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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-06-25
REPUBLICAN, PROSPERITY

In a report filed i'll the state capitol
ut Albany, is given the result of II two
years investigation undertaken by
Frank j. Warne, secretary of the New
York state immigration commission,
and this report. rs may he CLEANED from
the following extracts, does not seem TO
indicate that degree of prosperity that
the z. o. p. promises would lead one to
expect.
lone hundred and ten thousand men
and women are unemployed and I'M
able to secur work in New York City.
Two thousand, sever hundred men
were discharged from Blackwells Is
land workhouse before their sentences
expired, to make way for others sent
in.
Two hundred thousand men and
women have been out of work for two
years in New York state.
Eighty thousand members of labor
organizations are reported unemployed
mt the department of labor ut Albany.
Forty thousand union men have
been forced from the organization for
lack of funds to pay dues.
''Thirty-four million, five hundred
and forty-two thousand dollars repre-.
sents the preponderance of withdraw
ais from 1913 savings banks in New
York state in 1908, according TO Su.
perintendent Williams. .
Nine hundred heads of families in
New York unable tn secure work,
though able-bodied and willing, We're
supported by the Association for the
Improvement of the Poor i'll 1908.
Eight hundred and fifty honest,
able men, unable to secure employment
were sent to the workhousc in three
months by magistrates on their own
request. Logan Journul.
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Law On Pa,en,sd Cluims Mad. Clear

Some weeks ago a dispatch WAS sent
out from Salt Lake that had the APP
pearancc of II bulletin from the for
estry Office NJ Ogden and was widely
copied in this state. This dispatch re-
fcrrcd to Section IL Of the mining reg
ulation> adopted by the L. ;. Com.
missioner of Land Office and seems to
have been an entirely state
mcnt of the meaning of the paragraph.
The Appeal i indebted to Receiver
Earl w. fremont Of the Nevada Federal
Land Office for the following comnuni.
cation to him i'll regard To that dispatch
which communication is self cNplana-
tory:
Registers and Receivers. L. >. Land
Officers. -Sirs: The attention of this
Department has been called TO the last
clause of paragraph II of the mining
regulations, approved March :. 1909,
which provides as follows:
The vein or lode must b. fully de
scribed the description To include !:
statement as to the kind and character
of mineral. the extent thereof. whether
ore has been extracted and of what
amount and value and such facts ~
will support the applicants allegation
that the claim contains a valuable
mineral deposit
1t seems that the expression the e
tent thereof i being construed rs
meaning that til" applicant must af.
tirmativ"ly show by proof of cXplora.
ton that the Vein exists in fact through.
ont the whole length of the claim. This
construction Of IN" paragraph j. "rro.
nruu>. by the words quoted il WAS in,
tended to rcpuir" the claimant 10 show
tn" existence OF Il vein in such work,
iug> a. hr relied on to establish II dis,
covrry. by tn" extent Of the vein was
meant its size and quality ~ disclosed.
That being done. the presumption
exists that the vein extends ON it,
strike throughout the Who'll" length "i
the claim ~ located.
The sole purpose of that part of
paragraph II quoted was To- cnahl" tn,
land department To- know - far a. the
applicant can r~raSD nably show ia" de,
finite facts upon which tn" right tn the
patent i predicted ~ ~ Ia d"i"rmin,
whether a valuahl" Mineral deposit
exists in the land claimed.
Very respectfully.
FRED DEENETT. Commissioner
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Sum Fun, Some Base Ball

TIL" much talked about game of base
ball between the wide and the thin men
was played yesterday and some Of the
spectators are smiling yet. Tn" thick
men mad" the fatal mistak" Of leaving
Senator Hunter and DR.. Ely out of the
gam" and were defeated. +. T.. Cainc
was very enthusiastic over the game
hut hurried ont OF town when he learn
ed that it was really going to happen.
Col. Walling the tallc>t of the shadow
less bunch. went to bed at noon to
avoid the game.
Til" ZANE was interesting and many
good plays w"r" made. DIR. Gilliand
made a home run hy batting the ball
over In" fence and Prof. Anderson
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GREAT IS RHODE ISLAND

We perceive 10 flies alight upon the
person of Senator Aldrich. neither upon
his expansive bosom nor his shining
pate. He is there" serene, imperturb.
able, immovablc. No flying insects
poster, 10 crawling ones sting him.
Nothing quickens his pace, nothing
retards the remorseleSs march of his
inevitable processes. There is but one
New England. and Aldrich is its profit.
Having announced that he had
decided to permit every Senator who
desired TO speak his fill upon the tariff
issues, the Senator from Rhode Island
gravely each day listens for hours tc
important opposing vciws Of his demo
cratic colleagues, to the futile indorse
ment of his republican assistants and
then with a fixed smile he o tn,
adoption of the schedule under debat,
in precisely the words and figures il
which it came from committee, il
exactly the shape in which the Aldricf
inner consciousness first determined il
should be molded-and it is adopted.
Then Mr.. Aldrich move that the
Senate 20 into executive session, and
all is over for the day. The process |:
slow. but it is crushing sure. 1t is the
Hitchcock steam roller and the Reed
rules amplified into II newer machine
and n more tremendously potent
methodist. Louis Times.
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Fourth Of July Program


Following is the program for the
Fourth of July:
At 10 o'clock u. III. the first baseball
game of the tournament will be- called
NJ the baseball park. The game will
bc between Chrlin and Elkn.
At O'Clock u. IN. the second game
of the series will he called and will he
played by the Lovclock and Battle
Mountain teams. Admission to each
game will be 25ccuts and the committee
will furnish free transportation To and
from the grounds.
The committee has arranged to pay
all expenses of the visiting teams and
the winner of the series will be paid
one hundred dollars.
At $50 p. m. on Railroad street. the
big three mile endurance race will h,
run.
The winner of this-r race will get y
cash prize of S35. and SO will hr paid
for second place.
At : O'Clock p. m. tn" visiting band
will play in front of the opera house
and AT 40 the Union Patriotic Services
will he held III the Bradley opera housr.
Special music has been arranged and
the services will be one Of the features
Of the two days celebration. Speakers
from Winncmucca, Tonoplh and Reno
have been engaged. The Elko orchestra
will furnish the music.
Mondays Celebration Program
Following is the program for the 9TH
of July:
FORENOON
- o'clock Par,da. There will hr.
floats, decorated carriages and other
features in the procession. Marshal
l.. q. Clark.
I0:H0 ocluck-Oration and literary
exercises in the Opera lIou~r.
AFTERNOON
l:30-Championship game of baseball
between the winners nf sundays
games.
/ o'Clock-Rac"s on the Main street.
220 yards First. so; second. so
TOO vardS-Fir,t. S2u: second. $40.
Fat man's racr-lOu yard, First SEQ;
second. 81.
100 yards Boys II years and under
First. -: second, sou.
TOO yard, Girls II wears and under
First: -; second. -. 30.
- yard, Wmmrn'~ rae" First. $50.
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ARE WE FAILING In
The PHILIPPINES?

james +. Smith. Governor General
Of the Philippines, in u speech last
winter in Manila. dcplorcd 'thc grow.
ing gulf between the two peoples" He
went on: "An era Of i'll feeling has
started between Amer leans and Fill.
pinos, and. l hesitate to say it. race
hatred
Erving Winslow, II well known anti.
imperialist. quotes this declaration In
an article in the current North Ameri.
can Review, and he buttrcsscs the
assertion by II quotation from an nd.
dress delivered by Judge Taft on the
eve Of his departure from Manila six
years ago. as follows:
"Weref assured that the present at.
titudo of the majority of American
would be permanent. and did not ron.
fldently hope that there must be II great
change in the future, | should Do very
much discouraged in respect to the
result of the experiment which the
United States is making in these is.
lands"
Is GOvcrnor.G General Smiths state.
ment six years later to he taken rs cvi.
dencc that, instead Of the change hoped
for by Mr.. Taft, the reasons for dis
couragcmcnt which he mentioned have
been In the interval augrnentcdT
Mr.. Winslow quotes from II recent
editorial in n Philippine newspaper:
"Thc racial division. which was
hut a dividing line in tho DO.
bs grown into Il mountain
-angc, separating the nation from tho
government, the Americans from Fill.
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Forest Service Keeping Track Of
Stock Losses On Na,ional Il.

y recent bulletin of the Forest Serp;c,
says:
In the future the Forest Service ,,;u
cndeavor To obtain complete re,,orts :.
TO the causes Of all losses of live >to.,L
upon the National Forests. Fnr..,
guards and rangers have been INSTRUCT.
ed To keep Il strict account of all live
stock found dead in their districts Pm
porting 10 the Forester at the end or
each month the number found and
listing the causes of death as far aS
possible under one Of four heads. Acc;
dent, disease. poison, and wild animals
1t is believed that such a record will
he of great value to stockmen i'm ns,is,.
ing them TO figure up the percentage Of
their losses and materially aiding them
in preventing some of the losses through
corrective measures. For instance. If
an unusually large number Of stock Arr
found dead in ON particular locality,
due to poison from dangerous plants. il
will bc possible I" meet this condition
10y fencing up the area. or perhaps dig.
ging up the poisonous plants. "
If several animals are found killed
by wild animals in some lone canvop
the hunter employed for that purpose. or
the ranger himself can investigate the
matter and either trap. poison. or shoot
the mountain lion or other predatory
animal responsible for tn" damage. The
rangers and guards are constantly rid.
ing over their districts in the Forests
and have better opportunities for find.
ing dead live stock than the sturkrnen
themselves. and as each Forest ranger
i supplied with IN" brands of all stock
i'll his district, hc can generally identify
the stock 10y brands and marks and
thus advise the wncrs.
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Fosters Weather Blllelin

COPYRIGHTED 1909. by W. 7. FOSTEII
WASHINGTON. ID. C., June -. Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent n to -. warm wave
% Ia -. cool wave 20 to 30. This dis
turbanco was expected tu bring "a
period of warm temperatures: not
excessive, hut favorable to crops where
moisture may be sufficient.
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about 2S. cross Pacific slope by
close of 30. great central valleys 80 to
July ,. eastern states =. Warm wave
will cross Pacific slope about -. great
central valleys 30. eastern states July p.
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope about
July /. great central valleys 3. eastern
states =.
This disturbance will cause very hot
weather. The warm wave will not
hold ON long hut it will cans" things to
sizzlc. and will he the warmcs part Of
July. \ great cool wave will follow.
the temperatures going much below
normal. Severe storms may Ire OK
pcctcd about the time the hot wave
arrives. Following this diSturbanr"
tn" trend of temperatures will he down
ward till about July %.
The changes in weather features of
July will I've slow and with tn" cxccp-
tiom Of tn" first and last weeks If tn"
month. sluggish weather. with slow
moving storms or storm Ccntcrs will be
the rule. About middle of tn" month
while the embarrassing umncr weather
events are slowly creeping along a
series If severe storms will break loose
and rip things %furiouSly. That period
will bc worth watching and future
bulletins will discuss it. Crop weather
Of July is expected to hn fairly good
except 90 much rain in the cotton
states and II littl" too dry in some Of
tn" northern states. Temperatures will
average above normal in the eastern
and below i'm the western states.
The astronomers who have proposed
To- Cu~rnmuniCat" with Mars by reflect.
ing sunlight through the agency of
mirrors seem to hnv" overlooked one
important fact. At the times of thcs"
near approaches of Mars that plancr
can u" sc"n only during the night when
there is no sunlight to bc reflected.
II il said that Prof. Pickering est
mated the cost Of these mirrors NJ ten
million dollars. Mary Proctor. Il we'll
known astronomical writer. daughter
Of the late Prof. Proctor. aud many
other scientists have discussed this
mirror proposition publicly. Seems az
bad an error ~ the first railroad bridge
nj Cincinnati. After the bridge was
completed the civil engineers found
that the roads on opposite sides Of the
were not Of the same gauge.
Robinson Crusp's canoe cost him u
;car'S work and then he could not get
[ to the sea.
am Of the opinion that the scheme
# signaling to Mars is u wild eyed
proposition. but If such II thing he
it must come through electric
ignals when Mars Is In electrical touch
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STOCKINGS HIGH

So the hill passed the Scnat i~ncrcas-
my the duty on stockings after all. and
the poor women that protested, who
filed their protests with the representa-
tivcS of thc different states ut Washing
ton have had all their work and worry
for nothing.
: Senator PcnroSc from Pennsylvania,
that dear MAJ who 80 dearly loves the
people, says he would not Vote in favor
of tho Aldrich schedule on stockings.
We're il not for he fact that by SO doing,
he helps maintain wages; that his tears
and his acts in this are all for those who
toll.
If we We're endowed with the ltooSc"
welt propensity TO harsh language.
there is only one word that would tit
the PcnroSc case: Pcnro>c is Just u
plain liar" and he is merely playing
to the galleries. trading upon the guilt
bility Of the many when he says such
things.
Pcnro>c. like other Pcnrn,rS Of the
"'AA'N' IA WV - NA lilNl'a'N''a w.
on stockings. does il because he is ury-
cd to il by the stocking manufacturers
of this country and not because of those
who knit and spin. these L. him are as
nails in Il wall.
When Il tax III stockings WAS being
considered III the makeup Of the Wilson
bill under the Cleveland administration
Il bitter war WAS wagcd on the proposed
rate and tn" tendency Of those in
authority was II cut that rate.
In order to settle the controversy,
three big stocking manufacturers of
the country were summoned to Wash
publican. and after II long session. these
men absolutely determined what that
rate should he.
Under the Mckinley bill that late
was raised, and now the Aldrichs and
Paynrs and Gallingcrs and PcnroScr
propose In raise it again, and all in the
name of the dear people" who are
making three or four hundred dollars :,
N'b' Nhil' liz NtoNhliS HlIiiuldCliItIN
like the heads of the steel trust. ar,
making millions -Tonopah Bonanza.
Ii should not he forgotten that Sen.
ator Nixon has voted for every raise in
the tariff rates proposed by Aldrich. Al
! examination of the record will show
that Nixon has not uttered a word in
the senate during III" consideration OF
the tariff bill, except to answer to Iii,
name on ro~ll-cAllS. and that i'll making
those answers liz has always voted with
Aldrich and his band Of tariff bucca
ne9rS, The Bonanza should remember
Senator Nixon'S VOTES for high stock
ings when he comes before the peOpl,
next fall for reelection.
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Ynkutsk. in eastern Siberia. il said
to bc the coolest city in the world. II
is the great commercial emporium 81
eastern Siberia and the capital of the
PROVING" Of Hakutsky. which in most
Of its area of i.ji1. OG3 square miles is
a bare desert, the soil Of which is frozen
to Il great depth. Yakutsky consists OF
European structures. standing apart.
The Intervening spices are occupied by
winter yOOriS. or huis uf the northern
nrmad4, with curthcn roofs. Tho doors
are covered with hairy hides aud the
windows are nf ice.
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BUILDS UP PRIVILEGED CLASS

y veteran Washington correspond.
ent, summing up salient features of the
change in White House ADMINISTRATION,
says that the Taft rcigmc will he dis.
tinguished by II new era of bath tubs
and good clothes"
The meaning behind this writer's
righteousness is that class distinctions
are tn bG more sharply drawn. If
America lacks Il real aristocraCy now
it is to have a four.ycar privilege Of
trying earnestly to build one. And. as
every tyro knows. the only foundation
for Il so-callcd ariStocracy in Il republic
like this is the possession of wealth.
Trace history n far back a you like
and you will find the beginnings of
a~ristOCraCy founded ON property hold.
ings. II might be stolen Land or it
might be money wruig from s9rfs-no
matter. Wealth created Il privileged
class. Aud the privileged class lordcd
IL over the common people.
We Americans have always boosted
freedom from this sharply.drawn dis.
tinction between the Glasses and the
masses. Theoretically we are right.
Docs not this glorious republic give
equality of opportunity? DO we not
guarantee freedom from a]ristocratic tax
]gathcrcrsg
That is theory. In practice we are
building up a privileged clacs through
Il robhrr tariff. We allow artificial
monopOlicS to close up normal channels
of production aud thus destroy opppr.
tunity. And we allow monopulists to
only kill competition Int to make
consumers pay outrageous prices for
lifc's necessities.
And the result! a class of idle rich
The members of which fancy themselves
Money ONES 80 easily
hat rev "XtravagancCS are invented
hat are not only useless TO society. but !
to individuals. The com. |
nunity's moral tone is distinctly lower.
Il by the idlcncSs and frivolitics Of
hcsc social parasites. They neither
oil o spin and they show u bad cx.
mplc to the rising generation.
\ rohfer tariff is directly responsible
pr most Of the prodigiOus denominations
T wealth that are spawning feeble
nitators Of an old world ~aristOcracv.
With II tariff scientifically adjusted to
i've protection" only where II is
necessary. or with u tariT for rcvnnuc
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Uncertainty Of Large families

How many children have y"u:
asked the ~asS's~,r. (
II dunn" exactly. answered the
tired looking woman:
Won don't know
Not for certain. Willic'S gone
fishing. T"mmy'S breaking - c"l,.
t'""rE"'S borrowed his fathers shr;gun
Ia 90 huntin' an E1mrralda Ann j.
thinkin' "f chopin never know h"w
many "" got till supper tim" come"
81 | can count EN-"
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Gard VI Thanks

W" desire 10 most heartily thank our
friends and ~ncighlsprS nf Elk" and
Starr Valley for IN" many kind acts
performed during the sickness and
death of uur daughter and sister. Edith
Josephine. rs well rs their expressions
Of sympathy in our late bereavement.
Nix. MD MRS. JAS. RIDDEII.
CLARA RIDDEI.L
RUTH RIDDEI.I.
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in inventive Genius

There i 4 student III the University
of Pennsylvania Whose inventive gen
iuS. il directed in the right direction.
i likely To- bring him fam" in after life.
This youth Wa called before one of
the professors. charged with being alb
sen from NOR" than tn" permitted
number of CllS~c~. After l"ciuring him
thoroughly and telling him the penal.
ties that would HAY" to hr imposed. tn"
professor asked the youth il Il" had
any To- offer for his continued
absences. This hour comes from y tu
10. said TIA" youth, 'and | am 80 prcu
liarly constituted that | can never get
up for a . o'clock hour" That i no
"Xcn,r. replied the professor indig,
nantly. Why don't you get AN alarm
clock? II did try that" answered the
student. hut i; wa, no usr. never
could near IN" alarm 60 oil. have Il
weak heart and a, a result am forced
10 sleep all III" tim" on my right SId"
and | am totally deaf in my left ear.
Til" professor knew full well that thi.
statement was ~ confined {" III" strict
truth. yet hr thought ON" who could
invent such ii tale was deserving 81
better things and decided to give him
another ChanC" Philadelphia Record
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Seven millions of gold has been
shipped from New York to Paris. Rot.
tcrdam aud South America. This is
NOR" than the total for the month Of
April. New York's loss Of gold since
January | has aggregated 2G1. 0On. 0nG.
There are those who predict tight
money in Wall street later in the
year.
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BORN
Anderson IN Elko. Nevada. June 20.
1909. 10 III" wif" "f George T..
Anderson. a daughter.

Temperance says it hopes they have
all the drinking places they need down
IN Ocean county. y. i, Beach Haven
with 800 people. has three saloons.
Fork"r River. with 900 has five. Harvey
C"dlrc with 20 voters has its saloon.
Barnogat City pnllcd 10. aud has two
places. bnt Lavalctto, with .? people
mot voters Int the whole p,pulation)
has ihroo licensed saloons.
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AuxionS Mother Johnny. is 1t posi-.
bic that you. as sick rs YOU claim 10 bc.
have eaten that whole rhuhnrb pie?
Johnny Sos. mamma You know the
doctor said my system needed rhuharb.
HAd thought I'd better take u good
dose of Il before I got any worse
Chicago News.
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I%THE DISTRICTCOURTOF HEFOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE
or NEVADA IN AND FOR THE
COTSTY OF ELEO.
Order to Show Cause
In tn" Matter 81 IN" Estate ~ JOSEPH \
WILSON. Deceased

\. ". N"SSnn AMI rhillip SNYDER. the CN"cu.
tnis Of the estate nf Joseph \. Wilson. dcCcas :.
eel. having iilrd their petition herein. praying
fer an order uf sale oi u portion of the real CS
tat" nf said dcC"dcnt. for IN" purposes therein
set forth. " l. therefore ORDERED by snid Court.
that all persons Interested In the estate of said
deceased appear hctOf" the said District Court
on ThurSdny, the 18th day Oi July, \. ~. lPn nj
ten q clock In the forenoon 81 said day AT the
court house In the town AMI county ~ EikO,
stat" OF nevada. tn show cause N any there h".
Why an order should not he nrIntcl to said cN
CCutorS 10 sell the real estate set forth IN their
said petition. or NJ much thnrcof rs may he ne"
C"SSHry, at private sale: and that u copy Of this
0rlcT he published for at least four successive
weeks III the Week., iSDkrESDEST u ncwSir.
per. printed and published In the said town AMI
County Of ElIO. State Of Sryndn.
Dated Jun" sih. tgp.
GRO. =. UROwN.
District Judge.
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simply. these swollen fortunes wOuld
Ia much fewer. And those that already
exist would H. whitfield down by one
generation of neutrality-suspicious.
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with tho earth. Astronomers are spend
ing much time and money OH spscula-
tive astronomy and very little. il any
good II come of such work.
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TIA" Thermometer in This office r..
gi~tcr"d ~ at = o'clock this afternoon.