Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-08-19

committee should hc PRESENT.
Through the roarics, Of Senate, New
lands the lSDtPESDESr has received d
copy OF the latest Lover nrueut man of
the United Stuies and Its ~iLsulur uo..
sessions. 1t will be presented 20 the
Eiko high schoul where II will tie 80. use
to tile !oung people.
Heavy rains along the 'rnropah rail
road wasAe I uut lmr. s.r.!"E- al Tie.
track uud dcS,ro,c Cd tie wu-ou road
The town Is cut al fuum the outside
world and there is f.ar II Il famine. FOR
man and beast. Tho railroad compauy
expects to got u tram though hy tho
Coming Saturday.
Fred j. Stevens arrived from Reno
this morning to sake charge 81 the Is.
DEPENDENT office as foreman. Mr..
Stevens comes well recommended MS a
first class printer and a thoroughly re.
liable a 1t il a sure shot that he
Will give satisfaction to the pl,rnnr y:
the Office.
Sheriff. Clark and Const rble Nc Gov
lett Tor the southern part of the county
this morning i'll search Of Ross and
Stratton They had Il Eight clue.
After they had gone, Jaiivr Welshon
received word that men BELT we'd to be
the escapes were seen near Eecth last
night. He left on No. 1 to investigate
the report. The officers ure doing
their very best capture the men.
Constable Mccoy l:as offered q re-.
ward Of 500 for the capture OF James
Ross, the Eigemont am Il gam thief,
who broke jail Tuesday ni:hr. II Ross
succeeds III getting out ii the country,
the conviction Of Lpveiess, his accom-
plicc i'll the Eigemuut crime, will be a
difficult matter il not m inpossiEility.
See Constable McC",'s notice else
where.
y correspondent Of The Sacramento
lee writes that there are people IN
Nevada who are betting that Rpo,e Welt
81 "'A IA Ia" w tSb ilOllS ana
majority. IL there are uny such people
i'll Ncvadi they:are keeping yer, quiet.
lfthere are anybody making bets OF this
kind they can be accommodated right
here in this city Their money would
be snapped up III less Than ten seconds.
Carson Appeal.
Owing to 70 many yonng ladies hav.
ing expressed Il desire To take lessons in
dressmakinG and millinery ut the Elko
dressmakIng Parlors, the class will he
formed i'll a few days to begin the first
course. Mrs. Chiosi will devote her ell
tire attention tn this class and will
make it, members first class dressmak-
ers. She will also teach millinery il the
yonng ladies so desire. This is the first
opportunityand may be tie last the
young ladies Of ElKo have had TO fit
themselves to earn IA living at some
future time.
The escape OF Ross and Stratton from
the county Jail Tuesday night has called
forth II great many opinions regarding
the safety OF The jail. Enough money
has been spent on the jail III the last
few years To make il secure. but il
seems To have been spent III vain. Tie
more money spent on it the easier it
seems Tor prisoners to get out. Whe.
ther this is due TO the lack of vigilance
on the part OF the officers or the poor
quality " the work done on the jai. in
the last few years, the INDEPENDENT is
not prepared to say II will sny, how.
ever. that something is wrong some.
where.
The burning Of those poor black
devils ut S~latesboro, Georgia, Tuesday
night if a sad comment iTy on the
twentieth century. They had been
tried, convicted and sentenced to be
hang for their crime. They doubtless
deserved death. and would have met il
at the end OF ROPE in a few weeks.
How much better it would have been il
the law had been permitted to take its
course. Such crimes ns this shock
humanity.
Tho railroad water tank opposite the
freight depot is n first class nuisance.
II ovcrii0ws every morning and the
water runs through the main street
making it almost impossible TO cross for
men, women and children without get.
ting kuc" deep in the mud aud water.
The authorities should take tho matter
up with tho proper parties and sec that
the nuisance If abRtcd. As it is now, it
IL u disgrace To the town.
At the meeting Of tho Democratic
county committee last night tho follow
ing delegates TO the State convention
wct" appointed in addition to those
elected Mt the primaries: ". W. Wealth.
crs, w. 5. Griswold, Rnd G. @. Winter.
Those elected are Thomas Hunter, a..
w. licssOn, q. B Henderson, George
Mcintosh. Ed Lyttop, T.. a. =. Johnson,
L. &. Pluukott. Oscar Graham a. NJ.
Griswold, II. u. CorYcll and =. s. Trip.
lett. As ft as known the delegation
stnnds eleven Tor Bclknap and three for
H~urliup.