Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29

trict Court Saturday by the State
of Nevada against H. NJ. Leonard,
County Assessor and his bondsmen,
w. j. Merchant. P. Laveaga, F. C.
Robbins and D. j. Hadley. The
suit is for the recovery Of the sum
of $l642, the amount of the alleged
shortage in the accounts of the
County Assessor Humboldt Star.
Malheur county wool is selling at
Is cents. The stockmen Of that
section who e declaring last fall
that the enactment of the new
tariff law meant q loss Of over a
million dollars to the wool growers
of Malheur county alone as soon
as it went into effect, evidently got
a bum steer" from reading stand
pat Republican papers.-Baker City
(Ore.) Democrat.
Pat Calhoun, the boss CRATER of
the RUFF regime in San Francisco,
is charged with swiping over a mil
lion dollars Of the money belonging
to the United Railroad company Of
lSHu Francisco while its president.
He left his personal note for the
amount, which the present presi-
dent of the company values at 81.
Calhoun is said to be a very
wealthy man, but his paper seems
o be worthless.
Neil Kennedy, a pioneer resident
of Golconda, was found dead at the
Bunch ranch near that Place last
Thursday. The old man had been
staying at the ranch alone and is
supposed to have died three or four
days before his body was found.
The Star says his death was from
natural causes, as he had been in
poor health for some time. He
was q native of Scotland. Nothing
is known as to his relatives.
Assessor Weathers has e lived
the assessment rolls from the tax
commission. They are built on the
loose leaf system and carbon copies
of the pages will be made for use
of the tax commission in eq~ualizinR
values. The rolls seem to be de.
f~ective in that no columns are ar.
ranged for state and county taxes
There are columns for pcll, sheer
and total tax but none for the
county and state. If this form j.
used, The county treasurer will BIZ
the goat.
The railroads Of the country
claim that the government inter.
teres with their business to such ar
extent that they are unable Ia
carry mn their business. To the
man outside the railroad CORRAL. it
looks as il the government was
very lax in its treatment Of rail
road thieves. The evidence of Mel
len to the methods of Morgan and
others in looting the New Haven
railroad leaves no doubt OF this. A
few Of these rich thieves in stripes
would be an object lesson to others
Of their kind
Some of the attaches Of the
different commissions of the state,
are certainly not worried much
over their Office hours, as they can
be cen on the streets almost any
day, when they should be attending
to their duties in their respective
offices, if they have any duties to
perform. The heads Of these de-
partments are verv lax in permit
ting their secretaries and clerks,
to spend their time in idleness, at
the expense of the state.-Carson
Weekly.
Hon. Charles Miller, former
district attorney of Lyon county,
who recently received the appoint
ment Of director of income tax
collections for the district Of Ne
vada and California was ah arrival
from his Office ut San Francisco this
morning. Mr.. Miller will visit his
home at Mason before making u
tour OF this state in his official
capacity Of digging up the dclin-
quents who failed to obey the fed.
eral statute Carson Appeal.
There 10 no law in the Uni.ed
States against melting gold coin