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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17

Asscmblyman Arnold of Es-
mcralda county made an attempt
Wednesday to drag the treasury
for an increased allowance to he
members for stationery. His bill
provoked bitter debate and
Ayers of Washoe called the act to
secure the extra money as one of a
bunch of thieves. He was repri-
mandcd by :he speaker, but refused
to retract his statement. Mr.. Ayers
may not have been parliamentary
in his remarks. but he certainly
told the truth. Arnolds attempted
steal as defeated by the honest
members.
Governor Oddie is having hard
shedding with his policies.
Three republicans of the assembly
joined with the democrats and
passed the governors pet water
bill as amended by the senate. The
bill as passed places the appoint
ing power in the hands of the
governor, lieutenant governor and
secretary of state. As the lieu
tenant governor and secretary of
state are democrats. the cover nor
could make no appointments. The
patronage shoe is pinching him and
he threatens to veto the bill. If he
does. he places patronage above
the welfare Of the state.
Isn't il strange how liberal
legislators get with other peoples
money? The present legislature
has raj ed the salaries Of all the
state officers $500 a year, except
the superintendent of schools and
he gets raise Of $1,000. The lier-
tenant governor is given $500
additional as adjutant general. 1t
is said that Governor Oddie will
veto the latter bill. If he carries
out his retrenchment policy as
annunccd in his inaugural address
he will veto the increase in his
own salary and that of the other
state officers.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
NEVADA PAYS HIGHEST
WAGES TO FARM LABDRERS

According to statistics just
made public by the Department of
Agriculture. higher wages were
paid to American farm laborers
during 1910 than at any time in
the last 45 years. The average
wage for the country was $27.5O
per month during 1910 while 20
years ago they were only 1883.
In some parts of the country the
rate of wages of farm laborers
was higher than in others. The
highest was in Nevada where the
rate was $54 while in Montana and
Washington it was $50.
South Carolina paid the lowest
rate, $l6.5O.
In the New England and NORTH
Atlantic states :, the average was
$685. with Massachusetts paying
the highest. $37 65.
In the South Atlantic states the
average was $19.75 with West
Virginia paying the highest $29.
In the northern central states,
West of the, Mississippi, the
average was $685. with
the highest, $37.25. With board,
the average was $22.49. In the
north Dakota paying the highest.
$42. With board the average was
$3.50. In the Southern Central
states, the average was $2l.9O With
Oklahoma paying the highest,
$3.50. With board the average
was Sl5.28.
In the far western states the
average was $46.48, with Nevads
paying the highest, $54. With
board the average was $32.69.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
What He Had % 0av.

Every once in 4 while a now cam.
paisn story yet hobs up In Washinn.
ton. This one 10 on Ralph Cole, Ohio
member OF congress, who did bis BEST
to make his district 60 Republican, but
who cannot point to any particular
Rowling success In that regard. AZ
one town in his district he was to d
vide his time with q local spsilbindss.
The local man spoke first, and vas to
have kept going for half an hour. but
he made II an hour and half. When
he got through he made an apology for
encroaching on Coles time.
1T reminds me-" Cole said, a. he
faced bis audience. "of what I once
heard In a courtroom. The dsfsn4ant
had been found guilty Of . criminal
charge. The Judge ssntsncsd him to
10 years. Have you anything TO say r
demanded the court OF the prisoner.
Nothing but this was the reply. 7
think you're mighty damned liberal
with another mans time"
Then Cole turned loose and eoaxsd
back the departing audience by the
now OF his wonderful oratory.-Ciu.
cinnati Times.Star
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
MAKE FAST TIME ON SKATES
french Engineers invention Permits
OF Speed Of Over Thirty Miles
an Hour.

A new form of roller skate, the In.
Vention OF NJ. Louis Marchand. n
young French engineer, will shortly
be seen on this side. a large quantity
OF them having been imported for the
present season.
These skates. which resemble moth.
Ing more than miniature bicycles.
weigh 90 pounds each. and work au.
tomatically They have thick pneu.
matte tires and the wheels, of which
there are two on each skate. are II
inches In diameter.
Thirty miles an hour can easily be
made by an inexperienced skater with
these skates The skate is clamped
70 the shoe. and when the foot ia
raised spring Is automatically
wound up around a specially construct
ed gear attached to the rear wheel,
when the foot is PIT to the ground
the pressure releases the spring, un-
winds the gear. and revolves the rear
"heel at great rate. Nearly 900 rev.
buttons minute nre thus produced.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
EDITORIAL REMARKS

Nothing sensational in that fifty.
word will written on wrapping
paper disposing of half a million
dollars. Why, there are thousands
who could spend twice as much in
half as many words..T
Blessed are they who rise early
on Sabbath morn, for they get to
church on time" is the revised
beatitude of Connecticut pastor.
Yes, very good--if they 20.
1t certainly begins to look as if
Postm aster General Hitchcock had
caught on to the right idea. BY
closing down altogether he can
rednce the deficit to nothing.
A Baltimore man heat his wife
when she tried to kiss him forty
six times on his birthday. That's
to many for any man to stand. She
was lucky, perhaps, to get off so
lightly. 80 : .el
1t cost $14. 100000 to count
noses in this country Well it was
certainly worth it. f' tt.,tt~I-.
Judging from the details which
Congressman Hobson is giving to
the public, he is ,Japan's. war
minister.
Boston is to have an aviation
school,. Certainly. 1t has the
reputation as a bigh-hrow com
munity. Philadelphia Times.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
THE OPTIMIST

A man is a fool to rush into
things. but it is astonishing how
the women get away with it.
Don't get mad because you
can't tell folks what you tn ink OF
them. Remember they might
return the compli ment.
DJn't fret because your neighbor
hasn't returned your snow shovel
You have an excuse to refuse him
the lawn mower.
Don't growl about a WON an 8
Inconsistency. If she were always
consistent you wouldn't have
anything to kick about.
Don't commit follies. Profit by
those of somebody else.
Until you have reached the
grave don't turn to look back.
Dom fuss about small difficult ties
One can't gather roses without
bsing pricked by the thorns.-
Philadelphia Times.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
elk Quilts to q Novel.

The use OF quill pens is by no
means confircd to government Offices
and the ger tlemen who point with
them at uni Apply Witnesses. A habit.
ual writer. for instance. confesses
that he neyor willingly used n steel
pen since he was ont OF the control
OF schoolmaaters He always used
quilts until the triumphant fountain
pen provided him with a reasonable
substitute. and that more becsuae OF
It's convenience than - efficiency.
Several well.known novelists still
stick to the quill: II is. indeed. the
only writing implement with any per
sonality-it II r. refractory you can
coax II. The mending OF a quill docs
not require much practice. and You
can buy. for Email snm. a little ma.
chine that does II for you beautifully
You may easily write $4,000 words
with one nuill. mending It four times.
which gives six ruills 10 the novel
30 the cost Of novel writing In small
stated IN terms OF quilts
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
BOTTLE new FORCE
TO PROPEL WORLD

A London paper recently
contained an article which stated
that group. Of financiers in the
city Of London had completed a
scheme tor preopelling the
world with nitrogen; that q sum Of
$3.50, 900 had been set aside to
float the scheme and that when it
was crowned with success the new
force would be offered to the world
at capitalized value of 81, 500. 900,
The article explained that there
is master patent for the pro-
duction of nitrogen power and
Harvesting it as q driving force.
The promoter, it appears, explains
that it is proposed to take the
smoke which comes out of the
chimney from an ordinary fire or
furnace, refine the gases by Blow
ing them upon metallic copper in
a fire retort, take away the
carbbonic acid in, liquid form.
remove the black carbons atoms,
and that there would then be left
pure nitrogen, colorless non
explosive gas which is infinitely
more powerful than the steam
which drives tn steam engine"
The pure nitrogen is then to be
compressed in cylinders up to g.
600 pounds per square inch, ard
the nitrogen thus compressed is the
motive force referred to. Motor
cars are to be constructed which
will carry two long cylinders full
of nitrogen compressed to 5000
pounds, and the gas will drive
engines built upon the principle of
the steam engine.-Salt Lake
Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
ROMkN SOLE SURVIVOR
OF JORDAN SMOWSL|OE

The Carson Appeal says: Word
was received in this city Saturday
pcning from Bodies that the
rescue party working at Jordan
had recovered the body of R. H.
Mason. While working in the
shattered building where Mason
was bu!icI groane we're heard and
il was iUohd that Mr.. Mason was
alive, but PINNED under the beams
and snow She was taken from
the perilous position and it was
found that the lacy was alive and
was practically uninjured. She
was at once taken to the Conway
ranch ard medical assistance
summoned 1t is believed that she
will recover. Her husband was
smothered to death in his bed
while the lady was moved from the
bed and held under an arch formed
by the broken timbers. In this
manner she lived for sixty hours
and aside from her terrible en-
perience and lives as the sole
survivor of the terrible disaster.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
ALARMING USE OF MORPHINE

A Boston dispatch of the 18th
says:
More than 10 per cent of Ameri-
can doctors habitually take
morphine, usually by means of the
hypodermic syringe and one-third
Of the doctors in foreign countries
do the same, declares DR.. William
F. Boos. expert toxoco!ogist at the
Massachusetts General hospital,
Boston. Moreover. trained nurses
and the wives of physicians are
addicted to the use of. morphine
to an alarming extent he continues.
All long term prisoners in our
penal institutions" he adds, are
users of morphine or cocaine. How
do they get it? Here is a beautiful
chance to cure them, yet it is
neglected. There has been an
attempt to introduce hasheesh-
the king of all drugs--into this
country. Hasheesh is more deadley
than cocaine, as it arouses the
murderous spirit in man. Its
terrible character is proved by the
fact that the French and English
words assassin as it spelled eithe,
way, signified in India one who i:
addicted to hasheesh. When 8
person in India wishes to get rio
of an enemy he provides a mar
ready to. do the work with hasheesf
and the ruffian will commit murder
while under the influence of the
drug without any compunctior
whatever.
1T leaves men and women dull
and mentally depressed. In sons
cases the action Of the heart i
impaired. In one hospital | know
of they are all users of morphin,
the doctor the nurse and al
other attaches. The hypodermi
syringe is used altogether to,
freely by the physicians on thei
patients as well as on themselves
and that is. in consequence, tn
source of widespread and untol,
misery.
1.-The syringe should rarely b.
used on patients by doctor. 1t i
the favorite method because Of it:
quicker action, but it would h,
far better to give morphin
through the mouth in most case
while about ten minutes is require,
for it to take effect incidentally"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
MAOMAN At THROTTLE

An exciting ad, enture with q
mad engine driver on 4 mill train
occurred recently. in which q
disastrous collision was averted.
When his condition was discovered
the train was travelling 60 miles
an hour with another train carry.
ing 400 passengers only q few
hundred yards ahead. Both were
bound for Albany, New York. The
Conductor Of the milk train. who
noticed that instead Of going at
ten miles an hour the train was
travelling seven times as fast.
climbed into the tender and dis
covered that the throttle was wide
open and that the driver was lyin e
on the floor Of the cab with blood
flowing from wound in the side
of his head. Che conductor and
the fireman tried to reach the
throttle, when the wounded man
sprang to his feet and fought
furiously to Illustrate their plan.
For five minutes the extraordinary
struggle proceeded. The driver
was only overcome when the danger
of collision with the crowded
train was imminent.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17

Mike Mccormick. one of the old
timers, is said to be in a serious
condition at his cabin in the
southern part of town.
According to the snowfall
bulletin of the weather service,
fifty three inches Of snow fell at
Summit in the Sierras during
February. this with the previous
snow fall made a depth of 2l5
inches on the first Of March.
In life troubles will come which
look as il they would never pass
away. Tie night and the storm
look as If they would last forever,
but the coming of the calm and
the morning cannot Re stayed.
According to reports Cunning
hams capture was due to his
failure to black his neck below his
collar. He was asleep on the train
and passing brakeman noticed a
white streak under his collar.
This white streak gr ave him away.
Badly" should have bla cked
himself from head to foot and no
tell tale streak Of white would have
given him away.
Intentional binding to escape
CONSUMPTION for the army is still
met in Egypt. The means
employed are either placing of a
hot needle on the cornea, producing
a dense white leucoma, or a punture
often involving the lens or by the
introduction of lime or an irritant
vegetable juice in the eyes.
What has become of the old
fashioned boy who referred to his
knife as a, frog sticker?" And
what, by the way has become of
the old fashioned Barlow knife?,
Walker the young man who
was run over by the cars at Inlay
Monday afternoon. died in the
county hospital at Winnemucca the
same evening while the surgeons
we're amputating the badly
mangled limbs. Walker had been
a switchman at Inlay and was on
his way to Ogden when he met
with the accident that caused his
death. The train was pulling into
Inlay when he jumped from q car
and fel! under the wheels. The
Star says that the coroners jury
found that he came to his death by
his own carelessness.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
Mixed PsToratlon,

The preacher had been eioassAt IN
his remarks concerning the younG girl
over whose remains the funeral ssrv.
ices were being held. Tears were In
the eyes Of all present Even the
speakers voice trsmblsd With the
force Of his emotion. He concluded
his sermon with this outbuFst. Can
any one doubt that this fair, fsNGjio
flower has been traaspiantsd 20 the
dollhouse Of the LordI"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
SALMAGUNDI

Inc Legislature adjouI ned last
night.
Attorney Cainc returned last
night from his trip to Mida..
Courthouse, Highschool, and
grammar School, Souvenirs at
Wintermantel,s Jcwlery Store.
A No. milk $l.25 per pint,
$3.50 per quart by month. Call
on Leroy Jones.
d. II. Harrison. watch maker
cngraver and optician. Salts
faction guaranteed. One block
north of the Overland Hotel.
DR.. G.. j. Hood and wife arrived
this morning after an absence of a
year or more. Their many friends
throughout the county will be
glad to learn that they are well.
!, The legislature has raised the
: state school tax from & to 10 cents
on the 500. This is to provide
funds for free text books.
The legislature has fixed the
state tax rate at 50 cents on the
800 valuation. This is the same
as last year.
The d. McIIIroy company is now
located at its old Office. just east
of the Pioneer saloon
G.. Gold. the tailor, has one Of
the neatc5t little stores in town.
H. Morgan Hill arrived from the
west last night and left fer his
North Fork ranch this morning.
The Western Pacific is now
running freight trains, but the
road will not be open for passenger
traffic until the 25th.
Governor Oddie has signed the
Mills fish law which makes the
open season from May lst to
October 18th.
Some of our citizens are wearing
shamrocks today in honor of the
good st. Patrick. May his
memory die.
Bills raising saloon licenses to
$500 year and taxing druggists
who sell alcohol $500 year in adj
dition to their other taxes have
passed the assembly.
Wireless warnings Of approach
ing storms and ice pack movements
for vessels in the Artic seas are
contemplated il weather bureau
stations are established in Alaska
as planned
The legislature has treated the
state university literally. An APP
preparation of $4,000 is made for
an electrical building and another
of $172,000 for running expenses
for the next two years. That is at
the rate Of $4,000 q year, an
increase of nearly $50, O0n year
over the greatest amount allowed
by the legislature during the six
years the writer was regent.
The running expenses of the
unworthy have increased enormous
Iy cipoo January 1QO7
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
Bsdue Of ServItuda-


Would-be "TiistocratB in America
who are went to decorate tho hats OF
their coachmen with cockades are
probably ignorant Of tho fact that from
European standpoint the cockade IN
only used tc show chat the wearer 10 q
servant of ROYALTY. Across the water
the cockade can be legally worn only
by servants Of royalty. including naval
and military officers. diplomatiats, lieu.
tenants, deputy lieutenants and hiSh
sheriffs OF counties. A worn by these.
the color is black. The black oockads
was introduced In England by the
house Of Hanover, although previous
thereto II had been worn in various
colors. scarlet cockade was In
vogue during the time of Charles I.
His son adopted white. the BADGE OF
the Jacobites, while orange was the
color Of William Of Orange. Orange
remains the color In the Netherlands.
Black and white Is the color In Cor.
many, black and yellow in Australia.
tricolor In France. scarlet In Spain.
blue and white In Portugal-that 10
before the revoluton-and black, red
and yellow in Belgium. Tho word
"cockade" comes from the French "co-
carde." originally applied to the feath-
ers of the cock worn by Croatian sol.
diers serving In the French army.
House haunted7 Low Rsnt!
When alien immigrants arrive in
this country they often bring with
them stock OF misapplied ingenuity.
The tenant with ghost is q game
that Ii being played by foreigners In
various parts Of the United States
and, what IL more. 1t Is being played
successfully.
Tho newcomer takes a house -
after one or two payments Of raj
complains that the premises n
haunted. Quaking with simulated
fear, he tells q tale OF horror--of a
headless man seen stalking from the
coal cellar. a lady in white or Of some
thing invisible but grooming. Now, a
ghost is the average landlords prime
aversion. Spectral visitors afford
splendid subjects for gossip in the
neighborhood, and prospective ten.
ants seldom fail to hear and b
warned of by the story.
Anxious that the report shall mt
get about. landlord confers With fem.
ant, and In several such instances tbo
result has been this-thS tenaa.
agrees to stay on. TO say nothing
about the matters to others and 10
put up with the ghost. providing the
rent is substantially reduced.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
white Mans Burden"

With a total population Of about
one and a quarter million, the white
races within the South African Union
territory are responsible for the con.
troll of four and a half million ma
tiVes In various stages OF civilization.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
A Gift Book.

To give book IL TO enrich the 70
ceiyer permanently; TO put into his or
her possession something which
leaves residuun Of pleasure long after
the particular date on which Il was
received has been forgotten.--H amIl.
ton w. Mabie.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-17
Novels.

Novels are sweets. All people with
healthy literary appetites love them
almost all women; a vast number Of
clear. hard.headed men,. judges. bish.
ops, chancellors. mathematiciaDs. are
notorious novel readers, as we'll M
young boys and sweet girls. and their
kind. tender mothers. go. william Mako.
peace Thackeray.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-30
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Tine j. q p. Coates thread mills at
Pawtucket, Il. l., closed. Friday, I'M
til next Thursday. No reason for the
shutdown would be given by the off
Gals. The mills employ about 1000
operatives and have been running on
a five-days-a-w week schedule for two
months.
\ fire in residential district of
Dorchester, near Upham Corner. caus-
Cd big scare. Friday evening, because
of the great velocity of the wind,
which whipped the sparks over a wide
territory. \ large single residence on
Bellevue street and two apartment
houses-near by We're damaged with
their contents to the extent of about
$4,000 The firemen who We're called
out on three alarms found considerable
work in quenching incipient fires on
near by buildings. and inprotecting the
Free Home for Consumptives. close by.
The cause Of the fire is unknown.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-30
Cold Weather Furnishes a
Very Little Relief.
But Trade Is Quiet in JObbing
And Wholesale Lines.
Iron, Steel, Copper and Wool Mar.
kets All Show Increase.

New York, Dee. 22.-Bradstreet's
State of Trade. tomorrow, will say:
In wholesale and iobbing lines trade
is very quiet. and inventory taking
receives most attention, while clear
tlnee sales-earlier than usual by the
way-are not worthy features of re
tail. Still cold weather has impaired
some zest to the distribution of sea-
sonable goods. Results regarding hol-
day trade are on the whole satisfac-
tory, but some centers, particularly
country towns, express disappoint-
ment over the outcome. However, the
year ends With Il more optimistic feel
ing prevailing in most lines Incident
ally the rubber goods trade has been
helped by the weather conditions. the
cold wave having visited practically
the entire country. Spring buying has
not developed to any extent. as yet.
The situation in the iron and steel
trade continues TO improve. and it is
noteworthy that the holiday suspeu-
sions of work among central Western
steel mills were of short duration.
Commodity markets have partaken OF
the holiday feeling, and price changes
are trailing, except as regards the dis
appearance Of the premium ON De
cember cotton.
Transactions in the wool market at
Boston continue to reflect unusual ac-
tivity for this period Of the year. to-
tai sales for the past week being es-
tmated al close to 100000 pounds.
Buying was well distributed over
practically all kinds and grades OF
wool and both large and small manu-
factrers purchased with considerable
freedom
Copper is ftrmer and the signs seem
to point 10 further advance with spec
ulation PLAYING an important part
Wheat, including -four. exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending Dec. Is, as reported by
telegraph to Bradstreet's, aggregate
2,S555S0 bushels, against 2,179,929 this
week, last year. For the 26 weeks
ending Dec. %, exports are S,4G70. 6S7
bushels, against 6l.029.933 in the cor
responding period, last year Corn ex-
ports for the Week are 1888 1856 bushels
against 1,l9.4411 in 1910. For the 26
weeks ending Dec. rs, corn exports are
| 10, 1868 bushels against 11,04i,270. last
year.
, Bank clearings for the week ending
| with Dec. IS "a holiday period), aggre-