Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-08-03
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
Salmaaundi.

Sllmdqunul.
w G. Kline viii leave for Reno 70
M h'.
Tom Jewell, Palisades d%ispenstr ol
justice. spent the day in Elko.
Tom May. who has been visiting Mr.
McBridr's family, left for his home al
Seattle, Wa hipR.on, this afternoon.
The corner stone Of Reno'a new city
hall will be laid on Thursdsy August
2nd by the Grand Lodge Of Masons.
l;eno will be in the swim that dny,
Tho New York Sun says the mex,
goverDor ~ New York will be u dem,
ncrnt md that the next governor Of
New York will he the next president
Don't fdil to be ut the meeting ut the
courtroom toni!t. Faro out and how
your appreciation ot the boys who save
your property from fire.
Neurly live eiVhihI Of the money Eng.
! md spends On drink goes in beer about
q thirl in srirIts, and thirteenth in
. wine. Tho expenditure a head, on the
hasB 81 tie whole population, works out
a little over CPL per nnnum.
The irequenpt mention Of the name
ot A. j. Mcdonnell Of Virginia City for
governor ON tie REPUBLICAN ticket Is
giving eoine OF the faithful a lot of
ehivcry chills. Who is Mcdonnell and
where did he ever cut any ice?-Appeal.
Insurance Commissioner Davis has
cancelled tho licenses OF the Traders,
the Home Fire and Marine and the
Firemeu's Fund companies. These
companies are unable or unwilling 70
pay their San Francisco losses and have
throw up the sponge,
Rev. Nj. S. Riddle and wifs arrived
from the west last night. They put in
the day visiting their former Elko
friends Mr.. Riddle will occupy the
pulpit ni the Presbyterian church to.
uior.ua. He will have something to
say 10 members OF fraternal organize.
tons.
David Hutch, a former mining map
OF Gnld,i'li, was taken 10 the asylum
Wednesday. ilutch's Authorization If
TINT all roc taken from his claims is
pure gol !. Ii all the men in Nevada
who think they have gold mines were
sent tn ,lIe asylum, Their would DO quite
u ,leiIerse in the voting population OF
the Safe.
The scarcity OF labor in San francisco
hn- reached mn acute stage. Appeal,
air being sont ont for skilled hands in
all ;i'e building trades and tho coast is
beng secured for unskilled labor to be
employed at 1915 per day. But few
workmen are going in II IL the condi.
ton continues the city will be unable to
erect dwellings, for the hundreds OF
homeless now finding shelter in tents oil
tin and wooden shRcks before the rains
set in.
The Chicago Tribune says: -Mr
Bryan will nave no difficulty IN recall
ing the circumstance that things looked
fully M rosy in 1906 rs they do now.
And tho editor OF the Chicago Tribune
will have no difficulty in recalling the
circumstance TINT it required several
million dollars stolen from the helpless
policy holders, in order to interfere
with that 1ros,' condition in l89G-and
al Ill - Ala - a.-At,t,z uIIa r.,..k,nv
OF people believe that oven then they
had to steal it.-Commoner.
Every property holder and every fire.
man in town should DO at the court.
room tonight at 8 o'clock. The iiremen
should be there 70 discuss the needs of
the department and 10 tell tho property
holders the exact condition OF affairs
from their view point. They should
come prepared TO let those whose prop.
erty they protect know exactly what
they require to make the department
efficient and the property holders
should be there TO hear and act upon
the requests and Recommendations OF
the boys who fight the fires. Turn ou'
everybody and help along a good cause
An Illinois pc It ma 'ter, aged So yoars
gives the following rnlea tor longevity
"Work Tor the government, abstain
from tobacco and liquor md go to bet
before II p. III" Apropos Of Thu
o~ctogennrian's views tho following Of
Senator Peitus, ~ Alabama, who II
nett va in ppito Of his 81 yeRrs are inter
cstinR: Il never chew less than a hal
n pound Of tobacco a day. swear
only when it is absolutely necessary
drink nothing stronger than whisko,
aud so to bod when darn P%lensc.'