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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30
Rcdi's Experiment

1t was Il fixed belief of the ancients
that many living creatures could cone
into existence in u spontaneous fashion,
to which allusion has often been made.
The true beginning of the germ theory
arose out of Il ludicrously simple
observation made by Redi. IL Florentine
physician. about the middle of the
seventeenth century. He debated with
his confreres in Florence the question
of the origin of the maggOts appearing
in decompoSing meat. The old view
held, of course, that the maggotS were
bred within dead and putrcfying sub.
stances. Redi, taking a piece of meat,
covered the month of the jar in which
it was contained with a piece of fine
gauZe. He bcheld the flesh flies,
attracted by the smell Of the dccaying
meat, coming to deposit their eggs,
after the Of their kind. in the
decOmpOsing substance. The gauze,
however, kept them from effecting this
natural object. with the result hat the
SIS "'i' h'ih WI Niit w '" lltt
gauze and the maggots there Matched
ont. while the decay Of the meat wen,
on unintcrrnptedly without Il single
maggot appearing in its substance.
On this childiscly simple experiment
the great fabric of the germ theory o
today was founded, for if the law O
universal ~parentage applied to the cas-,
of maggots and meat it WAS clear
argued Rcdi, that it must apply univer
sally. Subsequent experimentation
proved the words to be true. and 80 to
day, when our attention is focused upol
germs or microbes 81 minute that W.
might accommodate many hundreds 0
thousands of them on the surface of
postage stamp. we again come face t,
face with Redi's first principle tina
each germ could only have sprung from
a preceding and parental organism
Brooklyn Eagle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30
Cooking Supper For Papa"

a short but truly pathetic story filled
with human interest is that which
comes from Central Taxes in which
the tragic death of two children, aged
respectively and . years is told.
Allen Wesley Pierce. q small farmer,
had the misfortune to lose his wife.
This is Il tragedy in itself. The wife of
the small farmer is truly a hclpImcct.
She il hOusekcepcr. cook, laundrcss,
school teacher, seamstress and when
necessary, assistant in the field.
There is perhaps no more helpless and
confused mortal on earth than the man
who Is suddenly called upon to dis
charge the household duties formerly
attended to by his wife.
His 1.ycar.Old son SAYS this and
valiantly attempted to remove some of
his fathers pcrplexitics by preparing
the evening meal. In doing this the
gasoline stove exploded and he and
tho little hero was stretched upon his
bed of pain in sight Of his dead sister,
he explained that he was Cooking
supper for papa" II was the simple
act Of u little child. hazardous and fatal
rs IL happened hut the motive behind It
glorificd IL. And IT, mayle-who
knows2-that when the acts. great and
small. and the services rendered here on
earth by those who are Of consequence
In the worlds hail of fame arc scanned
and weighed aud measured IN heavens
.chanccry, that cooking supper for
papa" will not ln found among the
least -S ~ Joseph OBSERVER.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30
How WE ASSlMlLATED JIKIRI

Jikiri. the Moro outlaw, is dead.
Surrounded by his bloodthirsty bandit
band. he fell in All onslaught by Amer
lean soldiers discharging their duty.
Not one Moro survived. 1t took
months to trap and destroy this enemy
of order. A joint naval and military
force. II strategic program. a concerted
movement and a final desperate fight
were necessary before our imperial
~insular domain Of .Jolu WAS freed from
the criminal pest. We don't know the
other side. We know only that Jikiri
became Il desperate immediately follow
ing the American occupation. We
have been told that he was reSourceful,
bold, untiring, crafty. vengeful.
dangerous and given to numbering
Americans and rubbing IL peaceful
brown wards right and left. Accord
ing To his lights he may have con.
sidered himself a patriot fighting i'll the
holy cause of freedom. OF course. it WAS
mistaken zeal. inspired of Ignorance.
he SIOulu IdNt hilONH Nhh uhhN tNiN
destiny placed him and his followers,
their welfare and their conversion to
civilization in our hands. He should
have known our altruistic motives and
our beneticent purpose and program.
That he did not was his WI fault. He
gave us no opportunity to snatch him,
a charred brand, from the burning.
He never opened his ear To IL honeyed
m~iSsionarying. He preferred the dark.
ness of intellectual oblivion, the de-
cadence of unrestrained movement, tie
worship of false gods and freedom Of
his own defining.
So We had To kill him. Still, savage,
irrcconcilahlc and benighted a. he
was, We may admire the physical
courage and carelcSSneSS of self which
made him fight at the mouth of his
cave retreat Ia the last drop. We could
even she'd Il tear for the fatal ending Of
the battle that left him dead but free,
were i not for his false and perniciOus
views of f~reedom.-St Joseph Observer.
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New York.s Greatest ser.per

Exclvating has begun for the new
municipal building in New York City.
Some of the figures will liz interesting
to Salt Lake builders.
1t is estimated that IN" foundation
will cost $l.5O0. 900.
To make the basement l+0.O 90 cubic
yards. 50.0 . cubic yards under water
will have tn he eNcavatcd.
The concrete Ia IL. used for forming
piers will require 80. 400. 900 cubic
yards.
Seventy thousand barrels of cement
will he used in the foundation.
The depth of the foundation will I've
100 feet.
The depth below the water will In 80
feet. The height of the building from
the curb to the top of the tower will he
$50 feet high. The height from the
curb to main entrance VIII bc 337 feet.
The area of the basement will cover
more than two acres.
The main building will have - stories.
The first floor will have an area of
-. 900 square feet.
The total office area of the huilding.
including the tower. will Il" oil 900
square feet. That is. il will In arcaded
over Chamber street. tn" arcade being
three stories high.
In the basement will b" IA terminal
station for the Brooklyn bridge trains
and trolley ears in conjunction with u
subway station.
The building is to ~. completed in
three years.
II will have thirty.two elevators.
The building will have "A frontage of
AS feet on Center street. :iGl feet on
Park Row. a3o on puan" street. and Il
feet on Tydon row.
The estimated cost of labor alnn" on
the foundation il 5000. 900.
How many millions the completed
bnilding will hav" cost is not yet given
but the estimates are Sl2. O0O. O00. The
exterior wall will probably In of gran.
ito, though granite has less resisting
power against fire than almost any
other stone When hot, it cXplodcN like
powder. aS Boston found ont To il.
sorrow in tn" great tir" thirty year,
ago.
The size. the height and depth Of tn,
the structure is only another reminder
of how tremendous u city New York i,
and how Unsuitable i, its demand fol
mere and more "iilc" rooms. Salt LAX,
Telegram
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SAme Old ERnhciH

There Is an old saying To the effect
that lightning eve strikes twice in the
same place. and there are II good many
persons who believe this to he true, nj
though it has often been proved to be a
~fallacy.
According To an Associated Press dis.
patch published in the Miner yesterday
morning. it would seem that lightning
struck four times in the same place at
American Fork. Utah. with fatal re-
suits.
This calls to mind the fact that the
tower upon the Butte library WAS struck
twice, although an interval of several
years interviewed between the two WISH
tations of the thunderlnlt.
Probably this reference to lightning
striking twice in the same place is
Il figure of speech, intended to convey
the same thought that itconveyed in the
statement that opportunity knocks only
once ut every mans door.
This last expression is not true. rs
the successful lives of nearly MI great
men show.
This would lie Il rather poor world if
every man i'll it only had one chance.
Instead of that, we know that every
man has innumerable opportunities to
make something out of himself. and it
often happens that success is built upon
a foundation of previous failures.
The spider that Bruce watched made
his failures to climb his silken web, but
at last WAS successful.
Failure acts differently upon differ
ent men.
To some it simply urges on To greater
effort, while the craven few it brushes.
The rightly constituted individual
always learns from his mistakes and
avoids them in the future. and, in Il
way. his setbackS Are an education of
great value.
Lightning can and does strike more
than ICE i'll the same place and oppor.
tunity is seldom satisfied with one Wis.
it to any human being.-Butte Miner.
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fatal Accident

DR.. j. l.. johnson fell from "A ladder III
the Duplex Extension min" At Search
light last Thursday and dropped 30 feet
To the shaft. receiving injmricS which
caused his death tn" following day.
j. II. Williams. who wus in the shaft
when Johnson fell, slid down 10 feet II
bare rock to reach him. This, unVlc>.
tiUnably was the means Of Saving his
companions life from quick extinction.
The latter was cliok"d with blood and
face downward. He rolled him over
and worked over him until the breath
came again. Then he left him f"r rs.
Sistancc. II i remarkable that with
the strain and oppression Williams
could have scaled that first ~ feet Of
laddcrlcs~ shaft. He dHrs not know
how-only that - human life hung in
the balance. He reached the hospital
and then many willing hands went 10
the rescue.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30
FOOLED BY PROMISE

The New. York Times. which got off
on the wrong foot last fall and became
a meek and lowly follower of Mr.. Taft.
is now harrassed by IS many doubts
and fears as u seeker AZ the oldtime
mOurners' bench seeking forgiveness.
The passing of Roosevelt has not been
followed by II return of those halcyon
days which marked the Mckinley
administration, when the prosperity of
the country was capitalized and the
future mortgaged for the benefit of
Of those whom the Times delights to
honor. Mr.. Bryan has been the special
aversion of the Times-no good could
ever come ont of Nebraska. But in the
course of human events, compelled by
stern necessity and the claInOr of the
rank and file. the leaders of the rcpUbli.
can party have been compelled to adopt
MANY Of Mr.. Bryan's pet principles,
and the Times fears that his plea for
the election of senators by direct vote
of the people may finally come to pass
IhiouSh uiOlIiioH ~ th' iCl"'blN'l~.
The Times. seeing through IL glass
darkly, says:
That seems to he the fate Of Mr..
Bryan's principles--the republicans take
them for their own He oncc said that
although the people had not burdened
him with the cares of office his life vas
not without its anXieties. He could not
leave his principles out ver night with
out losing some of them, and the miss.
ing mes he generally found at the
White House. So, in succession. have
gone his issues of railroad regulation,
of the federal license for corporations.
of the reduction of import duties, of
postal saving banks, of limiting the
power to issue injunctions, and now his
tax ION individual and corporate in
comes has been snatched from him by
a republican president and II republican
congress.
Not n of these is of republican
origination. Not one is rooted in old.
fashioned republican belief. They are
all alien To the policies and the pro-
f~essions of the republican party from
Lincoln to Mckinley. Had they not
been exploited and made widely popular
by Mr.. Bryan not one of them woulC
have been appropriated by the rcpubli
! cans.
Many people have purchased fancy
jcwclry and some prefer cheap imita
tiOns to the real thing: sis: haysccd.
are prone to invest III gold bricks. Blu.
that the New York Times, which is III
to snuff and has II holy horror of shoms
should be taken in is past comprehen
sion. Where is the safe and sane
candidate of 1908? Echo answer
where!-Salt Lake Herald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30
TIME IS GROWING SHORT

Two months from today the Amcri.
can Mining Congress will he formally
opened III this city. That is a very
short time. Sixty days whirl by in hut
seemingly little longer time than sixty
minutes. and it bchooves all the mining
interests Of the state to exert their ut
most efforts to complete their work for
the mining congress rs o rs possible.
train that arrives in Goldficld. Every
outgoing train from every section of the
state should contain invitations Ia the
congress, and letters and newspaper
articles about Nevada. about the con
gress, about the mineral exhibit, and i'll
a vein calculated to awaken the desire
to attend the mining congress and see
Nevada ut n glance.
The coming mining congress promises
to be the greatest in point of attendance,
real interest. and Importance in the his
tory of the organization. Not alone
will there ir the greatest mineral cx-
hibit yer gathered from II section of
n country. and Il long list Of notables
of the political, financial and mining
worlds, but there promises to he some
history making during the congress.
Action must he taken that will ulti,
mately result i'll the mining industry
being given IL recognized place in legis.
lation and in the cabinet of the presi,
dent-action that will call to the attcn,
ton of the people that next to the
| agricultural, mining is the greatest in,
dustry in point Of production and mer
employed, of the country; that mineral
conservation and the furtherancc o
legitimate mining is Of as much import
ance as forest and water conservation
and the furthcrance of agricultural ant
horticultural interests.
The entire west will he Interested il
the discussion of the production and
use Of silver that will Ike made by mel
of international rcputc in the realms OF
finance and trade-mcn who are pic
necrs i'm the movement for Il rehabili
ment Of silver that will most assured,
gradually c0ue. due in large extent t.
the awakening of certain great parts o
the world thart are essentially silver
using countries.
Nevada must not lose sight of tn,
Importance Of the mining congress no
alone to all parts Of the state, but tC
the entire mining industry Of America
There must be no cessation of work
and VT make II plea that all section,
AMI all interest of the state join cnthu
siastically in showing those who attend
the congress that Nevada is the greatest
mineral belt in the world, oirerinl
illimitablc possibilities to the operator
who has honesty, Intelligence. prrscvcr
ance n some money.
There arc but sixty days left in whici
to prepare. Get busy. -GOldfcld
News.
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he Knew the Folks.

An amusing comment was made BY
a miner at an ambulance lecture In
Elphinstone. East Lothian. Scotland.
recently. The lecturer had stated that
u snirocHtion from choking was like.
ly 10 cnsue. the simplest remed 10
give relief TIL medical aid arrived was
to take n n~ne.pointed pcn.knife and
make = small incisiou in the throat
On" OF the miners then shouted: "Yo
dinna ken E~lphinstono folks. n I wns
to try that the morn. horo's what WIND
happen: n that man died his folk
wad a mo prosecuted for murder
and " he got better he himself would
be the FIRST to prosecute mo for cutting
his throat"
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Through Trains 10 81 Louis

The Western Pacific Is 10 run through
Passenger trains between San Francisco
and ~ LOuis in connection with Gould,
other roads. and has awarded eSpreS,
and Geographic privileges on It's line
between tn" BAY City and Salt lake
The company has also perfected
arrangements for "A passenger service
across san Francisco bay and for 4
freight service. This i all to hc done
in view of ia" impending completion Of
t~racklaving.
Til" express privil"G" ON the West.
crn Pacific has been awarded TO tie
Gi"i" Express company. the concern
which operates on Guuld's Rio Grande
system. Til" Western Union is string.
ing wires along the Western Pacific
RICH, uf way and will handle Western
Pacific business under - long time con.
tract under arrangements similar To
those III rNistcnC" between ia" Western
Union and Southern Pacific
With the completion Of ia" Western
Pacific Gould will have hi, own lino
direct from San Francisco TO st. LOui,
over the following roads: Western
Pacific I" Salt Lake. Rio Grandc system
E" Puebl" and Denver. Missouri Pacific
"a ST. LouiS via Kansas City.
II i announced that ia" through
service from san Francisco To -. LE1iS
will b" inaugurat"d just aS . NtNs
Western Pacific is property hlllh>ie'i
for service.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30
PANAMA CANAL A
WHITE ELEPHANT

What will the Isthmian canal cost
The engineers originally estimated $780,.
600 900. OF that sum $3.50, 600. 900 has
been expended and the canal is only one.
third done. And nov it is proposed to
authorize a bond issue of S3g1, 600. 900 to
complete the canal The engineers
either do not know anything about csti.
mating the cost Of the canal Orthcy are
INSCRIPTIONS enough to he a party to
trucking the American people, Or. it il
just possible, there is fraud in the canal
administration. An eastern c%orrcspon.
dent says:
I'm january. 1908. before the senate
committee on in]tcr.occanic canals, the
chairman Of the tsthmain canal com.
mission stated that the cost would not
be less than $3.50. 900. 600. and might be
$500. 600. 600. On February ., 1909, Sen.
ntor kittrcdgc. chairman Of tho inter.
oceanic canals committee. Informed the
senate that the --latest estimated cost Of
the lock type of canal. including the
I'l''Ild~' lllN' VI lnt 'iiltl IlpnlS anu Oh
the canal zor" rights-$jO. 600. OO0-will
bring the present estimated cost to 4 100.
600. 900 more than $500. 600. 900 in excess
Of the sim originally estimated and
more tlinn 800. OOO, 900 IN excess of the
conceded minimum cost Of the sca.lcvcl
Would the country have 80 light. |
hnartcdly approved the Panama canal
il IL had known at the start
what II was in for Does it really know
YETI
"As part OF the $307. OOO. 900 bond
it is intended by the sale of
to relieve the deficit by return.
ng to the treasury the $50, 600. 600 paid
or the canal rights and the canal
rights. At the time ROOsevoltism
sd not got into its full stride and
sun was paid ont Of the current
Of the Government. II was
Iattcr for Legitimate pride that tho
,vcnucs permitted such q thing; but
20 have prolitcd by tho study Of high
uancc."
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30
Attempt 10 How Up House

About half past ~ o'clock Friday
night Of last week a dcstardly attempt
was made Ia blow up the raSidcnc" Of
Mrs. Lena tiinula on South Monroe
street with giant powder. The shock
Of the explosion was felt throughout
the town. Those who are familiar with
the handling of giant powder and heard
IN" report estimate that three nr four
sticks Uf that explosive were set oil.
The powder was placed ut a distance Of
about four feet from the dwelling
house, under u narrow board walk.
which was reduced To k~indlingwcOl
and quite a spac" Of ground arorud
where the powder was luoscncl mp
About IL inches of burned fuse was also
fonnd. Eureka Sentinel.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30
IInyenlS Dry Separator

Robert Stein of LuN Angeles has in.
vented adry] separator. which according
to the inventor. will scparat" in one
operation all the different minerals
contained in dry sand and crushed ore.
The machine will bc given IL tryout in
extracting and separating gold and
platinum from thcdry sands nf Arizona.
New Mexico and California, where the
soil is rich in mineral. but water scarce.
1t is asserted to bc capable of handling
1000 10 1000 tons daily and tn" cl"im is
made that it can hc profitably used if
3 cent value is contained in the dirt or
rock treated.
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Spoken From Experience

1t was the grammar class and the
Teacher had asked for words ending
with "ons. Can any one sl" said.
give me word like dangerous. mean.
ing full Of danger 'haAnrdous, fun Of
haZardf"
There was silence for - moment.
Then Il boy in the back row put up his
hand.
well. Bobby, what il your wordY'
please. Miss. came III, reply. "piuus.
full Of pie
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JUST ABOUT RIGHT

Seats i'll n passenger car are for all
not for goods, chattels or baggage. 9 -
Seats containing baggage are. in the
eyes of the law vacant" This was the
summing up Of Il recent decision Of the
court of appeals in the state of New
York. The plaintiff considered himself
an aggrieved passenger and he sued n
fellow passenger for taking possession
of n seat on which he had left a grip and
n newspaper while lie went to enjoy the
luxury of Il pipe in the smoking car,
for refusing to- surrender it on demand.
AT the time n pretty little fracaS cnsued
in the curse of which the lover Of the
weed got the worst of If, 81 he went to
the court for redress. Not getting
satisfaction in his first appeal to the
majesty of the law, he carried his suit
to a higher court, and here he Jared
even worse than he did in the first in
stance, and the final result is indicated
in the first sentence of this paragraph.
We have no doubt the general verdict
of our readers will be served him
right" Little sympathy is felt for the
man or woman either, who tries TO
~monopolize more than lie or she is en-
titled to, very frequently to the scri0ms
discomfort of other travellers. Let us
all remember then that seats containing
baggage are in the eyes of the law, va
cant. The same rule holds good when
applied to a half seat if no other seat is
unoccupicd in the car.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30
Count Capital In Billions.

The banking power OF the United
States In 1863, M represented by
capital. surplus and other profits. dc.
posi,s and circulation of national and
other reporting banks. together with
estimated amount OF funds OF this
character In the incorporating banks.
IL shown to he 1852. 705.27 IN the
report OF the controller of tho rrir.
rTncy.
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AS TO Humility.

PHILOSOPHERS have quarreled over the
question OF humility. whether or not #
Is n virtue. Since humility is so rare
1t would seem scarcely To be worth dis
cussion. II Is said that Epictctus I'm
live places breaches humility: III thou
passest FOR Il person of consequence I'm
The opinion Of some people. dlstrIst
thyself. No lifting mp Of tho eyebrows.
lie nothing In thine own eyes-if thou
seekcst to please thou art lost. Give
place to all men: prefer them 10 thy.
self; assist them ALL" ThcoiogIans
have contendcd that humility cost
nothing TO Ep!ctctus. who was n slave
lie was humble by station as the
learned scholar might bc proud nv sta
lion. Voltaire calls humility the mod
or the soul" These gentlemen
not live IN the twentieth century.
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Satisfactory Endlnu,

How was your speech received at
the club7" asked one Of Chuinlcy's
friends as they walked rlong the
broadway NJ linmcrsmIth why,
they congratulated me very heartily.
In fact. II OF the members came to
me and told ms that when | sat down
he had said to himself II was the
best thing ] had ever donc."-TIt. Blts.