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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19

Tuesday, the 7th day Of March. A. D.,
1916. at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon of
said day. in the Courtroom. at the
Courthouse. in the Town of Elko,
County of Elko, State of Nevada. and
all persons interested In said Estate
are notified then and there to appear
and show cause, If any there be, why
the said report should not he con-
firmed and then and there 10 file eX-
ceptions TO the report, IL cry they
have, particularly specifying the
grounds of objection.
ROBERT D. HUNTER,
Clerk.
Dated February 10, 1916.
F-19-M-6.
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NOTICE.

In the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State of
Nevada, in and for the ounty Of
Elko.
In the matter of J. ID. Abel, De.
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that the com
missioners for partition of real estate
having filed in this Court their report
OF partition. recommending a sale of
the real estate of the Estate Of j. ID.
Abel, deceased, the hearing of the
same has been fixed by said Court for
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Notice

Roundtree &c Creighton and Frank
since disposing of their
business here have turned over all ae-
counts due them to the undersigned
for collection; all persons owing the
aforementioned persons will kindly
come forward and pay their accounts.
j. NJ. MCNAMARA,
Rooms 202-203, Pioneer Building,
Elko, Nevada.
J 24-F24.
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REORGANIZATION OF
THE v. ?. STARTS
Practically All Elr.. Mortgage Bonds
Turned in to Committee.

Last Tuesday ended the time limit
for tn eholders OF the s5O.bo6,oO0 of
first mortgage bonds OF the Western
Pacific railroad to agree to their COM
mittee's recently announced plan for
a financial reorganization of the prop
erty following its receivership after a
default in bond interest payments by
George Jay Gould's Denver & Rio
Grande road.
The San Francisco Bulletin says
that at the office Of E. H. Rollins e
Co. it was said the bondholders by a
large rate have agreed to tho plan.
The next step will be for the COM
mittee of twelve. of which Alvin w.
Kreck of New York is chairman, and
Ian, George Whitell and A. NJ. Hunt
of San Francisco, to buy in the proper
ty for the bondholders at public auc-
ton under United States Judge Van
Fleet of San Francisco.
This will enable the committee to
declare the plan operative. Briefly
this means the creation Of a holding
company with $20,000,000 oil bonds.
S47,500,O00 OF common stock end s27,-
100000 of 6 per cent non-cumulative
preferred stock.
The bonds have been underwritten,
say E. H. Rollins & Co., and the old
Western Pacific bondholders are sub
scribing literally for them. Both is
sues of stock will go pro rata to the
bond subscribers.
With proper directors and officials
the new company will immediately
start in on the following important
program: Branch lines in State, S10,-
505.250; railroad bettermentss S2,579,.
$50; new equipment, $3,514.000
The sale at auction will wipe out
$75,000,00O of Western Pacific stock,
mostly held by the Denver & Rio
Grande, and the $16,O00,000 IN cash ,ad,
vanced by 1t to the Western Eacific.
Not only will Gould's Rio Grande
system sustain this big loss 1t will
fact suit for $1s,OOO,0OO by the new
owners at auction of the Western Pa,
cific because of its being the gsiaran
tor of the interest on the $4,000. 00C
of first mortgage bonds during theiI
lifetime.
1t is of interest to observe in this
connection that the Gould people by
issuing securities and spending casl
built the Western Pacific for Il tota
of $S4,0OO,OO0. About two Gears age
: the Interstate Commerce Commission
figured the actual cost of the road al
$77,80O,0O0.
The holders of the $5O,O00,00O o
first mortgage bonds will therefore ge
good bargain at auction at the face
value of their holdings.
The crying need OF the road is fo
some feeders, or branch lines. espe
cially to San Jose. to tap the rich San
ia Vlara valley, into the San Joaquin
country south from Stockton, and on
from Sacramento into the rich ant
strategic valley of the same name.
Probably feeder to San Jose will
be the first one built, for it has loni
been contemplated.
With the approaching sale at auc
ton the final chapter will he writer
in the story Of the ambitions dream
and utter collapse of George ia
Gould's ocean.to.ocean line.
In that role he was strong char
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Maryland. who made a report on the
Western Pacific tor the Rockefeller
interests a short time ago.
Those holders of the first mortgage
securities who did not surrender their
ings in proportion to what the road is
bid in for.
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Notice to the Public

Notice is hereby given that the un.
will not after this date be
responsible for any bills or liabilities.
contracted by Mrs. G. w. Holton.
G. w. HOLTON,
Elko, Nevada, January Is, 1916.
Feb. 49,
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Notice to the Public

have purchased the Overland Cafe
at Carlin from Louie Wong, and will
not be responsible for debts incurred
by him.
LOUIE LUN.
Carlin, Nevada, Feb. II, 1916. AL
The sun., 1916-09-10
Unstable as-wnson.

WILSON was for having the flag
saluted ut Vera Cruz. The stiffness
Of HuERrA forced him to change his
mind and his course.
WILSON was for having a new anu
free for all deal In Mexico. CARRANzA.
using the insolence that Is effective
in dealing with weakness, compelled
him to recognize CAIRANzA.
WILSON was for preventing The
murder Of Americans by German sub.
marines. When murder was done he
shook his fist. When more murder
was done he shook his finger.
WILSON was against preparedness.
We were too proud to fight. His mis-
cradle attitude drove GARRISON out
OF the Cabinet. Not until the streets
were filled with public demonstrations
for defence did WILSON yield, and
then the programme was late.
WILSON was for honest elections
and against class legislation, II We
may believe his voluminous writings.
The Brotherhoods put II up to him
whether they should oppose him or
whether he should collect 500 OO. 900
from the public through the railroads
and give II to them. The stencil Of
the choice ne made s%aturates the DO
litical mir.
WILSON si~desteprcd on woman
suffrage. Then he said it was some.
thing for the States to decide.
HUGHrs, who was not Of two mind
about the issue. came out fatty for
votes for women. Now WILSON. I'M
less he Is dcceiving the suffrngis,s
with weasel words, is converted.
WILSON'S shifts are varied. Some.
as In international affairs, are from
good 70 evil those are the shifts
which stronger and more brutal men
force him to make. Some, rs in the
matter Of preparedness, are from evi!
to good. because he fears that he will
lose votes. But always no shifts.
When It Is from good to evil It is his
habit to deliver the nation as irrevo.
cably as he can. When It IL from evil
to good II is usually too late to helr
any one. eve himself.
We know what one term Of tho
Shifter has brought us to. 1t IL i'm
possible TO guess what another term
might not bring us to.
The sun., 1916-09-10
The Pressing part Of The Programme.

"Only the most pressing part OF the
programme could he Completed says
Mfr. WILSON In his defence of the sur
render 10 the Br~otherhoods.
The most pressing part OF the pro-
xramme was the levy of n contripu-
ton of some S6O.NOo,0 900 on the peo-
pie through the corporations II II
TO promote Mr.. WILSON'S reelection
to an office originally attained by him
on broken pledges.
"rhe rest" he continues. referring
10 the "lcss pressing" aspects of labor
dispute legislation. at il agreed. has
merely been postponed until 1t can
be more maturely ~deliberated and
perfected"
The only part Of the programme,
therefore, which in Mr.. WILSON'S view
did not require mature d~eliberation
md perfection vas the part which
has stirred the country to an indigna-
ton seldom equalled In u political
history. the mulcting of the public
through the railroad corporations 10
buy the labor vote for Mr.. WILSON
Mt a cost, say, 6 100000.
What a miscalculation for n poli-
tician Of WoopRow WILSON'S self-cen-
tired shrewdness t make! What Il
shifty explanation Of n hlunder the
magnitude Of which Is now beginning
10 be perceived by Intelligence with.
out Character.
The sun., 1916-09-10

scriptions for the physician to COPY. IN
which . valuable oficiai drug u shown
in combination with their wonderful
elixir Wis., thus saving the conscience
Of the physician. while the nostrum
manufacturer sxacts his heavy toll / n
the price paid"
lie might well have added "Still
worse!" Respectable physicians. too
indolent to work out their own for
mulas, adopt these preparations to
the detriment Of the patient and Of
the dignity Of their calling. The jour
nails representing national and State
medical associations very properly do
not admit advertisements Of proprie-
tnry preparations, and inveigh against
the prescription Of those which bear
names not indicated In the pharmaco.
ppia. In fact they even condemn the
recent revision Of the latter, in which
the pharmacists were in the majority
and consequently resisted the deletion
of many drugs which physicians know
to he inefficient.
The sun., 1916-09-10
Property Rights Denied BY Congress
VIII De Defended by the Courts.

To EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir.
Woodrow Wilson came into power as a
minority President to satisfy n personal
spite. In the possession of the spite
power he has demonstrated that he can
outstrip the avenger in sacrificing the
American people upon the altar of his
personal expcdience. Last week the
President threw property rights in the
junk heap when he IA leader OF 400. 900
railroad employees forced Congress to
place o the statute book by an enact
ment Of our Federal Government COM
Polling the property owners to surrcn.
der their rights without n hearing being
granted to find put II It was Just or not.
Any layman who takes the trouble 10
read the Constitution knows that the
action of Congress- was unconstitutional
No elective body has the right to sacrl-
fice the property rights of those who
cleo, them. and our courts will demon
strate IL in due time.
In his speech OF acceptance Mr.. VIII
son said: II am more interested in
the fortunes OF oppressed men and pitt
full women and children than In n
property rights whatever
Thank zoe the majority OF the cleo
torate of our country can see in this
act the entering wedge OF socialism.
W. J. s. r.
nn1NVy -, SA
The sun., 1916-09-10
The BaguiO Tele grams.

Baguio had slipped from an unre.
tentive public memory when Mr.. ASH
uRsT Of Arizona, in attempting to jus.
tify nm abuse Of his frank--he Is n
candidate for reelectlOn-read to the
Senate Governor TAFT's telegram
about the Philippine paradise to Sec
rotary Roor and the famous reply Of
The Secretary Of War: How is the
morse that vas all.
What n moving picture the humane
inquiry brings In sharp outline before
us of the solid Governor Of the Philip.
pine Archipelago riding among the
hills of Renguet, On and on and up
and up to Baguio. where the maxi
mum temperature Is rs and the min
mum 40 degrees. and there was rest
for man and beast In the sOugh OF
the pines. In the last copy of the
Philippine Rericn there Is II picture
OF the summit Of SantO Tomas peak,
altitude nearly 5000 feet, but to the
''Nuit VA ''NSihoi AArI IL uluSl W.
said that he was satisfied to stop a;
BaguiO on the Benguet plateau, the
summer capital.
How the horse was Tor the horses
were) when Mr.. TAFT dlsmounted and
threw the rcins on the neck of his
heaving charger has never been dis.
closed. To-day you ran reach Baguio
by automobile--the Benguet rond Is a
work OF art, a triumph of cumulative
appropriations, but In the day when
Governor TAFT reported by telegram
the horse was the only means Of
transportation for official importance.
1t must be understood that pedestrl.
anlsm Is not highly esteemed by the
F%llipinos; you must ride to command
respect.
The Senator from Arizona has been
to the telegraph Office and learned
that the Taft despatch contained
about 100 words and that tho cost
was 30 cents n word. An expcndl.
ture of SO by Governor TAFT twelve
years ngO was n public scandal, In
Mr.. AsUuRsT's opinion. But we can
not look at the service the Governor
rendered his c%ountrymcn In that light
nor do we see anything but humanity
and solicitude fox War Department
The sun., 1916-09-10
THE HARVEST MOON.
In the Shadows II Casts the Spirit OF
Autumn Turks.

To TIVE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: The
dog days are over and tho bright, beau
tif"l harvest moon is near At hand. rs
vet there IL little change from the month
of August or July. although the evenings
have become cooler and the city streets
seem more crowded han ever. There
Is, indeed, far less travel after sunset
in trolley cars toward the beaches, and
here and there the theatres are opening
upon some great metropolitan thorough.
fare. And we meet more often friends
and ac0uaintances we have not seen
since last juno.
Although in the city there IL some EVIL
dence Of n transition toward autumn,
out In the country we SEQ many more
Indications Of this gradual change. The
foliage has already commenced to turn
In a few places, some Of the leaves ex-
h'bIting very bright and beautiful color
Ing. Even at moor our sun does not
shine so warmly. and almost at the mo-
mcnt OF sunset a cool and refreshing
air. or It may be a gentle breeze. Ia TO
be felt around US. Al evening neither
cricket nor brook sings 30 briskly, and a
sort Of increased melancholy see ms 70
be heard In their mi The stars In
the darkened armament sparkle with =
little moro brilliancs. and the glorious
harvest moon shines indeed s%loriously.
II Ia true that Nimmer astronomi-
cally. II not yet over: hut there ID
enough change already for the popular
statement that autumn begins on the
first day OF September,
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
NEWTON, Mass, September ..
The sun., 1916-09-10

II Is unlikely thar the Collectors Of
Internal Revenue will bless Congress
for h"virg extended the $4,000 excmp-
The amendment may open an inviting
door to some persons afflicted with the
wicked but widespread desire 10 avoid
paying that ten dollar tax which the
law has levied on the single, while
forglving the married. Bachelors and
spinsters with incomes of $4,000 may
be tempted to adopt families. in which
case the $40 or more saved will he
spent for Christmas presents for the
adopted instead OF falling into the
nav Of tho Treasury.
The sun., 1916-09-10
LITTLE STORIES OF LIFE AND HUMAN
CHARACTER.

typhoon and drifted for weeks ~.
Lucia WV
After the shipwreck of the Lu,i,
had settled ashore. IN twenty ya
he had kept away from the sea ana
cities. But having to ON to ~.
York on a bit of business ho ~,
thought he would Just see v%',
Coerties Slip looked like.
The rush OF memories ga,o wo,
a mood Of profound in~trospc.tion
was wonderful. to think of i, NO..
how he had endured all ,hn~e years
hardship. The thing that had %,
tained him had been the slmrIir,v
life at sea. On the land e,,rvtb,a.
was complex ans confusing. Bu, on
ship you had only to obey your onca,a
and do the ships work. There wore
other duties. Hard work ana b,,
food made strong the body. soli,"h'
nourished the mind. Yes. If y man So'
anything in his head at all he hs
time, at sea, to think things OH, g.,
himself. And how many people ,slor.
could do that? Mighty few tina, +,
had met.
From such reflections he swpr.
back to the vein Of romance. I, W.,
there, this quality OF romance even /,
the hardest and most oppressive s,,r.
atoms THAI befell on ships. You To-,
II every moment. II yelled the miseri.,
Of existence and tinged the br,rh,o,
moments with rosy hues. II was Tx.
the dawn stealing over the gray rcac,
OF waters. These folks ashore dId no.,
seem TO know the feeling At all. Bu.
he knew II. II thrilled him now. Ro.
mancei the attribute OF youth. N.
vision that took him back TO the day,
when he had sprung to the rigging 10
loose the main skysail and call joyfull,
to the deck below the order to .hcc,
homo.
The sun., 1916-09-10
property in Mr.. Roors responsive
telegram, which cost only 1894. As

property IN Mr.. Roor's responsive
telegram, which cost only 1894. As
Governor-G General Mr.. TAFT was in.
terested In establishing a sanatOrium
for American officials In the noun.
tains Of Benguet province. 1t was
his duty to visit Baguio and report
to the War Department.
Upon Mr.. TArT's arrival at railhead
the largest and stoutest horse with
the Government brand upon 1t was
placed at his disposal. He rode
through the hills filling his lungs with
ozone and taking observations. with
what he saw he was delighted and
impressed. The health problem for
hard working officials in n debilitat.
ing climate was solved. Governor
TAFT sent a telegram to Secretary
Roof and the whole continental
United States read It. The people
were entitled to know what Bagui,,
was and its uses, and an indelible
impression could BE- m"ie only BY
telling the story in one hundred
graphic words. sent by cable. Mr..
TArr's report was a model Of illumi-
mating condensation. Secretary Roor
at nee clinched public attention ny
his counter telegram: "How is the
horse" Mr.. TAFT was. Of course, all
right; but a horse that could carry
him was worth at least $500, and
the War Department could not afford
to lose him.
Senator AsRrRsr can add the s3Gi
to the cost Of Mr.. TArr's telegram If
he likes. but there Is no campaign
material In Il. The verdict Of the
American people will be that the in
formation about Baguio was wortl,
the money, and that the money was
legitimatcly spent.
The sun., 1916-09-10
BROOKLYN, September 8.
The Brutal HoIdup and the Disgrace.
ful Surrender.

To THE ErIToR OF THE SuS-Sir. Ths
passing OF the eight hour bill Will long
stand as an indictment against penroc-
racy. If the men were overworked
and undergrad. II they were undergoins
hardships and suffering p~rivations. there
would be some palliation OF their course
Of action. but none OF these conditions
enter into the case. They are the best
paid ren OF any In the world for the
class of work they perform.
For years they have maintained "A
lobby at WASHINGTON which has sought
to ecu the exemption Of labor union.
and their individual members from the
penalties OF laws. criminal and others,
which apply with full force to Tho nom
union citizen. Already they have made
substantial progress, and our present
President. with tire 'one track mind"
and marvellous switching facilities"
seems ready and willing TO grant any
exemptions demanded.
Unless the great body OF our citizens
rouse themselves they are likely TO md
labor unions exempted from even the
penalties OF homicide and burglary.
G. W. B~Rip1ELoNo.
rryrpp,,y Cco,enhe-
The sun., 1916-09-10
Bringing 1t Home 20 Jones.

To THE EpiroR or TIT Sr~-Sir. "Not
in u lifetime, I trust" I heard the
woman say.
"Probably not" replied the man. but
It's coming and Il Will make this wa
In Europe seem like a schoolboys' scrap
In comparison"
But II. az you say. the union =,
growing stronger and more arrogant.
and the POI ticians more s~uhscrvIent and
pusillanimous, wont the union Just AXE
the place of Congress SOM day. and
that's all there will be 10 IT,
That the very m when the
great. inert, stupid. myoplc public Will
wax M aud wade In"
can; Il be prevented. some way"
only by convincing everybody pretty
quick that his real name IS Jones'
jones'
Yes. Jones, you know. always rays
the freight"
Unable 70 make head or tail Of his
conversation. I moved on. CASE.
DECATUR, H.. September Z.
The sun., 1916-09-10
James Harrison wilson.

In n state Of the public mind con-
fused by the tragedy Of the war In
Europe and distracted by the vital Is.
sues Of a Presidential campaign, the
death of a gallant American soldier
Is known to few and his services have
received scarcely my recognition.
How different would have been tho
case in normal times.
JAMES HARRISON WILSON. who died
Mt Wilmington, Del, on September 2,
the seventy-ninth anniversary OF his
birth. was the last of the Fede"al
commanders who attained distinction
in the civil war. There was no more
brilliant cavnlryman In the Northern
armies in the closing days of the con
tlict than JAMES H.. WILSON. lie rode
at the head Of 1900 sabres in SnER-
MANS Atlanta campaign. the largest
and best equipped body Of horsemen
ever organized by the Government.
In n thirty days campaign WILSON
captured five cities, 1000 prisoners
and 2SS pieces Of artillery. In the
opinion Of the Confederate General
RICHARD TAYLOR this independent ex-
petition OF WILSON'S was "the best
conducted Of which I have any knowl-
edge" The force Of the redoubtable
FORREST was broken UP. and JErrER-
o DAVIS himself fell into the hands
Of the dashing young cavalryman.
who was only five years out Of West
Point. JAMES II. WILSON WIS also II
veteran OF the Spanish war and of
the Chinese campaign. in which he
commanded a mixed force Of Ameri-
can and British troops.
Admired by SHERMAN and SHERI-
DAN and a friend Of both. General
WILSON enjoyed the esteem of ULYs.
SEES s. GRANT. who nce named CproN.
MACHrNzp md VII SON as the soldiers
best fitted to command American
armies In the event Of war II SHER.
MAN. SHERIDAN and ScHovIrI.D should
suffer from the disability of age. 1t
was the irony Of fate that when war
finally came in 1898 JAMES II. WILSON
had to be content to serve under vol.
unteer commanders who had never set
n squadron in the field.
One OF WILSON'S greatest services
70 his country was his u%nobtrusivc
activity In behalf Of his superior. Gen.
eral GRANT. in the Vlcksburg cam
paign, when powerful influences we're
ut work in Washington to relieve
GRANT Of his command. 1t was
largely through the influence OF VIII
son and General JOHN A. RAwINs,
tactfully exerted, that GRANT came
through the ordeal successfully and
retained the good opinion Of Presi-
dent LINCOLN. In the regard Of THE
Sun JAMES HARRISON WILSON stood
very high. It knew him as an officer
and gentleman Of pure ideals, fine
public spirit and genuine patriotism.
There was no better American, no
more loyal friend.
The sun., 1916-09-10
I~I.-COENTIES SLIP.

Coentfes Slip Is not recognizable. Cor.
rugated tin walls Of n construction
shack and piles Of sand have blotted
ont the little hell shaped garden named
jeanette Park. on the north side of
the slip at the corner Of South street
overs a twelve story home for sailors.
II is capped by a small lighthouse. In
side are elevators, recreation rooms
clean cubicles in which to sleep, ia
~cilities for wholesome meals and a
chapel through the stained glass win
dows Of which sunshine lights up
Gothic traceries.
Inside this astonishing structure and
outside in the warm airs Of South
street are sailors OF a sort that never
va on land or sea.
They cannot tie a spritsail sheet
knot. They do not know the difference
between a double diamond and q
French shroud. They have never been
on a topsail yard IN a dirty night, and
il you spoke of picking oakum they
would think you referred 10 life on a
plantation.
They are confirmed seagOcrs. ship
ping ms d~ockhands on steam vessels
and getting twice as much as an able
seaman did n generation back.
Having made and verified these de-
auctions. an old nan sat down on a
bench in what is left Of the small park
that graces the slip.
Half a century ago ne had made
New York as the ordinary seaman OF
the bark Roncador, 1oo days out from
San Francisco. He remembered his