davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
Work on Lucin Cut of

\, a result Of the visit to Lakeside
Monday with Vice president and Gen
,rai Manager Bancroft and Sup2rintcn-
dent Manson Of the Salt Lake division
Of the Southern Pacific, Mr.. Hood
recommended the continuation of the
work Of the double tracking of the line
for gIc last 5000 feet on the west side
Of the Lake. which has been under pro-
grr~S for some weeks. This stretch Of
track. which drops about five feet from
the line Of the t~rc,tlc, will also be
raised aud tho new grade maintained
for some distance on the west approach
% the lake.
Tho work Of widening the line re.
YI,rys the use Of several hundred en-
plnyrS, three work trains and three
steam shOvcIS at the big gravel and
ballast pit at Lakeside.
As rapidly rs the line i, widcncd the
track-Iaying gang will place the new
steel. The grade of new line will be
raised 20 the now level of five feet.
When the second track Is laid and
bullustcd it will be used for traffic while
tho other track will be raised to its
level. II is stated that eventually the
entire line on the "fir' will be double
tracked.
The construction Of brcakwatcrs on
each side Of the FIN" in order to pro.
trct it from the waves during a storm
is boiug considered ut the present time
Ivy the engineering department of the
road. but no definite conclusion has
hsrn reached. Several methods for the
construction Of a brcakwater are being
considered. which includes those
similar ~ what the government has
| constructed at The mouth of the
Columbia river, San Pedro harbor and
the sea wall at Galveston, Texas
| Ogden Examiner.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
Respectfully Referred

Chief Justice Marshall used to mar
rate with great glee the following cor
respondence on a point of honor be-
tween Governor Giles Of Virginia and
Patrick Henry. The governor wrote:
Sir understand that o have
called me a bobtraii politician. / wish
to know if it be true and, if true, your
meaning.-W. r Giles"
Patrick Henry's reply came prompt
":
Sir do not recollect calling you a
bobtail politician ut any time. but
think it probable that / have. / can't
say what l did mean, but if you will
tell me what you think | meant | will
say whether you are correct or not.
Very respectfully .-Patrick Henry"
This was leaying it to Giles with a
vengeance; but, as there was no further
correspondence, the governor of
Virginia must have read satisfaction
somewhere between the lines of Pat
rick Henry's brilliantly equivocal
reply.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
Much Used

a minister Of one Of tho leading con.
BreSations of this city was recently
making "a call OH ono of the prominent
"'einbcrs Of his flock and was greeted
az the door by the ~fyo.ycar.old daugh-
,ef OF h house. who was doing the
"'npfS rs hostess IN the absence Of her
mother, Spying u well worn /, lily
p''lc near at hand. tho minister com.
"'ehtcd on the fact that there must bn
' good father in tho house which con
tuned proof Of having used the Bible to
10 great m extent.
W. yes said the child. papa has
Us On the Riblo three times u day"
indeed replied the ptrson. How
W'iIy'ng' Aud. pray. at what times
''e' your good father call upon this
grand yolumoT'
Always at mcaltimcs. answered
inc radiant daughter. you know. wa
"eNerhad a baby chair in the house. 50
pa Just sits tho Bible on u dining room
oneir and that makes It just high
enough for us children. NV baby
orother jim sat on IL this morning
we all had our turn at IT,"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
Harold FernaId Badly Hurt

Shortly after ? o'clock this afternoon.
Harold FornaId, Youngest son of MIR.
Frank Fcrnnld. met with a severe
accident near the Western Pacific
r]oundhpusc. He and several other boys
Of his ago were riding ON % Western
Pacific hand car. Harold was pumping
the car and the handle ON the upward
stroke struck him i'm the stomach. This
knocked him of his balance and in To.
gaining it he pitched forward and
the handle in its downward stroke
struck him on the head touring tho
scalp from tho skull on the left side.
He was crushed down on the car and
fell of in front Of It and the car ran
over him.
The little fellow was picked MP and
taken 10 Mr.. james RussrliS and Drs
Hood and West were summoned. They
made him ms comfortable ~ possible
and had him removed to the Redwood
hospital.
The a ran uyGr his abdomen and. at
this writing. we are not informed ~
the injuries he sustained by being run
over. Hc complained Of his back and
IL is feared that hc is seriously injured.
Harold is about y years OF ogo. lie
IL a splendid little boy. Everyone who
knows him will wish for his speedy
recovery.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
Get Rondy for May 10

That great French scientist Prof.
Cammille illumination has announced
TO a breathlessly waiting world that on
May 10Th next this good old earth will
be completely euveioped 10y the tail of
liallcy's comet, and that there will at
hat time bc an end of all things earthly.
Now then to tell the real truth. we
don't believe g.: but there il no uso
starting 80 argument with n French.
man and getting yourself challenged to
a duel We don't believe we are going
10 bg swiped by the tail Of "A comet. for
the same reason that a miner never
thinks that he is going 20 be blown NJ
with a stick Of dynamite he carries i'm
his boot and thaws over a FIRE. namely.
because wc never have been yet. Like.
wise we don't believe the world is going
to como 20 an end. or that the tariff is
going to be revised 10y its friends for
| the same reason.
But " doesn't make much difference,
whether 10 is true or not. There will
be a certain number who will bcliey,
1t and will be expecting 10 wake up TIA,
10th Of May and find themselves deat
! corpscs, IS the scripture says; and th,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
Western 9o i!c Badly Damnq,d

A Salt Lake dispatch Of the 18th
says:
There will be no through trains over
the Western Pacific railroad for one
week and perhaps longer. 4 disaster
similar in kind, though of a lesser de-
gree than that which overwhelmed the
san Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake.
befcll the new Gould road during a
short lived tempest yesterday after
noon.
Lashcd by the wind. mighty waves
Of salt. laden water beat down upon the
Western Pacific roadbed where it cross.
cs the Great Salt Lake, turo ont long
stretches Of track ard piled masses of
debris on Other portions. Examination
today showed that ton miles Of the line
must he repaired and two or three miles
rebuilt before trains can pass.
When the line was constructed the
lake was several feet below it's present
level and tho elevation of the rails was
ample.
Tho subsequent rise of the water
brought thom within spiashiug distance
Of the tics and IL is no secret that tn,
officials have long realized the necessity
for rec obstruction.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
Splendid Tribute of Mark Twain to hts Irish
Servant

Mark Twain, the American humorist
before his departure for Honolulu, ad-
dressed a meeting in New York and re-
ferred to the death of his coachman as
follows:
HI came to us t~hirty-six years ago.
He was our cOaChman on the morning
that l drove my young bride to our new
home He was a young Irishman,
slender, tall, 1.-the. honest, truthful and
he never changed in all his life. He
really was with us but twenty-five
years for he did not go with us to Eu-
rope, but he regarded that as a
separation. As the children grew up he
was their guide. He was with us in
New Hampshire last summer, and his
hair was Just as black, his eyes were
just as blue, his form Just rs straight
and his heart just as true as on the day
we first met. In all the long Years ne
never made a mistake. He never heard
an order, he never received "A command.
He knew. have been asked for my
idea of AN ideal gentleman. and | give
it to you-Patrick McAleer."
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
mndrrn pckln 10 Progressive

Changes In pckiu are s'ridnE. Mac.
adpmizcd roads. improved drainage.
streets kept clean, side stalls re.
moved into markets. traffic handled by
uniformed trained police. modern pub
Iic buildings. electric light. carriages
ANA bruuEhams In place of chairs or
carts. improved schools with students
I'm uniform. female education. public
reading rooms and lecture halls. an
intercourse with foreigners mover be.
fore known. daily newspapers WITH
tropical illustrations. geological ana
botanical gardens. and = crusade
against opium
Pckin. oxcIur.yc Of It's un.mportant
suburbs. has a population Of 6o3Oii
persons. represented by l2S O0S lam
flies. rhr children number "a" '"I'
ouC.half OF whom arc Of school axe,
Tho city has 1873 schools for boys and
u for girls. with n stan Of ! goo m"n
teachers and 100 womon teachers. lac
average daily attendance Is l62S1
boys aud al girls.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18

tail of the comet will be over all. 1t
is a fortunate thing to have u great inn
pending disaster in prospect, for it robs
the little ordinary troubles of their
capacity to worry and fret us.
70 the ordinary man, who knows bet
ter but nevertheless allows himself to
be distracted and distressed by the
vicissitudes of the everyday grind the
man who can believe that we are
headed for 4 rear-end collision with a
comet is almost to be envied. 1t is not
SO much the gravity of our ills as the
multitude thereof that bothers us.
Having a planetary smash.u up to look
forward to is putting the eggs all in one
basket and relieving the tension.
The probability hat q collision with
the comets tail would no hurt us
should not be considered, because that
would take away the virtue of the
apprehension.-St Joseph Observer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
A Yankee Consolation

The Vermont farm had been worn
out, 5 o the New Highlander and his
wife took up o homestead in Oklahoma.
The soil was kindly. and their native
thrift was great, so they prospered.
At last, however. age came heavily
upon the wife, and, knowing that her
time was not long, she called her
husband TO her side.
Reuben" she said. II want you TO
send me back to Vermont when I'm
passed away
Ruben pulled his whiskers rolec.
lively. That would cost a lot, Mary
could buy that windmill for what that
would cost. 50 he said.
But / couldn't lie still in a grave
this far away from the old folks. she
protested
well. now, I'll tell YOU he com
promised. Suppose we just try ye
here, and IL you don't lie still, why, nj
ship we back TO old New Hampshy.-
Rochester Herald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
MlIdcnl KILLED on Electric Wires

The electric power WIS or in this
city yesterday for a short time and all
on uccJunt of u ptsky wildcat that took
the top ~ an electric polo for - perch.
It happened ont beyond the Mound
House ana was the ctus, Dt the
death Of tho animal and the short
circuitiug Of tbs line aud burning in
two " ono Of the wires Tho animal
for some unknown cause climbed the posi-
to the top and touching The wires. Cell
acsOs< th3m dCld There hs hung burn.
ing and sizzling until pla Of the wires
was burned in two and the power cut
off the charrcd BODY fell to thu ground
- Carson News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
Salmagundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY

Mr.. and Mrs. FRANK Smiley ctue
from Starr valley yesterday. They IN.
tend 10 make this their future home.
Two mining experts strucxout for
Jarbidge this mprnins in uns Of NJ.
~Thompson's light rigs.
Nobe NJ. Jefferson. IL of Cars,n's
pioneer residents. died Monday night.
lie MAS 10 years ri aye.
Pierce Voreis outfit left for Jarbidge
this morning. Another outfit also
started for the new camp
The w. T. Smith Company is pre-
pared to furnish almost everything
needed for a JarbidGc outfit. Tou will
get your monev worth at this store
every time. Ses the cLmpany's new
al.
The regular prayer meeting of the
Presbyterian church l. held tonight al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Gro
yer. 1t will b. in charge Of DIR. Clark
All are welcome. Meeting commences
at : o'clock.
1t is stated that there i no foundation
In fact for the statement that the yyede-
Kind mine i to b, r~e-opened. The
niue IS still controlled by the estate Of
Governor Spark, ana 40 transfer has
been made by the heirs of this property
to outside intere,ts-Vlrginia Chroni-
Gle.
At first it wdu ann nn,ci that Sec
Rotary Btllinger wDIii not b. repre-.
sentcl by counsel before the congres
Nional investigating Committee that Is
considering the BLIiins.r-Pinchot dis
pute. Later it WAS announced that
Bhllinger's interest, Ini those Of all of
the others defendants" would be looked
after by the United States attorney
general Since then it has been decided
that NIB ll.nI.r snail have two
lawyers at zach committee hearing.
Can it be possible that anyone is bscom-
ting worried Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
Salmagund
n TUESDAYS DAILY

Six men left On the stage thi, morn.
ing for J~arbidse.
Pierce Vore will leave tomorrow will
Il iour-horse team for Jarbidye. He ,.;i,
take a party to the camp.
the youngsters who :, to scboo, IN
the old building were given 4 holiday
''dAy on account of The wind
I'F.ie' pu,h,tiug Tor Jarbidye ,h,pId
call ON c. A Harrington and inspect
has stock Of harness, pack saddles, etc
ETC. before buying. Read his new adj
and be wise.
During the month of January ,a,o
i"ur comets were at one time in the
heavens. TIL" first Of these i, Uollev's.
the second, WInncck's, r~ediscoyered NJ
the Observatory de Ia Plata on October
III by POro; the third i, Daniel, and
'"' i'Hrih. InneN.-Scicntifc Amcri-
can.
For the information Of parties going
L" JarbidSe hy the way of Elko, we will
state that the cost of the trip at the
present time for each passenger and
900 pounds OF baggage is $50. This
docs not include meals and lodging ON
the trip. Thirty dollar, is not an cx-
c'''ive charge for the trip, considering
the condition If the roads and weather
Aubrey Armstrong received "A letter
from Mr., Smith, the district recorder AT
J'roriEc. stating that there were about
200 men IN the camp and that rooming
houses. restaurants, stores and real -
,Ate Offices were in full blast. Also that
m"n were coming into the clnp very
fist.
Ergrybpiy VIII b. pleased to learn
that Harold f"rnld'S injuries are not
a' severe 10, Ms feared yesterday. A
pI'n" mc,-l-: from fleetwood hospital
this aftoruul. ,.traI that there were
~ympror, ut Internal injurie, and
t.rtt his bArS WIS not seriously hurt.
the scalp wruIi is the worst injury he
-ust aimed. % "ra.i j., doing nicely and
will be- out a. -.r'I rs the scalp wound
DR.. Sophie Hrrzog Of Brazoria, Tex.
Is said 20 be the only woman railroad
surgeon in the world. She is q native
90, Austria, came 10 this countr in
I,-O. studied medicine and surgery and
for nine year, after graduation prac
t.cei medicine in New York. soon
moving o. Texas her work a, a
surgeon attracted the attention Of the
-. Louis. Brownsville & Mexico rail.
rp.ui and she W., appointed surgeon
for the road.
Six million six hundred and seventy
Thousand one hundred and fifty five
immigrants arrived in the United States
the seven year ending June Both last.
Estimate, show that immigrants for the
present fiscal year viii exceed nine
hundred thousand. Seventy per cent of
this vas, army came from southern and
eastern Europe and western Asia. More
than fifty per cent of them are Of the
undesirable class - make god cItizsn
and ueishbbr~.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18

Jarbidgc Prices

I'm An interesting lottcr TO the HUM
bolt Star. William a Kopplrn, who
had boon in the camp twelve days when
he wrote. gives the following list OF
prices at Jarbigc:
Tho cost Of hay. grain. groceries, cc''
here at the Jnrhidgc store is rs follows.
uay.Si50 a ton. onts.$l2,50 per hundred
pounds: bacon, 30 cents 10 - cents q
hound. lard, 30 cents u pound coffee -
cents 30 20 cents q pound, potatoes 10
cents Il pound land mono IN c'lnPl'
tobacco . cents u pound Those prices
were given me by the ~storekcopor MIN
self and are the correct pcicc5 upto d'i''
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
HoW's ThiS2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any cnse OF Catarrh that
cannot he cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. f.. u. CuENEY&Co. Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known
+. j. Cheney for the last fifteen years
and believe him perfectly honorable
liz all business transactio ms and fiuanl
ciully able to carry u any obliga--
tiOns made by his firm.
WAi.DING, kINSAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Cntarrh Cure is taken in.
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, Testimonials sent free.
Price I5c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stipation.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
X. Of P. Anniversary Social

The Knights of Pythias Lodge at
Elko will hold their anniversary social
at Castle Hail, Saturday evening. Feb
ruary 18th. All knights and Pythian
Sisters are cordially invited. Knights
and Sisters have the privilege of invit-
ing M escort
BY order of Committee.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
~Salmagundi
FROM MONDAYS DAILY

) 10 keep the rivers Of the country free
from shass II other impediments n
navigation the government n,irt,iaI
a fleet of 30 steamboats, and spend, 500.
600 u year.
a sick lady was taken nm , sr
from the Telescope hotel las, mimi -
the fleetwood hospital. Eight or TON
men carried her.
Officer CDtant has been rpuudiry H.,
the yags in town. This morpipg no
arrested one that had provided nr,upd
town for several nights. He had =,
long pistol on his person and seemed to
be ready for business.
a new installation i, being rl,coj ,,
the Eiffel tower by which 1t is hop,I tn
establish wireless teiegraphic com.
m"unication with Saigon. Cochin Chin,
$500 miles from Paris.
w. l. Penny. formerly Of the North
ern Cafe and Cash Grocery Co. VIII, j.
closing up his business in L,v,Ipc, ov
poets to leave for Jarbidgc shortly
-, ~ " "'''"'NN venture.
A new automatic gup with ,,.Li.I, Oh.
British military authorities ,r
p]crimcnting can throw -, ,br,.. r,.,,I
shells three and a half milo. n..h
minute. II is carried ON ap ,Y,,w,bI.
truck with a crew Of ten mon. N , r,,,
of twenty-fiv we miles AN hnDr
living % inc vast amount Il ir"lgu'
s''"S 'h'" Virginia City W engines
were r'I' REV" u handle th' local Last
evening Inc ho'Vy freight shipment,
are one oi the BEST argument, showing
t'e prosperity ihu is coming % th" '.l
'ode' appeal
NOTHING has b.c, .,iI r,~ ,.
.ni,,ut tho ..yvar .y.t.,, ri.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18
Married

RoBEAR-In Elko. Nevada
February, II. 1910. by L. +. Morgan,
Justice Of the Peace. Mr.. Roy T.. Pri.
meauI to Mrs. Frances L. Robcar.
both Of Tuscarora.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-18

According to a poll Of the republican
editors Of Nevada. recently made by
the Chicago Tribune, three favor Can
non for speaker Of the next house and
four are against. The same number
endorse the Aldrich. Taft. Cannon tariff
law and four do not. Out of 3i00 re.
publican editors. who answered the
Tribumc's questions, 80 favored Can.
O and 2.G5a opposed him. OF the g..
49S republican editors who replied to
the tariff inquiry. sl9 endorsed the
present tariff law and 2.GsG did NOT.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-09
BOUND over
ON SERIOUS
CHARGES
CLARENCE PLIMADE AND
GEORGE MCMILLAN ACCUSED
OF SHOOTING cow AND OF
TRYING 10 "wHITE SLAVE" a
MINOR.

Clarence Plimade, alias George
Mcmillan, young man of about 10
years of age, is in serious trouble
under each of those cognomens and
will be given an opportunity to ex-
PLAIN himself at the next term OF
the circuit court. Under the first
name he stands bound over to the
grand jury under $1,000 bonds un-
der the charge of wanton injury to
animals belonging TO another" by
Justice OF the Peace George w.
Hubb, of Silverton, and under the
latter name he stands charged with
the crime of having written '1etter
to a young girl and trying to entlce
her away from her home for Inn
moral purposes" and he stands
bound over to the grand jury. upon
arraignment before Justice OF the
Peace Webster. of this city this
morning. under $500 bonds. In de-
fault OF both balls he is confined in
the county jail TO await the action
of the grand jury.
In the first instance. under the
name OF Plimade. he is specifically
charged with having shot COW be-
longing to a farmer in the Waldo
Hills nelghborhood, while out
with another young man by
the name OF Kaser. and in the sec
ond instance, under the name OF Nc
MILAN. which appears TO be his cor
rect name, he is charged with hav-
ing written ~ letter 10 the minor
daughter OF prominent farmer in
the same country district near Sill
verton, couched In the vilest and
strongest OF obscene language, try
ing 10 entice her away from homs
for immoral purposes. When the
state court gets through with him
upon the latter charge. he will IN
all probability. be turned over to the
federal authorities. to answer TO
the charge of sending obscene liter
ature through the United States
mails. Young Mcmillan has been
working upon a farm in the Silver
ton neighborhood. for some nontha
past.
Deputy sheriff william Esch has
been working upon his case Stree
early last August. in reference 70
the charge OF having written the OBJ
scene letter to the young girl. and
he finally run him down and Me-
MILAN was arrested yesterday after
noon by Marshal Mcmillan, Of sil-
verton. who however is no relation
to the accused. and was brought 20
this city upon the instructions OF
Deputy Sheriff Esch.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-09

nomah county, Bowerman was lead
ing over West this afternoon by 1876
votes. The vote stood Bowerman
21O9, West 1878.
In an extra edition the Evening
Telegram which supported Bower
man declared that the results from
outside counties was such that 1t was
impossible to predict the result"
The paper inferred that Bowerman
still had fighting chance to win.
Concerning the probable issue, the
drys assert that the matter is still in
doubt, Notwithstanding favorable re-
ports for the vets. In Pendleton, in
Eastern Oregon, the vote stood 10 to
1 against prohibition.
Later reports from throughout the
state give Bowerman total of H.