Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-06-05
Salmagund
From Fridays Daily

The Railroad Commission at Car.
sou City has, on its own motion,
cited the Southern Pacific to ap.
pear and show cause why its entire
passenger fares System Should not
be adjusted within the state Of Ne.
vada. The hearing has been set for
June H..
Miss Dolly Russell has returned
from her trip to Honolulu. She
was accompanied by Russsl Dorsey
who has been under treatment in
San Francisco for the injury to his
arm, caused by his accide ntally
shooting himself several months
ago. We are glad to learn that he
will eventually have the full use of
his :rm.
About $40, 600, 600 is saved to
the postal department by the decis-
ion Of the court of claims this week
on the famous "divisor" claim, in
volving payment to railroads for
carrying mail. The railroad con-
t%ention was that mail weighed for
l05 days should be divided by 90,
excluding Sundays when it was
actually weighed to fix the average
weight for which payment should
be made.
Last evening a temporary wire
was strung to the Bell Telephone
c~ompany's office in the Mayer Hotel
and communication was had with
San Francisco. When the line is
working properly, it will be n
great convenience to the business
men of Elko in transacting business
in San Francisco, Salt Lake and
other points on the trancontinental
line. Elko is surely in the swim.
The indictment against Charles
Barr, charged with the murder Of
Deputy Sheriff Larkin Of Hum
boldt county, was set aside by
Judge Winters Wednesday on the
ground that one Of the members of
the grand jury that indicted Barr
was not a citizen of the United
States. Barr was held in custody
without bonds to appear before the
next grand jury of Humboldt coun-
ty.
The passenger conductors who
voted in favor of a change in the
assignment of crews on the South
ern Pacific, the result Of which was
the chaingangirg of all crews be-
tween Ogden and Carlin, justify
their act by stating that they were
making 62i miles each month more
than those with perfected runs and
in addition were doing al! the night
workand handling all local traffic.
The new order cuts down their
runs from $500 to $500 mileage
per month. -Ogden Standard.
Figures compiled by the Bureau
of Census on state debts, funds and
investments show Massachusetts
stood at the head in 1912 with the
largest total debt, AMI with a net
debt per capita nearly twice as
large as any other state. Since
then, however, New York state has
sold $5l 600, 900 bonds. This
brings its total debt above that Of
Massachusetts, but its net debt per
capita is still much less thnn that Of
Massachusetts. Nevada is well Off
compared with other states it
would seem. p
Business transactions by wireless
telephone may soon be the rule sup
planting the tircsume telephone
waiting. Experiments conducted
by the Marconi operator on the
roof Of The Wanamaker building
in New York showed he could get
instan. communications with the
Philadelphia store, ninety miles
away. Marccni hDs completed his
tests and brought out n practical
instrument, and sets already order.
cd for the Italian navy are guaran-
teed to communicate thirty.ono
miles. The Marconi Company is
with holding the description of it's
wireless telephone system FOR the
present; but the Off Gals arc con-
tidcnt that it is practical enough
for commercial purposes.
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