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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
AMENDMENT TO
STATE CONSTITUTION
WILL Be VOTED UPON

Assembly Joint and Concurrent
Resulotion No. 10, relative 10
amending section seven, article two
of the Constitution of the State Of
Nevada, pertaining to the disburse-
ment of the poll tax. will come
before the voters of tie state at
the election in November for their
ratification. The article will read
As follows: For the amendment OF
section seven article two Ct the
Constitution of Nevada so that the
sa ne shall read as follows:
Section Z. Tie legislature shall
provide by law for the payment OF
an annual poll tax of not less thar
two mol exceeding four dollars
from each male resident in the state
between the ages of twenty-one anC
sixty years uncivilized An erical
Indians excepted to be expended TO.
the maintance and betterment o
the public roads.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
WOULD HAVE new COIN

The coinage of a two and one
half cent piece by the United States
Government is urged in a statement
given out in New York by William
R. Short, a New York banker, who
declares that the use of such a coin
would mean a saving of $50, 000,-
600 yearly to consumers.
THE absence of such coinage"
he says, has resulted in the
universal custom of the sellers
taking the half cent whenever a
transaction does not result in even
money. ! suppose it would be a
safe estimate TO say that each
family loses the half cent on an
average of ten times a week,
resulting in their paying $3.50 a
year above the price Of article
purchased. With about Is, 000,-
900, million families in the
United States, exclusive of the
merchants, and figuring on the
basis mentioned, they are losers
yearly from this cause in the ap-
proximate sum of $39, 900, OOO."
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26

laid to rest. May her last long
sleep be rs peaceful as her long
life was pure and holy.
There was a wealth Of floral
tributes to mutely testify to the
esteem and respect in which she
was held by her family and friends.
This respect and esteem va
also shown by the long line OF
vehicles, filled with sympathizinH
friend, that followed her remains
to their last resting place. The
procession was the largest ever seer
in Elko. The pail bearers were
Thomas Hunter. Major Miller,
Edgar Reinhart, George Letter, A
W. Hesson and W. w. Bocher, al
old friend of the deceased.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
AN IMPORTANT DECISION

The supreme court rendered a
decision Tuesday that may invali-
date all the official primary cleo
tion ballots that are printed. The
clerk Of ormsby county in prepar-
ing the sample ballots left off the
ballot all Office designation where
there were no candidates. The
attorney general began proceed.
ings in the supreme court to have
the office designations placed on
the official ballot.
Tuesday the court rendered a
decision sustaining the attorney
generals contention and this NOM
ing County Clerk Dawley received
the following dispatch from
Attorney General Stoddard:
THE supreme court has render
ed a ballot decision and the follow
ing order is embraced therein: 1t
is ordered that the county clerk of
0rmsby county cause to be printed
for use at the primary election to
be held on the 9th day of Septem-
Der. 1910. ballots for the demo-
cratic. republican and socialist
parties, containing the designation
Of every Office to be filled by cleo
ton at the November general cleo
tion regardless of whether or not
nomination papers for candidates
for any particular office have or
have not been fled, and that a
blank space three Fights of an inch
wide, together with a voting
square for stamping the cross, as
provided in the statute be placed
below the name or names of candi-
dates for each particular office, |
where names are printed on the
ballot, and below the office design
alton where no such names are so
printed. Do not fail to correct
your ba lots to conform to above
order as otherwise they will be
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
ELKO DRUG M
I>CoTPOKtIED
In Business for Your Health

Teething babies always have n
hard time of it when this process
occurs in hot weather. They not
only have to contend with painful
gums but the stomach is disorder
ed, bowels loose and the body un.
comfortable. The best help you
can give the little sufferer is Nc
GEES BABY ELIXIR. 1t corrects
sour stomach. cools and quiets the
bowels and helps digestion. Price
Csc. and soc per bottle. Sold by
Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26

There is NOR e Catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced it
a local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pro-
nounced it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitu-
tional disease and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops
to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio,
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
MRS.. RUSSELL'S FUNERAL

The funeral Of Mrs. James
Russell took place from the family
residence Friday afternoon. Father
Collins officiating. The service
we're private and we're attended by
a few intimate friends Of the
family.
At 4 o'clock, the remains were
placed in the hearse and taken to
the Masonic cemetery, where the
Catholic burial service was read by
Father Collins. There the mortal
remain, Of this devoted wife and
mother and faithful friend we're
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
illegal .

illegal"
The ballots for Elko county are
all printed and will be delivered to
the clerk tomorrow morning. They
comply with the law fully except as
to the blank space under the
groups of candidates. Mr.. Dawley
sent a long dispatch to the attor.
ney-general thi, morning explain
ing the situation here and asking
him to forward the necessary
paper Immediately if the ballots
had to be reprinted. If this is
done. there will hardly De time for
the sheriff to deliver them to the
different PRECINCTS.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
A THRILLING RIDE

81 was lettering around tie
streets last night" said Jim Nelson.
one of the old locomotive engineers
running into New Orleans. LAS !
had nothing to do | dropped into
a concert and heard a sleek looking
Frenchman play a piano in a way
that made me feel all over in spots.
! AS soon as he sat down on the stool
knew by the way he handled him
self that he understood the machine
he was running. He tapped the
keys away up one end just as if
they we're gauges and he wanted to
see if he had water enough. Then
he looked up as if he wanted to
know how much steam he was car
rying and the next moment he pulled
open the throttle and sailed on to
the main line as if he was half an
hunr late. You could hear her
thunder over culverts and bridges
and getting faster and faster until
the fellow rocked about in his seat
like a cradle. Somehow ] thought
it was old SO pulling a passenger
train and getting out of the way of
a special. The fellow worked the
keys on the middle division like
lightning and then he flew along
the north end of the line until
the driver went around like a buzz
saw and | got excited. About the
time ! was fixing to tell him to cut
her off a little he kicked the
hampers under the machine wide
open pulled the throttle away back
in the tender and how he did rum
couldn't stand it any longer and
yelled to him that he was pounding
in the left side and il he wasn't
careful he'd drop his ash pan. But
he didn't hear. No one heard me.
Everything was flying and whiz-
zing. Telegraph poles on the side
of the track looked like a row of
cornstalks and trees appeared to be
a mudbank and all the time the
exhaust of the old machine sounded
like the hum of a bumblebce. |
tried to yell out but my tongue
wouldn't move. He went around
the curves like a bullet slipped an
eccentric blew out his soft plug
went down grades fifty feet 10 the
mile and not a controlling brake set.
She went by the meeting point
at a mile and a half a minute and
calling for more steam. My hair
stood up straight because | knew
the game was up. Sure enough, dead
ahead of us was the headlight Of a
sp~ecial.l In a dazed / heard the crash
as they struck, and | saw cars shiv-
cred into atoms, people smashed and
mangled and bleeding and gasping
for water. | heard another crash
as the French professor struck the
deep keys away down on the lower
end Of the southern division, and
then came to my senses. There
he was at a dead standstill, with
the door Of the firebox of the
machine open, wiping the perspira-
ton off his face and bowling to the
people before him. IL I live to be
a thousand years old I'll never
forget the ride that F%rcnchman
gave me on n piano. "-Life.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26

If you sit in a cool draft when
you are heated and get a stiff neck
or lame back, you will be looking
for something that will ease the
pain. Fix your mind on BAL
LARD'S SNOW EMINENT and
don't be talked out of it because il
is the best pain relieving liniment
you can get anywhere. Price Csc.
SOC and $l.00 per bottle. Sold by
Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
A new SET OF POST.
OFFICE REGULATIONS

Our postmaster formulates ,bs
following rules for the benefit Of
his patrons and that you may know,
what you may exact:
No letters given one until tbev
have been received.
II you don't get a letter or nanor
on the day you expect II, have Tho
postmaster look through all The
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
RESENT FRANK williams


Regent Frank Williams arrived
in Carson City last evning. He
leaves for Reno tomorrow morning,
to attend a meeting of the Board
Of Regents Of the State University.
Mr.. Williams. who is a candidate
for the democratic nomination for
Acknowledgements of Nevada.
was the subject of an article in the
last issue Of the Reno Reve::lle
which stated that the crmpaign
expenses of Mr.. Williams were
being paid by the Southern Pacific
railroad company.
Mr.. Williams, while in this city
today, made the following state
ment regarding the charges of the
Reno paper:
1.-THE charge that my campaign
expenses are being paid by Mr..
Blakesley, of the Southern Pacific,
is absolutely fales-
81 have been working all sum-
merin the Clermont mine and will
return in time to go on shift next
Monday.
This ridiculous charge is in
line with the insinuation that | will
be opposed by the workingmen of
Nevada.
Il have been engaged in hard
manual labor from early boyhood
until the present day. I doubt if
there is a man of my age in Ne
vada who has done more hard
work than i have done.
1T would indeed be painful to
find myself opposed by my own
class. l have no idea, however,
that the real workingmen will do
anything of the kind. 1t is
merely the talk of a few radicals
who are still objecting to my vote
on the State Police Bill, three years
ago.
"At that time many good citizens
feared that il was a bad law, and
a dangerous one, but the course of
events has proven it to be a good
law, and harmful to no one.
4 was elected Regent by a good
majority, a few months after
voting for this bill and the Police
Law itself was endorsed by a
decisive majority in a referendum
vote at the same election.
81 voted for every labor bill
which was enacted into law during
the time in which / was a member
of the legislature, and | have as
sisted in securing the enforcement
of the eigh hour law down in Clark
county.
IF elected lieutenant governor !
shall favor ths re-appointmcnt of
the present members of the State
X. r. commission.
Except when duty calls me to
Carson ] shall devote my time to
the further development of my
zinc claims at Good Springs, upon
which ! have worked, as my means
permitted for many years.
Carson Appeal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
BUSINESS LOCALS

A child that has intestinal
worms Is handicapped in it's
growth. A few doses of WHITES
CREAM VERMIFUGE destroys
and expels worms; the child inn
medlately improves and thrives
wonderfully. Price 25c per bottle.
Sold by Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26

boxes and down in the cellar also,
IL ought to be there somewhere.
and he likes to hunt for il. /, At
to please you.
IL your friends don't write a O
AT the postmaster. He IL to blame,
II he tells you no, put on a
grieved look and say there ougb,
to be some. He is probably hiding
your mail for the pleasure Of bav.
ing you call for It. Ask him TO
look again.
II you are buying stamps, make
him lick them and put them IN.
that's his business.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
We guarantee the best job OF French
Dry Cleaning in Eastern Neynoa
COMMERCIAL
I A l. Q R S
Watch Us Grow
Watch Us Grow

Constipation is the starting
point for many serious diseases.
10 be healthy keep the bowels
active and regular. HERBINE
VIII remove all accumulations IN
the bowels and put the system in
prime condition. Price soc. Sold
by Elko Drug Co. '
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-08-26
Right Bathing

The pores of the skin have more
to do in maintaining ones good
health than is generally supposed.
They are a source of elimination of
certain poisons that the body gen.
crates.
The pores should be kept in
healthy condition by frequent and
proper bathing
To battle properly n must have
the right bathing requisites.
We can supply anythiLgneeded.
SPONGES. Rubber Sponges,
Bath Mitts, Bath Brushes, Neutral
Soaps, Violet Ammonia, Toilet
Waters, Bath Powders. Etc.
Everything in right quality and
at right prices. Let US furnish
what you need.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-02
NO MORE ARGUMENT J !. 4. = j
Squire GrisEs Closes Incident as to!
How and Pitcher.

N4s.sE
Squire GriEEs Closes Incident as to!
How and Pitcher.
Squire Wilbur Griggs. acting Police
Justice, In the absence of Justice;
tCrutchf1eld, though extremely eunde-
sirous Of being party to any contro-.
versy or getting into useless argu-'3
ment stated yesterday fternoon that
the account relating to the rial Of
s. M. How and IT. N. ri tcher, as print
ed In The Times Dispatch OF Monday
was correct. He reiterated the state.
gments contained therein. and said nat
he informed representatives Of al az.
iternoon papers who came to Shtn that
he desired to keep out q al argu-
lment concerning the handling OF the
case by the detective epartmen He
said that he would not discuss the
case further tl5,.
Without comment, the accounttn Tn IN g
Times Dispatch Monday merel s. ated
that Squire Griggs ssaid that CAPTAIN
Mcmahon had come to aim on the
morning OF the trial and asked him
to reduce. the bond OF the two$m and
telling the magistrate that he was IN
Communication with the "a Y thoriti es IN ~
baltimore, at the same time DIS play
ing a telegram he had III histS hand tl
from Marshal Farnum, an ENC led II bY
saying that Squire Griggs eXpr essed
himself as being; perpl exed = over ne
effort to dscredits the de- ective 9 e.
partment, which he I hough hit II d q one
all necessary In the case.
There the mat ter ends by ~ tue OF
1.-The fact that there iss no ca use for ar
gument or further d iscu ssion
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-02
COUNTY TO BUY DOGS
VIII Purchase Bloodhounls II They
Can Catch Criminals.

VIII Purchase Bloodhounds II They
Can Catch Criminals.
After repeated requests on the part
of Deputy Sheriff w. w. Sydnor. the
Henrico county Board of Supervisors
yesterday agreed to purchase two
If the price is reasonable
and the dogs work out satisfactorily
and prove to be genuine man-catchers.
Mr.. Sydnor will at once begin to nego-
tiate for promising pair Of pups
which will be placed in the hands OF
a competent trainer. The need of
bloodhounds has been felt in the coun-
sty for several years, but up to this
time the board has refused to appro-
pirate any money for their purchase
Mr.. sydnor appeared before the
board yesterday and explained that
every year fugitives from justice pass
ed through the county and escaped
because of the lack of facilities for
trailing them. Many a convict from
the State Farm has dropped off o:
freight trains in the county after
having lodged the guards at the farm
and taken to the woods. free men be.
cause there were no bloodhounds tt
run them down.
Mr.. sydnor will communicate witt
bloodhound dealers in various places
and will report to the next meeting
OF the Board of Supervisors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-02
WILL CALL FOR BIDS
superintendent Knowles Laying Plans
for Serving South Richmond
-

superintendent Knowles Laying Plans
for Serving South Richmond
The Council Committee on Light last
night requested the City Engineer to
include in the specifications for the
new reinforced concrete bridge. which
1t is proposed to erect at or near the
present site.of Msyo's Bridge. place
for twehty-inch gas main for supply
Ing South Richmond The Water De-
partment has already asked space for
q twenty-inch main, and 1t is expected
that ample conduit space will be pro-
vided both for city electric light and
police and fire alarm wires, and also for
rent to power and telephone companies.
Superintendent Knowles believes that
the southside could be we'll served for
the present from the gas holder on
Dock Street between Sixteenth and Sew
enteenth Streets, though it may be found
desirable with rne growth of the busi-
ness to erect high level gas holder
on the Southside. AS gas Is sold to
consumers at profit. he argues that
the sooner the city makes provision
for mains in South Richmond the bet
ter g
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-02
EXTENDS time ON
WHAR| BIDS.
Committee Will Seek New Com
petition From Contract
ing Firms.

Az a meeting OF the Committee on
Improvement Of the James River last
night, City Engineer Boiling reported
that he had number OF letters from
contractors protesting that the time
was too short In which to make bids on
the proposed concrete wharf and bulk
head which the city plans to erect on
lanes River. Mr.. Boiling said that no
time would be lost IN extending the
period, since little or no concrete work
could be done in the river until spring
The committee decided to return the
ave bids in the box unopened and to
invite bids to be opened on the after
noon of December for q reinforced
concrete wharf. The Finance Com
mittee appropriated $4,000 to build a
wharf, the plan. then being for pile
construction, although City Engineer
Boiling advised the committee that the
proposed timber wharf, bulkhead and
sheds would probably cost S3o,OoO.
Since then the Council has instructed
the committee to ask bids on o con-
crete wharf, and 1T is expected that the
appropriation will be largely supple
n,ented in the budget for next year.
The committee recommended that the
pay OF the captain OF the city tug
Thomas Cunning ham be increased from
800 to $125. he having held the posi-.
ton for sixteen years without asking
ali increase in pay.
a request from the Richmond Yacht
Club that the city dredge the mouth
OF Falling Creek in front Of the club.
house was referred to Captain Cunning
ham for an estimate of the amount OF
work needed. and to the City Attorney
to find whether the city could lend its
machinery for such PURPOSE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-02
HUNGER FORCED
HIM into THEFT
Country Boy, Near Starving
Point, Found That Only
Salvation.

Willie. Lee. a colored boy. seven.
teen years old. was ambitious. He
left the farm In Mecklenburg county.
and arrived In Richmond one night
via the bunkers. He thought that
Richmond was filled with Jobs: that
they could be just picked UP. as IT
were. without looking. But Willie had
to look. and he looked In vain And
after he had looked long time. IN
fact, for several days, Willie had to
tighten his belt. Tightening his belt
was In place OF meal. but even
that ceased to take effect after sew
9eral more meals had been missed.
William had no friends and no home:
So, when the situation became des,
.perate. and the pain OF emptiness mad
gone past bearing. the country boy %
Guilty about getting something to cal
and paying for 1t. He stole. He stole
Ia pair of trousers from Frank Brown
and pair of trousers and coat and
which he pawned for the munificent
sum OF $3.50 Then he ate his MI:
and paid a man small sum he owed
for his first meal in Richmond. Brown
and Robinson knew that the &C my
swore out warrants for his arrest.
Ohicer Gerring found him round the
corner from the station. William
was frightened. He had never been
arrested before, and as some green
country boys will sometimes he told
fthe truth. He admitted the thefts.
admitted he had stolen because he
was "perishing," as he put It. He even
said where he had pawned the clothes
and where the pawn tickets had been
placed, And Willie will fall In line
this morning with the common herd.
some OF whom will teach him how 70
steal without being caught. and when
he doesn't need to steal. But William
said he didn't want to steal. He
wanted a job.s and, incidentally. ne
WANTED something to- eat.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-02
BIG LAND VI VALUES
AlicEhnny County District Drenk
Record for Increase.

AlicEhnny County District Freaks
Record for Increase.
Indicating the character OF work.
done by lanes A.. stone, State Assessor
OF Mineral Lands. the Clifton District,
of Alleghany county, IS shows larger
increase insrealty assessment than has
any other assessors district In the
year. -
This record breaker for gain In
values W reaches ss.s5 per cent, most OF
It being In larger values on mineral
property IN Allegheny which is rich
In mineral wealth.
For 1909 the total assessed valuation
In the district was s74o.047, while for
l9l q 1t viii be s1.3s4,307. Now. of this
gain of s65s.s32. .s44o.535s comes from
increase In mineral values. the former
amount under this head having been
sSs6,3s7. and the new sso6,os2.
There are two other districts in the
county the figures for these not vet
being available. 6
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-02
STARTLING FIGURES
Hotel and Six. Acres Pay Seventeen
Cents Tax Per Year.

Hotel and Six. Acres Pay Seventeen
Cents Tax Per Year.
Remarkable increases in assessed
valuations are shown in reports made
by land assessors to the State Tax Com
mission. How certain pieces OF prop
erty got by with the low valuation
which was made In 1906 is a mystery.
Looking over the reports DR.. Frees
man notes that In certain county in
the western part OF the State farm
was assedsed Ave years ago at 1912.
This year its valuation Is placed at
$4.075. There has been no local cause
to excuse an extraordinary increase in
value. yg
In county In the northern part OF
the State 2S6 acres were valued five
Years ago at $40 an acre. This year
the assessment has jumped to sl5o an
acre. sS
Three vacant, lots and two brick
buildings in small town. which has
no rapid growth, were valued in 1905
at $500 for the entire outfit. Now,
when the buildings are five years old-
err, they are supposed to- be worth
$4,000
M Butsth champion valuation5o of all Is
disclosed in midland county. There
"a hotel and six acres Of land We're val-
Sued five years ago at $14.s and for the
past five years. consequently, have paid
a total of II cents q year In taxes to
the State and county. This year the
assessor puts this property at 81 700.
which is supposed toSrepresent so per
|lcent, Of the actual alue.