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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-28
A WONDERFUL Mhsa, Story

In the Saturday Evening Post of
August II is an article which. if true,
makes u gold mine look like 30 cents.
The story, that an Idaho farmer-Mr.
Abraham AdamS-went to Alaska i'll
1908; that he failed to find II mine, but
did find OH the shore of II little cove a
Il patch of wheat with monStrouS heads.
Nearly ali the hcIas had been TiiieI 10y
birds. but he secured one. shelled the
wheat, and brought il with him back to
his home in Julietta. Ida. In the fall
of 1904 he planted the head of Alaska
wheat OH high and almost o dry land.
From those few grains he harvested
seven pounds of wheat. The kernels
were four times the size Of ordinary
wheat. and in color Il beautiful cream.
without spot. In the spring of 1906 he
planted the seven pounds. From this
he harvested 1915 pounds. equal o222 bu.
To the acre. He then carried Il small
amount of it to the experiment station
ut Moscow To have it tested To see if it
contained the properties necessary to
make good bread. The chemists nj the
station tested it and pronounced it Il
good Specimen of hard wheat. In the
fall Of 1906 the l5i5 pounds were
planted side by side with the blue stem
II club wheat grown III that section.
He picked on the same day. heads of the
club. the blue stem and his Alaskan
wheat, the latter WAS 50 much larger
than either of the Others that Mr..
Adams WIS iuhilant. Then came Il
great hailstorm which beat the club and
blue stem into the grnInl, 50 that it
could not bc harvested. Int part of the
Alaska wheat had stool OFF the storm,
and from il Mr.. Adams harvested ID, 600
pounds. Then he sent another batch TO
the experiment station. and received Il
report the facts nf which were that the
wheat will grade No. | and will prob.
ably rank with the best grade club or
blue stem wheat; that it has "a higher
protein content" (brcadmI'.i'.' cLplc.
ityl, and the final belief Of the chemist
tina the wheat is equal to the best. Mr..
Adams srnr heads of the wheat TO
friends i'll other states, and some excel
the Idaho product. In Alabama Il head
was planted December 81. WAS up ,Ianu.
AIRY 30. waist high April /. with leaves
: evcn-eighthS of an inch broad. and
WIS harvested July :. That head
yielded the same as Mr.. Adams head
that he brought from Ala~kA.
What wonder all that awIkcn>.
1t grows alike whether planted in
the spring ar fall; i; stands uT ordinary
hailStorm>; it will withstand frost: il
grows without much moisture; it grade
i No. /: il Yields -? bushels to the
acre. some wild bird dropped it inside
a GOV in Alaska. or the warm current
brought It uy"r from Siberia. and Il
planted il. Stewards folly" for
lie paid $;.2iO, 900, in "a dozen
has put to shame the scDffcrs; but
last. if true, mean chdap bread for
all the millions of the poor on earth,
and that al the waste places are to
grow green with-whcat.-Sai Lake
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-28
Better Ridiculous Than had

The Daily Oilahoman is Offering
prizes to persons securing the largest
amount of money for the Bryan cam.
paign fund. This looks Il bit ridiculous.
being Of the SAME order as the after.
noon penny newspaper prizes for 'tlc
most popular policeman, or "thc prct.
test salcslady."
But ridiculous III not. il IL infinitely
+" hd preferred 20 blocks Of five" fhc
soap that was used in the campaign
Of 1890. and the insurance contributions
1900 and 1901. Anything rather than a
return to the purchase Of law, Wall
street journal.
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are willing to pay, us insurance pre-.
miums, 800 on stocks with n face
value Of $1,000! Could there he more
candid admission of all that Bryan and
LaFollette have charged in regard to
oyercapitalization and stock wateringy
Paying 800 on $1,000 worth of stocks
for three and n half months Insurance.,
These men,. he ii remembered. are not
insuring property; they are %insuring
psi'E, ;c-tlc pfr!Ie.;r of forcing tne
public to pay big dividends on inflated
valuations, and they are doing that be.
causc they fear that Bryan will be
elected. They fear Bryan and they fear
the attorney 'gcneral that Bryan will
appoint. They are not inSuring against
Taft. for they know lie will do nothing
to hurt special privilege or to relieve
the people Of the tremendous burden
placed on them by monopoly's right
divine to water stocks. Those brokers
and 'financicrs' believe that Bryan will
be elected, and they see in his election
Il enac To- honest business. Only a
week ago dispatches from New York
said that Bryan's nomination was dis
counted in advance. and Taft was To he
elected. And nov the brokers and
gamblers and owner of special privilege
are standing in line to pay Il rate of 10
WAS an absolutely tireproof building.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-28
WHAT THEY INSURE AGAINST

The Wall street gamblers have not
explained inst why they are taking
out insurance against the election of
Bryan hut this is what the san Fran.
cisco Star has TO say about it..
What are these men insuring? Any
thing that will he hurt by II safe.
honest administration of public affairs?
The farmers are not insuring their
crops against Bryau's election. Tho
labor unions and lalWriug mon arc not
rushing to Lloyd's to insure their jobs
against Bryan's election. The railroad
companies ARE not insuring their cars
ana roadbcdS against Bryan's election.
w. l.. Douglass, the shoe manufacturer.
is not insuring his plant and business
against Brynn's election. Then what
are these wise men Of Wall street pay.
ing q rate of 10 per cont. 10 insure?
Nothing but the water IN the stocks of
special privilege corporations. They
arc insuring their stocks of water
against damage by Organism. That is
what they are iusuring. and that is all
they are insuring. And they are pny.
ing 10 per cent for three months and
a half, or almost 80 per cent u year.
They are paying for this Insurance
on the water their stocks. prcmi.
nins Of ten per cent In other
words. they know that fhc public
service, special privilege corporations.
are 50 much ovcrcapitali2cd that they
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win su. The Stockholders

Papers are now being prepared and
arrangements completed for filing II
suit against the stockholders and d.
rectors of the State Bank and Trust
company to cover the last two divi.
dcnds paid to them by the bank and
also monies claimed to have been i'm
property lJLneI by ti2 directors and
officials. The total amount to be asked
for in the suit is about 5000. 900 and it is
stated that when the suit is ready for
filing attachments will bc levied OH
property held by those affected. The
information of the suit WAS given by
persons connected with settling the
affairs and it is known the papers are
in the course of preparation and
unless the plans are changed will be
filed within II short time.
The suit will demand that the last
two dividends paid 10y the bank. one of
u per cent. and the other of 8 per cent.
he returned to the funds of the bank.
basing the demand upon the charge
made by Receiver WildcS that the
books nf the bank actually showed Il
loss ut that time instead of II net
profit. Other monies will IL de-
maudcd To he returned because inn
properly loaned or expended. Among
other thugs it j. charged that there was
Il bylaw in force AT the bank which
provided that no loan of ovcr So, OOO
could bc made unless all the directors
acquicsccd in the loan. 1t is charged
this was violated in many cases and
consequently the amounts - loaned arc
demanded To- L. returned.
The OrmSby county grand jury will
meet tomorrow and it is likely that
perhaps the most sensational bit Of
evidence yet uncovered will h" brought
before that body. \ letter was sent ont
from the hank here - the cashiers ui
all the branch banks on October 9th. stat.
ing that the bank WIS in very bad shlp,
Financially at the time ana telling AL
the cashiers to he prepared II Cln,9 their
branch banks upon Geographic utiviccS.
The letter was sent ont on the 9th dav
of the month and on the 45rd 90 the
month the bank closed lis doors. There
is some di>pl.' ~ 10 tine authorship of
the cpi>tl". President RicIcy denying
that he either wrote or authorized tn
letter hui il Is claimed that he did So.
and had il scn ont. One Of the letter,
is now in existence and will likely reach
the jury al the session tomorrow.
After this letter WAS sent the cashier,
of the bank continued to receive. de-
posts and honor check, and do other
business until Tia" doors of all the iu~ti.
tutiruS w"r" closed Oh tn" 2irl Of the
month.
The bond question will also b. further
investigated 10y the grand jury amd
District Attorney Roberts at the meet
ing tomorrow and il is thought that In,
matter will then H. drt"rmimd Cars II
News.
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\ Maniac's Awful Deed.

y Rawhidc dispatch of the 2Gth SAYS
that while at work in the face Of Il
thrcc.fOOt vein Of ore at the bottom
Of the Grutt Hill Coalition lease nt
Rawhidc Yesterday afternoon. John
Ross. forIncly of Los Angeles. was
blown TO atoms by the explosion Of a
stick Of dynamite thrown down upon
him 10y his partner. William Risdou.
Ristlon had lost his mind and in his
dclirimm believed hc owned the mine
and was intent upon securing it fer
himself. With the craftincss Of a
mnniar, h" waited until Ross descended
into The shaft, when he attached a
cap and fuse to the explosive. lighted
the deadly missile aud hurled il down
upon his unsnspccting victim. Ross
was blown 10 atoms. Rislon fed from
the scene and is now in the mountains,
chased by II posse.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-28

held in Winnemucca to choose dele
gates to the national convention. On
that occasion Mr.. Flanagan. in II
speech on the floor Of the convention.
bitterly fought the proposed instruction
of the Nevada delegation to support
Taft. His opposition To Taft was
based on the very fact of the latter
being committed to the policies Of
Roosevelt. Aud Fionig,n went - far
IN his speech is - MAKE lhe assertion
that Taft Was the party's weakest
candidate and if nominated could not
be elected.
Now Flanagan thinks differently. but
maybe it only goes to show that great
men change their minds. Even the
editor of the Lovelock Tribune is about
to leave the republican party to its
fate and climb into the Hearst band
wagon.-Humholdt Star
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AN UNCERTAIN OUTCOME

Those Cocksurc republicans who have
been tasting the sweets of victory al
ready, ought to read the Chicago Inter
Oceans opinions of the sitaution Just TO
keep in touch with the real drift of
affairs. The Inter Ocean is an old-line
party organ, the kind that diets on
roasted democrats, and beguiles the
time with discussing the Civil war. 1t
believes the republicans ought to get
busy ut once and not wait until Scptcm-
her /, the usual date for Inauguration of
campaign work in presidential years.
Tive visible facts Indicate the wis
dom OF such Il policy" says the Chicago
newspaper. 'One is the Generalization
of the republican organization in several
great states, whose electoral votes are
Indispensable to Mr.. Taft. There is no
longer II republican organization in
any real party sense in Wisconsin.
Other dcmoralizcd states might he
named. And the situation in Illinois
is not ideal.
Another visible fact is the steady
series of intimations that come from
thousands of republican farmers in
Iowa, in Kansas, Nebraska and else
where. 1t is too widely assumed by
these republicans hat Mr.. Bryan rep.
resents the Roosevelt policies more fully
and truly than does Mr.. Taft, and is
therefore to be preferred. This is an
nInInnnC IlnnrnScinn m ln,- ,~,-. -. ~
public mind.
There seems no doubt that Nj.
Taft and his advisers are underestimate
ing the strength of Mr.. Byran- II IS
easy to- underestimate il. The republ:.
an party has beaten Mr.. Bryan twice:
SO 1t is easy to believe that it can beat
him again. But it will not do to
ignore the fact that the republican
party is not the same party that it was
eight years ago or twelve years ago.
The democratic party is growing
daily in harmony and hope. The in.
slant and enthusiastic acceptance by
the leaders of all factions of the party
verdict ut the Illinois primaries is Il
type and sign Of this new and potent
spirit. And it is a spirit that por.
tends trouble and hard work for the
republicans"
Coming froT nn authoritative party
source this ought to give pause to the
s%houters. who have assumed that Taft
is Us good as elected. The truth is that
Taft is arousing no enthusiasm in hi,
own party, while hc is confronted by /;
democracy better organized. NOR,
harmonious and in better fighting trim
than it has been since Clcvcland's frs
election. Salt Lake Herald.
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Vengeance Of Father

Il. NJ Martin. Of Schrchlight. Lincnln
equity. was shot and seriously wnumdcd
by |. j. Peek n we'll known business
man Of Scarchlight on Monday night.
The shooting was the sequel tO u trim
by Martin aud aspn of Peck to the
lower parts Of ScraChlight. The two
young men were returning from the
lower districts Of the town when the
elder Peek met them and demanded TO
know what Martin meant by in lucing
his o To visit such places. Martin
started TO run and Peck opened fire.
ono shot taking effect. Peek was ar.
rested shortly afterwards but immcdi.
at"ly released on bail. Peck il Il promi
ncnt mining engineer and well known
throughout the southern country. The
bullet struck Martin IN the shoulder
and %amptuatiOD will bc necessary.
Virginia Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-28
FLANIGAN'S INCONSISTENCY

Again | would impress upon the
republicans: This is moi I'm off year:
this is the year, and with II great leader
like Secretary Taft carrying ont the
policies Of President Roosevelt wc have
material Ia 80 before q progressive
people that will add the inspiration aud
confidence which mean the success of
the republican party Of III" State Of
Observation-Disclosures from letter Of =. l..
Flanagan TO republican state convcn.
ton.
And still there are those who can.
not hut remember that Mr.. Flanagan
took Il very different view Of Taft's
candidacy not 80 very long ago. when
the republican state convention was
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Interesting Use Of Gas.

y very interesting use for produce,
gas Is made in a factory In Jersey
City. where t"mp"ring OF metal To be-
made into curtain springs Is sncccgs
fully and economically done with its
heat. Coke fires were formerly utll.
lied for the purpose. but the empcr.
ature varied 10 such an extent that
n great deal Of tho material was
spoiled. With producer gas an abso.
lut"ly constant temperature Is So
cured and the work is done in Il more
clcanly manner. with no possibility Of
error as TO the degree Of heat. Cor.
scqucntly the waste heretofore on.
countcrcd has been reduced to n
minimum and tn" uu1lity OF the prod
uct Is absolutely "GifJrm.
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NOTICE OF ~AssEsSMhHr.
Ery.p,.T.mv,,w MIxr~G rour,y.

SEvADhFkiWvIrw MISGNG TONrNSN
Principal plIce 81 business. EikU, EIkn gUu..
Is. Nevada. General oMI., outside Of &c
vada. IN Atlas BlorE. salt Lake city, ri"h
Location Of .iIuc,. Fairyirw Miuinr District
Churchill County, $ryaIA.
NOtiCr IL h"rcDI given that nj - meeting Of
the board Of directors OF Nevada airyirm
Mining Company held on IA" lri day Of August.
lTS. q resolution wa uuHrimpusly adopted
chnrGinE and Altering tho terms 81 ~" r"su.
luton heretofore IN IA" Iilh day Of May. adopt
81 by ~" b1arI, l"yyirg aS icsSmrnt No " of
onC.hHlf tscl cent per share - that under said
ot "n"-haii tsC) cent per Sh Irc is piyarl" to
Gideon Snyder. secretary, At tho ono" Of tho
company. :i Atlas BinCF. Salt Brkc City.
ttah. on or before Monday, September H. 1914
Any stock upon whl"h said HEScssncnt IN not
paid ~ "r before Monday. September ~ ias.
VIII loo delinquent trJ advertised for safe. aud
unless snid assessment Is .ronrr paid. So much
Sary 10 pas said assessment. together with tho
costs II ADVERTISING and expense 81 saIn, viii
bc sold NJ public uuciiOi at tho once Of the
company, ~ hiIns Block. salt Luto CITY,
Utah. on Monday, the G6th Gay of Ociolrr. 1903.
at I o'clock - m.
All who have paid said assessment 80. ? un.
der the notlC" h"r"lnfprD given are exempt from
paying II under this notice.
GIDEON SNYDER. Secretary.
az Atlas BlOclt. salt Lake cay. Utah
Pan. NuHiSt ~, -, -. S~nptrrubrr and II.
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UNLIKE TIE GOOD OLD DAYS.
Rural Sages Discuss D~eseneraey Of
Their Hired Help"

no. sir!" said Josiah Clovertop to
Hen" Hayseed. as they discussed the
question OF 'hired help" In front OF the
Egcvillc post Office on Saturday when
cc"ryb"dy Rad come to town" mo
SIX hired help Amt what IL used to be
by II long slot. by heck. Hard to git
and no count when you git It!
In our young days when we hired
out We callated on doin II good days
work and didn't kick il we got a dollar
4 day for Il. but now Il hired man
wants his two dollars Il day and he
hon't expect to null out afore five In
tho mornin' and wants TO knock of
work at seven ut night and then kicks
Il you ask him to- chop wood or milk
teows or choro round an hour or two
arfter supper.
Il dunno what farrnIn' is comm 10
with all the help so blamed trinin'.
Man left me right In the middle OF
hayin' because | routed him out at
Tour In the morning and wouldn't let
him lazy round a hull hour at noon
and knock off work at sunset so he
needn't do the milkin' by lantern
'S"~ VII sou' JUDI . luIIllH ulD 7
what II used to was. by heck!
NO 1t hain't," assentcd Josiah, sol.
"mply. An wimmcn help Is lest ns
trililn' as men help. Here | paid l.
Strl Sl.15 n week to help my wife white
we had nine or ten summer boardcr,
an that trinln' thing never stirred Tin
most i've cv'iy mOrnin' an sai. &c In
family was too many where only or
gil was kcpt> and she kicked because
we wanted her 20 weed in The garlc,
when shed nOthin' else TO do. kicked
cause she couldn't set idle a hull hour
cv'ry AFTERNOON. ard got ugly beca,.sc
she couldn't git her dish wnshin' lone
until zen at night.
Il dunno what the world Is comm
To with so few people havin' any am.
billion 10 work. Looks To me likr
things is gOin' TO the dogs gincraliy
through idlcn"ss an cX~travagancc an
waste. That gill spent GO cents In
ono day FOR rib on while she WAS nj
my house. N my wife kctchcl her
'hrowin' away \ good third of II piece
T. nj" q nOlrdrr had left OF his plate
std Of putin it awav for herself OF
lie hired man ia eat. It's turrible the
WY ihin@' 20 on IA" farm Nowadays
'Urriblr' --Pnck
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Power Of TIE Burden.

4 don't mind SC much slipping III =
banana pecli1g," s.:G sighed, but I!
there's anything mat gets on my
nerves it is ia be stabbed with a push.
cart. Here's one coming. Hurry"
That's the secret Of the success of
those Immigrant people who invade
this country" h" remarked as they
sped out Of the way. they keep
straight ahead in spite Of all obsta
clcs. II anything Is ahead of them.
they knock q down. You see Il every
where. y drove Of incoming Inirnl
grants with their bundles and yaliscs
Is equal TO about TWO dozen ircnzicd
automobiles
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THE CORPORATION ORGANS ARE
ALL AGAINST BRYAN

The Santa Barbara press fclicitatcs
i'll that the Brooklyn Eagle is out
against Bryan.
The Eagle is not Il democratic news.
paper, so much us Il trust organ. which
can always he relied upon to bolt "A
democratic nominee who arraigns
syndicated plutocracy. and to remain
faithful to those nominees of democracy
endorsed by Wall Street.
Nor is; the Press more fclicitous in
congratulating Taft upon the support
Of the Sun. Time, and Evening Post of
New York. Those papers. each and
several. are owned by great s~yndicates
of wealth and edited in their interests.
That Bryan has SO few great news.
papaps' supporting him is no discredit
to the Commoncr. hut il does reflect
severely upon the present condition of
the newspaper profession. when 50
many alleged tribuncs of The People
are nothing more nor less than the
bought and Shacklcd organs of the
vested interests"
Look ut Il W state. for instance.
From II end of California To the other
the corporations have been buying what
were once respectable newspapers and
converting them into nothing less than
kept harlots. Every one of these sheets
is bitterly and ~mcmdaciously against
But fortunately they have
if any influence. The reading
public is not blind. and the masses can
read between til" lines. Sacramento
Bee.
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The rim in the Cloud.

1t was toward the end of the noon
hour. and II Of the clerks stopped
TO chat with the telephone generator
before goinG back to his lcdgcrs.
Have you noticed he injured
how tn" pric" Of everything is goInc
up nOwadays?"
Have L." s~ympathizcd the girl =,
the switchboard.
"Tcrriblc, isn't it, Now they have
even raised the price Of milk. Ncyt
thing we'll have tn pay a dime T.,
ride un the street cars"
Tn" girl sighed with apprchcnsior
"N"ll." she said. it's dreadful, I'm, No
long ms chewing gum remains I'M.
same ] suppose | can exist"
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CONGREGATION Still MaiIinu.

\ preacher, after sending his hat
around among the brethren and vain
ly urging them To contribute. claspcd
his hands. raised his eyes. and said:
Lord. this is the toughest crowd |
have ever found. | have preached in
the Black Jack ncighhorhood, and have
ridden the Red Range circuit. hut this
congregation occupies Il place a little
further removed from tn, giving 80 mi
than any people I vcr saw. Amen"
Then turning to the sexton, he said:
I've two gallons of old whiSkcy stored
away not far from here. As I don't
use liquor myself, ! am going to give
ii to some worthy man. Carry the
hat around once more" The hat came
back full Of silver. The preacher went
into the woods to look for the whiskcv.
Up To a few hours ago he had not re-
turned.
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MARRIED

w ESr-IIENDERSOS- ~ tic rr.i
d"ncc Of the BRIDES parents. Elko.
Nevada, August 81 1909. by Rnv.
Angus Mathcspu. DR.. Clmdins W.
West to Miss Sarah u. Henderson.
both Of Elk0.
FIELDS WooD In Elko. Nevada. An.
gust %, 1908, by Rev. pcrcival s..
Snithc. Mr.. Ether Oliver Fields TO
Miss Ivy Agnes Wood.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-18

words before me, reply to everything
you have written me-"
There was a pause-I may say q
dreadful pause.
well, declared never before
knew that my husband was an idiot.
oh, Molly" I'm walD "ean It be that
he has written this twaddle to some
other woman and sent 1t to me by mis-
take. I'll leave himl I'll be out of
this house when he comes back"
This was followed by hysterical
sobs. Running downstairs in my night
shirt. advanced to take my agonized
wife in my arms. She repulsed me.
"Don't ever let me see your face
again, yOenonsterp
"Why, d6rling, it's love letter-a
copy of one wrote you when we were
engaged"
Wrote me%
Eyes, you"
"Do ycu mean that yoa wrote that
inanity to meP'
Il did"
"And | didn't send 1t right straight
back TO your"
you sent fits twin"
ooh. my gracious goodnessp'
Here Molly interposed. 81 suggested,
Edith" she said. that Tom was un-
lover-llke in his letters and that he try
to do better"
Edith, treasured, consented to the
regular home come kiss from me, then.
resuming her seat at table. suggested
that l cease to make an exhibition Of
myself, go upstairs and put on proper
clothing
Love letters among married people!
don't want any more Of them IN
mine. HORACE p. GAYLORD.