Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-10-14
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY
L..MAGCXD

Fred Davis is Just the man for county
nrveyor lie il II civil engineer OF ex.
perience tie will do tn ii. 10 on cleo
ton day.
D~ecomposed granite from Calitor mia
Ii being put around the new depot. It
will pack down aud become us hard rs
cement.
Remember thai the registration books
close at O'clock on the Afternoon Of Oct
2lst. III Your uame Is not ON the BOOKS
the You cannot vote.
The Mexican, who WIS cut in the
atTray on North Fork, last week, WAS
reported III Ii worse this moruiny.
Illus ~rrs-very IL SAID tn be doubtful.
The voters Of Elku township should
look well Ia their Ia ~, officers. No bet
ter men are aspiring Ia these positions
han y. sherwood. Guy IIarbm md
KuuN Crnur.
| The annual stat convention Of the
Woman Christian Union will meet ut
the Cong regational church. Reno. IN
the afternoon ~ October 18th, 26th
md 9th.
j. l. Kryser is one of EllSo's best citi.
zens and will make an excellent public
administration. You will lind his name
ON the democratic county ticket. Stamp
a cross after it Hhrn you vote.
Mr.. Cortelyou undertakes to base a
tariff argument upon the corset indus
try. We will cheerfully admit that
there is something vastly better III the
corset than there il III Mr.. C%ortelyou's
ST atistics. -Communer.
The work OF printing the ballots for
the November election began in the
INDEPENDENT Office this afternoon. 1t
will he pushed night aud day and the
ballots turned over to Clerk Dawley ut
the earliest possible moment.
Ed. Lytton, the, young Lamoille
ra1 cher, is the democratic candidate for
short term commissioner. lie has the
education and business ability necessary
to deal with the financial affairs ot the
county. See that you place II cross after
his name on election day.
The latest dispatches say that the bat.
tie that has been raging for the last four
days between the Russian and japanese
armies tell Of repeated japanese sue
cesses. 1t is estimated that the Russinns
have 100000 men and 1000 guns engaged
while the Japancs, force exceeds the
number engaged at Lao Yang.
G.. f.. Mayer, candidate for long term
COMMISSIONS on tho democratic ticket,
has lived Ill the county so long that he
il thoroughly familiar with It's resources
and needs. Ills business ability is
unquestioned. IL elected he will jeal-
ously guard the Interests Of the county.
Stay with him at the ballot box.
\, Duncan, representing the board OF
underwriters OF the Pacific. arrived this
morning to re-rate the town for tire
insurance. IL any me wishes to see Mr..
Duncan IN regard to re rateing. changes
and complaints for violation OF board
iuAtFs bt VIII bc IOlIu tiCn uuS uuEl1P
his stay Mt his room in the Commercial
from | to > o'clock i'll the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crane came in from
South Fork yesterday. They intend
to start ON MI eastern trp III Il few
days That will take in the big show
Mt st. Louis mud may extend IA far
south us West Virginia. Mr.. Crane
told the reporter last night that he had
not been struck by lightning as re-
ported, but WIS so close to the bolt rs
it descended that he received a severe
shock.
When Mr. remington speaks here the
republicans should not nsk him to say
anything about what they call Van
Dn2er's wild cat mining schemes. u
might bring up tender recollcctions OF
his own work in that linz. How do
the republicans like his coupling OF the
honored name Of Mckinley with u
%swindling mining scheme? Van Duzer,
M bad hs they paint him, never did
anything M mean rs that.
Investigation has revealed that Geo
lIerold, whose dead body was found ly.
ing alongside a saloon at Derby last
Saturday, is q member Of a we'll to do
Chicago family and that at ono time he
was in good circumstances mud had a
fine position with Il Chicago packing
house. Tho coroner and the uudertakers
in charge hive been communicating
with his old employers who have
promised 10 find tho dead mans rel.
atives and inform them Mt once OF
lierold's death. -Gazottc.
Senator Flanagan denies the rep0r'.
published III tho Reno journal the
other day, that he and Mr.. Nixon had
tried Ia debauch n young man in Reno
and through him the balance oi the
young mon in the univer sity. lie calls
tho report ii dHinnablo outrage and
eaye there in absolutely no truth IN il
so lar as no aud Mr.. Nixon are con.
cerned. IA the INDEPENDENT copied
tho Journals article mud commented
upon it, IL chrerfully publishes Mr..
Etuniynn'a IoninI