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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
WORKING 0LO MILLsITES

The Comstock Recovery Com
pany which recently acquired the
Brunswick property on the Carson
Rver, below Empire, is getting its
preliminary work well under way +,
in fact it is now working several
men and securing big values daily,
according to the App cal. Four men
are now engaged In sluicing being
able to run out about ton day
from which average values of $500
per ton are assured and this work
will continue until cold or severe
weather puts an end to it for the
season. This work is mainly in the
nature of cleanup around the
old mill site and also making pre-.
parations for the outlined big work
that is to follow.
A little later the cleanup OF
the mill spillV ay will be made and
from prospecting and sampling il
is almost certain that values oi
fully $1,000 per ton will be saved
from this point.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
JUST PLAIN NERVE

An individual with a flowing
beard and wearing sanity ex-
preston walked into the Douglas
bank few days ago and asked for
the loan of $500. He had no Sc
curity to offer, but agreed to make
the cashier richer than Rockefeller
If he would pass out the coin. The
Moses person did not have his de-
mand gratificd, but undaunted, re-
turned and asked for S125, which
amount would serve the same pur-
pose. He was refused and the next
day he showed up and asked for
$3.50. 1t is believed that the
stranger is slightly ofF.--Gardner-
Vile Courier.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
EVOLUTION OF
FRICTION MATCH

The first American patent for
friction matches was granted to
Alonzo d. Phillips of Springfield,
Mass, seventy seven years ago.
The first crude friction match had
been made some years before by
an English inventor named Walker,
residing at Stockton-on-Tees.
"Lucifers," they were originally
called, at first sUld for a very high
price, and flint and steel and tim
der.box continued in use for many
years after the introduction Of fric-
tion matches.
The Walker and Phillips matches
consisted of splints of wood coated
with sulphur and tipped with a
mixture of sulphide of antimony.
shlorate of potash and gum.
The production of matches was
much Cheapened in 1912 by Reuben
Partridgc's invention of machinery
for the manufacture nf splints.
Three years later Schrotter Of
Vienna. produced mis- amorphous
phosphorous. by the use of which
matches were rendered less danger
Gus and the manufacture Of them
less hazardous to tho health of the
workmen.
Safety" matches were Invented
by Lunstrom. a Swcdc, in 1855.
More recent inventions have placed
matches within the reach of the
poorest and have also largely elm.
mated the dangers to the work
men. who. by exposure to phos-
phorous yapOrs frequently acquired
the terrible disease commonly
known as 'ph1ssy Jaw"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
KILLING THE SALMON

A Washington dispatch Of the
30th says that railroad blasting op.
erations along the Fraser river in
Alaska have killed more than l.
100000 salmon and prevented the
spawning of more than a hundred
times as many more. The depart
men; Of commerce today announced
there would be a great shortage Of
sockeye salmon within five years.
The department pronounces the
slaughter Of the fish to be catas-
trophc. The effects Of this cstas-
trophc, ii Ccclarcd. will be seen
from three to five years from now,
when the 1913 progeny comes hack
to the river To spawn. How SER
ioss the outcome will be can only
be surmiscd.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
As TO TALKING

The wires tell us that in public
square in Bro klyn women will
talk continuously for twenty-folr
hours one day this week. Will that
be any great feat? We have known
several ladies in our time either
one of whom could accomplish that
task without a relay. We have
known several men who could talk
twelve hours continuously. The
late Senator Morgan OF Alabama
performed that feat more than
once and never halted for 2 word.
The late Senator Carter Of Mon
tana did about as we'll, so did
Charles Sumner in the Nevada leg
islature.
And ladies are certainly twice
as good takers as men.
The patient mans wife began
talking at the dinner table, talked
all evening, then on the stairs, then
in bed until the weary man fell
asleep. Half waking at 8 a. m the
wife was gently snoring. The half
awake man said gently: MARY
have you begun again, or is il till
yet?"-Salt Lake Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
TIRE PANAMA CANAL

About $500 employees will he
required.
Freight will be charged S1.20
ton; Passengers are free.
American coastwise ships may
pass through free Of charge.
Thefcost of, operating the canal
will exceed 81 900, 900 annually.
Time required to go through the
canal, from ten to tweve hours.
The interstate commerce con mis-.
sion has jurisdiction over canal
traffic.
Warships of all nations may pass
through the caual, but cannot ling
er more than twenty-four hours ut
either end in time Of war.
To pay interest on the Investment
and operating expenses app,oxi-
mately S15, ,00O.O 900 revenue per an
nnm will be peedpd--Leslie's Week
ly
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
DOCTORS YARNS

IAN anodyne," said well
known physician, explaining things
to lady patient, "is a cheater in
way. l mean to say that medi-
cine that soothes pain has this
draw wback-it relieves the attack
but the next attack comes so much
sooner.
Understand what | mean? It'll
cure your hea1ache, but you're
bound to have another headache il.
a day or two"
Il know just what you mean
doctor" interrupted the lady pat
lent. Pve noticed it about my hus.
band. A doctor prescribed whiskey
for a cough of his.
my husband says it cured hi:
cough quicker thsn anything else
ever did, but notice that he gets
a new cough almost every week
now!"
This same doctor tells us Of q
friend and professional brother.
He was saved from a horrible
fate by the direct action of Provi.
dence. He had willeG his body tc
medical college but he went tc
the South Sea Islands and was cap
turcd and eaten by cannibalsp"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
GOVERNMENT ISSUES
BULLETIN FOR MINERS

The United States Bureau o
Mines has issued bulletin devoted
exclusively to a review and alb
stracts of decisions based on the
laws governing the rights and dut-
les of mine owners, operators, min.
ers and persons tratficking in all
kinds Of mining properties. 1t in
cludes abstracts OF current decis-
ions of all the Federal and State
courts of last resort TN questions
relating TO the mining industry.
The Bureau proposes to issue sir1i.
lar bulletins with sufficient fire.
quency to keep the reports of the
courts mentioned reasonably cur
rent.
There is no present medium
known to the Bureau by which the
information is conveyed immed.
lately to miners, mine owners or
other persons interested in mining
and mining ind istries. The inter-
est manifested in this bulletin by
the persons for whom it is intended
will be taken as a basis for deter
mining whether the subsequent
publication of similar bulletins is
war ,anted
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
4 QUEER CASE

d. 2. Huston of Fallon pleaded
guilty to an ofrcnsc he did not
commit in order to cntrap Charles
NJ. Wainscot in a federal charge
according to the story told by
Wainscot. Huston was sen;enccd
hy Judge Harrington 20 serve day
in jail or pay a fine of 80. He
paid his fine. WainsCOt was re-
Ic0scd Tuesday, being acquitted by
the jury after II had dCIiberated
but FIVE minutes and had cast two
ballots. Wainscot was charged
with accepting money to get Hus-
ton n position rs ruia mail carrier.
A. J. johnson. c. B. Ferguson,
.C. ". Foote and {. l.. Noble tcs-
tilted, principally TO identify
Wainscot. Huston told how Vain
scot accepted $3.50 TO get him jDb
as rural carrier. Wainscot tcsti-
fed that he made Huston assist.
ant carrier before he received the
money and asserted that the money
was a loan which he repaid. II IS
ton took the information to ;hc
grand jury which resulted in the
indictments. according to Wainscot,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
ATTORNEY GENERAL
MAKES STATEMENT
REGARDING EXPOSITION

The question of the representa-
ton of Nevada at the Panama
Pacific is rapidly reaching a climax
and it S expected that within the
next few days meeting of the
commission will be held to discuss
the question and formulate the
plans which are to be carried out.
Attorney General Thatcher was
discussing the matter yesterday
and said: Eve went to the coast
TO discuss the fair matters with
the men in charge of the exposi-
tion with the idea in mind of learn.
ing what other states were doing
and what was expected of US.
made a numbe. OF inquiries and
found that states of our standing
" are figuring on erecting build
ings to cost from $40, 900 to SIS.
600 and it seems to me this is the
amount which Nevada should fig
ure on. What it will cost for the
collecting and maintaining of the
exhibits is another question and
one which it would be hard for us
to determine bat it is my individ-
ual opinion that a sum Of $40, 900
should be more than sufficient to
carry on the exhibit and cover all
the expenses at the exposition. 1t
is our plan TO ecOnomize wherever
possible and there will b. no fat
jobs with big salaries for anyone.
The spending of a large amount
of money for the erection of a
magnificent palace in San Francisco
to stand for only a few months.
would be folly and this we will not
do. The building will be a meet
ing place for the people of Nevada
and it is not necessary to build a
manson for this purpose. We are
granted plenty of space in the ex.
position building for our exhibits
and it is my intention, as one of
the commission, to insist that the
money be expended for the benefit
of the state in securing exhibits
which will work for its greater
upbuilding.
"A meeting of the Board will
take place within short time when
we hope to arrive at a definite con-
c.usiun and will then give to the
people of the state an outline uf
what large amount of antagonism
has arisen in regard to the fair
and this owing to the fact that
such q large amount of money was
appropriated when the state need
ed money for other matters proba-
bly, of more benefit to it. The ex-
penditure Of $4,000 is not neces-
sary and would be a gross extrava-
gance and fully believe that half
Of it would be more than neces-
sary."-Carson News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
WELLS HIGH SCHOOL BONDS

The Wells Herald seems to think
that the opposition to the Wells
high school bonds is based on the
assumption that the eastern end of
the county pays no taxes. From
what little expression we have
heard on the matter the opposition
is based entirely on the right to
bond the county without a vote Of
the people. Had the question of
bonding the county for the school
been submitted to tho people, judg-
ing from what we have heard, the
bonds would probably have been
voted, but they are pretty sure to
be defeated on a referendum vote.
The taxpayers do not like the idea
of bonding the county without
having an opportunity to express
thei1 sentiments by their votes.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
GREATEST HEN IN THE WORLD

Upon hon C-5i3 the Oregon Agri.
cultural college at Corvallis, Ore
gon' has conferred the title OF the
greatest hen in the world" She
mas Just laid her two hundred and
eighty third egg within n year
making what is said to be a worlds
record.
C'53i was hatchcd April 20,
'olE and began laying at the age
vi hVe and one.half months.
The former record was made AT
We Oregon College farm in 1912
whom hon laid 2s2 eggs in year
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
ADMISSION DAY

As this is the 49th anniversary
OF the admission of Nevada as a
state. the following from the Tono.
pah Bonanza is of peculiar irtcres:
Nevada was admitted to the Un-
ION by proclamation of President
Lincoln on the thirty-frst day nf
October 1864. Not enough atteu.
ton has been paid to this histuri-
cal event by the people of the
state, and it is time that the nnni.
versary should be ommemorated
IN fitting manner. No more i'm.
pressive lesson can be drawn than
from the events leading to the re.
coRnition of Nevada. whose nomen.
clature of the "Battleborn State"
IS one of the highest compliments
that couli be psid to a patriotic
body of men on the outskirts Of
the nation. Up to this time Ne
Vada had been a shuttlccock be-
tween two contcndiDg factions and
for years it had been a mooted
point whether the territory would
recognize the government at Ricn-
mond or the government at Wash
ington. The most acrimonious
fucds occurred over the contentious
and arguments of followers OF the
Union and Confederate causes.
Nevada has had stormy and
troubIous career, filled with slirr-
ing events OF worldwide interest.
ranging from the discovery of the
Comstock to the discovery Of Touo-
pah and Goldfcld. No other state
in the Union has appruximatcd the
silver production Of Nevada. as il
is estimated that the Comstock
alone contributed 100000 to
the wealth Of the world.
One Of the most serious disturb
anccs in the early history was the
dispute over the boundary line on
the west, where Mono county is
situated. This led to some serious
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
Many Deadly Woaponu.

some persons attribute all crime
10 the pistol, forgetting that history
tells Us that more crimes we're com
mittcd in the world before there were
pistols. What is TO prevent person
murdorously inclined from obtaining
and using carving knife, IN ice pick,
an at. or hatchet. a razor or baseball
batf These ali make deadly wesp
opA
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07
Cynical.

"Tho measure Of n man." in the
modern girls opinion, is merely q
matter Of the breadth OF his shoulders,
the length OF his nose. and the en-
bonpolnt OF his pockotbook-Tho Tat
lar
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-11-07

Earo One, TOO.
To be able TO say nothing when II IN
best 10 keep still In a gift.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-20
NO CALL FOR ECONOMY.

The prevalent tone in | iab official
dom with respect 30 public revenue
! aud expenditure is precisely the re'
verse Of that generally expire sscd iD
| the different States throughout the
| L MON. Almost everywhere there is n
| demand or economy. for reduced taxa.
ton, and for the relief OF the people.
In Utah the tone ls quite the reverse,
| 1t is a wall over defeated efforts Ia
get more money out Of the taSpayers,
and demand for greater revenue.
With scarcely "A thought or suggestion
OF economy or curtailment of cxpcndj-
tUrc. To be sure. the Governor says
! in his message. along towards the
close, after setting forth that The rrvc-
nue. unfortunately cannot Dc Increased
10 meet tho estimate of expenditures:
departmental. institutional and other
| committees be at work early in thoir In.
vestisations OF tho needs OF all State de-
partn!ents and state institutions Esuc-
cially do ] urge the carly orsanizs ton
OF your appropriation committees TO the
end that most thorough inquiry into
years he made, and that wncr the pvun-
Ing process comes. as IL surely must.
curlaIlmcnt OF appropriations will he
made where Il can best be accomplished
without seriously hondicapping the cffI-
cicnt discharge OF the duty imposed by
statute.
Even here, where reference is made.
apparently with regret. to thc ncccs.
sitv of pruning process later on. there
is connected with it suggestion that
the utmost revenue possibilities be
awaited Of and that the pruning process
DC applied where it would do the least
harm. which latter proposition, Of
course. Is sound and proper But
there is the note of regret that there
should be any necessity to prune at
all. The whole tone of the message
is "spend, spend, and rake in every
possible dollar,
There ia recommendation for cx-
haustivc exhibits at various cxposi-
tiops. with q tolerant word Tor cxtrava-
gance in these, and there is constant
note throughout the message of disap-
pointmcnt that more money cannot be
made available for State purposes.
There is no systematic or well grounded
proposition for retrenchment or ccono.
mizlng. 1t is all for expenditure, with
curious note Of regret that there is
not some way available to make the
people pay more money for the graft"
fcation of those who wish to spend it.
The unique position of Utah in this
matter is worthy OF note, both be-
cause of the tendency to large ex-
pendlture in itself, and because of this
being the only State administration
that we have noticed that takes this
tone towards the ta1paying public.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-20

1t is to DC hoped that President.elect
Wilson may not often give way TO the
temptation to say "smartv and silly
things as he did in his Chicago address,
when he said, 81 am not indictine the
banking methods Of America; our
banking system does not need to be
indicted: it has been convicted. lg-
noring the point that indictment comes
before conviction it is fair 10 say that
this iab at the banking system of this
country as criminal is not only utter
trash, it is foolish assault, for no
business is conducted on a higher plane
as rule than the business of banking;
and no business men deserve less TO be
hkened TO criminals than do bankers,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-20
FOR oNE-MAN GOVERNMENT

We have gone over the ground re.
Gently OF the advisability Of the one.
man form of city government. This
one.man form has been in excellent use
in Staunton, Va, the birthplace OF
President Wilson. Stauntou was for
a long time hopeiessly held back by
reason of the impossibility Of getting
nd of the old and wasteful municipal
forms Of government: but ingenuity
viii prevail, and under the old form.
while there was city council and all
that sort OF thing, all agreed that
one man should do the public business
for the city. They got a good man.
aud he, without any increasing taxa
ton. brought the city out in tho way
Of Improvements, streets, grades, and
public benefits in wonderful degree.
Other towns have done the same. aud
now ne have new illustration OF
the efficiency OF one-man govern.
ment for the city We find in The In
dependent the following account, illus.
trating the benefit of the one-man rule
in municipal affairs:
Fort Kent is a little town in Maine
which three years ago found Itself s21. 600
in debt. AS the town raised only about
$4,000 d year In taxes It was felt that
something was wrong, as this deficit had
been created within a few years. One
Jean O. Mlchaud WAS asked to take the
chairnanship OF the board of selectmen
and try 10 get the town out OF debt He.
however, refused to take II unless they
would elect him as well to the position
OF road commissioners. oyerseer OF the
poor, school commissioner and whatever
other administrative offices the town
charter called for, HIS proposition was
accepted. and he was elected TO these
various offices. the only other two OFF,
GERS OF Importance in the town being
two selectmen VINO worked with him.
At the end OF two years; time the town
was entirely out OF debt and this year
IL expects TO have some surplus money to
put into permanent Improvements this
all being done without raising any more
taxes than formerly. The success was
due TO better mana cement and closer
supervision OF expenditures.
All Of which shows that when citv
can get good business man to devote
his time and attention to the manage.
ment Of its municipal affairs, the best
possible results follow the change.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-20

The st. Louis Glo0e- Democrat has
this appreciative summary OF :" Uncle
Joe 81 long career in Congress: "Mr.
Cannon, who retircs from the House on
March 1. having been defeated for re.
election. is 20 DC given Il dinner by the
Democrats and Republicans of that
chamber on February IL "a mark Of
appreciation by the couutry for bis lon Q
and distinguished public service. Uncle
Joe entered the House in 1879 and has
been there ever since. except for one
term, that Of 1913, for which be failed
Of election. Like 1912. 1890 was n
Democratic tidal wave year. and many
districts with large normal Republican
ma iorities were lost. Thus he has served
tbrty-eigbt years, or longer than any
0thcy man ever sat 10 that chamber
Elected 70 the Speakersbip for four sue
eessive terms. or eight years, ne exceed.
ed the record Of Stevenson. Colfsx.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-20
PATRoLL1NG FOR IcEBERes.

Inc action OF the Navy Depa rtnent
IN having our cruisers act az scor4s
Tor leebergs on the steamship routes
mas been universally approved, as tend.
ing to prevent disaster and save lives
ihere seems To be wonderful incress o
IN the lcebercs beginning with last
year and those icebergs are found in
great number much further south than
ever before. indicating winters OF unu.
sual severity in the Arctic zone
The prevalence OF icebe-gs and The
danger OF encountering them have
caused the moving OF the North At
lantic steamship "lanes'' one dsor,n
further south. This slightly increases
the length of tbe voyage. bat imneas-
urably increases the safety OF the ships
and the passengers. There has been a
marked subsidencc among sea.eoinp
passengers Of the rage for speed since
the destruction Of the Titanic. Safety
is now the great desideratum rather
than speed. And in accordance with
Inc newly awakened desire for safety
above everything else, there ma. been
an increase IN safety appliances in the
steamships, and in the building OF the
ships so that water.tight compartments
should De at all times fully available
as they were not on the Titanic at the
time she struck the ice.
The move to have the steamships 90
sixty miles south of the old "lanes"
is undoubtedly another move in the
line Of safety, and will be welcomed
accordingly. The scout cruisers of the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-20

It's different in prohibition Kansas.
Thus the Topeka State Journal cousid-
erIng the parcel post, says, ''No mat
ter how popular it has become with
the people, the parcel post is evidently
not without its disadvantages. Here
comes carrier on a rural route who
declares it deprives him OF revenue ne
received Tor hauling express packages
on the side nnd also from one drink and
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-20

The amended California Constitu.
ton requires a recess OF a month be.
rween sections OF the legislative ses.
sioD. The idea was to have proposed
legislation introduced and then give the
month TO consider it,: enacting in the
second section OF the session such bills
as we're beet approved. But the Pro.
gTessive legislature is paying no atten-
tion 10 the deliberation contemplated
and is jamming through "a much Iegis-
lation as possible. in the first section
OF the session. Whereat there is much
natural complaint. which, as usual. Is
unheeded.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-20

The proposition 10 operate the gem
eral transcontinentai trains through the
mountains by power furnished by the
electric combine here, one of the big
gest in the world. is bringing nearer to
practice ono Of the great dreams Of hu.
manity, Smokeless an immense coal
saver, efficient; what more could be
a skpdf
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-20

After quarrel about the proper COM
position of salad dressing New York
waiter wac thrashed by diner. "Does
one gather from this that the waiter
vas wrong and the diner rights' asks
ihe Cleveland Plain Dealer What one
gathers from it is that it was the waiter
that got the dressing.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-20

Navy will cooperate with the steam
ship lines in this effort for safety. and
by this cooperation and tic change
Of route it is hoped, with q great deal
Of reasonable probability. that the
danger of the ocean passage will be
enormously minimized.