in ii modern
mill. Thus the total cost of a ton of
rails is not to. exceed $l5. The steel
trust could sell at $40 a ton if it had to,
hut it demands and gets $2S a ton.
There is u duty of three-tenths of 1
cent n pound, or $6.72a long ton. on
steel. Manifestly the United States
steel corporation does not stand in need
of the protection the duty gives. That
corporation can manufacture more
cheaply than it's American competitors
because of its ownership of ore beds
and coke ovens and because the labor
cost is less in its great plants than in
the smaller ones. But even the steel
makers with inferior facilities do not
need so mich protection as is given by
the present duty on steel, a duty which
contributes to the enormous profits
which the steel trust is making. 1t
should not he allowed to force American
railroads to pay $2S IA ton for rails when
it could make a handsome profit by
selling ut $40. In 1906 the steel corpor-
alton manufactured 10, 500, 900 tons. of
steel ingots and each ton contributed
nearly $l2 to the net earnings of the
corporation. The steel consumers of the
company had to pay excessive prices in
order that such a showing might be
made. --Chicago Tribune.
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Inappropriate SonnS

"Our Sunday school superintendent
once gave II lecture on inappropriate
songs" says u musical director of an
uptown church, ''in which he told Of
visiting the primary room to find the
infants Justify singing:
"My latest sun is sinking fast,
My race Is nearly run.
"And our presiding elder used to tell.
with great glcc. Of u bishop who Mt a
general conference retired with his
committee to the nntcroom to finish an
important report. Il song service to I'll
the gap. AS the returning clcrgymcn
filed down the main aisle, headed by the
bishop. the chorus came ont on:
See tho mighty hosts advancing.
Satan leading on.
"But the most amusing incident that
really came undor my own observation
was while assisting In u revival service
In n small western town. The evangelist
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-05-22
Had Extraordinary Taste.

y oma with two little girls alIcbt.
ell from her motor car for tea at n res.
IauTant In Il midland town In England
recently. and ate an extraordinary
meal. She ordered tea, n Welsh rab.
bit and n bottle Of port wine. When
the order had been given she took
from the cruct stand n bottle OF Wor.
cestcrshirc sauce. put II to her lips
and cmptied II down her throat. She
thcn lifted the anchovy sauce bottle
to her Hips and emptied that. Then
she picked up n bottle OF tomato ketch.
up and drank that. The waitress had
now come In with the Welsh rabbit.
the port and the tea. Then the woman
drank the port, then eagerly emitted
he mustard pot on the Welsh rabbit
and. while she was eating It, ordered
another bottle Of port. While ber
mother Was thhs engaged one OF the
little girls picked up the cream lug
put her tongue into It and licked II
ont.
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Elko Defeated winnemucca

The game Of base ball yesterday 10.
tween the Elko and Winnemucca mines
resulted ina victory for tho home team
by n close margin, the score standing I
to q in favor Of Elko. Tho game opened
with Winncmucca Mt the hat.
Neither team scored in the first three
innings and but few of tho players even
reached first base. As fast rs they
came 10 the bat. the most Of them fan.
ned the air and were left mt home plate.
In the fourth inning. Elko scored four
tallics on hits by Will and Bob Critchlcy.
Harry Mayer and Joe Mcnamara. Joe
sent the ball TO right field and IL went
through the fence of the cattlc coral.
The Winncmucca boys could not find II
and Joe and the two mcn on bases scor.
cd. Joo making n home run. In the
fifth inning, Clarence ANGEL Of the
Winncmucca team made q clean cut
home run. This was the first tally made
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-05-22

Federation of Labor. in u letter read
at these Easter day mass meetings.
said:
"The labor unions will not finch.
but munfully stand for their rights.
and tho workers and their friends
through the country shall pledge them
selves without; regard to party afiilia-
tions. without any other divergence of
opinion. to unnask the open or hyPo-
critical opponent, and send to political
Oblivion those who; by negligence or
antagonism, fail TO respond affirma-
lively, and give their full support to
the specific measures which labor de
maIlls."
With the labor vote and the negro
vote in its present temper, the republic
cans are ba9inning to feel that some
thing must DO done to save their party
from defeat. But the trusts and mono
poles which control their leaders will
not permit them to do anything because
those special interests would rather see
Il democratic president, and Il demo
cratic house of representatives, than
allow congress to make any concession
whatever to organized labor. Intrench-
ell in the senate. they would be able to
defeat any measure which the demo-
cratic house might pass.
Hence it is that republican congress.
men are unhappy and cross and peevish
these days.-Exchange.
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TRUSTS AND HIGH PRICES

If capital and labor arc pursuing Il
right course, it is not SO evident that
those trusts which Under tariff protcc.
ton can advance the prices of ncccssa.
ries Of life ~ they see fit. are acting in
good faith with the consumers Of this
country. rH51 ri''| !A.is
The trusts obtained their power for
consolidating competing concerns with
the implied understanding that they
could thereby give the public more
reasonable prices. In the days of com.
petition, after Il panic, the cost of living
was reduced because the competitors
made prices lowcr-t there were no gen.
tlcman's agreements" Now. with
trusts welding almost tyranical power,
the people find prices soaring instead Of
being lowered In depressed times.
The farmers can not I've blamed for
exorlitant prices Of beer, eggs. vcgcta-
blcs and many articles that go into cold
storage. They do not receive the fancy
prices which the unfortunate consumers
must pay. Tho trusts see that no one
benefits besides themselves IL Exchange.
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An Indian Must Hanu

After IL dclibcratiOn of twenty min
utcs "A jury ut Goldficld brought in n
verdict in the case of George Williams,
of guilty of murder in the first degree
for the killing of Barney Griffin and
William COnnOrs. two prospcctors. and
this morning at 10 o'clock at Goldficld
Judge OBrien will pass sentence on the
man. The prisoner is nm Indian and
well known throughout the southern
country. He received the verdict stoi.
cally and his face never changed nor
did II muscle twitch when he heard the
verdict which meant death on the
scairold.
The bodies of the two pruSpcctors
were found ut Il camp about sixty miles
from GOldfield several months ago
Both men had met death by shooting
after which their belongings had been
rifled. the bodies half burned and then
covered with u lot Of old brush. etc.
The Esmeralda officers took M the
long chase for the murderer and finally
landed Williams who finally confessed
to the deed.
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Some Kansas Mhiskers

An Iowa man is visiting relatives in
a Kansas town who is said to have the
longest beard on record. the man bcing
3 feet : inches, while the beard is : feet
. inches. To get about with his Beard
the Iowa man tucks it under his vest
and winds it about his body. 1t is Il
trait of long bearded men that they
take rs much pride in the length and
profusion of their whiskcrs rs women
like the seven Sutherland sisters do of
their hair. This IOwan's hirsute foliage
is the subject Of envy and newspaper
comments. To a reporter he stated that
he had watched the newspapers care
full for twenty years OIL the subject of
boards and had yet to find Il rival who
equallcd him.
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Homicide Al Tennbo

Sheriff Murphy received II message
Monday evening from Cortcz stating
that James Mcleod had died that after.
noon from injuries received last Satur-
day, said injuries being inflicted 10y Ed
Weaver ut Tcnabo.
Mr.. Murphy departed yesterday
morning for the latter place.
As to the nature Of the wounds that
caused McLcod's death no one seemed
10 know here, ;s no particulars wcr,
given. but waiting until the man WA,
dead before notifying the authorities i,
rather queer.
Parties here who are acquainted with
MIR. Weaver speak of him ~ Iriny 4.
quiet and peaceful follow, and say that
hc wouldn't iniurc anyone without
great provocatiom-Austin Rnvcillc.
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Statue Arrives

The statue of John w. Muckay, the
gift of Clarence Hungcrford Muckay.
his son, to the University of Nevada.
arrived in Reno Wednesday morning
and was hauled by the Nevada Transfer
Company to the campus where tn.
work of erecting it has already com.
menced. Accompanying the bronze
was Il massive base upon which it will
he erected, and both base and bronze
formed a load of several tons. The
foundation is already completed ready
for the btsc. The latter has carved in.
scriptions on each face and i'll addition
bronze tablets will lie placed on each
side. The statue will not be put in
place until about June Il. but will bc
unveiled during the ceremonies Of
June 10.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-05-22
0rnbby Grand jury

The ormsby county grand jury will
W. the latter part of this ,xool.
probably about Friday and It il sa;,
that the investigation of the affairs -,
the State Bank and Trust comn,n"
will be continued. There are sever,i
question and phases of the Situation
which were considered by the grand
Jury but no action was taken; action
may and likely will he taken at this
meeting and other indictments may be
returned.
The grand jury has not completed
its investigation of the affairs of IN.
bank and it may be that indictments
will be returned or action taken n
strengthen rs much as possible the arm
of the prosecution in the cases already
at bar.-Carson News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-05-22

by the visitors. Elko made three more
i'll the fifth which made the score stand
: to 1, In tire 9th. 9Th and Sth innings,
Elko failed to score. The Winnemucca
u scored two tallieS in the sixth, one
in the seventh and two in the ninth,
making the score stand 8 I Z. The
Elko cam did lot play their part of the
ninth inning.
The game was well played throughout.
Both teams were on their mettle and
did their best to win. Interesting fea.
lures of the game were the one-handed
catch by Baker. the second baseman of
the Winnemucca team. Il catch by Viii
lians, Elko's second baSeman, the all
around playingo of Clarence Angel. third
baSeman of the Winnemuccsis and his
stealing home in the ninth inning. This
was the cleverest play of the game.
Joe Mcnamara did good work in the
pitchers box for the home team. He
was well backed mp by Bob Critchley rs
catcher.
Ben Nelson umpired the game. His
decisions created some dissatisfaction
but on the whole they We're fair and
just. The only decision that did not
seem fair to the writer WAS allowing
the Elko team the three TALES made OH
the lost ball. The Winnemucca team.
however, submitted gracefully to the
decision and went on with the game
just rs if nothing had happened.
The cams now have Il game each t.
their credit. The deciding game will
be i warm one and it will probably b.
played in Elko. .
The W~inneinucca team played yes,
terday with two of the regular players
absent and the Elko team WAS weakened
by the absence of Enroll Tabor.
The Winnemucca team were treated
royalty by the Elkoites before and after
the game. They took their defeat grace
fully and proved themselves to be 4
gentlemanly lot of young men.
Following Is the lineup of the two
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-05-22
POINT TO DEFEAT

u There are two CLASSES of votes that
have heretofore gone almost solidly for
the republicans in many states, but
/. which seem this year to be so thoroughly
disguised with the leaders of that party
that they will he found on election day
almost n unit in opposition to it. These
are the negro vote and the organized
labor vote.
az AS to the negro vote, it seems that i'm
case Taft or any other man favored by
Roosevelt should be nominated by the
republicans that vote may largely go to
the democratic candidates, because of
the attitude of the administration to.
wards the negro troops implicated in
the Brownsville affair. This vote is the
controlling factor in many republican
districts. In New York it holds the
balance of power III the district repre-.
sented in congress by Herbert Parsons;
In Indiana there are four congressman
including Jesse Overstreet, who owe
their seats to negro votes; in Iowa, there
are two; in West Virginia, three: in
New Jersey, twoy in Ohio, two; in
illinois, three; in Kentucky, three; in
Missouri. one; in Maryland, two; and in
Wisconsin, two In all. there arc 81
districts In which the negro vote is alb.
solutely necessary to secure the election
of n republican.
But the vote of organized labor is of
still greater Importance, since that vote
counts lin almost every congressional
district in tho country, and has practi.
cally Endorsed the program Of lcgisla.
tion for which tile DEMOCRATS, under the
leadership oftHJ6hh Si,hrp Williams,
battled in7tle house, Of Representatives
against the wishes andi purposes OF
Speaker Cannon and tho republican
majority Of that body.
Il. To amend the Sherman anti,
trust law so that It will not include
labor unions.
"2. To adopt II bill to regulate and
limit tho issuance of injunctions.
%. That d general employers liz.
bility bill Ike enacted. "nF@
~. BY an amendment to extend tho
application Of the eight. hour law to
oil government employees. and those
employed upon work done for the gov.
eminent. whether by contractors or
subcontractors."
This program was approved by labor
Throughout the country on Easter
Sunday in las meetings held for the
purpose Of outlining the policy to be
pursued by Its organizations in respect
to legislation. And i'm all those
assemblies the votes Of workingnen
enrolled In labor unions were pledged
to candidates who should favor such
demands.
President Gompcrs Of tho American
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-05-22
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with local applications, ms they can
not reach the cat Of the disease.
= ntarrh IL n blood Or constitutional
disease and In order To cure II YOU
must take Internal remedies. Halls
'ntarrh Cure il taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mu-
cOus S%urfnccS. Halls Cntarrh Cur,.
* not u quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scrihcd 10y one Of the best physicians
III this country for years and IL n
regular prescription. 1t IL composed
~ the best TONES known. combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination Of the two in
Sredlents IL what produces such
wonderful results in curing Catnrrh.
Send for testimonials free.
+. J. CHENEY x Co., Props,
Toledo, ohio.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
tipatiOn.
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No Tax on Pianos.

'h" vi"0ruiIs protests made IT,
France acainst the proposal to lew n
tax upon nj! owners Of pianos in hat
country have had the desired result.
and for the present no further attempt
viii be made TO carry the suggestion
into effect.
Tho plan, az the London Telegraph
recalls. was to make every posscssor
oil n small plano pay tho equivalent
OF two dollars n year. and the owners
OF n grand were to disburse double
that amount. II was estimated that
the revenue from the propos0d tax
would enrich the Golfers OF the state
TO the tune Of $1,000. 900. Many coIIcc.
tons OF other instruments have been
known To produce u worse tune.
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seemed SO find in a very successful doc
tor of that place a subject for special
and unusual effort. One evening while
he WAS earnestly exhorting with the
medical gentleman to come to the altar.
an enthusiastic sister began singing:
The great physician now is near.
"A smile ran through the audience;
the doctors eyes twinkled and the di-
vine himself with difficulty maintained
a straight face. 1t is needless to add
that there WAS no conversion that
night. Buffalo Times.
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An Old Resident Gone

4 Fallon dispatch Of the Goth says:
Cranston Allen died Oh his ranch four
miles east Of Fallon Tuesday ut the <
of % years, leaving five children includ.
ing Lieutenant Governor Lem Allen.
IL grandchildren, most Of them of whom
live i'll Churchill county where the
pioneer resided for years.
He was born i'll New York and came
to Nevada in 1868 and has lived on the
same ranch from that time. He was
i'll less than a week and up to that time
was unusually active. He expressed a
hope recently that he might sec II of
his descendants vote the Democratic
ticket in Churchill county.
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The Magnates In Jail

you people put n couple of mag.
mates in jail on heavy fine, did your
asks the investigating rcformcr.
Yes. replied the native. I'VE fined
them the limit: they wouldn't pay and
we put them in cells"
That's II good example"
us it, Within two days they organic.
ed ]" prisoners. guards and ~jailcrs into
II international Penalty company.
sHued 800. 900, 900 in bonds, paid the
fines of all the prisoners. left us with a
mortgage "n the Jail and the courthouse.
and stuck the surplus money in their
pockets. Chicago Post.
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Out Of The Mouth Of Babes

Little Arthur stood pccring down into
tlo countenance of his baby sister, whom
the nurse was singig to sleep.
Say. nurse" he finally whispered.
tits nearly unconscious, isn't it,
The nurse nodded In the affirmative.
and sang on.
"Thcn don't sing any more, or you'll
kill it"
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"reminiscences of the good old days,
recounted only u few weeks before his
death, which occurred about IL year ago
in Reno. related to II spectacular poker
game III which he hypothetical his
1000 shares of Dexter stock ut $25 u share
about u fortnight before the inception
Of the big stock boom that carried the
price of Dexter shares to $1,000.
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Old-Fashioned Show Cominq 10 EIko

/. l.. PcyScr. advance agent of the
Great American Show. spent to-day bill
ling thctown for the appearance of the
show Tuesday, May 20. in Elko. in two
performances, ne in the afternoon and
the other i'll the evening. The show is
II old-timc circus with but one ring,
instead Of three, but retains all the arl.
vantagcS of the larger shows. having IA
full quota of clowns, trick ponies. dogs.
monkeys acrObatS. co~nturtionists, ira
pcZc performers and everything else that
goes I" make mp "A good show. The af-
t"rnnon performance DmIn"nc at >
o'clock and the II in the evening ut $
o'clock. Just before each performance
there will be Il free exhibition-that of
Maxine" the diving dog, which dives
from II ladder forty feet into "A net.
This act is absolutely free To EVERYONE
and Ii public is invited to see il,
whether they 90 to the show or not.