Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-16

ing matter concerning the esoucoes Of
Nevada. Governor Sparks, DR.. Stubs
and j. A. Yerington are named as 1850
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A San Francisco woman who prefers
poodle dogs TO children defended her
choice on the grounds that poodles we're
in many respects better than children
and easier to care for. 1t is quite likely
mat any children that such a woman
would have would make a poor compar-
lson with ordinary poodles. The woman
certainly did a wise thing by not having
any.-Appeal.
A man Of unlimited means has moro
than one way Of accomplishing his
object, as is shown by the closing. out
OF a saloon by John d. Rockefeller. A
man owned a saloon in q village near
MIR. Rockerfeller's country place. Mr..
Rockefeller offered to buy the saloon,
but the man refused to sell; then Mr..
Rockefeller bought out the village and
30 the saloon man has to go out of bus.
mess for lack Of patrons.
Hereafter the preachers of Atchison
will be required to diagram their Jokes
and give plans n specifications for
their long range figures Of speech, saya
the Kansas City Journal. One of them
said OF a woman recently that sshe
ought to go to hell" 1t raised a terrible
commotion in the church. Then the
preacher explained. He said his idea
was that il such a good woman went to
bell there would be no hell.
The friends Of Young and Boal, presi.
dent and cashier of the broken bank at
Goldfield, believe hat the two men are
badly ~misiudRed in some respects.
They say that the bank instead of hav-
ing n large overdraft in q san Francisco
bank is a creditor Of that institution to
the extent Of about g. 1000. According
to the friends OF Young and Boal, the
s75 900 shortage has been reduced to
$4,000. Young has been held TO appear
before the Esmeralda county grand jury
with bonds fixed at sl5 600. Young is
05 years OF age.
Il sneezing competition between half
a dozen old women took place recently
IN a certain Lancashire (Eng.) town.
h competitors wore at liberty to use
any means OF bringing about q sneeze.
II TIN OF tho best snuff being actually
provided for the purpose. Everybody
present ut the unique contest went into
conVulsions at the sneezinR ieats OF tho
contestants, one Of the old danes keep
ing up the performance until she fell
down exhausted. She was awarded tho
Prize, consisting Of a sovereign and n
silk handkerchief.
We understand that there is consider
able discussion ns to what will be done
by the executive committee with the
money raised from the Goddess OF Lib
erty contest. In order to place tho
matter right before the public. We will
state That the money raised by this con-
test will go into the general fund and
be used to buy tho successful young
lady a handsome dress and all over aud
above tho amount required to pay for
this will DO used to pay the other OK
penses OF the celebration. 1t viii
probably enable the committee to add
other features to the celebration.