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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
District Court

The case of the State vs.. Harry Crane
charged with robbery, went to the Jury
late Thursday afternoon. After wrest.
ling with the case all night. the jury
brought in n verdict of guilty at $50
this morning.
Judge Brown set 10 o'clock Tuesday
rs the time'for passing sentcnc.
At 10 o'clock the case of Mrs. NJ. b.
Dunton, administrators of the estate of
M. b. Dunton, deceased. against A. w.
Sowall and james Linnell was called
and the work of getting II jury was
begun.
In the surnmor Of 1905, Mr.. Dunton
fell down n cellar in tho defendants
store ut Tuscarora and received injuries
which IL Is alleged caused his death.
His widow sued to recover $40, 600
damages, claiming that her husbands
death was due to the negligence and
carclcssness of fhe defendants Tho
defense pleads c~ontributory negligence.
AT the afternoon session Of tho court,
the attorneys announced that tho case
had been settled. The defendants paid
the plaintiff si050 and each party pays
Its own costs.
This wound up tho business and tho
court adjourned after d~ischarging the
jurors from further service.
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weaer, PseiIe w.rt

THE condition of the money market,
and the so-called hard times, will not
interfere in any material way with the
completion Of the Western Pacific line"
said w. H. Watts of the Utah Con.
struction company to Salt Lake Herald
representative upon his return + ogden
q few days ago from a trip along the
Western Pacific in Nevada. 1--WE have
about 1880 men doing grade work at
the present time and this does not In.
clude the steele gangs, engaged in lay
ing rails, the bridge gangs and the
engineering forces. We are using the
greater number of our men on the largo
tunnels and heavy work at both ends of
the line. We are working with q view
of keeping the track laying gangs busy.
Of course, were we not held down, we
would employ n larger force and would
have much of the comparatively easy
work completed long before the heavy
work could be finished. The compile
ton of the line would of course be
delayed until the heavy work could be
DONE"
Mr.. Watts then explained that it
was necessary to work from the ends of
the line.I6rst in order that rails could be
put down for the pupose of hauling in
the supplies for the interior work. In
his opinion the line will be completed in
rs shorts time as if there had been no
financial stringency.
From Oroville up along the Feather
river as far as the point where spanish
creek is crossed by the Western Pacific
line there are approximately 1900 men
at work. This covers two divisions, the
first extending d distance of eighty-four
miles out of Oroville and the other from
that point to the Feather creek crossing.
On the Sierra division which extends
from fhe Feather creek crossing to
Beckwith pass, some $50 men are en-
gagged at grade work and on the Hum.
boldt division, which runs from Deep
Hole to Deeth, Nevada, $50 men
are kept busy. On the Salt Lake or
Utah division in the neighborhood of
400 men are working on the grade and
between rs and 100 are doing riprap
work along the lake section.
One Of the most difficult sections of
the line is the first IL east from Oro-
vile. Ten tunnels have been completed
and these range from 200 to 1880 feet
in length and work is being pushed on
sixteen additional tunnels. Thirty-ive
miles of the road in this particular ter.
ritory will cost the company more than
800, 900 Il mile. The road here is hewn
through almost solid rock and it is said
that the gangs have used 1000, 900
pounds of dynamite and other high
explosive to tear enough of the hillsides
away to permit the laying of the line.
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Salmagundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY

Tho Rcinhart Co.'S special sale ad
will appear tomorrow.
The coal purchases of the United
States government aggregate in value
nearly 50, 300, 900 annually.
Thomas Cotton, II prominent sheep
man from Bcowawc or GolConda, died
at the Boiling hospital last night Of
pneumonia.
Sheriff Clark and Deputy Sheriff lfar.
hin left for Carson last night with seven
prisoners who will begin doing time In
tho pen today.
In four years Il pair of rabbits could
have u progeny Of nearly 1000 90. a
doe rabbit produces ~ many Us seven
families Il year.
Whenever Il man gets To making
money his kin consider ii their duty to
work him for just ns much ns lie will
Standardization, (Kau.) Globe.
This worlds population could bc ron.
tanned In Delaware if II were us con.
gastcd IA eleven New York City blocks.
at the rate Of 1900 people to the acre.
Tho team from the Winncmucca high
school beat the Sparks team in n dclnt.
ing contest last week. One Of the win
ming team was Miss Ellen Brown.
daughter Of Mr.. j. j. Brown Of Elko.
Mrs. Anna Blundcll. Lccof Wadsworth
has begun u contest for II portion Of the
estate left by John Lee, the wealthy
stOckinan who died ut Wadsworih soy.
cral months ago. She claims Ia have
been the wife Of Leo.
A railway through the mountains
north of the Adriatic sca. constructed
by the Austrian government to build
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Salmagundi
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY

Mr.. Plumb returned to Tuscarora or
this mornings stage.
Rev. George II. Greenfield will leave
Monday for Tonopah on u lecturing and
preaching tour.
Miss Nellie Eyler and Miss Lille Fec
will sing IL Duet ut the Y. p. S. C. E.
tomorrow night Mt $3.50.
Mr.. Harry Mayer and Mr.. Moore will
assist with the music ut the Presbyte.
rian church tomorrow morning.
Another mail sack full of garden seeds
arrived this morning. Those who want
them should come and get them.
Rev. George II. Greenfield celebrated
arbor day yesterday by planting sixteen
trees. AT least, he says he planted them.
Joseph McGowan of T~uscaroaa has
important notice elsewhere in this issue.
Read it and govern yourself accord
ingly.
Mr.. David, assistant cashier of the
Henderson Bank, is confined to his
house with II severe cold. His many
friends hope to see him out soon.
1t is the desire of the deaconesses to
distribute flowers to all who are sick,
aged and intirm. If you know of any
such please leave the names with Mrs.
Booher and they will he remembered.
An abundance of Easter flowers have
arrived for the decoration of the Presby-
terrain church tomorrow. The decorat.
ing committee is requested to meet
AT the church tonight ut Z O'Clock and
those who are To decorate the crosses
tomorrow morning ut o o'clock.
Judge Brown and Commissioner Clark
drew "A local grand jury this afternoon
To meet Monday to pass upon the cases
of six prisoners in jail, who wish to
plead guilty and begin doing time ut the
pen. They prefer this course to waiting
until fall for tho regular grand jury. 1t
saves the county the expense ofboarding
them and may result in lighter SEN
t .nccs than they otherwise would get.
According To AN article i'm last nights
Free Press, Bob Skaggs is looking for
office again. We thought of devoting
some space To him today, but what's the
Use of wasting ammunition on II man
that is t" POLITICALLY dead to skin. Let
III" poor fool gibber away; it seems to
please him and harms nobody. When
the time comes for hurying him he will
l' put away without ceremony.
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Wars That We're Caused By Women

l do not think that any of you are
ignorant, my friends. that the greatest
II have taken place on account of
women-the Trojan war on account of
Helen, the plague which took place i'm
it was on account of Chryseis and the
war called the sacred war, on account
of Thcano. This war lasted ten years.
The Crissaean war, which also lasted
ten years, was excited on this account
because the Crissaeans carried off Me.
gistO, the daughter of Pelagon, and the
daughters of the Argives us they were
returning from the temple.
And whole families have been ruined
owing to women. For instance, that of
Philip, the father of Alexander, was
ruined on account Of his marriage with
Cleopatra, and Hercules was ruined by
his marriage with Iolr.-Athenaeus A.
d. 300.
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ST Paul's Church.

The Ri. Rev. Henry D. Robinson, D.
d. will visit this mission to administer
the Apostolic Rite of Confirmation this
evening Mt So'clock.
Saturday-St. Marks Day.
The Rev. Hoyt Enamel Henriques
will be ordained Priest by the Rt. Rev.
Henry D Robinson Bishop of Nevada in
st. Paul's church 1890 u. IN.
These will I've gl~orions days for st
Pauls.
The Rev. George c. Hunting of Ely
will he the preacher Sunday morning
and the Rev. Lloyd b. Thomas rector
elect st. Marks, Tonopah, vii bo the
preacher in the evening.
a very cordial invitation is extended
to all to Ike present at these services.
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Salmagundi
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY
the Office.

ABryan club was organized ut Sparks
Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. L. Williams left for
their home mt Fullon this afternoon.
Reports from Gold Circle say that
ut present everything is quiet at that
camp.
DR.. Gilliland will leave tomorrow for
southern California and will he away
two weeks.
If that roaring well was in Nebraska
the scientists wouldn't look so puzzled.
Cleveland Leader.
See the al of the Taylor Daniels Co.
This company will open mt the opera
house Thursday night.
The wind scattered "A good deal of
dust about this afternoon and the in
dications seem good for II storm.
The trial of Harry Crane on the
charge of robbery begins in the district
court ut 10 o'clock tomorrow before II
jury.
Glad to learn that Walter Gilmore is
recovering from II v attack Of the
grippe. He will soon bc able to attend
tn his duties as %jailer.
There has been some discussion ~ to
the time of clccting school trustees.
Undc the law, approved March 10, 1891,
the election will bc held on 18th Monday
of May.
MIR. Smith went to LumOillc and hack
yesterday afternoon in his new Packard
automobile. The machine climbed the
heavy grade on the return trip AT the
rate Of 20 miles an hour.
their stockings in the bathtubs of New
York hotels must not le criticised too
severely. We all have our hankcrings
for old times. cleveland Leader.
We regret to learn that Mrs. DR..
Birtch has a yer attack Of the grippe
and sincerely hope that she may soon
i'''N '"iiiE w ii'i iii'NRs u ~
has moved his Office to his residence,
where hc is prepared to do nll work in
the optical line.
Paul Kcyscr, II former Elko boy, has
formed a partnership with another Ell
ginccr and opened an office in Portland,
Oregon. Paul's many friends here will
he pleased To learn that he is climbing
mp the ladder. We are more than pleas.
ed to learn that Paul is making good lin
his profession. Success To him.
The Republican state convention met
ut Winncmucca yesterday. q. w.
Symmetrical Of Nyc county was temp.
Orary chairman and George Spring.
meyer, temporary secretary. The rom
mittces were appointed and the convcn-
ton took Il recess until i:30 in the after.
noon. At the afternoon session, the
temporary officers were made per.
mancnt. Senator Nixon was elected II
delegate to the Chicago convention by
reclamation. a resolution endorsing
Taft was defeated 10y II vote Of 81
to 80.
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S~almagundi
II q FRIDAY'S DAILY

All sorts of April weather today.
Judge Maginnis arrived from Ogden
last night.
The verdict Of guilty in the Crane
case meets with public approval. al
though Crane still claims his innocence.
Two more men have been brought
from Wells III the charge of robbing
box cars and the grand jury will proba-
bly, meet mex week to pass on their
cases.
Tho Rev. Mcsscrs Hcnpiucs, Thomas
Hunting and Archdcacon Hazlctt and
the 1T. Rev. Henry ID. Robinson, and
the Rt. Rev. Franklin S. Spalding, ar
rived in town today.
The Lii Majestic cigar ut the Club and
Elk saloons is manufactured expressly
for Mr.. G%utridge. 1t is the cigar for
smokers. Call for the La Majestic and
have u good smoke.
And now II physician comes forward
to say that that tired feeling" is heredi-
tary. II is pleasant to live in un &
where it is possible to blame many of
orr faults and failings upon our anccst.
ors. -Baltimorc American
Judge Dennis Of Tonoph says that
$50, 600 has been deposited In an account
in TOnopah that will Inc used for tho
express purpose Of clccting r. l.. Oddio
United States Senator. and that he,
Dennis, will handle the fght.-Rcno
Journal
DR.. II. a. Birtch, the expert o%culist,
has removed his Office from Mr.. jacobs
store to his residence, the first house
east Of Mr.. Mclridc's. lie has II ON
rlctc line Of optical goods and is pre-.
pared to fit all classes and conditions Of
y Give him a call.
In this electrical age boots arc blackcd
by motor power; stamps are cancelled
ut the post Office. ashes are siftcd: floors
swept and cleaned: horses and dogs are
clipped by the same power; typwritcrs
and adding machines are driven by tiny
motors; hats are cleaned; billiard cues
chalkcd; candy pulled; fans run; ice
crushed and so on without end.
Last evening as Mrs. Genetti of Hunt.
ington valley WIS driving up Idaho
street Il bolt came ont of the tongue and
let the doublctrccs fall onto the horses
feet. They began to run. hut Mrs. dc.
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No Use For II.

Uncle Zebulon was OH Il visit to his
nephew in tho big city, and tho two
had gone to II restaurant for dinner.
They had given their order and were
waiting for It to be filed when the
young man, who had been CHANGING at
II paper that lay On the table. said:
by the way. uncle, did you ever
have cerebro spinal meningitisT"
NO" replied Uncle Zcbulon after n
few moments mental struggle with the
question, ''and 1 don't want any. I'd
ruthcr have fried liver and bacon any
day"
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netti pluckily hung to the lines and
succeeded in stopping the team after
running over two blocks. Her little son
was with her and both escaped injury.
In the Isle Of Egg, one of the Hebrides
is u ave into which IL can hardly
creep on hands and knees. Inside it
widens enormously and runs down to
the terrific depth of $50 feet. To this
day the bottom is strewn thick with
human bones, the relics of the whole
clan of M~acdonalds. over 200 in number.
who were miserably ~suffocated by the
Macleods from the island of Skye.
This tragedy is supposed to have occur
red in the thirteenth century.
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Fun In The Ad

Lillian Braythwaite Hill the very
successful writer of humorous adver-
tisements, spoke at u business mems
dinner in Chicago on Fun in the Adj"
Miss Hill began this way:
Does it pay to advertiser Well, l
should say so. A man came to an
editor in the town of Shelbyyille one
day and asked that question.
docs it pay said the man, to
advertise in your paperi'
Docs it pay to advertise in my
paperr You just bet it does the editor
replied. Look at Sands, the cash
grocer. for instance. Sands advertised
for q boy last week, and the very next
day Mrs. Sands had twins-both boys"
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4ls SOUND FINANCIAL ADVICE.
Pat Had Better Scheme Than Making
. Run on the Bank.

The comedy OF life is always morci.
fully near tho tragedy. and even bank
runs produce an occasionally funny
bit.
Recently, when Wall street was
flled nearly all day with 4 surSing
crowd trying to get 70 the teller's
window In a trust company there,
two water.side characters appeared
from tho direction Of the East river.
They pushed their way up the street
and wondered much At the atraininE
crowds. They could not understand
It and nobody seemed to have time
to enlighton them TIL they came to
q friendly patrolman. To him thoy
applied for Information in this Wise:
"Phwat's all tho row about?"
Bank run" said no.
"Phwat's that!"
Tho people arc afraid the bank
Will close up before they get their
money out. There is q lot OF trouble
with the banks and tho people think
II Is Hafer to get tholr cash"
oh, yis, I see somethin' about
that In the papers"
"Well. that's the answer. That's
what they are trying to do"
And how do they do f."
They write . check for tho amount
OF their money In the bank and give
1t to tho teller. and he pays them the
cash."
That's cashing q check, isn't III"
"Yos. that's right"
Sure, I know what a check 10. Had
ono OF two myself. But why do they
go 10 the banks when they think they
may close upi A bank at this time ID
no place to 90 to. sure. Why don't
they go to q haloon and get II esahed
thersf That's whore I always had
Minis easAeA."
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State of Ohio, City of Toledo,

A'lNb SouIilS
FRANK j. CHENEY makes Oatht hat he
is the senior partner of the firm of F. ].
CHENEY 81 Co. doing business in the
City Of Toledo. County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every cast of Catarrh that cannot
he cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day Of December,
A. D., 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
lSEALl Notary Public.
Hall Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly OH the blood and mu-
cons surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials free.
F. J. CHENNEY 81 Co., Toledo, o
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Owing to the play at the opera house
tonight, the meeting Of the Athletic !
Association. called for 8 o'clock this
evening, has been postponed 10 the same !
hour Saturday night. All members of
the Association should read the notice
elsewhere i'll this issue, and he ut the
meeting.
Ihe democratic state convention to |
nominate II state ticket will Ike held at
Tonopah on the 3lst Of August. This |
convention and the one to elect dele
gates to the national convention will he |
each composed of l73 delegates. The
primaries to elect delegates to the Car |
son City convention will be held May
goth and for the Tonopah convention on
August LIST.
AS the primaries for the election of
delegates to the democratic state II
vention to be held ut Carson CITY OH
the first of June. are set for May Goth,
the chairman of the Elko county demo.
cratic committee should call the COM
mittce together ut the earliest possible
moment SO that arrangements for the
primaries can be made. May Goth will
soon he here.
The trial of Harry Crane on the charge
OF robbery still occupies the attention Of
Judge Brown and the jury. The state
rested its case this forenoon and the de-
Tense began the work of tearing down
the states case. The first witness testi-
fled to having cashed checks for Crane
at Battle Mountain amounting to 81. so
shortly after moo of the day William
son WAS robbed i'll Eiko. The defend
ant was the next witness. The trial
was still going ON when this report
closed.
The first train of ore. amounting to
five hundred tons, went through Ely
this afternoon mt 4:30 fJr the concen-
traitor at McGill: which marks the be-
ginning of actual operations of the plant
ut the end of the earliest possible time.
Yesterday two train loads of this over
burden, or surface Oxidized ore, was
taken to the smelter to he used rs filling
around the big trcstlc work, but the ore
today goeS direct to the concentration
where the first trial run of the plant will
I've made ON it in II few days.-Expositor.
Elk Odd Fellows are making range
ments for Il good time ut their celebra-
ton on Saturday night of the S0th ami
versary of the founding of Odd Fellow
ship i'll the United States. They desire
through the INDEPENDENT to extend
an invitation to all Odd Fellow strangers
i'll the city TO participate with them in
the celebration. Formal invitations can
he secured through G. w. Grover, chair
man of the committee on arrangements.
All Odd Fellows in good standing and
all Rcbekahs and their families are in
vitcd.
Judge Pike yesterday received n letter
from Mrs. Mary A. Baker of Los Angeles.
offering to care for the 2-year-old child
of Lizzie Astor who was recently sen
fenced to Carson. Judge Pike first Sc
cured assurances that the child would
he kept ut the prison with her mother
before sentencing the prisoner, who !
pleaded guilty to stabbing and killing |
Jennie. Mrs. Baker offers to care for !
and educate the little one Judge Pike
has advised Mrs. Baker Of the circum- |
stances and arrangements may lie made |
to carry ont the philanthropic plan.-
journal.
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Salmagund
FROM MONDAYS DAILY

Mr., W. r. Smith received Il new
will go-this morning.
The republican state convention met
ut WinncmuccL this forenoon to elect
delegates to the Chicago convention.
Mrs. II. +. Dangbcrg arrived from
Mindcn yesterday morning tn spend II
few weeks with her daughter Mrs.
Greenfield.
At THE Y. =. s.. G. f.. Easter devotional
meeting Misses Lille Fee and Rcynclln
Eylcr sang II beautiful ductt which WAS
greatly appreciated by those present.
The Lcbcrski lodging house was
entered by thieves last night, who took
the clothing of two dodgers from the
rooms and took the valuablcs they found
in the pockets. There is no clue to the
thieves.
The dcaconcsscss of the Presbyterian
church were busy I'LL morning distribut.
ing the Easter flowers to the aged. sick
and infirm of Elko. There was i'm
abundance of flowers and MS far rs they
knew everyone was remembered. The
church was decorated more beautifully
than for many years.
Easter was properly observed at both
of the Elko churches yesterday. The
churches were handsomely decorated
with flowers. Tie ladies' were ont in
force, dressed in their hest crowns and
wearing hcadgcar of the latest styles.
Their beautiful costumes and the
flowers made II pretty scene.
During Mr.. Grccnficlds absence to
TOnorah on church business Rev. NJ.
w. Frury Of Battle Mountain will occupy
the pulpit and If ministerial services of
the church are needed Rev. Mr..
Mathcson Of Lmnoillc will respond If
word is left at the Elko mnnsc or If
necessary Mr.. Greenfield will return
upon receipt Of telegram If word is left
ut the house during his absence.
Clayton Bclknnp, a prominent ut.
torncy Of Virginia City, died mt that
l'"N' PitHiNhs NV "ibH vi pneumonia
lie was II native of New York, aged "a
years. a widow and II brother. Judge
G. II. Bclknup. arc his nearest surviving
relatives. Mr.. Bclknap served six years
as United States encouragement of
Nevada. He wa prominent II few years
ago In the politics of this state. May
hc sleep we'll.
Two years ago today no man in all
the world stood so high as President
Roosevelt. Nor king, nor emperor, nor
statesman. nor captain. nor exalted
priest stood 40 high. Now fine oppOsi.
lion party In congress nssuil him In
almost fish. woman dialect, and few in
his W party dare defend him. AS
hc looks over tho situation hc possibly
ut the fcklcnesa of human nature,
hut If hc will go into confessional with
his own soul, he may not ho any more
rcconcilcd, but he will he wiser
The people wanted to keep him their
ideal president; If they have changed IL
IL not their fault. II Isl pitiablc thing
when n mar In high place goes back on
himself and his wi fame. Moreover. IL
Is II mighty disappointment and loss to
his country. Salt Lake Telegram.