Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-15

The snowstorm which visited Virginia
City last Friday and Saturday was the
heaviest in ten years. Three feet of
snow fell and drifts in some places form
ed to u depth of fifteen feet. In Carson
and Reno only n few inches Of snow
fell.
The Tennessee legislature has passed
u bill prohibiting the sale of liquor in
that state. 1t is expected that Cover
nor Patterson will veto the bill, but the
prohibition forces are said to be strong
enough to pass it yer the veto. One
by one the states are going dry, as the
prohibition wave rolls on.
John w. Kern, Bryan's running
mate, has suffered one more defeat.
The democrats in the Indiana legis-
lature turned him down for United
States senator and chose Ex.Congress-
man Shively, Kern's political career
has been very unlucky. He has II long
record of defeats to his credit.
Lorin Farr, the first mayor of Ogden
died suddenly while bathing the other
day. lie was nearly so years of age
and was prominent in the Mormon
church. He was the husband of six
wives and the father of forty children,
tw"nty-nine of whom are still living.
He had over 200 grand children and q
large number Of great-grand children.
The postage stamp made its first APP
pearance in 1889. It's invention is due
to james Chalmers, a printer of Dun
dee, who died in 1863. England adopt
ed the adhesive stamp, according to q
decree of December 81, 1889, and issued
the first stamp for public use on May o,
1910. A year later they were introduced
in the United States and Switzerland,
and soon after in Bavaria, Belgium and
France.
There is said to he u lively fight GO
ing on for speaker of the assembly. The
candidates are Folsom of Washoe, Gift
fen of Nye and Allen of Churchill. Of
these, Giffen is a new man, Folsom was
speaker protein of the last assembly and
Allen has served Us speaker ut two or
three sessions. Allen is by all odds the
best nan for the position. If the writer
had II vote for speaker, it would
be cast for Lem Allen of Churchill
county.
The local p~ostofice has received nc
LITIGATION of the loss of a number of
money orders from the postofiice ut
Bellingham, Wash, station 5. With
the orders Il stamp used for filling them
ont also disappeared. Merchants are
cautioned to be on the watch for bogus
money orders and especially those dated
from ~Bellingham, numbered from 1901
to 1900 inclusive. The blank orders and
the stamp were stolen 4 few days ago.
-Humboldt Star.
An order issued by the secretary Of
the interior is of considerable interest
to persons now taking up land on the
Casron project. By the new order per
sons may live within fifty miles of their
land rs against the other requirement
of living within twenty miles. 1t i!
considered the new ruling will Dc
much to further the settlement of tn,
project. 1t will enable many to liv,
within fifty miles of this land and re
tain his residence until the land ha.
been made self-supporting.
The Western Pacific has begun a con
%demnation suit at Winnemucca agains
Desire and Nellie Pascal. Judges Pix,
and Orr arc also made defendants n
they are custodians of the old Winnie
muCca TOWNSHIP, part of which is salt
to be included in the land the Western
Pacific desires to have condemned
Pascal sold the Western Pacific tn,
right of way through his land, abou
six acres, for about $500. The compan,
now wants Il strip of Pascal's land fit,
feet wide and he asks $4,000 for it. Tn,
suit is for the purpose of condemnin,
the land wanted for termi nal purposes
While the finances of Elko county ar
not in rs good q shape as we would lik
to see them. the fault is not entirel,
due to the law of 1908 that forced {
decrease in the county rate. TIL
extravaganza of the last legislature il
increasing the expenses of the count,
by raising the salaries of the officers ant
providing for numerous deputies an,
under valuation of the property fo
taxable purposes are responsible for
large part of the deficiency in tn
county funds. The law of 1908, bette
known rs the Newlands law, forced nj
increase in valuation and IL decrease 1,
rates in every county of the state. In
stead of repeating or amending tina
law, the legislature should reduce tn
state rate to 80 cents on tho dollar. Thi
would force II corresponding Increase Il
tho assessed valuation of the propert,
I'm tho state and 1t would give Elk
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