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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
Wants A New Prison

Assemblyman George Bergman of
Lincoln county, who is the chairman of
the committee of state prison and insane
asylum was interviewed in regard to the
action he will advise in regard to the
state prison and refrom school. He
said in part:
THE matter is one with which l am
taken heart and soul and shall try in
every way to have it before the men,
bers of the assembly in way that will
he carried ont. AS the prison now
stands something will have to be done
at once as the place is far too small for
the numbers of people who are there,
and it is also in Il condition that makes
it absolutely unsafe to the people of the
city of Carson and the state at large.
81 have visited the state asylum at
Reno and found that the place was in n
good condition and Furthermore that
the place is partially supporting owing
to the fact that it is located where it is
possible to do little farming, to keep
pigs, COWS, and chickens and in this
means aid in keeping down expenses.
Now there is no reason why this
could not also he done ut the state prison
and all that is needed is q piece of
ground that would allow this and the
same could be easily secured in this
section. Our committee will go out to
the Stewart Institute tomorrow and will
look over that place and from what l
have already learned believe that it
would be an ideal place for the location
of the prison. We do not wish to move
the prison away from Carson for with
out doubt this is the best place in the
state for it.
THE present prison appears to one
visiting it rs only an old pile of adobe
shacks and is surely not a fit prison for
q state of this kind and I am in favor of
building an entire new prison and not
wasting any more money remodeling
the old one.
THE main question that the men,
bers of the assembly should consider
at this time is the fact that it is COM
pulsory to appropriate u large amount
of money Mt this time for the improve
ments that are absolutely necessary and
when these are made, the prison will be
far from satisfactory. At this time it
costs the state $1.O3 per day to care for
each prisoner there and if the prison
was located on suitable piece of
ground this price should be reduced at
least so per cent there are n large num-
ber of prisoners that would be able to
do all the work necessary on farm,
and would also be occupied at all times
1t is true that the expense would be a
little larger ut the start but it would be
for all time and would be II large saving
in the long run"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
To Prosecute Railroads

Commissioner Doyle of the U. S. gov.
ernment, the man who took the testi
mony in the important land fraud
cases in Colorado and Utah will go tc
Reno OIL March 1st and begin taking
testimony in the case of the United
States against the Southern Pacific
company, the defendant having been
accused of having fraudulently secured
patents on land in Olinghouse canyon.
This case is the result of Buck Ingalls,
case against the railroad company for
valuable mineral lands in Olinghouse
canyon. There are now surveyors In
Olinghousc plating the land and secur
ing evidence to be offered at the trial
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
They Grow Tall In Montana

a singular rivalry has arisen between
two Montana towns rs to which pos
sessee the tallest family. Libby, in Flat
head county, processes to have more tall
people than any town of its size OH the
continent.
Ten members of one family have II
combined height of almost sixty feet.
The father weighs 2l5 pounds and is six
feet 81 inches tall. The mother weighs
225 pounds and is five feet six inches
tall. The children size up as follows:
First son, six feet % inches tall ago 81
years: second son, six feet four inches,
age I'D years; first daughter. five feet
eight inches tall. ngc II; third son, six
feet four inches. age i8 years fourth
son. five feet ten inches. age IL years:
fifth son. five fcot, go Il years; second
daughter, four feet two inches. are nine
years: sixth son, three feet ten inches:
age four years. The head of this proud
family is Hermun B0ckman.
Red Lodge takes exception to Libby's
claim to tho supremacy and calls ut.
tcntion to the fact that in that city four
members Of one family arc taller than
any four members of the Bocktnan
family. w. a. Talmagc and his three
sons arc probably the tallcst of any
quartet In the city. Mr.. Talinage, Is
six feet Al inches tail; Earl Talmugc.
age Is years, is six feet eight inches tall; ;
Elmer Talmagc, ago Is years, is six feet
It inches tall. and Nathan, the youngest.
who is only ~ years of age. measures
five feet six inches. This makes II total
of "a feet ~ inches. Then the nvcyago
height Of the father and three sons will
unqucstionably compare with that of
any other family in tho entire country.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26

Speaker GiIlen's Advice

According to the Carson Appeal. tn,
anti-gambling bill is stirring up tn,
assembly. The Appeal says that befor,
putting the question on Dodge's motion
to postpone the consideration of the bill
until Wednesday, Speaker Giffen said
within the last twenty-fcur hours
have received information tha,
seriously affects this legislature and il
the bill is not taken up this afternoon
the reputation of certain members Of
this assembly will be seriously in
volvcd."
Inc question WAS then put and the
speaker declared it carried. The
Appeal says tina; the speakers remarks
caused the members to sit up and take
notice. After the session, the sneaker
refused to tell the Appeal what he
meant by his remarks.
Speaker Gitfcn WIS interviewed bv
the News in regard to the statement
attributed to him by the Appeal and
said
Il did not make the remarks attri.
hnted to ME in the Appeal of last eve
! ninS nor did | have the idea in mind
that the Appeal is trying to attribute to
me.
do not fully remember just what
| did say but the purport was that had
been told by several people that delay
might cause suspicion to be attached to
some of the legislators.
My sole reason for making the re.
marks that | did was that had been
approached by men not members of the
Legislature, who had limited to Inc that
certain parties were playing for time on
the bill and wished to warn the MEM
DcrS that by not acting on the bill rs
soon rs possible, it would allow suspi.
cion to arise that some action was being
taken that was not wholly above board
and might allow of false impressions of
the movement to gain circulation.
II believe that as speaker of the
house, it is my bounden duty to warn
the members of anything that might
come to my notice bearing upon the
welfare OF the body.
II do not mean to SAY nor do | believe
that so far any member has been paid
III any way to vote upon this question
and only wished to warn them so they
could avoid any pitfalls that may be
laid for them
The News says the sack" is openly
talked of in Carson, but no charges are
openly made that any certain party has
been contaminated by the lucrc, but it
is sill thought that M attempt will be
made to Introduce king Mammon''
into the fight before the battle is over.
While there is considerable difference
between what the Appeal says the
speaker said and what the speaker says
he said, it is evident that something has
occurred to arouse the speakers sus.
spicion. Somebody is evidently stray.
ing from the narrow path.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
MS Sole Limitation

do you know what I'd laik to be9'
asked Rastus of the commercial traveller
who was stopping ut the waysitlc
hotel.
mo" said the commercial traveller,
"WhatH A millionaireF"
mo, sah." said Rastus.
"a lawycrf"
"Oh, no, sah. Not dat
"a doctor3"
"No. sah."
What thcnH" asked the commercial
traveller.
"rd laik to bc n preacher. sab, "
Rustus said.
"Wcll, then, why don't your" asked
the commercial traveller.
can't, sah," replied Rastus, "be.
cause | uin't got no frock cont"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
Soldier Balks Death Plot,

II seemed to j. a. Stone. a civil
war veteran, OF Kemp, Tex, that II
plot existed between desperate
lung truble and the grave to cause
his ,lcnth. 81 contracted Il stubborn
cold, he writes, "thnt developed n
cough that stuck to me, In spite OF
all remedies, for years. My weight
run down to 80 pounds. Then bc-
gan to usc DR.. Kings New Discovery.
which restored my health completely
now weigh LIS pounds" For severe
colds, obstinate Coughs. II ON orrhng-
cs, Ast lima, and to prevent Pncu-
monin It's unrivalcd. 5Oc nnd 81 90.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
ElkO Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
Highest Bridge In The World

Tho contract has been Let for the
highest bridge in the world. II will bc
over Snake river II short distance west
of ShoslOnc. The highest railroad
bridge In the United States is in Texas.
The bridge is 5000 feet above the river.
Passenger trains passing over this
bridge stop five minutes to allow pass.
ongcrs to got view of the situation.
The bridge to bc built over the Snake
will he 1000 feet high, or more than
twice IA high as the Texas bridge.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
The Secret Of Long Life

a French scientist has discovered
one secret Of long life. llis method
denis with the blood. hut long nEo
millions OF Americans had proved
Electric Bittcra prOlOug life and nuke
It worth living. IL purities, cnriches
and vltalizcs the blood. rcbuilds
wasted nerve cells, impnrts life md
tone to the entire system. It's n
ed people. "Kldncy trouble Ind
blightcd my life for months" writes
". NJ. Sherman Of Cushing, Me-, "but
Electric lIittcrs cured me entirely" !"
Only 50c. at Elko Drug Go.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
Baby Honds

will get into miscllief--often Il mems
a burn or cut or scnld. Apply Dal.
lard,s Snow LinIment Just as soon
ns the accident happens, ana the
pain VIII be relieved while the wound
VIII hcnl quickly md nicely. A sure
cure tor sprains, Rheumatism and all
bottle. Sold by Elko Drug co, "
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
Washington Once Gave un

to three doctors; was kept In bed for
five weeks. Blood poison from Il
spiders bite caused large, deep
sores to cover his leg. The doctors
fnllcd, then "Bucklln's Arnica Salve
completely cured me-" writes John
Washington, Of Bosqucvlllc, Tex.
For eczema, bOlls, burns and piles It's
supreme. 25c. ut Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
Shoe Repairing

Ny shoe trade has steadily increased
so that 1t has loft me no time to do re.
pairing, and have sold out my repair.
ing department tn Robert Schultz,
whom can recommend as u good work.
man.
All work In the line of shoe repairing
will bc done by him nt my store.
Come everybody and bring your shoe
repairing.
A. L. MAUK, THE SHOE MAN.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-23

known that the annual cut reaches
40, 000. 900, 900.
At this rate 1t Is apparent that
American forests will last only llfty
years,
White pine, the cream of the conf
fers, was the first of the original
woods to go into consumption, This
is the standard wood, from which
other varieties are measured, Th1
original lumbermcn picked out all
the big white logs and considered
the forest logged. Along with this
white plno grew the red or norway
pine, a harder, heavier wood, whici
later was logged and sawed with tho
others. The original stand of these
two pines Is reckoned at 100000, 0,O00,'
600 feet of which less than 10000
900. 900 feet are now standing. Conf
fers, even fifteen or twenty years
ago quite despised, are now common'
ly old for white pine and no ques'
tions are asked.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-23

to Milton o. Nelson, a timber expert,
in its density and average quantity Of
timber per acre Is the greatest for
est on tne face OF the earth Here
are the oldest and largest trees In
the world. Here timber grows to such
enormous size that for many years
the lumber industry did little but nib
bic along the edges of 1t and in the
most easily forked spots,
This forest runs south along the
western slopes of the Cascade and
coast ranges, having maximum
density and width in Washington and
oregon and dwindling to small iso-
lated mountain areas in south central
California. In quantity the Douglas
or red fir Is almost equal to all other
varieties combined. 1t is found chiefly
in Washington and Oregon. With
this timber Is also found white and
western hemlOck all growing to eX-
cellent merchantable size and quality.
LAUNDERING on large scale Is con-
Quoted chiefly in the coniferous for
ests. The hardwoods have gone into
consumption mainly by way OF the
small mill. What the original Amer
lean forest was in terms of feet no
one will ever know. Even as recently
as 1880 official estimates greatly
varied.
What the remaining forests con-
tain. however, Is more nearly known
The best estimators in the national
forest service reckon the present
standing merchantable timber at
about 1000. 900. 600, 900 feet, or this
amount 100000, 100000 feet are hard.
wood, the rest conifers.
or the total timber standing the
Northern states are credited Will
SOC, 900, 100000 feet, and the Western
states with S00 000,000,000 feet, anC
1.-THE Southern states With 10000, 900,
4 600 feet. The ligures of cours'
mean little except for purposes o
comparison, but they give real infor
J nation az to our supply when It i
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-23
BUSINESS AND DIPLOMACY.

Some criticism is heard of the APP
pointment of Charles II. Crane of Chi
cago to the important post of Minister
TO China. for the reason that he is a
business man. wholly inexperienced in
the chess play of diplomacy. 1t is true
that Mr. Crane Is probably the most
unknown man who has ever been Sc
lected for an important foreign mis-
sion. but he is not from Missouri and
does not have TO be shown.
Diplomacy is much of mere word
in these later days, the title of Min
lister and Ambassador having a loud
sound and signifying little. In this
period of cables and ocean greyhounds
the diplomatic representative who was
formerly impeled 10 deal with delicate
international questions, to at least
maintain the status quo until he could
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-23
Iorest from FlorIda to Galveston.

forest from Florida to Galveston.
Much of this great region was of
small growth, but vast, unbroken
areas were dense with the finest
standing timber then known To man,
In the northern parts were great
tracts of hard wood, while the soft
woods, such as pine, abounded In the
south,
Extending from the western border
of the original Atlantic forest TO the
foothills of tho Rockies is and has
been since prehistoric times u tree
less belt from 400 to 500 miles wide,
beginning far north of the Canadian
border and extending south to the
Mexican line In this belt are five
states almost naked of trees and a
total treeless area region equal in
area to one-half the great Atlantic
forest. West of this the growth In
broad leaved deciduous trees com
mercially known as hard woods, is
insignificant.
Two forest regions lie between this
prairie and the Pacific ocean, These
are called the Rocky mountain forest
and the Pacific coast forest The
former comes over the international
line as IA continuation of the forests
of the British Columbia, covering the
western third of Montana and the
northern half of Idaho in fairly con-
tinuous growth continuing thence
southerly in diminishing and broker
belts and patches along the. high
lands and valleys of the Rocky
mountains, finally ending in spat
tering of widely separated oases {
few hundred miles north of the Mexi
can border
In this forest, in the higher alti
tudes and toward the south, variet!
of pines prevail being generally o
poorer quality toward the higher an'
dryer localties no the north the,
partake Of The nature and habit o
the coast forest, gradually merginl
into 1t to the westward.
The Pacific coast forest, aecordip
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-23
80 YEARS
Experts Say Forests Will
Last Only Half a
Century.

Washington, July 22--What at the
timber supply
Everyone who ever expects tq~own
home is iseinterosted In this momen-
tous problem The forests are speedily
disappearing from the land, and
nothing but careful foresting Will
preserve the timber of the American
continent.
The land area of the United States
Is little less than 100000 square
miles. OF this area the best timber
experts believe that about 20 per cent
was originally wooded The present
wooded area Is 100000, or about
half the total area. But of that amount
the present actual forest area from
which our timber supply must be
drawn Is but 26 per cent of the total
area. lrsxsv ltssf "a.
The Atlantic forest area. as the
wooded section east OF the Mississippi
is known, comprises about three.
fourths of the original wooded area OF
the United States. The east front oi
this forest extended westward to and
beyond the Mississippi River, beinl
indented on its central division from
by the prairies of northern Illinois
and Iowa, but comprising to thi
northwestward the great lakes sys
tenn and ending only at the valley o
the Red River.
SonthwcstwarG Il reached TO cast
ern Texas covering In this direction
all the state OF Arkansas, nearly al
of Missouri, large part OF the In
dian territory, and presenting
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-23

by slow progress communicate with
his home Government, Is obsolete.
Diplomatic problems and complica
tions are at once taken in hand at
Washington. The Minister or Ambas-
sador Is merely an agent, personal
medium of communication His duty
Is to give facts as to conditions; not
to negotiate, though finally he may
be given the credit. He uses the secret
code of the Department of State, COM
municates thus with his department
secretary, and awaits information by
cable of the last word from his su-
perior after the matter has been duly
considered by the President and his
Cabinet.
For this purpose clever business
man is as good as any. In China he is
probably the best. Possibly the only
objection that could hold would be
that Mr., Crane Is a Chicago business
man. Chicago Is so retrospective, so
selfisolated, in it's slaughtering and
packing and pit and gambling, that
il Is hardly conceivable that even the
seenest business man OF Chicago
knows more than little about the
possibilities of the relations of China
and the United States.
Mr.. Crane may have Chinese inter-
ests, however, which the world out
side of Chicago with the exception OF
President Taft. knows nothing; and
he may prove to be an expert and
mighty in the preservation of the
open door. He may show that good
hard business sense is superior in 9
play of wits to that form Of acutenes'
which is called diplomacy, Richelieu'
! and Talleyrands are, not needed, AL
Mr.. Crane has to do is to use th'
cable from his comfortable Legation
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-23

President +bo NT;,,,or Want
Cabinet will do the - ''O ~-0N ''NN
Pittsburg Column
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-17
WILLING to Help.

Lord Pauncefote suffered greatly
from rheumatic govt in his latter days,
and he walked stifly and sometimes
had to use two canes. He went one
afternoon to make a call, and he re-
manned quite long time, so long that
the horses got FESTIVE, and the groom
walked them up and down the street.
When Lord Pauncefote left the house
the carriage was not in front, and,
thinking there was some mistake in
his orders, he started to walk to the
embassy, which was only a square or
two But he had twinges of his old
enemy, and the pavements were icy.
He was a large, heavily built man,
and he feared a fall. While he was
bordering over his dilemma along
came a young man in working clothes,
and the British ambassador, after
courteous salutation, asked: my
friend, will you walk beside me and
help me home? 1t is just a short ways,
but l am afraid of falling. l shall
greatly appreciate it," The young
man looked him over and then said
thickly, "Old gent, l am pretty full
myself, but I'll do the best l can-the
very best / can"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-17
Where Wives Are Kept Under.

A Chinese Mrs. Caudle is incon-
ceivable, for she would promptly be
returned to her father labeled 'Too
muchee bhoberry." Only by one means
can the lady obtain any right what
ever to use even the mild moral sua-
sion wherewith the tactful western
wife is wont to turn events to her lik-
ing. If as a bride the Chinese woman
succeeded in sitting on any corner Of
her husbands clothes at the moment
when, halfway through the nuptial
ceremonials, they first seat themselves
side by side she is understood to oe-
cupy the position of mistress in her
own house. Even then it generally
stops at nderstanding.-From ''Things
Seen In China" by ]. R. Chitty.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-17
A Curious Thermometer.

Otto de Guericke, burgomaster Of
Magdeburg, made a curious Their
mometer, which was twenty feet long
and gorgeous with blue paint and gilt
stars. In consisted of a large globe
fastened to a tube, both of copper.
The tube was bent upon itself to form
a very narrow U, in which was placed
the requisite amount of alcohol One
arm of the q was shorter than the
other and open at the top. On the
liquid was a float, to which was at
tached a cord passing over pulley
At the other end of this cord was
hung a gilt angel, its finger pointing to
scale on which the degrees were
nainted
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-17
First cantaIever Bridge.

The first cantalever railroad bridge
is the one across the Firth Of Forth at
Queens Ferry, Scotland. 1t is nearly
one and half miles in length. Fifty
one thousand tons of steel were used
in it's construction, employing as many
as 5000 men at one time. 1t cost $751;
100000 and ffty-six lives. The work
men began at either end and worked
toward the center. When they met
and undertook the last connection it
was found that the two ends lacked a
small TRACTION Of an inch Of reaching
far enough to allow the insertion OF
the bolts that were to complete the
span. For time this was puzzle,
but was finally solved by an ingenious
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-17
An Imaginative Statesman.

Imagination is the greatest moving
force in the world. In saying this
am merely repeating remark of Dis
raeli's, and to prove the strength of
his conviction l will repeat a story Mr..
Lowell told me when he was minister
to England. 1t is the custom of the
Royal Academy of Painters to hold q
private view Of their pictures before
the public exhibition. Disraeli, walk
ing arm in arm with Browning
through the galleries, said, what
strikes me most forcibly here is the
lack of Imagination" and he proceeded
to enlarge upon the power of magma
ton, declaring it to be the greatest
force in the world. In responding to
a toast at the banquet which followed
the private exhibition he dwelt upon
the wealth of imagination in evidence
on the walls about him and again ex-
pressed his conviction that magma
ton is the moving force in the world.
Browning repeated Disraelis first re-
mark to Gladstone, who sat beside
him, and he muttered, ''The devilP'-
John Trowbridge in Atlantic.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-17
Prenarinn For the Worst.

Both boys had been rude to their
mother. She put them to bed earlier
than usual and then complained TO
their father about them. So he start
ed up the stairway, and they heard
him coming
Here comes papa" said Maurice.
81 am going to make believe l am
asleep"
I'm not" said Harry. I'm going
to get up and put something on."-La-
dies Home Journal.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-17
No Applicants.

Lincoln, sick with varioloid once,
turned a grim face to his doctor one
day and let rueful smile appear.
do you know, DOCTOR" he remarked,
'its an Ill wind blows 10 one good ?
I've got something at last that the
office seekers don't want"