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

those who have n campaign before
Them are becoming restless at re-
manning longer in Washington
and with the desire for an early ad.
journment are refusing to consider
anything but pending matters and
then only those of national import
ance. With such a sentiment pre-.
vailing in Congress the difficulty OF
passing any local measures must
occur to you.
Senator Newlands has been con-
stantly engaged for months in COLI
ducting hearings before the Inter-
state Commerce Committee and in
formulating trust legislation and
| am a member Of nine committees
one Of which and sometimes moro
meets @ >sh mnsning.
The Senate has been converting at
IL o'clock and now convenes at IL
O'Clock in the morning and remains
In session until 6 o'clock. Our con-
stant attendance upon the sessions
Of Congress is necessary to main
tain n quorum. We have thus bcen
continuously engaged for over n
year without any vacation what
ever and the strain is telling upon
many members of the Senate and
House Of Representatives.
While | believe It my duty to
gire you and the people of Elku
this statement of facts | assure you
TINT | will continue to do every.
thing In my power to accomplish
local legislation.
Very sincerely yours,
Key Pittnan.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
ELECTRICITY

The enterprising newspaper of
the future will not be handicapped
for want of photographs sen. by
slow moving mails in illustrating
its news. A war correspondent in
telegraphing an account Of some
important engagements will be able
at the same time to telegraph q
photograph of the battle, SO that
readers in New York, for instance
can have a pen picture of an en-
RageTent in Mexico and see por-
trait OF the actual engagement a
few hours after il has taken place.
The current number of the Elec-
trical World describes how photo
graphs are reproduced electrically
over telegraph wires. The portrait
is to be sent mounted on a rerolv-
ing cylinder like a phonograph
cylinder and conducting stylus
traces a spiral over it in such a
manner that the current transmit
ted from the stylus to the tele-
graph line varies from moment to
moment with the Photographic
laver thickness. At the receiving
end an electrical instrument is used
to control an intense beam of LIGHT
incident on the photographi"ally
sensitive surface of similar cylin.
der revolving in exactly the same
time. The electrical instrument
carries a minute Opaque shutter SC
that the intensity of photographing
light beam varies from moment to
moment with the strength Of the
current received over the telegraph
line. The process is applied raDidly
and with strikingly satisfactory
results.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
MODERN ENGINE
NEARLY READY

The model locomotive that is he.
ing constructed bv the mechanical
department of the University OF
Nevada is rapidly nearing compile
tion. The engine was designed by
A. w. Preston, the head of the de
partment and work was started or
it in January, 1911. The purpose oi
building this locomotive was tc
arouse interest in the mechanical
department and also TO have q fit.
ting exhibit from the university
shops in the Nevada building at
the Panama Pacific exposition.
From the time the model was
first started, each class in mechani.
cal engineering has worked on it,
so that now it is practically finish.
ed. 1t is a one-eighth model of the
passenger type engine operating on
the Southern Pacific over the Sierra
Nevada mountains. In most models
of this kind, the finer details are
omitted but in this one even the
smallest detail is present.
= Several days ago the engine was
tested out and found to be in per-
feet running order. 1t will receive
the finishing touches during the
early part of the next semester,
and will be sent to San Francisco
in time for the opening Of the 1915
fair. .-Sagebrush.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
ELY PAPER SEES THE
ERROR OF ITS WAY.

The Record was one Of the very
few newspapers in the State which
from start to finish fought persist
emily for a liberal appropriation
for exhibits at the San Francisco
and San Diego expositions, but it is
beginning to see the error Of its
way, and is willing to admit that
from present appearances the other
newspapers in their statements that
the money would be squandered on
salaries and travelling expenses had
conditions sized up correctly. The
commission has already employed a
manager and secretary at big
salaries for which there is absolute
ly no use at the present time. This
shows that the commission has al
ready commenced to waste the peo-
ple's monty and will probably con-
tinue to do SO until the entire fund
of Sl40,000 has been exhausted.
The Record has been of the opin-
ION for sometime past that the gen.
tie art of grating had been de-
veloped to high degree by manv Y
politicians at the State capital, hut
it was in hopes that this fund would
be used to the greatest possible
advantage in securing new settlers
for the many fertile valleys Of the
Stately Mining Record.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
WILL SHIP REMAINS

The remains Of N. NJ. Salisbury,
the young man killed Friday after
noon in the Western Pacific yards,
were buried Saturday afternoon.
Saturday evening a dispatch was
received from the Master Of a Ma
sonic Lodge at East St. Louis to
ship The remains to Pinckncyvillc,
Illinois. Undertaken keyser ex-
hu,ned the remains and is prepar-
ing them for shipment.
This morning V. A. Kennedy ar
rived from Utah at the request of
the parents Of the deceased to
identify the remains and take
charge of his belongings. Mr.. Ken
ncdy informed us that he and the
deceased had known each other and
had been chums for 6 or 6 years.
Both had worked for the American
Fuel company in Utah and that the
DECEASED became dissatisfied and
said he was going to California.
He was an electrical engineer. At
the time he quit work he had $25
or $50 in his pocket and when kill
cd was on his way to California
where he expected to get work
Kennedy did not think that the
young mGn was beating his W. y as
he never had done that before.
He gives his age rs 2l years.
MIR. Kennedy identified the re-
mains as those of his former chum.
The father and mother of the de-
ceased arc prominent at East st,
Louis. the father being a mcchani-
cal engineer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
BOY STARTS BONFIRE

The alarm of fire about 4:45 yes
teday afternoon called the fire boys
to Mr.. Feddema's residence in the
rear of the Boiling hospital. BY the
time the hose carts reached tho
scene. the house was a mass of
flames and nothing could save it
from destruction. The efforts of
the firefighters was directed to saw
ing the hospital and Mr.. McGinty's
residence, in this thev were sue
cessful, although the wind was
blowing almost q gale.
The fire was the result of Mr..
Feddema's four-year-old boy get
ting hold of some matches and
starting a fire in the house, Mr..
Feddems was using the house as
workshop and had just completed
some work for Mrs. Dawley. He had
left the door unlocked and had
come down town on an errand.
When he reached the Palm saloon,
word was received over the tele-
phone that the Boiling hospital was
on fire. In leaving the shop, he
thoughtlessly left the door unlock.
ed and the boy went in to play. He
found match in his fathers tool
chest and some pretty shaviigs on
the floor. Nothing else was needed
10 start bonfire and he proceeded
to do it.
The house was partly furnished
and the loss on building and furni-
ture is placed at $l7O0 by Mr.. Fed
dema. There was no insurance on
the building and contents. The
loss is serious one and bears heav-
lily on Mr.. Feddema and family.
He has the sympathy of everyone
in his misfortune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
A FINE NEW SCHEME

Mrs. James Watson, editor and
publisher OF the Dearborn, Mo-,
Democrat. has the following sug.
gestion to make to booze fighters:
TO the married man who cannot
get along without his drinks we
suggest the following as a means
to freedom from the bondage to
the habit:
Start a saloon In your own
house. BE the only customer. You
will have no license to pay. Go to
your wife and give her So to buy a
gallon Of whiskey and remember
there 2-o sistyeninc drinks in a
gallon, Buy your drinks from no
one except your wife and by the
time the frat gallon is gone she
will have So to put in the bank aud
So to start business again. Should
you live ten years and continue to
buy booze from her and then die
with snakes In your boots. she will
have money to bury you decently,
educate your children, buy a house
and lot and marry decent man
and quit thinking about you"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
AMOS ROACH INJURED


Amos Roach met with n peculiar
accident at the Carlin shops Satur.
day afternoon. He and William
Rutledg', his helper, were cuttinp
a piece Of iron on the cement floor.
Amos was holding the chiscl ON
the iron and Rutledge was striking
1t with heavy sledge, wheb the
sledge flew off the handle an IL fell
on the first two fingers Of Amos
left hand, which was on the cement
floor, crushing them to a jelly 10
the first joint.
The accident was not due to care.
lcssness on the part Of either as
neither knew that tho slcdge was
loose on the handle. Amos will
have very sore hand for a time,
but he bears it with Spartan cour.
age and says II is not as bad as Il
might have been. If the sledge
had fallen on his hand instead of
She two fingers he says. he would
be worse OF than no is.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
NO GLIMMER OF
LIGHT IN PINEvILLE

Another Georgia town has voted
in favor Of saloons and here is the
"eason given by a citizen: "If we
are going to stand for our women
fOlks wearing shadow skirts and
slit skirts and transparent skirts,
and our younger women learning to
dance the boil weevil wigglc, the
Texas Tommy tango, the bunny
hug, the bear dance, the half
centre. the buzzard flop and the
puppy huddle. and SO on down the
line, then the men folk might just
as well have their saloons ard the
whole push 60 to- hell together. -
Pineville, Ga, Herald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
BIG PLANT ON CARSON
RIVER TO SOON START

When few motors have beCn
attached and the juice turned on
the big plant on the river. four
miles south of Dayton, which has
been completed by a Los Angeles
company, will be put into commits
sion.
j. S. Boyle, president OF the COM
pany was in Carson this morning
purchasing necessary electrical sup
plies. He stated that in a very
few days che plant would be in
shape to begin work on the hun
dreds Of thousands of tons Of tail
inHs which his company has brought
from the Douglas estate, and that
work would be continued on them
till the last vestige uf values has
been extracted from the pile. And
this means several years of work
for number Of men, fifteen Of
whom are at present employed.
On his visit to Carson Mr.. Boyle
was accompanied By his son, who
recently arrived from Los Angeles,
and j. Trumbo, under whose di.
rection the plant has been con-
structed.-Carson Appeal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
WINHEMiiUCCA GETS
REPEATING OFFICE

Winnemucca is to have the re.
peating Office Of the Bell Telephone
company which will in short time
have its traDs.continental lines be.
tween San Francisco and New York
in operation.
1t had heeu intended by the Bell
company to establish its Nevada re.
peating office in Reno but change
Of plans was made a few days age
and official instructions were sent
out from the New York office that
the location of the repeating Office
be changed to Ninnemucca.
This Office will be almost a du-
plicate Of the Westren Union office
which has the largest and best
equipped plant between San Frsn-
cisco and Salt Lake City.
The Bell lines will have two
metallic and one phantom telephone
circuits and two telegraph cir
cults.
Part Of the equipment will be
mammoth storage battery plan
like that Of the Western Union,
which includes nearly 500 cells.
The Bell office will employ at
lease four repeater men. The lora.
tion Of the office has not been de.
cided upon, but representatives OF
the company are now looking into
this mattcr.-Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
FAME AND NOTORtETY

Fame and Notoriety met at the
door of beautiful woman's h1me
and she allowed them to enter.
Fame was first to snow his wares.
He had bag of Life Puzzles, and
he took pains to show the woman
what satisfaction there vas in solv-
ing any of them.
She was interested and on the
point of dealing with him wh-n she
asked: How long does it take to
work nut one of your puzzles?"
"At least ten years, madam, "
replied Fame, whereupou she dis.
missed him as a Charlatan and a
Faker.
Notoriety then stepped forward.
He had hag Of sleight-of.hand
tricks-glittering, sparkling tricks
that fascinated-and he showed the
woman the joy Of successfully
manipulating his wares. Her eyes
cleaned and her bosom hearcd ss
she looked and listened.
How long does it take to do
your tricks?" she asked.
"Madam," declared Notoriety,
"ihe most difficult Of them can be
done in one night"
And the beautiful woman bought.
Judge.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
LIGHTNING's FREAKS

Lightning does some very pecu-
liar things, says the Idaho Falls
Post. Saturday during the rain
storm a bolt of lightning went
through the Greener residence on
Sixth street from top to bottom. 1t
first riddled the chimney and after
making two holes in the roof going
down and passing through a room
where four children were playing
1t knocked u hole through the old
brick wall ns large as a good sized
bucket. From there 1t made a hole
in the screen door near q top corner
and passed diagonnlly across the
screen and made another hole and
from there it knocked hole in the
side Of the building and then
grounded. There were seven peo-
pie in the house at the time and
no one was hurt. In the room
where the children were playing 1t
caught up an umbrella and de-
stroyed it.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
SOCIAL LEADER 10
ADOPT SIMPLE LIFE

81 love the cows and chickens
and this is the life," SO might Miss
Helen Stone sing as she prepares to
stock her ranch near Beowawe,
Eureka county. She is bride-to-
be, a member of San Francisco's
upper ten, and shortly : is to wed
Grayson Hinckley. Notes have heen
sent to her friends that the most
acceptable bridal gifts will be live
stock for her ranch. Her father
has started the ball rolling by
promising drove of hogs.
George Grayson, former cattle
king of Nevada, once owned this
ranch and it has descended to the
prospective groom. 1t is now well
stocked with cattle.
The wedding will take place May
20, and promises to be a unique
event, through its lack of frills
despite the prominence of the con
tracing parties.
The Hinckley ranch will be in re
ceipt Of cows, pigs, chickens, hog!
and other two and four-footec
b'asts galore from relatives snc
friends of the couple, and they sa,
they really mean to develop tn,
most up.to-date stock ranch in thl
ste.-Eureka Sentinel.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
NATIONAL BOUNDARY
BEING WELL MARKED

Soaring a broad line across 600
miles of wilderness in the far
north, in order that the possession
of the United States and Canada
may have a distinct separation at
every point will be completed dur
ing the coming open season. The
work has been IN progress since
1907 under the direction of Thomas
Riggs. Jr., civil engineer, repre-
senting the United States Alaskan
boundary commission, and T. D.
Craig, representing a similar rom
mission of Canada.
Although the United States and
Canada have been neighbors in the
far north for over half century
the exact dividing line between
their possessions. especially as to
the northern portion, was. previous
to thi, survey, indefinite and CON-
flicting. Many disputes arising the
two governments decided finally,
through their commissions, that
an absolute survey, clearly estab.
lished and marked for all time,
should be made along the l41s,
meridian from Mnunt St. Elias Alps
on the Pacific to the Artic ocean
a distance of approximately 60C
miles.
g The United States surveying
party consisted of from 60 to 81
men each season since the work wa!
undertaken. Chief Engineer Rigg!
himself young college man, Sc
lected his aids from the hardies
classes cowboys, 70 est rangers
prospectors, timber cruisers ant
frontiersmen with liberal sprink
ling of engineers. New expedition
were organized each spring al
though many of the y on who start
ed ut the beginning have RENAME,
in the service up to the presen
time. II Mas the custom. too, t.
leave few men in the north eacI
winter to care for equipment ant
supplies.
The actual visible results of thC
six or seven years of efforts, n 20
foot vista. cut. like gigantic
avenue. or lane, through all timber
and brush districts, together will
monuments set at intel visible
points from three to four mile!
apart.
The monuments erected are Of
two types depending upon the i'm
portance of the locality. At prem
inent stream crossings and mair
points of travel the line-markei
CONSISTS Of a fvc-foot aluminium
bronze shaft weighing 300 pounds
set in 1000 pounds Of concrete
At less important points the monu
ment is smaller, being designated
as a cone, cast of the same meta
and requiring. only 500 pounds Of
concrete for the base. There are
approximately 200 Of these monu
rents along the 600 miles of hound.
ary. The work of conveying the
heavy materials for their construc
tion, mostly on pack animals, some.
times on the shoulders Of the mer
themselves, was very slow and
lahorious.
This survey is declared by engi
neers to be the straightest of the
world for the length encompassed
| --Exchanpe.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
SHOWING HIS LOVE

''Looka here Saml"
ayes, Liza"
~ begins t. think yer doesn't
love me no more"
Nonsense. Liza; what put dat
in yer head7"
why yer just sit there by the
fire and sees me work."
why, 'Lizal The more sits
by this ere fire and ses you work.
ing the more l loves yer honeyr"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
ELKO'S FEDERAL BUILDING

Reports have been circulated in
Elko that Congressman Robert s
bill for federal building in Elko
had passed the house and was dying
in the senate because of the lack
of interest of Senator Newlands
and Pittman. That these reports
are false is clearly shown in the
following letter from Senator Pitt
man to Hon. George Russell who
wrote to our senators in regard to
the bill:
United States Senate
May l3. 1914
Mr.. George Russell.
Elko, Nevada.
My dear Mr.. Russell:
thank you for your recent let
ter notifying me that there was
some criticism Of my apparent ne
glert in not urging the approval by
the Senate Committee on Appro-
priations Of a bill introduced by
Congressman Roberts in the House,
providing for an appropriation for
federal building at ElKo. The
hill is not in the Senate Committee
on Appropriations, and IN fart has
never reached the Senate. 1t was
Introduced by Mr.. Roberts April
10, 1918, since which time nothing
has been done with j. that am
able to ascertain. II has not been
reported even out of the Commit
tee on Public Buildings of the
House 0f Representatives to which
IL was referred. 1t is not Necessary
to say that it could not pass the
House until it had been reported
out OF the Committee.
had knowledge Of the iDtroduc.
tion Of this bill at the time il was
introduced, and imagined that |
might get quicker action by waiting
for the passage OF the bill through
the House and then supporting IL
in the Senate. Circumstance have
led me to believe that was mis-
taken In this and that probably the
matter could be FASTENED by the
introduction Of n bill in the Senate,
which | shall take pleasure in do
ing.
/ feel ii my duty, however. to
say frankly to you and other citi-
zens Of Elko that there is little
chance OF passing tho bill or any
other bill of similar character this
late in the session. Even the bills
that have been pending for months
of such character this late in the
session are being set aside by reason
of the fact that all Of the time of
Congress is being taken up by the
consideration of party measures,
such as appropriation bills that
have already been reported, trust
legislation, the Panama Canal Tolls
bill and similar matters. Mem
hers of the Senate and House Of
Representatives, and especially
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29

fore the accident. For remaining
to testify and assisting to clear up
the accident, Rogers deserves
praise.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
GEORGE PRYOR CHARGED
WITH ATTEMPTED HOLD-UP
Said to Have Assaulted w. A. White ~,
Thirty-First and II Streets Early
Inst Night.

bicycle Policeman John Traylor last
night arrested George Pryor. colored
within an hour after the negro Is
alleged to have assaulted and ATTEMPTED
to rob w. a. White, n huckster. of SIG
Jesamine Street. The negro was lock ed
In the First Precinct Station. after ho
mad been Identified by several eye-wit
nesses. and Will be held there until ar.
raigncd before Justice Griggs in the
Police Court tomorrow morning
The alleged assault and attempted
ho}d-up occurred at Thirty-frs and n
Streets about o'clock. Pryor is soid
! TO nave approached White, and 10 have
asked the man give him change for n
Dill. While White was securing the
change from his coat pocket, the negro
struck him q blow in tho mouth. which
Knocked him down. White partially
regained his feet and prasped the ne
gro. who was endeavoring to tear off
his coat He secured good hold on
the negro. and was pulling him to the
ground when Pryor gave up his on
deaSors to'isecure the coat and turned
his attentions to freeing himself.
He struck White again. according 20
the information secured by the police.
and once more the huckster was knock
ed down. This time the negro broke
away and ran. Bicycle Policeman
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
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