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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-17
CHINA CABLES

One weak link in a cable may
| mean the loss Of great ship worth
a million pounds or more so before
being used every one of tie great
chain cables used in the navy or
merchant service is carefully
tested. rhe apparatus employed
is most ingenious one.
The cable is laid in a sort of
long trough, one end being fasten-
which is passed round a revolving
drum. the other attached TO
hydraulic ram.
The machin cry is worked from
an adjoining building. no one
being allowed in the cable shed
while the testing is in progress. II
chain does break under the ter
rife strain to which it is subject
ed it simply smashes everything
near it and may bring the whole
roof down.
The operator in the next room
has before him an ordinary look
ing pair of scales, but the SIN al
weights which he places upo n il
represent as many tons as they
actually weigh pounds.
While the weights go into the
scales a loud creakiug and groan-
ing is heard through the thick
partition as the seventy-eight foot
length of cattle which is the amount
tested at one time, stretches under
the enormous pressure. A new
cable stretches about two inches
an old one. good deal more.
The ordinary cable of steel, two
and one-eightlI inches in diameter
is subjected to a pull uf over eight
tons. London Answers.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-17
ACQUIRED MORE POTASH LAND

A trio of Ely citizens, C. W.
Gaby. Abe ShalIenbarger and Bud
Rose. who recently went to Rail
road valley tn locate potash lands,
returned edncsday. and are
enthusiastic over the conditions
there as they found them. They
report general activity through.
out that district, and that the
work of the Railroad valley Saline
company whereby the existance of
potash in the old lake bed has been
proved, has had an optimistic
effect. Messrs. Gaby. Shallenbarger
and Rose during their stay there.
made locations and did the as.
sessment work on l6O acres of
land, and are confident in the hope
that the location covers valuable e
potash.
They further report that one of
the best roads in the state is be.
ing built across Railroad valley
and surfaced with gravel. The
road to Tonopah is inpassable on
account of the overflow from
artesian wells. This road is one
constructed by the Saline Com.
pany, and ii is considered likely
that the Nye county commissioners
who are about to inspect it, will
take the steps necessary to have
the road put in good condition and
made a permanent highway. Pros
pectors and explorers in the valley
nave to use considerable caution
in many places because of tine
water from artcsian wells which
has made the treacherous grounds
dangerous on account of the quick.
sand that underlies the thin sur.
face crust. White Pine News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-17
LINCOLN COUNTY
SHERIFF A DEFAULT TER

A Cslientc dispatch of the 18th
to the Carson News says that Bul.
lion and License Tax Collector
Adamson. who has been in this city
for n few days on his regular in
spection of the books Of the county
today announced that Sheriff o. II.
Smith was defaulter in a large
amount of money and Immediately
swore out warrant for his arrest.
Upon being arrested Sheriff
Smith admitted he was short in
his accounts in a large amount.
Advices received here today from
Carson are to the effect that the
attorney generals Office has in.
structed District Attorney Nc.
Nance to at once commence pro-
ceedings against him.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-17
DEMOCRACY'S GREAT RECORD

Never in all Of its existence
have the prospects of the demo.
cratic party been so bright; never
has the party been more entitled
to be entrusted with power and
control OF government affairs:
never has it been more deserving
Of the confidence of the country.
In the coming campaign the
party will appeal to the people
upon record of achievement un.
rivalled in political history.
For sixteen years the democracy
has been excluded rom the manage.
ment of practically every depart.
ment Of the government. Early
in that period our opponents de.
nouced us as party Of ncRation
and of obstruction. They asserted
thst our party was wanting in
that constructive capacity so es.
sential to the successful conduct OF
governmental affairs. So per.
sistently was this groundless state.
ment reiterated that many Of OUT
adherents were mioled, and for.
getting that the most prosperous
days of the Republic were during
democratic administrations, they
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-17
DROVE DRIO RIFT TESCUE
HORSE FROM CAVE

One of the n. c. Prater Co.'S
horses had rough experience
yesterday, foraging near the barn
west of b street. While walking
acrJ Jss the top of an old sub-cellar,
used in the eaIlY days as a wine
stJrage vault, the old flooring
gave away and the horse was
buried at depth of about six
feet. The animal was missed yes
terday afternoon, hut it was sup.
posed that he wandere away
the hill. but this morning, while
starting out to search, the unfort-
unate predicament of the beast was
discovered. His head was under
a bank and, his body partly buried,
and in such a position that il was
impossible to move. The rescuing
party endeagored to free him. but
it was finally necessary to drive a
drift from the cellar of the Prater
barn through the brick wall and
into the sub.cellar before the horse
was rescued. The animal was some
what cut and bruised but is not
seriously injured although wedged
in tight and unable to move a
muscle for upwards Of twelve
hours. Virginia Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-17

frequently united with the pro-
fessional political clique that mis-
represented and ignorantly and
unjustly conde nned us.
Upon the enactment of the
Payne-Aldrich law storm OF
resentment against the republican
party swept the country. In the
congressional campaign of 1910 an
appeal was made for continued
republican supremacy upon the
contention that tie democracy was
disorgal
petent ant
out unity in principles and pollcies
and incapable OF concerted ;.ction
upon public questions.
The president in his speech at
the Republican lub in New York
on LincoIn's birthday realized that
disaster was impending and that
the country was about to set its
condemnation upon its party. He
endea"ored TO appease the wrath
of the people, not by justifying the
tariff law as he had attempted in
his Winona speech, but by conjur-
ing the danger that threatened
from democratic success. Should
disaster follow u.s." he said land
the republican party become a
minority in the next House, il NAV
be possible that in the de rocratic
exercise of its power, the people
of the country will see which is
the party Of accomplishment,
which is the party of arduous
deeds and which is the party of
words and irresponsible action"
Disaster did follow the republi.
can party. Its majority Of forty in
the house of representatives was
urned into q democratic majority
of sixty FIVE. We await with conf
dence the decision of the country
as to which has been the party of
accomplishment and which the
party of irresponsible opposition.
Hon. John J. Fitzgerald in Nor
man f. Mack's Monthly.
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NUMBER 20

is announced. The man is then
marked on the back with char coal.
while mark is actually cut into
the woman's skin.
No breach of promise actions are
possible in New Guinea though if
the lady is Tilted her friends may
hunt her lover up and "go" for
him. On the other hand If the
dark damsel prove faithless she is
liable to be beaten by her be
trothed if he catches her.-Pear-
on's Weekly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-17
WALLACE T0OMR'S
HOUSE ROBBED

Saturday evening Wallace
Toomb's residence on the hill was
burglarized. Mr.. and Mrs. Toombs
l'ft the house about 9:30 o'clock
and returned about 1880. When
they returned Mrs. Toombs
entered the house through the
tchcn. She found the back doors
en- and heard the back gate slam.
Mr.. and Mrs. Toombs made an
investigation and found the follow
ing articles missing: Two suits of
clothes belonging to Mr.. Toombs,
2 gold watch chains, a gold locket
with diamond on one side and
the initials w. r. 7. or the other ,
K. of P. stick pin, lady's signet
ring with initials. B. L. p, tur-
quoise ring. lady's Colds watch
with initials B. l.. p. pair of
bracelets. neck chain, lady's pick
and shovel pin, a long pin with
pearls and diamond in center. a
pair of gents plain gold cuff but
tons and stick pin. The last two
articles belonged to Mr.. Joseph
Peck, Mrs. Toombs' father. The
property taken is valued at over
$500.
Mr.. Toombs notified the officers
at aonce. but up to this writing
once.nn clue has obtained to the
guilty parties.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-17
A SLEEPING PROXY

Some of the republican papers
of the state never lose an oppor-
tunity to hit Governor Oddie
below the belt. The Tonopah
Bonanza tells this story on his
Excellency:
a good story has been going the
rounds here since the republican
state convention was held at
Fallon. 1t simply shows that
political aspirant will stvop t1
almost anything in order to win a
point. The story was given to us
by party who was in Fallon at
the time the convention was held
nd run thusly: Homer L. Ross
of Manhattan who was elected n
delegate to the state republican
convention by the La Toilette
delegation Of that district. did not
go to Fallon but instead, it is said,
went to Carson City and sgave his
proxy to Goverroi oddie, who
made post haste for FallSR the day
the convention opened. S0me say
that Oddie went there with the
intention of voting the proxy for
Roosevelt but his plans came to
naught and the proxy was never
voted. 1t still reposes in some
dark pigeon hole at the Nevada
Capitol.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-17
THE PROPER COURSE

In the article elsewhere gi ling
the present condition of the title
to that portion of the right OF
way of the Central Pacific railroad
company in Elko. now in privae
ownership. Stanley Taber ha-
given the history of the title from
the grant by the government to
the Union Pacific to the present
time.
Elko is not alone in this kind of
trouble as the same condition of
affairs exists along the lines of all
government aided railroads in the
United States. The parties in con.
troll of these companies when the
grants were made and for a long
time afterward sold parts of the
right of way to land companies
and individuals and they in turn
sold to other parties, some of
whom are the present owners. Now
after lapse of over forty years,
these railroad companies set up a
claim to the real estate, included
in their rights of way that they
had no right to sell in the first
place. This clouds the tilt to the
real estate in question and results
in litigation.
This condition become So intoler-
able in Nebraska that Congressman
Norris of that state introduced a
bill in the House to validate and
confirm all conveyonces Of land
forming part Of the right of way
of the Union Pacific Railroad
company. His bill provided that
no such conveyance should diminish
the right of way to less than 100
feet on each side of the center of
the main track of the railroad as
now established. The bill was re-
ferred 10 the judiciary committee
and was favorably rerorted with
amendments. The bill came up
for passage last Monday and a
second section was added to in
clude other railroad companies
and providing that none of the
conveyances shall have the effect
of diminishing the right of way to
less than so feet on each side of
the center of the main track OF the
railroads as now established. The
bill passed unanimously. The bill
will go to the senate and if il
passes that body and receives the
approval Of the president. it will
clear up the situation in Nebraska,
Kansas, Wyoming and Colorado.
The people along the line of the
Southern Pacific in Nevada should
take this matter up at once with
our representative at Washington
and urge them to secure the pas
sage of a bill. similar 10 the Norris
bill validating and confirming all
titles to parts of the right of way
conveyed by the railroad com.
parry or its successors in interest.
This is the only way that the title
to vast amount Of property can
be cleared from the cloud =. W rest
ing upoL in il.
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For Sale a lot of fine posts and
several cords of good wood. Will
bo delivered in quantities to suit.
Inquire of George Nj. Clayton
Elko Nevada.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-17

For Sale Modern up-to-dase
five room cottage in best location
in Elko. Responsible party may
have same for small cash payment,
balance in terms to suit. Psrti-
culars this office.
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Wanted Lady Agent to handle
an exclusive line. Congenisl
work and good pay TO The right
party. Address No. 227 Virginia
Street, Reno Nevada.
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|e been paid by them for assess
ments levied upon abutting land
for the Improvement of streets
running through the right of way
that the appellant has never paid
these assessments; that they have
been never assessed to the appel-
liant. and that no question has ever
been raised by the appellant as 70
the right and obligation of the
defendants to pay the same. While
the record does not show that any
of the lands owned by the defend
ants were decided to them by the
appellant, il does sh0w that the n
K. P. K. Co. has decided to other
parties lots in the city of Spokane
situatec within the 400 feet of
right of way upon which valuable
improvements have neen made by
| its grantees.
The supreme court held that the
action was barred by the statute of
limitations; that the company was
stopped from asserting title by
reason OF circumstances; and that +:
Where through the negligence
and lachos Of a railroad company
the occupancy by others of portions
OF the right of way granted to il
! by the government has ripened
into title by adverse possession the
company cannot set up the defense
that the right of wav was granted
for public purpose only, and that
! 1t would be against public policy to
permit either its abandonment by
the company or the acquisition Of
adverse rights therein by way of
estoppel or of the bar of the
statute of limitations.
AS before stated on, May a 1903,
the decision of this court in n. p.
r Co vsTowpso,dI1 c Gu co..
Rents was a,rou,cod ..wo ,boro
ruIcd tbot irdividroIs ,orIl 49,.
fo, pr;vata nurroso ,coriro -,
advarse nossossion rrdor s,o,o
statu,e of limitation. a,y ror,;oo
~ rigbt of yoy oro,tod +, ho
IIoit.d S,,.es toa rg,Iro,l ,o,,
narv .tc
We arc not prepared 10 ovcrrule
that decision, and, tested by it, the
judgement in this case must be
reversed. But we were tnen deal.
ing with the original right of way
which was of a width Of 400 feet.
/ April 2S, 1904, an Act Of Congress
entitled'Hn Act Validating Certain
Conveyanccs Of the n. P. r. K. Co.
and the n. +. Ry. Co., vas ap-
proved, reading as follows:
THAT all cunveyauces heretofore
made by the n. p. X. K Co. or by
the n. I. Ry. Co. of land forming
IA part of the right of way Of the
n. p. X. X. Co., granted by an
act of Congress, are hereby legal
lied, validated, and confirmed: {:
Provided, That no such convey
anccs shall have effect to diminish
said right of way to less width
than leo feet on each side of the
center of the main track Of the
railroad as now established and
maintained.
That this act shall have no
validating force until the n. Z
Ry. co. shall file with the Secrc.
tary of the Interior an instrument
in writing accepting its terms and
provisions
The terms and provisions Of the
! net were accented bN tho railway
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strip. the original right of y
had been parted with. etc. etc.
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the supreme court of the United
State held that they could not
reverse the Abner Townsend casS
company could not give little to its
right of way. but shows how the
title was cured by an Act of Con.
gress. Mr.. Chief Justice Fuller
delivered the opinion. but Mr..
Justice Harlan dissented saying he
thought the decisions of the two
Washington courts should be
affirmed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-04-29
CELEBRATION or
GETTYSBURG ANNIVERSARY
House Votes s5o,ooo For Participation
by the Government.

An appropriation Of $4,000 TO en-
able toe United States government t.
participate in next years celebration
Of the liftie;h anniversary of the bat.
tie Of Gettysburg was passed by the
house after Representative Burke OF
Pennsy had asked to have the
subject discussed by bringing up the
senate concurrent resolution covering
the matter
The resolution provides that the fed
eral government will look after the
tentage. policing and sanitation of the
huge camp which will be necessary to
accommodate the thousands of veter
ans of both sides who are expected to
be present.
Representative Burke said that in
some instances the states have appro-
priuted $3.50 coo each to send their vet.
Grams to the reunion and celebration.
In reply to question by Represent
alive Mann Of Illinois, Mr.. Burke said
that both Confederates and Union vet
Grams would be entertained and should
be provided for by the states and fed
eral government
Representative Lamb Of Virginia. a
Confederate veteran, who was in the
battle and whose announcement Of
that fact elected loud cheers from the
members present, made an enthusias-
tic appeal for the passage of the reso-
luton
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TITANIC, WHICH
AN ICEBERG, TIE
White Star Liner Was On Her
Maiden Trip From South
ampton to New York.
[" HE new White Star liner Titan

" HE new White Star liner Titan
tic, which was rec emily in col
lision with an iceberg on her
maiden trip from Southamp,
ton to New York. is described by her
owners as follows:
The Titanic and her sister ship. the
Olympic, are the largest ships afoat
being 100 feet longer than their next
rival. These sea monsters are at the
same time floating mansions of lux
ury, each capable of holding a town
full Of people. They are SS2la feet
long. 90 feet in the beam and o. feet
In depth. with $4,000 tons register and
$4,000 tons displacement.
With officers and crew numbering
$780, the Titanic is capable of carrying
5000 to $500 passengers-cabin ana
steerage. She was built to be the last
word in size, speed. power and sea lux
ury, and it would take powerful
imagination to conceive the magnifi-
cence and detail for comfort and lux.
ury and pastime on the great ship. Its
interior more closely resembles huge
hotel. with heavy balustraded wide
stairways and elevators running up and
down for nine stories; its great sa
looms and restaurants: it's miniature
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NOW FOR HOT MUFFlNS.

WHOSE who have tasted English
4 hospitality will never forget the
hot mullins that are so often Il
part of the afternoon tea. Mullins are
of many kinds. but the British muf
fin is an institution peculiar to the
British housewife.
However, if the American cook
wishes to try them. here is a recipe
said to be successful:
Mullins For Anglomaniacs.
English Mufiins.-Take quart of
-four, half teaspoonful Of sugar.
teaspoonful Of salt, two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. generous spoonfuls.
one and quarter pints of milk.
'Sift together -four. sugar, salt and
powder; add the milk and mix into a
smooth batter trifle sitter than for
griddle cakes.
Have the griddle heated oil over.
grease it and lay on muffin rings.
Half fill them and when risen well
up to the top Of the rings turn over
gently with cake turner. They
should not be too brown. just buff
color. When they are all cooked. open
in half. toast delicately, butter them
well. serve in folded napkin. piled
high and very hot.
Health Flour Mullins.
Graham Mullins. one cup
Of graham -four. one cup Of -four. one
quarter cup of sugar. one teaspoonful
Of salt and one teaspoonful OF baking
powder. all of which must be sifted
TO these add gradually one cup Of
milk. one egg well beaten and table
spoonful of melted butter
These should lie baked in hot oven
in buttered gem pans for twenty five
minutes.
Rye mullins may be made from this
recipe by substituting rye meal for
the graham flour.
Rice MuiIins.-Take two cupfuls of
cold boiled rice, a pint Of -four, a tea
sugar. three eggs, a half pint of milk
and one and half teaspoonfuls of
sugar
Pour the milk on the rice. freeing it
from humps. and add the eggs, which
should have been we'll beaten. Sift
together the -four, sugar salt and bak
ing powder ana add to the rice and
milk
Mix into a smooth firm batter. Pour
into creased muffin pans. making each
oboYt two birds ff1ll and bokp for a
quarter of an hour.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-04-29
KIPLING ATTACKS HOME RULE.
Bitter Poem Against the Irish Bill by
tho English Writer.

Bitter Poem Against the Irish Bill by
tho English Writer.
Rudyard Kipling's slashing denuncia-
tory poem on the Irish home rule bill
is entitled ulster" 1t follows:
The dark eleventh hour
Draws on and sees us sold
To every evil power
We fought against Of old
Rebellion. rapine, hate.
Oppression, wrong and greed
Are loosed to rule our fate
BY England's act and deed
The faith in which we stand,
NY 'rv ~'o''o 90 guard.
Our honor, lives and land
Are given for reward
To murder done by night,
To treason taught by day,
To folly, sloth and spite,
And we are thrust away.
The next two stanzas Of ulster" de-
clare the home rulers to be England )
foes. The poem concludes:
We know war is prepared
On every peaceful home:
We know hell is declared
For such as serve no Rome;
The terror threats and dread
In market, hearth and field
We know when all is said
We perish if We yield.
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COLLIDED WITH
GREATEST SHIP !
A Marvel In Luxury-0f $4,000
Tons OispIace1nent-Pe-
CURED Crew of $50.

tain 4. j. Smith was commander of
the Olympic at that time, and he was
In charge of the Titanic
The Titanic, with about 1 300 passen-
gers aboard. $50 Of whom were in the
first cabin. was leaving her pier when
there was Il sound as Of mountain
battery being discharged. There was
rush Of passengers to the port rail
to see what the trouble was.
1t then developed that as she passed
out into the stream the $4,000 ton
steamship had sucked the water be-
tween herself and the quay to so great
an extent that the seven huge hawsers
with which the American liner New
York was moored to the pier had been
snapped like threads