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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-28
Naval Strength OF United States.

y comparison Of The naval st reugth OF
JAPAN and the United States Is ionbly
interesting in view Of the approaching OF
tho y mtrican fleet OF bRttlcships in the
Significance which has been attached to
this event. The American navy has on
lts list twenty-niuc battleships of | 5000
tons and over, while Jupan has thirteeD;
our navy has eleven const defense
vessels, japan three; we. have fifteen
armored cruisers, Japan thirteen. But
IN the number OF torpedo boats and
torpedo boat dtstroycrs Japan is far
ahead. She nus seveniy-nine tor oeGo
boats md liiy-seven torpedo boat de-
stroycrs, while the United States has
only thirty-threc torpedo boats aud
twenty-oue torpedo boat destroy ers. On
the other! hand, Japnn uhns only nine
submarines while we have piuetesn.
In the cost OF baiilrships OF our navy
the Connecticut aud tho Kansas lead
the Others, the former costing 7 1867 eco,
and the latter s7,r7l ,ll3. Tho cost OF
maintenance OF caol type Of warship is
as follows. Bat,Ieships, s~G3G,5s7.l2;
armorod cruiser, ,S7j5,l5l.i7i protected
cruiser, s5s3,62 2G; gunboat, SIZE, 5S2. -
torpedo boat destroyer, S77,35i.22;
torpedo bont, sol ,e5O03; submarine,
t2G,l5i.l0,
The total number o. slips 10 the
American navy is lGS; IN the navy OF
Great Britain, l5i; in the French uavy,
COS; in the navy OF Germany, 30 and
japan has l0i. 1t will thus bc reen
that while the United States has the
icnst number Of slips OF these i've pow
ors, she in still second IN rank by her
comparative strength IN batllesbip ton.
mage. Great lirilain's teunngo OF SOL.
800; Uniicd Statee, iOG,1iG; French
3GS,iGi; Germany, 32s,iGl; japan, l0l..
1913.
Tho rcasOn OF the excess of chip in
the French navy is found in the fact
that she hns 27l torpedo boats mud nine.
lynne submnrtnes, while England has
only 6cveuty.ono torpedo boats and
forty eight submarines, and tho United
Stntce only thirty-two torpedo hpi.s aud
niuctcOD submarines.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-28
Salmaaundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY.

Those people who nre anxious for
rubber money are not advocating sound
mOney-silycr and gold-any more.
Mr.. Yowell has applied to the distric,
court for IN order OF sale OF the personal
property belonging to the Chase estate.
See the notice elsewhere.
&. +. Holster OF Reno, has brought
suit FOR $4,000 damages against DR..
Mooser, also OF Reno. holster charges
Mooser with deceiving him in a mining
deal.
Mr.. Bridgemun hns our thanks Tor a
copy OF the latest map Of the town OF
Elko. Tho map contains n lot Of valuR-
blc information regarding the town and
county and In valuable for reference.
A freight train OF 10 care made the
run from CHrlin to Sparts in IL hours
and IS minutes, which ia practical
passenger train time. Tho cnrs were
loaded with Nebraska hogs coneigned to
tho Wcsterru meat company Of San
Francisco.
Tho Ormsby county grand jury IL in.
vestigatinR the affairs Oi the State Bank
and Trust Company. Mr.. Hickey In in
California OH business, bu. il under
promise To return tomorrow. Attorney
Chariz has nskcd tho grand jury to
examine the books Of the busted bank.
State Engineer Nichols has divided
the humboldt system into four dist ricis.
Tho object Ia to settle onco and for all
the ownership Of water rights along the
syetcm and whom thts 10 completed IL
will eliminate all lawsuits on this subject
subject and cave thousands Of dollars to
tho farmers In that section Of the state.
According 10 word received 10y tho U.
4. district attorney, Captain Daniel
Kollar, who pissed forged chccke on a
Reno bank will be returned to tho Unit
ID States from Canada Mt once, his tight
against oxtradition having been fruit.
lees. Kel!aT vii! DO taken 70 !Ilino.G
for tral iirst and then brought back TO
Nevada.
A correspondent Of tho Reno journal
writing from Rawhide Gays: Rawhidc
! hae Mt least eight thontand population
at this moment and more coming in
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-28
Illustrated Art Lecture

On Friday evening March 9th at the
Presbyterian church Rev. Geo. II. Green
field will deliver a lecture ON the The
Masterpieces OF Art illustrated with
nearly u hundred colored slides pur-
chnsed at great cost. Mr. Greenfield
has recently visited the galleries Of
Rome, Florence, Dresden, Paris and
London and will present the repults Of
his study while abroad. Tho history Of
carly Christian art from the earliest
representations In the %cataoombs, the
development OF tho FIorentiuo and
Venetian schools and the productions Of
tho modern painters viii all DO presented
with we'll chosen slides. Reserved seats
10 cents, general admission so CO nts,
children % cents.
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Salmaqnudi
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.

Tn Ormehy county grand Jury is still
pegging away on the Hickey case.
The democrats OF Esuleralda county
are organizing for the fall campaign.
Governor Sparks Is still confined 20
his bed with neuralgia aud other
troubles. He IL reported rs improving.
Several cRscs OF meals are reported
in town. Parents should mol get excited
over this diseGse, as tler re- is no danger
il the patient has good care.
Deputy Sheriff Harris wired Sheriff
Clark yesterday from Sacramento that
he was all right and that he would ar.
rive with his prisoner tonight on No. 6.
Prohibition in the south has produced
such I'm exodus OF blrtenders that mix
ing drinks can scarcely command recog-
ri;ion Ms skilled labor Washington
Star.
OF the total area OF Korea, about 52,-
All 900 AGREE, only SO per cent, or A.
AL ,OC0 acres, arc yet under cultivation.
Tie soil is fertile and much OF the I'M
used land is arabic.
The United States government and
that Of Canada are resurveyIng the
boundary lines between the latter
country and ours as far east as Yer
mont. Many OF the marks had disap-
peared.
Robert #. Pixley, ono OF Ncvada's
old time telegraph operators, died in
San Francisco Il few days ago. lie was
Il brother OF Benin Pixley, who was
rnilrond Hgent here twenty-five or thirty
years ago.
Some co!d-bloodcd statistician has
discovered that 81 900 wives in Now
York are supporting their husbands.
Whether marriage would DO regarded
as a failure in their case would depend
much OH the point OF Wow.
Repaldo Marmnssai, n young Italian,
Clark's station Tuesday night and re-
ceivod i~njurice from which he died.
lie wanted TO get Off at Clnrks and
thinking tho train was no going TO stop
he jumped, when it was gong fifteen
miles an hour.
Washoe county nos hns tour officers
on tho now stato police force out Of a
total number to bo appointed Of elk. Tho
four are: Captain Cox, who will be
superintendent uf state police, l3crt
Catalan aud Tom Ramsey who will be
inspectors, aud Jack Sharkoy, who WINS
deputy sheriff under John Hayes.
llold.ups were never 20 numerous In
Washington. Tho senate is holding up
tile presidents nominations; the ptcsi-
dent is holding up the scDators' recon-
mendatioDs Tor %oGicce; both branches Of
cougtees nic holding up the presidents
;Scom G!ondations Tor Liquidation, nnd the
citizens aro being nightly held up by
daring footpnde.-Ogdcn Standard.
DR.. Sanders ~ G0ldnold wac chilled 10
HE door by n knock tho other night and
believing II Ia bo u late call no opened tho
door. Az no did 90 two men confronted
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-28
Art In baltimore,

Such exhibitions are dlsagreeablc to
persons OF refinement and dcmoraliz.
Ing to children. A child whose father
wears whlskc"s suffers a lifelong hand.
leap. 1t is brought up In entire Ia.
noranco OF those little nicetics and del.
icacics Of name which make dining
the most elegant OF the arts. 1t lives
aud dies without ono sensing the 70.
nance and poetry which may be OK.
hibitcd In the eating OF soup. In It's
young and ir'presslonnblc mind such
delicious vlands as custard pie, sauer.
kraut and goft-boilcd eggs are asso.
ciatcd with horrible and appalling
thoughts. Its whole life Ia desolated
and laid waste.-The Cultured Soup
Man In baltimore Sun.
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%SalmaQundi.
FROM MONDAYS DAILY

State Audi tor Henderson will leave
tonight Tor Austin and other parts Of
tie state on business connected with his
Uflice
The Carson News Gays that E1.Goy.
ernor Adams has sold his gypsuu plant
at Empire to the United States G, psum
Company, known as The Gypsum trust.'
W~ash'DRtou's birthday passed of very
quietly IN Elko. Aside from the closing
Of The business houses anu ruis,nR the
flag no attention was paid TO the day in
LILO.
Sheriff Clark has IN important notice
elsewhere to all owners Of cove, horses
md other animals that roam about the
str cts. The sheriff means business and
those Interested should sit up and take
mott; e
From II notice under the proper head
iur, it will be seen that Johu Etchebar-
rem, Npvada's champion handball play
er, has td%en unto himself u wife. The
INDEPENDENT joins their many friends
III extending congratulations and wl.hes
them d hnpPy, propesrous lie.
Tom -ftickey worked, himself into a
rage at Carson City when he was arrest
ed on the charge OF embezzlement, and
"anted to lck the district attorney.
II RIckc, really wants to fight no can DO
accommodated in Goldfeld at any time.
Mos any Of the depssitors who have
Il, ell obliged TO discount their accounts
ti'iy per cent to get money to live on
would DO glad to take him on, rough and
tumble or London prize ring rules. The
venerable finRncier will probably be a
little tanner when the grand jury gets
through with him'-Goldtield Chronicle.
About two weeks ago Walter Kline
learned through the ireight Office that a
box Of saddle material, shipped from
here in November TO a man at Los
Angeles, was held in the freight office
there. through the party to whom it was
Consigned not calling for it. lie began
IN investigation and vas soon convinced
that a party working for him had stolen
the goods. He had the box returned
by express and confronted the party with
It. At first he denied knowing anything
about it, but finally confessed. a search
was made Of hia room and another box
filled with material from his shop was
found. The contents Of the two boxes
were worth about 1925. After -coye
ing his propre,r, Mr.. Kline told the fel.
low to leave town ut once or he would
he prosecuted. lie did us no was told
and left Elko never 10 return.
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Western Paciiic'S Statement

Tho annual statement OF the Western
Pacific, relating to the company's bust
nest in Nevada for the year 1857, gives
the following figures:
Amount expended in construction Of
railroads in the State OF Nevada, : $780,
70O,o2; Amount expended III purchasing
property in the State of Nevada, s4l,.
026.i5; miles. Of. track laid in State Of
Nevada, $50 miles.-IIumbOldt Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-28
Automobile Party Nearly Frozen


What came near bong another end
tragedy on the desert occurred near the
Garfield mine on the dry lake fiat suye
the Nina Miner During the afternoon
DR.. Pachs, Mr.. and Mrs. s. NJ. Summer.
field md two bnblee accepted the invita-.
ton Of Harry Thompson ot'tle Potosi 20
take an automobile ride to Hawthorne.
The start WIS made all right and the
machine made good time until il reached
a low place III the lake where snow had
melted md formed a smooth coat,ng Of
ice, which was covered by some eight
inches or u foot OF snow. Here tho
wheels refused to hold aud the machine
came 10 a s%taudstill. Mr.. Thompsop
md DR.. Pacho left tho auto 10 20 Tor
help leaving Mr.. and Mrs. Summorfold
and tho babies " tho machine. In tho
walk back DR.. Pacho became exhausted
aud was with difficulty Kept from falling
in the fatal sleep. After returning they
found tho machine frozen up. While
Mrs. Summcrtield mud the babies we're
mndo rs ct m Portable NJ possible il came
vory near being the last ride for them.
After u great dcnl OF suffering all re-
turned 10 Nina md rapidly recovered
from tho freezing
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Sa1maqundi.
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.

In these days Of gold brick4, Govern
for taking a little time to have his boom
asssyed.- Washington Star
Deputy Sheriff. Harris wired She riff
Clark Friday that no would leave Los
Angeles yesterday morning with Carl
Brown, the man wanted here for stealing
horses.
The feast Of the tariff robbers has pro-
gressed until Tho nation ia weary OF its
blatant defiance and sGug s~eIi-tufici-
cncy. The people have written their
warning on the wall Chicago journal.
A Massachusetts man who died re-
Gently left to Clark university $1,000 TO
he used in hunting ;or ghosts. Anyone
who knows Of a ghost TINT ought to be
hunted viii confer a favor 10y notifying
Clark university.
Notwithstanding the fact TINT the coun-
try III in the throos Of II republican panic,
the worst TINT ever struck thus section =,
the people Of Elko travel Just Rs il the
country was prosperous. This ia clearly
proven by the sale OF tG0O worth Of rail
road tickets yesterday ut the EIko Office.
a California architect secs lOO-story
buildings ahead. Whom n man takes
the elevator for the top doubtless he
will bid his friends goOi-by as IL no
were going Ia Europe. llc will have
to tako his lunch along unless the
elevators ntc equipped with private
diners.
Sheriff Ulnrk wishes it understood
TINT he Intends to enforce the law
against cattle, horses anI other domestic
animals running nj large III the ~strecte.
The notice given yester lny in a warning
"a owners of animals running at largo
that they must take care OF them or pay
tho penalty. .n''".
Presidential electiOns In Switzerland
Rre not exciting. The federal assembly
met the other day and elected Ernest
BrennDr to the presidenoy Tor tho cur
'ohh ytht bo ~ NhuOh ho u plth'l
mary torohlight procession, or over q
discussion OF the importance Of publicity
III tho matter %! campaign funds.
Tho fight bet Scen Churchill mud Ijs.
mcralda counties for ownership Of Raw
hide, tho now mining camp, ia on. Dcp'
uty United States Mineral Survey OF
L. Il. Stowart has been employed by the
Commissioners OF Churchill county TO
run lines to determine tho location Of
tho new camp. II may 10 a bitter legal
fight.
Tho latest wrinkle In tho ecllooI
eystom Of Cleveland Ia an arrange men,
by which the hair Of tho boys in to De
shorn nj tho city'o expense. Tho dc.
parturo boglns with tho opening Of small
barhUf rooms III three school buildings,
each supplied with two s,oola. Pupils
from Tho "har5er cnllego" viii do the
work, md bring tho scissors aud every,
thing elso that In needed In tho opera.
ton OF QUITTING the cbildrcn's hair.
DR.. Stubha Ina written Deputy Super.
intondoni Anderson and Prof. Howard
thai thote will DO a meeting Of princi.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-28

There Is n lawyer of Cleviand whose
quick wit Is said never to desert him
either In the courtroom or elsewhere.
Not long ago n client entered his OF.
fee. and throwing back his coat. OK.
claimed, Irritably:
"Why. sir, your Office In M hot rs
an ovon!'
"Why shouldn't II bc7" asked tho
lawyer, smIlingly. ITS here that I
make my Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-28

Dave BARNETT an inspector in the
Forestry branch OF the Interior De-
pnrtment while III Reno yester day
stated TINT thousands OF circulars had
been sert out by hIs branch OF govern
ment to the effect that the thousands Of
wild horses winch have been destroying
the range III the forest reserve in
Lqnder auG Eye counties viii be otiici-
ally Killed beginning Oct. ]. In the
meantime 1t is mp to all the farmers ana
stockmen who lave stock %,runniug ON
the range With the droves of wild
cqnluee, to drive their property into
their " territory, or they will be
destroyed with the others.
Furthermore, those who can use any
Of the will! horses un.i arc wiling tn
undertake the work uf tam ny and
breaking them tn domestic WORK are at
liberty t" rapture then, provided they
are moi allowed to continue To run ut
liberty.
There are at ie;s,t 5000 Of the wild
horses on the range ill the forest AMI
they are tremendously destrurti We ,
utterly running bunureds of miles Of
grazing ground III II years time. Twor-
~ty-seven Thousand have been killed by
the government in the last ten years.
Carson Appeal
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%Salmagundi.
FRCM FRIDAYS DAILY

Mrs. Bradley and daughter left for
California last night.
There were thirty prisoners in the
county Jail this morning.
Read the notice OF K. Cotton else
where and govern yourselves accord
ingly.
CIGAR SALELMAH .WANTEn.-Experi-
emce unnecessary. 300 per month and
expenses. Peerless C;igur CO., Toledo,
Ohio. &C.. .
Charles f.. Parks, manager of the
Empire Mining md Investment co:n-
pany, cnme in from Gold Creek last
night Oh his way to Los Angeles. lie
reports everything quiet in tia. s%ectioJ.
Constable Drake brought three men
from Wells last night to serve terms in
the county Jail for selling goods without
a license. They are supposed to he box
car thieves who were dispensing OF their
loot.
'F'N' 'h1 "iAtl iNVli NiIs hilu A'Ilb' "a
w. Brown received a dispatch from
Mrs. Walter Brown at Bcowawe stating
that her husband was very low and for
the parents to come at once. Mr.. and
Mrs. Brown md Frank left on No. >
last night for Bcowawe in answer to The
d~iispntch.
The Episcopal Choir will give a social
Mt Leonard Hall on Saturday evening,
February Doth. There will Ge n short
musical program, cards, dancing md
refreshments. Admission 30 centa.
The proceeds will go toward purchasing
music for the choir. All are cordially
invited to- attend. X
Deputy Sheriff IImris returned last
night with Carl Brown and lodged his
prisoner safely in jail. Tho trip from
Los Angeles was. without my sensa-
tiopal incidents. Joe kept Brown under
II strict watch aud took no chances Of
his escaping. Brown claims that he is
innocent Of the charge against him.
His preliminary examination will prob.
ably take place Monday before Judge
Bruce.
Il. Is. Hickey, cS pre- sidcnt Of the State
Bank and Trust C'ompHby, has beeu in4
dicted six tImes'by the Ormsby county
grind jury ma more indictments 'afu
likely to tello~G II the Investigations at
Goldiiclhand T0nopah pan out as well,
Mr.. Rickey will he a muchIy Indicted
man. llis list days arc liable 10 be
epent III efforts to keep himself ont OF
tine p~ouitent,ury.
The funeral Of John Flynn, the Young
man who died NJ The county hospital
from i~Ejurica received in The wreck III
the Elko yard, took place at Bteckcn-
ridge, Minnesota, his old home, on the
18th. Tho WiIkin Coun,y Gazette,
published ut Breckenridge, speaks in
tho highest terms ~ the young man.
II says thnt he was n bright. clean md
Rcntlemnnly boy who made friends
wherever no went, and his untimcly
death is mOufnrd by all in that city,
where he was btet known.
a burglar broke into tho Nye County
Mercantile Compnny's store, and il was
u bad break Tor the burglir. That his
plugged remains do not decorate u slab
IN the mOrguo wHs not tho fault OF T..
W. Henry, II clerk who slecps in The
store. Henry awokc III time 10 catch n
glimpse of the burglar, and send two
sllots after him. Tho burglar escaped
by plung'ne h%cadloDg through n big
window, aid IL he isn't cut about the
head and body. II il a miracle. -Tonopah
BoDanzL
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Wild Horses viii Be Slain

The following letter pertaining to the
following article regarding the destruc-
ton OF wild horses in the eastern part
Of the state was received by County
Clerk Patterson today. II liz a chance
for the nnemployed:
Decatur, Ill. Feb. 81, 1909
Dear Sir:-I. have found in the
German news paper that in Reservation
OF roelyabe, roqulma, Monitor in
Lander county, New, OF $4,000 wild
horses are to be shot and come are
timid horses. 1t is in Decatur I'D. lots
of people that they want but one carload
from them horses. Two years ago there
was a carload through Decatur and the
people want to buy from the IN but they
could not get any. Then they were
ordered on some other place. Please il
you know somebody that be can catch
them horses, aid bring it to Decatur
III. Then he can mako good money.
All young horses six months to four
cara. Please lei mo kuow when some
body wants to come over.
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Hard 10 Beat for Nerve

For pure nerve and cusscdncRs n burg.
lar OF WilBeebarrc, Pa, now holds the
long distance record. lie got into the
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1908-10-14
TO DIsBURsE MANY
DIVIDENDS IN OCTOBER

DENVER, Oct. lO.-This month will
witness the disbursement Of approx.
mate sl50,0O0,000 along the lines Of
interest and dividends This would or
dinarily have brought about higher
rate in the call money market, but
there has been such q normal demand
for currency from interior points that
no material effect has resulted in call
money rate. Throughout the country
tho banks. and especially the national
banks are showing u decided increase
in cash.
In fact, September @3rd of this year
showed an increase Of over slls,O0o,
600 in tne New York banks ~ compar'
ed with August %, 1907. The trust
companies have also recorded u most
decided increase. What may make
some change in the money rates is the
fact that the Canadian government
will float a loan Of t25,000,0 on ster
ling bonds bearing 3is per cent of par.
Another announcement, coming
from Paris, states that the Russian
government will issue its loan the lat
ter part Of November calling for AZ,
nor cent on bonds TO be offered the
public ut 81. Whether or not New
York will be called upon to finance any
pnrt Of these loans is still uncertain,
but il the United States takes over
any considerable amount Of these
bonds there will be decided change
IN interest rates. Throughout the
country the banks show an Increase
in business and decided growth IN
their cash reserves.
The movement of the crops. which
should at this time have somewhat nj
fccted the monetary situation, seems to
have caused NO ripple In financial hf'
fairs.
In connection with the financial af
fairs Of the nation we should bear IN
mind that up to july 81, 1908, there
had been expended on the Panama
Canal total Of si9s 100000. About
the same amounts were expended for
construction and engineering and for
the plant account amounting 70 close
10 $32, OO0, 900 each. The French fran
ehise called into consideration an en-
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he deposited with the hoard Of .upcr
visors, receiving $lI2.5o rs bounty.
Tie informed the board of snpcr,i,.
or of his misfortune aud a,Sistnnc,
was offered him go leave for Chicago
at once.
lie accepted the pro0crcd offer and
returned that night tu Hillside 10
make hnal arrangements for the trip
with his sou
Arriving at Hillside hr changed niy
mind aud abandoned the "Trip 10 the in
stitutc
We Is irappcr and hunter 10y occu
patton and has been bitten hy almost
oil species Of animals he has DESTROYED
He says this bite ~ the FIR, one he
even received from any member of the
many skunk spcrics. he uow rcrtci.
that he did not hasten 90 tho pas,cur
treatment. as he first intended.
Tie oul' death ia recent year. from
skunk bite was 'naf of the seven
year old daughter Of Mrs John Myers
who died last summer after returning
from the Pa~tcur Institute. where she
was treated. On her return here she
exposed herself "a the warm sumue-
sun, playing with other children. con.
nary 10 the advice of the pas,cur
physcianS. She was stricken IN and
q few days later died
\. y. Lee Of the American ranch.
was also bitten by one of this species
OF the Mephiiis Americana las, year.
ifc left for the Pastcur Institute the
Following day. submitted 10 the treat.
nep'. and thus eliminated amy chances
for future complications.
Scanil'n came from ksn~ss las, wear
aud has followed his occupation here
since.