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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
ROOSEVELT AND THE PRESS

With the REGAL of the John Adams
law, persisted the idea that a citizen OF
official could be thrown into jail or
prison for saving disagreeable things
| about the president Orany other MEM
Der of the government. This is proven
not only by tradition, hut by history.
When jefferson and Adams contested
for the presidency i'll 1860, one of tho
principal planks nj Jefferson's platform
was that publicity is the fountain head
of good government; that there could
be no real popular government without
the greatest freedom of thought,
freedom of speech and last but not least,
freedom of the press.
Along that same line, jefferson made
good his promise to bury the Federllist
party out of sight, III the platform that
it is better to have II scurrilous free
press than Il highly respectable gagged
press. . He held fast to the idea that
were he to he required to choose be.
tween government without the press
and the press without government, he
would choose the latter, and let the
people. be guided by the knowledge
acquired from the controversial clash of
the contendlng editors.
1t was also Jefrcrson's belief that sour,
rilous attacks by Il yenal press upon ;
man in public station helped more thar
it hurt and that in the end the author.
of such attacks were the only sufferers
From that time until his death
tw%cnty-siX years later, no vas the most
popular and influential man in the
affairs of the nation. The men who
~predicateS his idea Of this republic upon
the theory that the government of the
United States is such Il poor thing that
it cal be libelled by anybody will never
win lasting popularity and renown.-
st. Joseph Observer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
Masonic Installation

Elko Lodge, No. IL, +. Il y. NJ, in
stalled the following officers Sunday
night, George b. Russell, the retiring
Master, was the installing officer assisted
by Past Master j. l.. Kcyscr rs Grand
Marshal:
Edgar Rcinhart, w. NJ; f. $. Gcdncy,
S. W.; f. L. Howard, j. w; John
Henderson, Treas; z. Ct. McWhinncy,
Sect; l.. X. David, S. D.; Joe Taber. j.
d.; d. j., Gilliland and c, f. Williams,
Stewards; james Clark, Tyler.
The installation was witnessed by the
wives and daughters of the members of
the lodge. After the ceremonies q
pleasant time was spent i'll listening 10
short speeches from different members
and i'll social conversation.
Tonight the members and their
families will meet ut the Opera IIor-c
in honor of St. Johns day. There will
be literary exercises. after which those
present will do tho right thing to q
banquet to he served at the Commercial
Cafe.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
THE LADY AND THE UMBRELLA.
Not Every Woman So Lucky as the
Heroine Of This Tale.

In the storeroom that every rail.
road maintains for the safe Keeping
or lost articles left in it's care by for
Setiul passengers there are always to
be fCund hundreds of umbrellas. But
not every umbrella left I'm the cars
Is lost long enough to find its way
TO h lost department; 1t may fortu-
nateiy be recovered soOner.
Here was a woman who had lust
stepped from an elevated railroad
train. To find /; raining. and thus re.
minded:
oh! my umbrella" she said. and.
turning TO the train. which had al
ready started along. she added: Wait
a minute!' a request by the train un.
needed.
And yet this woman ecoverc her
umbrella in a moment.
Her II is said another woman.
who was travelling with her. had got
on III a after her. and had
gathered up her friends umbrella
with her W rs she came along.
So this forgctful passenger rccoy-
cred her umbrella promptly. but not
all are so fortunate; thousands of um.
brellas left behind by passengers "a
to the lost departments every year.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
Why Missouri Went Republican

Bryan only got about 5000 less votes
in Missouri ut the rcccnt election than
he received in 1896. yet in hat year he
carried Missouri by nearly 10000.
Democratic emigration 10 Oklahoma
and Texas, and republican immigration
from Iowa, Kansas, Illinois and other
republican states doubtless explains tho
change. And yet the vote on state
officers shows that Missouri is still
democratic by somewhere between 5000
and 1000. 1t looks as though it will Inc
a very difficult matter to elect Il Straight
tickc in either party hereafter
Montgomery Standard.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
Husband and Wife.

No man yet was ever made moro
tender by having tenderness do.
mandcd OF him; nc man yet was even
cried Into loving his vito moro.
am willing to admit that men are as
faulty creatures as women themselves.
unsympathetiC In small things, often
blind and that they may easily be
c~xaspcratGd Into small brutalitics of
speech. IT Il woman rcfrains from OK.
acting devotion and Is unswerylngly
kind and unsclGsh, n husband who hag
any affection for his wife at all can
he left to look out for doing his share.
lie VIII look out for II anyway: no
ono else can make him. Neither tears
nor cntreatlcs will wiring from him
those small kindncsscs and attentions
so dear to w0mcn.-A Wife, IN liar.
pcr's Iazar.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
THE ~coLoNNAs PART AMERICAN.
oldest Family In Europe Has This
Unique Distinction.

At n Newport luncheon a diplomat
discussed blue blood.
"iou Americans have the best OF
everything" he said. 1T Is hut nat.
ural mat the bluest blood in all Europe
should be part American.
The bluest blood in Europe. the
oldest European family. is the great
Roman house Of Colonna. Withou, a
break the Colonnas trace their descent
from one powerful prince to another
clear back to Julian the A~postatc.
y royal family Of Europe equals
this. The Romans Of Burgundy. the
descendants Of the old Burgundian
kings. alone approach II.
And this Colonna family. n better
FAMILY than the kaiscr's or King I'D.
wards. is now part American: It half
belongs to America. for It's head,
Prince MafcO. is the husband OF that
beautiful American who was Miss
Mickey"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
ALWAYS GREAT STATE.
Her History interviewer with That Of
the Country.

BY the census OF 1890 Virginia coz
tanned Il population approXlmating
100000, or more than one fifth Of all
the people then In the United States,
about one-thi,d uf this number being
negroes, Of whom l2.G0O were free.
Comparing the returns with the pres
ent population OF die commonwealth
(2,lO0,OOO), the hasty conclusion Is
drawn that the increase has been ex-
ceptionally slow; but this view loses
sight of the fact that in 1890 the fig
ures embraced all the persons living
In the territory now covered by West
Virginia and Kentucky; and II should
be taken into o that the Old
Dominion contributed largely to the
settlement Of Illinois and Missouri.
and Alabama, Tennessee and Florida
as well. Even among the pioneers OF
Iowa, California and Minnesota many
names can be found whose bearers
were first AmericaniZed in the settle
ments on the banks of the James and
Potomac rivers. Had Virginia retained
her original geographical proportions
she would rank easily us first in the
family Of states. Generously prolific
of ofTshoots from the parent stem,
there still remains Il goodly crop OF
sons and daughters under the ancient
roof tree, amid the diminished acres
of her original domain. In 1860 large
ly more than ore-half of the senators
and representatives In congress were
OF Virginia birth, or were the sons or
grandsons OF men to her manor born.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
Made National Anthem.

When the ameer OF Afghanistan Wis
tied India last year he was given the
title of his majesty" instead of his
~highncss," as previously. The foreign
department of the Indian government
was much exercised over the question
whether 1t would be right that hc
should be greeted with the strains of
God Save the King" the Afghans
having n national anthem. The diff.
flculty was referred to the commander
in-chicf. "What docs II matter?" Lord
Kitchener is said to have replied.
PLAY n bar Of music. Who'll know
the diferenCe?" II was felt that n
single bar of music was a meagcr
dish TO set before a king, but the idea
was adopted. and. whenever guards OF
honor presented arms. the band played
tho first eight bars OF the slow march
from "Scipio." And now the Indian
newspapers are all praislng the beauty
OF The Afghan national anthem.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
BOTH THINKER AND DRINKER.
Eminent Eneiishman One Of the Most
Bibulous OF Men.

The great Person, librarian and
Greek scholar. would sit up drinking
all night without seeming to feel any
bad effects from It. Horne Tooke told
Samuel Rogers that he once asked
Person to dine with him I'm Richmond
buildings. and, as he knew that Por.
son had not been In bed for the .hrcc
preceding nights. he expected TO GET
rid Of him at Il tolerably early hour.
Person. however. kept Tooke up the
whole night, and in the morning the
latter, in perfect despair. said: mir.
Person, | am engaged TO meet a
friend at breakfast at Il coffee house
in Leicester square" oh" replied
Person, Il will go with you," and he
accordingly did so. Soon after they
had reached the coffee house TOoke
contrived to slip out. and. running
home, ordered his V not to let
Mr.. Person in. even il he should at.
tempt to batter down the door. "A
man." observed Tooke, who could sit
up four nights successfully might have
sat up 49,"
Tooke used TO say that "Porscn
would drink ink rather than not drink
ut all" Indeed, lie would drink any
thing. He was sitting with Il gentle.
man after dinner In the chambers Of
a mutual friend. Il Templar. who was
then i'll and confined to bed. \ serv,
ant came into the room, sent thither
by his master, Cor Il bottle of embro'
cation, which was on the chimney
piece. Il drank it an hour ago" said
Porson.-London's I. Pa Weekly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
Chicago Proud Of Eirnhoat.

Chicago recently launched n fireboat
which the city proudly believes TO DO
the most uT'to.date craft OF It's kind
In the world. She Ia the FIRST noating
h~re'fghter to be propelled by elcctri.
city, and Is to be equipped with tur.
Dine pumps capable of throwing $1,000
gallons n minute. The nozzlcs and
standpipes will be ranged about tho
center Of the croft. IA feet from tho
deck. This is to prevent tho handicap
experienced on the old boats. where
the hose connections, arc on the fore.
castle near the stern, hard to use when
lighting a blaze close L n dock. An.
other Innovation Is the use Of %"spuds."
or long legs running down 10 the bot.
tom OF the river. such as can DO seen
at any time on n drcdgc. Ey their
use the boat can be moorcd IN the
middle OF the river. while her entire
gives attention to drowning out q
blaze In shore.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
STOP souEAI;lNG OF HINGES.
Application of Kerosene Oil Does
Away with Annoyance.

The noises OF squeaky hinges may
be stopped by putting On kerosene oil.
Brass beds may be kept in condition
by rubbing them once or twice n
month with olive oil. The oil should
be put on with n soft flannel cloth and
rubbed of almost Immediately with
chccsecloth.
To destroy flies use the following:
Infusion OF quassia. one pint; brown
sugar. four ounces: ground pepper.
two ounces Mix this we'll together
and put in shallow dishes when re-
luired.
To destroy flies In a room take
half a ~tcaspoonful of black pepper in
powder. II teaspOonful of cream.
mix well together. Place them in room
on plate where flies are troublesome
and they will SOC disappear.
When washing floors or cleaning
windows always put Il few drops OF
p~aratiin in the water. and this will
keep away flies. moths. and other in.
SectG
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
INTEREST FIGURES In THE
UNITED STATE

According to the Wall Street Jour
nal, 'the question arose recently be-
tween the commonwealth of Massachu-
sets and n prominent trust company
rs to whether in borrowing money the
commonwealth should pay interest
fgdred ON the so-called New York basis,
or whether it should be paid by the
old method Of months and days, the
commonwealth claiming that the New
York idea was unfair.
up to about six years ago the Gus
tom in Boston was to figure interest by
months and days, but owing to the fact
that many loans of Boston banks were
carried by New York correspondents.
the bank found that they had loans of
like amounts, carrying the same rate
of interest, which did not show the
same amounts of interest accrued ut
maturity; hence the system was
changed to conform to the practice of
the New York banks. This system is
based on the assumption that there are
3GO days to the year, and that a given
amount of money will earn in six days,
if put to work at 6 per cent, one one
thousandth of the principal. The as
sumption is correct SO far rs it goes;
but inasmuch as these are 3G5 DAYS in
an ordinary year and 366 days in leap
years, and the borrower is called upon
to pay interest, not by months and
days, but by actual days, it will he
seen that the lenders have created for
themselves an additional interest.earn-
ing power, varying from five to six
days Il year. On a loan Of say $50, 00O,-
900, mt an average rate of 4 per cent,
this would amount to $27,777.7S for an
ordinary year and $33, 333.3 80 for leap
years.
while the practice is now UNIFORM
among banks, trust companies and
brokers, and all others who are lenders
of money, still the obligations of the
United States government are figured
on n 800 day basis: that is, that a
$1,000 bond, ut 2 per cent interest, will
Shih T~O III QUO uuyS. assuming tlcfc-
fore, that Il man bought IL government
2 per cent mt par, and borrowed 81, 900
from his bank the same day ut 2 per
per cent, he would find that he owed
his bank $50 for interest just five days
sooner than the government owed him
$50 on his investment.
"The commonwealth of Massachu.
sets, when selling it's bonds to invest.
ors, figures accrued interest by months
and days, and the treasurer could see
no reason why the trust company
should not figure in that way also.
Tho point is that if the interest is fig.
ured by actual days, it should be MS.
sumed that there are 3G5 days in Il year;
if the months and days method is used,
the assumption is correct that there are
3G0days.
But at the present time, however,
outside of the United States treasury,
tho interest method in financial circles
is n computation on the basis of 3GC
days to the year for II note for II 3Gi
day year"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
WOMANS PLACE IN COMMUNITY

In his Monthly Talk in the Woman's
Home Companion, DR.. Edward Everett
Hale says:
"Will you please to remember that
the bottom rock of American success
is the habit or determination that every
place, village, town neighbOrhood. or
whatever YOU call it, shall have home
rule. If | and Mr.. Goodchild want to
have II read and u bridge which shall 20
back to tho rhododcndron swamp. wo
build the road and we build the bridge
with such help as he can get from Mrs.
Tucker or from Mr.. Chanplin, and wc
do not write to II sub.prefect, who
writes to u project, who writes to an
assistant ~cominnndant. who writes To- an
i%ntondent, who writes to the secretary
OF engineers. who sends word to us
from the seat of government whether
we may build IL. Life where you stand
expresses the foundation principle. the
subsoil, the hard pan, the bed rock of
American life.
NOW, IL very queer thing has de.
veloped In the evolution Of this prin.
ciplc. 1t has proved that where the
men of the country have boon too busy.
or have thought they were. to attend TO
their own affairs, the womcn have been
able to attend to them better than the
men do.
Take this business which | have re-.
ferred to, of u ncighborhood library. |
feeding u region Of not more than four
or five thousand people. The affairs Of
that library, IL they ARE we'll conduct.
are conducted by the women Of the
neigbborhood They know what .,eir
children want; they know what their
husbands need. And II IL ycry for.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
THE INDEPENDENTS GREETING

This ISSUE Of the INDEPENDENT closes
another volume of its history. Since
1860 this paper has regularly greeted
the people of Elko county. 1t has risen
from aiirc and has survived the secret
plottings of its enemies
Under its present management it has
never failed 10 support what it believed
to he right. Threats and abuse have
not swcrvcd it from its path of duty.
Ii ii has been compelled TO use tho lash,
1t has been because conditions demand.
cd 1t. For this the proprietor has no
apologies To offer.
Since its founding in 1860, it has
been n power for good in this county
It's history is no moan part Of tho history
OF the county. In fact. almost "A
complete history Of the county Is
found in its files. For nearly forty
years, 1t has chrOniclcd the births and
deaths. the marriages, the comings and
goings of the people and the incidents
and happenings hat go to make up the
history of the county. During all this
tim, there has been no turning to the
right or to the left for the purpose Of
winning a little Of that nccting thing
called popularity. It has not vccrcd
with tho wind to catch every passing
breeze. It's policy has been to support
that which would tend toward the M.
building OF the state and county and
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
BEAR NAMES OF GREAT MEN.
famous Cogncmens Borne by Those Of
Humble Occupation.

The question of what to do with our
great men after they have ceased to
hold high Office is effectively answered
In the New York city directory. Accord
ing TO that unimpcachable authority,
George Washington is pursuing the
humble but very useful occupation OF
a barber in IIaTlem-and, according to
his customers, he Is n good one. An.
drew Jackson. whose name has here.
tofore been associated with notable
military achievement, follows the
peaceful calling Of a nurse. Abraham
Lincoln is put down as n secretary.
William Mckinley as Il publisher, and
James Madison as the secretary OF an
important corporation. James Monroe
is n machInist; benjamin Harrison a
printer: William Henry Harrison n
fireman. and Andrew Johnson n sail
maker. Thomas Jefferson Is appro.
prlatcly In charge of n Tammany club.
house: John Adams is n policeman,
and John Tyler proudly figures as a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
Mfrehcnts Get Lower Rite =,

w atH
a rate of S' cents has been m,,.
sugar shipments from San Erancisson
Reno the announcement, b,yias@
made to the sugar merrbon,s "eh
lust week and coming after ,Ha i'eao
cnai''s had refused to pay ,bs r,,I ef.
90 cents, which Was Gx,i 81
ago by the railroad company.
The events which led up to TIA
troversy between the shippers and ~
railroad officials, which r~csu,t,d "n
lower rate for Reno, are rs follow
Some time ago the railroad co,nn,..
announced u rate ON sugar from g!
Francisco to Ogden Of 81 cents. Sir,
after the rate from San Franchise;
Reno was fixed ut 10 ccnts-a0 Gov
more than the cost of shipping from
San Francisco to Ogden. which is oh,r.
twice the distance. AS o Us the bigh
rate for Reno was announced In. ,hir
perS of Reno got together and deto,
mined not to pay the ate. Accordip,l.
notice was served on the officials Of ~.
railroad company that when sugar va,
shipped to them from San Francisc,
they would tender tho company a rate
of % cents and no more and in case ann
trouble occurred an action in replevin
would he brought. The local officials
of the road asked the local shippers no.
t" he hasty in the matter and promised
70 have the matter taken up. This wa,
done with the result that the announce
mcnt of the rate of ~ cents has beer
made.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
a Village Power.

A Columbus firm had an account
against a man In 4 small country town
in Ohio. and after Intellectual attempts
10 collect determined to do something
radical. So they wrote n letter to
the postmaster Of the town and asked
Information concerning the merchant:
what his reputation was, whether lie
paid his bills and what kind of a mar
he was generally. and said If he was
no good to give the bill. which they
Enclosed. TO the justice of the peace
for collection. Tho answer they got
from the postmaster took their breath
away. II read something like this:
Gentlemen: | am the John Smith
about whom you are seeking informa.
ton. ! am also John Smith, post.
master. and | amIrJohn Smith, justice
OF the'pcacc. lOnrs very truly,
~ John SMITH"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
Es,ray Notice.

y gray gcldimg, \ or q years Of
age, branded T with bar below with
hook cnrving downward on ends Of bar
and II diamond bench upside down on
left shoulder. and u bay gclding about
10 years old. branded X with . dots
above the iron on the left hip, came to
my ranch on South Fork about the 10th
Of last July.
The gray gclding has II wire cut across
the breast and left shoulder and weighs
about 1850 pounds The hay gcldirg
has II little white on the left hind foot
and weighs about 1900 pounds.
Tho owner can get these horses by
proving property and paying all tx.
pcnscs for Keeping and advertising.
AN. GRISwOLD.
Lee, Eik0 County. Nevada
ElkO, NCvadn. November @, 1905.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
The WhistIinu Bow.

But woe betide the hand that bids
the whistllng boy be still! He is the
sole survivor from an age of innocence
into II of ill.starred knowlcdCc; he
binds the disparities of the present
and the past. The same I'm country
Ian and on the city pave-cusrno.
polite, bllthc. bohemian. a little pagan
Pants he, Amphibian of truant idle.
ness and endless prcuccupations Is he:
without rest. without haste, he shut.
ties back and forth between things ms
they are and things as they are
dreamed. If. In these transmigra.
lions, from the inner to the outer
world and back, he impIngcs on the
edges Of things a little sharply. he
cannot arouse our irc--for there IS n
whistling boy within every man who
keeps his courage up as no passes
through the graveyard Of his hopes
Washington Post.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
HICKORY TREE is A MONUMENT,
II Marks the Grave of an Admirer Of
President jackson.

In the Bapt!s. graveyard at Can
ton, Pa. near salem. lies the body
OF an old revOiu iunary soldier named
James Sayres. y rude. unlettered
sandstone marks his grave bat a more
consl icuOus monument is a large hick.
DRY tee the trunk OF which, three feet
from the ground, measures 5lH
inches in circumference.
James Sayres was an ardent ad.
mirer of Andrew Jackson, SO often
called "Old Hickory" from the char.
acter OF being SO %unbending In n
aus which he believed To be right.
MIR. Sayres always wore a sprig of
hickory on his breast on trimming
days and before he died directed
that a hickory tree be planted On
his grave. This was done, and after
the tree attained proportions deemed
unsuitable 10 adorn a grave IT was dug
up. Another tree sprang from Tho
roots left in, and this in time was also
dug III.
When a third tree. appeared, with a
E~ersistcncy In n good Gauge worthy of
emulation. relatives of the deceased
directed that IL be not disturbed.
Hence Ii tree of large proportions
that annually showers its nuts over
the grave of the deceased admirer OF
Old Hickory" ID
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-01
A Feat for Blondln.

why don't you Republicans walk
on the straight and narrow path in
this tariff revision BUSH ess?" asked
Representative Champ Clark OF
Speaker Cannon.
Champ" the speaker replied. that
question reminds me Of n story about
n man ! knew IN Chicago pho stayed
very late nj a dinner at the club.
When he came out no stated 10 walk
In the middle Of the street.
"llcy, John said a friend who met
him ms he was making the best of his
way along the car tracks. why don't
you walk on the Sidewalks.
walk on tho sidcwalks?' snortcd
John. DO you think I'm Blundln? p"
Saturday Evening Post.