Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-11-18
Prom an old .,ho,,..

eES ESr. Elko Nev;-DEAR SIR:-l
trolling around the city OF Oaklan.
aoiay l dropped into the reading
Uom Of the Free Public Library oil
that city. There l met an old ac-
quaintnnce-n late copy OF the Elk
ISpEPESpESr; not only one copy, but
a dozen, and 1 read them all eagerly
and attentively.
Twenty-Five years have elapsed
since my eyes rested upon the towi
Of old Elko, but Elko will never bs
forgotten by me. The most enjoy
able part OF my life vas passed III
Elko and while reading the 1SDErEN-
DENT today a panorama o happy days
spent there appeared before me.
I Mr.. Stone, at one time Postmaster
Of Elko,' a my school.teacher. i
uonder il the old gentleman is still
alive?
In reading your paper today 1
recognize the names Of some who are
still there. Uncle Dick Dorsey, for in
stance, is mentioned a celebrating
his eightieth or ninetieth birthday.
We all knew Uncle Dick. and he was
our friend. May he live to celebrate
and heartily enjoy many anniversaries
OF the event.
i also uotice the name Of Ike o.
treicher. I shall never forget Mr..
Ostreicher, and for more reasons than
one-the main n being for the eI-
cellent food served to his boarden.
I was one OF his boarden. / am glad
to know that MIR. Os,reicher is still
with yon. suppose MIR. Bartlett at
that time his partner, has passed
away.
l recently met in San Francisco an
old time Elkoite. Mr.. Sears. He was
the proprietor of the paper you now
publish. His o. years rest lightly
upon him. His home is i'll Wads-
worth New.
Another pioneer of Elko occasion
ally meet in Oakland aud one who
will always be kindly remembered By
all the ancients OF your town is DR..
Meiggs. The doctor looks the same
to me as he did twenty or more years
ago.
l note with pleasure that your
towpsmen are well represented ou the
Various political tickets OF the State.
Mr.. Russell l well remember, and the
people OF the State would honor
themselves by honoring him with the
gOvernorship. There are other
familiar to me, and, while they all
cannot be politically successful some
may be had from the
thought that they we're defeated in a
noble cause. Defeat ia not such Il
terrible thing, l have experienced it
and lived.
Another small article that attracted
my attention in reading yonr paper
to-day 1.-THE first that | had heard OF IT'D
the very unfortunate accident
Ihnt befell poor Ed Seitz at Reno.
recently, whereby he lost his
life by being mangled beneath the
wheels of "A railroad train. Ed Seiiz
we'll known aud popular in Elko
years ngo. lie wis sheriff Of
the county during the years l57G-77,
and made IA good officer.
Speaking OF sheriffs, am reminded
Of Ben Fitch, who was the first sheriff
Elko county owe had. Benjamin is
still alive, we'll and hearty lat least he
was On election day. lie succeeded
in the Office for several terms.
To me he looks the same az he did
twenty.eight years ago, when he
caught myself and several other
youngsters purloining apples etc,
from the fruit stand OF IN italian
merchant on the then crowded
thoroughtare Of Elko, many in Elko
will remember the gray-haired but
alert Benjamin. | believe the years
Of Mr.. Fitch will parallel those OF
1Uncle Dick"
&. a. X.
BERIELY, (Peralta p. o. Cal, No.
vember ii, 1893.