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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-06-03
FIGURES ON THE BIG FRHT

HUUiilu uH I'LL UiU TFnl
Of TIE sporting editor Of the NV
='Yon Sun has compiled figures o
sh"T what the Jeffries-Johnsa
fnt will amount TO in money. II
Aes the total expenditure aroun;
I;5, 600, 900. and his article on the
: subject in Harper's Weekly is one
of peculiar interest.
For instance, he shows that if
Jetfries should win it will mean
something like $667, $50 to him.
These figures at first glance seem
fabulous, but the writer explains
that the purse itself is $40, 900,
winner to take two-thirds. or $75.-
$50 The moving picture con-
c~ession, ifJeffries wins is valued at
a million dollars. A third interest
IS, therefore, worth $3.50, 900.
Jeffries has arranged a trip around
the world in the event Of victory
and has been offered $500 for
this, but he prefers to take two
thirds Of the gross receipts which
- estimated at 500, 900
Therefore, it is e e that the big
bruiser, in the event Of winning.
will receive $6O5, $50. and the
figures are in no way padded. To
be added to that sum are $62, 900
which he has already accumulated
in vaudeville since the announce
ment that he would fight Johnson.
The grand total is $G67, $50.
1t is also shown thatif the negro
wins, however, both JcfFrics and
Johnson will lose several hun
dred thousand dollars, because. to
with, the concession for the
moving pictures will not bring
more than $500, 600, instead Of a
million. Jeffries, of course, will
get only $25, $50, instead Of the
SIS, $50 from the purse, and his
triumphal tour around the world
will be off.
johnson has taken SIG, 900 from
vaudeville since the fight was ar
ranged, and if he takes the short
end of the purse, ne will get $780,
$50. If he wins, however. he will
not get as much by over $50. 600.
so he has really quite an interest
financially in being defeated, which
may not be an undressing point
those who are betting on him to
consider.
The writer goes on to estimate
also that the promoters will have
arena capable of seating 10000
at an average price of $50, or
5000, 900 in average receipts. The
of preparing for the fight. the
purse, etc, will amount to $780,
$500, OOO-to be divided be.
.wecn Richard and Gleason. This
S a tidy little sum in itself.
Still further discussing the
financial outlay, the writer figures
and railroad fares in the
'eigborhood of 1900 600: room
'ent for 100, 900 visitors in Frisco
or five days at $50, ZOO. and then
'oes into a discussion of the money
hat will be spent for extra papers
III G the country, estimating the
ales to reach Is, 1000, 900, at | cent ,
ach, or $4,000 ,
1t all very interesting but the ,
bought cannot help but come TO a
erson, that $GG7, $50 is a great !
cal of money for a prize fighter ,
, win for half an hours work.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-06-03
Business Locals.

For Rent:-A four room cottage.
furnished on Idaho street. back of
Commercial Hotel.
Received at the Elk and Club
saloons a consignment of La
Majestic cigars.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-06-03
DIS. HOOD 81 WEST
Physicians and Surgeons
NEVADA
EI.KO
For Sale
NEVADA

Bids will be received until )
O'Clock p. m, June 10. 1910, for
the purchase of the old grammar
school building, situated in Elko,
ElkO County, Nevada.
Bids to be for the naked build
ing; no furniture, fixtures or
furnishings to 60 with il. Said
building to be removed from the
school premises and the ground
cleared before September /. 1910.
The Board of Trustees reserves
the right TO reject any and all bids.
Bids to be addressed to II s.
Tabcr, Clerk of Board. Elko
Nevada.
Ry order of the Board Of
Trustees of Elko School District
No. |.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-06-03
For Matching

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layers. Por setting. sLpD.
imported Full Hood, Rose Comb. Black MI.
hprcas splendid layers. Pgr sCltfHa. Sirn.
fnIlBi0od. R0sc-COmb. Regal WBitc Wynn.
u'ttcS' imported from Ontario. This breed won
~ IN" government test over al others. sen bcr.
setting. $50
Mail Orders FileI.
NEVADA POULTS Co. Eitp. NcyaIa
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-06-03

j. A. Mcbride
l.. l.. Bradley
Dated May 20, 1910.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-06-03

saving. Tommie, get papa his
Baby razor" Tommie rushed down
stairs and cried: "oh mamma
papa wants you"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-06-03
~GOODFRIEND HOTEL
SAN FRANCISCO l. eoopFHuEso, Manage,

Formerly Hotels Stanford md ~. BcryL. Powell
street, near GeAry, a. adjoining Hotel Manx. Takg
Hotel ManN Bus. or Market Street Cars. transfer
visiting the city alone.
RATES, 81. 90 PER DAY AND UP
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
TOBACCO GROWERS
MAKE FINE REPORTS
Fields in Splendid Condition and Prospects Are
Encouraging -Burey Outlook Bright-Noth-
ing Doing in Leaf Markets.

OF about tloo.0N. Hart. Abee & Co.. OF this
cit-. have been awarded the contract at
$1,000. aad they will be on the work about
cir n.onthc. 'tarv!a nlacadam will be the
kind of work done, being put down on the
principle streets, and large amount OF
concrete sidewalk vii! be laid. In May,
1893, the city voted bond issue to the
amount of $500. which will be applied on
this contract. Abuttins property owners
are assessed one-,hird OF the amount need
ed TO complete this work. thus requiring a
bond issuance OF not exceeding sa5.ooo. The
work is now In full blast, the grading and
concrete sidewalk forces being complete.
Two granite quarries and crushe.s are in
full operation.
Colonel NJ. E. Thornton. president Of the
Thornton Light and Power Company, and
OF the Hickory Water Power Electric Com
pany, was recently In New York, and o. his
return states that he has sold s1.01O, 900 OF
bonds Of the project TO New York tinanciers
and will proceed with construction work OF
the mighty power plant some time In Au-
gust Tho idea Is TO build hydro-electrtc
plant on tho Catawba River near Hickory,
where 1t Is estimated 9,ooo-h horse power can
he deyeloped
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
BOYS C0RNFA|R IN
HALIFAX C0UN TY
Novel Show to Be Held in DC
tober Next to Encourage
Young Corn-Growers.

There is TO be held In Halifax coun-
ty the coming fall novel show, one
which will give an idea of the up-t
dateness of the Virginia farmer boys
in the matter of corn-growipg 1t is
to be school boys corn fair, and is
TO be held either at South Boston or
Houston on the 2sth of October. The
committee bas not yet decided which
OF the two towns named shall have
school boys fair.
Prizes Of various kinds amounting
to several hundred dollars in value
have already been provided. and it is
likely that others will be added to
the list. Already about seventy Ave
boys have entered the list of con-
testants for the prizes. and as the
books will remain open until August
it is more than likely that when the
fair is pulled off as many as hun
dred young corn-growers OF old Hall
fax county will be in the ring to show
the world how they made hundred
bushels of corn to the acre. But even
If the list OF contestants does not go
over its present size 1t means that il
each boy groys one hundred bushels
to the acre, $500 bushels of corn will
this year be added to the normal pro-
duction of Halifax county, for be it
understood that by the terms laid
down by the committee in charge OF
the fair the contestants must make
as much as a hundred bushels to tho
acre, and none except such as have
planted and worked at least one acre
of ground can contest.
Results of Demonstration Work.
These boys can get good round
prices for this grain for seed corn.
and w. II. Dorm, chairman OF the
committee, estimates that at least Sl0.-
900 will be added to the bank accounts
Of the young Halifax county corn
growers, and all this may be said to
be the good that has come from the
boys demonstration work, about
which so much has recently been said
and written.
All Halifax county school boys COM
peting for the corn prizes at this fair
must get their reports in to w, H
Dorm at Mount Laurel by August J.
the committee having decided that NO
boy can enter the contest after that
date. The. good people OF Haitian
county are setting a good example in
thus encouraging the youngsters who
are laboring for pearls and diamonds
with which to adorn the crown of "Old
King Corn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
PLANS FOR RICHTER ROADS.
Citizens of Nottoway Discuss Question
of bond Issue.
rSnecial-tn Tha ,

Nottoway, Va, July 9-On July 4,
at Nottoway Court House, meeting
of the citizens of Nottoway county
was held for the purpose of discuss.
irg a plan to bond the county for the
permanent improvement OF It's roads.
The meeting was called to order by
Joseph M. Hurt of Blackstone, and the
following officers were elected. W. A.
Land, editor OF the Blackstone Courier,
chairman, and George Y. Scott, Of.
sBurkeville, secretary, Mr.. Land stated
that 1t was the purpose OF the meet-
ing to present to the voters of the
county a plan that had boon prepared
by man who had given much thought
and work TO It, Joseph M. Hurt, OF
Blackstone. Mr.. Hurt after speaking
Tor few minutes on the present con-
dltion Of roads and the amount Of
money had been wasted since the
war by the lack OF systematic and
intelligent effort along this line, pro :
ceeded Il set forth in detail the plan
as prepared by himself, with the as
sistance of Lewis Eppes, OF Black
stone.
an application through the Board OF
Superyisors to the Judge OF the
district for the calling of an election
TO vote on the bond Issue, and that
this application must be signed by
lbo fraehollers in this county, and
requested those present to Sign the
'Ss purpose 1sh Vas aons ~ W tes
OF those presehs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
WHEAT CROPS ON
THEL0WER JAMES
The Olden Days and the New.
Recollections of Old Har-
vest Times.
SOME Big CROPS THIS YEAR
While Corn Is King, Wheat Is
One OF Virginia's Great
Crops.
SOME BIG CROPS THIS YEAR
BY J. NJ. BELL.

On The Lower James. July e.-The
click of the binders in the grain fields
have about died out. the golden grain
Is being threshed out, and very soon
all OF the James River farmers will
know just exactly the sizel in bushels
of their wheat crops OF the good year
1910. In passing 1t may be said that
harvest time, now just over. means
much to the progressive farmers who
run the big plantations on the lower
James River.
The olden Times.
For generations the wheat crop has
been the money crop" hereahouts.
and In the ante-bellum days the old
time planters know how long they
would be able to extend their stay at
the White Sulphur Springs and other
famous Virginia watering places by
the result of wheat harvest. A heavy
crop meant lengthy and glorious
summer outing In the midst of gay
gatherings of rellow-planters and
their families. A light crop. a shorter
stay. with no doubt some mlsgivings
as to Forthcoming friends to make
the stay as pleasurable and care-
free as it should he.
The old-time plantation owners. All!
so many of them are now resting in
the family burying grounds on the
ancestral farms; their faithful slaves
that swung the cradles in the Wheat
harvest days or long ago have fol-
lowed their masters, the click Of the
binder Is not heard in the fields
where the swish OF the old-time
cradle was once heard, but in many
instances the descendants of the plan
tauon owners still cultivate the fertile
fields and the descendants Of the
slaves run the binders. pick up and
shock the wheat The crowd OF dusky
workers go cheerfully to the harvest
fields as the sun peeps above the
horizon, laboring until it sinks to rest
In the west. he midday dram is still
served before the plentiful harvest
dinner. ana tae visitor to this section
In harvest time witnesses many Gus
toms that to the initiated are known
to have existed so long thar like the
common law the memory of man run
meth not to the& contrary"
Modern Methods.
In these days of diversified farm
Ing the wheat crop has to divide the
honors with king Corn hay. oats
and live stock. With poultry and
share OF honorable mention when the
yearly returns are added up. But In
spite of formidable rivals, wheat is
still the queen of our broad. fertile
fields, and in these hot June-July days
when all nature answers to the
caresses OF the sun. wheat carries her
crown of gold with becoming pride
! seeming to know that in all parts OF
| the world the results of wheat harves,
! will be watched with anxious eye by
not only farmers. but by spectators
millers, merchant. In fact, by al
| branches of trade whose welfare l.
| moro or less dependent on the Yield al
\ CONTINUED on Third PaGe.l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
INDEPENDENTS OF
TOBACCO RADE
Some Of the Things Their Presi-
dent Said at the Annual
Convention.
CORPORATIONS AND COURTS
CORPORATIONS AND COURTS
Congressman Do Nothing t,
Help T de Conditions.
Bright Outlook for Future.

All of the Virginia delegates who at
tended the annual convention Of the
Tobacco Association of the United
States on board an Old Dominion
steamship blowing the Atlantic he-
tween Norfolk and New York have re-
turned home. They report most en-
joyable trip and very interesting
and profitable meeting.
The old officers of the association
were elected to serve another year
although few changes were made In
the board Of governors. The new
board as elected is as follows:
w. T. Reed. Richmond; A. P. Thorpe
Rocky Mount, N. c.; Ed wischmeyer
Baltimore; John Webb, Oxford, N. c..
John L. Wingo. Richmond: A. B. Car
rington, Danville, Va, G. NJ. Book er
Lynchburg; B. P. Eggleston, brakes
Branch, Va. j. A. Clark. Bedford City
Va; General Stith Boiling. Petersburg
G. T. Patton. Darlington. S c.; George
S. Norfleet, Winston. N. c.; c. A. Lewis
Henderson, N. c.; T. S. Williamson
Danyille, Va; W. F. Axton. Louisville
Fl. E. Spillman, Cincinnati; e. B. Flick
len. Greenville, N. C.
Presidents Report.
The annual report of President T. M
Darlington was lengthy and inter-
estins document. 1t dealt largely in
statistics concerning the tobacco inter-
est throughout the country and dis
cussed conditions at length. The pres
ldent also paid his respects TO Com
eressmen and the politicians and the
big trusts, Among other things he
said.
From observations and from read
ing some of the congressional reports
| we have about come to the conclusion
that few questions are handled in Cons
gress at this time except from par
tisan point of view. and how it will
affect the party seems to be much
more important than the good of tho
general public, and many important
4 and often benehcent measures are
first weighed in the scale Of party
! politics before their real merits are
considered, The relief from this must
/ be demand from the people of high
er standards from our representatives
1 The government suits against the large
/ tobacco corpora lions are stlll pending
and no doubt it will be six or eight
| months before any decisions will nc
| handed down.
The decisions OF the Supreme Court
| are considered to be as uncertain as
| any other human event II the gov,
ernment is upheld, thare is a feeling
that some way will be provided by
4 Which the tobacco corporations vii
come within the provisions of the law
without any very great disturbance Y
the trade in general The fact Is Iha
the economic conditions OF business
/ since the framing OF our Constitution
have changed, and no forethough
could have been exercised that woul,
have taken In the magnitude. inhuenc
and power of many OF the existing
corporations. and It Is indeed dihi
cult task to enact laws necessary t.
control tlagrant abuses which unfor
1Continng1 on Third PaGe.l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
In LohbIng Circles.

1t cannot be SAID That business In
jobbing circles is generally rushing,
and nobody expects it to be at this
season OF the year Nevertheless,
there was conslderable doing during
the past week. The wholesale drug.
gists had good business and the grocers
were fairly busy. The shoe dealers
are giving the most OF their attention
to shipping goods for the fall trade
goods that We're sold by the drummer
boys several months ago. Some or
ders for immediate consumption
find their way in. however
The dry goods men and the clothing
iobbers, as we'll as the matters and the
notion and millinery people. are pretty
much In the same boat
All of the jobbers are more inter-
ested, lust now IN what they arc hear
ing from the travelling men who are
cut in the broad territory which trades
With Richmond, as to conditions Of
crops and the outlook for fall and
winter business. All OF the reports
are of an encouraging character and
large orders are being booked for tall
delivery,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
A BIG YIELD.

Nothing doing down here" Thus
spoke a prominent leaf tobacco dealer
down in Shockoe Slip yesterday. as he
fan and took an extra tug at darkly
wrapped "twofer" of doubtful perfume
1t is true that little or nothing was
doing on the leaf tobacco market the
past week. that is, nothing that can
be told about, for the edification of
the reading public. There may have
been more sales of package goods
than came to the knowledge Of the
newspaper men, but IL SO no dealer
could be made to divulge the facts.
few packages changed hands. but
very few. and on the whole 1t may
be said that the remark of the swell
tering puffer OF the "twofer' was al
most literally true.
The warehousemAn and commission
men who are now keeping sharp
eye on lne beautifully growing crops
in Virginia and the Carolnas have
most encouraging reports from the
hills" All reports agree that the to-
bacCo fields are In splendid condition
and the stands on the hills are as
good or better than at this date last
year.
The reports concerning Virginia.
Burley are very encouraging to the
dealers in that type OF the weed. The
farmers who have limestone lands
and have experimental with the Bur
ley and found that they can make the
lrea stuff have gone far beyond tho
experimental lines for this year. and
will make the goods for the money
that is in them. On the other hand,
| the men who tried to make Burley
| last year on lands that are not OF the
limestone cast and, of course. failed,
will give up the effort this year, and
therefore everything that shows up OIL
the market as Virginia Burley next
season will be from the limestone
lands, and will be real Burnley.
A private letter to the writer from
G. 6, Snead, one of the boss farmer
OF Fluvanna county, says In addi-
tlon.sto my immense crop of hay and
other things usual with me have
10000 hills of Burley tobacco plant
ed. all of which has been properly
fertil!zed 1t has started off nicely
and Is looking as fine as any field in
Kentucky can possibly look"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
LynchburE Tobacco Market.

Lynchburg, Va, July S.-John D.
oglesby Of the Lynchburg Tobacco
Warehouse Company, Inc. makes the
following report of tobacco sold on tho
Lynchburg tobacco market.
Sales two weeks ending July
S ...,.,,.,.. ..s,l,,..., l1,4oo
Sales week ending June "a, 29,l00
Decrease July s .,.... 1900
Sales from August II, 1905
5o July July, s 1928 @, ! y: sl.47s,?oo
to July s. 1879 1919 ...,..." 17.7s5,1eo
Decrease lslo ......,... 3,69l,60
Very niue topacco IS now offering,
grades and in damaged condition
Prices are holding up we'll for late
ness Of season and condition Of offer.
ingS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10

Continued on Third PACED
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
RAPID PROGRESS MADE.
Trains VIII Be Running on Winston-Salem
oouth-Bound In Three Months

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
Wadeshoro, n. c., July 9.-Work on the
Winston-Salem South-Bound Railroad. now
under construction from Winston Alem to
force OF men is busy laying the iron. Al.
most all of the track Is laid from Winston
Salem 10 Rocky River. fifteen miles north
of Wadesboro, and the iron is coming in
for this last stretch. The grading Is con,
pleted, and the last two bridges. the one
at Whitney across the Yadkin. and tho
one crossing Rock River. will be COM
peted within ninety days. Tho construction
of the road is up to the standard. and
when completed Will be the equal OF any
in the South.
Through trains will be operated in con-
Cincinnati through here 10 Charleston. S.
G. A, this place the connection will be with
the Atlantic Coast Line. Chief Engineer
Cornell is authority for the statement tina,
trains Will be running in three months.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10

june Realty ClcarInEs.
The real estate clearings for the
month of June as compiled by w. E.
Purcell. Jr., from the record books in
the Offices OF the clerks OF courts
make handsome showing for last
month. 1t will be seen that the sales
were the largest for any month for
the past twelve with Just one excep-
ton Here are the figures:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
WORK STARTED On STREETS.
improvements to Cost About 100000
In Progress mt Hickory,

Hickory, NJ. e., July s.-strcat improve
ment Is now In progress, involving COS,
The log cabin Democrat., 1910-04-18
SENSATION IN
 PERRY COUNTY J. N. STONES WEDDING CAUSES STIR IN COUNTY WHERE ONE WIFE STILL
 LIVES.

Perryville, April 18.-Newspaper clippings from papers of Denison, Tex, containing the announcement of the marriage of former County Judge J. N. Stone have caused a considera- ble sensation in this county the home of wife whom he is alleged to have deserted and who states that she has no knowledge of his ever obtaining a divorce from her.
 According to the Denison News and Advertiser, Stone was married to Mrs. E. E. Conley, with whom he was associated in conducting a theatrical business at Denison. Mrs. Conley, the paper states, was formerly a ho- tel keeper of Little Rock
 Saturdays PerryVille News repro duces the clipping from the Texas pa per and comments on the occurrence as follows:
 The records at the clerks office al this place show that J. N. Stone mar ried his wife a second time after hay ing deserted her. She is living at Ca sa, in this county, with her children. and has no knowledge of his ever get ting a divorce, and unless he has done so he is a bigamst. Stone abandoned her and went to Texas over yeal ago, after mortgaging his property and the party is trying to get theil money. He has abandoned gooG woman, one that stands above re proach, and that is more than can De said of Jasper N. Stone.
The log cabin Democrat., 1910-04-18
SPRING TERM
 OF PROBATE COURT

The regular April term of tn, Faulkner probate court was convened this morning by Judge J. A. Lea, who is spending the day considering rou- tine matters before the court. An nual settlements were this morning filed in the following estates:
 M. l.. Deberry, guardian Berti, Rotton, w. H. Parks, guardian Rut and Verdie Dodd: J. l.. Hooper, guar dian G. B. Battles; E. H. Langford administrator A. B. Poole; M E. Con, nell. guardian W. L., A. G.. F. M am s. M. Connell; D. P. Henderson, ad ministrator Clara Henderson; Matti, E. Powell, guardian Cordie, Mary Esther and Hugh Powell; w. J. Snow administrator J. L. Waugh; John A Herbert, administrator Conlin heirs J. B. Brummett, guardian William Rotton; F. H. Douglass guardian Childress heirs; w. B. Wilson. admin istrator Martha Bethuren; w. B Wilson, curator Cora Lehman: J. R Harrod curator Mansford and Alfred Roberts; G. J. Pearson, administrator Mary H. Salter.