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Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

Recall the mayor. Vote the charter
amendments. Smash the machine. Put
Walter Parker out of political business.
That's the peoples program.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
Our Splendid Constitution

In one of his speeches in Georgia
Taft declared that the constitution the
fathers left US is equal to all emergen-
cies that may arise now or in the
future. Sound to the core-Anaheim
Plain Dealer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

Duty says: "Vote the charter amend
ments." Duty says: Recall Mayor
Harper and elect a good and repre-
sentative citizen to the mayoralty."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
Waste of Sympathy

When a man has once made up his
mind to go to the penitentiary it is a
waste of sympathy to try to keep him
out. He will find a way, somehow, to
break in.-Fresno Republican.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

file of The Los Angeles Herald can be
seen at the office of our English representa-
tives, Messrs. E. and ]. Hardy & Co., 80, 81
and 80 Fleet street, London, England. free
Of charge; and that firm will be glad to re-
ceive news, subscriptions and advertisements
on our behalf.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

Don't try to pick and choose among
the charter amendments. We need
them all. Vote for all of them.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
What Next2

Frank A. Munsey is being generally cred
tied by the newspapers of the country with
being the first man to print a Sunday even
ing paper, which is the present schedule of
his washington Cd. c. Times.-Atchison
Globe.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
Backward

Blobbs-"Have you ever noticed that the
average woman gets off trolley car back
ward?" Slobbs-"Thats the way she gets
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

Los Angeles must adopt for a motto,
Recall, Reform and Righteousness. -
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
Brutal Savage

Senator Savage of San Pedro struck
a newspaper man in the face the other
day at the capitol.-San Luis Obispo
Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

Machine politics must be banished
from Los Angeles, even if the action
should cost Mr.. Parker his fat job.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

Charter amendments are all worthy
Of confidence and support. Vote for
them.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
An Essav on Man

Man is the martyr of his deeds;
The gods abuse their powers.
He spades the garden, fights the weeds,
And woman plucks the flowers.
Chicago Inter-Oce
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

Mayor Harpers recall will call back
good government to Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

Righteousness exalteth a nation, ana
a city.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
Truth in a Nutshell

The selfishness of private interests
is city killer.-Oakland Enquirer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
Bic Stick

Congress may break and may shatter the
presidents message if it will. but the bruise
Of the big stick will stay with it still-Gal-
weston News.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
The Public Letter Box

intended publication
no rsmustno
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
Remedial Suggestion

If the pistol-toters would shoot up each
other without bringing the commonwealth
into disrepute it would not be half so bad.
Columbia State.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

SMASH the power of the machine
We can do it. Parker is shivering in
his shoes.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01
Tip Necessary

When New York gets S9-cent gas it will
probably have to tip The meter a quarter in
order to get served.-Baltimore Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

Vote the charter amendments and
mend the city.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
Sold His Pass

Charley Donovan always has "A new
story to tell. Now he is telling u
about the sway that poker holds over
some men. Says he: The fascination
Of poker cant really bc defined. but to
illustrate:
~ man went to heaven. and, after
he had been there II few days. he grew
so lonesome that he told st. Peter that
he rcckoncd that he'd go down and take
"A look ut the other place.
But if You 90 down there you
cant get back, said st. Peter.
We'll. ! only want to 90 inst To
look at the place said the man. So
st. Peter agreed to give him II return
pass if he promised to I've back along
toward night.
"llc agreed. took the pass and start.
ed off. When he reached his dcStina.
ton the first thing he SAW was ii party
OF OLD friends playing poker. hut they
wouldn't let him into the game because
he admitted that he had no money.
We'll, I'll fix that all right hr
said. as he left them and wandered off
through one Of the corridors. Pretty
soon he came back and threw II hig
roll of bills down on the table and de
mandcd chips. They all looked in as-
constituent mt the size Of his pile and
wanted to know where ho got it. say.
ing that they would not play with him
unless he told them.
That's all right" he said. Give me
some chips. ! sold INV pass " 81
Joseph Observer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01

not explain why, after the report of
this committee had been unanimously
adopted by the Ways and Means com.
mittee of the House and after the con-
ference had fixed the rate at SIa ton.
his w influence was brought to bear
in favor of q rate of 81 u ton. with the
final result that the rate in the Payne
law is 1913 a ton plus the ~ per cent
maximum and other penalties applied
against the Canadian paper mills. AID
he has not explained to the Minnesotans
the advantages we are to gain by the
costly trade war with Canada which
this legislation has provoked.
Mr.. Tawney vas the only one of the
Minnesota delegation in congress who
voted for the Payne bill. Both the
senator's and all the other representa-
tives from Minnesota voted against it.
BY choosing Mr.. Tawney's district for
his first speech in Minnesota Mr.. Taft
openly snubS the congressman who
voted in accordance with the wishes of
their constituents. Mr.. Taft's visit
marks the beginning of a vicious war
in the republican party in that state rs
well rs in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
Indiana and other pivotal states of the
Middle West. 1t makes the tariff the
elections of the next year.-Republic.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
4 Worthy Official

State Engineer Nicholas has been the
recipient of late Of IA great number of
complimentary expressions from the
press of Nevada, regardless of politics.
The compliments are well deserved.
Mr.. Nicholas has been SURPASSED in
efficiency. in energy and conscientious
devotion to duty by neither Of his prcdc.
~ceSsors, Mcssrs. Chandler or Thurtcll,
both of whom handled the office with
credit to themselves.
The position il one of arluouS labor
and Oncrous burdens, and the public at
large has but little or no conception of
the difficulties involved in the success
ful performance of its duties. One Of
the great requisites is the possession of
II large share of tact a quality rare
among mankind. But if the incum-
bent would be Of any use whatever to
the commonwealth that employs him,
he must above all br u mar of ire.
~pr0achahlc integrity. Mr.. Nicholas is
distinguished among his fellows for this
quality.
When the history of the resent state
administration shall have been written,
among its brightest pages will appear
the record of Frank Nicholas, State
Engineer Reno Rcvcillc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
Some Auto Rules

The following rules Of the road have
been sent out by I'm automobile Access
sorry company, which might prove
amusing to motorists:
Adopted by the Farmers Anti.Auto-
mobile society:
/. On discovering an approaching
team. the automobiles must stop OIL
side and cover his machine with II
blanket painted to correspond with the
scenery.
,. The speed limit Oh country roads
this yea will be Il secret. and the
penalty for violation will bc so for
every mile All offender is caught going
III cNccs uf il.
3, In case IN automobile makes "A
team run away the penalty will he
$50 for the first mile. 300 for the
second, %e00 for ;he iI.:-I. etc. that the
team runs; i'll addition to the usual
damages.
I. On approaching a corner where
he cannot command "A view of the road
ahead, the automobiles must stop not
less than a 100 yards from tn turn, toot
his horn. ring a hell, fire a revolver.
halloo. and send up three bombs at
intervals of five minutes.
= Automobiles must again br sea.
sonably painted, that is SO they will
merge with the pastoral ensemble and
not be startling. They must he green
in spring. golden in summer. red in
autumn and white in winter.
Ii. Automobiles running On the
country road at night. must send up Il
red rocket every mile. and wait ten
minutes for the road to clear. They
may then proceed carefully blowing
their horns and shooting Roman
candles.
= All members of the society will
give up Sunday To chasing automobiles,
shooting and shouting AT them. making
arrests and otherwise diScouraging
country touring on that day.
\. In case 4 horse will not u:lss AN
automobile, the automobiles will take
h machine apart rs rapidly n possible
and conceal the parts in the grass.
y. In case an automobile approaches
Il farmers house when the roads ar,
dusty, it will slow down To- one mile AN
hour II the chauffeur will lay the dust
in front of the house with "A hand
sprinkler, worked over the dashboard.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
INCOME OF EUROPEAN RULERa.
Russian Gar by Far the WeaIthie5t Of
Them All.

The donations given by the various
royalties OF Europe for the relief OF the
sufferers in the Italian earthquake
make Il comparison OF their incomes
Interesting. The cars private income,
derived from over L million square
miles OF cultivated lands aDd from his
mines In Siberia, added to what he re.
ceivcs from the state, makes him by
far the richest monarch In the world,
and probably the richest that has aver
ilVeu. King Edward receives $3.50
OO0: but little more thar q fourth Of
MS goes into the prlyy purse. A slip
ulated sum Is invariably set aside for
household expenses. salaries. pensions,
charities, rewards, etc. The r~cIchstag
allows the German emperor about
S65O.OOO. He has also n salary as king
or Prussia which amounts to about
$4,000 O0. He has great eEtates and
many resources at his disposal. but his
expenses are tremendous.
The emperor Of Austria IN also king
OF hungary, and. therefore. like the
German emperor, draws two salaries.
II amounts OF each, in his case. In
nearly $4,000. 600. The king of Italy
receives about 5 $1,000, 900 a year; but
Out or this allowances arc paid to the
queen dowager, to the duke OF Genoa
ana to the children OF the duke OF
Aosta. King Alfonso has an allowance
OF $l,SOO. 600, and as provision Is made
Tor other members OF the Spanish roy.
al family outside OF this the sum quoted
IS practically all his own to spend rs
ne pleases. Leopold II. receives about
100000. but he has keen business In.
siincts and all the world knows of tho
way In which he augmen,s his salary
To crafty his luxurious tast"s.--Bcll.
ulnu
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
GOVERNMENT EXTRAVAGANZA

Expressing the opinion that the gov.
the development of more farms instead
of more battleships. b. +. Yoakum,
chairman of the Executive Committee
Of the Rock Island Frisco Railroad
system, said recently:
The story Of government extrava-
gance is being told SO broadly through
the newspapers that the MASSES are
beginning to realize that something is
wrong.
The same disregard of value OF
money would send the strongest private
business in this country into bankruptcy,
y proper use Of the pruning knife in Il
downward revision of expenses will
bring surprising results.
1T is not practical to itemize where
reductions should he made. hut they
must come. The deficit should b.
cared for by reducing expenditures and
not by raising taxes to increase rev.
enues.
The European nations are teaching
us a lesson. The controversies in Eng
land. the recent troubles i'll Spain. the
unrest i'll Russia, the quarrclling over
military taxes i'll Germany and the
struggle against new taxes in France
should strengthen our faith in the pro
position that it is better to grow more
farm products and make prosperous
the man who sows and harvests than to
build more battleships and new guns.
We would better spend more of the
money We burn up in powder in max
ing new farms.
"a forty-aCre farm of irrigated land
will comfortably support "A family of
five. 1t costs $4,000 to- make Il twelve,
inch gun. The money that goes to pay
for this gun would reclaim I.57l acres
of land. providing homes for 1876 people.
When all the guns on all the battle.
ships are shot me time the government
blows off in noise and smoke $3.50. 900. =
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
DIVIDED AS NEVER BEFORE

Not for many years have the rcpubli-
cans in both branches of congress been
so widely divided rs today. The breach
bctwec the insurgents and regulars in
house and the progrcssivcs and regulars
in tho senate is So wide Us not to be
healed by ordinary means. The prcdic.
ton is freely made that unless cxtraor-
binary measures are employed, the next
house of representatives will bc
democratic.
In the house the insurgents appear TO
be Il constantly increasing body. The
vote OH the tariff bill did not develop
their maximum strength. Then ONLY
twenty republicans. representing eight
states voted with the opposition. The
actual insurgrnt str, II 9Th is nearer
forty. On the other hand. the progress.
sivcs in the senate do not seem to In.
crease in numbers. Tho regulars there
arc too firmly %intrcnchcd. Besides.
Senators are elected by legislatures and
not by tho people. Consequently it il Il
forcgonc conclusion that the regulars
will continue to hold tho upper hand.
The house passed the tariff hill BY
twelve majority. Had the republicans
six votes less they would have failed 10
do so. With II republican majority Of
fifty.five they had Il margin altogether
too narrow for comfort. They are
somewhat concerned, too because the
insurgcnt strength Omc from States
which must be carried in order to con.
troll congress. Indiana. Kansas. iowa.
Minnesota and Wisconsin have fifty.
two members in the house. moro than
the present republican majority. II one
half these members should be lost, the
house would be democratic. These
arc extremely dissatisfied with
the new tariff bill.
fractional differences have been OK.
tending. They began in the last con.
gross with the committee on rules.
They continued with the reelection
IF speaker Cannon, which. IL will DO
remembered. was effected by tho aid Of
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
Woman Beats Attorney

j. d. Alderman. the Oakland patent
a%ttooney who for several days past has
been pressing "A claim of script land and
property to the south Of Goldtield. dur
ing hearings held before County Clerk
Hamilton. acting Us the representative
of the land office at Carson. left this
morning for Salt Lake City.
The evidence is now being trans
cribed and will bc forwarded shortly
to Carson and later 90 to the govern
mcnt land authorities nj v a%shington.
Some considerable time will elapse be-
fore h controversy is finally settled.
The last protestant against the script
being granted was Il woman, Miss Mar
garetia Macs, who with her brother.
Michael. sone time Z took up and
improved several acres of land OH what
is known rs the Banner mining claim
and over which the script was laid. to-
gether with other claims. The Macs
sister and brother-aftcr seeing 10
signs of other ownership, established
their home and proceeded to sink Il
well.
In this work Miss Macs remarked
in testifying that she was the top
man. while her brother worked below.
They soon struck fine water, and then
proceeded to cultivate the property to
the end that the little home is one of
the wonders of the section near the
Malapai.
Flowers and vegetables grow there
in abundance and the little fcnccd-in
place with its neat house attract much
attention.
So Miss Macs and her brother pro.
tested yesterday against the script he.
ing granted and title taken from them.
The thrifty little woman declared that
she did not need counsel and fought
her W case in interesting fashion be.
fore h commissioner
Her remarks throughout were bright
and all concerned on the trial declared
that she had accomplished that which
has always been considered impossible
the injecting Of interest into the trial
of Il land caSe.-Goldfield News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01

carries There is. for instance. con-
stantly confined in q London hospital n
boy who is alleged to In Il dissemination
of the germs of diphthcria, "IIc is
quite we'll" says the physician in
charge. but in his throat repoSc the
bacilli of d%iphtheria. which find their
surroundings ~cuugenial and thrive III
them. Ii these were transmitted to
other persons there would probably bc
an epidemic of diphthcria." Then
there is London professional man who
has been discovered u bc An uncDn
scious carrier of the dangerous bacilli"
of typhoid. Somebody ought to tell the
professional man. And Il Glasgow boy
has been revealed rs Il repository of
cnteric fever germs. So it will be re-
allied that the New York case is far
from unique, and we may rs well cease
to point with pride" to it.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
CoultrY's Wheat Crop

The statistics show that the wheat
crop of the United States over the past
ten years ranged from 522, 229. 5O5 to
III. 2G0, $40 bushels, The average an
nual production for ten years tls07-l9OG)
was G:l, lSl, G26 bushels. The average
yield per acre Il little less than IL
bushels (l2.G 90 bushelS). Average yield
per acre from 1871 to 1906 was L. 30
bushels.
Agricultural schools are teaching how
to increase the yield per acre. We fail
to see the increase. This. however. is
largely due 10 the falling off in the ex-
trcme eastern states. while at Lovelack.
Nevada, II field produced an average
of $500 pounds to the acre, or go bushels
to the acre, over eighty acres.
Thus it will he seen that Nevada has
Il big duty To perform i'll keeping up
the general average per acre. This
State Is able 10 do it, and the time will
come when every little valley will have
its tiour mill and orr farmers will pro-
duce the wheat for the manufacture of
tlour that will supply the entire Sage
brush state. and more. The sooner it
is brought about the better. As soon
rs the farmers of the Carson Sink can
supply the demand and receive the
large amount of money that is now
being sent away for flour the better for
the entire community. Speed the day
when that condition will prevail
: Churchill Englc
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
Heed The Warning

Several persons have been arrested in
the last few days for throwing rubbish
into the streets or alleys of the town.
If people will persist in violating this
law after repeated warming they will
have to pay the penalty.
The arrests that have already been
made should serve rs Il warning to
others us the officers will enforce this
sanitary law against all who are caught
violating it. This will protect the
health of the town and keep the streets
free from unsightly rubbish. Two
things that every citizen of the town
should be vitality interested in.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
Thirteen" and a "Bit."

a thirteen" In money was II small
coin In circulation In ireland in tho
early part OF tho nineteenth c1utury.
equivalent In value to thirtc pence.
and vas known locally as u "thir.
teen" a bit Ia money means any
small coin. as n fOrr.pcn bit. n
six.penny bit. Specifically II IL tho
name Of q small Wnst Indian coin.
worth about ter cents. IL parts OF
the United States there was formerly
current n small coin (callcd in 90 ne
states n MCLEAN shiilingl. e the
value OF l2l-2 cents. anI t.is vas
called n bit" In tho Canadian Wclt
to-day Il bit" Is said to b. II cents.
and % cents represents "t"'o bits"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
done up to the present day.

done up to the present day.
Nevertheless. there are many who
will think that Mr.. Hill is rather pre-.
mature in his apprehension that unless
we n increase the agricultural popula-
ton and its product the question of Il
source of food supply Mt home will Dol
superSede the question of 4 market for
IL own products abroad" For, they
don't believe that we have almost reach
ed Il point where, us he says, owing to
increased population without increased
production per acre: our home food
supply will h. Insufficient for our own
needs.
Some attention is due to the state
ments of SO experienced an agricultur-
ist and statiStician us Secretary Wilson
of the Federal Department i'll charge of
such matters; and as his flat contradic-
ton of the spectators in wheat who
last March had the impudence and
mendacity to assert that the eStortion-
ate price they forced it up to was due
TO its scarcity aud not to its corncring
by them, was amply sustained later on.
the public will rather accept his state
ment of u few weeks ago that there was
a larger acreage of wheat this year and
Il larger production per acre, than Mr..
Hills that the percentage of the popula-
ton engaged in agriculture and the
wheat product per acre are both failing.
If the two statements are taken for
what they are really worth. the farmers
of the country, and the country itself,
may profit from them. But, again it is
TO he said that the high cost of living is
not due to the scarcity of food products,
including everything from meat TO
wheat, but to the Stand Pat" tariff
under which competition from foreign
lands being excluded, combinations to
kill off domestic competition have been
formed and the neceSSIrisS of life seized
and monopolized by them.-Brooklyn
Citizen.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-01
MR.. TAFT IN MINNESOTA

When President Taft frankly avows
in MINNESOTA that he believes party
solidarity" to he much more import.
ant than the reduction of rates in one
or two schedules of the tariff no
further explanation is needed of his
other declaration that II am not here
to defend the Payne bill hut to support
It."
1t is as II republican partisan, not
as president of the United States, that
Mr.. Taft etnphatically declares:
II a say without hesitation that
this is the best tariff. hill fine repub.
lican party has ever passed, and, there.
fore, the best tariff bill that has been
passed ut all" Having promised down
ward revision before his election and
having declared in his Inaugural ad.
dress that revenue should be the main
purpose of tariff legislation. Mr.. Taft
must know tho Payne tariff Is the worst
that ever wa enacted. II breaks solemn
promises made to the people. it was not
framed to produce revenue, and It dis.
appoints the expectations OF II large
majority of the American people. more
ontrageously than any other Legislation
ever enacted in Washington.
At Winona, In Mr. Tawney's dis.
trict, Mr.. Taft spoke Of the woolen
schedule of the Payne law as unfor
tunately too high. He would have been
more frank with the Minnesota voters
IL he had mentioned the long cottons
schedule In which there Is not a single
reduction from the Dingley rates ana
in which the increases upon the Dingley
Il all tho way from IL to 100 per
cent,
Mfr. Taft said nothing ut Winonu
about the trick by which the Ding.
10y tariff on wood pulp and print paper
doubled after n special committee
II the House. headed by Representative
Mann, of Illinois. had thoroughly in.
'cstigated the pulp and paper question
nd reached the conclusion that the
rate of so II ton on nows print |
aper should DO reduced to 81. He does