Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-22

E'r'lscs greht reductions III ladies goods
aud gents wear SEQ hi- new nd
The following high school teachcrs
have been elected Tor the ensuing year:
E.E. Caiuc, priucipnl Mis- Alice Eide aud
Miss Gertrude B0nham Of Reno assist.
ants.
Helen Adams Keller. the deaf. dumb
and blind girl, received her graduating
degree representing thorough knowl.
edge OF thing che has never heard and
never seen. She says: Il grow stronger
III every conviction that there is nothing
good or right which we cannot ACCOM-
rlish il we have the will To strive
. Secretary Shaw in his Chicago speech
repeated TINT Si,00O.0O0 worth OF Amei-
can merchandise lis annually sold abroad
cheaper than nj home. lie merely left
out two ciphers- a Typographical error.
Steel rails are sold here Tor as. but are
offered III Europe Tor go per ton. Our
MANUFACTURED exports average over $40
100000 Il year. and almost all 81 them
are sold abrond cheaper thnn mn home.
Ex-Governor slack III his speech
nominating Roosevelt exclaimed; The
fate OF nations Is still decided by their
wars. Peace will come here to abide
only when the dreams of children are
the accepted charts to guide the des-
TIMES Of men" Ia other words;
-Prcpare for war 10y making Mr.. RuosG.
welt President. II you want war. you
want Roosevelt. liIyou want Roosevelt
you want war Well, lint that about
il:
The \ naconda Standard IL confident
TINT Henry G.. Davis will bc elected vice.
president. This ycur'- first election
West Virginia. Tho returns are no I in
got Int whcI they come III that IL the
way they'll rcnd. II hateful rivals assert
that Henry 6, Mt the < Of 81, IL too
old for the running our cole RESPONSE
shall bc that, ht least in West Virginia,
he can walk faster than the other can
run.
Tho Gazette i'll its report Of tho r.
publican ratification meeting at Reno
Saturday night says that "whIlo en-.
thusiasm was evidenced number Of
times during the meeting IT WAS cs-
p~ccially displayed when Hon. George =.
Nixon nrosc Ia make u brief HdG rcss."
This must have been CALLING to such
! Republicans ~ Il l.. Fulton. Oscar J.
ISmith, +. K. Dodge. Sam plnit mud
Frank Norcross, who twangcd the Re.
publican harp ut the Same meeting,
Tho Republican press Of New York
speak in the highest terms u Judge
Parker. Tho Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle says" Ju lgo Alton Rropks
Parker, nominated 10y the Democratic
convention nj St.bOuis for President Of
the United Statcp. il n reserved, rcticcnt
clf%-containcd man. studious in lis
%tnstce, gcntlcmanly in Department, hon.
csi at hcnrt and manly IN bearing. II CIT
lien and jurist without rcproach, who
. Nfllttlt llllNf WV ~
citizenship
4 man supposed to he Ray f'uhcy the
cacaped Folsom convict, WIS arrested in
Reno Saturday night md put III the city
jail. He attempted to cut himself ont
with n knife. but ruu up aguinat steel
plntop. ThCn lie decided to burn his
wny to hia liberty and the attempt
uenrly cost him his life. lie was uncOD.
scioua when taken out. Tho desperate
attempt Ia escape aroused the suspicion
Of the officers and il il now Thought the
man in l'nhcy. lie IL nov under the
care 81 ShoriH llayca.
Every man IN town dur .ng tho course
" u lilo time, hRa to ask u favor 81 the
newspaper. ThcrC are ~ exceptions Ia
thia rule. 10 may keep clcnr Of tho
cour,a, hut once in his lilo nj lcnai. every
man hnsto gol,0 II Newspaper 10 nsk To
have u certain piece kept ont or to havC
his name printed or omitted to some
item. II is therefore 10 your interests
Ia treat tho newspaper fairly. II dcsirct
to hc lair and would rather do tho righI
thing than the wrong thing. But II you
give il II kick. tho dent Of il may b'
found in tho top Of your " hat some
day, aud yon will never know how II go