Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-14

shooting on his LAM under penalty OF
prosecution.
Candidates for the county Offices are
very backward about coming forward
this year. So far none have annou ed
themselves and the indications are that
the Offices viii go begging at the con.
ventiops. II you want mn Office, don't
DO afraid to let the people know it. You
will want their votes ON election day.
Judge Bruce bus registered 81 voters
in this precinct. This is a decrease Of
about 100 from the number registered
in 1904. The decrease is male up Of
those who have died and those who have
moved away since the last registration.
About a dozen voters have failed to
register.
r.. 4. Gibson. II. G. king, -Tonopoh
II. Tier, Rhyolite and D. j. Gilliland were
examined by the board OF dental eI-
aminers of Nevada at Carson City last
Friday and Saturday. All except
Gibson passed the examination aud we're
granted certificates emitting them TO
practice in Nevada.
a Kansas editor has noticed hat my
time you sea a man finding fault with
hia local paper the chances nre ten to
me that he hasn't an advert 'ement III
il; five 10 one that he never gave it a job
Of work; three to one he docs not take
the paper; two TO one that II he ID a cub
scriber he is u delinqueDt; even TINT he
never does anything TO assist the pub
Usher to run a better paper, nnd 'orty
TO one no liz the most eugcr to see the
paper when it comes out.
Among the heavy bets made ut Gold
field on the Gans-Nalson fight lie one Of
45O. 900 shares OF SbosIIone National
Bank against 80 ,001 shares in The same
company. Is. J. Roilly. formerly oi this
county, who has made Il large fortune
through his operation in the southern
mining country, had the short end Of
the bet and is said to have lost s25 900
on Nelson.
Were each nation to divide its cash
among Its own people eack human be-
ing in France would have s3J, or 6l0
moro than each person in our county
under ~siu.ilar circumstances. Mean
while tho divided cash OF Great Britain
would give each Britun only SlS: in
Germany the cash per capita would
amount to only sl7; Russia, Is. and
Japan s3, while in Cuba each person
would get a az bill.
Robert NJ. Stanton was buried to
death in his cabin near Ely Wednesday
night. In some mannner unknown to
any one, the cabin caught fire and burn
ed down. His remains we're found in
the ruins. Stanton had been drinking
heavily lately and it is thought that he
either tipped over a lamp or something
caught fire Ia the cabin and before he
realized his position be was consumed
in the flames. He WAS a sporting man.
Tho high school opened this morning
with all the teachers on deck. When
the reporter called this afternoon, he
found Principal Anderson busy with the
registration OF students. Tho prospects
are that the attendance thus year will
exceed that OF last. The teachers Will
meet with their classes tomorrow and
discuss text books and the work OF tho
term. REGULATIONS will begin Thursday.
Tho White Pine News has the follow.
ing about the democratic candidate for
lieutenant governors: ID. S. Dickerson
WAC born i'll Shasta county, California.
81 years ago. lie hns been II resident of
White Pine county for the past eight
years and two years Of TINT time he was
proprietor OF and editor Of Tho Move.
tIe is largely interested in mining and
real estate in the county and stands
high M a citizen. Previous to coming
here he WIS n prDspector and miner in
Idaho and Oregon. Ito il we'll known
among the miners Of three States aud
tho boys all sweur by Dan Dickerson.
Running u newspaper il just like run
ming Il hotel, only different. When n
man goes INTO IA hotel und finds some.
thing on the table which docs not suit
him, he docs not rniso hndes with the
landlord and tell him to stop ms old
hotel. Well, hardly. flo sets that dish
to ono side and wades into the many
dishes that suit him. II IL different
with some newspaper readers. They
find an article occasionally that does not
suit them exactly and without stopping
to think it may please hundreds Of other
renders, make a grand stand play aud
tell the editor now a paper should 10
run and what should be put into it.
But such people are becoming Tower
every year.
Men III n mining town have no use Tor
"tendoricot," but Mitchell. tho CONVICT
who escaped from tho penltentiarS Mon
day afternoon, took advantage o. his
tender foot and made his cacape. lie
had complained a long timo about his
feet, and maintained that no could not
stand long at n timo because OF their
tenderness, but when he escaped he
managed 10 use those same feet to n