Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-12-28
ELKO Att AGAIN.

Unless ihe ElRO Independent IL
desirous Of giving our struggling
camp stab i'll the back, we would
suggest that a more truthful CORES.
ponient from this place he selected.
In rJ issue uf the l9lh inst. that
paper reported Bert Williams and Al
Gebhardt as doyn with the small
por. Aside from inc fact TINT Mr..
Williams laid or one day with Il
slight touch Of rheumatism. neither OF
those gentlemen have hal any all.
ment whatever. There is neither
danger nor sign 81 spread ~ tins 10
cality. Misstatcments such Us the
above do more harm than tie maladS
itsolf The IL no such pcrs IN us +. J.
Rabb, sick or well. residing here.
j. III. liabb whom the careless cores.
pondent evidently meant. aud LDIia
Saunders are !" comluTtablc and lsp-
lated quarters, and urc rapidly re-.
covering Give tile small pox scare Il
show aud It will soon die natural
death Times REVIEW.
In reply To- the above 1t Is only
necessary 10 publish what the !SDE
PENDENT said to convict the Times
Review Of wilfull misrepresentation
Instead 0t reporting ~Bcrt Williams
aud Al GcbharIt as down with the
small por.' 1t said:
At was reported Tues lay that. Il.
}. Rabbi, Al Gebhnri, bert Williams.
and suiled dove called Lotta had
the email poI and that iiabb was -
the pest house. This report is con.
iirmcd today Gs To- Bahh, but contra
diCied as To the others
Tho lSDEFESDEST obtained its III.
formation from Sheriff Campbell aud
Mr.. j. B Fitzgerald and they go; II
over the Telephone from T.. y. +.
Johnson. Eugene Way and Pri..
meauI. From Mr.. Primcuux the
ISDEpEsUEST obtained the contra.
diction OF the report tliat Gcblart,
Williams und Lrita hal tho small
por. Ilc is not responsible for the
first report.
The TImes.R Review in its search for
something to carp about discovers
that the initials 81 Mr.. B4bb are
wrong and that his name is spelled
with nn ar instead Of "B-. Ia order
To ease the stricken heart of the
Times Review il becomes necessary
To say that the typo changed the rs
to an AZ" and tlrat the editor OF the
INDEPENDENT failed In notice the
change when reading the proof The
"CHrcicss correspondent ~ innocent
OF TINT grave OtTcnsc. 1t seems to
have escaped the eagle eyes Oi our
critic thut Babb is spelled with "l}"
twice III the sam paragraph III which
the error occurs. but tia: of course
doesn't count because Tie initials are
wrong. II il only necessary To eay
that neither the "carclCss correspond.
cni." The typo nor tho INDEPENDENT
ia responsible for that crime against
tho peace and dignity of Tuscarorn.
Tho initials of the gentlemen were
given ua by man who has known
Mr.. liabb for many years and Inns
written his name many times. II le
made mistake, tho ISDEPESDESr
humbly assures tho people Of T"sca
rOrn that ho had no intention of stab.
hing them An the back"
Tho IHDErESDEET Apologies to ite
readers for taking up 90 much space
with this mater. II has simply given
the facts :cgarding the small pDx in
Tuscarora ms it learned them after II
thorough Investigation. Ii has no
desire to injure Tuscnrora's standing
hs II mining camp or in any other
way. Tho people of that town hnvc
too much good sense to DO led asiray
by the wilfull m,sreprcscntatious of
tho iimcs Review. 10 il wants t0 DO
fair toward tho ISDErESuEST, IL
should publish exactly what the IS.
DEpESDEST said regarding tho small
pO1 IN luscarora and not through
misrcprCscnt ntalioD accuse IL OF trying
To ihjurc tho camp.