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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-24

son he certainly wAs. 1t has been my
gooi fortune 70 have the plcaSantcSt
personal relations with the governor and
although We differed politically. we
agreed on 4 great many subjects, as |
had reason TO know from pesronal con
vcrsations. He was Il wonderful 4
He added to Il charming personality. a
frankneSs and COMMON sense that won
over his natural political opponents and
he made an able. efficient and most
courageous public official. That 4 man
of his parts and of his capacity for
great Dublic u~SafullncSj shDlli -, taken
nov ut the age of IS should b. ana Is "A
source of national regret for hal Gov
nor johnson lived his position i'll the
state and country was such that he GER
| tainly would have been called upon to
fill an important place and 10 assist in
the progressive movements Of which he
was Il consistent advocate. 1t WA my
great pleasure i'll Washington to meet
not only the governor but his family
| and my heart goes ont To those bsrcft of
a noble and loving husband and father"
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THE CENTRAL BANK

The words Of Edward V. Nreeland
of New York in favor Of a central bank
are entitled to the cDuntry's serious
consideration. Mr.. Nrreiand i chair
man of the House Committee on Bank
ing and Currency. He vas recently
appointed to that post. in place of
Fowler of New Jersey, who held it for
several terms. The view which he cX.
PRESSES seems tn find favor with 4 ma
iJrity Of the members of the committee.
This is a live question now. y
monetary commission was appointed Il
year ago t. study the entire question Of
finance aS ii applies - orr conditions.
Mr.. Nrrclaul is II member of that com
mission. Senator Aldrich. the head of
the Finance Committee in his chamber,
Is the chairman Of the commission. He
AIS fhvn-s Il central bank. y bil will
he reported by the commission. il is be-
licvcl, some time during the session
which begins in December. 1t will be
introduced in both chambers simultan-
cDuSly. All the influence which can he
eNertcd by these committees to secure
its enactment will he employed. This
Is ~ of the ZIG questions to which Mr..
Taft is expected to give attention III
his message ut the opening Of the scs.
sion.
Hamilton, the secretary of the trca,
ury, was the author of IA central bank
which Went into existence under Il
twenty year charter in 1891. II WIS
allowed To die in 1911. but Il new in,
%stitutiOn based upon TIA. same principle
was established in lSlG, the Democrat,
who had opposed the first one, being N
favor of the second. Jackson defeated
the project to extend the character ui
the bank in 1916. and it died at the tx,
piratiom of its patent in 1876. That
bank, however. had sJmp mUnOpDlisilC
features which are not in the plan out
lined by Chairman Nrrcland. 1t:
dividends are limited to- ! per cent. au(
the balance of its earnings goes into thu
treasury of the United States. England
France. Germany. Holland and other
European countries have institutions or
somewhat similar lines to those whicl
appear i'll the Nreeland plan. Her,
is Il subject 10 which the country vii
hc compelled to give some attention
when Congress megts.-Whitc Pine
News.
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Pennies" are MOL Recognized

There is no such coin in the United
States as a penny said deputy treas
urer Gibson at the treasury department,
when asked ~ to the supply of the
Lincoln head one.ccnt pieces.
Nearly every bank in the United
States write, Us for Lincoln head pen
mics. and the thousands Of people who
have come 10 the cash Don for these
coins have called them pennies. When
Ellis II. Roberts WAS United States
treasurer hc would not sign a letter with
the word penny in IT,"
The supply of the new coins III the
mint AT Philadelphia is dwindling fast.
BY the end of this week the supply will
he iucrcaoed by coinage with the ini-
tails ". ID. b" removed.
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THE NEW TARIFF
BREEDS DEFICICTS

The recent statement OF tho treasury
department shows u larger balance on
the wrong sido of Uncle SANS ledger
than the provions one. And this too.
with the Aldrich Cannon.Taft tariff
law In full force and effect. This law,
according TO its advocates. was to
furnish sufficient revenue to pay all the
expenses Of the government and leave q
handsome balance in tho treasury.
In discussing the working Of the new
tarif.law IN relation TO the increasing
treasury deficits, the Butte Miner says:
THE passage of the present tariff
bill was supposed to have settled the
problem Of treasury dilcits by pro.
yiding for Il decidedly increased In.
come, and there were symptoms Of
fond hopes that the comfort of u sur.
plus In Uncle Sans pockotboOk might
lull the country into cOmplaccnt nc.
cepiance of the tariff issue as sol.
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though, we would go around II ladder
that happened to I've leaning up against
Il building. Anybody would. Why.
our graudmOthcrs told us it WAS unlucky
To walk under II ladder. and whilo We
don't believe in such things. still we
wouldn't do it. And as for crossing
through II funeral procession. that is
very different. II is 50 gruesomc to
think of the old saying that one who
walks through Il funeral will die before
the year is ut. We'd wait. of course.
although it ". were in u big hurry w
might skip through, because VT know
how absurd those superstitionS IDEAS
are.
Then. there's the question of sitting
down with thirteen mt the table. We
really wouldn't do that, you know.
Not because we were afraid. but we
once knew II man who WAS the last to
sit down with thirteen and within
twelve months he was run ovcr and
killed by Il railroad train. We would
not he afraid to do it, but we'd feel UNI
comfortable, of course.
And that's the way it goes, clear
down the line. As Il matter of fact,
we're one of the most supcrStitiOus
nations in the world. We not only are
Supcrstitious about omcns of evil, but
doubly SD about omcns of good. Nearly
every business and professional man
believes in good signs and 10 greater or
less extent shapes his affairs by them.
For purposes of publication. We are toe
rational and possessed of too much
common SENSE to give any thought t.
signs, hut in our every day lives vi
pay rs much attention To them as any
people anywhere. OF course. W. don't
believe in them. bur Just the same ",
go right along walking around the lad
ders. remaining away from the tabl,
that already accommodates twelve
people. starting on journeys ON Thurs,
day II Saturday in preference To Friday
and making II wish when We 81" tn,
new moon over our right shoulder.
But we're not Superstiti"u>' Not q
bit of it'-St, Joseph Gazette.
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\ Problem In High Finance

The dcfunct Nyc and Ornshy County
bank closed it, d"prS in February. 1909
At the time If closing III" officers of
the bank spread the news hrraIra,,
that the bank had assets of over one
million six hundred Thousand dollars:
that every dcpuNitor would h. paid in
full within II few months; that every
stakeholder would receive par value for
his stock aud that there wnull remain a
substantial profit to le divided among
the Stockholders after ali Obligations
were discharged IN iuli.
Practically seven month, rlap~d
until the second report Of Hall as r..
c"iv'r WIS filed at Carson CITY. In all
IF that time there has been collected
from assets uf over ON" million six
hundred thousand dollars % AMI all
sources. Tia" sam of sis. 9i2. Ol-prar.
tically one r"r cent uf H." >ncallcd
assets.
The expenses paid by tn" receiver
while collecting thu, one per rent vf the
'>N''N wis S'.ioN' w, b pIh'l'aHN
forty per cent Of the rntir,. amonn,
collected.
Here is "a question in arithmetic for
the Bonanza readers. If it take, seven
months To collect II per cen; Of the
:t>Nris and TIA" cost of collecting said
II per cent j. forty per cent OF the
total amount collected. how long will il
lr until the ~icru,itnrs arr, paid dollar
for dollar and the Stockholders par for
for their stock as the officers If the he
iun"t institution publicly promised
when TIA" bank closed its dopr>E
It's top deep for the Bonanza. 81
pass T"nnpah Bonanza.
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HOW 1T WORKS

The employees of II certain factory
submitted u demand for Increased
wages. They wanted ten cents more
on the day, and threatened to strike
unless the demand was granted.
The company ut once requested
arbitration, and increased the price of
its product ten per cent.
Tho wholesalers took u gloomy view
Of the situation. ordered large quantities
of the product ut the old price, rs the
Increase would not go into effect for
thirty days, and marked the price M
twenty five per cent.
Tho jobbers Immediately increased
prices fifty per cent on the old stock
they had on hand.
The retailers promptly doubled the
price to the consumer. WhcreupOn the
newspapers expressed themselves in no
uncertain terms.
The board of arbitration decided
against the employees of the fuctory
and they remained at work Mt the old
scale. But the had lost sight
OF this part of tho transaction.
Thus do our channels of production
Influence onr prosperity. Life.
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The Highcs Flight Of q Balloon

The unprecedented elevation of 3D.
30 feet. or Is miles. was attained 10y
an unnamed registering balloon
which was recently released at the
Belgian meteorological institute at Uc-
Gle. Al this elevation the baromctric
pressure is only % inch. Tn" great
est height ever attained by Il manned
balloon is about t.; miles. or -. 100
feet. The Berlin arrouautS BcrSpn
ana Sucring. who established this rec
ord, wcr" unconscious when they reach
eel ia" highest point of their flight.
Til" B"lgianS adopted HcrgrSclrs
plan of attaching III" instrument to "A
small and partially inflated balloon,
suspended from a larger and fully in
Hated one. The large balloon rises
until il bursts. and the small balloon
falls slowly. - that it can bc easily
observed and brings the instruments
safely to earth. At the mailman
elevation, IL miles. the thermometer
recorded Il temperature of ~ deg. F..
Int a lower t"mpcraturc.--SSI deg. F..
WAS registered at the comparatively
small elevation Of : miles. These OH.
~HcrvationS appear To support the hyl,o-
thesis that some of the ultrarcd solar
radiation j. absorbed by tn" higher
strata Of Tia" atmosphere. Int additional
observations will H. required t. solve
the Question. Scientific American.
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Little Country Xeskers

Bishop friedrich Burgess. of Long
Island. was praising the beneticcnt
work Of those associations that send the
pale little children of the slums to the
country every summer for 4 week or
two.
Quaint indeed are the comments on
the country which. AT their first glimpse
of it," said Bishop Burgess. those
children make.
One child found gazing with passion
ate interest at IA lot of hens. WIS ASKED
if he hal not seen chickens before.
oh. yes. I've seen EN- before he
answered. but only after they WIZ
peeled.
There was another LITTLE chap" CON
tinUed Bishop Burgess, who refused to
be II country weckcr. He would stay i'll
the city. No country for him.
But why they asked him.
:: Because they have thraShin' ma
chimes out there said he. and it's bad
enough here. where it's done by hand
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Iurilr is an AulOaruph Album

y tnrti" with IL years nf history
carved On its back wa, found near
Lisbon, o., and. after another line had
been recorded, it was turned Inps" to
gather some more.
In iS3: Aaron Baker. living in the
vicinity of Signal, found Il turtle ON his
farm and cut his name and the date on
its shell.
In 1861 Thomas Baker, Il son. found
the turtl" and he. tn,. cut his name and
the date.
In 1890 the furtl" WAS found by .Tu-
s"ph Baker, "a grandson. and h" did ~
the former men.
The other morning William Baker.
a great grandson. wandered upon the
same ancient reptile near the old
homestead. He followed tn" example
of his ancestors and again set the turtle
free.
All the dates ar" said I" bc easily
disccrniblc.
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Railroad Traffic Extremely Heavy

la the languag" of Depot Master
John Shields Yesterday. Every train
rolling up To the Union Passenger
station arrives in two or more sections
and every car in each train is crowded
to the limit with travellers headed in
every direction OF COURSE said Mr..
Shields. The grcrter number are
colunists and hOmcscckcrs looking for
eligible locations in the west and north
west. hut behind or experimenting
these IL an army of tourist, doing the
wcs;. Our facilities at the depot are
crowded To the limit in caring for thr>c.
people and il requires the united efforts
of all employees To keep things moving
smoothly throughout tn" day.
AS soon - the new cracks are com.
plctcd, however. things will move more.
smoothly. An alCuvc will extend acrus,
the twelve tracks on the west side Of
h depot and cement walks and gates
around each train will protect pa~-cm.
gers from danger and congestion. Tie
sheds will assist materially and | expect
before winter sets in that everything
will hc in splendid shape for traveller.
all around the depot grounds" Ogden
Examiner.
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The woods are full of pine nuts. the
bumper crop of the year, and the woods
are full nf Indians after the nuts. The
hills and canyons surrounding the camp
are covered with rs fine Il growth Of
pines as can b. found anywhere and
the nuts this year are Of an exceedingly
fine quality. As an old Indian was
heard to remark: Heap pine nuts make
Iniun feel much good" so the redskins
are beside themselves with joy. Camp.
ing between Manhattan and Ralston
are no less than - indians, with more
arriving each day.
The Indians divide mp in squads and.
armed wife BASKETS and poles. they
delrc into the forests in quest Of the
nuts. With poles they knock the pine
concs FROM the trees and place them in
their baskets and then transport them
to their respective camps. Large fire,
are then built and when thcy have died
down considerably the pine cones are
raltcd in among the Goals and after he.
coming thoroughly heated they are re-.
moved and spread out upon the ground
aud the 'hrating ont" process begins
hy pounding the cones with sticks. Each
cone will average about 80 nuts aud II
requires no little time and patience 10
acquire any neat amount of the tiny
brown goodies. The nuts may hc
procured from the Indians at about 81
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ness made twice u large fortune h..
reverscs came ana he lost heavily where
he had greatly prosrered. He h,s
lived in Elko county during IN. ,.'.
years Of advancing < and has b,o,
active up TO the very last for the ye,,.
day that he WAS stricken down in his
la-: and fatal illness he WAS busy Will
the every day affairs OF life. DARN.
the summer Mr.. BellinScr went mn, ),
Smith Creek u assist his son with ,ho
work there. Last Sunday night he w,s
Ssric.i.l VITA paralysis which g:,Iu,u,
grew worse until the death summ,rs
calnc ut l:30 this morning. The dor,or
WAS summoned and every thing wa,
dJne to restore health but it WAS soo,
seen that il was only "A question Of tiuo
and all that could he done WAS I'm NAL,
his last moments rs easy us possible
He passed away quietly and peacefully
without Il struggle. All of the family
except one daughter of South D,ko,,
were at his bedside. He leaves IA.
following children: William B~aIl;ry.r
of Lamoillc, Richard b .llingcr OF Smith
Creek, Mrs. Lucinda \. ShulnwAy If
South Dakota. Lewis NJ. Bcllinger of
Lnmuillc. James +. Bcllingrr of Elko
and Mrs. Carrie Capriola Of Lee. He
leaves two brothers. X. T.. Bcllinpar of
Fremont, Nebraska. jaime, II
Bcllingcr of Stevens Point. Wisconsin
and an aged sister Mrs. ID. W. White of
Hancock. Wisconsin.
The service will H. conducted from
IN" Presbyterian church at . o'clock
Friday afternoon and the iutcrmcnt
will bc in the Odd Fellow, cemetery
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Alter The Battle

There was an incident in our life al
Brandy, connected with Gettysburg.
which is worth relating. Batchcldcr.
whose map Of the battlefield OF iicttys
burg is authority and whom we had
fallen III with while we were there.
asked to jim our mess nj Brandy when
he came To- tn" army t. verify the pD-
sitiun~ of the various commands. One
might W. had Just sat down To- dinner
when ne entered our hig hospital tent,
quite tired.
"Wcll,' he announced after taking
his plar" ut the table. II have been
down III the Second corps to-day. and |
believe | have discovered how Joshua
made The sun stand still. first Went
to-rrgincnt and had the officers
mark on the map The hour of their
POSITION a. Il certain point. Thea |
went to-rrGiment III the simn hri.
gdlr. They declared positively it wa,
one or two hours earlier or later than
that given by the other. So it wen, on.
no two regiments ar bri&adeS agreeing.
and if | limited that some of them must
certainly b" mistaken they would set
me down 10y saying with severe dignity.
We were there. Bltchcld"r. and wC
ought II know | guess and | made nj
my mind that it wonld take Il day Of al
least twenty hours il stead of thirteen
NJ Gettysburg To satisfy their accounts.
So when ,Ioshua's captains got around
him after the fight and they began IL
talk it ovcr the only way under the
heavens that he could ever harmonic,
their statements was to make the sun
stand still and give them all a chance.
Any one who has ever tried to cstab
liS!I the exact position or hour wheI
anything took place in an engagement
will confirm BdtChcider'| experience
and possibly, if not too orthodox. &c
ccpt his explanation of Joshua's feat
Morris Schan in Atllntil.
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. A NATIONAL LOSS

The death of Governor johnson of
Minnesota rcmovcS II of the nations
foremost men. Born in 1918. his early
life was a ceaselcss struggle to support
his mother and the younger members Of
the family. But this struggle developed
his latent abilities and fitted him for
the high hOnors that were to come to
him in his early manhood.
The chief points in his career have
been published so often that the reading
public is thoroughly familiar with his
history. The young people of today
should study the life and character of
Minncsota's dead governor. 1t will
prove u ncvcr.failing fountain Of en-.
difficulty in his youth that he did not
overcome and no obstacle to his success
that he did not remove by patient. earn.
est. honest toll.
While his early life was one Of toll
and privation. his later days were full
Of hOnors. In 1891, he was nominated
by the democrats Of his district for
state senator and was defeated at the
election. In 1896. he was again
nominated and was elected. His record
in the senate made him the democratic
candidate for governor of Minnesota in
1000. Although the state was over.
whclmingly republican. he was elected.
In 1901 and 1908. no was again elected.
His record Us governor made him i'm.
mcuscly popular in Minnesota and he
was prominently mentioned as the
candidate for the presidency.
This brought him before the people Of
the entire country and made him n
character. He received Il hand
some vote IN the Denver convention.
but failed to secure the nomination.
That Governor Johnson would have
greater hpnOrS hal he lived
none can doubt. This Is clearly shown
by the grief Of Minnesota ~ she mOurns
1t his bier. Nor is this grief confined
o the boundaries Of his own state. II
$ nation wide. This grief Is most
'lO1uently told in the following state.
ncnt issued by President Taft on learn.
ng Of Governor JOhnsJnis death:
"Thc death of Governor johnson Is a |
.reat shock and fills me with personal
orrow and with Il deep sympathy for
he people Of Minnesota whose favoriic
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AIN ELOQUENT TRIBUTE

The death Of Governor johnson of
Minnesota has called forth tributes to
his life and character from editors all
over the country. All speak of him in
words of praise and regard his death as
Il national loss. But of all the tributes,
we have seen. the following from the
pen of Judge G.. G.. Goodwin. editor of
the Salt Lake Telegram. rings most
true:
"Thc death of Governor John \.
johnson of Minnesota removes Il master.
ful figure from view. In some regards
ih his brief life he made Il wonderful
record. He was born and reared in Us
much squalor as was Abraham Lincoln:
he had no advantages in childhood, and
still in the twenty seven years since lG
reached his majority hc had bhen three
times governor of u great state and
candidate for president. and with every
prospect of being the next presidential
candidate of his party.
"In all his career there was never
anything spectacular; he never played
to the galleries. fIc depended on 10th.
ing but merit, and yet he arose from
utter ~0lIscurity to great glory and his
friends believe that the greatest was
behind There will be- sorrow all over
the United States ut his death. IN
Minnesota his death will come like Il
personal loss to all the people. and one
fact that will ]acCGntuatc their grief
will bc that they had not the chance
to sec him chief magistrate in this
republic.
1T IL hard 10 unalyze his power. lie
waS plain in appearance, without cul.
ture; he was not aggressive. and yet
he made his way. His parents were
Swodcs and what h. did seemed TO bc
like the deeds of Ericsson. accomplished
by sheer force of mind and integrity of
heart. He was plain. cJmntn MN:
any ono could approach him. As gov.
crnor any one could appeal 10 him; hc
had time to listen to all. AMI he had
the integrity to do what nc believed 10
bn right. whether IL suitcl friends or
foes did not seem to matter to him.
1T will bo with exceeding sorrow
that his ncighb1rs IN Minnesota will
about his bier. and to them and
TO their children his grave will always
he u sacred place.