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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-10
Entered Mt the EiKo postonlce for transmission
through the mails rs second-class matter.
MONEY GETTING MADE EASY

High finance ia founded ON two pre-
cepte, first, that there is more money
in wrt ckinR than in building up al in
dustrial enterprise, and, second, that
there ls no init 70 the number and
fool hardness Of the %suckers, says the
San Francisco Bulletin.
Wan.stree gentlemen never go to the
trouble Of establishing an industry
1t takes time, skill md patience to
build up a great iron works from a
cross roads blacksmith shop, or 10 con-
struct a railroad through 9 territory.
Besides { the risks Ui such undertakings
are great and the profile, according to
Wall street standards, email. The high
inanciers cast about for II profitable
going concern. They buy, in n way
or snother, majority Of the stock. and
then proceed, by all the devices known
to cnrpor alton -lawyere, to water the
stock. When the stock Of the principal
corporation has been watered to it's full
capacity subsidiary companies are
formed and the stock OF the companies
are watered. In the long run, OF course,
the business is wrecked, but the promot-
ers take pains to get out with the loot
before the catastrophe.
The game could not be played il the
public had enough sense not 70 pay 300
for a piece Of paper representing an
actual value, perhape, Of 81 Tut when
will the public learn? A group of finnr-
ciers buy a tobacco factory for S200,000
or-more often get an option TO buy il
tor that sum, and immediately incorpor-
ate for q ,0G0, 900 ana sell the stock to
gulIible outsiders for that eun. The
promoters make millions without put
ting up Is dollar, but the orange has not
been squeezed dry. They continue to.
dilute the capital and the public con-
tinuee TO pay good money for stock GER
tificatee. In the end, II receiver is ap-
pointed, the stock depreciates to its true
value, and the email investors find their
capital shrunk almost to nothing. But
experience teaches them little. The
lamb ehorn in one scheme walks into the
shearer's hands again as soon rs he re-
Quires q new coat OF wool. Ii in so ensy
to swindle the public that Wall street
confidence men can hardly DO blnmed
for believing that nature made pigeons
to be plucked.
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District Court

The grand jury made it's report tc
Judge Brown Friday afternoon and wa
discharged. Indictments we're returned
against james f. Foley, Michael Ward
and james Murphy for grand larceny,
Harry Craue Tor robbery, Franz
Williams, Chnries Rstller and Car
Russell for housebre aking, and George
r. Dove for murder.
Judge Brown set Z o'clock as the time
for Arrangement.
At that honr the defendants were
brought into couT, and arraigned
and the following pre- ceedinEs were
hati:
State vs.. James T. ih! Michael Ward
and james Murphy, grand larceny.
Defendants p!tad guilty AID waived
time for sentence. TIN court sentenced
each defendant to sixteen months in the
peritentiary.
State vs. Harry Crane, robbery.
Defendant plead not guilty and Monday
April 6, at 10 Il. III. WIS set ms the time
lOI llAlDR udtS III lTlHI.
State vs.. Frank Williams and Charles
Ratiler, houscbrcaknr. Defendants
plead guilty aud waived time tor ben.
tence. Judge Brown sentenced each 10
Que year III the p~eGitentiary.
State VS.. Carl Russell, housekeeping
plead guilty and waived time
for sentence. He was given Que year in
penitentiary.
State VS.. George r. Dove, murder,
The defendant was given until > o'clock,
April 4th TO plead.
Court convened at , o'clock this after.
to receive the plea OF George K
Dove, charged with murder. The case
was called anu the defendant through
his attorney entered the plea OF guilt,
tn the indictment. Judge Brown quea
tiobed Dove as 10 whether lie fully un,
de rstood tue nat ure Of his plea and
Dove replied thai he did.
1t now devolves upon the court sC
determine the degree OF the crime 10
which Dove WA indicted. To Letter MIN,
this it is necessary for the court to hea
evidence, upon winch To base his judge
mcnt. Monday, April Il at 10 u. III
was SET for the hearing Of evidence bear
ms on tile dc.Te" II the crime.
The trial Of ii airy Crane, charged
with robbery, was sci Tor Apri %.
The court then set the date for tn
trial Of several civil cas, g..
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Senator NiIans Great W0rk

Tie Gold Circle Miner assures it's
readers that George S. Nixon, Nevnda's
junior senator, IL u paragon OF industry
when 1t to working for Nevada
interests. AS the NJ uer failed tn NEE
ton tie many good things the state has
received as a result Of the senator's un-
tiring industry, the ExposItor will
mention those which have come to its
knowledge, which are as follows =
Commenting ON the peculiar fitness OF
Senator Nixon to prescribe remedies
guaranteed to cure all the financial ills
the nation is heir to, the Miner says:
His experience Of many years in the
banking business, Inns given him a keen
insight into financial matters, and this
has been Of exceptional advantage to
him in the discussion OF those great
financial questions which are 30 very
important to the country at large ut the
present time
The Miner, no doubt, reached the
above conclusion from reading Senator
Nirou's remarkable speech on the AID
rich bill, delivered in Jle senate Febru-
ary the thirty-tirst, and which appears
at page Al, i'll Volume 4ii,4i4 OF the
Congressional Record. 1t was a bril-
Liant effort, n from "a reliable source
the information is gained that when the
peroration was reached; the official
stenographers OF the senate we're go
carried away by the ]eloquence Of the
Nevada senator that they failed to take
down that part Of the speech, mud us tie
senator spoke without reconciliation or
malice atorethonght, the most brilliant
part Of that most brillilnt speech is
perhaps forever lost.-Ely Expusitor
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same. Thee Icing money in ,ne Tox,
Government fund avails bic for TIN, nm.
pose. the b"urd allowed $50 Der blo,.L
out = that inuG tn~ar.i tine erp.ps. n.
GU red.
IL" .~Hp"rE>pEHT IS more u AN ii, "a.
ed that tie commissioners look this No.
ton as it will be an iuc. ntive Tor o,h.r
residente to improve the streets ON
which they live. It also hopes thn, the
commissioners ~ the town board will
not weary IN the good work, but keen il
up until all the streets OF the town ara
put in first class condition. There ia
money enough now in the town fund to
grnde and gravel the streets aud lace
them in a good condition and il should
be done.
The INDEPENDENT congrniulates the
commissioners on the good start they
have made toward town Improvement
and earnestly hopes that the good work
will be kept up.
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F TACTICS

The Taft organs are trying to make it
appear that his nomination viii set the
country ON lire and that all Of the
Roosevelt enthusiasm will boil up at
the poll0.
Before the campaign hus advanced
far public speakers and the press will
throw come rather startling facts upon
the public bulletin board OF which Taft
will not be shown go iavorably. The
Developments will show how that war
seer tary has hedRed and catered to
special interest in order that he might
secure valuable campaign assistance.
Speeches and documents will be
brought forth 10 slio " that TAFT, posing
as the special friend Of the Philippine
= Islanders promised them outright that
he wonld use his good Offices TO bnve
the United States government cut the
tariff rate charged against inporlatioDs
OF sugar from the iRlands. tie reviewed
tbtir unfortunate condition, and told
them truthfully that they were abeo-
lutely shui ont from any markets for
tr ir .sugnr aud rice produ"ts. That
being Ia. dependency ,nfs the Uuited
Stases government they should be
favored 10 romsT&tr1r Al lcael IN order
that they 2 tntaht slip come 81 their
products .to throg aver nmebt protecting
then without having TO p,! the high
tanh charged 'RusirstS foreign and mr.
friendly naLi"bS This talk was prob =
lily made ~ goGi iaiI, and wac I, O
'f~sasbntble aud 81 nRible tha, il was
believed.
hui let us St D., what Sir. Taft did
when he reached bone and commenced
his c%ampsiSn. The sugar beet fellows,
who are The mann 9th sugar trust, began
10 fight Tai, TOT allie promise 10 the
Filipinop. TAFT saw HE mistake, and al
the fret opportunity had n herring from
tho sugar irust and got down on his
kntee. flo told the sugar trust that 10
Elected he would not do ns he had
promised the far away black man. No,
hs would stPnd pat on the tariff ques.
ton ~ he cav II woull hurt Americas
eugar industry" That was satisiactory
to The sugar trust. 17ioy are whoopinR
It Tor TAFT nov, because they will DO
allowed TO continue 10 enjoy their
monopoly, which, according to figures
given. ont last weck, nciled TO greatly
wstercd stock Of .ho trust over five
millions las. year.
MIR. Tsits election would mean n con
anuatiop OF the present echedules.
Tie Philippine Islands viii continue, as
no~, . charge Of the United States gov-
eminent with no chance To cell their
PRODUCT; with nothing N do bnt ait
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Eastern Star Chapter Instituted

Mrs. Marie l.. C,nir, grind worthy
mniron, arrived fro tt Tar an last night
with the us .istuE a. i A;r. \. Mics.
trriti nf .Austn, XII ut A'"',iy patron.
~ 81 iii Utv.i Al chapter uf IL T. rs,cru Star.
The ceremonies took place ut the
Masonic Hall and continued to an early
hour this morning. Seventeen Of the
twenty-five charter members were
present and took the degrees.
The first officers Of the chapter are
Mrs. Gedney, matron; Mrs. McWhiuney,
associate matron; John Henderson,
patron. The new chapter will br hailed
as Elko chapter Eastern Star, under
despensstion, until the Masonic grand
lodge meets when it will be given q
number.
After the institution OF the chapter
refreshments were served, winch soor
disappeared be foro' the appetite- oil
those present.
Mrs. Collin lett this morning for ely
to visit the chapter at that place.
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4 Railroad Over the Ocean

The most renal kable railroad III the
world, which Henri! NJ. Flneler Ia build
ing On concrete arches through the
shallow waters Of the ocean along the
garlands OF palm groves tia, cover the
keys south Of Fioriua, il now IN opera:
for Il distance Of eighly-onc ,miles to
Knights Key. Tho regular trains be-.
gan running over it Oh IL, 10Th inst.
Through shipping cars will he provided
FROM New York to Chicago md they
ultimately will he carried across on II
ferry from H.! Yves I" Havana,
making the distance in six hnurF. IT,
railway which, in more than hn!t lone and
ut the present tcI NH a;cs at Knights
Key has all tile facilities Tor handling
The traffic. Mr.. Flugler decided 10
place the completed portion III opera.
tIou and nave II earning the expense Of
maintenance, at least while the re-
muiDder ni the track is finished to Key
Wcs;, Practical! 50 pee cent II al
THE construction WORK 10 done au.!
ever! thing will be ready Tor through
tn Gs Ia Havana u! the opening " the
tour ist season next winter.
Knights Key, the present terminus
Of the I'ingicr y stem, IL 100 miles ,outl
Of Miami, torIy.seven miles north III
Key Nest aud 10 miles north OF
Havana.
The rond between Miami and Knight
Key is nuiIt twenty-,ight miles upon
the mat land Of Florida and eighty
one miles across and between forty two
ke,a. For n"nrly one half ~ the di.
tahoe the railway truc- passes over the
water ON ,n"G'rtc arches. whose found-
atoms rest upon The bottom Of tho sea -
VIM. +. Curtis, III the Chicago Record
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Sympathy Leans 70 Lees.

There Is ono appeal 10 charity that
Is pretty sure to b" answered" said a
philanihropist. That Is Il request for
All artificial LEI. Legs. ssmnnuw. are
warmly appreciated by the general
public, and the fellow who has to
scrapc along without one is the object
OF sincere commiserGtIon. During my
II years experience in philanthropic
work ] have Issued appeals To the
people NJ Large on behalf Of persons
who wanted v;.fious PARTS OF their an.
atomy replaced. Some wanted teeth.
come al eye. others Il hook like Can.
tain Cuttl"'s. Physical deficiencies OF
that kind mOas"d but little interest
but just let II man advertise the fact
that he was in need of "a leg and
enough money was quickly forthcom-
Ing To iii him cut with three or -four
pairs of legs"
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Strike $4,000 Ore

ii" thuu+ md dollar ore from the
DurUnd min in Aurora and no brass
band4, sub sidi ;ed sheets nor Si7 900
hold-ap- 20 proclaim 1t to the Outside
world. But thank the gods OF truth
that there are no Graham Rices nor Nat
{. GOodwIns operating in that good old
substantial camp. A sample, and IA lib
oinl one, Of gold rock is noT on eXMbi-
ton ut CHu.'s bunk that ia ireckled all
over aud all through with coarse gold,
unnmp 10000 to the ton. II was taken
from II recent strike made in the Dura
mine at Aurora. Tho ore in color great.
ly resembles the Mohawk OF Goldlield.
"a nm interview, is. Cain said, aurora
IL ono ~ the henlthics, cnmps Ill the
state in the way ~ high grade and mill.
ing orc. No wild cats mfest the camp,
no stock ,bbinR is going on, bni, while
I; might Seem very tame TO u Nevada
booster, the CHIMP I'D the way d develop
meet is making excellent head way. In
fact, he future OF the camp was never
brighter. or course the district il ham
pered through II lack Of cheap power but
| feel confident that this will be RENE
died before tho summe passes by the
advent OF Gle ctric power.-Bodie Miner,
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Gold Circle Boom Is Growing Daily

Monday last % leases were le, b, the
Gold Crown and Columbia Mining
company and the roar OF powder was a
welcome noise to the inhabitants OF
Gold Circle. These properties lay
about II mics soulhe ast OF the town
and two or three discovery shafts show
values averaging from Sloi tn 5000 al
81 feet depth. The q Id Crown group
was located by MenkInR & Schein and
has been consiIerrd by all mining ulan
who have visited the country as one OF
the best lunches in the camp. II won Z
take long To determine now whether
| Coli Circle is the best camp III Nevada
or MT. The teams that left Battle
Mountain load u with lumber for the
Circle looked like IL. circus parade.
There were over 20 six and eight horse
teams all III line moving across the Hat
ut one time and the merchants OF Battle
Mountain feel they are already doubly
paid for building the short cut into the
camp from the railroad. There is about
half a million feet Of lumber here nov
for the Gold Circle Mercantile company
TINT will be moved into the camp us fast
iIs teams can haul It There are over
100 head OF horses on the Job Low and
the men employed ut It remind one OF
an anthlll. All the stores have extra
clerks filing orders and the buoKkeepers
Of the different institutions think they
are III the my ste maze. The sidetracks
OF the -. p. are pretty we'll filed up
with carloads of freight Ter thus camp
There are three cars of beer, two OF
grain, two Of -four, IL Of lumber and
II Of groceries. All parties visiting
the camp from the cast are gong
through this way aud the hotels, stage
and autos are taxed to their full capac
ity. There are about loo people il
the camp today aud it is estimated that
there will be 5000 III the next 20 days
There are nine lodging houses, clever
saloons, five grocery and general stores
two lumber yards, two as'sy Office
four real estate offices, one bakery, two
news and conf, C Iopery stores, one
plumbing shop, two Dutchen sn"p., iwo
iced stables and numerous other enter,
prises There are several buildings
yearly iinished aud contracts let iUI
more. Tho lumber To he used on cor.
tracts let to this date amounIs 1. 0vel
$50 600 feet. This is the busiest towr
in Nevada today. No one has time t.
do anything but hustle. There are ovel
50 properties sold Or bonded all to active
mining men who know hUw to operate
on Il large scale and it ia csti.nstci thai
Gold Circle will :onD have ouc Of the
largest payrolls in the west. ~rclrphuue
connections have been mude with The
Dutton IL Golcunda line and YOU car
talk Ia nearl. nny part ~ Nrvad frou
the camp. Sam Levy jms! rciurLct
from a trip east where he has been pur
chasing pipe Tor the purpose Of rnnvc!
ing water from springs above MiJas t.
the town. This pipe line will ne abou
eight mites lOn..--Battle Monnial
Herald
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Accusing Local Pride

a new scheme for arousing local
pride is being worked in an enter prising
western city. The plan in brief IL, IN.
stead Of attempting IN yitalize the CIVIC
spirit ~ tho whole community, to orgap-
iZe clubs in different localitiee and TO
clean mp aud lish, up certain sections,
without regard To- what may he done
elsewhere. For instance, q club is
organized in II single block and merch-
ants IN each eide of the street arc per.
suadel to join. 10 il IL desired to make
the b'ock brilliant with light ut night
an investigation il had to sec how Il
can be doue, how much II will cost and
whnt il is worth. Tho plan Inns worked
50 successfully that organizations are
spfinginR Dp oil Owe the came city 10
dcN oie their attention tU cleaning or
lighting u certain restricted territory.
II il much custer TO secure co operation
between twenty merchants tban be-
tween 200, aud the influence ~ the icw
spreads il n widening circlc.-Ex.
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An Extrnvagani Wife

a southern tnru.er asked u negro farui
hand the cause ~ hta worried and
harrassed expression.
"Do trnhbul, boss" said the negro,
IN nah vito. She IL lie II ravagnntrs'
pusson ] kn0wF. She IL nIwus after
money. Money dis, on money dat, ell
mo money. She comes ter mo fer one
dollar, cb den che wants IAo dollars, en-
90 Int goes
"Bnt Joe,' inquired tile buss." "what
doce che do with The uone, p
swell. dc FAC 10, boss explained Joe,
al ain Civ or Gonc yeti - The
Bohemian.
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The Time to Learn Slnginq.

Madame Mathildc Marchcsi. thu
eminent vocal teacher. writes iu IN,
Ladies' Home Journal:
For young girls all vocal traiuin.
before they reach the 10th or I'm
year Of age land even then with great
c%aution) is n sin. and may spoil many
good voices before their normal de.
yc!Opmeut. Young girls designed for
u vocal corccr, instead Of singing.
ought to employ their time in learn.
ing music, piano and languages. all
Indispensable nowadays for good
singers to complete their education.
Flat singing proceeds. In general, from
the fatigue of the larnyx."
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GIVE THESE MEN PENSIONS

At the beginning Of the Civil war
Andrew Curnegie organized the United
States Military Telegraph Corps OF the
United States army. From the begi
ming TO the end Of the war, about 100
names we're enrolled in this corps. Its
members shared the perile, ~privations
md suite. ing Of the private soldier.
The service performed by these men
was analogous to thai Of the signal corps
combined with that OF the scout aud
field courier and to a considerable ex-
tent it relieved the cavalry arm.
This corps grew into a mighty arm OF
the services III The field aud it's record IL
tull OF devotion and self.sacrlticinP
service. Its patriotism and heroism
we're not e1celled by any other brunch
Of the service.
Noiwlthst landing the great servive
these men performed for their country
during the dark days from Gl to 50, the
government, they suffered to cave, has
p~erslstently refused To place them upon
the same footing rs the private soldiers
az regards pensions. The only recogni'
ton the government has ever given
these men is granting to them IA certiti-
cate OF honorable service.
1t is difficult Tor an ordinary person
to understand Why the government has
to pension the members OF this
corps when il has been So liberal in
providing pe nsious for those who served
other branches OF the service. 1t
would seem that all who served in the
army during the civil war, no matter
Hbnt branch OF the service they wore III,
be placed upon the same footing
should share equally i'll the bounty
the government.
Less than 200 OF the men WHO served
N the military telegraph corps during
he .ivil War arc alive today. Many OF
.hese are broken in health and some OF
hem are poor in purse. They are all
'opidly moving toward the eternal
oivouac. The government should give
hem the recognition to which they are
and smooth their pathway to
lie. other side.
One OF these men lives III Elko. lie
'erved ut Nashville und Chattanooga
Inder General Thomas, the roc OF
Jhicamauga. lie served his country
faithfully and yet tho name Of /. b.
Sheldon is denied a place on his coun-
lry's pension roll.
b Neglected by their government, these
men appealed to Andrew Carnegie, the
organizer Of their corps, Tor assistance in
their old age and he gives each member,
recommended by a commute OF the
corps, a pension OF slIi year.
Tho generosity Of Mr.. Carnegie is
commendable, but what shall We say OF
the neglect OF the government? Let us
hope thni before the Inst one OF these
old telegraph operators nnswerS the
final roll-cau justice will he done them
by the government ,hs y did 20 Zach to
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a rule, 10 stand between his family and
dire want. He loses his iob-snd that
very date the wolf ID al his door. Where
capital, In a panic, has to wrestle with
the question Of profit and lose, labor
must grapple with the vital danger OF
starvation.
How many Of ue, though We realize
these things IN q vague and general way,
stop to think what the awful meaning Ii
when we read that more than a million
bread winners are ont OF work?-
Exchange
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More Where the Last Came From

IL is generally conceded that our
prosperity came from the gruanI, where
natures bounteons hand placed tho
seeds il not the rIpened product. 1t is
gratifying to be told that there is more
Ia the same treasure house tn he dug
ont i'll the same way. No, only is Ill, re
more 81 the same sort. but 80 mus III
more that our prosperity record cat be
beaten and doubled.
From the porspet tive ~ barren years
il might I've sail tint our enjoyment OF
plenty was riotous. Perhaps il WIS
The lesson OF it is aorth needing, but
caution should not go to the extent Of
distrusting nature. Experts say tina
what we have been taking from the
ground is but half what we might take
with proper attention to :h' science ~
producing. They declare that orr seeds
ana fertilizers are not right, our methods
Of tIllage Imperfect, our live stock very
imperfect and Oui Ioss"s 10y lire and
Hood and the rhvagcs ~ insect life
double or treble what they uccd he. In
other words, for every million Of dollars
gained the might he two millions
gained II We would but make the most
~ our resources and our labor. Making
mn ey enough to be happy on for Il
lay 10 perhaps not the highest good.
But making money enough to establish
a reserve Which would tide over
lrap years so that all years might louH
alike would constitute ii complete task,
the complement Of natures thorough
ness. -Exchapgc.
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Horse, Hog and Elephant IN One.

G. @. MinnIck, OF 20GS Darlen street.
Philadelphia. n week ago cut from n
tree near secane station n section OF
torked limbs for u one.picce three.
legged stool. The three limbs where
they arc cut of arc in the perfect
likeness. one Of a horses hoof, tho
second of a hogs split lioof and tho
third like an elephants trunk. The
mouth and tho trunk OF the elephant
arc startlingly true to nature. Tho
likeness ia OF natures own carving
All Mr.. Minnick had 10 do WAS to
strip tho bark of.