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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-19
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT

Taft's swing around the circle, says
pleted. He has travelled l3, 900 miles
and through thirty three states and
territories. Everywhere he has made
friends by his winning personality.
He overtiows with good hurnor, ami,
ability and kindness. He has tact, Il
pleasant manner, an imposing physique,
breath of sympathy. freedom from
narrow preiudices and animositicS of all
sorts. He cxcites no antagonisns, stirS
up no qnarrcls, aims To please every
body, and is working hard for Il second
term.
But yet it is doubtful whether Taft
has strengthened himself politically by
his long tour. His early speeches in the
west seemed to have the contrary
effect. His sweeping defense and
praise of the outrageous new tariff
hurt him with the reform elements of
the republican party and displeased the
public generally.
His attacks, by Inference. on such
men ms Senators Cummins and Ii
Toilette. for opposing the passage of the
Payne-Aldrich monstrasity, likewise
lowered him in the eyes of the discrim,
mating. His lack of aggressiveness
toward selfish trust and ~monopolies and
also notorious evils and abuses. which
Roosevelt everywhere and ut all times
roundly denounced. was in marked con.
trast with the course Of his predecessor
i'll the White House. Despite his
frequent protestations of fidelity tC
Roosevelt policies, the public listened
in vain for any specific program OF
reform.
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meerschaums for u living. 1t is simply
dyeing by inches.-Mark Twain.
To Be Sale From Accident

Probably the majority of people. if
asked what they considered to be the
safest spot for them To be in, would
reply: I'm bed or in an armchair by
the side of the fire." But they are
quite mistaken. The risk Of injury is
much greater than if one was travel
ing by ship or rail.
The curious fact Is mentioned that,
according to statistics. 80 per cent. of
accidents happen while the victims
are at home or i'll the street, the cS-
PLANTATION being that Il man when GO
ing on a journey or entering upon II
hazardous undertaking exercises Wig
cial care, thuS- escaping injury. but
while at home or taking exercises spe
lance is relaxed, familiarity with COM
mon dangers breeding contempt.
Probably the safest place on land
or sea is the deck or cabin of Il first
class ocean liner. \ tirst-claSs, railway
carriage is also an exceptionally safe
place. This is SO clearly recognized
that accident insurance companies
n afford to double the compensation
when accidents occur on railways or
tramcars. Certain companies will in
sure commercial travellers at pre-.
miums appreciably lower than those
charged 10y general accident insurance
companies.
y man may undertake II journey
around the world with u comparative
ly light heart. But extreme care and
vigilance are needed ShDuld he ven
ture to hang his pictures ar walk down
his own stairs.
The pcrils of the streets in our big
cities are. of course, 50 well known
that there is no need to comment there,
on. Most people imagine that they
must he fairly safe in bed. Yet &C,
cidcnts happen wen there. Not long
z II wealthy man was seriously in,
jurcd 10y being burned by Il hotwatcr
bottle after he had retired TO rest.
The moral is, of course, that whcth
cr Il man lie. sit. walk, drive or en-
gage III any occupation or sport, he is
always exposed to the risk of acct
dent, and should take his precautions
occordingly.-Wor!d's Work.
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Trip 70 Gold Creek

These two young men,, Col. Hyman
and Charlie Mayer. have returned from
their pleasure trip to Gold Creek. They
We're ont seven days during the storms
of last week, and that they returned
safe and sound, goes To prove that they
belong ~ the tough" class. 1t has
been demonstrated that Charlie Mayer
can stand some hot water and it appears
now thay hc can also stand some cold
weather.
Daring their trip they stopped. ut
fuckers, North Fork ana Gold Creek.
and they say that ut all of these places,
they had rs good beds. and general ac-
commodationS rs they have at their own
homes.
Their objective point WAS Col. fly.
mans mining property, situated seven
miles north east from Gold Creek. 1t
is on an elevation of about 1000 feet.
The Col. has an ideal location for a mine
being surrounded by thick timber
suitable for mining timbcrs rs well n
fuel. Also a beautiful little stream
running through the property. Five OF
q miles distant is the Bruncau river
which could be made to produce an un.
limited supply of power. Mr.. Mayer
brought in ) samples, two were selected,
one thought to he the best. and the
other the poorest. The result of the
ASSAY is rs follows.
The best piece went $40 in gold and
Si53.25 in silver, total value per ton
$523.25.
The poorest piece went $40 in gold
and S2iS i'll silver, total value per ton
$2Gi.
The Col. feels that ut last. he will b,
rewarded for years of work and anxiety.
lie certainly deserves all that a come
to him. Of this worlds goods, and hi,
many friends will rejoice with him, in
the prospect of his good fortune.
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CONTEMPT OF COURT

A conservative eastern writer con-
ments upon the power of one man to
pronounce sentence, rs follows: No one
Is likely to be greatly surprised by the
announcement from Toronto that the
American Federation of Labor, lin con-
v%cntion there has re.afirlncd its de-
cision to stand behind Messrs. Gompers,
Mitchell and Morrison in the%iritrouble
with the supreme court of the District
Of Columbia. The original issues in the
case have been lost to sight, ."although
the unionists still insist that republican
principles have been outragcdEby the
District of Columbia court in granting
the injunction requested by the Buck
Stove & Range company. While the
injunction is to bc fought through the
supreme court of the United States,
public interest In il is not nearly as
great as in the contempt cases, grow.
ing out of the injunction, that are also
now on their way toward the nations
highest tribunal. The ~unionists. for
tho present mt least. seem content to
merely nsc the more recent litigation
against them Us q mcan of attracting
public attention to contempt Of court
procedure IN general. The American
Flo 1oration Of Labor. in carrying out
this policy, has adopted resolutions that
arc not likely to meet with popular
d.sapproval. "Wc hold, say the union
lists, that excepting where contempt
is In the presence Of the court, the
liberty Of no citizen should be commit.
ted to the keeping OF any one man.
The judges power in contempt cases
is absolute. Superior courts decline to
interfere. Tho judge not only decides
whether or not the accused has shown
contempt for the court, but he also de.
cidcs whether or not punishment shall
BIO inflicted and what that punishment
shall be. SO far as the layman is able
to sec. there Is no restriction whatever
on the judge. He may send an
offender to Jail for II minute or for o
long term and he may also impose a
fine. either large OF small. This does
not accord with the modern idea of
constitutes justice. We have
been taught that every citizen Of the
States who is accused Of having
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The beucficiuries Of n graft arc al
ways few in comparison with the nun
Der Of It's victims, no matter how biz
and how far reaching the graft may
nc. Its victims are always the most
numerous. This is just as true of the
protective tariff graft rs Of any other.
Even where protection is strongest
that IL. where most Of those live who
empty the contents Of the hat into
their own pockets after passing IL out
among the people there are u great
many more who are compelled to put
money into tho hat than are privileged
to take money out. Just us soon as
full realization 10 this clom ntary
fact sinks into the minds Of the vOt.
,rs, protection will no longer have its
'strongholds." Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts,. IN that halcyon day,
will vote with ns great a gu4.o against
US will Missouri. Texas and No
Senator Lodge went on tho platform
II Massachusetts, in the campaign Just
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WASTE AND THE DEFICIT

The accounts of the treasury strong
~ back up the saying by Chairman
Tawney, of the House Committee OF
Appropriations, that economy and re
trenchment must be guiding princip
les in the coming session of Congress.
Even if the revenues come up to the
estimates there will be n deficiency of
some so, 600. 900 for the current fiscal
year. This will not he due to lack of
money coming into the Treasury, but
to the excessive and wasteful appro.
priations made by the last Congress,
the largest eve voted for IA single year
in time of peace.
But nobody knows yet what the eff.
feet of the new tariff is going to be up
on the The wooden and cot
ton schedules which ordinarily ought
to be good revcnue producers, have
been made practically prohibitive,
while few of the other schedules have
been changed in the direction of tariff
for revenue.
But the crucial test of the new tariff
will not come until April. when the
maximum of per cent advalorem is
to be added to the rates written in the
Payne-Aldrich law. Though the
president is authorized to remit thi:
maximum in the case of imports from
countries whose laws are rs favorable
to II IN a they are To that Of
any nation, it is confidently expected
that the maximum will be enforced
against every important nation except
Great Britain.
No treasury expert is needed to tel
us that this additional charge viii
make q number of the schedules pro
hibitive. Imports will 90 shut ont
and receipts of the customhouse will
fall off. The estimated deficit for tn,
year will be enhanced.
In this situation sharp retench
ment in the appropriations to be made
this winter will be Imperative if the
Government is to go through the ncxt
fiscal year without bond issues.
Fortunately there is plenty of room
for retrenchment. A large part of tn,
great annual expenditures since tn,
Spanish wal is wholly unnecessary
The public service is crowded with in
competent and supcrfuous employees
who consume not less than fifty mil
lions of dollars every year. The sys
tenn of conducting the public bushes
I is loose, and in every branch of it Their
is waste. All these leaks must be stoI
! ped. The Governments expenditure
must be limited by its income.-Rt
public.
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Died From His Injuries

w. f. Sloan. Il Western Pacific
brakeman. had his left ankle crushed
Tuesday morning. while coupling cars
ut the gravel pit sixty miles west Of
Winncmucca. y message WAS sent to
Winncmucca and Il special train was
sent after Sloan. He was taken tu
Winncinucca. where his injuries were
dressed and he WAS placed on train M.
10 Tuesday night AMI brought to Elkp.
He was taken 10 the Redwood hospital
and died Wednesday morning from loss
Of blood. Sloan WAS about % years of
age and had been working for the
Western Pacific only a short time.
His remains have been prepared for
shipmelt tonight 10 Salt Lake, where
his wife and two children live. \. &.
Sloan, an attorney. Il brother of the
dead man. arrived from Evanston.
Wyoming. this morning. and will
accompany the remains TO Salt Lake.
At a conference this afternoon between
Coroner Bruce. Dr.. West. the brother
of the deceased and District Attorney
Taber. it WAS decided that an inquest
WAS not necessary.
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THE SIMPLE LIFE LEFT BEHIND.
Mankind Has Created Complication,
Hard to Do Away With.

II Is casy to talk about the simple
life and so hard to live 1t. for life IL
not simple any more. It's compiled.
lions seem unavoidable.
The trouble lies in ourselves: tile
entire trend of womanly sentiment Is
away from the things the centuries
held dear.
II was not so hard TO keep life sim.
pie when ones best black silk dIi
duty for a decade. Nowadays II the
silk didn't cut into ribbons the cut
OF he garment would mean the patch
box In at least two seasons.
1t Is the craze for something new
that is the unduing OF simplicity.
Novelty Is the Keynote OF most OF ur
lives. Even friendships and ma' 1.
mony are getting infected with This
microbc of rCstiCssncss.
4 mother said not long ago.: Baby
Louise IL so lnnicky she will only
play with her toys two or three times
before she Is tired Of them and | have
TO send them OF to the hospital.
And the mother seemed 10 think
hat II showed Il progressive spirit In
her child. Such II craving for novelty
can mean nothing but unhappincss. no
matter what ones ability To crafty
IL.
II we are Y t TO become simple
again without some dire calamity fore.
ing II upon Our country. We must
:hange our views OF much that we
now think progressive.
We will have to learn TO draw a
' I.,.. ltV,I.-, fL.. $4,000
ties and our irills. 4 woInan who Is
noted for her r"sitTia"s" and her
ulaCidity In the midst OF a hard life
was asked how she managed to keep
unrrcttcd.
Il try to keep my life simple. Long
AGO | learned that what Jos.
scss beyond the real necessities Don
rows to he q WEAKNESS Ia tn" u""'"S.
The NOR" OF the u~ncsscntials y" nc.
| ouiT~ the more We want. Our most
CUvc'"d treasure soon grows ihsiS'
uincant In the thought Of sometime;
still to be achieved. I make my rule
e life les chan :" and more r"p"s"
That Is u good rule for any ha'lff'i
mother Cr business woman vi" .A'
come 10 ihiuk n" ECO much Tor her
st. Louis GlOb .ncwO.ral.
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STRUGGLE WITH WOUNDED LION.
Adventure That Came Near Costing
British Officer His Life.

Lieut.. G.. s. Anderson, Eighteenth
iiussars of DawI!sh. who hrs been 1T
tICh"d 10 the Intelligence department..
Is suffering from blood poisoning. Ike
1" nit OF mauling received from Il Lon
It month or six weeks ago on the Dor
dcrs OF Somaliland and Abyss.n.a,
says the London Daily Mail.
In company W.T. q native servant
Lieut.. Anderson went out for II days
shooting. Finding Il lion III short die.
taHcc he fired and the shot gra2el
the animals skull. slightly wnunLiT :
II. The infurla!cd bca5t learcd upon
the officer. throwing him to the
ground. aud bit him through the knee
just us he fired n charge from his
double. barrelCd sporting rin" through
It's head. The animal continued TO
claw and bite him. while Lieut.. Amdcr-
son. iighting for his life, dubbed the
lion with the butt end of the rife.
All the while blood was streaming
from the wounds of tho lion. which
was Of unusual size.
The native servant. although prac.
tically nnarm"d. rushcd to the aid of
his iniulcd master. and at length The
animal, exhausted from the loss OF
blood. SUNK away. leaving Lieut. An.
dcTsol almost overcome and In n very
prcCaTiOug condition.
subsequently The lion was found
dead at a little distance from the
sCCnc Of tho encounter. The injured
officer was conveyed Ia tho coast and
at Aden embarked for London. whcr,
he will bc treated in n hospital.
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closed. and exhortel the people Of
that commonwealth to give the lie. by
their votes. To the defamers of the
Aldrich tariff which means so much
to Massachusetts They listened to
him-and then went and voted the
Democratic ticket. AT least some
scores Of thousands of them did it who
hadn't been i'll the habit of doing it be-
fore. For last year Massachusetts
went Republican by l03. 900: the year
before by so. 900. This year it Topped
off II cipher and went Republican 10y
only 5000. Why Why was NOT
Massachusetts, with its biz cJtloa and
' wooden mills all fattening off the tariff
graft, eager to vote its thanks TO the
party that had authorized it t. levy
still heavier tribute on the rest of the
country
Because there are more people, even
in Massachusetts. whom the tariff
hurts, than there are people it helps.
And they are finding II the truth.
The old fake about the tariff protect
ing American labor" is played out. 1t
doesn't. 1t grinds American labor
down to the mercst margin of subsist-
ence-and pours the profits, all the
profits. into the Golfers of the cOrpor-
ations. Here are some figures just
come out of Rhode Island, for exam
pie, where conditions are almost iden-
teal with those in Massachusetts.
These figures are from the twenty
second annual report Of the Rib de
Island bureau of industrial statistics;
Wages of operators in wooden and
worsted mills. IS to - Il week: 80 per
cent of operatives foreign born.
Wages III cotton mills, - to IS Il
week; 50 per cent Of operatives foreign
born.
Wages in silk mills. s. to 50 Il week
03 per cent of employees foreign born.
Wages in rubber factories, So to 50
per week; 20 per cent OF employees
foreign born.
Clearly protection doesn't mean Il
pcnny's worth of benefit to these pco,
pie. If the tariff were wiped ont Ell
tircly they couldn't be paid less-because
they couldn't live on less. And they
have to be kept from starving, because
their services are valuable to their
employers. to society, To everybody
but themselves! But protection does
compel these same miserable, half.
starved protected American lahoring.
men to pay much higher prices for
the cotton goods they buy. the wool,
ems, the boots and shoes. the rubber
goods-evcrythinS they help to make.
Just exactly - it compclS the Missouri
farmer to pay more. And nett her the
employee or the farmer gets the rc.
hottest benefit. 1t all goes to the mill
owner. All the employee and farmer
gets is the privilege Of living in the
same country with trust magnatcs
worth hundreds Of millions of dollars,
earned by passing the hat around
among the rest of us while Uncle Sam
compels us to contribute.
Every graft takes Just as much
money away from Peter as it gives tC
Paul. The tariff the same as the rest
only there are mlny Peters. ald on
ly Il few Pauls. Even Massachusetts
is beginning to understand it. In an,
other year Massachusetts will be join,
ing Missouri, Nebraska in going Dem
Ocratic on the tariT ruostion.-St.
Joseph Observer.
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We Scream Too Much.

George liiddi" of HostOn. a dlstin.
GuiAhcd public speaker, Is afraid that
Americans arc tending tn become n
race OF sopranos. Ths politician makes
his announcements In Il high falsctto
voice AMI Iu.ict shricks her part I'm
the thIumcsi Of sopranos. Nervous
b~icakd0wnS are trarcablc. 10 says. In
many cnses. To our hlgh.ritclg ed voices.
This may DO obylntcd by speaking
slowly aud in a low tone.
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D0n'ts

Don't attempt to punish all your onc.
mics ut once Yom can't do Il large
business with u small capital. Don't
say II told you So" Two To one you
never said II word about it. Don't
worry about another mans business
n little sclfishncss is sometimes con-.
mcndablc. Don't imagine that you
can correct all the OWLS in the world.
a grain Of sand Is not prominent IN a
desert. Don't mourn over fauClcd
grievances. Bide your time. and real
sorrow will come. DJn't throw dust
in your teachers eyes. II will only in.
iurc the pupil DJn't worry about tho
leo crop Keep cool and you viii have
enough. Don't borrow IA coach to
your wife. Better make her a
sulky. Don't imagine that every
thing is weakening. Butter is strong
this market. Don't publish your
acts of charity. The Lord will keep
the account straight. Don't color
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Assessment, No. S
wAsATcH UTAH MINING COMPANY

Principal place Of business. Elko. ElkoC Comm,
Nevada. General ONCE outside OF Nevada NJ
81 Atlas Block. Salt LAX City. Utah. -,
ton of mines. Little and Big Cottonwood Min.
ing Districts. Salt Lake County. Utah.
Notice Is hereby given that ut IA meeting n,
the Board Of Directors OF Wnsatch Utah Min.
Ing Company held on the 2lst day Of OctOt err I0Go
Assessment NJ. , Uf one u) cent ptr shar,, ~.
levied upon the capital stock Of the cooperation
pay able on or leiorc Monday. the s2nd dny ~
November. lSuJ, To +. l.. Palinuuist, Sccrrint,
and Treasurer. No. ssI Atlas Block. Salt LAKE,
City. Utah.
Any stock upon which this assessment mas
remain unpaid on Monday. the s.nd day a.,
November lS9. Will be delinquent and udI ertis.
Cd for ale III public auction. III Il unless pay men,
Is maze before. will be sold on Monday, the .;th
day OF December. i0Uo. ut two o'clock u. m. M
the company's ONCE. No. al Atlas Block. Sal,
Lake City. Utah. to pay the delinquent assess.
nient thereon. together with cost of advertisinv
and expenses Of sale.
+. l.. PALMQUIsT.
Secretary and Treasurer.
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IN THE TOLLS OF INFLUENZA.
unlucky Pittsburs Citizens Compare
Notes in Strange Language.

When two East cnders met on u car
bound downtown oil n recent mn y
morning and engaged In II :.
The other passengers were under .r
impression for n time that they wa'
listening to n discussion In i;sr'-W.
to or Nolapuk. II ran something ,
this:
"Bordi'g. Johd."
"Bordi'g. Jib."
Dice bordi'g."
"Tcs. dice bordI'g-dot."
Whats dew"
dot n thi'g. AdythI'E dew I'd yonr
lIdc?"
Dot n blabcd thi'G."
How You fcell'E this bordi'g?"
q de hub"
$50 nh /. Dearly sdcezcd by head
OF last digit"
"Sabe here"
"Goi'g to the bcctI'g to.diGht?"
dot on your tidtypc. Goi'G TO stay
hobo aid dirk rub and hodcy.'
Good gabc. Hot rub puitch for
hidc."
We'll. here we are dowdtowd. SO
log"
And they wendell their dismal ways
80 Pittsburg Times.
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~
inc lungs ar" tho life. When n mnn
Va" oTenthe Justify no ordinary malady
Gun XIII him. Know an old chan
VINO was givon NJ 'hrcc years nro by
seven able" physicians and one able
Their verdict was: "iIe
cant last over three weeks" Tfc IL
SUI IN the ring. while three OF the doc.
tors have cashcd IN their checks. A
man can live 40 days without food. n
rev days without water. AMI n few
minutes without mir. Tho lungs are
mo soul. a man can live without
stomach. bowels. heart. liver. kidneys.
spleen or brains-but he cant 1.-Two
Without alr! The air cleans tho blood.
prihk air by the million cubic feet and
you VIII never die. Don't wait for
the tank OF oxygen 10 come along.
Drink deeply OF the common ether.
Have II pure and plug yourself fun
every hour.
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Woman Sentenced t. Six Months IL Jail

Woman Sentenced t. Six Months IL Jail
Deputy Sheriff ArthuS Frye of Clark
county arrived in Tnnopih Sunday.
having in his charge Mrs. Mary Pow.
crS, who was sentenced by the Las We
gas Justice or the Peace to serve six
months in Jail on "A charge of assault
says the T"n0pnh bonanza.
Mrs. Powers made the assault ON
M iiargcsS. aged 81 years, who, ac-
cOrding Ia the statement of the lady.
made insulting remarks. IlarScsS Sus-
tanned Il broken arm and had several
ribs cavcd i'll. Mrs. Powers is "a resi-,
dent Of Moapa and is the wife of ON,
of the w%calthicst residents of Clark
county. Her husband conducts gen.
"ral merchandise store. owns Il hotel
and restaurant. besides having title to
several farms in that district. She is
the mother of three children who will
remain at the home during the mothers
incarceration.
Mrs. Powers was brought To T0nO-
pah to serve her sentence owing TO the
fact that Clark county is at present
without a Jail. The county has only
been in existence since the last Leg.
iSlaturc. and was formerly included in
the confines of Lincoln county.