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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS

The board of County commits
sioners met Tuesday January .,
1912. All the members present.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
The claims against the ounty as
fond elsewhere. were allowed and
the board adjourned until Wednes-
day at 10 o'clock.
The board met on Wednesday
pursuant to adjournment and
transacted the following business:
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The claim of E. L. Bachman for
SIG for stage fare for INDECENT
was laid over for further informa-
ton.
The claim of A. +. BEETLES on
the general fund for S6S2.40 for
the construction of the Jarbidge
Jail was laid over because the
contract has not been completed.
The board made an agreement
with the Reno Gazette to take a
page of space in its Nevada De-
velopment Number to consist of
25, 900 copies printed on book paper
of not less than fifty pages each
for $l25.00 and to purchase black
copies for 10 cents each.
The petition of Mrs. Nettie
Philips for the opening of Pine
street was considered and laid over
for further consideration.
The petition Of citizens Of
Lamoille for the opening of a new
road was laid over for further
consideration.
Upon notice from the deputy
superintendent of public i~nstruc-
ton that there are fewer thar
three resident children in Holborn
school district, the board ordered
that said school district be
abolished
The petition of citizens of Cober
school district to change the
boundaries of said district was
granted.
On application of F.. L. Caine
and on attidavits of the applicants,
engineer licenses were granted to
A. p. Taylor and Mark Joyce.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
THE RED HOUSE TROUBLE

Sheriff Harris return ed last
night from his trip t, the Red
House after Fred Hess. who is
charged with shooting up that
place last week. He and Constable
Happier arrived at the Red House
Wednesday night and found Hess.
who came out of the house and
greeted the officers as if he was
no, charged with after pting to
Kill three or four people. Hess had
no frozen toes, Or hands, and had
suffered no discomfort from the
intense cold. Neither had he
f]roquented Indian camps more
than usual nor hid out nights in
the sagebrush lodging the officers.
From what Sheriff Harris
learned at the Red HOu Sc. the
sensational story told by the
parties who caused the arrest Of
Hess should be taken with many
grains of salt. 1t appears from
the story told Sheriff Harris by
Hess and Mcconnell that the affair
was nothing more nor less than a
drunken brawl, in which all the
parties involved were pretty well
fill ed with bug juice.
Hess told the sheriff that he was
riding on the ranch when Deputy
Sheriff Bellanger came after him
and reached the house shortly
after the officer left. Hess was
left at Carlin in charge of Con.
stable Happier as the COMPLAINT
in The case was made before
Justice Gray
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
KEPT HIS OLD TIME TABLES
Fad Habit OF Business Man Caused
Him to Miss Train and Lose
Contract.


ABOUT seven years ago. said Nr
"''gglesomo 81 lost % contract that
would have ue,trd me s1lO.r simply
w. "'ihS'nF " train. 10 was 'ho Old
S''.' o' 'he other ma-. getting there
"aI
! MISSED my train uy relying "u a
INC '"nI' handed ou' 10 W" at home,
"..eiG 'he Telegram came 20 m"
i'n'e We got a time table "u ut
q q! said to my daughter
,I''"'D'y' she said, ana . hand
"''I'
'I"'h would E"'" 90 take {
"""' '''' AT ~ "c.".E 'l night |
= -o"H /" the e'ati"u hand..y 90 find
10 "a" 'r"'n h"d gone a' $3.50 and
,,'" ie.'"o" lneI" mat The iiW" 90.
""u consulted was Quo SIX
oIn, rtT"'P7 " newer r'"
"""'9'""'d correction oi time tables?
- "eP'' "T % was ,t'n. tn a
a " " "'''h2 Nbe not there
- "'"''' ""' JUST pot 'I my
- " result WIS '0al '. ltai
,aLIas u"J'' was I" m"Hhd "I 1Ho
,aIn '|.'"'," u" together 100 rnu.
chez r w." " sI'"l hNIloci. .nr
,ba, p", III" q ITO" 'I'H' l"h.o
oro WV '"'N ""' i"' '"T't.I'ld..E
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
POWER OF AUTOMATIC RIFLE

A Swede nam ed Svensnn claims
to have invented a new automatic
rifle which may do away with
machine guns on the field of battle,
while the ordinary infantry soldier,
armed with this weapon, would
become more Formidable than he is
with his present equipment.
The new invention has not only
been applied to rifles, but to fowl
ing pieces and other weapons. AS
regards rifles, Mr.. Svenson has
invented two kinds Of appliances,
one of which can he used as an
ordinary life and another as n
machine gun. Mr.. Svenson claims
that his weapon can and will be
made to perform both functions
without its weight in any way be-
ing increased. It can be loaded
either at the breach or underneath
by inserting the cartridg"
magazine.
A company of infantry equipped
with the new rifle and forming a
front of Is paccs. can fire, il is
said. 70 shots per second, or if
battery Of machine guns, consist
ing Of four pieces served by 1G
men. with their officers, would oc-
cupy n front of Is PAGES and fire
under the same conditions only 80
to % shots, respectively, in the
same space Of time.
In addition to this, machine guns
arc difficult to transport, or to
place in position, or to hide from
the enemy, which is not the case
with the rifle Of the Svenson
type.
The new weapon Is about the
same weight as the Mauser rifle.
and has the same kind of barrel,
but its entire length ia FIVE cent?.
meters shorter. Another sdvan.
tage is its simplicity of construc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
SMALLEST OF P0ST0FFlCES
How the Patrons Of the Five-Foot Fed
eral Building at Virginia. Cal,
Are Accommodated.

Virginia. Cal. boasts of having the
smallest postofiCe building in the
world II is situated in n lonely spot
on the stage road north OF San Diego
City, and is maintained for the con.
venience of rich ranch owners in the
vicinity. Not more than six or eight
people get mail there, but their let
tiers are OF sufficient financial impor
lance for a postofiCe to be provided
for their use. The postmaster's sal
airy does not keep him I'm cigarettes,
but he only has TO be on duty on the
days when the stage coach is due TO
pass. The stage driver drops the mail.
the few letters from Virginia are
handed up and the postmaster pro
ceeds 10 distribute the letters. post
cards and newspapers I'm lock boxes
hung on the outside OF the p]OstoiliCe.
After the sCanty mail is distributed
the postmaster locks up the little OF
fee and goes away
When a citizen Of Virginia mails a
letter he does not buy a stamp, but
deposits letter and money through the
letter drop I'm the door. II the letter
is a heavy one and likely to require
more Than Il stamp he drops n
quarter or a half dollar In with lt and
finds his change In his letter box next
mail day. AS the postmaster knows
the handwriting Of ever man, woman
and child In the postal district he
never puts the change in the wrong
box. About once a year. generally
near the holidays. n registered letter
or package arrives. and then the ac'
CommodatiuG postmaster delivers 1t
In Virginia registered mail is put in
the letter drop. with the fee. and tho
receipt placed in -" proper lock box
tn" same as the chang" for stamps
The little postOfiCe building is con.
structed Of rough slabs Of pine. IN.
painted and ~winGowlCss. and Is only
five feet square, and about the height
OF an ordinary man. who can only
stand erect inside by taking of his
hat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
GREWSOME MONUMENT

A strange monument of modern
barbars sim still survives at Nish,
in southeast Servia. During the
war of independence in 1879 the
Servisn garrison here exploded a
powder magazine and persisted
therein rather than fall into the
hands of the Turks.
A battle had previously taken
place, and the Turks commemor-
ated their victory by erecting a
rude tower, ornamented with the
head of their enemies. Old people
will tell you that there we're once
1900 heads, but as the tower
was W more than twenty-five
feet high this is probably an
emigration.
Lamatine and other travellers
relate that they saw hair still
clinging to the skulls, which must
have formed grewsome spectacle.
During many years visitors were
in the habit of carrying off skulls
as souvenirs, but when Nish
became Servian the remainder
were taken away for decent
burial, all save y few that were
too deeply imbedded.
In recent years the remains of
the tower have been covered over
with d roof to protect them against
the elements, and they are re.
garded a a pious object of
patriotic pilgrimage.-Wide World
Magazine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
hen Things Look Good 10 Ono That,
Everyone Else Is CrItlcIsina
Hastily.

Everything has Iis compcnsatlons "
declared tho man whose hair ia rrav
.ng over hia cars md who cant road
Lnc print as cnsily M he could TON
years ago Yes. sirl Things took
good to mo that / hear Other poopro
riIhcIsing Hike tho mischief Fvcrr
girl has n nnwloss companion: .y.
~'ryhody.s hair looks as n II grow
ihcrc and didn't hnvo to DO pinned ON.
All my friends are handsome; tho
streets seem clean and my clothca
took new
Then, when / put on my spec,oc,o,
uul IVo learned not to, oxcep,
whom ! want to read When my str,n
nat gets too spotty my good vIro
punches mo mp and says Irs ,lmc IN
ONy a now ono. and whom she noods
" lrock shc Just quietly hnulg nv
specs ont Of my pocket. hands thorn ~
me p~oiu'odly. and stands before mo IN
. good light Rose. colored sprctocIos.
are al right, she tolls nc. when I'm
i"ohirg ut hcr face. but sho preferg
INC to ing%ccl her last summers gown
win ms strongest, cloarcat lenses"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
Jack IN THE BOX ISLAND"

II is said that the natives of TIE
Aleutian Islands have given the
name Jack in the Box Islands" to
the curious chain that extend out
toward Asia from Alaska. They
are like stepping stones laid for a
giant in the ocean by which he
might tread the sea dry shod. A
fitted with a larger magazine 240
to $50 shots in three seconds. A
writer in the Philadelphia Ledger
says that they may pDhGIs he
ued some day as the Florida keys
are used, las the support of a sea
going railroad, Wit, the widest
gaps covered by railroad ferry
boats. These islands appear and
disappear in a curious way in con-
nection with the activity of Bogosl
of, a small volcano that is among
them. Fire island appeared in
1883, Perry island in 1905, Nc
Cullough peak in 1906, hut dis
appeared the next year. Another
island became visible in 1909
Christian Science Monitor.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
A TIPPING BOYCOTT

A Chicago dispatch says that the
han against tipping which went
into effect January l throughout
the United States, gained mo.
mentum by a decision by Judge
Petit IN Chicago tha' hotels and
restaurants are in a class with pick
pockets and thieves when they
farm out the privilege Of exacting
tips from their patrons by means
of check room and wash room
graft.
Judge Petit ruled that collect
ing tips was begging and Il viola
ton Of the city ordinance. Con-
sequently persons engaged in get
ting tips could not demand redress
in the courts, a phase Of the
ruling which was a blow to a check
room magnate who claimed a
violation of q contract. Lawyers
for the tip collectors protested that
nobody is asked to give.
Zone is compelled to give just
the same" answered the jurist.
Nothing less than a gattling gun
would permit a patron of those
places where the tip trust is in
operation to escape without giving
a tip"
Proof Of Judge Pettit's statement
was found in the fact that one
checkroom magnate pays MS high
as $4,000 q year to certain hotels
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
Selfshness.

For the third consecutive time tho
lady with the mammoth hat had been
requested by an usher to remove the
Obstruction Finally the theater man
age o a hand and approached the
oUdUrate patron Sec here. madam.
said he. dropping all false poIiteness.
eight persons sitting behind sou de.
clare they cant get a clear view Of
the stage. so youll either have to
tahr of hat ~roof-gardcr or sit in the
last row." At this mandate she re.
moved her nat The horrid. selfish
things she exclaimed, darling a
glance behind her as she withdrew
her %hatpius; they're 90 afraid rhcyn
miss a little OF their pleasure. while
they spoil all oil mine uy making me
remove my new creatiOnl"-uuusc.
Keeper
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05

The natives of some Of tho Islands
Of the Pacific are always glad to see
the doctor on his periodical visits. At
Kaiser WilhClm's harbor the German
government has stationed Or. IIeIse-
gang rs medical officer. To Is a busy
man. Natives by the dozen come to
him, not to be treated for Illness but
to get the benefit of his professional
opinion on how TO scar themselves ar.
%tistically.
The natives are very fond OF scars
ami urnrly all Of them arc covered
with specimens which have resulted
from s"ltinnictcd wounds which were
kept open by frequent scratching or
by tho Introduction OF rorcIrr sub
stances like sand. bamboo. shells and
80 forth. Tho oxcresccncc Which re.
suits from the average vaccination f.
scratched of At tho proper time. and
the resulting largo scar f. very dear
10 IN" native.
\ Young islander 'EhOsC face and
body arc q mass Of cuts. bruises and
scars Is considered the catch OF the
season by tho dusky bellies
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05

Porfca, sterilization Of liquids by
means o; filtration ur'y scent to be
made possible on a large scale
through "a process originated by two
French scientists and reported to the
Academy at Scientists AT q recent
meeting e Is known that membranes
OF collection nave the property OF 70.
tanning alI iLr microbes In n liguid
filtered through them Rui thct are
very fragile end therefor" imurrc'lcal
outside OF the laboratory. by re on.
forcing the collection Membrane with
n fine wire sCrocu iu heddcd in Il. lust
ms a pane Of glass u thus o.cnfbrcod
tn" two scientists constructed q H'f"r
not only strong enough for practical
purposes but so effective as 10 OK
clude even molecules Of salts dis
solved IN the liquid
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
DR.. ]. GRANT LYMAN
ORIGINAL SWINOlER

In the amazing life history of
DR.. John Grant Lyman, the COM
pilation of which has just been
completed by Postofice Inspector
Raymond Gray, that statement
appears that the frenzied promoter
of the fake Panama Development
company, now in prison on Me-
Neil's island, is the original
character on which the J. Rufus
Wallingford magazine stories are
based, and that his Photograph has
actually been used in allugtrating
these articles. In this account of
Lyman's career, which is to be
forwarded to the postoiice in
spectors in San Francisco. In
spector Gray, the principal agent
in bringing Lyman to justice. I'M
covers a host of details covering a
period of forty years which makes
the document n of the most
remarkable ever compiled.
Gray estimates that between
the time of his birth at Phelps, n.
Y. AZ years ago. and his arrest
and conviction, Lyman swindled
enough people to make q city of
considerable size, and cleared up
for himself 1000, 600 net. Most
of his deals were similar to the
Panama Development company
swindle His operations covered
the entire United States, Canada
and MANY foreign countries.
Lyman, enroute tn prison. dis.
played great interest in the great
stretches of uncultivated land in
southern Oregon, and made
inquiries regarding the owners.
intimating that he might under
take to conduct a little real estat
promotion enterprise from prison.
When informed that under the
prison rules he would be permitted
to send out only one Letter a month,
he smiled, remarking that much
could be done with one letter a
month and he would have prospec-
tive land buyers anxiousIy await
ing his release.
Lyman's relsse from the
federal prison, however, will mean
that he must 20 to Los Angeles
and stand trial under an indict-
ment res Ilting from his operations
in that city as the promoter of a
Panama land-selling scheme. Gold
field Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05

Tho l7.ycar cIcada which Is wrongly
called the i7.ycar locust. is N" longest
lived Of any known insect. as tire grub
or nymph lives for over II years
sucking the roots Of the forest trees,
often several feet below the Hurfaco:
in the last spring It finished its trans
formations. and usually at the last NJ
May or the beginning OF June. issues
In enormous numbers from the glg4ud
This appearance Of the l7ycaf brrnd
dates ~ far back as 1883 A. Tho
present lime each year has iie brood
N broods, each limited. as q rule 90 n
well defined district There arc 10
Of such br0ods scattered over n largo
In the Atlantic and central states
rhe southern limits arc northern Geor.
gia and the western limits easter,
Iebraska and Kansas
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
Tho Considerable Scot.

Colonel scotchom was a lie
had had a very arduous day r]ctroatIng
from the enemy. and he wished 10
r'coup his strength IN order that he
might retreat still further on the
morrow. "~MacPhcrsou," no said To
bis now servant. I'm going 10 snatch
40 winks' sleep stay by my tent,
ana So" that I'm not disturbed Mac
SaIuted. Five minutes later the
SHORES OF Colonel Scotchom wore cut
short by tho loud report OF a gun
Great Scott" cried the Colonel. "grc
INC enemy upon us2" "Sn dIupo
ret" replied Mac. lnscrHne head
rghssuringly through The t,.t 1ap
.it was only a wee mouslo Rut ma
! thought he might wake o up, !
shot him"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
LEAKY HANDBAG SCATTERS
$4,000 WORTH OF GEMS

Somewhere on the last fifty
miles Of road between Los Angeles
and Elsinore are $1,000 worth OF
diamonds. rubies, jcwelry and
cash, scattered along the highway
by the loaky shopping bag If a
Of Mrs. r.. ID. McCauslaud, wife Of
a wealthy mining man Mrs.
McCausland left Elsinorc to visit
relatives in Los Angeles. Her
shopping bag containing her
jewels, was placed on the floor Of
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05

and cafes for the privilege of the
daily hold-up for services which
the proprietors were expected to
render gratuitously in the day
when prices on the bill of fare
were only a fraction as great and
the buiness far less profitable.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05

the toneau Of her auto. The rough
road shortly bounced the bag open
and the jewels bounced out into
the road, one by one. Among
them were two solitaire diamond
rings, a bracelet set With diamonds
a long gold neck chain, a bro, oh
set with rubies. several smaller
pieces of jewelry and SIS in cash.
Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05

ment Work in Brooklyn and having
graduated from San Auselmo
Seminary gives TO DIR. Nugent an
experience of the east as well as
tie west. The people of Elko
should not fail to take full advant-
age of his Elko pastorage. His
wife will arrive in a few DAYS.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-05
How 10

In conversation men should NOT tors
i" please themselves. but those that
near them Wcro this rule gon.
orally observed, II would make them
consider whether " 4. tho spcolt
Do worth hearing; whether there bo
cllher wit or sense In what they arc
ABOUT to say. and whether II be adapt.
cd to the time when. the place where
ana The person 20 whom II liz smoker
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tion. possessing. as it does. only
seventeen movable parts, including
the spiral springs.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-23
YOUNG RYAN IS IN
SERIOUS CONDITION
PHYSICIANS, HOWEVER, ARE
STILL VERY EOPEFTL THAT
HE WILL RECOVER.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The follow
ing statement was issued this evening
by the physicians in attendance upon
Allan A. Ryan, eldest son OF Thomas
Fortune Ryan, who underwent a
serious operation at Memorial hos
pitai last week:
mfr. Ryan's condition Is still
serious. He is under the care of DR..
Charles ~ Dowd. DR.. Herman Biggs
and DR.. W. Gilman Thompson. who
are still very hopeful that he will
recover"
In response to request sent to
the patients c'osest friends, that II
was young Mr.. Ryan's wish that they
come to the hospital, large number
Of them went to his bedside during
the DAY. He appeared happy. and
converted and jcked with them con-
tinually.
Mr.. Ryan's father and mother. who
have hesn da.ly visitors at the hes
pitaI Stree his admission, visited their
son asain today They remained for
considerable time. and when they
left expressed the better that his con-
ditIon would improve go rapidly
within the next few days. that he viii
be able to leave the institution.
The sick mans wife was at his bed
side almost the entire day. and only
left when he expressed desire to
sleep. The last message given at
the hospital tonight. was that he was
resting quietly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-23
NOT BACKED BY
BIG INTERESTS"
NEW CHIEF OF TIE BUREAU OF
CHEMISTRY REPLIES TO
Ills CRITICS.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.--Dr. Carl
- Aasberg. newly appointed chief OF
the bureau oil chemistry. today came
back at DIR. Harvey w. Wiley, who
formerly held that position. and those
other OF his critics who have tnsinu-
ated that Aisberg will he governed In
NE future by the wishes of the big
interests.
. Dr. Wiley in an Interview last wFex
declared that the aduiterers of food
will rejoice yer DR.. Aisnerg = appoint
znent. In statement today DR. Ais
oerg denied that he had been recon-
nended by the interests and de-
,.lared that he would ra-se the stand
ards of his bureau.
DR.. Aisberg denies absolutely that
ae was recommended by any except
the most prominent scientific workers
N the United States, and states that
~ has never had any connection with
The ''intercsts'' which might be afYect :
I'D by the work of the bureau OF chem
stry He also den'e s that he was REC
ormended by any persons connected
with the bureau of chemistry.