Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-07-20
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY,
Salmaaundi.


Tie three Misses Hudson, nieces o.
Mr.. ~. Mcbride, arrived from Ok
land lns. night ON II visit.
A. n l"ken of respect 10 tile msmor,
81 their late ns .ociate. all the business
houses c osed this forenoon during Mr.
BraiL's funeral.
Iiit is not hot enough at your place
of business. come to this office and we
will sll'S you n place that wiz make
your collIr wilt in II very iow minutes.
DIR. J'eph and Attorney Henderson
will leave on No. 4 this evening for a
two weeks hunting and Itching trip in
the Mariis couatry.
All trans from the west today were
delayed by II freight train Jumping off
tie trace op the Sacramento division.
The easlbannd flyer will arrive about
Go'clock, something over ten hours late.
b. careful wi. il fire during this hot
weather. Tho buildings in town are rs
dry rs finder and Il fire once started
'uight sweep the town. \ little extra
care on the pnrt OF ever, one will sav.
tho town from Il destructive fire.
The plaster on the ceiling OF the
Bakery enloon began to fall of a few
days ago and the boys thought an earth.
quake had hit the town. To stop all
such scarcs in the future. the owners OF
the building had all the plaster taken of
and ii bo ard ceiling put on.
a railroad auto. carrying four photo.
graphes, pissed west about noon. The
photographers are in the employ Of the
Union md Southern Pacific companies
and ure travelling over their lines taking
photographs of tho scenery and points
Of interest.
Complaint is made that the alley in
the rear OF tho Elko restaurant is in a
very filthy condition.. The attention OF
tho authorities is called 10 this aud other
alleys Of the town. The public health
demands that all filth should be re-
moved from the streeis and alleys and
the authorities should see that this is
30 &C boioro m epidemic breaks out.
Tho French government il doing lite
best to wipe ont the uniamy Of the
Dreyius case. Yesterday by q vote OF
i73 to II the chamber OF deputies passed
the bill ro.nstatIng Dreyius to the army.
While all ihis is doubtless gratifying to
D'ryfu'. nothing the government can
do Tor HIN can efface from his memory
tho cruel punishment he has suffered
for twelve years. D;eyfus will be pro.
NOTED 10 tho rank OF major.
Seven girle, ranging III age from Z to
IL years, were drowned in the river near
Cedar Rapida, Iowa. yesterday. Eight
girls we're picknicking three blocks from
their homes and were wading in the
river, when ono OF them slipped into q
deep hole. The other girls tried 10
rescue her and all but one Of them wore
drowned. The survivor called for help
md all but one Of the bodice we're re.
covered. -Four Of the drowned girls
were sisters.
That thrift war with Germany has
broken out ugain in consequence Of the
adjournment Of congress without AK.
any steps to adjust the differences boz
tween the two countries. The German
government does not ask the United
States 70 reduce its duties although
Germany il allowing our goods to come
in under her minimum tariff. But she
In kicking vigorously because congress
has not revised our customs regulations
M promised by the administration,
when the concession for the minimum
tariff was entered INTO.
In order to vote mt the election in
November, every voter must go per
sonally to the registry agent and put
his nnm on the hooka, md this musi be
dono before 6 o'clock p. IN. on tho 9Th OF
September. While tho closing OF the
books seems a long way of and voters
may cay there is no hurry, the time will
soon clip around and you will be as mad
M n March hare il yonr name is not on
the list when you go to vote. You will
get almost black in the fsce and curse
tho registry agent because your name is
not ON the books. You will do this, too,
when tho fault il your own. How mad
you will be md how foolish you will
look to everybody but yourself. Avoid
all such trouble by registering at once,