Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-09-20
Salmaqundi.
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.

Henry Bolts, the Carlin tailor, is in
town.
The Reed property on the corner Of
Fourth and Silver Streets has been
purchased by Attorney Henderson for
$4,000. Elko real estate is all night.
james Murphy WIS given a verdict Of
$500 against the Southern Pacific by a
Reno jury. Murphy sued the company
Tor $4,000 for injuries received in a
collision between a freight ana pas
seuger train at PalIsade last December.
IL there is anything in the world tia,
will improve the temper Of some people,
it is a beautiful, clear day after IL stormy
one, through which they have worBed in
a house without any roof. This mas not
the remotest reference to anyone in the
postoiiicc. 1t is just a II! er.
In order to avoid railroad wrecks as
the result OF the iDcompetency OF tele.
graph operators, it is proposed in the
State OF Indiana to subject all operators
10 an examination as to their ability.
The tests viii! be conducted under the
auspices of the State railroad commits
sion.
The ways OF the railroad company in
handling freight are q sealed book to
the common herd. -Four weeks ago Mr..
George Russell shipped a sack OF pota-
toes from Battle Mountain to Elko and
they are still on the road. Mr.. Russell
is hopeful that the spuds will reach here
before next years crop is i'll the market.
The Standard Oil company Of Indiana
capitalized at 81 ,OO0, oC0, cleared sl0,-
576,0S2 in 1906. This is only nj in
stance OF how the people are robbed by
the thieving trusts. a profit Of over
1000 per cent on a common necessity Of
life sniacks more Of the ways OF the
h~ighwayman thar OF honest business
methods.
Reports from the Oklahoma election
indicate the adoption az the cOnstitu-
ton and the election OF a democratic
governor, and legislature and three
democratic coogressn. Tho republicans
claim the election Of two members Of
congress. The result on the prohibition
clause OF the constitution is in doubt
and may not be known for some time.
Warrants were issued yesterday for
fourteen persons involved in Pennsyl-
vania's capitol swindlR. Each OF the
defendants are charged with conspiracy
To cheat and defrnud the State by mnk-
ing false in voices, and four Of them are
charged with obtaining money under
false ]pretenses. All the defendants are
prominent repu blicdnF, and one is Il
member OF congress-. They shook Mat
Quay's plum tree too hard.
\ doctor acting rs locums tenens i'll a
country district told a laborer's wife to
give her husband his medicine sin a
recumbont position Tho woman, al
ter the doctors departure went through
the village trying to borrow n "recum'
BENT position" Her neiThbors, rattle
that coufcss their ignorance, all assured
her that she could have had theirs i
only they had not lent or lost it!'-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mr.. George Russell left for Battl,
Mountain this afternoon, Hc informs
us that a fatal disease ia prevalent
among the horses Of that section nnC
that he has suffered heavy loss. The
disease affects tie kidneys and thu
horses lose the use e their hind legs
Some die soon after bong attacked b!
the disease and others lingcr along fO
weeks. A peculiar thing about thu
disease in that il does not atipck mares
The State veterinarian should investi
gate the disease.
In glnnclng through the Iaws passcI
by the last Legislature we find nm net
approved March Nth that fixes tn
s~alnrisc OF the county clerk and audito
and recorder Mt $4,000 n year, md another
approved March 9th, fixing the salerie
Of these officers at 1880 n year inter th
first Monday Of January 1909, and givin
tho county treasurer sl500 a year aite
TINT date. win some mcmbor Of tn
legislature tell US why the salaries wer
rais ed Tor the prcseD, officials and n
duced for their successorsP We wa
for an answer
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