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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22
LAST OF PONY
EXPRESS RIDERS DEAD

Jack Lynch, last Of the pony
express riders. j. dead. The Mother
Lode Magnet announces the simple
fact, but the Ii c Of Lynch was fill
ed with inciden 5 of a most stirring
variety that should find a place in
the history of !ie state. The editor
of the Bonanzg knew him in his
prime and Termed to admire the
sturdy horscmG1, who never failed
to regale n crowd with adventures
that would put he old time dime
novel out of business ii they could
be photograph d by the pen of
some capable writer.
Jack was 6l years Of age ac-
cording to The records of the
county hospital Of Sonora, CAL,
where he did and was a
native of Mass ehusetts. For over q
year he had Lcen parsIyzed and
unable to leave his room. For the
last 20 years jack had been II resi-.
dent Of TuoluITe county but the
best part of lis life was spent in
Nevada.
AS a pony Express rider Jack
Lynch had few equals and thou
sands of dollGfs changed hands
daily in Virinia City on the
strength Of his riding. This was
clear, unadultc ated sports, famed
by an enormous stake in the shape
of popularity ( r. the man who
made the great st winnings at the
game of cars :Hg the mail from
Reno to VirRi ia City at a speed
that was the L Arrest approach to
Geographic tr nsmission ever re-
corded in the Is stern country. Jack
may be said to ave been n Virginia
City product, .ince he came TO
the old camp when a mere boy
and took to the 5lddle as easily MS a
gosling takes 10 water. During
the early day. If the Comstock
lode the Difficulty Of communicate
ing with the ou;sr world was in the
hands of Wells Fargo. The mail
carried by that company YVES hand.
led at the rate Of lwo-bits q letter
and the business was so great that
the Adams Company was organized
to compete with the old transconti.
corrier. The fight for supre-
macy lasted IL days and through
the fundamentally of such men as
Jack Lynch the Wells Fargo won
and the opposition company with.
drew.
Between Reno and Virginia City
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22

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costing in. Tie magnificent mill is
being gradually relegated to the
scrap heap as junk. The annual re-
port for the year ending December
81 shows that the company is S.
458 pc yer than it was a year ago.
Last year there was a balance on
hand Of S28, 1913, while at the close
of business on December 81. 1913,
there was cash to the extent of
$20,37i. Of this balance $l3.463
was invested in the United States
steel bonds. No mining operations
have been carried o for several
years.-Goldfeld Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22
CANCER INCREASING

In spite of all that scicnce can
do the death rate from the most
deadly of all human diseases il
steadily increasing. In n statement
just Issued by the American Suciety
Tor the prevention of cancer, COW
erlng the year 1913, attention is
called to the need of national move.
mcnts to check the death rate from
this source. For New York Ci,y
the rate was 81 in each 100, 600 Of
population, against an average of
70 for the past five years.
Cancer, in its early stages. has
been sometimes checked BY usc of
the Knife, and at n recent meeting
OF an association Of surgeons Il wae
positively asserted that the onIv
Known remedy was an opcrntion
and the application of radium has
no beneficial effect, and that in
some cases it hastcns the dcatb If
inc patient. The layman only
KNOWS that the cancer death yatc
IS increasing, and prnys that soma
method Of checking its ravages
may sUon be discovered.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22
EASY EXPENSE MONEY

The way that some Of u state
officials loot the state treasury by
putting in enormous bills for trav-
cling expenses, is a crime against
the taxpayers of the state. Here
are a few that have been put to
the State Board of Examiners, for
their approval, but are being held
up for the time being until the At
torney General can be present to
pass upon them. For one trip to
Sar Francisco, the bill was: Cd
die, $l20, Ross $500, Thatcher,
Sl20. We can't understand how it
is there is such a difference in
these bills as they all went together
on the same mission at the same
time. Oddie, Thatcher and Brodi-
gan, constitute the Board of Evan
toner's, So when bills Of this char
acter come up in which Oddie and
Thatcher are directly interested
Brodigan's objections are ovcrruled
as he is in the minority and he is
powerless. The Attorney General
is now on a trip to the eastern
states, to be gone for some time,
and the state will pay the bill, as it
always does no matter how extrav.
agant they arc. -Carsun Weekly.
The above should open the eyes
of the taxpayers to the down right
grating that is going on among
the state officials. 1t should also
bring to mind the legislation Of
the past few years that has made
such grating possible.
Isn't it about time the seal of
condemnation was put upon the
men who consider pubic Off re a
private snap AID rob the taxpayers
at every opportunity?
IL the right kind Of men are
elected to the next legislature. the
petty thieving can be stopped. We
hope the Weekly will continue t.
expose the grating state officials.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22
BULLFROG MILL
TO SCRAP HEAP

An aftermath of the boom times
that made mountains cut Of mole
hills and mines out of holes in the
ground is the gradual shipping
away Of the big $4,000 mill Of the
Montgomery Shoshone Consolidated
Mining company In Nevada. In the
days when Greenwater ind Furnace
stocks glitttered with the ~txpectant
rain Of shining dollars, moptgom-
cry Shoshone with Charles Michesl
Schwab, 81, 100000 a year steel
trust president, behind it, looked
like q real winner. Since than 1t
mas been all going out and nothing
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22
FALSE PROPHETS

When the United States forces
were about to land at Vera Cruz
and the German ship loaded with
arms was turned back, there were
quite a number of people who be-
came excited over the incident, and
as a consequence INDUCED in the
prophecy that we could not main
tain a peaceful blockade at that
port without mourning the dis
pleasure OF other nations for inter-
ference in trade. Some Of the jim.
goes were quick to light on this
morsel, and assert that the only
way we could justify occupancy
Of Vera Cruz in order to make it
effective for the declared purpose
would be by declaring war against
Mexico.
We are yet in Vera Cruz. Web ave
not declared war against Mexico.
Germany took no umbrage over
the armed ship incident, nor does
any other nation enter any protest
against our occupancy Of the Mexi.
can city, or against any Of the
rules We dave established there
with reference either to commerce
or the administration Of the city.
II is simply another case Of false
prophecy.--Portland Telegram.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22
LIQUID GOLD
OKLAHOMA OIL OPPORTUNITY

Oil is the greatest money maker
and Oklahoma is the greatest field
in the United States in the value
of the oil productions, totaling over
81, 10000 income weekly. Glen
Pool and other Oklahoma fields
made m%illionaires rapidly when oil
was selling at t~hir:y-fve cents per
barrel. Now the price is more than
double. Fortunes are accumulated
almost between the rising and set
ting of the sun in the great Mid
Continent field Of Oklahoma.
When one considers that the state
produces more than $1,000, 600 a
week, that wells can be drilled in
from six to twenty days, and often
these wells pay for themselves
within a week after drilling, that
the owner Of. a single forty or
eighty acres of land frequently has
an income of $3O0.00 to $500 90 a
day and that stock bought in d
Company at 81 90 or $1,000 a share
is many times worth $4,000 to
100000 a share within a year, ones
brain reels at the thought. And yet
this is the history of many individ-
uals in the state Of Oklahoma that
reads like some fairy tale. The
%goldfelds of California in their
palmiest days arc left in the rear;
the great gold awakening in Alaska
is forgotten; the diamond fields of
Kimberly in South Africa lale into
significance. Nothing in the his
tory of civilized mankind has aided
man in accommodating fortunes so
rapidly as the oil and gas interests
Of the Great d.Continent field in
the State of Oklahoma.
Here I've children of the white,
Indian and negro races who have
had a small piece Of land left to
them through inheritance have
frequently an income of $1,000 to
100000 per day from royalties
while the Oil Company that is de-
veloping their land is frequently
making 100 per cent a month.
Language fails to express the real
ity and even eye Witnesses cin hard
ly believe the marvellous facts Of
production of oil.
A number of strong Companies
have been organized and are OPP
Grating. Among these is the Great
Western Petroleum Company of
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Incorporated un-
der the laws Of Oklahoma for ST.
DOC, 900 with a strong directorate
Of business men, three of whom are
experienced and practical oil men
which is now offering 100, 900
shares Of their stock ut the par
value of $1.00 stock to be sold in
blocks of five shares and upward.
Those who desire to know some.
thing more CT the great oil inter.
ests r invited to address r. j..
aa
Waugh, the Stock Sales Manager
of the Great Western Petroleum
Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and
make inquiries or get the published
literature of this Company giving
its holdings and other facts and fig
ures as to the real conditions Of
the oil interest in the State Of Ok
lahoma.-Advt.
-.-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22
DECORATION DAY NOTICE

To all Odd Fellows and Rebekahs:S
All members Of Elko Lodge No.
Is, Ivy Rebekah Lodge No. 10, and
all visiting Brothers and Sisters: 6
You are requested to meet at the
Odd Fellow Hall on Decoration
Day, Saturday, May 3Oth at 10 A.
M. SHARP, and from there march
in a body to the cemetery to decor
ale the graves of our departed
Brothers and Sisters.
Committee.-Advt.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22
WOMAN DIGS WAY
OUT OF JAIL.

May Slaughter, who was arrest.
ed about three months ago on a
charge of cattle stealing. made her
escape from the county Jail some
time last night by digging her way
through the brick wall. She re-
moved the bricks with a table fork
and.made an aperture about l2xlS
inches in size, through which she
squeezed her body. She had torn
a blanket into strips and sewed the
ends together. This blanket, hang
ing through the hole, tho other
end being tied securely to a sewer
pipe inside, showed how che reach
ed the ground.
Lying on a chair in the cell
which the woman had occupied, was
found the following note addressed
to Deputy Sheriff Muller:
"Mr. Muller: | hope you don't
feel lard against me for taking my
liberty. will come back for nv
trial. The temptation was too
great.
May"
The wnman had no difficulty in
digging through the wall, as the
upper part Ut the cell is not lined
with steel and is used only for wo-
men prisoners, when there are any,.
and at other times is occupied Ly
petty prisoners who are working
on the chain gang. The woman
has had the entire upper floor oi
the Jail to herself, and was not
licked in a cell at night rs are the
other prisoners. She took advantage
of this lcniency shown to a women.
and il was no difficult matter foI
her to dig her way to what will be
doubtless only temporary liberty.
Deputy Sheriff Muller has sent
descriptions Of the woman Ia all
points along the two railroads and
teIephoncd to all places in the
northern part OF the county. AS
she is well known throughout this
part of the State, she probably will
be located in a short time and if
captured will have a jail breaking
charge 10 answGr TO as we'll as the
one for cattle stealing.
MAY Slaughter. Nose S~tricklund
and William Davis were arrested
in the carly part Of February for
stealing n steer from Peter Organ
and E. j. Thatcher of Mill City.
The animal was b~utrhcred and sold
in Inlay. The men pleaded guilty
several weeks ago and were sent to
State prison. The woman pleaded
not guilty and her trial would have
been held at the fail term IF Dis.
trict Court. She and her husband
own a small ranch lea Quinn River
Crossing. II is not believed she haG
any assistance from the outside in
making her escape. AS she had
some. money it IS considered prob
able that she left town on one of
the night trains Humboldt Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22

without inc hep of his master
mind and big stick. The Ananies
clue charter will be reopened and
the membership greatly augment
ed. Things will be doing from this
moment on. Teddy is home again.
Humboldt Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22
The COLONIES OWN RIVER

I'LL UIIU uI1lu
We warn the unthinking or the
unprinci. ed persons now dcep in
an international conspiracy against
the Roosevelt River to turn from
the error OF their ways. The nomi-
nation for the president WIS "stol-
en- from him in 1912; but no
power on earth or t~artarus can
take the c%olonel's river away from
him or the already recalled and
soon to be reconstructed map of
Brazil, The unspoiled child of for
tune and the chartered libertinc of
speech, he may be or have been at
times a little careless about facts,
Henry Grady would put it. Facts
in politics, Of course; and in poll
tics, a region Of romance. a Jungle
of assumptions, 4 swamp of illus
ions and a desert of dribble facts
have no homc. 1t may be true
enough, as the Hon Cyrus Cornelius
Adams, the Strabo Of one Hundred
and Fifty-Sixth street, says that
there arc likely tn have been er-
rors in transmitting the figures"
but there is no limit to the latitude
Of statement and variation of the
longitude of message permitted to
the colonel. He is a virtucus Abb
5aye Theleme in khaki; he can say
what he wants and do what he
pleases.
When the colonel secs certain
judicial decisions a scarlet wave
flows over his retina and his brain.
When, however he gazes on things
outdoors, n mountain, a warthug, a
river horse, he becomes the god of
things as they are. Outdoors he is
alright, il a little severe on weak
ling, fat military men and short
winded tennis cabineteers. In his
previous states Of existence he was
Il guide, a trappcr, n hunter, a
coureur de bois; he was on Column
bus crew and Vssco de CANA.
with De Soto and old Ponce de
Leon, La Sulle and Champlain; he
was Boone, Natty Bumppo, the
cosmical Humboldt, Snaky Snod-
grass, Gerard, the lion killer, Spoke.
Livingstone; yes, all of them he
might have been and most Of them
he is, with streaks Of Cuchuiainn
Orlando Furiso. Tccumseh and the
Poltcrgeist added.
We sec rival explorers and closet
~geographers rapinp that river from
his iron grasp. We are ready to
believe that it is 1000, yea, 10000
miles long. If it runs up hill all
the way it is the better progressive
symbol and stream of hope.
ut might cross other streams"
continues Strabo Adams, land still
he unexplored." Naturally The
Roosevelt River may cross other
streams on natural bridge, vim.
ducts, aqueducts. p%ontouns, water
spouts. 1t may, it should, be full
OF chasms, cascades, whirlpools,
waterfalls, dragons, kaikens; but
II 1t contains n single octopus, we
VIII eat the same on the shell. The
Roosevelt River carries along
oceans of foam and mud. Il roars
like n universe, one stable Of bulls
OF Bashan. Its mouths are multi.
tudinous. It's discharge is incredi.
Bile.
We believe thoroughly in the
Roosevelt. If anybody did find It
before its present ~discoverer. God
help that unfortunate %predecessorl
Why has the Roosevelt River
ieaped mighty and marvellous, from
the bowels of Brazil? What is the
first duty OF a river? TO rum
New York Sun,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22

was II a genuine tip Rawson yayo
you on the stock marketY" ~ o"oss
u was; 1t made mo lose my talsnce,"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22
Prolific River Nile.

'N'''S n'NCT MIC.
u rs believed that i;.c river Milo
cohta'no moro kinds OF Ash than am
o'ner river In tho world.
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! improved Water cruoe.

To avoid accidents duo 20 water
gauge glasses appearing to be full
"hiIa In reality thoy aro empty. n
glass has been invented with spiral
markings that rcfraction mates APP
pear horizontal when covered by
water.
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Daily Thouoht,

u "a iHiced a desirable thing to DO
"sH %a1"nicd but tho glory belongs
10 Cur :nCeators.-pIutarch.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22
ROAD BILLS

The highway commissioners Mt
their meeting Nav 9Th, allowed the
IUllnWinE claims. fnr rnnd wnrk.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-24
Some Pertinent Facts
In Valleys Development
Of Its Farm Resources

Owing to it's extremely rapid
growth and development, Southern
California is even more cosmopoli-
tan than New York City. The best
elements are drawn hither from all
parts of the world. Here the best
citizens were many of them the best
citizens of the communities they left
to come here, and these communi-
ties were scattered everywhere, in the
East, South, Middle West and Far
East.
Meeting here on common ground,
mingling each with the other, there
has grown out of this fusion a COM
plex community which has no coun-
terpart elsewhere on the civilized
globe. Here in the Imperial valley is
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-24

the best element, the homeseeker
Not the seeker after sudden wealth in
mines or in the promotion of manu-
featuring schemes, but the farmer,
the backbone of the whole country.
In the state of Iowa, corn is king,
and the magnificent city of Des Moines
rests on a corn cob, but if the state of
Iowa should send an official delegation
to the Imperial valley to see what has
been done here, that delegation would
have heart failure before it got half
way through.
Here all products of the soil is king
Here alfalfa, cotton, melons, grains
and fruits flourish with equal success
and no section of the Imperial valley
On the extreme north great acres
are being opened up. Water has reach
ed their doors which means that the
wealth of the county will be doubled,
trebled, before many growing seasons
have passed by. New towns will spring
up as trading points for this vast new
farming territory and industries come
in to add to the hustle of town life.
On the west is the cream of the
great cotton plantations. Seeley, nine
miles from Ell Centre has kept pace
with the rest of the valleys growth
In this, one of the youngest of the
promising towns of the valley, new
and substantial buildings have been
built and others are planned for. Dur
ing the year just passed a modern
brick business block has been added
and national bank organized. Some
evidence of prosperity of that section
is drawn from the fact that during
the first ten days of the banks exist
ence the receipts totaled over $4,000.
Within the past few days all ar.
rangements were completed for the
construction of a cotton gin. This gin
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-24

Of ground has been set aside for a
public park. The business buildings
of Dixieland are constructed of brick
and Of the best type of architecture.
The soil surrounding the town is
suited for all kinds of farming and is
at the present planted to cotton. Many
new acres to the south are being made
ready for next years crop.
OF the smaller towns Of Imperial
valley Heber stands foremost, stu
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-24

preparing the soil for new crops is
seen. An excellent hotel is also one
of the towns attractive assets.
Some five miles to the west Of See
ley is Dixieland the furthermost town
on the west of the Imperial valley. Tho
founders of Dixieland made provisions
for the building of a model city.
Broad streets are dedicated to the
town site, many of the roads being
graced with park ways and a large plot
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-24
Hundred and Fifty Dollar
Land That Can Produce
Thousand Dollars a Year

One often hears in Southern Califor-
MIA stories of exceptional pieces OF
land that in one year have produced
the value of the property. There is no
question that this has been done in
many instances.
But here is more marvellous story
than that 1t is of land valued at $3.50
that has the ability of producing $1,000
a year.
This journal has already quoted S.
M. Bixby, one of the most reliable citi-
zens of the valley, who declares he has
demonstrated that the Persian 81
grape will yield that many dollars to
the acre year.
One must know something of the
valley to realize the possibility of this
grape. 1t is something like five years
ago that the present editor of the
Press obtained cuttings of large va
riety of Persian grapes from vines
that had been sent to the coast by the
agricultural department for expert
mental purposes, and which had not
there made a good record.
Believing that the climatic condi-
tions of this valley were so similar to
that of Persia that these grapes should
be tried here, the editor obtained these
cuttings and turned them over to Mr..
Bixby to experiment with. Mr.. Bixby
in turn has furnished many other peo-
pie with cuttings, with the result that
they have been quite we'll distributed
through the valley, though Mr.. Bixby
has himself probably made the big
gest success with them.
Among these grapes there were a
number which made excellent showing,
but No. 81 proved wonder. The
greatest shipping grape in the state
has been the Malaga, because of its
keeping qualities, but it is otherwise
an inferior grape. This Persian grape
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-24

will be built within a very short time
and will be ready for the new crop
of cotton. 1t is estimated that at
least 500 a day will be saved the
grower by being able to gin his cot
ton near home instead of hauling it
many miles.
An excellent public school, costing
$4,000, is enjoyed by this hustIing com
munity. On every hand in the Seeiey
district activity in clearing land and
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-24

this place to illustrate the point that
the big production in this valley lies
yet in the future, the present lines
of production being way stations of the
valley on the way to it's real destiny.
which must be approached with care
and studious attention to many lines
of production that now seem very
small.
The climatic conditions of Imperial
valley are such that it is alone in this
country adapted to the production of
many of the world-famous fruits and
vegetables of the arid sections of the
old world. 1t is in the lines in which
it holds natural monopolies through
these peculiarities that the valley will
win its greatest victories, anu in win
ming these it will find many acres Ct
land in several lines of production that
will come up to the mark Mr.. Bixby
has found with his Persian grapes.
AS for these grapes, there is an
immense field for production, for the
entire market of the nation is theirs
for two or three weeks at least, and in
that time, with the first fruit of the
season, thousands Of carloads can be
marketed.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-24

ated about half way between the coun-
ty seat and the international boun-
Diary line between the United States
and Mexico in one of the greatest
melon growing countries in the world.
During the past year the town has
forged ahead marvelously. The bust
ness section of Heber has expanded
and is composed of substantial brick
buildings.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-24

has shown itself the equal of the Ma
laga in it's own speciality, while added
to this it has the most valuable quail
ties of being vastly superior as table
fruit and is one of the earliest of the
grapes, being as early as the sweet,
water, and in this valley being a good
bearer.
The result is that the valley has de
veloped grape of a type entirely new
in the American markets, which wins
friends wherever it is shown, and this
grape is marketable six weeks before
the Malaga is shipped from the San
Joaquin valley and other northern
points, shipping beginning by July 1,
while the Malaga from other points is
not sent to market until the middle of
August.
This series of facts is repeated in
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