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ELKO, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. TUESDAY. MARCH 30, 1915.
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The Independent Has The Largest Circulation Ever Achiev ed by an Elko Paper
If New and True The Independent
Publiahea It; Not Otherwiae
ELKO
A Live Newspaper la a Mlrrar In
Which la Reflected the Spirit of
the Community It Repraaanta.
STUD-POKER CAN
ED IN NEVADA
DOE8 NOT CUT
PERCENTAGE.
NOW BE PLAY.
WHEN HOUSE
POT 8 FOR IT8
COTERIE OF KNIQHT8 OF THE
GREEN CLOTH IN UTAH WHO
HAVE, BEEN WAITING FOR BILL
TO PA88 EXPECTED.
"Clackety click!" And also "Click
ety clack!" Catch the drift? It's
simple enough. Simply this: The
man with the "case ace" Is again in
our midst and stud-poker is kin*
once more.
Last night at 5:15 Governor Boyle
placed hlB official John Hancock on
the new gambling bill and the afore
said measure is now a law. What
ever doubts were in the minds of
lovers of the game have been dispell
ed and there is rejoicing among the
slick fingered gentry of the green
cloth.
The bill as signed by Governor |
Boyle, allows among other games, the
playing of stud-poker, so long as the
house where tho game is played does
not cut the pots for it's percentage.
This offense is made a felony under
the new act.
The renewal of the game in Elko is
received with 'lelight by a large por- 1
tion of the population who think thai
gambling under this new law will be
a great deal cleaner than tho way th >.
old law made natters, vis., gambling
in back roomB and in secret.
That an Influx of gamblers will soon
take place to Elko from Salt Lake
and other towns in Utah was forecast
ed yesterday by a message received
by a local man fronr a Salt Lake
friend. The message stated that Salt
Lake people were waiting for the gov
ernor's action and if favorable many
Salt Lakers would start the westward
trek for Elko and other Nevada
towns.
BOLT ENTERS SKULL
STILLWATER RANCHER
Fred Dalton, the well-known far
mer of Stillwater, met with a serious
accident Wednesday afternoon. While
leveling land with a six-horse tail
board scraper, the implement caught
on an alfalfa root and threw him
over on the double trees. A protrud
ing bolt In the scraper struck him in
the back of the head, and to the
right side, says the Fallon Eagle.
He got up In a dazed condition, but
could only see three horses. Pres
ently he recovered sufficiently to un
hook the traces and take his team
to the house. He and the family be
lieved it was nothing more than a
little scalp wound. The following
afternoon Dr. Gardner was called
and after an examination, gave direc
tions that Mr. Dalton be brought to
Fallon at once. An operation was
*> performed by Dr. Gardner. It was
found that the bolt had penetrated
the outer skull and crushed the Inner
plate were removed, measuring an
plate. Three sections of the inner
inch and a half. long and three-quar
trs, of an inch wide. The pieces of
the inner plate were imbedded in the
brain from an Inch to an Inch* ond a
half.
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ASKS DAMAGE8 FOR BEING
INJURED BY AN AUTO
Suit has been instituted In the Dis
trict Court by. Henry T. O'Carroll, an
Infant, by J. J. O'Carroll, his guard
ian, against Miguel Coblaga. The
complaint alleges that the plaintiff
a ten-year-old boy, was struck by an
auto driven by tiie defendant Sep
tember 3, 1914, In the town of Wln
nemucca, and was so seriously injured
that ho was tmablo to attend school
for threo months.
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
CAR80N CITY, March 30. ? Governor Boyle signed the New
Gambling bill yesterday afternoon at 5:15 and the measure be
comes a law at once. Action is received with applause by many ?
people here and all over the state who claim'that legal gambling
In a restricted form is a great deal . better than back-room games,
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SHEARERS IN ELKO
FOR SPRING WORKi
MANY WIELDERS OF 8HEARS ARE IN ELKO AND PROBABLY 100,000
ANIMALS WIL LBE SHEARED THIS SPRfNG BY ELKO COUNTY
8HEEPMEN.
Sheep shearing is on again in Elko. |
For the past week experts in this
line have been coming to Elko and
yesterday the rear guard of the shear
army struck this city in n bunch.
Something over 30 shearers were
registered at the Commercial thlB j
morning and sometime today or to- j
morrow the spring shearing of the j
wooly animals will begin In earnest |
at the pens Just outside of town. Men
in touch with the local sheep situa
tion say that there will be some
thing over 100,000 animals sheared
i before the work is done and the wield
ertt of the shears move on to other
points.
Some of the most expert shearers in
the west are in Elko and the sight of
the wool flying again will be a glad
sight to local sheep men. Dutch, the
old reliable shearer of Nevada was
among the first arrivals and he stout
ly declares he is "good for 50 bucks
any day."
It's a glad time for stockmen and
shearers and the dance is on. Pax
| vobiscum.
GRISWOLD WILL
IS DISCLOSED
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Last Will and Testament of W. S.
Griswold Filed in the
District Court
The last will and testament of Wil
lard S. GrlBWold, prominent Elko
county citizen who died in Los An
geles some time ago, was filed in the
district court yesterday with a peti
tion that letters of administration be
issued to Mrs. Margaret Oriswold,
widow of the deceased, Arthur Gris
vtold, his son, and John Henderson.
The will, a lengthy document, was
made in Anril, 1914, and was witnes
sed by C. JS. Mayer and Dr. C. W.
West, both of Elko. It designates
Mrs. Griswold as administrator of the
estate without bond and contains the
following bequests:
To his wife, an undivided half of
all property of every description; to
his Bons, John, Oscar and Arthur, and
daughters Amy and Agnes, $500 each;
to his daughter, Margaret, $1,000; to
his sons, Joseph, Stanley, Charles,
Wallace, all minors, the balance and
residue of the estate.
Mr. Griswold's estate, consisting of
a ranch In Ruby Valley, cattle and
other personal proporty and cash In
tho banks, is estimated at from $50,
000 to $75,000.
flfflS LflTHB
OF ADMINISTRATION
Nets Ouderkirk, Father of Late G. E.
Ouderkirk, Asks That Sister
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Be Appointed
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A petition was filed in the district j
court yesterday by Nelson Ouderkirk
father of the late George Elmer Ouder- !
kirk, who died in this city last week,'
asking that Mrs. Myrtle Robinson, sis
ter of the deceased be appointed ad
ministrator of the estate and that
letter testamentary be issued"" to her.
Mr. Ouderkirk, who holds the right
to letters testamentary, has refused
to act in that capacity lor reasons
known to himself and although he
does not waive his right to act, asks
that the appointment of his daughter
be made.
^Tho estate of the late Mr. Ouder
kirk consists of real and personal
property to the approximate amount
or $30,000, as follows: One-half in
terest in the Pioneer Building of this
city and the same interest in the sa
loon business conducted therein.
lots in the city of Elko and person
al property.
The dead man died intestate and is
survived by his father, mother, two
sisters and two brothers.
SMALL FORTUNE BURIED BENEATH
FAMOUS OLD INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
VIRGINIA CITY, March 29.? A rich .
treasure seems to be In store for some
lucky person. Old timers who resided
In this city when the International
hotel was built remember vividly the
time the cornerstone was laid for that
famous structure. Mackay and Fair
were there, and Just before the stone
was covered each took a handful of
gold coin and placed It in the rock. '
Other well-to-do people placed their i
Bharo there and a large Blsed Bum
waa the reflult. Not coin alone, but
other valuable a ?tlcles were placed In
the stone until It became worth a
flmall fortune. Articles of historic In
terest which would now be almost
priceless to the owner were put In to
(111 up the hole In one of the most
valuable pieces of rock in the west.
The old tlmera who tell of the lay
ing of that cornerstone, declare that
It baa never been touched unless done
so maliciously, nnd as It would.be a
hard proposition to empty that rock
of Its contents, It seedis likely that It
may still hold the valuables.
It Is customary to lay a cornerstone
at the northeast corner of a building,
and the mei? who told this story be
lieve this was followed when tho In
ternational hotel cornerstone was laid.
Special to th? Independent.
PKTROORAD, March 30.? Official
report* recolved front tho Russian
fleet, now bombarding the way to Con
ataotlnopln In the Black Sea, atate
that thono watora have hpon cleared |
ol Turklnh ahlpa and the way to Con
atantlnople la clear with the exception
of a few dorrilct forta. The report a!- j
ao atatee that the fall of the Ottoman ;
capital can not be far off.
The bombardment of the Dardanel
les has been resumed by Garden's flo
tilla and good headway la being made
along the ?tralt. Kltehener*# tre
mendous army of orer a million men
will ?oon be thrown Into the fray In
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an attempt to take the city by land
fctUcka.
Peace Party in Italy Has Lost Power
And Entrance of That Country
Into War Seems Inevitable
Special to the Independent
ROME, March 30. ? Italy began to
day to masB troops on the Austrian
border and it seems now that the
long looked for entrance of Italy Into
the struggle convulsing Europe is
fated to become a reality in the near
future. The peace party seems to
have lost it's power entirely and it
looks as if nothing can avert a decla
ration of war by this government.
Many people, in fact the majority of
Italian people, are clamoring for the
declaration and a mobilization of
troops for a march on their old-time
enemies.
The offer of Austria yesterday to
cede to Italy Trent has been refused
and this by itself is a hostile act to
the Austrians. The massing of nearly
200,000 troops on the Austrian border,
following so closely the refusal of the
peace offer has caused the deep
thinking people of Italy much concern.
It is poc?lble that war with Austria
may yet be averted by the consensus
of opinion seems to be to the con
trary.
j State officials would make no state
| ment today other than the statement
. concerning the massing of the Jroops
I was true.
VIENNA, March 30.? State officials
{ here today scoffed at the idea that
j Italy was massing troops on the Aus
l trian border for hostile purposes. They
stated that Austria had shown her
; good faith toward Italy by the offer
' of Trent yesterday and that the state
' ment that a large number of troops
< were being massed was a mistake, tho
i only troops on tho northern border
being, according to them, a border pa
trol.
VETO IS GIVEN
BOUNTY MEASURE
Governor 8igns Three Bill* Amending
Act Creating Railroad
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Commission
CARSON CITY, March 29.? Gover
nor Boyle haB vetoed the bill provid
ing (or a bounty on noxious animals
to be payed by the state. He takes
the ground that as the county already
pays a bounty of $1 on coyotes there
is no reason why this obligation
should be transferred to the state.
The three bills amending the act
creating the railroad and public ser
vice commission were signed this
morning.
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NEW ELECTRIC 8HOP
Dame rumor has it that in the near
future a new . electric shop will be
opened in thiH city by two well-known
local electricians. While both of the
gentlemen were made known to an
Independent representative this morn
ing, this paper is asked not to an
nounce the navies yet.
Hum LAWS
ARE WW ALIKE
Close Season Is the Same in State
And Federal
Statutes
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Three bills relating to wild game
have been signed by Governor Boyle,
one of them being the general law
regulating the open and closed sea
sons, which makes many important
changes in the old law. The season
on waterfowl is fixed to conform to
the federal law, the open season be
ing from September 15 to January
1. The deer and antelope season is
fixed from September 15 to October
16 and the limit for the season is one
deer and one antelope. The law also
permits killing does. The use of
hounds in hunting deer and antelope
Is prohibited. The closed season on
sagehen is established from Febru
ary 15 to July 15. The season on val
ley quail is the same as on water
fowl and on mountain quail and
grouse shooting is permitted from
September 1 to January 15. Pheas
ants are protected until 1920.
The sale of ducks, geese, sagehen,
snipes, grouse, plover and quail is pro
hibited and it Is illegal to hunt any
game birds between sunset and sun
rise. The law also permits County
commissioners to fix a limit bag on
valley qunll at not to exceed 100 birds
in one day. The limit bag on moun
tain quail, ducks and sagehen Is 20
birds In a day; on snipe, 15 In one
da^, iM on grouse six in a day.
Of the other two game bills signed
one protects beaver until 1920 and the
other makes it optional on the part
of county commissioners to appoint a
game warden. It Is an amendment
to the preaont law.
BOXING BILL GETS
ITS SOLAR PLEXUS
CARSON CITY, March 2#.? Just be
fore noon today Arnold's twenty-round
boxing content measure received a
knockout blow from Governor Boylu's
pen, which landed on it with a hay
maker. Therefore fight fans will have
to abide with the present law, which
limits boxing contests to not more
than ten rounds.
8. B. No. 175, < resting an Irriga
tion and drainage district in Carson
valley in connection with the proposed
dam and Irrigation project of tl.? gov
ernment to bo built at Hope valley,
was sljned by (h* governor.
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DICKERSON GETS JOB AS
CAPTAIN OF STATE POLICE
Special to the Independent.
CARSON CITY, March 30. ? I^ate yesterday afternoon Gover
nor Boyle tendered the -appointment of Captain of the State
Police and ex-officio Warden of the State Prison, to Denver S.
Dlcker8on, ex-governor and present warder of the prison. The two
positions were amalgamated by a bill passed by the last legis
lature.
It has been known for some weeks that Mr. Dickerson has
made no fight against the bill and bis appointment has caused no
surprise over the state. The new Job will increase the duties of
Mr. Dlckarson and also give him substantial increase in salary
It is understood that Mr. Dickerson has accepted the new ap
pointment ind will enter upon his official dutleB at once.
CHINESE PRESIDENT TRAITOR
SAYS PREDECESSOR TODAY
Special to the Independent.
PEKIN, March 30. ? A sensation wai created here today when
a statement was Issued and accredited to Dr. Sun Yat Sen, ex-pres
ident of China, saying that the 'present government was plotting
with Japan for the overthrow of China. Or. 8en stated that the
present president of the Chinese nation was the ringleader in the
conspiracy.
WEDNESDAY SPECIALS
Maple and Cane Syrup, quart can f.39
Maple and Cane Syrup, y2 gal. can .89
Maple and Cane 8yrup, gal. can . 1.29
Swift's Laundry Soap, 0 bars ... .25
Kirk's Laundry 8oap, 7 bars ... .25
Sack Hard Whs4t Fiaur 1.70
Lamoille Creamery Butter .... .28
8outh Fork Creamery Buttar ... .28
8terllng Creamery Butter 30
WE CUT PRICES ON THE ENTIRE
GROCERY LINE AND
CUSTOMERS