Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-08-24
on the Job, stolen the pie and made his
mother think sho had eaten it herself.

on the jrb, stolen the pie and made his
mother think she had eate en- il herself.
a firm in Rio de Janeiro recently
sent out the following advertisement
about olive oil: Our olives oils have gar.
antized Of fits quality. Diligently fab.
ricated and tilitrnted. The consumer
will find with them the goo taste and
perfect preservation. For to escape to
my counterfeit is necessary to ~requiere
on any bottles the contremarc deposed
contormably to the law. The corks and
the boxes hare all marked with the fire.
Senator Plat was recently asked, su
it is said, to write his personal reminis-
cences Of politics during the last fifty
years. ~would you want me to write
this history rs | know it to bef" he
SAID. The reply came Il want the exact
truth" To this Platt answered: "Ny
young friend, come around about TWEEN
ty. five years after | am dead. II might
be cafe md proper to do it then, but
not nov by all mt ms, no; nov.
One Of tie most c lrious clubs on rec
ord Inns recently been formed by society
women in Berlin. The principal condi.
ton OF membership is that the applicant
must be dcat. The club has over a hun
bred members. who meet regularly once
Il week in handsomely furnished rooms
in the Wiihelmstrasse. where they con-
verse bS means Of ear trumpets and sign
language md drink tea.
a good proposition Tor the people Of
Elko 20 think about is the sewerage
question. Tho town needs n sewerage
system badly and it is only question Of
time when it must come. The only way
a complete system can he put III is to
bond the town for enough to put in the
main sewers. The next Legislature
should he asked to pass m act authoriz.
ing the people To vote on bonding the
town.
Tho time for registering is drawing to
Il close. Ii yonr name ia o yet on the
books, go TO the registry agent mt once
and put it there. Iou must attend to
this before 6 O'Clock on the afternoon OF
September S.h or % can't vote on the
9Th OF November. How you will swear
at the registry agent il you offer to vote
II you- name isn't on the list. Iou will
curse him when you alone are to biame'
II yon don't wan! to he pu, in this posi-.
ton on election day, go and register to.
day.
Ia New jersey they have "new idea
republicans" in Pennsylvania and New
Hampshire they have Lin Noln repub,
Leans" in Wisconsin they have LA
Toilette republicans" in West Virginia
they have Dawson republicans" in Iowa
they have 4Cunmrns republicans" in
North Carolina they have Roosevelt
| republicans" and in New York "Brackei
republicans" All Of these ditferen,
varieties ars for REFORMS 81 u kind or
another except the North Carolina
variety. The republican party cant
stand prosperity. Its appetite is far
better than lis digestion, and it is
gradually slipping into its grave rs
result Of overfecdmg.
~ Kansas women has been awarded
Il prize Of $50 by Il Boston tirm Tor the
best answer to the question, "What con.
~stitutes success She wrote: ale has
achieved aucccs3 who has lived well
laughed often and loved much; who has
gained the respect 81 intelligent men
and the love Of little children, who has
filled his niche aud accomplished his
tnsk; who has left the Sorld better thnn
he found 1t, whether by nm improved
poppy, a perfect posm or n rescued soul;
who has never lacked appreciation Of
earth's beauty or failed to express it;
who Inns always looked for the best in
others and given the best he had;
whose memory is q benediction
Tho New York World says that John
d. lfOckctellcr's fortune ia estimated
o from sG01,000.0G0 to 81 900 600 900.
To realize the vaslness of 'oDe billion
the reader shonld consider that only
a billion minutes hive elRspe | since the
birth Of Christ. Tho World proceeds to
mike some computations, ono ~ which
ia that il Mr.. Rockefeller. now &C years
old, lives to he 100, as his physician
thinks nc may, and his millions con.
Time tn increase Mt the present rate he
will 10 worth s25,T32, 100000, n sun
.-I.-l - - ~
person III haIi dozen lifo.times, aud the
interest on his wealth would amorut To-
nearly clio 900 Il sccnnI. 10 Mr.. Rookie
Teller will please slip out Of sight Just
FOR one day and lot us have his income,
va will be perfectly satisfied.