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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-06
Salmagundi
From Mondays Daily

The commissioners met this fore.
noon tn attend to the county bust
ness.
Mr.. MalIct rethrncd from Cali
formal this morning. He will re-
main n few days and then return
to tn land Of fog.
Judge Castle had an Indian
matinee this morning. Two suuaws
and n buck were before him for
being drunk and d~isnrdcrly. Each
dc" 80 days in Jail.
Maury /. DiPgs The convicted
white SLAYER is in trouble again.
II the last charge against hin, is
true, he should bc sent to prison
for life. Such men AS he seems TO
be are a disgrace to humanity and
should be put where they cannot
contaminptc society with their evil
presence
All. svmons ,ho ma, ,,n,rin
tendent Of tne Dock v.,,o, Ird;on
reservation, his wife and three chill.
dren arrived from Colorado Satur-
day nivbt md left far III, ,csor,o.
tiOn by the Tuscarora stage this
morning. Uc bas hecr IN tho r..
dian service n numhcr If ware md
{, ,,.1., '' "''
The annual Charity yoll NJ Tho
Woman's Guild will he given Mt
Bradley Opera House on February
IL, L%incoln's birthday. These
ladies are doing noble work md
should have the generous suppor,
Of ~ citizens. The proceeds NJ
the hall will be devoted to Chart.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-06
ing the selection of a new bishop
Cor Nevada.-Carson News.

ing the selection OF u new bishop
Cor Nevada.-Carson News.
Alocal man who has Just return
ed from a trip to Washoe Valley
reports three horses in the tules at
Washne lake entirey frozen in.
They had managed to secure nour.
ishment from the vegetation within
reach, but were weak. The own
ers of the animals were notified and
their rescue promptly effected.
What is supposed to be the larg-
est parcel post shipment sent nut
ny u Reno firm was received ut the
postoTce yesterday from Constant
Brothers, says the journal. The
shipm2nt consisted of one ton Of
barley. packed in so pound sacks
to comply with the weight specifi-
cations, and was consigned to Man
haitian. The postage totalcd $3.50
and n of the clerks in the store
was kept busy for nearly an hour
licking postage stamps.
The road between Elko and Bull
lion is said 10 be in a very bad con-
dition. The heavy hauling before
the last storms cut the road up
badly and the water from the melt
ing snow and rains followed the
ruts down the grades and made the
road almost impassahlc. Along
Dixie Creek the road is washed out
in several places. If other roads
in the county suffered as much as
the Bullion road, tne-e will be -
heavy bill of expense in putting
them in shape again.
Engineer Hall of the Pumping
Association and Superintendent
Douglass made a trip Of inspection
to the POO station Of the old Con.
Virginia Wine this morning and
report conditions improving at that
point as to cooling Off of the sta
ton. On a shelf at n side Of the
station they found some OLD pump
valves, springs and hooks. The la cr
was covered with rust, but the
valve and springs were in excellent
state of preservation after being
submerged for thirty ycars.-Vir-
ginia Chronicle.
The lady MINISTRIES drew n god
sized, enthusiastic crowd to the
Opera House Saturday night. The
performance moved along smoothly
and each number was loudly ap-
piauded. AS the writer could not
tell which from t'other, he will not
attempt to pArticularize. OF
course, each one did her level best to
please and the applause each re-
ccivcd showed that the effort was
appreciated by the audience. AT
the risk Of offending some and may
be all of them. we will sny that
they were the homcliest aggrcga-
ton of black faces We have seen on
the stage in a long time. OF course.
their make uH made them so.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-06
Thought for Women.

I'm the whole feminine creation are
there any happier women than the
deformed wife who n not crooked foy
the eyos sho loves, the lame woman
when her husband would not have her
other than she 10, and tho wife grown
old and gray who is stu young soR
himf"-Balzao.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-02-06
BILLS ALLOWED

folloSing are the bills allowed
by the commissioners at the Feb
ruary meeting:
Officers
Isaac Griswold Sal and Nils 81 90
Webster Patterson Sal and
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-07
MORELAND AUTO co.
RESTRAINED BY COURT

San Diego, Aug &c. Charles Bel
len, the president of the Moreland Mo
tor Truck Company, is a prisoner in
the county Jail pending his prelimi-
nary examination on a charge OF
PASSING fictitious checks, and the con-
Germ Of which he claims to be the
lead is accused in a civil suit of hav-
ing unlawfully seized and appropriat,
cd a warehouse at Columbia and {
streets, together with the business
and number of trucks and other
property of the Imperial Valley Trad
ing Company. Watt L. Moreland is
stated to be the general manager of
the Moreland company, with head
quarters at Los Angeles, and Bellen
is given out as the president and Jack
De Camp in charge as manager o.
the San Diego operations.
An injunction suit was begun in
the superior court yesterday to en-
Join the Moreland company from con-
tinuing in possession Of the business
and property Of the Imperial Valley
Trading Company. The suit was
brought by Attorney H. W. Schell TO"
#. L. Robbins, who states that he is
stockholder in the latter company.
He alleges that, without any right,
the Moreland company seized that bus
mess on July 27, stating that that
concern had taken charge Of the bus
mess and would pay all debts of the
Imperial Valley company. Robbins
states, however, that he has been un-
able to get any information as to the
affairs of the Imperial Valley Com
pany or to secure access to the books
.;nd accounts.
Bellen was arrested last week on
charge Of passing fictitious check
for S25 on w. o. Ashlock. On his
arraignment before Justice Scion
Bryan Bellen was committed to the
county jail in default of $500 bail,
and his preliminary examination on
the charge is set for tomorrow aft
ernoon. in addition to the $25 check
ii is charged that Bellen passed five
ether alleged bad checks in settlement
Of cafe bills and other personal ac-
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-07
NOTICE.

The assessor of Imperial irrigation
district has completed the assessment
rolls for the year 1914, and has de-
livered the rolls to the secretary OF
the district, who now has them in his
office, where they will be open to the
inspection of all persons interested
Until the 1st day of September, on
which date the board cf directors of
the district will meet and continue in
session for a period of not more than
ten days, sitting as a board of equal
ization, to hear and determine such
objections to the valuations and as
scssments as may come before them.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT.
C. NJ. BERRY, Secretary.
AuAug16
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-07
CAMP BONITA

: Fishing, hunting, eroquet Finest
dance pavilion and tennis court In
mountains. Cobblestone huts and tents
complete for housekeeping. For fur
ther particulars address Camp Bonita,
74O South Hill ST.. Los Angeles, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-07

Germ and its property Bellen and his
associates are<alleged to have unlaw-
fully seized.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-07
The St. Anthony
Apartment Hotel


Cor. Broadway ~ Isth St. san Diego
Amusement rooms, ball room, sun par
Tor. Private baths and telephone in all
apartments. Steam heat. Walking dis
tance. Phone Main 1S47.
c. w. Soper. Proprietor.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-07
BASEBALL RESULTS.
Coast League Standing.
Coast League.

At Ncmce-
Portland =. ...,............ b :
venice ....,....'......... o l
Batteries-Krause and Yantz, Hit,
Harkloss and Elliott; Mclean.
At Sacramento
San Francisco ............. & 8 .
Sacramento e. .......... , & 3
a!teries-Pernoll and Schmidt;
Malarl:ey and Hannah.
At Oakland
Los Angeles ...............7 8 l
Oakland F.. ................ l 9 >
BaJteries-Ryan and Brooks; Pru-
cit, killilay and Mite.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-07

counts. Most OF the checks were is
sued on the credit Of the Imperial
Valley Trading Company, which con-
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-07
American League.

There were no games scheduled for
the American League teams for yes
terday.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-09
AN INSTANT LATER THE CHAIR SHOT DOWN THE STREET WITH
4

begun his career as a poor lawyer and
ern land companies, was name to be
respected He did glance for mo-
ment at the cripple's shabby coat, but
reflected that many queer people came
from all parts of the country to inter-
view Mr.. Staples, and so dismissed all
further thought of the matter.
"Well, Mul, I'll see yez again." he
said, and started off, twirling his club
joyously, his mouth watering as he
thought Of that foaming schooner in
which he was so soon to plunge it.
But something about the chair was
worrying him, and he had hardly pro-
ceeded three PAGES when it grew clear
to him. He swung around. 1t seemed
incredible, but-the chair was actual
ly supported upon a single wheel!
O'Sullivan had worked as a me-
chanic before he joined the force"
and was never satisfied until all man
ner of mechanism was made clear to
him. That he had failed consciously
to notice this astonishing phenomenon
had never conceived the possibility of
it's existence. He looked again; yes,
the chair stood bolt upright upon a
single wheel.
"Mul! Null" he shouted. Look here,
me lad. Did yez iver see a chair that
ran on one wheel before?"
Mulcahey looked again. Surely
I, f,;a 1irI
van placed his powerful hands upon
the side and tried to tilt the appara-
tus. His effort was as useless as
though he had attempted to tilt st.
Patricks cathedral The chair did
| not bulge in the least, but remained
still upon the sidewalk, perfectly mo-
tionless, and, as it seemed, busily
humming itself to sleep.
"Hey! Beat it!" shouted Mulcahey,
turning upon the curious crowd that
had begun to assemble round the un-
canny vehicle. He drove them away
and then turned to the cripple again,
scowling GROSSLY. You'll have to move
on, young feller," he said. Keep her
a-moving and don't collect a crowd,
or I'll run you ana your chair into the
station house."
The cripple returned no answer, but
began slowly propelling his strange
vehicle along the road that borders the
park in the direction of Mr.. Staples
house. He moved at his two-mile gait,
and small crowd followed him; but
as he made no answer to their badin-
age, they tired of worrying him and
dispersed, with the exception of a few
small boys, who ran alongside, jeering.
Officer O'Sullivan remained standing
beside his friend in an attitude of in
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-09

mechanism concealed within the case
was not only extremely powerful, but
was working at full speed, though it
was in some way disconnected from
the motive power of the chair, SO that
the latter could move forward at it's
pace of two miles an hour, propelled
solely by the cripple's arms. So fast
came the separate explosions Of the
gas engine, which was evidently a
part of this complex arrangement, that
they were merged into single rolling
sound.
What the divil's thot, Jack?" ex-
claimed O'Sullivan profanely, rising
flushed after the exertion of bending
his comfortably covered body beneath
the chair.
From the cushions strange figure
raised itself and regarded him. The
occupant was a man Of perhaps forty
years. He was evidently a gentleman,
although the blue suit that he wore was
| cheap and frayed and his wrists were
innocent of cuffs. Mulcahey, whose
mind did not turn toward mechanics, as
did that of his friend, observed the pc
culiar pallor of the occupants face.
Prison pallor," he thought immedi-
ately, and the closely cropped hair and
| stubble of new beard confirmed in
| his own mind the fast awakening sus-
| picions that he was forming. His
glance turned toward the mans limbs.
The legs hung Imply as a paralytic's,
and were evidently powerless. But
what struck him most strongly were
the arms. For while the left was, if
anything, rather under-developed, the
right was that of a Samson. Under
the frayed sleeve Mulcahey could
tracethe outlines of the great muscles,
ripping up fron~the wrist, and then
the protruding biceps, and, under the
arm, the triceps, rigid as steel. The
man perceived his gaze and withdrew
his right arm, flushing slightly as he
did so.
''Now, who is he?" pondered Null
cahey. I'D like to know. There's
something queer about that fellow
His intuition struck home with the
conviction of fact: He determined
that he would keep him in sight SC
long as he was on his post, but with
out awakening suspicious.
Meanwhile the cripple was answer
ing O'Sullivan's questions.
This is my chair, sir" he said cour
teously, and in well-bred tones which
at once lulled the patrolman's sus
picions to sleep. 81 have been injured
as you can see, and have come here tc
meet Mr.. Staples at one O'Clock, when
he returns to his house."
O'Sullivan was impressed. Mr.
Staples. the multi-millionaire. who had
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-09

Patrolman Daniel O'Sullivan, stand
ing on the west side of Prospect park,
Brooklyn, twirled his club and yawned,
1t was midday and the end of his
period of duty was approaching. In
ten minutes, he reflected, he would be
hurrying homeward to snatch rest in
the bosom of his family within the six
room fiat which he modestly sustained
in the region of F'latbush.
He yawned again, not so much from
WEAKNESS as by reason of a happy
state of complete mental relaxation.
AT that moment Patrolman O'Sullivan
felt at perfect peace with all the
world. If at that instant member of
the Clancy gang had assailed him with
an outburst of profanity against the
land of his nativity, Patrolman O'Sul-
livan would have tapped him mildly
across the hat and hidden him go
home.
'By t44e powers!'' he calculated joy
fully, seeing a brother officer approach
ing him, there's Mulcahey at last
Hey, Mul, git busy on the patrol. I'm
for Klapperkopf's joint and schoon-
er of beer to wash the dust away!"
Mulcahey approached leisurely and
relieved him; the two men engaged in
a friendly joust of words, and Patrol
man O'Sullivan turned his face reso-
lutely eastward The thought of the
schooner smoothed out the wrinkles
in his forehead and an anticipatory
grin made itself visible about his
mouth and extended it's purview into
the neighborhood of O'Sullivan's ears
Suddenly he paused and turned round
extending his right arm in the direc
tion of the roadway.
Holy saints, Mul, what the divi
would yez call that?" he asked.
Moving slowly along the curb there
came cripple in a chair, which he
was laboriously propelling by means
of handwheel. But as the patrol
man walked in a leisurely fashion to
intercept it, they perceived that it was
like no other cripple's chair which had
ever come within the range of thei1
vision. To begin with, it was shaped
like an old-fashioned infants "peram
bulator;" that is to say, it was broad
at the back and tapered in front to {
wedge, tipped with a rim Of steel
which gave it the forcible aspect of {
miniature battering ram. 1t moved, ap
parently, by some hidden mechanical
power, for under the seat was steel
cased receptacle of considerable size
from whose hidden interior proceeded
a faint humming sound exactly remi
niscent of that made by top whirlins
at full speed. O'Sullivan, as he ben
low to examine the nature of this con
triyance. knew Immediately that thu
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
AMERICAN HEADS ;. ENGLISH RAILROAD.

,Iaim, that hundreds of Englishmen would have been glad to take the job, and that surely some of them ought ,o osscss equal ability to tn" man from across the sca,
 The directors however. are mmovr l and claim that Thornton has eXcep- tional ability and is the best man they know of for the position
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
GEN. SICKLES
 RAPIDLY SINKING
Special Nugget Service.

NEW YORK, March 3l, Maj. Gen eral Siclilrs, retired. is sinking fast. The aged veteran of the civil war IS near deaths door. It is well known that General Sickles' days have been much shortened by the exposures of last fall when he was found to he nearly twenty-tive thousand dollars short in his accounts as president of the state monument board, at which time hundreds of veterans scattered u roughout the country and who had served under the gallant old warrior, offered to contribute q fund large erough to make good General Sickles defalcations. Their offer was how ever, not accepted. /.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31

statement, which he personally read t. the thousands of troops which are maintaining peace in the capital, from the palace steps the following: Gen cIal Nalasco and his brave little army al Torreon are about to succumb to d vastly superior force, Let his brave example be followed by all of you f the rebels succeed in reaching this city,
 The president has expressed his heartfelt sympathy for the families ot those martyrs who are falling at I Crreon.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
Special Nugget Service.

OpGC'dl lNu99el OSlNiCe'
 WAUSINGTON. n. C, March B.
 senator Lewis in d Vigorous spec. urging the adoption of hi, rrs"u- ti"n giving the president power ra suspend tolls seems to give force - the charges of Knowlands of tlc lower house, charging that an agreement hctwecn England and the adminlstr,- tiun had been entered into whereby t,lls elimination Wds to be- .. con Slcrrli,m tor British support "t out Mexican policy. senator Lewis as- scEtcd tnu the conditions were -u,a that 1T th~ government should int.r- veno in MoNico. that Jipan Wh" has serious .glI'E 'Etnocs against this cour- try. owing to. he discriminating legis- latiou aeamst them by the California l, pislaiurc and which has never been sa tisr3J"rN. settled would immcdi- at"ly take tdl1utaec of our situation and dccldrr war In that event tho pfilippfHcs would b" an easy prey and
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
STANDARD OIL
 IS WORRIED
Special Nugget Service.

Special Nugget Service.
 NEW YORK March .TJtG stan dard Oil officials are untlenbtedIy worried by~the attitude of the Ohio authorities, having suffered several severe defeats during the past few years The oil trust have been driven out of Germany, Texas, Missouri and now Ohio threatens to force them from that state. The trust is prcpar- ing to make a vigorous fight. and will marshal it's strongest and most bHt- liant legal light to maintain their DO sltion and resist Ohio's- in it's cXpPl- scin suit s--..-,
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
REV. DAHLSTROM SENTENCED. Special Nugget Service.

SEATTLE. March 3l.- The Rev Al. bert Dahlstrom who was recently trir1 and found guilty of taking Edna Eng lund to Fresno, Cal, for immoral pur- pc oses was today sentenced to serve . term of five years in the federal jail.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
SECRETARY REDFIELD /
 PLANS IMPROVEMENTS

c,ast The scheme nf Improvement il clud,s the building of three neV coast survey >os~rls to ho stati"ne1>f1 ,,attIrsethe muldng of liehrhousr- along tho Alaskan >ICIst and onciuis, impl"1 ing tD'~naNigaton of Naskm waters -
 He a,ys "N;C are cndravorin4 f'
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
Special Nugget Service.

0pSS'0t 'NSSSSh
 PITTSBURG, March 31.-During the past 30 days orders for nearly 12,000 cars have been placed by railroads tctaling an expenditure of nearly $15'- O,OOO Tho transportation compan- ies have delayed their orders until the il terstate commerce commission had passed upon the demands of the rail road companies for permission to in- crease their rates per cent. Almost eIry railroad in the east which is af- fected by the increase have placed orders for steel cars with tho latest 100000 tons of steel will be used In
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
STRIKE THREATENED. Special Nuqaet Service.

BUCHAREST, March 31.-General strike is threatneed following the re- fusal of employers to recognize build- ine trades unions Several small riots took place last night and ccores ar rested.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31

CHIHUAHUA, Mex, March 31.- Half Torreon smoldering ruins, /but defiant federals still refuse to surren-
 der. Likelihood underground mines compels General Villa. refrain from grand charge over federals, few re- mainng defenses. General Villa made several false charges yesterday after
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
ST. LOUIS BREWERY LA6oRERS
 ASK INCREASE IN WAGES
Special Nugget Service.

.,ST. LOUIS, March 31-Eight thou sand brewery workers have demanded 
 &l' ten per cent increase in their wages that it is due them in order t., keep 'step with the increase in the cost of living. The brewerymen have taken their demands under considera- ton and will probably grant them thus avoiding a strike.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31

FL PASO March Robert Doran, a photographer who has just arrived from Torreon estimates that 2,oo1 were killed in the Saturdays fight be- fcre Torreon and predicts that Villa will ultimate take the place: It is reported that General Neasco GCmmander of the federal forces k rendered insane by the inccssant strain upon him during th$ last few days.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
Special Nugget Service.

SEATTLE, March 3l.-scor'''M Ecdficld who is now in Seattle in tho lrtcrcsts of his department aud look ing over the situation personally stat eG,tu an interview today that he hop ! {, Have Il half million. dollars oNpondr | ia improving conditions along tho
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
CABLE AGAIN
 IN TROUBLE.
Special Nugget Serv SC,

VALDEZ. March $l Selur. c,nlr is again in trouhlr Repeated t"sl~ indicate that while tle onlpr she" still Is intact uo sailiaicut r|c.trica| circuit remains ,o transmit c,'l"- grams. The ca'.e f"r.,h. no.t por' is very olj pr..hly this. Is "hy tt" amy appropriation hil) nhicn rlss"d the house sotouIo>- carried .,r a million dollars which lS fot <, u,~ cable between S.1ttlr an1 AloS' .ut ports.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
NAVAL OFFICER
 (. si .@ COMMITS SUICIDE
Special Nugget Service.

k0NDoN, March Sl.-Lieutenart C6mmander Pierce Lyle of the naval reserve of Australia committed suicide te day in the corridor of the naval of flee. Commander. Lyle was advised to 1Isit, the admiralty offices and soon after rScejk4tfg such notice shot him stlEc~ The cause of the suicide re- mains mystery
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
OHIO AFTER sTANDARD/
 oLK COMPANY
Special Nugget Service.

COLCMBUS. p March 3l.-Todav Judge Dillon of the. court of common pleas granted an alternative writ or dtrinG the attorney general to insti- tLte rrGceedings [" oust the Standard Oil Company from doing business in the state of Ohio
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
FILING
 HEAVY ORDER FOR CARS
filling the orders.

filling the orders.
 Steel men are jubilant because they roads as being literally forced upon tke carriers by the demands of the business of the country which they serve, and as a revival of business generally.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
spe eciaI Nuaaet Service.

L4NRnN March 31.-IIcnry Thorn -tanA hp American. has been named ae general maRager of the. Great Easter ra illypd,< the largest railroad corpora
 ton Ms,gll:nelan4 and his appointment Las cad4Gd the papers of England t
 rr mcrcifHllg roast the directors for
 raining an -smcrican when, they
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31
CARRANzA PAYS VISIT
 TO AMERICAN COMMANDER

neon and in each case terrific eXplu- sicns which upheaved hundreds of tons of earth and demolished build ings showed him how fatal such d move would be. over two hundred men were killed during these cXperi- mental charges.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31

Mrs. BartIett's dancing class every Tuesday and Friday evenings at 8 p. m. K. K. hall, chiIdren's Saturda: afternoons. 4
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-31

FOUND-A pocketbook containing Il
 small amount of money. Pay for at, and take book.