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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25
Our Poor Little Earth

The main facts of astronomy IRE
highly interesting. 1t is only dry text
books that have made MS turn way
from them. Read a good popular as.
tronomy aud you will gain a dim, re-
moto idea of i%nfinitv and eternity.
Sometimes you think you see "A big star.
but yOu do not. You merely see the
light from il which has been 800 years
in reaching rs.
Almost everybody knows that our
earth is a third rate planet in our solar
system. Jupiter would scarcely conde.
sccnd To notice us. But they do not
know that our sun itself sits below the
salt. 1t would not bc admitted to "A
congregation of important heavenly
bodies. Campus. the largest star that
W. see, is 10000 tim"g the size Of our
sun, and our solar center is hopelessly
outclassod 10y Aldcbaran. Rigcl, Sirius.
Bctolgucsc and countless others.
Mark Twain put this fact very well
IN one Of his stories Captain storm
fields Visit to Heaven" when the
captain arrived and announced that he
was from the earth the recording an.
gels could not remember ever having
heard of such a place before. one finally
recalled that it was q poor little planet
belonging to a poor little solar system
away down IN - dark corner OF the
heavens New York World.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25
Big Benefit
on April 1st.
Uproarously Funny! Scream
ingly Farcical! 1t S the
One Best Bet

Who's Brown?''is the title of the
play to be presented on the evening
of April lst for the benefit of the
Episcopal Church, and under the
stage management of r. l.. Gregg,
and the theatre goers are going to
be given a treat not soon to be
forgotten.
The play is a high class comedy,
and one of the biggest hits ever
played on the American stage. To
see it is to laugh; there's a laugh in
every line. 1t is a complete cargo
of r%ibtickling, sidcsplitting, button
bursting fun; it is simply full of
excruciating situations, witticisms,
comicalitics, ludicrous d~rollcries,
and comical hits that tuoch the
funny bone every time.
When President Roosevelt saw
this play he described it as follows;
1T is certainly the very best thing
that | ever saw. First | smiled,
then | giggled, then | laughed, and
then snorted."
Remember the date, April 1st.
Watch for the cast, it will appear
this week.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25
Salmagundi
FROM DAILY

ur. anil Mrs. Brennan are in from
Pleasant valley.
The Elko Mercantile Company hw
anew AL in this issue. 1t will interest
ran if YOU are making a garden.
N T. Smith Company comes to the
fnut with "A change of al. Read it il
vou are gDiis tn raise vegetables this
N NJ er.
The funeral of the late Ms MINI @
Johnson will take place from the family
residence at > o'clock Sunday afternoon
Friends and acquaintances are
respectfully requested to attend.
Mrs. Dime &. Stewart. president IF
Ire Rehakah assembly. arrived on No.
4 this morning. She will visit wv
Rebekah Lodge officially tonight. the
members of the subordinate lodge
hlying gracefully given mp their meet.
ing to accommodate the Rebekahs.
The democrats and insurgent repub-
licans have the republican machine bad.
Is di,orgauized in the house of repre.
sentativeS. Yesterday Uncle Joe Can
non WAS on the ragged edge all day and
came very neal losing his position as
CHI ,irman of the committee on rules.
the source Of all his power. At last ac-
counts the regular republicans were
sparing for breath.
l.. f.. smith was arrested in Reno yes
terlay for fishing III the Truckee river.
A writ Of habeas corpus was issued by
Judge Orr and the case argued before
him Smith was released by Judge
Orr who took the matter under advise
The object of the arrest is to
test the cOl,titutipnality Of the fish and
game law passed 10y the last legisla-
ture. It i, now in order for some Of
thu state papers Ia set up "a big howl
bsclu,, In" constItutionality Of the fish
i attacked.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25
Chicaaa's Tunnel System

Chicago has 80 miles of tunnels 10
feet below the street grade. They are
used for the carrying of freight to and
from railway terminals and the business
houses within the tunnel district 10y
means of electric locomotives. The
tunnels are 6 feet wide by ~ feet high.
with lntcrals running from the main
lines into the sub easements of the
buildings. The cOngcstcd down town
district has been greatly relieved by this
tunnel system, which permits not only
the easy and economical hauling Of
merchandise, coal and other supplies to
the large business houses. but rs well
tho rapid removal of debris from
wrecked buildings aud from the site of
building excavations.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25
60
A rores, Under the Sand.

What some believe TO be a buried
pre- historic forest on the N'w Jersey
const near the Sandy Hook military
reservation. has been discovered by
army engineers while boring for an nd.
d%Iiional water supply. When the test
pines we're down nearly 400 feet a
broad strata Of wood was f und AZ
one point the borers reported mat
they went through 20 feet OF wood
investigations are being made In the
ntorest Of archaeology. II a forest
nourIshed where the sand tunes are
now, II Ia believed It was covered
with sand by the action OF the sea
until buried.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25
ysrsrldasrs Wants To Divide EIko Count!

Frank Winters, a member Of the
Nevada Legislature. and "A brother of
Cha, g. Winters. one Of the big opera.
tprs Of the Jurbidge district, is making
IN effort 10 bring about the formation
Of "a new county, To be cut from the
northern part of Elko County. The
'Duthcrm boundary is To- be midway h..
tween the Southern Pacific and the
Western Pacific railroads. and it is 20
h. known a. Jarbidge county. Jar
biilc Cry aud T~uscarora will be rivals
for the securing Of the county scat.
This matter came up while Mr.. Winters
va, in Tn" Legislature last winter. Int
at that time little was thought Of II.
But rs TIA" matter now stands it is con
coded by the most conservative that
Jarbidgc will De a city of 5000 or
lO.OD people within "a year. and he
think, the movement is timely Reno
R,yrillr.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25
AT HARVARD FIFTY YEARS AGO.
N. s. shaler Tells Us Of the Life Of a
Senior.

He vas a senior In Harvard college
and had n w~elLdeserved name for
scholarship In the classics. as well as
for a miscellaneous assortment OF tai.
ents and knowledge. He was reputed
to be the best player OF the game OF
checkers in the country: knew the
political history OF the United States
amazingly we'll; was learned in pugil.
Ism, having at his tongues end the
story OF all the prize.nghts OF recent
times; withal he was the merrlest III.
Tic mar ] q seen. I we'll recall my
first morning with him. when. after go.
ing over the best of what I could and
could not do. he asked me II I could
OK. | pleaded guilty to some knowl.
edge OF that lgDoble art. At that time
| had not learned OF his Interest In Il.
and thought hat | would be lowered
In his eyes by the confession. TO my
surprise. indeed to my horror. for I
had a swordsman's contempt for the
business, ho insisted on my having q
bout with him at once.-N. 8. Shaler's
Autobiography. In the Atlantic.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25
Poison That Destroys Fear

Curari, the vegetable poison
with which TIL Indians of he upper
Amazon tip their hunting arrows,
remains a mystery in its compost
ton after a numbered years of in
vestigation by scientists. The
Indians will sell it for its weight in
silver, but will not reveal the
plants from which it is derived.
Not long ago a professor in a Ger
man university was sent to the
Amazon wilderness for the xpress
purpose of discovering the secret
for curari, or urari, as it is other
wise called is now thought to be
of great value in medicine The
professor lived two years in Indian
villages, and while he was permit
ted to witness the boiling of the
witches BROTH" which lasted
several days, he could not tell what
P" "ShN ihIo lue Drew g.. ne
turning from his baffled quest
down the Amazon with a quantity
OF the poison, the professor was
met by another traveller, Dewey
Austin Cobb, who had got possess
sion oy a native blow gun. He
later tells how he put some of the
professors curari on some of his
blow gun arrows, which..are like
toothpicks feathered with cotton
and tried it on a buck deer in the
forest.
After deliberate aim our
hunter fred" says'ssMr. Cobb, "if
| may S such a word for the little
puff, scarcely heard by us, and en-
tirely inaudible above the ssrustling
corn leaves at the distance of the
deer in the forest. The animal
gave "A slight start Jas it felt the
prick of the arrow on its flank and
turned partly around, shifting the
air for a scent, and looking about
as if searching for the insect
that had bitten or stung it. Detect
nothing, it stood still and unalarm-
ed. At the end of a minute, or a
minute and a half at most its head
dropped a little, as if it was sleepy.
When the hunter saw this he
arose and stepped out in.plain sight.
The deer turned his head and looked
at him, and moved forward, not
away from him, a few steps and
stopped. 1t showed no fear, but
simply curiosity. After another
minute the professor and l arose,
and all three walked quietly..to with
in reach of it. made no--move-
ment to run away, but watched us
intently, and shifted its position a
little. Its movements seemed per-
fectly easy and natural. Absence
of fear was the only observable
change, until at the end of three
minutes more; then it lay down,
not falling, but as naturally as a
/, cow or sheep when ready for sleep.
Eve, all approached its side,
and the hunter laid a hand on its
shoulder. 1t looked up at him but
showed no resentment or fear.
5 Even its breathing seemed easy and
natural, which surprised me, as
had heard that death resulted from
5 paralysis Of the lungs when caused
by urari. At the end of ten
minutes, though, it opened its eyes
when touched, its breath became
, short and slower. Eighteen minutes
after it was strucp by the arrow il
was ead."-National Geographic
Magazine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25
S~almagundi
r. D. DAILY

Mr.. Shirley returned from Salt
Lake yesterday afternoon.
The last report from George Hale
is that he is improving.
The work of excavating for the
foundation of the new courthouse
began this morning. From now
on the construction of the building
will be pushed.
Deputy U. S. Marshel Mack
arrived this morning to take charge
of William King alias Frank Ken.
nedy, charged with disposing OF
whiskey to Carlin Indians. His
examination was held this forenoon
before the U. S. commissioner and
he was held to appear before the u.
). grand jury. Failing to give
$500 bonds, King was committed to
the Elko county Jail.
The social to be given under the
auspices of the PRESBYTERIAN Sunday
school, which was postponed on
account of the death of Miss Minnie
johnson, will be held tonight in
Mizpah Hall.
Mr.. H. A. Young, one of the old
timers of Pleasant Valley, returned
Sunday night, after an absence of
six years. He left here to take a
position in the Carson Mint and re.
manned there during Ex-Governor
Adams term as superintendent. He
then went to San Francisco and has
resided in that vicinity since. Mr..
Young 5 look ng well an seems &c
be holding his own against tine. His
old friends in Elko county are glad
to meet him. He intends to become
n of us again.
The statement by Governor Dick
erson referring to his refusal to ac-
cept some $500, 900 worth of repud-
lated South Carolina bonds has
settled the would be attack on the
executive by certain Republican
papers who believed that they had
something of a sensational nature tC
spring on the reading public. A.
usual they do not stop to consider
the why's and wherefores of the re
fusal Of the Governor, but rusl
into print, claiming that he hat
wilfully beaten the state out of {
vast amount of money. The actor
of Governor Dickerson should be
commended by the press of the state
for upholding the honor of the
people whom he serves. - Carson
Appeal.
An important event in the history
of Carlin was contaminated last
night, when Carlin Lodge, No. Al
/. o. o. F. was started on its mis-
sion by Grand Master w. f. Sedge
wick, assisted by the following
grand officers pro TEN: T. j.
Critchley, deputy grand master; A.
W. HcssOn, grand warden; X. w.
hcsson, grand marshal; T.. J.. Clark,
grand secretary; A. l.. Mauk. grand
treasurer. After the institution Of
the lodge, the following officers o.
the new lodge were elected an,
installed: +. f. Happier, nobl
grand; Elmer r. Young. vice
grand; George Arthur, secretary
A. NJ. King, treasured. After tn
work of the night, a splendid ban
quet was served at Lineberger'
hotel. Owing to Grand Maste
Scdgwick having to return to Reno
this part of the proceedings wa
hurried. Those who went iron
here report a good time. Tn
lodge will meet every Tuesday
night. c. b. Happier is the ne,
district deputy.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25
Salmagund
X TUESDAYS DAILY

Who's Your Wife" co,pp,rv ,.,,
TO Cariin this afternoon to play there
tonight.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will
meet IN Reno on the 2ls, of .Jnpe
Grand Sire Kuykendall of Wvom;rg
VIII visit his Nevada brethren during
the Grand Lodge.
Constable Happier WAS ac,,ui,t.j
yesterday Of the assault and b,,,srv
charge brought by Mr.. Van Valkenbprp
OF Carlin. The alleged assault took
place in Carlin several weeks 400
There was no witnesses to the asSnpI,
except the principals and their stories
did no agree.
Ia al interview ia The Reno .J;irr,I.
Governor Dickerson declares he will
resist To the utmost the efforts of tho
New York broker, to force 800. 900 of
worthless North Carilona bonds on the
state for the purpose of forcing their
collection by the state for the benefit of
the rich holders. The governor gives
good reasons for his refusal to lend the
assistance Of the state to the obiec.
tionable scheme. He has ernployed
Attorney Alling to represent the state
IN the supreme court.
Mrs. George Robinson and Harry
came in from Ruby Valley yester
day. Mrs. Robinson is in Door
health and she came in for medical
treatment. She went to the Rich
wood hospital, where she will have
the best of care Her many friends
sincerely hope she will soon recover.
Last Saturday Judge Orr dis,
charged the man arrested for illeg,
al fishing in the Truckec river.
n his decision granting the habeas.
orpus writ, he held the fish anc
game law, passed by the last lcgisla.
turc, null and void.
Public O.eIrencc.., one of the
first newspapers ever published in
America, never got beyond its mi
tial issue. 1t appeared in Boston.
September %, 1890. 1t contained
a promise to publish in its next is
sue the names of all the liars in
Boston, and the authorities taking
cognizancc OF the threat, wisely for
babe the publication.
Ten square miles of land on both
sides of the Walker river were
thrown open for settlement yester-
day morning. The land was with
drawn from entry several years ago
when the government planned an ir-
rigation system, but owing TO diff
Guilty with T. p. Hickey, the re-
clamatiOn project proved a failure.
Now the land is available for nome
Stealing or entry under the desert
land act.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25
Salmagundi
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY

rhph hNDAl DAILY
See the Toggery new ad it will
be of interest.
Mrs. J. Dakin has returned from
Sparks where she has deem visiting
her son.
Mr.. Ben Armstrong has returned
from spending the winter in south
era California. He looks as if he
haG enjoyed every minute of the
time while away. Glad to see him
among us again.
Rev. E. b. Meredith and the two
young men who came from Virginia
with him left for Jarbidge this
morning. We hope they will come
back rich and happy.
The Teachers and Parents Co
operative society will meet at the
assembly room of the school house
at 3o'clock tomorrow. The members
are requested to attend.
James Dysart, the young man
who has been studying law in OFT
Williams office has been admitted to
practice law in the courts of this
state and is now a full fledged at.
torney. Success to him.
John Yowell who as been in the
Redwood hospital for several
month left yesterday for Pasc
Robes in charge of a trained nurse.
He is suffering from a severe attack
of rheumatism and will try the cur
ative power of these famous springs.
Hope he will soon return entirely
cured.
The water pipe in front of the
Free Press office broke and soaked
up the ground, making it a miro
hole. 1t looked all right on top but
this forenoon Lem Covert drove jim
Billets' team in front of the office,
One horse and one side of the Wagon
began to sink and came very near
going out of sight. Men came
running from all directions and
pulled the horse and wagon out OF
the hole. No damage was done tc
horse or wagon.
T. j. Critchle.y, r. w. Hessor
a. l.. Mauk, Seymour Jacobs. G. w,
Pratt, A. w. Hesson and other
Odd Fellows went to Carlin this
afternoon to assist Grand Master
Sedgewick in the installation of g
new lodge of the Order to be
known as Carlin LodgeNo. 80, indie,
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. The
new lodge will start with a gooC
list of charter members and bright
prospects for success. We hope il
will prosper and be a power for
good in Carlin.
w. r. Phelps robbed his bcnc,
factor in the Parks hotel at Carson
Sunday night and was arrested at 4
O'Clock Morning. He was indicted
by the grand jury at 4 o'clock Mon
day afternoon. The next day plead
guilty and was sentenced to sixteer
months in the penitentiary. Thu
Carson News thinks this is a hare
record to beat. If some of the ricl
law breakers were given such swift
punishment there wouldbe less com,
plant of he laws delay.
A. Stepanack, a first class harness
maker, arrived from San Francisco
yesterday to take a position in Mr.
Harrington's harness and saddle
factory. He is a man of famil,
and expects to make this his pei
manent home.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25

pest way to get ont Of Tho bnd
hablt OF detractIon is 10 cultivate the
u.uo OF appreciation. In world
~" "m,re tempcrsments are so varied we
o'''1umct have to differ with our
ocN2Pors bur let us do II with = good
apfrft
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25

Penalty o. Beauty.

Because q oma Is pretty certain
onvious women win accuse her OF any.
thing and everything. Beauty is sci.
dom without a penalty.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25

nails culver in ecstacy. That editor
must be a human ice house.
Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25

Beware Lest You Find Him.
There is no one who Is not danger.
QUE fer OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25

Calls for the Cash.
a pound Of care Will not pay u"
ounce OF debt-Dutch pfoVeTo'
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-25

A. S%tcpanack, a first class harness
maker, arrived from San Francisco
yesterday to take a position in Mr..
Harrington's harness and saddle
factory. He is a man of family
and expects to make this his pei
mancnt home.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-22
The StandpatriOt

The thoroughgoing socialist boldly
declares that the earth and the full
ness thereof, was intended, not for tine
making of dividends, but for the salts
faction of human needs. His program
is frankly revolutionary, though he
prefers the ballot to the bullet as a
means to the end.
While the avowed advocates of Soc
ialism have worked with wonderful
energy and persistency to promote the
growth of their cause, they are by no
means entitled to all the credit for
revolution.
The Socialists partner is no other
han our old friend, the. standpatriot-
nat is to say, the contented conserya-
live who, hardened by fat years, insist
mat "alls for the best in the best of
Il possible worlds.
This man stands stubborn1y in the
What has been accomplished.
The Socialist has partner who is
Working overtime to convince tt J
World that there is no hope, save in
ace Of all progress. He consistently
.pposes every human aspiration for
,etter things. For money, he asks
more and more; to men, he comedies
I less and less.
He demands higher rates for railroad
service. He resists all attempts at the
regulation of public service corpora
ions.
| He regards the Wisconsin proposal
or government railroads, docks and
steamships in Alaska an unspeakable
heresy.
He insists on higher rates upon all
necessities of live every time the tariff
is revised.
With hundreds of thousands of chit.
Tern going to school every morning
without their breakfasts, he declares
chat our trouble is not high cost OF
living, but cost Of high living"
He is fighting now for a kind of
Topen shop" which would crush labor
unions to the dust, leaving the work
men to deal in his naked individuality
with organized dollars.
He says men shall work when and
where he pleases for what he chooses
to give them, or that they shall 'starve.
with their women and children.
The standDatriot is rt4e greatest As
set of Socialism. If he has his way,
the earth will be owned by fewer and
fewer, the many will be more and
more completely exploited the
revolution will come the surer and the
sooner.
The growing strength of Socialism in
every election for the past twenty-five
years means just this:
We are going forward.
Omaha Daily News.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-22

| A few days ago a little child died
in one of the Easements of the slum
dwellings of Milwaukee.
The doctor said it was under-nutri-
] ton. In plain English the little child
hadn't had enough to eat. It died of
starvation.
| In the midst of great wealth and
surrounded by all kinds of modern re,
| lief agencies. We have in Milwaukee
very efficient Rescue Mission, with
large, reinforced, concrete building,
costing thousands of dollars, and
housing all kinds of relief agencies.
We also have an Associated Charities
organization, upon which the people
spend thousands of dollars per year,
And besides this, there is the Saliva
ton Army, that is doing splendid work
in relieving the poor, putting in thou
sands of dollars and a great deal of
very sincere effort Then there is the
Social Settlement, the Y. M. G. A. and
many other charitable and philan-
thropic societies; besides State En-
ployment Bureau and number of pri-
vate employment bureaus.
And besides all of these we have
the Organization of the County Poor
Relief.
Surely with all of these relief agen-
cies it ought to be impossible for any
one to suffer seriously. And yet little
Johnnie Niemezynaski died of starva-
ton in the midst of plenty. and sur
rounded by all the modern organiza
lions for the relief of the poor.
His father, John Niemezynash is
humble shoemaker. But for some time
he has been unable to find work. The
family struggled along as well as it.
could for weeks and weeks. without
sufficient food, poorly clad, ana
wretchedly housed.
They appealed for help to the Coun
ty Department of outdoor Relief.
But the County Outdoor Relief fail
ed to relieve them for some reason or
other.
So at last the distressed father ap
pealed to the local Socialist alder
man, and he in return took the case
to the Associated Charities. They in
vestigated.
No relief.
The matter was taken up with the
Outdoor Relief Department again, |
and the father was roundly denounced
for making the matter public and thus
bringing discredft upon the relief
agencies that were doing such splen-
did work.
No relief.
The Associated Charities investigat-
ed some more.
The child died of starvation. i
How many more there are In this
city like this little child God only