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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-03

According 20 a telegram from San Fran
cisco the offer OF sl5G00o by Dick Ferris
10 ger the Jefries-Johnson fight al July
for Los Angeles is dwarfed hy an alluring
proposition from Salt Lake City. Gleason
and "Tex' Rickard are both quoted as say
ing that final conference on the pace for
the battle viii be held on Mondav.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-03

After having neen flooded with more than
one hundred applications for the job OF
golf professional, the Richmond County
Country Club has decided to go across the
seas for man. Willie Fernie, jr-, of
Troon. will be the Richmond County pro,
and he is expected 10 reach these shores
in The near future. F'ernie is the son Of
The redoubtabie Willie Fernie, who once
won the open championship title of Great
Britain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-03

a A. Stage. Of Chicago University, is
now al Fayetteville, Ark working out his
football laboratory iGea, which, it il hoped,
viii prove helpful 70 the rules committee at
its next meeting in this city on March %.
Some Of the proposed new rules were tried
ont yesterday with two teams lined III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-03

Totals 953 ST. 1.o40 Totals . as5 .034 87s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-03

The game in the senior tournament !"
the evening resulted in the defeat OF the
Washington Heights Branch of the YOUNG
Mems Christian Association by the FlercS
Athletic club by the score of 40 to % The
Iire-Ip follows:
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
WATER

Sweet, beautiful water-brewed
in the running brook, the ripping
fountain and the laughing rill-in
the limpid cascade, as it joyfully
leaps down the side of the mountain.
Brewed in yonder mountain top,
whose granite peak glitters like
gold bathcd in the morning sun
brewed in the sparkling dewdrop;
sweet, beautiful watcr-brewed in
the crested wave of the ocean dceps,
driven by the storm, breathing its
terrible anthem to the god of the
sca-brewcd in the fleecy foam and
the whitened spray as it hangs like
a spcck owe the distant cataract
brewed in the clouds of heaven;
sweet. beautiful waterl As il sings
in the rain shower and dances in
the hailstorm as it come sweeping
down in fcathcry fakes clothing
the earth in a spotless mantle Of
white. Distilled in the golden
tissues that paint the western 81 y
at the setting of the sun and the
siIvery tissues that veil the mid
night ,moon-swcet, health giving
beautiful water! Distilled in the
rainbow of promise, whose warp
is the randrop o. earth, and whose
wool is he sunbeam OF heaven
sweet, beautiful water.-John b.
Cough.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
ISSUE CIRCULAR ON
". P. OPENING

w. J. Shotwell CT the Southern
Pacific at San Francico has issued
the first circular covering the
opening of the Western Pacific.
A copy was received Monday. 1t
states officially that the line will be
opened from Salt Lake City to San
Francisco in August, the exact date
TO be announced later. Through
trains will be operated and the
equipment will be electric lighted
and consist of steel baggage mail
and chair cars, with diner and
library car. Compartment obser-
walton Pullman slcepers will be
included in the equipment, which.
the circular states, will be of the
most modern description.
The circular asks that the official
announcement be given wide
publicity, so it is taken that all
arrangements have been perfected
and nothing will prevent the road
from commencing passenger service
on the date mentioned.
The first consignment of cars for
passenger service arrived in Salt
Lake yards Saturday, and were
s;detracked with the eight diners
already there. The new cars are OF
steel construction and are the
latest type of baggage equipment
The cars will be arriving from tn,
east daily. Ogden Examiner.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
BROKE HIS WOODEN LEG

While at work on the Jeffries-
johnson arena yesterday, a carpen-
ter who is known among his fellow
workmen as John, was caught under
a falling timber. A score of work.
men saw him and rushed to his
a sistance. He was groaning and
1T was seen that a heavy timber
which had fallen a distance of fifteen
feet before striking him was resting
across one leg. His fellow workmen
grabbed the timber and lifted it off
Johns leg. They then started TO
novel him and his foot dropped down
indicating that his leg was broken
between the knee and ankle. They
removed his trousers and a physician
was called. 1t was then discovered
that the timber had fallen on the
mans wooden leg and had broken
it. The man was so frightened
that he thought that his good leg
was broken and continued to groan
with imaginary pain until lac found
that he had escaped injury entirely.
Two other men we're slightly injured
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
A VIRGINIA LAW

A Richmond, Virginia, dispatch
of the oath says:
Beginning with today, the man
who finds it difficult tc keep a curb
on his tongue also will find it
difficult to keep out of the clutches
of the law in Virginia, for the anti
cussin'bill passed at the last session
of the general assembly went in o
effect at midnight. The bill is
brief, but Enthusiastically clear, for
it says:
IF any person shall, in the pre-
sence Or hearing of another, curse
or abuse another person or use any
violently abusive language to such
person concerning himself or his
relatives under the circumstances
reasonably calculated to provoke a
breach of the peace. he shall be
guilty of misdemeanor and on con-
viction shall be fined not less than
$500 0 more than $500"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01

Comstock exchanged an old horse
Tor the other one-tenth Interest in
the Cedar Ravine water. Then
an arrangement was made between
Riley, Mclaughlin, Comstock and
Penrod by which ali became cora,
owners in both the claim and the
water.
About the same time John Bi.h7p
and his partner. with "Old Vir.
GINA whose real namc was Feni-
more and a fourth man located
Gold Hill. two miles south, but on
the same lode. That, too. was;taken
up as a placer mine.
The rich gold discovery was
heralded abroad, a chance visitor
put a piece of the black-blue rock
IN his pocket as a pocket piece. went
to Nevada City. California. and
gave the piece to a friend who had
1t assayed. 1t showed some $500
per ton in gold and about a like
amount in silver. Then the rush
began.
Comstock never discovered any,
thing. He was a mouthy old chap.
When the rush come he told of
what he had done and some one who
heard him, in talking with others
referred to the Comstock lode and
the name stuck. Comstock was
not a good worker, not a good pros
pector, bat he was fond of whiskey
and loved to hear himself talk. 1t
is pitiable that he should die as he
did, but not much unexpected for
he was always improvident and
given to moods, either up in the
shelves or down in the sump.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
Salmagundi
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY

The old 40 saloon is being moved
to make room for a brick building,
Mrs. James Russell is reported
out of danger today. This is
good news to her many friends.
Judge Brown returned yesterday
from holding court in Lincoln and
White Pine counties. He reports
things rather quiet in those sections.
Cleve Wright returned last night
from Ann Arbor, where he attended
the Michigan university. We are
pleased to note that Clevc looks as
if the high cost of living had no
effect on him.
j. w. Puctt and other Carlinites
are in town today lis. ening TO the
arguments in the case Of Elko
county VS.. Charles Buckle, one of
the Carlin moving cases. Judge
Mitchell of Ely is listening 10 the
tales of woe poured out by the at
torneys in the case.
The advance guard of thugs and
thieves r making Their presence
felt in Reno. Burglaries are of
nightly occurrence and the chances
are that graver crimes will be COM
mitted before the thugs who are
drawn to Reno by the big fight move
to other places. Reno's prospects
are good for a fine harvest Of crime.
Gale Dangberg. the thirteen.year
old son of John Dangberg of Minden,
was accidentally drowned in q
reservoir on his fathers ranch
Sunday evening. He was taken
with cramps while swimming and
sank to the bottom of the reservoir.
The body was found in about four
feet of water.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
THE COMSTOCK
LODE DISCOVERY

Goodwin's Weekly in reply to a
correspondent has the following
denial of the claim that Comstock
discovered the famous lode that
bears his name:
Comstock never discovered the
Comstock Lode.
The Lode is on the eastern slope
of an isolated mountain range which
is separated from the Sierra by a
succession of narrow valleys. One
ravine runs down from the mountain
to the southeast to the Carson river,
the stream of water from which
merges with the Carson river at a
point where the town of Dayton now
is. The other ravine runs down
nearly east from Virginia City to
the desert. The first has always
been known as Gold Ravine.'
The second as six Mile Canyon"
In 1859 a few placer miners were
at work with rockers in each of
these ravincs. They made modest
wages but we're bothered by a sort
of blue rock that clogged their
rockers. Their eyes were closed
they never sought to find out what
was in that rock. Two miners,
Peter o. Riley and Patrick Nc.
Laughlin, at work in Six Mile Canyon
moved up to near the groupings OF
what is now the Ophir mine on
the Comstock.
What they had been washing and
what they supposed was gravel. was
really dccomposcd rock from the
great lode. AS they assembled
the ravinc it grew richer until they
were saving several hundred dol
lars daily in their rockers. Ther
they located what they thought was
an immensely rich bank of gravel
II was in truth only a dccomposed
section of the great vein and was
later known as the Ophir mine
Neither Of them knew anythingabou'
quartz veins and had no thought o.
locating anything but gravel.
Above their location n LITTLE
stream ran down from Cedar Ravine
This supplied their rockers will
water, and nine-tenths of thi
stream was owned bv Henry Com
stock and Emanuel Pcnrod. Whc'
Riley and Mclaughlin showed Com
stock samples of what they wer'
obtaining, Comstock told them tn
ground was owned by other mel
and advised them to buy those mel
! out. This was done for $50 AM
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
Salmagundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY.

Mrs. Russell continues to improve
and everything points to her speedy
recovery.
A letter received from Superin-
tendent Anderson this morning
states that Mrs. Anderson will be
operated on next week for appen-
dicitis. They are now at Berkeley.
II. ID. Norris a representative of
the Interior Department at Wash
ington arrived last night and left
for Tuscarora on this mornings
stage. He is looking after land
matters. ""
The Bullion mail srvice has been
reduced from once a week to once
in every two weeks. As there are
now over fifty men getting mail at
the Bullion office the reduction of
the service is nothing less than an
outrage.
See the first page for the new ad
Of the w. T. Smith company. They
arc doing their part toward reduc.
ing the cost of living in Elko.
Read the ad and be convinced.
United States Senator S. d.. Nc
Emery of Mississippi died suddenly
yesterday forenoon at his home in
New Orleans. He was in his 7dth
year.
Count Zepppelin's passenger air
ship was wrecked yesterday in a
German forest. The thirty-three
passengers aboard escaped without
injury.
A fire started in the county hos
pital atGenoa yesterday and threat
ened to sweep the town off the mar
At latest accounts the courthouse
was on fire. The telephone wires
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
Salmagund
FROM DAILY

Father Collins will hold mas.
=, the handball court of the Tele.
scspe hotel tomorrow morning at
> o'clock.
A good start was made on the
sewer proposition last night. Let
us keep the ball rolling until Elko
has a sewer system in operation.
Ne regret to learn that Mrs.
James Russell is very low and that
her recovery is doubtful. We hope
that she may be restored to health
and be with us many yaers more.
Harry Keyser of Tracy, California
who is visiting his parents and
friends, gave this office a pleasant
all this forenoon. Harry looks
if the world was dealing gently
VII him. We we're pleased to see
h and to learn that he is prosper
ing.
Don't forget the game of baseball
between Elko and Winnemucca
tomorrow afternoon. The Winnie
mucca,s will do their best to take
the bscon home and the Elkoites
will Try to show them that they
are notball players. The prospects
are good for one of the best games
ever plyed in Elko and every body
should ee il.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01

AS there will be more voters II
this precinct this year than tber,
were two years ago, we suggest n
the commissioners the a~dyisabilitv
OF dividing the precinct into two
Inc task OF counting 500 or GOO
ballots is a severe one on the ELECTION
BOARD. Two years ago the work Of
the board was not completed until
iate IN the afternoon of the next
day. With two precincts, the result
would be known early the morning
after the election. The expense
will not be much greater than with
only one precinct and the result
will be more satisfactory.
Another cargo of 1900 carcasses
OF mutton has arrived from Aust
ralia by way of England. The meat
will be sold to Philadelphia dealers.
who promptly disposed of the first
cargo. If the trade can be made
profitable by indirect shipment, it
ought to be far more so when the
opening of Panama canal cuts down
the distance to the antipodes and
establishes direct trade. Then the
importation of Australian beef and
mutton may keep meats within
reasonable range.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
Salmagundi
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY

We received alOng dispatch about
g o'clock last evening from Rail-
road Commissioner Bartine giving
the decision of the Interstate COM
MERGE commission in the Nevada
rate case. Nevada's railroad COM
mission deserves the thanks of every
citizen of the state for their good
work in presenting this case to the
inter state commerce commission.
The courthouse and about half
of the town of Genoa was destroyed
by fire Wednesday. The loss is
estimated at over 500, 600.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01

most important producers of silver
in the entire state. Talcott took
samples of the rock to Virginia City.
where the Comstock discoveries
were centering the attention of the
world, and the Reese river excite
ment Instantly followed. The
district was formed under the name
of the Reese river mining district
on May 10, 1862. The first locations
were on the Pony group, now known
as the Red Bluff, and within a short
time claims were located through
out the district and one rich dis
covery follow ed another with err
couraging regularity. Several
towns were laid out, but Austin
rapidly distanced all rivals, and on
September 2, 1868, was chosen the
county seat, d~isplacing the camp of
Jacobville, which had hitherto held
that honor. On Februaryl7, 1864.
Austin and Upper Austin we're in
corporated as the city of Austin.
The first production of bullion
was recorded in August, 1863, when
the Buell. five-stamp mill went into
commission. From this time on
ward the growth of the district was
wonderfully rapid; 1888 found %
mills, comprising 444 stamps, in
operation, and about 40 properties
on the active productive list.
The high grade ores Offset the
heavy milling expenses, and the
building of the Nevada Central
railroad from Austin 20 Battle
Mountain, on the Southern Pacific
line, a distance of SO miles, materially
aided in the advancement of the
district. With few exceptions. only
ore running at least 500 per ton
could be p~roitably handled. The
u ual Litigation affecting a new
district early developed and scores
of properties we're badly handi-
capped by the ruinous suits they
ERE called upon to fight.
Despite all these handicaps the
Austin district has a recorded pro.
ductiOn of $50, 900, 900 produced at
a depth not exceeding an average
of 400 feet. The records further
show that this vast wealth was BRO
duced from a section of cnuatry
$4,000 feet square. The entire
Reese river district embraces a
mlneralized area of Is square miles,
but the greater portion of this has
received but little attention.
Austin continued to flourish until
about 1885, Then the market for
silver commenced to experience a
decided decline. The primitive
milling methods together with the
high cost of labor, power, trans
portation and other expenses, forced
the gradual closing of properties
until Austin became practically
abandoned. Many mines that would
have continued operations were so
badly handicapped by litigation
that the companies suspende work
in disgust.-Mining Science.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
FRISCO TO COIN ALL GOLD

Secretary McVeagh of the treasury
department, carrying out the policy
OF economy, has decided that hence
forth all coming of gold shall be in
the San Francisco mint.
This order takes away from the
Philadelphia mint all the coming of
gold and silver. The Philadelphia
mint will hereafter be confined t.
coming l and 5 cent pieces. When
sufficient of these are on hand it
is feared that the Quaker City in
%stitution will have to go out of
business.
Secretary McVeagh says that he
has found that the coming of gold
can be done more economically if
confined to the San Francisco mint,
and in line with this all the work
will be done there.
This undoubtedly will mean that
the San Francisco mint will be able
to keep a full force of employees at
work constantly. incidentally il
will lean increased revenues to the
railroads. Bankers in Philadelphia
are compelled to pay $3.50 freight
charges for each $1,000 worth OF
gold shipped to the cast.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
we're destroyed and all communica.
ton with the outside world was on,
off. "

we're destroyed and all commpr;o,.
ton with the outside world was on,
off. 'u'
Congress has authorized two
more battleships 1t is estimated
each ship will cost sl2, OOo, 900 to
buid, and $1,000 900 a year to dur.
ing It's tw~enty-year lifetime to man.
tam. The aggregate ultimate cost
OF each ship, as a matter Of fact i
therf re, $32. 900, 900 The cost of
each ship would buy 5000 farms
atS4'ooo each; it would build l.6OO
churches throughout the country
at $50, 600 each; it would furnish
IN means of educating through a
tour-year curse to l6. 900 men or
women at $500 per annum: it would
build and equip fifty manual train
ing schools with necessary tools and
appliances giving a trade to $4,000
young people each year; it would
ouiid a macadam road between
chicago and New York, or build
and equip forty Y.M. CA. buildings
OF magnificent proportions each
building accommodating the young
men in a city of 200, 900 people.
A congressman had returned to his
constituency to deliver a carefully
prepared address. The day arrived
and ~looscning the first button of
his Prince Albert, he uttered his
carefully prepared predatory re-
marks, and to this day he cannot
understand the ripple of laughter
which swept over his audience when
he uttered his opening sentence.
before begin to speak to you I
desire to say SC nething." He said
kansas City Star
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
.AUSTINS EARLY DAY HISTORY

The history of Austin, one of
the richest camps of the pioneer
Nevada, dates from May Q, 1862.
when William Talcott an overland
Express company rider, discovered
high-gradc silver ore in Pony
canyon. The rock was uncovered
by the flying hoofs of T~alcott's pony,
hence the name of the gulch that
was destined to become one of the
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
APPORTIONMENT LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL

The following letter was fed
yesterday with Secretary of State
Douglas by Attorney General
Stod1ard and is the official ruling
on.thc question of the apportionment
of senators and representatives for
the coming election:
Hon. w. G. Douglas,
Secretary of State.
Dear Sir:-ln preparing and
transmitting to the several county
clerks the designation of Offices for
which candidates are to be nomi-
mated under the primary act of
March oath, 1909 statutes l909-lO
page 800 re.appnrtionin g senators
and assemblymcn of the several
counties to the legislature Of this
state said act purports to provide
for a legislature of seventy.siX
members said provision of the con.
]stitution expressly limits the ag.
gregate number Of members there.
of to seventy-fve.
For the foregoing reasons / an
of the opinion that it is your dut,
to disregard the act of 1909 and t,
follow the re-apportionment act O.
March 20 1907 Statutes 1907 pag,
207) which is still effective.
Respectfully submitted.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
His Unfortunate modes,y.

Seymour thought McBlusher got
a job with a brass band7
Ashley-He did; but the Job lasted
)nly one day
Seymour-What was the troubie7
As0ley-McBiusher was SO modest
that he had to havo an assistant and
the bandmaster refused to pay for the
services OF the two.
Seymour-You speak In riddles; 1
don't see what McBlusher's modesty
had 10 do with his hiring an assistant.
Ash'ey-You don't7 II had every.
thing to do with II; MoBlushsf was
too modest TO blow his own norm,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-01
Assessment Notice No, 1
American Flag Mining Company.

American Flag Mining COMPANY.
L2caiion OF principal place OF business In
rtah. SD Newhouse building. Salt Lake CITY.
otah- Location of mines. Uintah Mining Dis.
'rSt, faIk CITY Summit County. Utah
Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting NJ
me board of directors OF American Flag Mining
Sompany a Nevada corporation. held az the
SnvS OF the company No. Si5Newhouse building
Sati-aEe CITY 'utah.on the 18th day ofJune. 1910
~ aSSessment OF three (Sc) cents per share was
LtNisS upon all the issued and outstanding stock
w tne Sotporatlon. payable Immediately toJohn
am. Secretary. No. sis Newhouse Buildino
,ISntu Lake City, Utah. Any stock upon which
thls assessment shall remain unpaid ON Mon.
uhy. the LIST day of August. 1910. will he deijn.
uuent ana advertised for sale. and unless nav
n,ent Is sooner made, so much OF each parcel Of
Stuck rs snail he necessary to pay the delin-
IuSnt assessment. with the expenses of adver.
.lsnE anu sale, viii be sold at public auction 10
70 the highest bidder AZ the company's ofice
30. clio Newhouse Building. Salt Lake CITY
otah, on Monday, the 5th day os Sentemhsr
lJIO. at o'clock A. NJ.
10y order OF the board of directors.
John Cain. Secretary.