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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
Top Buggy Built Quickly

During a reception at the factory Of
an Australian buggy company 1000
people were entertained by a unique
buggy building demonstration. At I
o'clock in the evening the men set to
work with raw materials, and for 9
hours and As minutes forges roared,
machinery whirred and the entire fac
tory hummed with activity At the
end of that time top buggy was COM
pleted and a horse harnessed in.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
HISTORICAL NEW ENGLAND INNS

appointments have superseded them. as
they better satisfy the luxury loving
tastes of twentieth century humanity.
In early days. however. the old
ordinaries Were important factors,
and here our ancestors gathered to
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06

T HE old inns scattered throughout
New England during the early
days Of our oountry's history are
or the most part but memories now.
he great hotels with their palaIisl
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
Preoccupied

Ma" declared the excited little girl,
"the baby's lost his BREATH
Then put him right down." rejoined
the preoccupied mother, and hunt
around till you find it"
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
Garages for Airships

The French government has voted
500. 900 with which to begin the estab-
ishment of a system of garages for
airships along the principal aerial
routes of travel in France.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
The Last Rail Is Laid

a Portola, Cal, dispatch of Nov. Both
says that the last rail is laid on the
Western Pacific. The famous Williams
Loop, INT and one-half miles west of
Spring Garden tunnel. is completed.
With the completion of the Williams
Loop the Western Pacific has II maxi
mum grade of | per cent from Salt
Lake City to San Francisco.
The surveys showed that by making
Il 5OOO.foot tunnel from the head of
Spring Garden, through To the Middle
Fork of the Feather River. Il maximum
grade of 1.B per cent could be secured.
The principal difficulty was getting
down from Spring Garden to the Amcri
al valley.
j. T. Williams accomplished this feat
by increasing the length Of the Spring
Garden tunnel to 1900 feet and making
Il loop in Spring Garden valley. running
Il line along the base of the mountains
: of the American Valley, and keep
ing well up the canyon side. The line
does not drop down To the east branch,
until getting t. Holstcad Flat.
1t WAS Il great piece of engineering,
and it CAV t. the Western Pacific the
easiest grade possible over the Sierra
Nevada Mountains. a maximum grade
of | per cent.
The route of the Western Pacific
across the Sicrras Will be Il very at
tractivc uac 10 travel. After crossing
Beckwith Pass. it viii ran down the
deep AMI rugged canyon, where the
beauty of the scenery is not to be equal
ed on the Pacific coast. The above fca-
lures alone will make the road popular
with thctravcling public, and al>p cnm.
mand II large freight traffic.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
Eggs Worth Miller.

Two poached eggs ON toast recently
formed the foundation of the great
New York stock market. If the eggs
were eaten, securities advanced in
price, if left untouched Wall Street
shivered and quotations crumbled.
One morning the eggs proved worth u
thousand times their weight in gold,
for the news that they had been eaten
with relish added 2 per ccntum to
active stocks-even l per ccntum OH the
$40, O00, 900, 900 securities listed ON the
New York exchange would b. eluival-
ent 10 800. 00O, 900. BY such triiles is
Wall Street swIyed when seized by
hysteria, when hypnotized by a person
ity, when lost to the sound reason that
usually governs its actiOns.-Bert c.
Forbes in Van Norden Magazine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
DECREASE In
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS

The best safety records made public
by the big American railroads are now
coming to light month by month. The
Pennsylvania Railroad set the example
by announcing that not a single pas.
senger had been killed OH its rails in the
IL months that ended last December.
And now follow various others.
The Erie railroad, probably the most
decricd of all tho big trunk lines. claims
the unique record of having carried
more than 100, 600, 600 passengers in the
last five years without killing II single
person In u provcntablc accident.
The. Lehigh Valley makes u similar
report.
Four western railraud-the Burling.
ton, the Rock Island. the Atchison and
the Notwithstanding that in the
past year they killed not II passenger in
any accident chargeablo to the railraod.
This is Il matter Of the greatest import.
ancc; for the western roads. with the
tracks. new construction.
methods and more rapid
growth, haYc long had an uncnviable
The new announcements from
this half Of the country nro especially
significant.
And there IL n new split In the rail.
road world. In the passenger depart.
of our railroads II deep impress.
sion was made II year or so ago by tho
announcement from England that all
Inc railroads Of that island had been
for 19 months without killing
single passenger. The Pennsylvania
ook pride In its record OF last year In
qualling the English record. and there
8 no doubt that tho other railroads are
ngagod in n contest Of this excellent
ort. :
We have seen in this country for
ears q mad struggle for supremacy In
in luxury, in comfort, and in
Scellcnco Of the menu in the dining
.r. Now these struggles give place to
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
PUT THEM WHERE
THEY BELONG

The New York World is severe re.
garding the Sugar Trust, hut very
specific in its condemnation. 1t sets
forth that 10y sworn testimony in ccurt
proceedings and in Legislative and con-
grcssional investigat ons the trust has
been proved guilty Of
l.. Bribing political committees Of
both parties.
2. Seeking to influence United States
senator's by stock tips and other finan-
cial transactions.
3. Accepting rebates in violation Of the
Interstate Commerce Law.
4. Stealing from the United States
government through weighing frauds.
D. C~Onsplring i" ruin independent
sugar refiners.
q. Violating persistcntly the Sherman
Antitrust Law.
7. Using short-weight scales.
3. Establishing groccrs who handled
Independent sugar.
8. Importing cheap contract labor.
10. Violating factory and health laws.
And yet, despite this formidable re-
cord of crimes. no high official of the
Lugar Trust was ever criIminally pro.
secuted. And the recent Indictment
of one of its managers was o found
until after the trust had confessed in
open courts Il fraction of its wrong.
doing.
1t is high time to send a few million.
airc malcfactors to the pcnitcntiary.
The Sugar Trust is now back. firing
by Il masked demand. in the name OF
New York importers, for IN invcstiga.
ton of the New York custom house.
But what is far more needed is II con,
grcssional investigation of the trust
and its political relations and activi.
ties.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03

magical sleigh that runs just us well OH
u housetop as in the best beaten path.
Still the truth is Santa Claus is an old
pagan. We to not know ut what time
he first had II habitation and name, but
sure 1T Is he first came down from the
north, else he could not have had either
reindeer or sleigh. We do not know
whether his is of old Morse or Teutonic
stock. for they both had early habita-
tions around the Baltic, for both of them
Odin, or Wooden was chief among the
gods and Thor was his opponent. And
those northerns had multitude of Other
gols and goddcsscs, tn each of which
some special excellence was attached,
and they We're prayed to and feast days
were dedicated to them. 1t was from
that source that the mistletoe received
its Significance, for it was with Il sprig
of mistletoe that Baldr was shot. which
only meant that Baldr the sun, was
practically put cut of business during
the winter months. All We're typical
of SOM phase of nature or of human
hiS' linus the StpIN % SlSululu. lie
could only win the nymph of his heart
by riding through the fire to her, and
he did not hesitate ut all, any more than
would Il bishop who wanted a second
wife. There were gods OF watch, gods
of the chase, of the seasons. Of the ter
rents, of the planting time and the re-
peating time, of the home; indeed. the
Norsemenf had more gods than any
other race, To them all special virtues
attached, special offerings were render.
ell. And out of these offerings and the
pictures, drawn of the brncficcncc of
these several duties. Santa Claus finally
took form rs the special providence of
telling children about the harvest time.
But lie was an old pagan just the same
which only proves that good can coIne
t. Us from uuhulinc.s.- ioodwin's
Weekly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
A LITTLE FOR REPUBLICANS

Republican reader, If you do not eli
dorse and uphold the tariff bill rs the
best bill that ever passed. President
Taft has accommodated yOu with bell.
book and candle: Speaker Cannon has
read you out Of the party and Senator
Aldrich has cast you out into political
darkness. These three who are in pre-.
sent control of the party. have spoken
and you are free to net according to
your best lights. The only way to make
the Republican party stand for your
views Is to dcposc such leaders by dc.
fcating them. The only way to defeat
them is to vote tho Democratic ticket.
Suppose You swallow your wrath aud
humiliation and for regularity So sake
vote for the high tariff gang under in.
ward protest. YOu then only help
shackle your party and stiflc Your own
principles. If you believe your party's
pledge to revise tho tariff meant u re-.
vision in the interest of tho people. it Is
yOnr duty to resent the betrayal Of
your confidence. Clinton County Dem.
OCrat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
BE SURE OF THE EVIDENCE

The fact is potent and has been
have been thousands of people who
have suffered for crimes which they
never committed. On the gallows and
in prison cells men have declared their
innocence of the nisdeeds they have
been convicted of III courts of law. and
when it vas too late to save them
from punishment, were found TO have
been guiltless of the charges against
them.
The law does o always serve even
handed justice setting the innocent
free and furnishing the guilty. 1t &C.
~casionally does the reverse of this, be-
cause circumstanial evidence, and some
times the most direct aud positive evil
dence, cannot always be relied upon.
\ recent happening in Al eastern
city shows this to be true. 4 masked
bandit with Il pistol stole 5000, with
the result that one of the most RI.
spected citizens of the place, who
happened to be near the scene. was
arrested and charged with the robbery.
The custodian of the money positively
identified him as the thief, and then, to
make the evidence against the respected
citizen still more convincing, Il
minister, with equal po~sitivenesS. de,
clared him to be the man.
But circumstances afterward saved
the accused from even the faint of
dishonor. \ man who had II Srudgc
against the real thief gave informa.
ton to the police that resulted in his
arrest and the recovery of the stolen
money, and this man, to the surprise
of even the aforesaid positive witnesses,
proved to be. in Appearances, Il very good
duplicate of the mar first charged with
being the robber.
1t is the part of wisdom for iurics
to weigh all evidence very carefully
This is especially true of circumstantia
evidence which II skilled prosecuting
attorney could weave into Il web that
might enmeSh a prisoner AT the bar
and even send him to prison or the gal
lows. ever though he were guiltlcss OF
the charges against him. Then while ;
busy world goes on with its business
an innocent man suffers in prison 81
lies in "A felon's gravc.-Exchangc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
WELLS FARGO'S DIVISION
OF ENORMOUS PROFITS

The increase of the capital stock of
tho Wells. Fargo Express Company
from 81, 900. 900 to $2I, 900. 900 is merely
u convenient means Of absorbing the
accumulated surplus profits of about
$4,000. 600. a special dividend of 5000
u share has been declared to the stock.
holders. out of which subscriptions for
new stock may be paid.
Such an enormous surplus Of profits
means excessive earnings through over.
charges for service rendered the public,
says the Sacramento Bee. This Is be.
cause the postage rates on parcels in
this country are 50 high that they on.
able the express companies successfully
to compete with the Post Office and yet
charge EXCEPTIONALLY high rates. Tho
express companies have long been so
trongly represented at Washington, In
both houses Of Congress, that they have
been able TO defeat any material re.
duction Of rates.
Tho railroads are hand in glove with
the express companies. for much of the
stock OF the latter is held by the rail
roads The railroads charge tho OK
companies relatively much less
they do the Post Onlcc Depart.
ment for like transportation, and the OK.
Of the postal service for high ratios
parcels Is tho high cost of mail ear. ,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW.
HomcIy Little Rules Of Great Value In
the Kitchen.

There are some hOmcly little rules.
not distinctly new and original, but oh,
30 useful! when the boiling vegcta.
Bile has caught. don't try to pry It out
OF he saucepan and take all the burnt
taste with IT,, but. rather, plunge the
outside of the saucepan into cold water
a few moments: and when you loosen
The vegetables carefully with a spoon
the hardened burnt portion will 70.
main in the pan.
When the small cakes IN gem pnns
have done just u moment TOD long and
seem inclined 10 stick to the pans, try
the same plan, only less s~trcnuousiy.
Hold the under sides of these hot III.
tie pans against u wet tea towel. ami
the cakes will loosen at once
After greaeing your cake tins with
lard aud hcfOr" pouring In the cake
batter hretigC tho bottom Of the tins
with -four. shading out all that does
not stick evenly TO the lard. Cake
batter poured In on this dry nomr will
rarely stick to the pan after It Is
baked. Wet the inside OF china or Tin
mOlds with white Of the egg before
pouring In gelatin. cranberry or blanc
mango. ana the hardened dessert will
not stick when you are ready TO dis
lodge II.
ST. many things have Il %disappoint.
Ing way OF sticking. aud the house.
keeper without n long memory de.
spaIrs without these occasional re.
mIndcrs.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
Strange. Fare for Parisiana.

Amid III horrors IL tn sage Of
Paris In 1871. one GadoIy found time to
Issue n book or recipes for the prep.
aration Of the strange fare 20 which
he city was reduced. Our stomachs
are turned into natural history mu.
scums.' he wrote. but We must mako
tn" best Of circumstances. and rem.
der our food as palntgbic az we can"
So housewives were Instructed how to
disguise the flesh OF dogs. horses.
asses. rats and mice: and we're shown
that. despite the old adaGc. one can
make an omelet without breaking
eggs. The recipe for an cggicss nmcbI
was as follows: Soak mn army his.
cult In suCarcd water Favored with
orange flower: chop finely and spread
on n hot dish; powder well with sugar.
ana then poir over. and set light to.
Il liberal helping OF rum" with eggs
al SIX dollars n dozen and rum ~ but
little more than It's normal pricc. this
rhlatab'c imitation Of IN "nmrIriic
au rhum" became a most popular dish.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
Assessmen, No. s
-wAsATcm UTAH MINING COMPANY

Principal place of business. Elko. Elko Coun,,
Nevada. General ofice outside Of Nevada NJ
al Atlas Block. Salt Lake City. Utah. LOO.
ton of mines. Little and Big Cottonwood Min.
ing Districts. Salt Lake County. Utah, ~
Notice Is hereby given that ut "a meetiny "a,
the Hoard Of Directors of wasatch Utah Min,
ing Company heldo on the slst day OF October if,o
Assessment No. OF one () cent pr share was
levied upon the capital stock OF the corporation
payable on az before Monday. the SSnd DAY oi
November. 1870. to +. l.. Pulmuuisl, SecTsiur,
and Treasurer. No. 81 Atlas block. Salt Lake
City. Utah.
Any stock uuon which this assessment muy
remain unpaid on Monday. the end duy Of
November lgu0. will he delinquent and adj er,iS.
ed for sale at public auction. nrd unless uaS ment
Is lnade btitrt. VIII be sold ON Monday. the 9th
the company's ONCE. No. al Atlas Block, Sail,
Lake City. Utah. TO pay the delinquent assess.
ncnt thereon. together with cost Of ADVERTISING
and expenses OF sale.
+. l.. ~PALAQUIsT.
Secretary ana Treasurer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03


Thus one monopoly supports another
ut Washington. There is a system of
wheels within wheels constantly at
work to the disadvantage Of the public.
But the agitation for q cheap parcels
post cannot be suppressed, and grad.
ually the public mind is being enlighten-
ened to the point where the reform IAN
not longer he refused. The cost of
carrying the mails must be greatly re-
duced, and with that reduction will
come substantially lower rates of post.
age, particularly on parcels.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03

II had always heard that New Eng
landcrS were smart IL young
physician who had graduated" from Il
village practice remarked the other day,
ont hardly thought it developed at
such an early ug.."
He smiled reminiscrntly. then con-
timed:
Just after | settled in DIbbs Corners
II twelvc-ycar-Old boy called on me one
evening.
Say, Doc, | guess | got measles. he
remarked, hut nobody knows it 'ccpt
the folks at home, an they amt the
kind that talks, ii there's any good
reason to keep quiet
II was puzzled. and | SUPPOSE |
| pOked it..
."Aw, get wise. Doc. my small visitor
suggested. What will you give me to
go to school an spread it among all the
kids in the Acknowledgements
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
Bishops Father Dcad

Word was received yesterday of the
death of the father of Bishop Rob
inson of the Episcopal diocese Of Ne
vada and the Bishop, who was on his
way 10 Goldfield when he received the
and left that city last night for Des
Moines to attend the funeral which will
he held at Racine. Wisconsin, upon his
arrival there. The many friends of the
reverend gentleman i'll this city will he
gricvcd to learn of his sorrow. Carson
Appeal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
Worst of Them All

An editor works 800 days in Il year to
get out =" issues of Il paper, that's Ia.
Dor. Once in il while a subscriber pays
Il year in advance for his paper, that's
capital. And oncc in u while some son.
of-a-sca.cook Of q dead beat takes the
paper for two or three years and then
stips out without paying for it. that's
Il Iarchy: but the person that owes two
or three years subscription to the paper
and refuses to take it out of the post.
Office. has them all skinncd.-Ncw
Washington iO.D UcrnI1.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-03
The STANDARD OIL DECISION

While every law abiding citizen will
rejoice that the United States court of
the Eighth District has decreed that
the Standard Oil oligarchy shall dis
member itself in the next thirty days,
there will not he thar gusto to the joy
which would come were it known that
the decree Of the court WAS not suscept-
able of misconstruction. and, further
that it would be obeyed-which it
might Us well be stated here and now,
will not be done-for the present ut
least. No monopoly which has de-
bauched courts-defied the law-con.
trolled legislation-set ut naught deci-
sion and gone on its way deliberately
plundering and robbing. will ever obey
the Judgment of this court until after
every legal technicality has been ex-
hausted. and by that time the present
generation and their children may all
be in their graves.
Still there is a good side to the de-
cision. 1t discloses the fact that the
people have awakened from the spell
cast over them by these corporations in
the past decade. Following the period
of the Spanish American war people
were educated to the belief that it was
a time of evolution and that the gre. {
mergers and consultations and con-
binations of capital were all in the
nature Of development of the country
and its resources, and therefore was a
benefit to them and not an evil.
Before this spurious doctrine could be
combatted by the few who recognized
the dangers ahead, all of the available
interests of the country had been
gathered III by the shrewd and far
seeing minds which now control the
trusts, and the people, when they found
out that they had been fooled and
rob bed, were powerleSs, until up to the
present when the thinking mind of the
American people has returned to its
normal reasoning powers and means
are being devised TO put Il stop to the
high handed reign which the trusts in
their power have asserted, and by
means of which fortunes rs colossal in
extent rs to be almost beyond concep
tion-sO large that the wne cannot
give them away-have been wrung
from the people through means that
would put the feudal pirates of the
middle ages to blush.
The people have learned in the past
few years not to call piracy, evolution
and to call it crime, which is one step al
least in the right direction.
But should this great trust be dis
membered and destroyed. it will not
restore to solvency the thousands up
on thousands or ruined independent
operators. who through the debauch
ing methods of Standard Oil have los
their all, nor will it give back to tn,
public onc penny of the money stolei
from the pockets of the people tina
Standard Oil might pay 100 per cen
per annuID, the Indiana Pipe Line Co.
Pol per cent per annum, the Southern
Pipe Line Co. 27S per cent per annum
and the numerous other controlled in
! %terests q percentage that was neve
! dreamed Of by the blood. sucking Shy
locks of olden times. II can never atom
. for its commercial piracy ON the higl
. seas or for the thousands wrecks aloni
t their shOrcs.-St. Joseph Observer.
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Serial No. OIIai
NOTICE Fon PUBLIGA -.

USIrED STATES LASH OtFICE.
Carson CITY. Nevada,
November L.. lgJ
III i hereby given that William IL.
Motat, of Reno, washOc County. Nevada. has
flcd in this oiiicc his application u locate under
the Provisions Of Section Am. Revised Statutes
of the United States. the SDuthrast quarter OF
the Northeast quarter (SEI OF SEIp OF Sec
tlon Twcnty.fuur (sD. Township FOrty.Onc an
North. Range FOrty-cight CSJ East. NJ. ID. NJ.
containing forty tOD acres.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lind described or desiring 10 object because of
the mineral character Of the land. or for any other
reason To the disposal To the applicant. should
lille his protest in this office on or before the OF
day of January, 1910.
Louis J. CoMS
Register.
Date OF irSt publication November 81. 1917.
Date o! last Publication January :. 1919.