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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
TEAMSTER FOUND
DEAD IN HIS BED

A teamster by the name of Peter
Peterson was found dead in bed at
the Wirnemucca hotel about ! 80
o'clock this afternoon. Deceased
arrived in town yesterday with
the Miller 4 Lux team for a load
of supplies. He was around the
hotel this morning and had his
breakfast about 8 o'clock. He
seemed to be in his usual health
and did not complain of being i'll
Harry Mum a clerk at the hotel.
n nJticing that Peterson had not
been in to his lunch went to his
room AMI there he found the body
cold in death.
Peterson had gone to bed again
after the room had been attended
to this morning and there was ro
evidence that he had made any
struggle, the clothes or the bed
being hardly disturbed.
The deceased was about Ga years
Of age and a native of Sweden.
lie had worked for Miller & Lux
at Quinn River Crossing for about
nine years and was n steady in
dustrious man.
Coroner J. T. Durn was notified
and Coroner's jury will inquire
into the cause of Petcrson's
death. Humboldt Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
.ELKO VOTES FOR
SEWERAGE BONDS

The sewerage bond election
passed off very quitely yesterday
and ligth vote was polled. In
the first ward 100 ballots were
cast and in the second 90. The
vote in the first ward stood II for
the bonds, II against and 2 were
rejected because they were i'm
properly marked. The second
ward gave Sd for the bonds. IL
against and 3 were rejected for
improper marking. The totavvote
for the bonds was l3l for to 33
against, being majority of 9S for
the issuance of the bonds.
While the vote was not as heavy
as il should have been the result
shows that the people are nearly
unanimous for the sewerage
system. No time should be lost
in getting the WORK underway and
completing the system. When that
is done. there will be no town in
Nevada, outside of Reno. that can
offer better inducements to home
seekers than Elko.
According to the estimate made
by County Surveyor Frisseli, the
completely system for the town
will cost S44,l35. This takes in
practically every street and every
house in town. Now let US all put
our shoulder to the wheel and
boost our town. United effort
will make it the best little city in
Eastern Nevada. Stop growing
and boost.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
THE CUPBOARD IS EMPTY

The Carson Appeal says there is
no money IN the general fund in
tho state treasury end that Con
troller Eggers objects 10 drawing
warrants on that fund when there
is on money Ia paw them
The Appeal gives the following
reasons for the shortage:
the real ca1se of the shortage
comes from the increased dem ard
for money on the treasury hy the
creation Of new officials in the
state. For many years from
So. 900 to $4,000 met all the en-
penses at the capitol building in
this City. The amounts approx
mately doubled. Then there has
been an increase in every service
in the state. The clerical hire in
the building is treble what il has
never been in the history of the
state. New commissions have
been created which must he paid
and at the same time there was no
raise in state rates made to meet
the contingency. The result is the
present shortage, which will
continue until the close of the two
years the approximations were
made for. While the appropria-
tion was the heaviest in the history
of the state yet il falls short and
does not meet the expense
account"
There is plenty of money in the
state treasury, but il is held in
other funds and cannot be used to
pay the running expenses cf the
state. The Appeal says there will
be meeting Of all those who
handle the funds to see il some
transfer of funds cannot be made
TO tide over the situation and not
step outside of the Law. Unless
something is done everybody will
have to wait until the taxes are
paid in December.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
BASEBALL AND SENTIMENT

The baseball fan was feeling
sentimental, says the Boston
Traveller. The game was over,
and the sun had set and the moon
had risen, and now the fan was
With his lady love trying to hand
her a few hot ones.
81 feel. he remarked, en- pas
SAINT The got the stuff from a sum-
mer nov y that with you to cheer
ne ! could -er-' (here he lost his
line and had to fake) that
could grab off any pennant the
big league was Offering.
Let me get you right. inter
rupted the lady. you want me
to sit in trl bleachers and yell
while you line me out. eh?"
That the DOPE" lie answered.
rather surprised that she got his
knightly idea so rapidly. She was
to cheer him on to victory, and a
glance up to where her dear eyes
were 81 inning well, you get il.
If that's the case" continued
the fair dame, "the grounds will
have TO be laid off in little better
shape. So far haven't been able
to see the diamond.
He wised up and was there with
the spark the next night. And
the game wasn't called off on ac-
count Of darkness. believe us.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
working" THE NEWSPAPERS

There was never a time when
schmes were so numerous as now
for working the press for free
advertising. Private interests.
political Interests, railroads.
exposition promoters. colleges, all
maintain bureaus turning out stuff
to be sent to the newspapers with
a condescend;ng agreement" that
the same can be used freely with
out the newspaper having to pay
for it. 1t is had enough to get a
ti1oI of this stuff from business
schemes trying som ething for
nothing. bat it is particularly dis
gusting to note the way the thing
is worked by the political funcrion-
aries created by law with appro-
priations behind them whose
aASiety is to impress the public
with their great usefulness and
the e:asiity for their existence.
Co nmiSsioner this ali 60 Missioner
that; warden this and warden that.
who are bacO ning so numerous in
State and nation that every call Of
nature will soon be guided by
their prescriptions, start their
official life by the installment of a
press bureau, whose principal duty
it is to furnish fattering biogra-
phical sketches of the chief guy
and to magnify the great things
he is going to do for the dear
people and to work the gullible
press for the free publication of
the stuff. In other words, the
public money appropriated to
support the Offices is used to
support boosting bureau for the
officials and the press is expected
to give respec liability to the
practice. The system permeates
the whole structure of present-day
life from turret to foundation
stone and the oLly course for it is
for each newspaper man TO consign
to the flames every free" batch
of copy that comes from any sell
boosting interest whatever.
Burns (Ore.) News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
WILL Plant BASS
IN THE HUMBCLT

The citizens of Lovelock have
petitioncd the Nevada Fish COM
mission for a liberal planting of
black bass in the lower Humboldt
river hut the fish will not he
ready until the mi6dle of SEP
tember.
The commission has no ponds
for the propagation of black lass
and are obliged to depend upon
the generosity of Hon. Sam
Wheeler of Washoe county for a
supply of fish for stocking the
streams, from his private ponds.
Mr.. Wheeler has given the com
mission the privilege of taking the
young fish for the stocking of the
streams Of the state and the Hum
boldt river has already been
provided for.
The attempt will be made this
seas on to take this variety Of fish
and plant them in selected waters
in Clark and Lincoln counties.-
Sparks Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
the Nevada Northern. making a
total gain of l,350.664 over last
years assessment.
DEALING WITH CRIMINALS

Pastor Russell, when here, de-
clared that in his belief the world
va, growing worse. that except
for the increased fatili,ia !u
arresting criminals utter lhwless-
ness would prevail
That emphasizes what we have
often claimed, that when ma is
convicted of a deliberate felrry,
he has forfeited his rights as a
free nll thi: brief sentence in
the penitentiary does not change
his nature and that such a man,
instead of being clothed ard
boarded at the states expense.
and permitted to acquire pro-
ficiency as an outlaw and helIirg
other men less culpable than him
self to acquire new accomplish
ments in crimes: should be
shipped to a penal celery; given
sufficient means to enable hlm to
support himself; guarded so that
he cannot get away, ard then
rated as are the dead.
Such an arrangement would
deter many man from cIm-
mitting a meditated crime; it
would prevent a convicted man
from giving less guilty men a post
graduate course in crime. 1fen
there is the practice in criminal
courts. A thousand technicalities
should be brushed aside. and
convicted man should at once
begin his term of pu1ishme nj.
Naturally bad men are but nall
minority. If attended to right,
that minority would soon grow
less. - Gcodwin's Weekly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04

ordered printed and to be dis
tributed among depositors and
creditors of the defunct institution
is awaiting search warrant for
discovery and mandamus proceed
lngs to compile obedienc to court
order requiring distribution. The
magnanimuus amount of S32, ,466. %
is charged for miscellaneous
expenses including salary of re-
ceiver for seven quarters at the
rate Of $25CO a quarter. or sgt a
day amounting $l7,5OO. while
assistants employed were paid
SIT. .965.l4; for court costs, travel
ing expenses and fees $4.O24.5O
were expended while two per
cent dividends amounting i! each
case TO $53, ,306.62 have been paid.
The report Of the receiver, like
all precious packages. is safe and
securely kept from optical ubserv-
ance of dcpositors whose acCumula-
tions of a lifetime were intrusted
to this unsavory institution fer
safe keeping, have vanished.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
HISTORIC FIREARMS
ARE SOLD

When Nsvada's militia was
mustered out the armOry at
Carson City became a storage
place for the equipment and a
portion of it which is metallic has
become rusted, while the moths
and worms have done the best
they could to consume the rest.
Quarermaster Day. the sole re-
n aiming militiaman in the state,
has begun disposal of the ann
ament that formerly WI as borne by
the citizen solidery.
He has in the armory 200
Springfield rifles of the vintage Of
1878, the same number of the
make of 1884 and whole raft
of rifles that were manufactured
in 1856 and 1858.
The old-timer- are being dis
posed of at fifty cents a piece at
private sale and are being snapped
up as relics. The 1884 guns are
being sold for $l.25 each and the
1873 rifles for S1.00 apiece.
Several dealer, have made offers
to MIR. Day to take the entire lot
at the retail price. but without
avail. il.-Gazctte.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
PUCINELLI,, ,,SANTUCCI

Saturday evening Judge lKlatte
performed the ceremony that
made Gus Pucinclli and Miss
Amanda Santucci husband and
wife.
The ceremony took place at the
Silver Brick lodging-house. where
the young people will make their
home.
The marriage was the con-
summation of courtship that
began in sunny Italy, before the
groom crossed the ocean TO make
his home in the land of the free.
The bride arrived here on the 18th
of this month TO meet her lover,
whom she had not seen for several
years.
The Independent extends its con-
gratulations TO MIR. and Mrs.
Pucirelli and wishes them happy
voyage down the stream nf time.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
POTATOES GOOD AS CASH

A Denver dispatch says that u
new legal tender has appea ed in
Milliken, Colo, caused by the
scarcity and high price of
potatoes.
Yesterday ?. A. Murphy stepped
into saloon at Miiliken. ordered
a glass of beer. and wnen that wa
lone. second, and then laid on
the bar a nice clean potato.
Murphy called for his change, and
the barkeeper returned him a
nickle and put the potato in the
cash drawer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04

the games last night because he
thought he had the necessary
proof. 1t certainly looks as if the
sheriff made no mistake.
The Independent conrgatulates
Sheriff Harris and District At
torney Dysart for their determine
tion to enfor &C the anti.gambling
law and assures them of its hearty
support. No man or Sc, of men
should be permitted to violate this
law and flaunt their DISREGARD OF il
in the face of the people. Keep
up the good work. boys.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
RECEIVERS REPORT

The Tonopnh Bonanza thus rips
Receiver Wildcs up the back for
his report on the Rickcy Banks:
The malicious document contain.
ing scnthinR dcnunciation Of
debtors, lawyers and admissions Of
the receiver Of official dcreliction
and wanton cxtravagant cXprcnsC
for doing nothing. ms filed in the
district court at Carson in the
matter of the insolvency Of the
State Bank and Bust company.
In the vault Of that bank ut
Carson can be found 400 printed
copies of this prom iscuous dilTu-
sion Of oxcne which the court
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
ELECTION RECOUNT
WILL CONTINUE

In ACCORDANCE with the state
ment made from the bench the day
before. the Supreme Court yester-
day morning took uP the matter of
the rulings IN the election contest
case. Inc Court held that the
Etko county "aIlots would he
admitted IN evidence subject To the
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
LAST NIGHTS RAID

There was considerable excite.
ment this morning when the news
of Sheriff Harris raid of the Com
mcrcial hotel gambling game
became known and many opinion
of the sheriff's action were ex-
pressed and many criticisms were
made. Some said that il was a job
on the part of MIR. Bradley and the
sheriff and others thought it was
a shame that members of the
automobile party were arrested
because it would give the town a
bad name and keep tourists from
coming here. Others said il was
strange that Sheriff Harris should
make the raid last night and that
il was made to catch the wealthy
tourists, etc. etc.
Several months ago when il was
first rumored that gambling games
were running at the Commercial
in defiance of law the writer had
heart to heart talk with Sheriff
Harris. At that conversation. the
sheriff lett no doubt of his in
tention to enforce the law, but
stated positively that he would not
raid gambling game until he
was satisfied he had sufficient
evidence to make case.
Since then Sheriff Harris has
been abscnt from town the m)st
of the time attending TO the duties
of his Office. During the last few
weeks, some of the old time
gamblers have return to town and
at least me, booster" for the
games has been active. 1t is re-
ported that last week q man lost
SdS1 buckiny the gains at the
Commercial. Others have heen
approached by the booster" and
told that they could get action on
their money at these games. This
fragrant violation of anti.gambling
law mas been generally commented
on and the officers have been
criticised for pcrn.ittinR them to
run. Some have even gone so far
MS 10 charge that the sheriff was
paid to let these games run. Today
some. of those who criticised
Snc,lf Harris for not closing
.hese games are criticisins him for
closing them last night because
some wealthy visitors happened to
be caught. If they had not been
violating the law. they would not
have been interfered With.
In an interview with Sheriff
Harris this morning, he said that
he was determined to enforce the
anti.gambling law 90 the letter
and that IN ose who violated It
would he arrested whenever he
could get proof sufficient TO con-
Wet He also said that he raidcd
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
CAUGHT
GAMBLING
SHERIFF HARRIS HARRIS RAIDS GAME
IN COMMERCIAL HOTEL

About 1890 O'Clock last might
Sheriff Harris with his deputies,
CritchlCy. Mchlullen. aud District
Attorney Dysart raided gamb-
ling game IN the Commercial hotel
and arrested the following parties:
X. j. Bonman. Frank Maloncy.
George Monroe. Walter Smith. All
Sin, All Jim. Jack Mahcr. George
Foregor and NJ. johnson.
The first four mentioned are
members of the automobile party
that is making an ocean to ocean
tour; All Sin and An Jim are
ChiLamen who were caught play.
ing faro; Jack Mayer was dealing
the wheel, where the automobihsts
were coaXingthc goddess Of for
tune: George Forcgor was dealing
the cards in the faro game and
raking off the winnings: and NJ.
johnson was in the lockout chair
at the faro game when the raid
was made.
Eirly in tn. esening Sheriff
Harris passed to the rear Of the
hotel where the game was con
dIctcd and met a bartender com.
ing from the gambling room with
tray full Of glasses. He sized up
the situation and concluded Tie
time was ripe for a raid. He left
and gathered his force and about
1880 entered the hotel by the rear
d por and hnuckcd on the door Of
the gambling room. The door
was opened and he and his party
walked in and placed those in the
rom under arrest. Maher's wheel
was still running and Furcgor was
behind the faro table Monroe,
one Of the players at the roulette
wheel. cashcd in $40 worth of
checks and received their equiv
aIcnt in gold and silver. All jim
CtThCd in his checks at ;hc faro
table and received So after .hc
players and dealers were placed
undcr arrest.
They were taken to the district
attorneys office where District
Attorney Dysart prepared the
complaints which were later sworn
{" before Judge Klattc. All the
plrtics were released on l.. l..
Bradley, proprietor Of the Com
mcrcial dcpositin, $225O cash bail.
Judge Klatte set their cases for
10 O'Clock this morning, bot he
fore that time hc continued the
Cases of the automobile party to
Wednesday morning and all but
one of them left town this fore
noon. II they do not appear
Wednesday at the hour named,
Sheriff Harris declares that he
will bring them back.
Sheriff Harris is being criticised,
We think unjustly, for making the
raid last night and capturing some
OF the automobile party. These
men knew they were gambling
behind locked doors and must have
knOwn they were violating the
law. If they did not. they have
paid very little attention to Ne
vada news in the last year and II
half.
Elko welcomes all Law abiding
visitors AL will treat them right,
but visitors have no more right to
violate the laws Of the state than
those whose homes are here.
---e~s-~ e
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
NATIVE CHALK FOR
BILLIARD PLAYERS

The Churchill county papers
from time to time relate remini-
SCIENCES of olden times in the Car.
son Sink country. but as yet we
have seen no story about the
deposit of chalk which lies some
twenty miles from Saltwater the
old county seat of Churchill
county. This chalk is very fine
material and some day will be
made use of.
Away back in the early days a
character by the name of r. @.
Vaughn started saloon in Still
water. ard am org The attractions
of the place was combination
billiard and pool table. This table
was the old style and only trifle
less in area than the diamond of a
baseball field, while the cues used
were about eight feet in length.
1t took man of muscle to drive
billiard ball around this table with
one shot. District court was held
in Saltwater occasionally ant once
in awhile there was dance, and
yearly county far and horse
races. On these occasions the
little town would he full to over
flowing. and the saloon did good
business, the new billiard table
being in great dtmtnd. In tie
course of time billiard cues
became broken and were replaced
by sraight willow poles with the
bark stripped off ard tipped with
buttOns cut out of pigskin. The
supply of boughten chalk, used to
chalk the cues, was soon exhausted
am as none could be purchased in
town Vaughn won't 10 tire chalk
hills ard Qudrrie6 cut a piece
about six feet square. This he
brought home and placed on a
large table in the corner of his
saloon, and when TIE players
wanted to chalk their cues all
they had to do was to stick the
end of the cue az linst this slab of
chalk, give the cue few twists
aH1 the business was done. In tie
course of time numerous holes,
the size OF the end of a cde. were
worn in the slab, and eventually
the whole piece of chalk looked
like colandcr.
All Of the oIl.time crack bill
lard players like Lem Allen,
Warren Williams. jim Richards,
Billy Grimes. Tpny Trolsond, Tom
TCCn'y ard oilers ltarrtd tie
game on this table. which accounts
for their ieiIq sui Hputs en-
smaller ones now.
A favorite trick of Lon Aliens
was, when he had hard man to
beat at the game. TO jam small
chunk of cheese down his op-
ponent's chalk hole. This creased
his opponents cue instead of chalk
ing it, and the consequences were
that LENS adversary made so
many misscucs that he was easily
defeated.
Those good old days are gone
Yerington Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
ptf!odicjty

"They say the hoop skirt Is coming
back observed the professor. regret
fully This seems to show that fash
ions rnvri In regular ellipses. and not
III pary o.ic curves. as some OF US had
hoped
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
Held un

Hands up'" exclaimed the western
train robror. Gimme your money"
TOO late" replied the tourist. II
Let OF at the next station and I've
tipped the porter"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
SO II IL.

50 w iG.
"Will you tell me why 10 entertain
dwarf is the same thing as to blow
up with an explosiye7"
Didn't know the two acts had any
resemblance why is Il the samo7"
because, stupid. II Is to dine q
mite"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-08-04
RAILROAD ASSESSMENTS

Assessor Wcathcrs has fixed the
valuation of the Southern Pacific.
Western Pacific and Nesada North.
ern railroads as follows:
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-13

heretofore. and little eccentric dents
and turnings characterize many of
them. Beads and especially coral
beads in pink or red or white match
every display of model hats, and
beads of other varieties play their
parts. those OF jet and pearl and
those in turquoise blue make up some
very handsome bands
Braids are unusually beautiful. The
Rannie braids are shown I'm all colors
with an iridescent play of color in
troduced in them like the colors in a
shell or soap bubble The silk fibre
braids are soft and pliable and all are
light as air
French plumes are favorites on fine
hats and trimming effects are simple.
In fact simplicity In millinery gains
Roadway In the popular taste, but the
demand makes no lowering Of price
because every one wants better and
better qualities of merchandise all the
time.
JULIA eoTToMLEY. q.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-13
BETTER TEETH
FEWER DENTISTS BILLS

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