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Deserve Severe Punishment

No punishment authorized by law is
severe enough for that swindling outfit
in San Francisco hat sold land ut Coal
dale ON the Tonopah Goldfeld railroad
to German farmers. a Goldfeld dis
patch of the 18th gives the following
account Of the swindle:
Fifty German American farmers ar
rived at Coaldale station expecting to
find an Eden of green grass, streams
and flowers, which had been described
to them by agents of an alleged swind-
ling colonization company of San Fran
cisco. Instead of the Paradise which
which had been described they found a
desolate waste of malapai rock, joshua
trees and sand, Representatives of the
company were to have met them at the
station, but nc n appeared and they
walked disconsolately over the sands to
Blair Junction. They said they had
paid agents of the concern over $1,000 as
the first installment of the purchase
price of their respective farms. Each
paid $50 for his share Of the lands.
1t was not until the procession
struggled into Blair and made inquiries
of natives that their illusions wer'
entirely banished.
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81. Valentines Day At Sea
February II. 1910

TcDTudTS IL wv
Mr.. w. w. BOoher,
Elko. Nevada.
Editor INDEPENDENT:-
thought that all had been said about
Honolulu but so much remains unsaid
that l must add "a little more before
dismissing that dream of an island from
my mind. If these articles are be.
coming mOnotonous to your readers
and you are apt to lose subscriptions
because Of them | hope the local news
will off set this.
Mark Twain says that these are the
'loveliest fleet of Islands that lie AN.
chored in any ocean" His impression
is worth repeating and expresses fully
the experience of all who visit this
Paradise. He says further mo alien
land in all the world has any deep
strong charm for me but that one; no
other land could so longingly and be.
seochingly haunt me. sleeping and
waking, through half q life time as that
one has done. Other things leave me,
but it abides; other things change, but
1t remains the same. For me its balmy
airs are always blowing. its summer
soas flashing in the II n the pulsing OF
it's surf beat Is in my ear: ! can see It's
garlanded crags, its leaping cascades,
It's plumy palms browsing by the shore;
its remote SUBMITS floating like islands
above the cloud rack; / can feel the
spirit Of its woodland solitudes; I can
hear the splash Of its brooks; in my
nostrils still lives the breath Of flowers
that persisted twenty years ago"
There are 50 many interesting things
about these islands 80 near our W
home and IN our own land that | bo.
lieve we ought 10 know more about
them than we do. These islands have
never harborcd a snake " any kind
nor a reptile or insect IN ., dangerous
than u bee or wasp. Therc Is no other
tropical land in the world where one
may from Sc xsch TO mountain
top or plain or in docpoyt jungle with
absolutely nothing to fear from any
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EiuAl IA N.,rly brown

For more than two weeks j.. NJ. His
key. Superintendent Of the Nevada Cen
trail railroad. with ~ gang of men did
all they could to keep the mail moving
and to prevent as far rs possible the
the devastation Of the company's prop
erty by the Reese river food. They
camped in the water. built bridges only
to see them washed out a second time,
AID finally had to get out as best they
could to save their lives.
The work train is nine miles this sid
of Battle Mountain in a lake and the
motor car is 40 miles this side of Battle
Mountain in NJ ocaan.
Last Tuesday the rising water be-
tween Watt station and Bridges made
il necessary for the work gang to hunt
a place of safety. They tried to move
the motor car north, but had to aban-
don it and get away on n hand a
After much difficulty they got to the
train nine miles from home. Here they
left the hand car and went through the
water as best they could. They wen
until the depth was over their heads.
Then RATS were made, but they would
not hang together. SO Hiskey, the
motor car driver. Engineer Treat and
eight others swan the deepest places
and waded where it was possible, ar
irving in an exhausted state at Battle
Mountain in the night.
At this time it is impossible to give
an accurate estimate of the damage
suffered by the railroad or give any
guess as to when it will be in condition
for business again.
While the high mark of the flood has
passed far below Austin, Battle Mountain
is now getting her worst soaking, from
the tenor of telegraphic messages yester'
day.-Reese River Reville.
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Maxims For Business Men

Your signboard must read, This
Road To Wealth With Safety" and it
must stand where all can see it.
Talk is cheap" Therefore don't
hand out too much of it. 1t makes You
and your proposition. also, look cheap.
Every man looks with suspicion upon
any plan necessitating giving you
money. He has to be shown.
The truth is mighty and must prevail.
Just tell the truth, but tell it a if you
yourself believed it, too.
You've got to know your proposition
from A to lizard. You've got TO know
it like Il young mother knows baby
talk.
a real salesman is one part talk and
nine parts judgment, and he uses the
nine parts of judgment to tell when to
use the one part of talk.
Any territory is a good territory to
the man who himself is good. The man
makes the territory. not the territory
the man.
Getting business is n good deal like
counting a g%irl-you must offer the
right kind of goods and keep on call
ing.
Become so saturated with confidence
in your own proposition that it exudes
from your every pore and shines from
your face.
Work just as hard the day after you
have sold 800, 900 worth as you did the
day you did it. You may duplicate
your yesterdays achievement.
Enthusiasm is the best shortening for
any job; it makes heavy work light.
The lady on the dollar is the only
woman who hasn't any sentiment in
her make up.
Have something to say. Sayit. Stop
talking.
A tactful man can pull the singer
from a bee without getting stung.
When a fellow knows his business, he
doesn't have to explain to people that
he does.
A good salesman is as full of bounce
as q cat with a small boy and a bull
terrier after him.
Stock up your brain so that when the
demand comes you will have the goods
to offer.
An appeal to reason is ofttimcs less
effective than al appeal to the pocket.
Hot air can take up a balloon a long
ways, hut it can't keep it there.
\ mar who does big things is toe
busy to talk about them
Putting off m easy thing makes il
hard, and putting off a hard thing
makes it impossible.
The short cut to success is hard
work. A pleasant road. too, when you
once get acquainted with it.-Book,
keeper.
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Caution In The Mint

1t has been aptly said that 10 miser
guards his treasure more religiously
than Uncle Sam watches over the pre-
cious metals that pass through his mint.
Then, too, the precautions against
waste are almost innumerable.
Every evening in each of the mjnts
of the United States the floor of the
melting rooms are swept cleaner than
q New England housewives kitchen.
The dust is carefully put aside, and
about once in two months the SCOT
scraped from every fiue is transferred
to the same spacious dust heap. This
is then burned, and from its ashes the
government derives no in~considerable
income. Tho earthenware crucibles
used in melting are employed nj more
than three times. They are crushed
beneath heavy rollers, and in their
porous sides are found flakes of the
precious metal,
In the smelling room when the cast
ers raise their ladies from the melting
pot a shower of sparks fly from the
molten surface of the metal. For the
most part they are bits of incandescent
carbon, but clinging to the carbon is
often q minute particle of metal.
Lest such particles should escape,
the ashes and clinkers below the fur.
mace are gathered up at night. This
debris is ground into powder by near
of \ steam crusher n then is sold to q
smeiter, like ordinary ore, at a price
warranted by the assayer.
The ladies that stir the precious met.
az. the big iron rods, tho strainerse and
the dippers. all are tested in u most
curious fashion. After considerable
use they become covered with q thin
layer OF oxidiZed silver, closely resem.
bling q brown rust. The implements
are then laid in baths OF a solution of
sulphuric acid, which eats away the
iron and steel and leaves the silver
untouched.
Gradually the ladle, or whatever the
implement is, will disappear, and in
its place remains o hollow silver coun.
terpart of the original, delicate rs spun
kiNSS. LutSo iItBne CbSNS reproduce
tho ladle with perfect accuracy in all its
details, although their surfaces are
perforated with innumerable little holes.
Scarcely have they been nodded. how.
ever, before they are cast into IA cruel.
BILE 10 become in time dollars, quarters
and dimes.
In one corner OF the melting room
there Is a large tank into which newly
cast silver bars are dropped and left to
cool. Ininitestimal flakes Of silver
scale Off and rise to tho surface of the
water, which acquires the metallic
luster Of a stagnant pool. Here is
silver that must not BIO lost. so beneath
the pipe through which the tank is
emptied il banked q thick layer of mud.
AS tho water filters through IL the mud
retains the precious rcsidum. Four
time a year this mud is removed. and
each experiment discloses the fact that
some $50 has been saved Baltimore
American.
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The Reason

When Secretary Root was at Panama
on his return from South America a
New York Tribune nan asked him how
long he thought the American occupa-
ton of Cuba would last, and got the fol-
lowing story in reply:
"A kindergarten teacher asked a class
Of boys:
Have you got Il warm coatT
Yes was the reply.
Can you take off your warm coatr'
Yes
Has n bear a warm coatr
Yes.
Can u bear take Of his warm
coatT'
mo.
"'Why can not a bear take off his
warm coatg'
This puzzled the youngsters a mo.
ment, and then one cub on the back
row yelled:
Cause God only knows where the
buttons are!'
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Business LocalS.

Received at the Elk and Club saloons
a consignment Of La Majestic cigars. :
Sweet. Orr & Cos corduroy trousers
and overalls-the best in the world at
Engler Co.
For sale nj a bargain-A New Home
sewing machine. direct from the factory
Inquire at this Office.
save those natural teeth. thereby re.
tain your facial expression. DR.. Gill.
land the dentist" Office overthe Drug
Store. Elko
FOR RENT-A four-room cottage,
furnished. on Idaho street, back Of the
Commercial Hotel. Also single rooms
for bed rooms.
D]uttenhofcr shoes for ladies; Red
School House shoes for children,
Florsheim shoes for men, the best in
the market at Englcr Co. "
Parties Outfitting for the Jurbidge
will find pack saddles, feed bags. sleep.
ing canvases. tents and everything
needed in the outfitting line at G.. a.
l~farringtOn's harness shop at reasonable
prices. See him before purchasing yOur
outfit.
Meals mt the Palace Restaurant are
still p cents. The notice published -
lew days ago TO the effect that we
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An East Indian Verdict
Yours Truly
GEO. H.

In a case in one of II Indian courts
a jury had before it evidence that could
not not be in any way shaken. When
the concluding stage had been reached
the following interchange of converse
ton took place between the judge and
his colleagues in the administration of
justice:
Gentlemen are You ready to give
your verdictg'
Yes
What is your vcrdictI"
Our answer is. sir. that you can do
rs you like with these men who have
confessed, hut we acquit all the rest. "
But is it possible that you have
weighed all the cvidcnccy''
Evidence like this can be- fahricat-
ed
do you find that rs regards these
prisoners it has been fabricatedf'
Evidence can he fabricated"
80 the evidence is untrustworthyT =
Unless IA man confcsses. who a tell
he is guilty. Bombay Gazette.
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animate creature. Moreover. there are
no common poisonous plants such as
poison ivy or poison oak in any part Of
of the territory.
The Hawaiian language is rapidly
dying OUTPUT it is interesting rs it is
musical. Il is u language OF yowels.
There are but twelve letters including
vowels. Making bat :
The vowels are always pronounced,
never slurred. The name Hawaii is
thus pronounced Hah-vy.ee.
The aquarium at Honolulu which we
visited the Saturday afternoon that we
were there contained fishes of many
gorgeous colors and beautifully deco
rated. OF these fishes DIR. David. Starr
Jordan says. No aquarium can boast
a collection of fishes more unique i'll
form or colorings.'
We climbed the Punch Bowl back of
the city from which one obtains a most
magnificent view of the city and i'll
lAal NlNlhiAN We "hilAA'ANN OA W liz
native habitations where we went into
the cabins where the people live and
saw them making poi. This is made
from the taro root which is pounded
into flour 10 which water is constantly
added. This poi is eaten from a
common dish into which all dip until
each one works enough around his
finger To fill his mouth by licking it off
with his tongue.
The Bishop Museum contains many
interesting relics of ethnology from the
Sea Islands. The famous wal cloak is
here, a large yellow cloak, the var coat
of Kamehameha | the founder
of the monarchy. 1t is valued ut
$50, 900 and was used rs n mantle of
state by the sovereigns. 1t is made Of
yellow feathers of the mamma bird
found only iii the mountains. each bird
furnishing only two small tufts of
has a spread of IL feet ut the bottom.
Nine generations were employed in
making it.
The question of where one ought most
to go in the islands of the Mid Pacific
is immaterial. Sit right down here
where you are for wherever it is be
assured it is Paradise itself. You need
seek no further.
While there we called on Mrs.
Lothrop's mother and sister and also
Mrs. Lane who was born ut Fort
Halleck and is related t. Mrs. F. j..
Holland. These people are all Nevada
people and we felt very much at home.
They were all mt the boat to say good
bye when we left for lands still further
west.
Honolulu has sewers modern and up
to.date. Elko has been settled aver
10 years. Honolulu has been "A part of
our government only about ten years.
It would be II grand thing for Us 10
stand up and take notice. We passed
the residence of Queen L]iliuokalami
who is now in Washington All ths
residence of ~SprcCkles.
The first missionaries to work on the
island were from the Congregational
Board and the Congregational church
is the largest denomination on the
islands. .
We passed. Thomas Square where n
1913 Admiral Thomas pulled do ~ the
British flag and restored the Land to-
the Hawiian king. We Inspected the
| nIInuE xr,,lnp hons. ,, fIn D.,iEa
brought around the Horn from Boston
in 1922 by the missionaries.
The Royal Palace built in 1928 is now
the headquarters of the government.
My next article to the INDEPENDENT
will be on Japan.
Yours Truly
GEO. II. GREENFIELD.
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For Matching

Imported FulLBlood pun Lcghorn. splendid
layers. Per setting, itOO.
Imported Full Blood. Rose Comb. Black Mi
norcas. splendid layers. Per setting. $50.
Full.BlDOd Rosc.Comb. Regal white wyan.
dottcs. imported from ontario. This breed won
In the government test over OIL others. ten hens
averaging zG3 eggs each In ss days. Price per
setting. sl.JO.
Mail Orders Filled.
NEVADA POuLrY co. EIko. Ncyain.
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Heavens First Law

Rev. DIR. Frank Crane tells of a
pride who refused to answer the aucs
uon' VIII you love. honor and obey7"
Tier friends interceded. but II was Of
no use. Finally the intended bride
groom gathered up his hat and started
Tor III door. instantly she sprane
AFTER him. and. leading him back,
looked UP meokly and said, Il WILL
Success Magazine.
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Only WAY 20 Wnalth-

The way to wealth ia as plain a. the
way TO market; It depends chiefly ON
two words-industry and ~fruealitv-
That Ia waste neither time nor monov
but make the best use OF both. with.
out industry and frugality nothing viii
do and with them everything.-Frank.
lin.
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Elko Route The RnsI

DR. Gillilaud has received the follow.
ing interesting letter from Ray Nail,
who left here a week or so ago to go to
Jarbidge 10y the Idaho route. Mr.. Nail
throws a flood Of light on the northern
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Took II Personally.

An author engaged a young lady
typewriter TO take down his new novel
from dictation. At the passage: oh
my adorable angel. accept the confcs
sion from my lips that | cannot cxis,
without youl Make mo happy. come
and share my lot and be mlno until
death do us paTtl"-hls fair secretary
paused and ~lngcOunusly inquired. is
thai to go down with the rest7'
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poruLArION slNcE 1860

The Indian population Of the state is
slowly increasing, contrary to popular
opinion. In 1890 it was j.i5G; in 1900
IL was b,2lG. The Chinese population
shows a marked dccacase while the
japanese population shows u marked
increase. In 1880 the Chinese mum.
bcred 5.i1G. while the Japanese mum.
bBrcd but 2.
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POPULATION or u. :.

The coming Ccusu will prObabl.
show tho population of Nevada to b
IOj, 900, aud that of the United State
10 be- %. 900, 900.
GEORGE b. RUSSELL.
Census Supervisor for Nevada.
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a Neighbor Of Yours

M we'll NJ yourself IL linbla at any
time to- have rheumatism. We're
all liable to have cuts or burus,
bruises or scalds. crick I'm the back.
neck or side-sOme kind Of an ache or
pain. Then heed this advice and
tell your ncigcbOrs-Bnllnrd Snow
l.inimcui relieves all inches aud pains
nnd heals all wounds.
Price Orc, soc AMI sl.O0 per bottle.
Sold by Elko Drug Co.
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Census Statistics

Editor INDEPENDENT
As the time for taking the thirteenth
national ensus draws near. questions
are frequently asked relative to tho
population of tho United States and of
the State of Nevada at previous dates,
and as many of these questions have
been directed to me, on account Of my
prominent connection with the work
this year, | have prepared the following
which will prove of interest:
P~DpTINTIDN or NEVADA IN 1900
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AItruiom OF the Jew.

NTETUTUm OF INC VOW
When anything happens 10 Jews
anywhere they help II another DC.
cause no one else VIII Against inc
barborlsm OF antt.Scmitism, which at
fccts them all in common, they are
united-Dr. Bloch's Worchenschrits
Vienna.
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or this number. 2,.BJ3 were males
and 10, az w'rn females: 32.2l2 were
native BORN ami hoods were foreign
born.
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AT ONCE

Stage and Fast Freight
Outfits to handle traffic
between Elko and lar
bidgc. For informa-
ton write to President
or Secretary Of
ELK0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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route and makes some timely Sugges'
tons To the Elko people:
Rimrock. Idaho. March II, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-19
NAY BE MURDERER.
Providence Prisoner PICKED By
UitneSs of Crime.

Providence. Jan. 1S.-A few hours aftsr
William Ludsn, Of this city. had been ar
rested for the alleged holding UP ard roo
bing of Sanford Burton. young Proyidsncs
club member, he was locked I'D on a charge
of murder. The police believe that Luden
has been responsible for the numerous hold
ups which have taken place in this city and
vicinity recently, the most serious Of which
came on the night of JenuaTy :. when Gl-
bert Mann was shot and killed by mar
Who stopped his carriage in the town Of
Johnstown. When Luden was lined u n
the police station with five other men 70
day he was Immediately picked out as IRE
man who had shot Mann by George VIII
Jams. who was in the carriage with Nam
az the time. Luden was taken 60 Johnstowa
tonight. and will have a hearing thers TO-
morrow.
Burton, who was held uP and ROBBED O.
his watch and money yesterday in this err.
caught sight Of Luden on 3 trolley car To-
day, and. being convinced that he vas ins>
man who had robbed him. followed Lnasn
downtown. There he nctihsd two rsirc'
men whom he met and the arrest follo~ei
IL Is alleged that Ludsu admitted to tas
police that il was he who held NJ Burten
but il is not known whether he has rsa'
any further statement.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-19
HOOKWORM MEETING
Disease Discussed at First Na-
tionaI Conference.

Atlanta Jan. is.-"The most serious in
fectious disease in the South to-day is
that of the hookworm." declared DR..
Charles /. Wardel >Stiles. of the United
States Public Heath Service. in addressing
ehere to-day the opening session of the first
national conference called for the study OF
this disease. Twenty-Five per cent OF the
mill employees of the South are infected
with the hookworm. said DIR. Stiles. who
based the statement on personal visits
made to 128 mills in Southern States
Excessive Waste OF American Life" was
the subject of an address by e z. Rit-
tenhouse,, of New York. president OF the
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Every hour seventy-two American peo-
pie die from preventabie causes" said Mr..
Rittenhouse. Every day lives are need
Iessly destroyed which equal the popula-
tion of a town OF more than seventeen hun
dred souls
Let US suppose that the two million OF
our people who il is estimated are suffer
ing in a greater or lesser degree from the
hook worm parasite were concentrated in
one city instead of being distributed
throughout eight or nine states Can YOU
conceive of the American people standing
idly by in the face of such situation.
making no attempt 10 end this suffering
and TO save these lves?"
New-York tribune., 1910-01-19
u. S. STEEL PAYS FOR ORE.
Big Check for Great Northern Stock
holders in Royalties.

The United States Steel Corporation will
pay TO the Great Northern Ore Properties
tomorrow the. sum of s2.065. 500, represent
ing the royalty for 1909 undef the lease of
the iron ore lands formerly held by the
Great Northern Railway Company and
conveyed two years or SO ago 10 trustees
for the benefit of the Great Northern 5
stockholders.
The steel Corporation leased these ore
lands. estimated TO contain from 800 aeooOoo
TO 7bO.ooo.0o0 tons of iron ore, I'm the fall OF
1906, but has never mined any ore until the
last few months. although it has spent
large sums in development work The lease
provided that royalties should be paid on
minimum of 75e.ooo tons for 1907, this
minimum to increase by $4,000 tons each
year until 1917, the amount then reached.
s.-oo.ooo tons, 10 be the minimum thereafter
The royalty was to be 81 IS ton. delivered
AT the docks OF the upper lakes. In 1907. and
was TO increase by 80 cents a ton until
lsl'. thereafter continuing on that basis.
The royalty was fixed on the initial basis
OF 20 cents ton at the mines. which would
represent so cents a ton as compensation TO
the Great Northern Railway Company for
transportation to the docks. Figured at So
cents ton in 1907 the royalty due from
the Steel Corporation TO the Great North
ern Ore Properties for 1909 would be si.s
cents ton. on minimum OF s.25e, 600 tons.
or the sum Of s2.0S5,5e0.