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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
HARD WHEAT FOR FARMERS

Turkey red wheat, the kind which
is imported from Kansas TO make
the finest quality OF flour, is being
grown in territory tributary to
Reno through the efforts of the
Riverside mill company.
Early this fall Manager Van Ma
gel Of the Riverside mill S 1T to
Kansas for 10000 pounds of Tur-
key red wheat for seed and dispus-
ed of it to farmers in eastern Cali
f%ornis, southern Oregon and north
ern Nevada. This was grown as
winter wheat and reports are 10
the effect that it promises well for
the next season. Enough wheat
vas distributed to seed 5000 acres.
Traffic Manager. Mcnamara of the
n. e. o. rail way says practically
all the land or which this wheat
is to be grown is dry formed. This,
according to Mr.. Van Nagcl, makes
the ideal condition fof securing
hard wheat, suitable for the finest
hour.
1t is likely that new seed wheat
must be imported each year as the
variety is said to run out in two or
three seasons when grown in the
same locality, Should there he any
sub-iormation of the decomposed
limestone in the ground where ii
is planted, however, the wheat
might keep its qualities year after
year. This is the condition that is
said to obtain in Kansas.-Renc
Gazette.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
BULLION NEWS

MIR. Daugherty, the mining engi-
e who is interested in the Kerr
& Peterson lease at Bullion states
that there are 10000 tons of ore in
sight on the lease. There are now
lGi bead Of horses hauling the ore
to Elko and NOR will be put on.
A i0-ton d will be shipped to.
night.
Fordham and Dagg are leasing on
the Standing Elk and now have
nearly a carload of $50 ore ready to
ship. They have a good body of ore
to work on and expect to ship sew.
raj cars.
Work in the main tunnel is go
ing ahead as fast as the contractors
can push it. The face of the tun,
mel shows seams of iron and car.
Donates and the indications arr
good for cutting an ore body befor,
the present contract of a 100 fee
is completed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
INDIANS BURNED TO DEATH

Levi Smith, a haIf-breed Indian.
and his squaw lost their lives in a
shocking name a week ago, absut
FIVE miles southwest of Sehurz. 1t
1t seems that Levi and other In
dians had a contract to furnish
wood to the reservation and had
pitched their tents near the tim
Der. Other Indians who accom-
panied them returned to Schurz for
supplies. On their arrival at camp
the next morning they found the
charred bodies of Levi and the wo-
man. The lower extremities we're
burned to cinders, but their faces
while blackened, were easily rec
~ognizable. The tent, bedding and
all other contents were entirely
destroyed.
Levi Smith lived in Hawthorne
in his boyhuod and always bore an
unsavory reputation, and spent
much of his time in Jail. He was
what is known as a hop head'' and
it is believed that hs and his ron
sort were in a supplied condition
and either knocked over a coal oil
lamp or else their clothing was ie-
nitod bu a ,aonGx. h
burning in the tent. They hid a
quart can Of wood alcohol in the
tent. and it may be that being ig-
norant OF its deadly properties,
they drank sorne of the stuff, and
were dead wien the fire started.
no suspicion of foul play.
The woman was known as Matte
and bad previously lived in Virginia
City, Hawthorne Bulletin.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
S. ?. Old BIG BUSINESS

The Carson Appeal says that the
annual report of the Southern Pa
cifc company on file with the State
Railroad commission for the year
ending June 80. 1918, shows that
the gross earnings of that corpor-
ion amounted to sos. 335. 3l4. SO,
with a net operating revenue Of
S40,G63S2l.lS. Dividends amount
ing to 6 per cent on common stock
were paid or a total of $780,
34l.32, and a balance of $685..
$3.50 was taken to the credit If
profit and loss. after dedrcting
such dividends and all other fixed
expenses.
The gross earnings of the COM
pany on business picked Up and
laid down in the state of Nevada
Gntrastate), amounted to $7l9,-
2OS.44, while the total earnings of
The company on all business arfied
on its rails in Nevada, which is
apportionei en- a mileage basis
amounted to $40, ,0s3.SS. Tue
report also shows that the company
carried 35,9S3,456 passengers dur.
ing the year and 20.5l5,409 tons
of freight.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
Salrnagundi
FIcm Thursdays Daily.

Mr.. Barbara Lang, left for Oak
land LIST night TO spend the hill
DAYS.
The home of Rev. Charles Nc
Harness was made glad Monday
night bv the arrival of a baby boy.
Lee Hogan of Halleck has q stray
horse in his possession. The ON
ers uf horses should read his notice
elsewhere.
Milton Rcinhart arrived ,lis
morniog from Berkeley to sp.nd
the holidays. He looks as if he en-,
jgycd being a student at CHI
fornia', hiE school.
The preliminary eSanina ion of
T.. NJ Hopkins, charged with for
,rry has been set for December
9th. In default of $500 bail Hop
-. go,
MUS wiz ''
p'"'-
An agreement has been reacaed
in the senate to vote on the cur
rency bill on the legislative lay of
Friday. While the legislative day
may ran over mo Saturday, sem
ate leaders expect the bill Will DC
passed before midnight
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
Samagundi
From Tuesdays Daily

Humboldt county's delinquent
tax list foots up $4,OlS.62 Of which
amount 81, 7O9.7C is due from Wells
Fargo Express company. The re-
mainder is due from about 100 tax
payers.
Coroner Castle decided that fur.
thrr investigation of the skeleton
found by the boys Sunday would
be fruitless. He is quite strong
in the belief that the skeleton WAS
nee an Indian.
Judge Castle sent s tourists to
Jail this forenoon for sleeping in
the Western Pacific sand house.
FMS number sddeu to what Jailcr
McMullen already had gave him -
to feed and look after.
When a democratic and a repub-
LEAN Official form "a combination
for the purpos Of grabbing spoils
and putting relatives ia Office, the
taxpayers are placed between the
devil and the deep blue sea-. There
is such a combination in the board
Of county commissioners OF Eklo
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
SENATOR GAUIT

Senator Gault of Wasnue county
has decided views on economy in
state and county expenses and is
not afraid to expr IS them. He says
in his letter to the Sparks Tribune,
m extract from which is found
elsewhere, that he is a pretty good
cnmpaigner and may make the race
for governor next year. If he does
ard makes his campaign on the
same lines as his lectur he will
receive the votes of a great many
taxpayers regardless of party. 1t
is time that Nevada had a governor
with Senator Gault's backbone.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
A NASTY ROW

Early this morning Jack Shields
and p. w. Follin had a ruction in
the redlight district in which Fol-
lin drew a knife on Shields. Shields
routed Justice Castle ont Of bed at
| o'clock and swore to a complaint
against Follin, charging him with
drawing and exhibiting a deadly
weapon in rude, angry and
threatening manner and using il in
a quarrel. Follin was arrested. He
is said 10 be a married man. w
hope he will be cinched good and
plenty if found guilty of the
charge.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
de is about IS 5 ars old.

Toe eplblican national com
mit'ee decided yesterday by a vot,
u 50 to ii not to call a natl ma.
convention for the purposr Of
chan ing the representation .nt
adopting a harmony plan. Ter,
vas a semblancs of harmony aul
many OF the committeeman az
harp knives up their sleeves.
joseph Pulitzer once gave en-,
ottense to a certain judge, add the
latter declared that before the alr
set he would seek out Pulitzer md
shoot him down like a dog. Iri:
came to Pulitzer's ears. AMI hc IN.
meoiately issued an Extra" an.
~1ouncing the proposed assass ma,
.ion and stating that he wnulG re,
nei' in mis- Office until the ct,
ting Of the sun in order tbs nc
altcn might occuc in the program.
American Mag zine.
We have little hope for a young
man who is often seen at the { ne
end o. a cigarette. Chew horse. noe
until your mouth overnows, SIN kc
old st0gics If you think you can,
live without tobacco, but, for the
love Of heaven, shake" the PAPER
smoke. Do you know the poison
from these things. may, before
May years have rolled over your
head, make you not only color
blind hut blind as a bat as we'll 80
Fairfax Forum.
No&hcrc else in the Uni.gd
States can b. found a more blsi
n~czs-ik., energetic and successful
set ot farmers, than those Of Car
son Valley. They are prosperous
nee use they know how to get re-
-Hras from the soil. They own
banks, creamerics, -four mills.
telephone li.gs and power plants,
ans their ability as men OF affairs
uau DEE judged by the fact that every
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
1 gOOT1nne

We have heard . great deal Of
talk about the extension Of the
sewer system through blocks B
and D Of the FIRST addition to the
town otElko end the expense Of
the same. This extension Of the
sewer system was authorized BY
the town board at the meeting Of
February 9th. There Is nothing on
the records showing the probable
cost of the extension or,authorixing
anyone to do the work, the records
merely showing that the petition of
citizens asking for the extension
was granted. ,
At the meeting on March 9Th, the
board allowed Roy Jones. then
sewer inspector. the sum Of s43l.77
for extending the sewer and on April
7th, the Elkn Plumbing company.
of which the sewer Inspector is a
partner, was allowed $3.50 for labor
on sewer trench and May 7th the
6rm was allowed $50 for work on
sewer. If the three amounts were
paid for the extension of that sew
er it cost $647.77. AS the law pro-
hibits the commissioners from let
ting contracts over $500 without
advertising for bids, this work may
have cost the taxpayers more than
it would IL the town board had
obeyed the law.
Since May the Elko Plumbing
company has drawn from the town
treasury the sun Of S252.50 for
work on sewers and materials fur
nished. A careful examination Of
the bills of the company fails to
show where the work was done or
on whose order. There is nothing
on the record to show that the
town board ever ordered the sewer
Inspector to do any work.
That The sewer Inspector has q
good thing is readily seen. By
reason Of his position, nc grabs
all the work and furnishes all the
materia! for the sewer system
While the work done by this firm
may have been necessary and the
material { rnished at reasonable
prices, it does not have the right
sound for a town official to grab
everything in sight.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
FORGED A PASS

Detective Gordon yesterday ar.
rested a fellow who gave the name
Of E. M. Hopkins for riding on a
forged Geographic pass from Mon
tollo ia Sparks. This afternoon the
detective and Deputy Sheriff L.amon
went through bis valise to find out
who hr is and whether or not to
pros cute him. They found several
different ane on the papers Ia
the valise. One envelope was label
led poison There was all sorts
of junk in the valisl hut more OF
it clearly indicated The name Of liz
owner.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
WILL TAKE MOST q MONEY

The Pacific and AtlAAtic termi.
nails OF the Panama canal will cost
a large part Of the remaining s37,
0oo, 900 to be aopropr1& ed for that
waterway, estimates Che bulk
of wbicI, already bay1 been sub
mi'ted to the house eei6mittee on
appropriations. Th6aEs57 .ooO, 600
will make up the totk Of a76 900.
600 contemplated as the total cost
of the canal. The estimates provide
for drydocks. coal pocfst5 and con-
crete. sunk below Alabea level
and planned so as too ZEN bitumi-
nous coal from disint 6skTHg. The
house committee viii baee. hearings
on the remaining ranai
items. with a view t4tnpesnugatiag
them In the suudry dERDSSpria-
ton bill early In l9f&
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
Salmagundi
From Monday Daily

SIR. G. W. Hunt. representing
Utah Fuel company is looking
n -er his company's interests in
FINo.
Admiral Fletcher has wired from
npico that the rebels failed to
'1pturc that city. The Mexican
gunboats drove the rebels out Of
range Of their guns.
Another carload Of Bullion ore
VIII be shipped tonight. It won
be long before cars loaded With
HuIIion orc will leave ElkO for the
smeItcr every day.
Dr.. Mcdowell has returned from
Southern California. We regret
to learn that his health did not i'm.
prove while away. He is glad to
get la X to Nevada, where there's
no logs and chilly damp winds.
According to latest reports. Lo-
pei, the bandit, Is still in the Utsii
apex mine and an effort will be
'"ade to starvc him out. He is
g opposed to be n the Andy level
e the mine. No trace Of him has
'cn found on the lower ieScls Of
TIC mine.
The Reno Journal says that no
~ is held out for the recovery
Il Bishop Robinson. The physic ans
in Attendance besides admitting
the worst have said he may die
within a month and at all events
his death from his present illness
Is but n question cf time.
The Mayer Hotel Is rapidly near.
ing completion. Contractor Srhrav.
en- informed us this morning that
unless something unforeseen occurs
he would have the building complet-
ed AMI r d TO turn over by Dec.
~ b, ire date for the completi n
Of his contract.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
Salmagund
From WedncsI ay's Daily

A.,
va" H'"
d. 90 's"'' P'' ''
Quite a snowaiorm today. in'
dicatioLs point to a white Christ
mas this year.
Ben Armstrong. On" Of the plo.
nccrs OF starr Valley, is in town.
He reports everything quiet in IN
section.
promiro,, roncbcrs tell rs ina,
,,oro i = strong recall sentiment
or,,r, tho tsvnsyars of their
ncighborhoods.
r., 6o,-,os ycrc ,rar;od
l., ,ho d;.,ri,, co,r, Nondav ST
d.. &, Inf,o uaryoo.,.
IH.t 49, ,hroo r., J,dyc
49,. dic;.inn
,,.nao I%s, j. aho,t f. h. rcduec9
o., ooo ooo9 Adj b,w many
,,a.,Jr b,,,c rcoI.zrd
,La, ,Li, ,ho fir, r~cIpcti,n sin. @
,La C,,,u ,.,,o
IL Is cS'imdle' l''t inc ""'.'''
in the restaurants u notes oI '"'
caHo r'cs''e 9'''''' "''
,vho generally give ii tip is osji-
mated at 10000 ard the average
fin is 20 cents.
~r..,r,,,
- ..ua,,,d ,,N..
-, a., Son
"o" ~" h,,ror ~.
a.. g., nr,,...t oorna,.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
1918 CROP ESTIMATES

In speaking of the crops in his
annual report Secretary Houston
of the department Of agriculture
says thNt from the estimates at
hand it appears that the production
of crops in 1913 was materially be-
low the average. the yield per acre
of all crops combined being sm7ll-
er than in any year in the past de-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
SaImagundi
From Friday Daiy

No news from Lopez, the Utlh
bandit, today.
Dave Ogilvie has returned from
a trio to Bullion. He is very en-
thusigslic over what he saw.
The Carson Appeal says but Il lie
credcncc is given 90 the report o.
Robins and Dawley have beer a.
lectod for register and receive Of
the Elko lard Office. This is o.
hably nothing but a surmise on be
part Of the Appeal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
Sim, undi
From Sundays Dali.

Mrs Jam,cs W. n and mo her,
left ls;S nignt &c, San F~ra1ciseoj
where they @iii make theif home.
The commissioners os D1ualss
county are building a niie OF
crushed rock r. d AMI the Courier
predicts .het within a year the
main travelled roads Gf D0Uslas
county will be the best in Nevada.
CHR Gee, 81 years, one OF the
oldest Cnmancl IL Nevada died
this morning at The county hos.
pitai, where he has lived for the
pas. four years. Cnin came to
the Comstock when u hey and never
left il. He vas a gstheret Of
mushrooms for many years and aas
known as Mushroom Sam. Va.
Chronicle.
The Carson News has a Washing
ton dispatch saying that Senator
Newlands and Pittman have notified
John +. Robin, Of Ely und Ashley
G.. Dawley, of Elko that they have
beer selected respectively as Reg
lister and Receiver o. the Elku Land
Office. We 10 not know MIR. Rob
ms, hut no bette appointment Of
Receiver could have been made.
The Jewish Farmer Protective As
social on of Pittshurg, Pa, has
written to President Stubs Of the
University of Nevada asking him
for Information concerning land in
Nevada for settlement by Jewish
colonists. the association desires
to purchase from $4,000 20 80. COO
acres. Isidorc MargoIis is s,cr.-
tsry Of the association.
With a four-Iuucs ho lie Of
c]hloroform ]saturalilg a hardtcr-
chief under his nose and the bed
clothes pulled oven his head, o.. ".
Fearis, Of Waxahacie. Tex, dicI in
a North Virginia street lodging
house some time between midnr~rt
of yesterday morning and 5 O'Clock
in the afternoon when his body was
discovered. SAYS the Reno journal.
He a found by the landlaIy Of
the establishment and the fumes Of
the drug we're still strong in h
room when the body was found.
a deal for placer property has
just been cousunmated BY M. L.
Lewis, J. NJ. Tahcr and c a Harrirg
ton for a larger interest 10 the joe
Miller placer ground in Iron Cam
yOn. The placer deposit in thi $
property is orly Of recent discov-
cry. but the yield at only six feet
deep is more than sufficient to- in.
duce the investment Of capital. II
is useless to 80 in'o details rs this
is one Of many such deals, with
many more TO come, for they are
just beginning. Work will be at
once started.-Battle Mountain
Scout.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19

AuthoHtis N tae d z business
estimate the number Of suda foln-
tsins in Use in the United States at
not les than 1900 aud they are
iaid u represent an investment OF
$4,000, 900. The annual receip :
II these supplies Of oft drinks may
total 500, C0O,OOO
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19
STRAY HORSE

A buckskin horse about IL years
old branded bar Y on the lef,
shoulder and SO on left stife, ID
in my possession at Balleck, Nevada,
The owner can get him by pay
ing charges and pasture bill.
Lee Hogan,
Elko, Nevada, Dec, l8. 1913.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-19

WIS aOSA anu
bszei, left this morning for Chi.
go. where they will meet Joe
who is attending school in the east.
They expect to be gone three
weeks. Joe is likely to pine away to
a shadow while his wi G i, ab,ent
from his hons.
The uniform testimony regarding
the Dixie Quintette is that they are
not surpassed in their ~favorite role.
Their jubilee music and old-time re.
ligious service will delight the peo.
pie Of Elko, as is the testimony of
the people of other places where
this aggregation has appeared.
An Iowa surgeon removed from
a fnur-year-olh boy fourteen carpet
tacS3, three c rtridgcs, three riv-
Its, one nail, a ball of paper, p
piece OF chalk. sixteen inches OF
wine and a small iron bar from
~hiSh n would judge that it is
about time that this youngster had
pockets in his pants.
The new Mayer Hotel will b
ready for business as soon as the
%furniture arrives and is installed.
Ihi; will he about the 9Th of Jan.
usry, but the real OPENING of the
hotel will not be until the 18th.
Everything about the building is
moving along rapidly and Con-
tractor Scbraven wears a very
broad smile that don't come off.
TIE United States Land Office is
a busy place these days. Register
Conn now keeping nine clerk
stcadily at work. The emplovm at
Of extra CLERKS is due to tn rush
in ssgregatIrg papers and records
that have been piling W IN The
office for years, a great par of
which will be transferred to Elko
on the opening of the new land
Cdica at that roiut.-Csrsnn APP
peal.
The American abroad does not
!oae his head easily. An Italian
showed z Yankee tourist Vesu vius
10 eruption. ana fought that must
surely stir his awe. But the Amcri
.an after G5zing for a moment al
The buruing mountain saii:"We've
got a waterfall in America tina.
would plt that fire out in five min
utes."
The new currency bill is sche
dulud 20 pass the sent before mid.
night. when that is out of the way
President Wilson's trust campaign
Gill begin. From present inhica
t;ons, there will be more coustruc
tive legislation enacted during hi:
administration than there has beer
since the civil war. More power
to him and the democratic con.
grCss.
A. H. Disabcll a former Washot
county rancher who died . few
weeks ago, left bis entire estate
n trust TO his partner, c. F. Van.
ming, with whom he had been as.
sociatpd since 1854. DIsabell had
nume-CIs relatives brit they are to
re i've nothing till the dea:h of
Vanning who is nav "a years old.
On mis- death Disabell's interest
will be sold and the proceeds divid.
ed among his heirs.
CJst Of Balkan war: Bulgaria
paid for the first struggle with
$4,000 lives and $500, OOO, 900; Ser
Was price was 10000 lives and
S16O, OOO, 900: Greece lost 10000
lives and 10000, 900, and Monte.
negro, 5000 lives and $4,000, 900.
Then came the second shorter war,
costing Bulgaria 10000 men and
$3.50, 600 900, while Scrvia end
Greece, taken together contributed
10000 lives and $50, 600 900. Tur-
kov, because of failure to compile
statistics, must be left out of the
reckoning. although it il claimed
her losses would almost oIlal the
combined cost to the other Balkan
states.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-16
Martins Ferry Briefs.

Deputy Sheriff James Wcathcrson
was iu $: Clairsvillc yesterday on
business
Mrs Rcv J. y Hiu Is NJ Washing
ton. Pa attending tho convention Of
d." PRESBYTERIAN churches.
~ g. Pratt was in ST Ciairsville
yesterday on lpsiucss
Miss FaVcctt. ~ ~ Clairsviilo. -
tn his city visiting relatives
Tho Junior Mechanics hold wen
attended meeting last night
Tho Ivth'au Sisters viii hold thcir
regular meeting This evening in the
g. Of y hall
Tho local barber shops and dentist
offices were closed Yesterday after
noon 7s 20 being their regular hair
holiday
Hrt Iohn Mueller WAS IN This city
yos'crfat Tor tho purpose ~ deliver
irr an address ~ rho Luther league
convention
IS o. Francis arrived homo We'd.
r'-iHy "'euiuE from Washington.
n O.
tn" crowds attending tho carnival
1rc d." most ORDERLY that attended a.
carnival and tho srccal police have
htflr to do
John NrlI"rry has accepted posi-
i.0u no o." SANITARY Dairy Co., driver
George Harris .s Improving ~ tho
'rr hospital following tho accident
DO" shoot mill "wednesday ZOO when
both of Dis legs we're broken.