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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-09-01
Salmagundi
FROM MONDAYS DAILY

Yesterday afternoon Johnny
Johns an Indian was slashcd with a
knife by a Mexican. The row was
abut the formers squaw. Deputy
Sheriff Critchloy arrested the
Mexican.
Foreman Miller called at this
office this afternoon and requested
us to state that all the hose used
yesterday and this morning has
been gathered up and put on the
carts in good shape and was ready
for another fire. For which We
extend the thanks Of the public.
Superintendent Asbury Of the
Carson In ian school arrived this
morning. lie said he was here to
Look after the Indians. In speak
ing Of the squaw and pappOosce
captured in the fight with Indian
Mikes band, he said they were
getting along nicely at the school.
Sheriff Harris arrested G.. },
Connolly today for WHOM he had a
bench warrant. Connolly was
Indicted by the last grand jury
for stealing a lot of hides las.
winter from a small station on tht
Western Pacific in the eastern par
Of the county. lie has been on
Of the state since the indictmcn
was found unit today when thu
sheriff found him in town. HI
was probably unaware Of the in
dictment against him.
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S~almagundi
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY

For Sale-A New Home sewing
machine. Inquire at this office. .
Mrs. Garrecht and Mrs. j. ].
Hylton gave this office a pleasant
call this afternoon.
Mrs. George II. Greenfield is
entertaining a number Of her
lady friends this afternoon.
Constable 0uderkirk arrested
nine men last night. Some of
them were providing about the
streets and other were drunk.
Dean Harrison, Jeweier and
o~ptician, has moved one door
east Of the drugstore, where he
will be glad to see all wanting
work in his line.
Henry b. Tickner. special agent
of the Fireman's Fund Insurance
company, was looking after hit
company's risks in Elko today.
He gave this Office q call.
Courthouse, Highschool, anC
grammar School, souvenirs a
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AN IMP ORTANT RULING

A dispatch from Washington
says that Representative Mondell
has just secured from Secretary
Fisher a very important interpret
alton Of the 320-acre homestead
law, making it possible for entry
men who have taken less than the
maximum under that law to enter
now additional land up to the full
amount. Heretofore the interior
department has held n directly
opposite view.
More than a year ago Mnndell
called the attention of the depart
ment to the fact that this provi-
sion was not in accordance with
the terms Of the law or sound
policy. He had continuous cor
respondence and many interviews
with officials Of the interior de.
partment since that time. with
the result that Secretary Fisher
in a letter to the commissioner OF
the general land office, has held
the criticism of the Wyoming
member well taken; that tho proyi,
sion in the departments circular
of instructions TO land offices wa.
not in accordance with the law OF
sound public policy, and directing
that the language objected to b,
stricken out.
New instructions will be sent tt
all land offices. The result Of the
new Interpretation will be to on
able entrymon to acquire land e
the full amount.
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Salmagundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY

Mrs. McMullcn and Sam came
down from Starr valley this
morning.
Frederick Davis came in from
Bullion today. He reports that
section quite and orderely.
The trial of Gallo Pistinat,
charged with owning a house in
which gambling was conducted, is
in progress at Tonopah.
Charleston, South Carolina,
suffered severity from a storm
Sunday night and Monday. Twelve
persons we're killed and the
damage to property is estimated
at one million dollars. Great
damage is reported from Other
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The store of the A. w. lIesson
q Co was broken into Saturday
night and eigth or ten pistols and
5000 IN money were taken. En-.
trance was effected by taking out
d pane Of glass in a rear window
through which the rear door was
unlocked. This let the thieves in
the plumbing room and from there
they got into the main store by
breaking through a light door.
The officers r working on a clev
that may land the burglars in the
pen. kilograms have been sent
up and down the railr Dads to the
officers.
The Humboldt Star has issued a
splendid special edition devoted
to the development of the re-
sources of Humboldt county. 1t
is handsomely illustrated and con-
tains a vast amount of information
OF the agricultural and mineral
resources Of the county. The
Star deserves the support of the
people Of Humboldt county in its
efforts to attract the attention of
capitalists and homeseekers to the
wonderful opportunities the
county offers.
Everything points to a fine crop
OF spuds in the valley this year,
and the acreage is considerable
greater than eve before. Some
people believe that there are fully
a thousand acres Of potatoes thi S
year but more conservative ones
think 700 acres Will cover the
crop. As near as the scribe IAN
learn there will be close to 500
acres harvested. The average
will be about nine tons to the acre.
or in all 1000 tons. The shortage
OF the spud crop in the Western
States and in California and
Oregon will undoubtedly give the
Nevada article a ret dy sale at
good prices. The price will prob
ably not be below $50 per ton, and
II may Il as high at $50. This
wHHld make the valley crop worth
$40, 900 to $40. OOG. Who
says this is not a great valley for
spuds?-Yerington Times.
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~Salmagundi
r TUESDAYS DAILY

Nrlsc Peterson and Mrs. Kennel
left this afternoon for Mort h
Fork.
The Southern Pacific gives
notice elsewhere of reduced rates
to the Fallon fair. See the ad
for full particulars.
Alex Garden. the Pleasant valley
ranch er, was in today. He says
everything is lovely in that
section.
Reno's postal savings hank
opened yesterday. There were
cight dcpositors during the first
hour the bank was opened.
Carpenters are busy fixing up
the judges platform in the new
courthouse. When il is COM
platcl. il will lie the handsomest
in the state.
Judge Katie yesterday after
noon discharged c. S. Gardner
who was charged with committing
a serious crime in Carlin. There
was no evidence gainst Gardner.
Geo, WinRfcld evidently means
business at JarbidEe. judging from
the oder for hardware, mining
supplies. etc, the w. T.. Smith
company is getting ready for
shipment.
II is reported that two men
wcrc in the hay in the Water COM
pany's stable when the fire broke
out Sunday and that one of them
is missing. The report reached us
this afternoon too late for investi-
cation.
The county officers are moving
TO their quarters in the new court
house. Clerk Weight will have all
the books, papers and records of
his Office in his new quarters this
afternoon. lie is busy putting
things in place.
Joseph Peek has a beautiful spar
Of bay horses that he says eX'
President Roosevelt is negotiatins
for. He expects Roosevelt
representative here shortly to con.
cludc the deal. Teddy will bC
able to go some IL nc buys tres,
beautiful bays.
Rufus II. Kinney, a pioneer o
Washoe county, died at Reno Sat
urday night. He was born II
|. Michigan. March II, 1910. Ht
was one Of Washoe county's mos
prominent citizens and n VIII,
F., flied many public positions will
p, honor to himself and to the peopl
he served.
President Taft has included
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Salmagundi
FRoMsATURDAY's DAILY

Otto Nelson left on No. 8 for
Red Top.
Mrs. Mcbride returned last
nigth from a two months visit to
Lake Tahoe and California.
The commissioners of Esmeralda
county have i stalled two publ c
drinking fountains in Goldfeld.
Miss Z Lorienc Able left this
morning for Golconda to visit her
sister. Mrs. Mayer.
Father Collins will hold mass at
Leonard Hall tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock.
Mrs. F.. l.. j. Taber returned
yesterday from Starr valley where
she has been visiting relatives.
Supt. Oglive and family and
Mrs. Fike and family returned
this morning from their camping
trip on Feather River.
Joseph Henderson arrived yes
terday from Ogden on a visit to
his Elko relatives. He gave this
office a pleasant call this morning.
Phil Snyder il in town on his
way from Tuscarora to his new
home at Auburn. California. He
expects to u his journey to-
morrow.
Marsh Stottler is gradually
growing weaker. Reports from
his bedside this afternoon indicate
ttat his death may occur at any
moment.
Miss Carroll Hudson. a niece Of
Mr.. Mcbride. and Miss Dora
Walthers arrived from Oakland,
California, last night. They
accompanied Mrs. Mcbride.
At last report, the fire in the
GirouX mine at Ely was still
burning. The death list is now
given as seven. The fire is said
to have been caused by the
eXpl Ision Of IA barrel of oil.
This forenoon George WaIthcrs
loaded the Lumber Company's team
with rubbish and took it to the
du mping ground on the hill. As
he was returning the team ran
away and ran into a team in the
shed that was loading for Tus-
carocra, knocking down Milton
Whapley, who was loading lumber,
and running over him. He was bad
~ cut and bruised about the head
and body. but is not seriously in
jured. He was taken to the Office
Of Dr.. Hood & West where his
injuries were attended to. He was
then taken to the county hospital.
The counting Of the Elko County
ballots vas finished by the Com
missioner and others in the
Supreme Court room this morning.
The Esmcralda County ballots
were taken UP this afternoon and
tomorrow a good start on that
county will have been made. The
work Of tieing up and caring for
the ElHo ballots took up consider
able time during tie afternoon.
No decision came down from the
Supreme Court members relative
to cost at the morning ses5i ou.-
Appeal.
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ANOTHER OF TAFTS vETOES

In his veto of the Farmers Free
List bill. President Taft said that
1.-The difficulty with the bills is
that in the sections above referred
to it purports to secure a free list
for the benefit of a certain class
of users, but to classify articles by
their use or their suitability for a
certain use is so contrary to the
methods of classification in the
existing tariff law that its adop-
ton . .uld create the utmost
confusion"
A common person in reading
that statement would naturally
think that the pre- sident knows
what he was talking about and
that the democrats did not know
how to write a tariff bill. But let
US see whether or not President
Taft knew what he was talking
about and whether he was honest
and sincere when he wrote that
statement in his veto message.
Congressman Underwood chair
man Of the ways and means connie
tee and the democratic leader, in
discussing the veto showed con-
clusively that President Taft did
not know what he was talking
about when he wrote the state
ment quoted above AMI that his
honesty and sincerity were at least
open to question. Following is Mr..
Underwood's speechin reply to that
staten ent:
Now, the gentleman from New
York and the President of the
United Sta es criticize US because
we say that wire used for fencing
purposes should be admitted free
of duty. The President says that
it is inartificial to fix the classifi-
cation of any article by saying
what it shall be used for. This is
what the President gives in this
message as his rcaso FOR ~vetoing
this bill. And yet he signed The
Payne bill, and what does the
Payne bill say? Paragraph No.
200 of the Payne Act, providing
for the tax on timber. has the
language. Round timber used for
spars." The gentleman from New
York (Mr. Payne) wrote that AMI
so described the timber in his bill.
Mr.. Payne. ] will ask the
gentleman from Alabama If he
can not distinguish the difference
in the language between what is
suitable for use and what an
article is used for? That is the
difficulty of this free.list bill.
MIR. Underwood. Oh, no; it is
the same language. We say,
"Wire used for fenc;no Won
sav "Round t,mbor used fo,
snars"
Mr. pavne. Rut we do M
throw rho doors onen nv saving
"suitable for" ms Won do in vou,
bill.
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into sideboards and into lumber
with which to build houses, or put
it into lumber for flooring, better
than you can expand wire used
for fenc, ng into any other or finer
forms.
Again, in paragraph 379 of The
Payne Act, you say "flannels for
underwear" This is in the
greatest bill that a President of
the United States ever signed!
But he could not sign a bill that
would give free wire to the
farmers of this country.
Mr.. Mann. Does it asv blankets
and fiannels used for underwear?
Mr.. Underwood. 1t says
blanket and flannels for under
wear.
Mr.. Mann. The words "hannels
for underwear" just as well define
the article as the words white
vests"
Mr.Uunderwood. "Flannels for
underwear" is just as definite as
wire used for fencing" and no
more so.
On tEis question of describing in
a tariff bill by referring to the
purpose for which they are used,o of
curse the gentleman from
Illinois tMr. MANN is resp onsible
for lea ding the President into
these mistakes. I realize that the
President did not write that
message.
Mr.. Hardy. That is the reason
the gentleman from Illinois can
not keep his seat.
Mr.. Mann. He cal. keep his
head. though. aud that is more
than some of you can do.
Mr.. Underwood. In paragraph
III Of the Payne Act we find the
language wheels for railway
purposes and parts thereof" What
does this language mean? Wheels
used for railway purposes.
That is all right in the Payne bill,
but wire used for fencing was all
wrong in our free list bill. One
article was for use by great rail-
road corporations, the other was
for use by the man who stands
behind the plowshare.
Here is another:
"Gass plates or disks for use"
For use. mark ysu-
"in the manufacture of optical
instruments"
Does not that say what they
shall be used for? The material
is to be admitted on the ground,
of what 1t shall be used for; but
that is in the Payne Act. Yet the
President of the United States
vetoed our bill because in. one
section we said that wire used
for fencing for the benefit of the
American farmer, should be adj
mitted free. The Pesidsnt says
that expression is inartifcial and
that IL is a badly constructed bill.
will not take up the time Of
the committee by making further
references to the Presidents
messages vetoing our bills. | am
ready to meet any mar on the
I stump, and assert that | can point
! out more inartiicail expressions in
! the Payne,Act than he ian po%int'out
, in all of our bills put together. |
want to say, though. that our bills
reduce the taxes on the American
people. Possibly there arc a few
( mistakes in them. Was there ever
a tariff bill written in which there
2 were no mistakes made? But my
friends, there was ono mistake
I that we did not make. We did
not raise the taxes on the Ameri-
g can pc oplc.
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wintermantel.s Jewlery Store.

Wintermantel.s Jewlery Store.
The stock exhibit of the state
university has taken several
prizes at the California state fair.
Prof. True has charge of the
exhibit.
For Rent-0ne or two rooms
suitable for offices in Harrington
building. Apply to H. S.
Taber.
Attorney Caine returned from
Salt Lake this morning over the
Western Pacific.
have added q first class shoe
Repair shop and will appreciate a
liberal share of your patronage.
Good Work, Best Material, Right
Price. c. A. Harrington.
The addition to our office is
nearing completion and will be
ready for our job plant next week.
We will then have room enough to
turn around in comfortably in the
front Office.
Yesterday was the day set by
the supreme court of the United
States for the Standard Oil COM
parry to go out of existence. Will
the people benefit by breaking up
this great combination?
James Mahoney, a member of a
government engineering party, be-
came insane on the desert near
Leete's salt works Wednesday
afternoon and wandered away
from the camp. A searching
party went after him, but at latest
accounts has been unable to find
him.
District Attorney Dysart has
accepted the position of official
timer for the birdmen. who are
expected to fly through here about
the 18th of October. He expects
to receive full instructions re gard
ing his duties. He is all at sea
now as to what will be required
of him.
The case of the state against A.
F. Jackson charged with assault
in drawing a gun on his wife at
Carlin, came up before Judge
Klatte this morning. Jackson de-
manded a jury trial and the fore
noon was spent in getting twelve
impartial ;men to pass on his guilt
or innocence.
We have received the prospectus
OF the Virgini a school of mines.
This school is intended to assist
men who desire special training in
mining work. The school has
been in existence several years and
has turned out a number of
competent mining engineers. 1t
is worthy of the support it re-
ceives from the state.
All the county officers are in
their new quarters at the court
house. All the officers are well
supplied with furniture and con-
v%eniences for caring for the
records and doing the work re-
quired. When the officers get
things in running shape, the
county's business should move
along more smoothly than hereto
fore.
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places along the Atlantic coast.

f-oSSo oiOhk Auc coast.
A big smoke and blaze east of
town last night caused consider
able excitement as many thought
hay stacks were on fire. Sheriff
Harris started out in his automo-
bile with a load of fire fighters but
their services were not needed.
The fire was in the brush and grass
between S. p. and w. P. tracks
along the Dewar ranch. No
damage was done to the ranches.
The report that a man was
burned in Sundays fire is based
wholly oh conjecture. No one
knows that the man supposed to
have been burned was in the barn
at the time of the fire and if he
was that he did not escape and
leave town in fear of being held
responsible for the fire. The
whole matter seems to be a case of
what may have been.
W.. c. Hancock. one of the solid
citizens Of Lander county, came
up from Battle Mountain this
morning and returned this after
noon on No. 8. He called at this
office and talked over the tim es
when he vas a pupil in the Sutro
school and we were the teacher.
Nearly all the boys and girls that
attended the Sutro school from
1880 to 1884 were called to mind
and inquired about. Those were
happy days for both of US.
Susan A. Childs. the Goldfeld
girl who was terribly disfgured
by carbolic acid burns last week
has given an explanation of the
affair, stating that she received
the acid while trying to protect a
woman friend, whose name is not
divulged. The latter attempted to
drink the acid with suicid al
intent and in endeavoring to
prevent the deed the acid was spill
led on Miss CniIds. Confirmation
of the story is had by the sheriff's
Office, although no information is
given out as to the second woman
in the case.
The story is told of a newspaper
editor in n of the Nevada towns
who had the joke on a citizen of
his own town not long since. The
citizen and his family are great
admirers of the mail order store
and buy all of their goods in the
east. A few weeks ago a
daughter of the house got married
and the entire bridal parapher-
MALTA, including the invitations,
was purchased in the big city. The
day after the wedding the brides
father brought the newspaper
office a long account of the event,
but when the paper appeared it
contained nothing about the we'd
ding but an announcement of
three Or four line. Next day the
citizen called at the newspaper
office to demand an explanation
why the report of the wedding
had not been printed. "Oh. that's
all right" said the editor. you'll
probably find it in the National
Cloak and Suit Co.'S spring
catalogue. "-Ex.
A report reac hes this office
from the inner recesses of the
Capitol Building that The Appeal
is too d-n smart in publishing
happenings in that odiice before
they are ready to be made public.
1t appears to the Appeal that
all business transacted in that
building should be public property
as soon as it is born. That is not
a secret service agency over there
at least it should not be one
Carson Appeal.
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Ne'aua In the list OF states he will
visit on his campaign tour next
month. Let US try to get him to
stop long enough in Elko to make
a speech. While many of us think
his policies r wrong, we all honor
the great office he holds. Who'll
set the ball rolling.
Mr.. j. w. Thompson wishes the
Independent to extend his sincere
and hearty thanks to the hose COM
panies and to each and everyone
who assisted in saving his
property at Sundays fire. He
also wishes us to state that he is
positive in the belief that the fire
started in the shed occupied by
the Water company.
A. +. Jackson q%uarreled with
his wife at Carlin yesterday after
noon and wound up by drawing a
gun on her and threatening to kill
her. He came to Elko last evening
and was arrested here by the
sheriff's office and locked up. Mrs.
Jackson came to Elko this morning
and swore to a complaint charg-
ing him with assault. He was be-
fore Judge Klatte late this after
noon.
Constable Wolf of Lovleock shot
aud killed Samuel Morty, a Portu-
gese laborer, Sunday night. Wolf
CLAIMS that he was using his gun
as a club, when it was accidentally
discharged and Morty was killed.
There were no witnesses to the
shooting and it is not known what
the man had done or what Wolf
was attempting to arrest him for.
Morty is said to have been a very
quite. ~peaceable man. The feeling
in Lovelock is strong against
Wolf.
Sheriff Harris received a tele-
gram from Tecoma this forenoon
saying that a man died at Hay
field. three miles from Tecoma,
last night and asking him to make
the necessary arrangements. The
dispatch was signed "Gelstone."
Sheriff Harris wired back asking
for further information and
directing the party TO wire the
at Monticello. He had
received no further word when
this vas put in type.
In an interview in a recent
issue of Nash's Magazine, London,
Thomas A. Edison offers the novel
suggestion that nickel may shortly
be used as a superior substitute
for paper. He is quoted in part
as follows: Nickel will absorb
printers ink k. A sheet of nickle
m twenty-thousandth of an Inch
thick is cheaper, tougher and more
flexible than an or binary sheet of
book paper. A nickel book, two
inches thick, won Id contain 40, 900
pages. Such a book would weigh
only a pound. / can make q pound
of nickel sheets for five shillings."
There was a large attendance at
Marsh Stottler's funeral yesterday
afternoon. The services were
conducted 10y Rev. George H..
Greenfield, assisted by the choir.
After the choir sang, Nearer my
God to Thee" the mortal remains
Of one who was a friend to every
body and one who never inten-
tionally wronged another, were
taken to the cemetery on the hill
and left to his eternal sleep.
May the Great Judge deal
tcnherly with him
This forenoon X. G.. Connnelly,
indicted by the last grand jury on
the charge of grand larceny, was
before Judge Taber on an applica-
ton t. have his bail reduced from
$1,000, the amount originally set.
After hearing the statement OF
Attorney Carville, Judge Taber
reduced CCnnolly's bail to 5000.
Three o'clock this afternoon wat
the time set for Connolly to plead.
-. "
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First Newspaper Advertisements.
Newspaper advertisements made
their earliest appearance In 1861.
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We are glad TO learn that the
Bohne boy is getting along nicely.