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Salmagundi From Monday's Daily A large number of jurors und witnesses are in attendance on the district court. Judge Castle sent Johnny John?, a drunken Indian, to the bastile for 60 days this morning. Johnny ii a bad Indian, hut the white man that sells him is worse. Superintendent Davis of the Ne vada Bunker Hill Mining company and Mr. McNeil went to Bullion this morning. Tliey took with them a prospective investor w hose name we do not know. Ross Reynolds arrived from Salt Lake Saturday and this morning Judge Taber appointed him official court reporter for the present term. Mr. Reynolds seems to be a com petent young man. The Elko land office will be open ed for business on the first of Jan uary. 1914. This information Mill be found in a notice from Hon. Clay Tallman, U. S. I. and Commis sioner, elsewhere in this issue. The notice is important to all who have business with the land office. The impeachment trial ?.f Gover nor Sulzer cost the people of New York a pretty sum. The pay of the members of the impeachment court alone amounted to $00,987, each member receiving $1,087.50 at the rate of $;t7..r)0 per day. The salaries of the attaches and other expenses will run the cest close to $100,0(10. Mr and Mrs James Martin <>f Mountain City are in town as wit nesses in the lluher murder case. They are stopping at the Kiko Hotel. Mrs Martin was a pupil in the public school when we had charge of it. Many years have passed since then and both teacher anu pupil show changes that time has made. About 2 o'clock Saturday morn inn Mike Machella and Vi\ian Ha> den had a tight with J. W. Mc Duugall, a waiter at the Commer cial Hotel. Thev beat him up pretty ba l ar:d he had them arrest ed. Their cases came up brfore Judge Castle* this afternoon and were continued until 7 o'ociuck to morrow evening. In taking charge <?f the Inde pendent agair, we have lost the job of foreman of tlu Mnver Hotel. Contractor Shravcn said we were neglecting our duties at the build ing and fired us without ceremony. Having endured many harder knocks than this, we hope to sur vive the shock. We hope to be re instated when Contractor Shravcn gits over hip grouch. Mrs. Alice Kherhnrd, who givis her residence as Sacramento is he moaning the Iofs of a beautiful plume, which she claims was slint tere I to hits by an electric fan in a Southern Pacific dining cnr. She has filed a claim for $7.r? for the plume with the company. Another woman is askinir $50 for the loss of a hat. which blew out the win dow when the porter opened a door causing a draught. A few days ngo, a man who had just secured emnloyment nt one of the cy wide plants in Silver City, inquired for n refreshing drink of water. Mv was directed to the proper place, and nothing mere thought of t Ik incident. A few moments later he returned and re marked, 'what the matter; that water was no good." Investigation showed that he had cjunfTVd a lnrge portion of cyanide solution and there were lively doings for a short time. Ho was given the "third' degree and divers other forms of first aid treatment known to tin Taft, nnd a doctor summoned. When the later arrived he found the nihil doing well and no serious effects have manifested themselves ** yet. It was a close call, how ever?Virginia Chronicle. I Sn'mngundi Krom Tuesdays Daily. J. K. Smith of Wells wns in 'own yetterdny. Ike Wolvuton, ,lr., of Ruby VhI ley is doing jory duty. He reports everything lovely in that section. Ralph Young, of the Klko Soda Works, left Inst night for Snn Francisco to attend the for tola Festival, Mr Wm. Clark nnd wife of C herry Creek spent thelnttcr part ?f last week in Elko. They return ed Sunday morning. The Rev. Father Cocoran has returned to Carlin from his trip in the east. While away he preach ed in Providence, Lowell, and New Yoik City. He will say Mass in Elko next Sunday. Judg? Ducker has sentenced George Rilev, who plead guilty to a criminal assault on all) year old girl in Paradise valley, to 150 your* in the penitentiary. The Star jays that Riley showed no emotion when the sentence was passed. If the Independent is being de livered by carrier or mail to a.iy person who does not want to pat ronize the writer they will confer a favor on us by notifying tnis of fice. Don't wait two or tnree weeks and then say you did not want the paper under its present mana^M - ment. Notify the oflire and your name will be stricken from the list. Tom Manley, a waiter at the K.Ik Cafe, took an oveidosc of fiithting whiskey last niitht and startul to clean out the place. He filled bis pockets with the salt and pepper shakers and proceeded to throw them at everybody in sight. The result was that he lamleil in jail and tnis morning Judge Castle put , him away for GO iia>s. The American quarter, if the number thirteen has any signifi cance is a very unlucky piece of monev. Did you ever notice that on every quarter there ar.- tnirteen stars, thirteen letters in the scroll held in the eagle's beak, thirteen long feathers in each ol the eaglr'* wings, thitteen upright bars io the shield, thirteen arrows, thirt en leaves on the branch, thirteen lit ters in the words "quarter dol lar." .Jack Salsbury on his way homo from Carbonate, the new lcadsilvir (list r ict in Death Valley, stopped long enough in Tonopah to tell his friends of the successful operations of the new mines west from Za briski. on the Tonopah & Tidewater railroad. He haid that forty hor&r. are employed hauling ores fur de li ver\ to the tractor at the Funer al range and that the output is now eighty tons a week and growing as fast as tnev f?nd team - to do tin hauling. In Austria there has been funned a g'-eat a?s iciation for care in sick ness, which is moiel in its w,iy. By law every Austrian has to bilo.g. The poorer members m ust pay something like 20 ecnts a month. Those who cun't atTord to pay are members just the same. In all the Austrian communities treatment i provided for t lie minor ailments. Kor the more serious diseases pat icits i?re sent to Vienna. The bail ing physicians in the country are m the staff, specialists of wurld r? nowo. The total assessed valuation of Nevada is $100.000.000. To rai-e sufficient money to run the stab government tlii- valuation mu t b' increased to at least $ J 14 ,000, OH', according to the state tax commis sion. To secure this increB.-e the commission is arbitrarily rid ing valuations on the struggling farm ing and mining communities throughout the state, regardlc - of the conditions under which they struggle. And yet it is proposed to contribute $1 10,000 of state fund to the California expositions. Will the taxpayers suffer this outrage in siloncc? ? ("lurk County lb-view. Salmagundi Krom Wednesday's Daily Mrs. Irwin McDowell nnrt daugh ter left thin morning for their home at I'rovo, (Mali. Wc are Informed th&t the jury In tin- Matthews ca?c stood 7 for conviction to 5 fur acquittal. Architect Wart' arrived fr. m Salt I ako this m rning. lie i still on the jol> at the Mnver I lot ??! I'. P. Means, representing llul ert S. Br?wn Richmond Andradr properties, of Richmond, California is registered at the Commercial. W. W. Booher has taken over tin* reins once more of the Klko Inde pendent after an eight month rc . W. T. McNeil having given up I i;; lease. Mr. Booher has at once re stored the lnd?perdent to its form er lines, and the snrnc old "punch." ? Virginia Chronicle. Now, that the nnti-snlTragi-t orators have invaded the state lo k ollt for lively hair pulling t i rti< <. The suffragette has about as mwh love for an antl as the devil has for holy water. We hope thrro wil I he none of the antics of our shters across the tea injected into the Nevada campaign by either party. Sisters, keep your bonnets on. Peter Wilself started from Car ton for Genoa with u buggy load of tacks in which to put his potato crop. A spark from his cigar ig nited tLerr. and as the wind was from the west and the smoke pass ed out of the back of the bngtiy, the vehicle was so far gone bef ?re he noticed the tne that all he could do was to unhitch the horse. The with the exception of the wheels was entirely destroyed. G. A. Scibert, who left F.lkr. in 1S80. stopped over between train's today on his way from Harrisburg, Pennysly vania, to San Francisco. He was a resident of KlKo for sev eral years and clerked in the M. P. Freeman & Co's bank and attended to Wells Fargo express, tneir office bcinn in the I .ink at that time. This was his first visit to Elko since he left nnd be was greatly impressed by the improve ment of the town and its future prospects. He continued on his journey this afternoon. Western Pacific engineers were at work at Palisade Inst week in gaped in selecting a site for the new bridge that company has ar ranged to put across the llurnb Idt river there. It is Warned that the tite lor th" new bridge has Keen selected ami the cr< sting will be made about oppoite the far sf -ps of the Eureka Nevada rnilw y. The connoting line between the Western Pacific tracks mi thesn-.th tide of the tiver and Eureka-Ne vada tracks at Palisade on the north side of the river will be built as a narrow gaujse, the E. N. cars doing all the transferring across the river.? Eureka Sentinel. Salmagundi From Thursday's Daily. Or. VV. P. Murrav, formerly of f'aliento, Nevada, is in town and will locate hero /' >r the practice of hi j profession. Dr. John K. Worden, formerly of Fallon, has located i ere and will l e pk used to i t [end all who ir.ay need bis services. Sec- his card i Isewhert . Wm Martin, who has been at the bedside of hi daughter at an Og den hospital, left fur North F< rk t >day on his way i<> 1. Is homo at Gold Creek. Contractor Shravcn has the thanks of the Independent for a treat of banana apple- from Utah. His visit this morning wa.-: one of peace and gond will. Delia Martin, the 15-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm Mar tin of Gold Crerk who -\hs operated >n at Ogden for appendicitis, is getting along nicely at the hospital. Her many friends will be glad to learn that the your . lady will soon be out ngain. Miss Minnie J. Reckhurt, a f r/n er resident of Elko, wa> married in New York on the liith, to Mr S. E. D'innally. They are mi thi ir wed ding trip to San Francisco and on their return will flop in Elko to visit the i?ride'f former friend'. Mrs Donall.v grew up in Elko nnd her many friends here extend con gratulations and w i - li her much ItappimvM. We arc k la?l to welcome Brotl <r W. W. lioohrr back in the fo! 1. He has been Ioiik identified with the newspaper game in the State that for the Klko Independent to issue without his name nt the edi torial masthead (teems out of place. Mr. I'.oohcr is one of the pit neers of the State and ha- t>< fit his enei gy in assisting in its growth. He has been out of the harness for ci tel> t months, !>u' it i a cinch t' it he ha? lost nonp of that forccfuln* s thnt he exerted in making the inde pendent one of the best papers iri the State. ?Sparks Tribune. ? tm ??? ? Salmagundi From Fridays Daily Work on the new Mayor Hotel in going idiead rapidly. With the exception of the light well*, the building is under cover. About 6.45 last night, Western Pacific engine NO. 30 caught hre while Mandir.* on the outgoing en ine track, and was damaged about JlTfi. The blaze was cati.-od by oil dripping from the burner atch iug fire. On or about November 8th the S. l', will have a new time table. The particular change in trains being train No. 10, which will arrive at 2:11 p. m., eaatbound, instead of 11 10 p. m. as at present. No oth er changes of importance. l>r. W. T. Ligget, of this city Hi formed a co-partnership with Dr. F. J. Crane of Tonopah and is ipping his furniture to that city. He will leave for Denver tomorrow r. r i 1 enOeavor to pull off a mining deal while his furniture is in tran sit. He expects to be in Tonopah I about Nov. 1st. John Sheritt of Truckee, Califor nia i'- here looking for lanH. Mr. M Neil has taken him to Pine Val ley. Eureka county, and various I' ints in this county. So far he ; ha purchased 360 acres near Car lin. He went out this morning to luok at other lands in this county and will return and leave on No. 3 this afternoon. We understand that referendum petitions against the Wells high s-rhool bond issue are being circu i iat <1 throughout the county. The I petitions ?ro based on the proposi i u n of bonding the county without ! i v te rif the people. If the requir ed number of signers is obtained, the question will he voted on at the next election. Of the 800 miles of double track ing on the Southern Pacific be I twa en San Francisco and Ogden m re than 300 miles will be finish ed vithin !5days, and in that time 1 tl ? liack between Reno and Truc kt will he turned over by the con I tra -tors to the company. Netrly i all nf the line between Blue Can yon, *Ari -niles heyond the summit, and San Francisco is completed and will he in operation before many days. I We call the attention of the tax payers of Elko county to the article from the Hen o Journal headed "Waste of Nevada Money" in this i >'? and a.-k them what they think about it and the men who voted to luamhr $1 10,000 on California Expositions from which the State will derive little or no benefit. While they are thinking the matter ivir their thoughts should wander t" t e governor who completed the steel. Really, taxpayers, what do you think of the bunch? WASTE OF NEVADA MONEY The taxpayers of Nevada are fac ing ?he expenditure of ?1 10,000 of i f;< .r money for the two California expositions of 1015. The size of this amount is such to arouse proper criticism not '?nly for itself but in view of the inadequate return to be anticipat ed. Viewed from any light it is too mucn. No State, however well provided with money can atrord to pay more for anything than it is worth, but we sec this State ? which cannot spare $60,000 for hig i> ways ? appropriating to Cali fornia an amount which, if given 'n the same ratio by other States would turn a veiitable flood of m ix y rolling toward the Pacific, Nevada lias a population of ap proximately 90,000; New York ap proximately 9,000,000. If New York appropriated to the fairs on fhc unit' scale as Nevada she would ivi 100 times ? I 10,000, or $14, ! .MOO 'l he excessive proportion ?>: ly Been in the comparison. A?;am, for lliis exposition Neva l.i ; ixpayers are charged six cents ?i tt ? $100 for two years, which .s twice the amount levied per an num for the general school fund ? >f the S' ule. In 191(5 we arc called ipon to expend in California twice much Jis we expend in the gen ml school fond for the education in any one >eor. In view of this condition, public opposition has been properly arous i ! nirainst such a large expend! ur iid the energy of the rrea?, the State officials and the taxpay r should he directed to devising n remedy. l' ceems the concensus of opinion - irh a sum as this should not expended if i? can he avoided. U'*h i.n expenditure is not In evii .Me. A way out lien in the dis rr Hon of the hoard of directors of the expositions. Present reli anci must be placed on them, but if they fail relief must he sought ?i* t h< speial session of the legis lature to be called next year. ? Kcno Journal. Rare On*, Too. To bo Hbte to say nothing when U 1ft boat to koop stIU U ? gift, From Monday's Daily. DIS1RICT GDURT District Court convened this morning for the trial of criminal cases and the transaction of other business. Judge Taber presiding. Sheriff Harris returned 5U jur ors served out of the venire of 55. The roll of jurors was called and Judge Taber listened to a num ber of requests to be excused from those present. Some of the re quests were granted for the term and some were denied. The preliminaries out of the way Judge Taber called on District Attorney Carville to announce the first case for trial and th? order in which the remaining cases would be tried. The district attorney an nounced that by agreement, of coun sel for the defendant, case No 498, the State against Harry Matthews, chaiged with attempt to commit rape, would be the first one tried and the other coses would come in the following order: Frank Huber, murder; Fred McCombs, grand larceny: Milton Abbey, burglary; Jack Griffin, robbery; Jan Bird, assault with intent to kill; Frank A Hutto, forgery. There arc three indictments against Matthews, all for the same offense The case of Harry Matthews was then called and the work of get ting a jury begun. This was soon accomplished and twel.e men were chosen to decide his fUe. Court then adjourned the hear ing of the case until 2:30 in the af ternoon and took a recess until 1;15 when the motions in the case of Fred McCombs were decided. When court convened this after noon, Judge laber rendered a lengthy decision denying the mo tion to set aside the indictment against Fred Mctombs. He held among other things that the de fendant had not exercised diligence in investigating the grand jurors before they were empanelled nnd that he could not now take ad vantage of his failure to challenge Juror Hyd? at the proper time. He read many decisions bearing on the question and to the layman his ruling seemed to be based on strong grounds. The result of the ruling is that McComb will have to face a jury. Wnen Judge Taber concluded, Attorney Dysart gave notice that the defense would ask the Supreme Court for a writ of prohibition. The case of the State against Matthjws was then taken up and evidence was being taken when we went to press. From Tuesdays Daily. Good progress is being made in the case of the State against Harry Matthews. Yesterday afternoon Lucille Straughter testified and this forenoon Dr. A. J. Hood, Gert rude Straughter, II. E.Sproule and J. W. Straughter, father of the girl, were examined and the evi dence of Dr. Hood at the prelimi nary examination and the warrant of arrest were read to the jury. The State then rested. The defense asked for time to consult witnesses and court recess ed until 1:15 this afternoon. Yesterday afternoon Judge Taber set the trial of Fred McCorrbs for nrxt Monday. It is expected that h writ of proliibition from the Supreme Court will be served upon Judge Taber before that time. If that occurs the case will go ovr until the Supreme court renders its decision on the application for the writ. At the afternoon session, Mrs E|. mira Johnson, Mrs Anna Coulter, VVm Lawrence and Joe McGan testi fied for the defense. The defense then asked that the jury view the premises. The request was granted and the jury was taken to the premises by the officers. On the jury's return Deputy Sheriff Lamon was called ns a witness. He was on the stand when our report closed. From Wednesday's Daily. A session of the District court was held last night and the Matthews case went to the jury ? bout 10 o'clock. 'I he twelve good rien wrestled with until court convened this morninp; when they reported that they were^unnble to agree and were discharged. The case of Frank Huber, accus ed of the murder of Wm. Hillings at Mountain City, was called. At torney Dysart asked that Joo Mc I Namara be entered as associate counsel for the defense. The re- ' quest was uranted. District At torney Carviile then asked that the ' firm of Curler & Gedney be enter ed as counsel to assist the prosecu tion. This request was object? d to by Mr. Dysart who wanted to know whether Mr. Gedney went to District Attorney Carviile and ask ed to assist the prosecution of the case or whether the district attor ney rrade the offer. Mr. Carviile answered that he had not been ap proached by either member of the firm about being employed as as sistant counsel. Mr. Gedney was asked the same question and de clined to answer. Mr. Dysart also wanted to know if the associate counsel were to be paid out of the county funds or by private parties and was informed that they would be paid by private parties and would receive nothing from the county. During the pendencv of this matter the j irors were excused un til 1 :30 this afternoon and court adjourned until that time leaving the question unsettled. At the afternoon session the cm Dloyment of special counsel was further considered and the court took the matter under advisement until 10 o'clock tomorrow forenoon and adourned until that hour. From Thursdays Daily ^ This forenoon "udge Tabcr paes cil upon the question of special counsel to assist the district attor ney in the prosrcution of Frank Huber, charged with rnurdet. He read many authorities, the most of which sustained the right of a judge to grant the application for the employment of special counsel in criminal cases. Some of the cases, however, held it was diecre tionary with the judge. Being in doubt as to his righ: to deny the application of the district attorney for the employment of special coun sp! in the Huber case, Judge Taber exercised his discretion and denied the application for the employment of the firm of Curie* & Gedney, but"flated that he would grant an application for the employment of either member ?.-f the firm to be agreed upon by the district attor ney and the firm. After consultation Mr. Gedney was agreed upon and he was en tered as special counsel. The state excepted to the ruling of the court denying the application for the em ployment of Curler & Gedney and the defense objected to the em ployment of Mr. Gedney. The ob jections were overuled and the de fense took an exception. Th?? employment of special coun sel in criminal cases ha:, been the rule in this state for over forty years and Judge Taber's ruling seems to be i.i conflict with that practice. His decision, howtver, was largely based upon the condi tions presented in the case before him. He fully considered those conditions and made his ruling ac cordingly. He s'.ated that his rul ing in this casewa* not to he re garded as a precedent. After this matter was settled the jury was called in and excused till 1 :80 o'clock and the court ad journed until that hour. At the afternoon session the work of getting a jury to try the Huber case was begun. John W. Porter/ the first Juror was being flues' inned when our report closed at 3 o'clock. From Fridays Daily When court adjourned for the noon recess, nine jurors had been examined in the Huber case, five of whom were excused and four pass ed. These four are subject to per emptory challenge. The examina tion of jurors was continued this afternoon. THE COUNTY PRINTING Yesterday we were asked to do some printing for the county and refused to do it on the ground that the printing was covered by the contract awarded by tho com missioner?. In the conversation, we were informed that tho KISco offices had been doing such work and the commissioners bad paid the hills. As a taxpayer we protest against this way of doing business. The county printer is doubtless ready to do all the work he contracted to do and the commissioners have no right to alio* bills for nrinting covered by his contruct. If it con tinues, something may drop. Id regard -to tb? printing we were asked to do, it was claimed to be an emergency job. If the county officers are permitted to give out tbe county work to tfce Elko offices emergenciei are very likely to occur with wonderful frequency and the county would pay double for it work. The fsuli lies with the county commissioners in passing the bills and in the auditor in psyins them. We will look up the bills pp.id in the near future and tell the tax payers about them. theI?itor assaulted While at work at our deck this morning we were startled to see Contractor Shraven enter the otfice with a pistol in his hand. With out waiting for the usual salutation he presented the weapon saying that he had come after us. Seeing that he meant business we grabbed the handy shears and made for him, but seeing that the dangerous looking weapon was nothing but a toy pistol that he swiped from one of Billy Mayer's boys and that in stead of blood in bis eyes there was a merry twinkle, we dropped the shears and listened to his plaint which was that we join Offi cer Cisco, Editor Steninger and himself and take something at the Club saloon. It is needless to say that we went. All took cigars and the trouble ended in smoke. The cause of Mr. Shraven's invasion of the office was the little squib we pub lished yesterday about our dis charge from the foremanshiD of the Mayer Hotel building. We were put back on the job this morning but can't say how long it will be before we are fired again. FOREST RESERVE MONEY Governor Oddie has received a warrant from the National Treas ury for 810,556.89 for distribution to the several counties of the State representing the proportion of the receipts during the fiscal year end ed June 30, 1913 from the Nation al Forests, under the Act cf Con gress which provides as follows: "That hereafter twenty-five per centum ot all money received frnm each forest reserve during any fis cal year, including the year ending June 30? 1908, shall be paid at the end thereof, by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State or Tirri tory in which said reserve is situat ed, to be expended as the State ?r , Territorial legislature may t re scribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which the forest reserve is situated; provided, that when any forest the distribu tive share to each frnm the pro ceeds of said reserve shall be pro portional to its area therein." Elko ia the largest benefnetor from the distribution receiving the sum of $6,137. THE FORTY-THOUSANDTH LOCOMOIIVE , That a firm of buidl?<rs should have recently completed its forty thousandth locomotive bears testi mony to the magnitude of the lo comotive building industry o this country. The Baldwin locomotive company, who have acromp!Uhl'd this feat, built their first locomo tive in 1832. The one-thousandth was turned out from the works in 1861; and in 1880 the five-thous andth locomotive appeared. No, 10,000 was built in 1889 and No. 20,000 in 1902. It took only five years for the company to build its next 10,000 locomotives, and the present year sees the completion of the forty-thousandth, a fast pass enger "Pacific" type. This locomo tive has cylinders 26 inches in dia meter by 26 inches stroke, 80 inch driving wheels, 4,626 square feet of heating surface, weighs 189,600 pounds and has a tractive force of 38,300 pounds. It was biiilt for the Pennsylania railroad. ? Scien tic American. Moum Built of Poroalaln. An English Inventor Is building ? house of sheets of porcelain, paneled and welded on a atael framework. The walla, being nnn-porens, would not retain dirt or disease goring No matter how careless or dirty tho pro tIoub tenant had boon, a bucketful of water and some soap would mnke It as sweet and clean as a pollalnJ Ho nor plat*. _