Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-10-13
ELKO, NEVADA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1889
Tie ARIZONA KICKER.
Lively Editorial ErccEc' from tho Fnr and
Cnpollutch West.

Livciy Editorial Ereczc, from tho f>ur and
! tnpoilutch West.
! SrsPENDED.--Witht this issnc we sus-
pend the agricultural department. cs-
! tab!ishcd five months ago. We insti-
tutcd this feature rs an experiment.
and To hop out n literary tcnderfoot
; from the East. who was bare footed
and pcnnilcs5, but who was fertile OF
suggestions. The Experiment was 4
! failure Tho aforesaid |. II. was
! drunk most Of the time. and when
sober he didn't know Il cactus from
| wild lemon. The most valuable sug-
| gcstion made by him was that the
/ farmers OF Arizona drink less oats and
( sow more whisky. We have hidden
the icndcrfoot permanent and last
| ing adieu. and wc now bid farewell 10
agriculture ns n set thing. We shall
occasionally refer to the subject in 4
reckless. uiI-hand way, taking chances
on results. but there will bc no further
studied attempt ta make the sandy
! plains get up and hump themselves
into fields of waving corn, ard we
shan't cover tho rocky hill5idcs here
/ about with vineyards or patches OF de-
ccptivc buckwhcat Goodbye. ten
derfoot-goad-bye, agriculturc!
Go EASY. We warn those mcddlc-
some citizens who are charging MS
with political i-cnchcry TO go easy. IL
! Is true that The h.ctcr has bc, Demo-
| cratic 1T times, and that We have uc-
cnsionally had good word for the
Republican ticket, and that we have ut
intervals seemed To be rcd-hot for pro.
hibition, but VIC wcwc sort OF feeling
around To sec what Kind Of a paper our
subscribers preferred. We diln't pro-
| pose To break ourselves in two in the
first six months by getting left. We
had Democratic and Il Republican
rooster ready for tho election returns,
| and We didn't care Il cen: which way
the old kangaroo jumped. We shall
now be little more Republican than
Democratic, rs VIC want the county
printing, but whenever We say any
thing disiastcful TO the Democracy wo
! will, rs soon us the matter Is called
to our attention, turn about and give
Harrison wipe" in the next issue.
We shall be independent in nothing
and neutral in lots Of things. hoping
that the Democrat, will get there next
time and advising the Republicans to
hang on il it takes n rib. We are
heavy on. the political principles OF
our forcfnthcrs, bat We have run our
circulation up TO los copies, and wo
don't propose 10 hit any Of our sub.
scribers between the eyes TO tickle any
partisan.
NOTICE TO Contributors. We can
not return rejected manuscripts, If
not accompanied By stamps VIC uso
them 10 light tho Office fire. II stamps
Rrc sent we uso them on our business
letters. II the author OF Seven
Buckets Of Blood, or the Cork Screws
Revenge" will send her address to this
Office sho will hear OF something TO
her advantage. Wc have received Il
sketch oHtitlcd: "Bobtailcd Bob, or
the Bcbbcrs Of Bobbcr's Ill.," which
VIC will publish on receipt OF tho
authors check for fifty dollars. Wa
must respectfully dcclino the stories
entitled: "llcr Father Booted Nc" and
"An Adventure With Indians in
France" They seem TO have an i'm
moral tone. Contributors should nj.
ways send In their right nnmcs. not for
publication, but in order that mono OF
our thousand checks shall 70 TO tho
wrong person.
STEADILY 1MrHovISG. Since our
last Issue Colonel Fairbanks has had
three rods OF beautiful picket fcnco
erected in front OF his adobe, and tho
Com saloon hns received three barrels
OF whisky and now picr-glnss. Wo
chronicle thcso improvements in no
boastful spirit. but simply that out
sidcr5 may know that tho spirit Of
prcgrcss 10 not dead within us. Wo
orc going right 10 tho front us Il town.
Go HENCE. "A correspondent wisbo,
lis TO explain tho meaning OF tho terms
"From Alpha ~ Omega" Wo shun't
do IT, Wo have had politics onouqh
for one scnson, and propose TO let up
ON the machine. We mover heard Of
Alphn, anyhow. md ny for old Omogn.
, mRy ho hc durncdl - Detroit Free Press.
Tho success Of wcll.known MT
! thor /, attributed 10 the fact "hnt no
! who reads fools that the hero Is but n
. sight idcnlisntion OF himself, tho hero.
inc such ns every girl expects or be-
licvos herself 20 be-" What 10 this but
tho understanding OF human nature.
upon which NIL truo literary gucco,o
dcpcndsP
--Ihoun1 Mooney, who wu9 tho first
missionary TO visit this country on DO.
iali of ireland, is dead. For many
gears hc was tho London correspond.
snt of tho IRISH lfOrid OF Now York,
writing undcr tho nom dc plume OF
Transatlantic. On April 81, 1888,
whom ho laid down his pan, ho was
ninoty years old. -.