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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
SOCIAL
 AND PERSONAL

About fifty couples were present last night at the annual dance of the em- ployes of the D. M Read Co.,, which is rendered to them yearly by the com pany. The affair was most enjoy able one. there being but one thing to mar the pleasure of the evening, that being the absence of Charles B. Read, who has not missed any of the dances since they were started twenty-one years ago. As it was the eve of Lin- coln's anniversary the large carpet deA pertinent was gayly decorated for the occasion. with flags and bunting wh oh covered the display shelves. During the intermission the dancers retired to the up stairs carpet hall. which was also lavishly decorated and where luncheon was served at small tables. The favors were bronze Lincoln an niversary cards. There was eighteen numbers on the dance program. the music for which was by SpeidePS or chestra. The following were the com mittees in charge: General committee, Frank Ostrom: floor committee. Jos. Smith. James Maher. John T. Birm- ingham and Merwin Lockwood Dec orating committee. Henry Hurlburt, John Shaw. Charles Atkins. Miss Lena Paul and Miss Agnes Delaney. Re- freshment committee. Miss Jennie Nc Hugh. Algeron F. Warner. Alonzo Der by. Miss Grace Nichols and Miss Kath- crime Whalen.
 Schwaebischer Maennerchor hall in French street was crowded last night by those who attended the Schwaebis- cher Maennerchor's 12th annual ball. The display of costumes was most uni que. the maskers appearing in most cases in grotesque costumes. The grand march was at 9 o'clock and the un- masking at il o'clock. A dance pro- gram of 20 numbers were enjoyed. The committee in charge of the event were: Christian Haug. Jr.. chairman: J. Hig- gins. secretary; Christian Schick, treasurer: Martin Rau, Paul Brown, Martin Feyrer and H. Collmansburger. The floor committee was composed of Christian Haug. Jr., floor manager. with Willie Haug. D. Tasch. Charles Sanwald. August Ruoss. Louis Haug, Paul Schultz. Martin Rau and J. Metz ger as aides. The officers of the so- ciety are: Louis Hilzinger. president; F. Scholz, vice-president: J. Unified, ] recording secretary: J. Ruoss. financial i secretary: F. Roehrich. treasurer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
[. O.. O. F.

Charity Rebekah lodge, I. O. O. F., received two applications at it's meet ing, and held a rehearsal of it's degree work after the meeting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
w. O.. w.

Ivy Grove Camp, w. O. w, initiat- ed five new members at it's meeting and received five applications. The camp has decided to dispense with a deputy for this coming year, and to depend on the members for all candi- dates.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
Warning 10 Horse rb,iv.,

The arrest. conviction and
OF Coates. Tennille and Walsh sbonls
serve rs Il warning to the men =
Northern Elko county whose hrs;n.
has been to drive off horses No, az,
own. 1t should be Il notice 70 az
that the people of that section ara da..
mined to hereafter protect their ~
pcrty from thieves.
The settlers of that section h,,o
II great many valuable horses in a.
last few years and their patience with
thieves is about exhausted. A rorcho-
from that section stated to the ,r-;,o.
tho other day before the three vor,a
men entered a plea Of guilty that Al,
the people of that section wanted ,..
that justice be metcd out TO the mon -.
trial. For" said he. IF this is No,
done it will force me and others to ,c,
rs judge and jurors in order To protec,
orr property, as we are getting verx
tired of having our horses. we work -
hard to raise, driven off by thieves y
This is doubtless the sentiment of /,
very large majority of the honest se,.
tiers of Northern Elko county and il
should be Il warning to the theieves of
that section.
Justice was metcd out to these youup
men and the people interested ar,
satisfied with the work Of the c,uu
But this will not relax their vigilarc.
nor lessen their determination to protect
their property. They mean busincs
in the future and horse thieves shout,
take notice and steer clear of that sec
! ton.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
Fosters Weather Bulletin

COPYRIGHTED 1909. by W. T.. FoSTER)
WASHINGTON, d. c., May Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent : to II warm wave
Ii to 10, cool wave 9 to IL. This dis
turbanc" was expected to cause Il great
rise i'll temperatures and to inauguratc
Il two weeks period of storms of greater
than usual force. The cool wave is cx.
pected to inaugurate the blackberry
winter and carry frosts further south
than is usual for the season.
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about II, cross Pacific slope by
close of IL; great central valleys IL to 10
eastern states III. Warm wave will
cross Pacific slope about II. great cen
trail valleys I3, eastern states IL. Cool
wave will cross Pacific slope about IT.,
great central valleys lG, eastern states
Is.
This disturbance will lie notable be-
cause of its unusually cool weather.
The seven days ccntcring on May lG
are expected to average cooler than any
other sever days of the week. \ great
fall in temperature is expected from
May 10 to III and during that fall the
heaviest rains of the month arc expect
ed. But not much rain is expected
from the lakes westward. nor in the
Ohio valley. Most rain of May is en-
pcctcd from the lakes eastward, in
Florida, in southwestern Texas and
within 100 miles of st. Joseph, Missouri.
| avn of the opinion that we arc to
have rather poor crop weather during
May as II general average, and that, if
the weather has any control, prices of
farm and garden products will he firm
throughout the month.
Fourth disturbance of May will reach
Pacific coast about IG. cross Pacific
slope 10y close Of II; great central valleys
Is to 20, eastern states II. Warm wave
will cross Pacific slope about 10, great
central valleys l3. eastern states 90.
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope about
10. great central valleys -, eastern
states 90. This disturbance will bring
a recovery from the unusual cool
period and will bring the most severe
storms of the month. While the chances
arc very largely against thcs5 danger
GUS storms visiting your locality the
bcst way is to be ON the outlook for
them. am not yet ready to under
take the location Of dangerous storms. I
do definitely locate nine tcnths Of the
weather changcsI forecast but danger.
ous storms are exceedingly difficult to
locate. advise all 10 bc OF guard for
bad storms May 10 to 81 and nelr those
dates. Not much rain with this dis.
turbancc and not much during balance
Of May.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
Nevada Just Beginning

BY way Of comment on the marked
increase of the gold production of New
ada the Mining and Financial News
says:
THE official report of State Bullion
Tax Agent Haley, showing IN output
for the mines of Nevada for l0oS of
$li.3I3. 545. is encouraging. especially
~ accompanying it is the promise of
better things in the way of bullion pro-
duction.
THE cry of financial centers i'll re-
Spouse to Nevada's appeals for money
with which to dcvclopc her mines has
been: Show us: get the gold!' New
ada is getting it, and what she got last
year won't he II drop III the bucket to
what she is to get in the future.
And yet IN annual output of Sl4,
600, 600 and more makes n very respect
able showing. California for many
years held the primacy among the
States of the Union rs Il gold gcttcr OH
an annual output Of approximately $50,
900, 600, and Nevada, not SO far behind
that figure now. promises to attain it
by the end of this year.
But the most encouraging feature
about the present record is that it is 81
vast All improvement on that of compare.
lively II short time ago. Nevada was
producing less than 81, 900, 900 Il year:
now she is doing fourteen times rs good
Us that, and better.
Again we repeat what we have 81
often declared during the last two years
the mining industry of Nevada is hut
in its infancy. Its present opportuni
ties are illimitablc. In II few years.
when the record production shall have
been attained, all the world shall know.
and everything in the shape of Il pay
ing property that shows its head will
he grcediiy snapped up the moment il
looms into view. Those who are forum,
alto enough to bc acquainted with the
Nevada of today. and wise enough, also,
to take advantage of the opportunities,
she affords, cannot fail to reap golden
rewards"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
City Uses Printers Ink

ST. Louis is the latest city to dis.
cover the value of advertising and to
show her faith by spending money
literally on printers ink.
1t is intended to have IL million poIu-
lation for the chief city of Missouri. TO
get it. st Louis believes all that is ncccs-
sary Is tn call attGntian to her surpas-
sing advantages as Il residence place
and II center for manufactures and
business in general. Her merchants
have had II steady course of education
in reaching out for trade since J. B.
Leeds, when freight traffic manager of
the Missouri Pacific, discovered Texas
for them, and they have learned that
advertising pays. What will profit
their W business. they naturally ar.
que will hc Of equal profit on a larger
scale for their city.
st. Louis has appropriated 300. 900 to
bring her merits before the American
public half Of which istO bg used to
print pages nf matter every week in
the local papers and the other half to
publishing whole pages Of facts about
st. Louis in the principal magazines of
this country Exchange
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
IPuugent Points

Her skirt was the proper length
just over two feet.
Noah had beer in the ark. because
the kangaroo came III with hops and the
bear WAS always bruin.
Ncttic concluded a beau in tn" parlor
was worth two in the hair.
The dude reminds one very much
of Il dead dog-his pants were checked.
The lawyer was II regular pelican.
because he knew. how to stretch his
bill.
4 wife is like unto u Newspaper
every man should have one and no
borrow his nciShbOrs.
No matter how smart one may bc,
there is one thing II always over.
lDuks-unc's nose.
The leg across Il road reminds one Of
Il dead dogs tail it stops a-waSgin'.
If ~ is freezing point, squeezing
pUiut must be two in the shade.
\ draft gives "A cold. cures Il cold and
pays the doctors bill.
How tn get Il new set of teeth inserted
frcc-kick bull dog.
The school houS" crowded with boys
reminds one of "a church song honk-it
is filed with little hims.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
Crooked Attorney Arrested

w. +. Ford. the proprietor Of II
monthly magazine ut Berkeley. Cal,
was arrested at the request nf the
sheriff of Nyc county, Nevada. Monday.
Ford was arrested us q result Of the
secret indictment returned last Friday
by the Nyc county grand jury. He
represented an Indian known az Peavinc
Johnny and another person who were
co partners in the Clifford property,
which was recently sold TO j.. G.. Nc.
Cormack. pcavinc Johnny was the
original diScnvcrcr Of the mine and
when his associate owners sold the
mine, three years ago. they failed to
count them In. \ suit was brought
which was compromised and johnny
and his partner were given two notes.
These they placed in the hands Of Ford
their attorney, who after making the
collection, failed to- turn the proceeds
over to his clients. lie is Il brother Of
Trey i. Ford. the prominent san
Francisco attorney.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
Graft as Defined

Graft and gross misdcmcnnor''
are two words that have crcpt into the
legal language of the State Of Washing
ton, both being incorporated in Il sec.
tion of the new criminal code, which
will BECOME effective on June IL. The
section defines what constitutes graft.
II applies to all administrative. cx ,cu-
tive, judicial or Legislative officers. rs
well ~ TO any person giving or pro.
missing any compensation. reward or
gratutity TO influence any public official
directly or Indirectly to refuse. neglect
or defer the performance Of any public
duty.
'GroSs misdcmcanOr" is a new ella,
sification of crime in the State Of Wash.
ingtOn. il is defined rs cvcry crime not
covered in the definition Of u felony or
n misdemcanor. and tho penalty IL u
fine Of not more than II. 900 or imprison.
nicnt IN the county jail for not moro
than II year. or both.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
Board Of R,s.al, WIN Purchase Instruments

The Board Of Regents Of. the Uni,
versity of Nevada decided Saturday to
take advantage of the disputed legisla-
tive action i'm the matter of the astron-
CYNICAL apparatus of the late &. w.
Friend of this city. To do this they
were compelled to ignore the veto of
Governor Dickerson which was filed
after the statutory period. BY the
failure of this veto to he issued in the
proper time, the act was lcgalizcd, is
the contention of the friends of the bill.
but q resolution offered in the house to
authorize the registry of the law failed
of assent.
The process necessary under the
circumstance TO keep the hill alive was
the favorable action of the Board of
Regents. who were under the terms of
the bill permitted to buy the apparatus
of the observatory and its valuable
records ut Il figure not to exceed 81, 300.
This will he followed by Il petition to
the supreme court to issue II mandamus
for the Secretary of State TO register
the act rs Il law without the signature
of the governor.
Leslie Small who futhcrcd the bill
in the House attended at the regent,
meeting to support it before that body
aud was successful in his representa-
tion.-Cars0n News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
An Unknown Man

Judge Bruce returned this afternoon
from holding nn inquest Oh tn" remains
of the man found in u slough un Mrs.
GlaScr's ranch yesterday. There WAS
nothing found on the body to- Indicate
his identity. except Il certificate for 1000
shares of stock of the NOnparicl Mining
and Milling Company of Salt Lake
made ont in the name Of VIM. Erickson.
The envelope containing the stock GER
tifiCatc bore the poStInark of Blue Creek.
Utah. but the address WAS entirely
gone. The man WAS fairly well
dressed, his shoes being nearly new.
Both arms were off at the clhcow.
This was probably done by coyotes,
as the indications were that the body
had been frozen in the ice. The face
and breast looked us if the birds had
eaten the flesh. Beside the certificate
of stock. Sl.30 in coin WAS found on his
person. The indications were that the
body had lain in tn" water where it
was found for three or four months.
The man was of light complexion and
from 30 to - years of age.
The verdict Of the jury found the
cause of death. name and nativity UNI
known.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS

The board met Monday May 3rd.
All present,
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved
Money III the county treasury counted
and found correct.
The following transfers were made
from the county fund: INDECENT,
1918 80; contingent, $?I0.3i.
Official reports Of various county
officers read md approved.
The board then took II recess. until
10 o'clock May It'll.
Tho bond of W. F. Klcitz. justice Of
the peace Of Contact township was
approved and filed H
The map or plat Of the town Of
Proctor on the Western Pacific railroad
was approved.
The map or plat of Dunsconb town.
site in the Gold Circle district was
approved.
Upon petition of citizens Of Contact
township II. II. IIicc was appointed
i'"h SNItiNiN'l wv nav tpN lHlllD.
The petition Of citizens of South Fork
asking that that school district I've
divided vas laid over until next meeting
Of the board.
The board took arcccss until Wcdncs.
day, May 9Th.
Tho board convened Wednesday and
took II recess until Thursday NJ 10
O'Clock.
At Thursdays meeting the board
adopted Il lengthy resolution setting
forth that the appraiscmcnt heretofore
made Of the lots needed for the new
courthouse was Inadequate aud that
moro land was needed than was covered
by said appraisomcnt and requesting
Brown to appoint three disinter.
cstcd persons TO appraisc lots 1. 9, 3. T..
) and o in block o.. Said appraiscmcnt
TO hc made in two parcels M follows;
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
AT PUBLIC EXPENSE

Naturally enough, Mr.. Milburn, who
receives $1,000 n day MS legal repre-.
sentative of the Standard Oil Company
has no apologies to offer for the 81 per
cent profits of that corporation which
he admits, or for the 80 or 100 per cent.
profits which are alleged.
Trust dovelopemcnt and the growth
Of privileges have accustomed many
Americans, including lawyers. to big
figures, We often hear of single fees
larger than the lifelong earnings of the
most distinguished practitioners of 80
years ago. To justify such expenditures
clients must contest for richer stakes
than any that were at issue in the first
half of the last century. Monopoly is q
good %payImaster, and so is privilege.
Americans us a rule find no fault with
extraordinary profits derived from
enterprises depending upon their own
merit for success. What they complain
of Is the great fortunes rolled up as u
direct result of unjust laws md dcsper.
ate practices. There is little hostility
here to wealth honestly aud fairly NC.
quircd. All of the unrest, discomfort
and malice which have been exhibited
toward property and enterprise have
had their origin in public cxecration Of
favor in the laws or OF inequality in
their application
Twenty.four per cent profit in u bust.
ness which violates no law aud which
gains no advantage through tho par.
TALLY of government is not to he con.
dcmned. Onc.hnlf or nc.quartcr of
that sum drawn us II result Of lawbrcak.
ing and favor is an outrage. sagacity
and industry are entitled to tho richest
rewards. Trickery aud injustice arc
worthy Of no rewards at'all.
In the prosecution Of the monsters of
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
WHAT A REVENUE TARIFF IS

The tariff- tinkcring protectionists i'm
the senate try to throw dust in tho
eyes Of the people when they vociferate
that outragcously high tariff taxes arc
necessary in order to provide the rovc.
nue. that the government must have.
They know that the contrary is true.
They surely know that the best evcnue
producing tariff we ever had was the
Walker tariff Of Folks administration.
in which the rates were so low that it
was ~nicknamed tho frcc.tradc tariff. +"
And though this tariff was bitterly re-.
scntcd by selfish interests. Which
wanted the privilege of taxing the
public, it Is not recorded that workers
In American industries suffered harm
from 1t.
The tariff .tinkering protcctiOnists of
tho senate arc not looking for revenue
nor even reasonable protection such rs
would he incidental tot w%cll.framcd
tariff for rcvcnuc Their sole aim is to
make tariff taxation Us nearly prohihi.
tive of imports as possible and To leave
the widest margin for plumber of the
people by the excessively protected
m%onOp0lisi.
They arc adhcsiug t%cnaciously to a
system that sliOuld have not survived
the civil war by more than ten or twelve
years. Immediately after the close Of
that struggle the treasury would have
benefited by sharp reductions in the
tariff rates. But II was necessary and
proper. at that time. TO give protection
to tho numerous American industries
which tho war had brought into exist
oncc, or many of them would have p,r.
ished suddenly with disaster 10 tho husi.
ness of the country.
1t was in this crisis that protection
became a paramount principle of re-.
publican tariff making, and monop,.
lists who want u premium on different
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
TARIFF "%OUTRAGES"

The customary number of "outragcs''
is reported mt Washington. Representa-
tives with thoughts to breathe or amend
ments to offer about the tariff bill regard
us ''ontragcs' the closing of debate
that is, the speaking of pieces, the
order on limitation of amendments and
the appointment for Il vote on the bill.
Every robber baron whose golden goose
Is i~nsufficicntly protected. every moro
or less hoary %''infant industry" every
altruist whose OK is gOred feels the same
sense and perhaps makes the same howl
of outrage"
And Il protective tariff, any one, is an
outrage. 1t is IL botch and Il bargain.
1t fattens Doe here to starve Roe there.
What do you expect when everybody
is trying To get the best of everybody
else! The weak to the wall. 1t is the
poor devil of II consumer that is most
entitled to groan and kick. But Inc
makes little noise and is of mighty
little account. Except occasionally at
an election. He will stand IN enormous
amount of ~plucking, though. NObody
need bother about him.
Get the outrage" out of the way,
then. We wonder il Mr.. Aldrich said
that he hoped the bill would be n law
by June 1. AT any rate the general
wish fathers such thought Exchangt
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
Lei Us Celebrate

Four years ago Elke had Il splendid
celebration of the Nations birthday.
The town was ut its best that day and.
though there was Il lack of accomoda-
tons, everybody hal II good time.
Since then several new hotels and Il
splendid opera house have been built.
The hotels will furnish first.clasS &C.
commOdations 70 visitors and the opera
house gives us u splendid place for the
literary exercises and the dance at night
This is much better than il WAS four
years ago when the literary exercises
were hold i'll Il big tent and the dance
i'll the wool warehouse nj Of town.
Beside the better accommodations.
WE have more people than we had then
and are better fixed in every way to
make the cagl" scream in Elko on the
Fourth of ,Juty as he never screamed
before. Then, too, the people of Elko
are patriotic AMI once i'll four years is
not too often to let that patriotism hub
BILE over Ii will bc "A splendid lesson to
the children and something that they
will never forget.
Let Ms get To- work and have the best
Fourth of July celebration in Elkn this
year that has ever been held in the
State of Nevada. 1t can b. done if we
begin in time.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-07
d MAY 4, 1909
OUR WOODEN SCHEDULES

When Mr.. Payne and his cohorts
tnx gloves, hosiery, tea, cocoa, hats.
perfnmery anG other commodities dear
to the heart of the weaker sex one can
scarcely advance the argument that
ways and means committee is over
chivalrous. Woman has voiced her
Indignation ut this treatment, but
there's another schedule that she may
learn more about and then have room
for more indignation-the wool schedule
During the fiscal year of 1908, WOODEN
dress imports for women and children
We're valued Mt 50, 135, GS1. and were
taxed 50. 232, S5i, or more than 100 per
cent. Add to this profits Of retailer,
jobber and importer, and it is safe t o
state that lovely woman had to pay.
approximately, 81. so for every dollars
worth of wooden dress imports. Now,
this is exceedingly important, because
our wool product is. relatively speak
ing. negligible owing to the increasing
cultivation of sheep grazing lands, and
does not eXceed--when converted into
yarn-a pound and n half annually per
capita. What an excellent opportunity
for authorizations in the manufacture of
''woolen' garments is furnished in the
light of these facts. and what a double
cross the women and children get! AS
a question OF common ordinary honesty
is it not up to the manhood and decency
of America to revise the schedule on
WOODEN apparel for women and children!
Wonder what President Taft has to
say OH this question Wall Street
Summary.