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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-10-23
S~almagundi
Il @ SATURDAYS DAILY

Every democrat in Elko county should
read the article on the editorial page Of
this issue. 1t gives excellent reasons
why q democratic Legislature should be
elected.
Patrick and Thomas Kennedy,
brothers Of the late Andrew Kennedy
who died at Carlin about a year ago,
are in town OH their way from Montana
to San Francisco.
Congressman Bartlett's meeting ut
Carlin Thursday night was a great
success. There was q large crowd
present and much enthusiasm was
manifested. Carlin will give Il good
account of itself on the 81 of November.
For the first time in many months
the United States Government has
appeared us Il factor in the copper mar
ket and the call for bids to supply
more than POO, 900, 900 pounds of the
metal is awaited with interest. Lake
copper has not been specified hut the
copper in IL test must go over $50
per cent pure.
Fred Way. well known about Car
On, zane near meeting death ut
Washoc lake on Wednesday night. He
was hunting in the tulc fields in the
afternoon and stayed there in order
to get the evening shoot. He then he.
caInc bewildercd and could not find
his way to the land and the club
house. Companions returning to the
Capitol club house started searching
for him. carrying torches and firing
guns to attract attention. He was
almost exhausted when found owing
to the water and intense cold and
storm raging, not being rescued until
II o'clock.-Ncws.
Postmaster Won Tiedcman and wife
uf CortcZ. Lander county, have been
arrested and are now in Jail ut Austin,
charged with robbing the postoficc of
about $4,000. He claims that the Office
WAS burglarizcd and a large amount
stolen. An examination OF the books
disclosed that many orders had been
issued in favor of relatives of the post
master and wife and one order
was made in favor of the postmaster
himself. The inspector is con-
vinccd that the issuance of these orders
and the failure to pay for them caused
the shortage; the postmaster and wife
later getting the money from tho
relatives to whom it WAS ,.Hn'.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-10-23

1t is stated that 4 colony of Nor.
mons intends to locate ON land north
"f Reno and that Il number of Nor.
mons representing others of their
sect in Utah, visited the land last
week, and that they are now making
arrangements to purchase it. These
people from Utah intend to use the
land for the cultivation of alfalfa and
a6aT beets and hope to provide
homes for several hundred people.
Members of the Mormon church have
already settled on land in the south.
ern and eastern part of the state and
are transforming big tracts of desert
land into fertile fields.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-10-23
The Langwllh Franchise.

1t is reported that there is u good deal
Of opposition to Assemblyman Winter
in the northern part of the county be.
cause he opposed the bill granting a
railroad franchise to Mr.. Langwith of
Golconda to build u railroad from Carlin
or Elko to Tuscarora and White Rock.
The franchise WAS defeated because
Mr.. Langwith failed to convince the
Legislature that he was financially able
to start and complete the road. In.
stead of the Langwith franchise, a
law was passed giving the county COM
in~issioncrs the power to grant railroad
and other franchises upon the petition
of II majority of the taxpayers along
the right Of way.
1t ought to DC plain to every one that
the latter law Is much better for the
people than tho Langwith franchise
would have been. Had that been
granted, the right of way would have
been tied mp indefinitely to Mr.. Lang.
with and lie might have used II to de.
feat the building of a railroad to the
northern camps of the county, Just us
tho Elko.Eurcka franchise was used TO
defeat the building of Il railroad from
Elko to Eureka.
The defeat Of the Langwith franchise
put 1t beyond the power of one man or
set Of men to play the d~og.in.the.
manager game with the right to build u
railroad from Carlin or Elko to Tuscan.
ora and the northern mining camps.
Instead Of Mr.. Winter meeting with
opposition because Of his course on tho
Langwith franchise, he should receive
tho united support of the people of tho
northern part of tho county. For in.
stead Of Mr.. Langwith owning tho OK.
elusive franchise to build this railroad.
1t remains the property Of the people to
hc disposed Of as the law directs.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-10-23
Salmagundi
FROM MONDAYS DAILY

What is the difference between
Buffalo Bill and Bill TuftT Buffalo
Bill has a show and Bill Taft hasn't.
The many friends of Judge Morgan
will be pleased to learn that hc is I'M.
proving. He is now able to sit up
part of the time.
Thursday afternoon Mrs. Harriet
Curric died at her home near the Andes
mine from cancer, from which she had
suffered for a long time. She WAS the
widow of the late !. G. Curric. who
served several terms Us Mayor of this
city. She had reached the age Of 80
years. but mp to the last her faculties
memory Of CJnstock vents. Virginia
Chronicle.
William Willis is just the maj for
commissioner from the northern district.
While hc is on the board. patrons Of Il
certain store will not he given pref
crcncc in road work over others just rs
worthy who do not p%atronizc that store.
Neither will mcn ln put on the road to
work ont old store bills and then bc dis.
charged. All workers will be given
an even show at the county's work.
Vote for him.
Although the registry list at Gold.
field shows over four thousand names
some of them are doomed to he striCk'
en- of the great book. according to
adviccs from that camp. Already ~?
persons have been challenged whose
Am appear an the register and these
challenges will I've heard this week. IL
is claimed that the gig are not entitled
to vote in GoldGcld owing to- the fact
that many are not citizens. and Others
not residents. II is reported that many
others will bc challenged and moi
allowed to votc nj the election Carson
News.
The grand jury report. published last
week, giyos Il slumcful condition Of 1T
fairs mt the county Jail that appeals
very strongly to the people of ElkC
county for u change. This change car
only ln brought about hy the building
Of q now courthouse and Jail. Thu
conditions they mentioned were no
brought about by the sheriff or his dep
ntics. They were merely the result o
the jail being too small to meet the dc
mands made upon II. Let us corrcc
these shameful conditions by voting 70
the issuance of bonds to build u ncy
courthouse and Jail.
Every property owner and every goo
citizen irrespective of party should vot
for tho state police law. Show by you
vote on the I'd of November that go
are In favor of tho preservation
law and order in this state, a yot
against the approval Of the law wi
be vote In faovr of the intOlcrnh
conditions that existed ut GoldfCl
before the state police law was cnacto'
1t you favor lnwlcsSncss. bloudslicd AN
anarchy, vote against tho approval
tho law. hut If you want peace and goC
order to prevail throughout tho sta
vote yes OF tho question. Tho law III
not harmed and will not harm n sing
law abiding citizen of Nevada. Lot
bury tho lawlcss element and the
supporters undoran avalanche OF hone
votes.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-10-23
Born

SMITH-Tn Elko. Nevada, October 90.
1908, to the wife Of Jos. W. smith Of
Ruby valley. II daughter.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-10-23
Political Announcements

announcements under this head will bs pub
llshed up TO the General Election for 80, pay
able invariably In advance.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-10-23

Bread tickets good for scent loavcs
ut Cochrane's Bakery.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
Woman's Home Companion for
February.

Mrs. Louise Cox's painting
Feeding the Doves" which was
| awarded 81, 900 prize last year by
Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, Director
of the Metropolitan Museum ol
| Art, forms the cover design of the
February number of Vom6n's Hom.
Companion. Mrs. Cox's little
daughter acted as model for the
painting.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale de-
votes his editorial page to "The
Use of Sunday" a subject which
the venerable chaplain of the United
States Senate treats with a broad
sympathy for those whose only day
OF leisure is the Lords Day. why
is the Clean Grocer Clean I" is the
most important article in the clean
food series, which has done much
to make the unsanitary grocery
store thing Of the past. What
Has Been Done for the Children"
shows the remarkable advance that
has been made by many states in
the protection of children from evil
working conditions, since the active
campaign against child labor was
started in 1906 by the Womrn's
Home Companion in conjunction
with the National Child Labor Com
mittee.
The February Companion is un-
usually rich in fiction, A powerful
story is entitled The Swan of
Avon Man." and is by James Op-
penheim, the brilliant young poet
of socialism. Other stories are
"Was She Right" by Tom Mason,
The Teeth of the Gift Horse"
by Margaret Cameron, and 1.-The
Social Supremacy of Miss Hart"
by Louise B. Edwards.
Woods Hutchinson, that doctor
who is busily overthrowing old fogy
notions about medicine and health,
says many things that no mother
should miss on 1.-The Irrepressible
Tendency of Babies to Grow Up"
Unusual American Women"
Mrs. Beach and Her Career" by
William Armstrong, Eugene Fields
song, "The Sugar Plum Tree"
with music by Will Harding, and
Margaret Sangster's page "The
American Woman" are some of
the many other features of the Feb
ruary Woman's Home CompaaiOn.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
AID FOR EX-PRESIDENTS.

Referring to the poverty of JEFF
ferson Davis after he left the presi-
dency as blow to national pride,
Grover Cleveland, writing in the
KonN'S C0mPaniOa of January 2,
under the title of "Our People and
Their Presidents, " declares definite
aud generous provisions should be
made for the maintenance of Chief
Magistrates at the expiration of
their terms. He deals with the
subject at length and explains that
he feels he can do 80 without his
sincerity being questioned, since he
is beyond the need of aid from the
public treasury.
"The condition is by no means
met" Mr.. Cleveland writes, "by
the meagre and spasmodic relief oc-
casionally furnished under the guise
of military pension or some other
pretext, nor would it be best met
by making compensation dependent
upon the discharge of senatorial or
other official duty. Our people
ought to make a definite ant gen
erous provision for all cases alike,
based on motives of justice and
fairness and adequate to the situa-
ton"
Mr.. Cleveland describes the limi-
tations that his former high Office
placed on a retired president in his
choice Of occupation and means Of
livelihood and how popular concep-
ton OF him as repository Of ma
tional dignity enforces scale of
living that may not be within his
private means
There is sort Of vague, but
none the less imperative. feeling
abroad in the land" says Mr..
Cleveland, that one who has oc-
cupied the great Office Of President
holds In trust for his fellow-citizens
certain dignity, which in his con-
due: and manner Of life he is
bound to protect against loss or de-
terioration. Obedience to this OBJ
legation prescribes for him only
such work as in popular judgment
if not undignifed. This suggests
without argument a reciprocal con-
nec.ion between the curtailment of
opportunities and a reasonable OBJ
legation of indemnifcation on the
other.
"It is most gratifying to note
how the lives of our ex- Presidents
are made grateful and bright by
the generous attachment and spon-
taneous Kindness manifested toward
them by their low-countrymen." "
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
NOTICE TO Committeeman.

1t is earnestly recommended that
all caucuses for nomination for the
February election be held in time
SO that papers can be filed in the
Commissioners Office a few days
ahead of the last day for filing,
which is January goth, SO that in
case of any mistake in the papers
they can be sent back for correc-
ton. Papers should be brought in
the Office instead of being mailed to
us at the last moment, as correc-
tions, if any, can then be made at
once. All papers should state how
many are to be elected for each
office, when more than one is to be
chosen. No paper will be accepted
that is not in compliance with the
law, and in proper form.
Commissioners of Colt m b a
County.
A. B. BLACK, Clerk.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23

An exchange amusingly relates
that man went to his village store
for an axe and being shown the
article and informed that the price
was $i.Is, he said why / can
get that same axe from mail order
house for 90 cents"
Very we'll" said the hardware
man, II will give it to you for the
same price provided that you will
do the same with me as you would
with them"
IAN right" replied the custom
er, as he handed over 4 dollar bill 4,
the merchant giving him back ten
cents In change.
Now" said the hardware man.
II want as cents more to pay ex-
press charges," which the custom
er gave him. How much did your
axe cost you p
"Oue dollar aud fifteen cents. -
the man answered.
Very good /; now give me the
Ave cents more for the money or
der fees and postage " which the
purchaser had to hand over. Now
how much did your axe cost your
"One dollar and twenty cents,
said the customer.
mot SO cheap after ALL" said
the merchant, whereupon he pick.
ed up the axe, tossed it back on
the shelf and told the customer to
call after it in ten days as that
would be as soou as he could get il
il he had ordered it from the mail
order house.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
Prison Timbers from Wyoming.
ubbf Prison Timbers Floatsd Down sus.
quohanna Past Here Fifty Years Ago.

Timbers from which the famous,
infamous Libby prison was erected,
were hoated down the Susquehan
ma past this town over fifty years
ago. The trees were felled In Wy
oming county and RATED down the
Susquehanna TO the Chesapeake
Bay and thence taken to Richmond,
Va, where Libby erected a large
tobacco warehouse, and when the
Civil war broke out, that warehouse
became Libby prison. This fact is
not generally known, but it is
vouched for by DR.. John Denison,
of Tunkhannock, who was told the
full facts by an old Susquehanna
river raftsman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
Two Gent Fare Law Knocked Out.

The Supreme Court Of Pennsyl-
vania banded down an opinion on
Monday declaring the two cent
railroad rate law passed by the last
legislature unconstitutional. The
opinion is rendered by divided
court, Justices Mestrezat, Stewart
aud Potter dissenting.
The law which went into effect
last October, passed both houses Of
the legislature by practically .
unanimous vote, though the meas
ure was fought by the railroad In
terests. The bill fixed two cents
as the maximum rate per mile which
railroads might charge for passen-
ger service III the state. For every
violation railroads were liable to
fne Of s. 600. The Pennsylvania
railroad shortly after the passage
of the measure instituted suit in the
Common Pleas court to restrain the
county Of Philadelphia from enforc-
ing the law, contending that the
law was unconstitutional, unreas-
enable and confscatory. This con-
tention was sustained by the court.
The County of Philadelphia carried
the case to the Supreme court. and
Attorney General Todd, represent
ing the state, participating In the
proceedings, made the principal ar
gument before the Supreme Court.
The majority opinion in the case
written by Chief Justice Mitchell,
declares that the real question at
issue Is whether the new rate law
transgressed the provisions of the
constitution that the legislative
power to alter charters shall be ex-
ercised only in such manner that
no injustice shall be done to the
corporators.
The Pennsylvania railroad con-
tended that as applied TO their COM
pany the law could not be enforced
because under their charter they
were specifically granted the right
to charge a rate of fare in excess Of
that provided by the new law, and
that the act was unconstitutional
because the legislature could not
pass law multiplying an agreement
which it entered into with the state
when the railroad was organized.
| Justice Mestrezat, in a dissenting
opinion, holds the act of April IS,
1876, and its supplement incorpor-
ating the plaintiff company do not
give it immu nifty from supervision
or regulation Of rates by the legis-
lature.
The company's president and
directors do not constitute body
who can control and regulate rates
without being amenable to the su-
perv:sing power o. the state to de.
termine the reasonableness Of the
rates"
| With Justice Potter, Justice Mes
trezat holds that the company's
revenues from all sources should
have been included when consider
ing the question of reasonab!eness
Of rate.
1t is not probable that any appeal
will be taken from the decision.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23

hcer he assumes to be and yet u
not . good officer in point Of Law.
whitney Hess did not have the
reputation of being the judge Of
election Of Mifflin township. The
county commissioners whose duty
It was to prepare the official ballots.
and furnish the election blanks did
not recognize him as the judge of
election Of Miffliu township, In
fact no one did. On the contrary
they recognized A. Il. Johnson as
the judge of election in said town
ship The official ballots aud elec.
ton blanks were addressed in
sealed package to Johnson as judge
OF said election aud delivered TO
some one for him. The error Of
the contention is the assuming that
Hess was a de-facto officer.
"One does not become a de-facto
officer by voluntarily declaring that
he is such an officer, or assuming
,hat h, is such an officer.
a person appointed to fill a va
cancy in the Office of Inspector in
place of one elected by the people,
and who failed to appear and act at
general Ell, ctiou, holds the Office
only pro hac vice, and is not enti-
tied to act at the succeeding cleo
ton, at which the regularly elected
Inspector appears and claims his
seat; case of Penn District election,
Bright elect. cases 523 N. 1850.
In .O' Leary's petition. Judge
Frazer decided THAT all appoint
ment of judge Of election by the
majority inspector, to act at spec
ial bond election holds good only
for the election for which he is ap-
pointed. and does not give the right
to serve at any future election" ="
Ninth district reports, I8o
The votes cast in Mifflin town
ship on Nov. 5. 1907, must be re-
jected They cannot be legally
counted.
The plain mandatory provisions
Of the election laws of the Com
monwealth must be followed in
holding the elections.
"The responsibility for throwing
out aud not counting the votes from
Mifflin township has been caused
by the act of those who counseled
the usurpation as we'll as he who
actually usurped the place Of the
legal judge Of election in Mifliu
township.
And now, January 7oth, 1908.
this cause came to be heard and was
argued by counsel. whereupon it is
ordered, adjudged and decreed in
accordance with the foregoing opin-
ion that at the general election held
in the county of Columbia Oh the
5th day Of November, 1907, George
NJ. Hughes received majority of
the legal votes cast for Associate
Judge, aud was elected Associate
Judge of Columbia county on said
5th day of November. 1907.
This complaint being founded
upon probable cause, it is ordered
that the county of Columbia pay
the costs of these proceedings.
BY the Court,
CHARLES c. EVANS, P. J.
And now, January 20, 1908. at
request of counsel for respondent,
all exception noted and bill sealed.
BY the Court,
tCJIApJES EVANc p -
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Bulletin.
THE MIDWlNTER OUTING.

This is the time for the midwnter outing. dash of
in the midst of winter is agreeable variation It
makes for health and pleasure and stimulates vitality.
For the extended trip uhern California the fruit and
flower land of the Pacific Coast offers unrivaed attractions
For the fortnghts trip, Florida the summer garden of
the Northern winter bids and enjoy its
shine, its tropical scenes and its outdoor life
For the ten days outing, Pinehurst, Camden Aiken
Augusta Southern Pines and other popular the
pine belt of the Carolinas and Georgia offer many induce
ments.
For the short trp-the weekend outing-Atlantic City
is always attractive The beezes that depress the
thermometer in summer to keep up in winter It
offers great hotels the oceans edge, out-odoo life on
land and and climate full of snap but shorn of the
winter severity.
Before deciding your mdwinter outing consult
Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agent and get Pennsylvania
Railroad Winter Excursion Book Whether select Cali
forna Florida the Caronas Atlantic City the Pennsy
vana Railroad offers comprehensive train service
BILE rates and cketng arrangements and best facilities
that modern transportation methods provide
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
Envelopes

$4,000 Envelopes carried in
stock at the COLUMBIAN Office.
The line includes drug envelopes,
pay, coin, baronial, commercial
sizes, number 6. on, 6A, 9, 10
and II, catalog, &c. Prices range
from 81. so per 1000 printed, up to
$500. Largest stock In the coun-
ty to select from.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23

AT a meeting of town council on
Monday night it was decided to
straighten Light Street road by
running it straight through to the
corner of the Titman lot.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23

A fine new line of Wedding in
vitations just received at this Office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-04

"When he dIenry Iryiugi orclced m.
TO play Oph-lia m i>7, he asked me 10
70 dawn to Birmingham to see the
play. and th.t night ! saw what shan
always con r.er tire perfection OF act
Ing. II 'Id been wonderful iu 1874, iu
1873 II was far more wonderful" wrote
Ellen Terry IN McCurc's. 1T has beer.
said that when he had thc advantage
OF my Ophchd his Hamlet improved
! don't think So lie was always quite
Independent or the people with whuM
he played. The Birmir yham night he
knew ] was there lie played 1 say II
without vanity for me ,Vc players
are not above that weakness. II 1t be
weakness II ever anything inspires
US TO do our best 1t Is the presence Ia
the audience of some fellow artist VIII,
must, In the nature Of things, know
more completely than any one what We
Intend. what we do, what we feel The
response from such n member Of the
audience flies across the footlights To
us like flame felt It once when |
played Olivia before Elcanora Dusc. /
felt that she felt IL once when she play.
ed Marguerite Gautier for me"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-04

The humor OF school and college ex
amlnatlons is perennial one spcci
men was contributed 10y one OF tn"
high schools where girl In the de.
partmeut OF history was required %
write "A brief sketch OF Queen Eliza.
beth. Her paper when turned in was
found to contain the following sen
tence: Elizabeth was SO dishonest thar
she stole her soldiers food" The
teacher who conducted these eXamlna-
tions was puzzled to know Just whence
this particular Information had perco
lated into the girls mind. So, calling
her up, she asked the question.
Why" was the ready answer, that's
Just what It says in the history"
The book was sent for ana the pas.
sage examined. II was found to read.
Elizabeth was so parsimonIous that
she plnchcd her soldiers ration.
Bookman.