Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-17

other things. III you never quote
what "thev say" you may bequi e
certain you are not a gossip.
Treasurer Miller seems to be the
happiest a in Elko. He stands
at n desk in his office and smilingly
relieves taxpayers of their hard
earned coin then turns it over to
the county treasury. Isn't it
strange that a man can smile from
morning till night at the discomfort
and misery OF his fellows? Some
men would pity instead of smile at
a taxpayers misery, but Major al
ways smiles. He's used to it.
The commissioner of corporations
has bean delving into the history of
the tobacco trust. In 1885, one
part of the trust, the Duke Sons
company, was worth $3.50, 900. By
the mere process of joining the
tr st it swelled to $500, 900 and
later was treated to a further dose
of $22, 600, 900 in "secu rites, "and
earns" 10 per cent on that. And.
in % years the Duke property, a
S25O,OOO proposition has learned"
$%9, 600, 900, or 1880 per cent.
How long will the American pub
lie stand for the game of watered
stock, industrial monopoly, raising
cost of living and commercial poll
iticS?
The board of pardons held a
special session Tuesday and pard-
oned the following prisoners in the
Carson penitentiary: S. +. Weber,
sent from Lander county for seven
years in 1908: j. W. Scott and
wife, Carrie Scott, sent from Lin
coin county for murder in the Sec
ond degree; VIM. Grogan and j.. T..
Carrigan we're granted Dardons to
taHe effect On December 18th; and
J. b. Noble. j. w. Smith, one OF
the GOldfeld murderers, was "a.
role |. Pardons or paroles we're
denied to NJ. X. Preston and Adam
Buralli. The board reused to
consider the application of H. f.
Chris lie the embezzIer Of Reno's
city funds.
When YOU were a boy you used
to sing"On Greenland's Icy Mount
ain'-welI the country is simply a
vast nest of green mountains COW
cred with now ice and glaciers.
These are known as live and dead
glaciers. The dead glaciers are a
mass of snow and ice which have
accumulated between gorges for a
sIdio VI llOlt anu nave Ut-
come so condensed that you could
not penetrate the mass except by a
steel drill. The live glaciers are
those that break off and fall into
the waters and become floating
masses of ice often inhicting dam
age to ships. Where the sun can
strike a spot the trees which are of
a dense growth but small wear the
most beautiful green. Atlanta
Constitution.
Outside of the preparatory steps
being taken at Palisade the 0 n
tractors that are to rebuild the
Eureka & Palisade railway there is
little or no news to offer this week
regarding the reconstruction plans
of the railway company. No action
mas as yet been taken here by the
Richmond-Eureka Mining company
looking to the resumption of work
in its mines on Ruby Hill. But
now that it is known that the con-
tractors have already thrown a
temporary bridge across the Hufn-
boldt river at Palisade and are
showing every evidence of soon
getting busy on the main line the
people are seemingly willing to let
well enough alone and await de-
vclopmcnts. Eureka Sentinel.
Natural gas has been tapped at
the well on the Raycraft ranch
which is being bored by the state
machine. The gas was first dis.
covered by Charles Watson, the
engineer in charge ,of the work.
A length of casing was being put
on and a light was lowered down
the pipe to inspect a joint. I'm.
ediat ely there was an explosion
and the light shot out of the pipe,
followed by a blaze which went
into the air some six or eight feet,