Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-31

Wedneday to accept u position us
cashier i'll Mr.. Puett's store.
IL the last day OF May sets the pace
Tor June, the month viii DO a scorcher.
ID thermometer reached So in the
shade today.
Shreck and Hart. two white brutes,
pummelled each other in The prize ring
at Tonopah yesterday. Srhreck won in
he 2lst round.
We regret TO learn that Mn. Judge
Massey Of Reno Ii in a serious cordi ion
from the result OF nn operation for
appendicitis. Her many EIko fricuds
sincerely hope Tor her speedy recovery
Your attention is called to the ud OF
the Elko Land & Improvement Compa
ny. they have lots in EIko, ranches and
mines for sale. See the al .rd tuy IL
home III EIko, the coming CIT. III IIasi-
ern Nevada.
Elko owns a town flag, but it failed
to float yesteI day. This should not
occur again IN a holiday. Some PHI
triotic Soung man, Joe Taber for
instance, should take charge Of the fla ,
and see that it is hoisted On every
holiday.
Zack iiariesty. the prominent South
Fork rancher, is Mt the Commercial
Hotel under the care OF Drs. Hood. lie
If suffering from IA Sc we're attack Of
stomach trouble. His many friends
hope he will soon recover
Ely politics are getting wnrm. Three
tickets are III the field for city officers.
j. K. Marks. +. NJ Clark and John Weber
are the candidates for mayor. Allen
Bragg Ii on Of one the ticxcts Tor police
Judge n Albert Butler, an Eiko boy,
Is one Of the candidates for city marshal
Preston aud Smith, the /. w. w.
murdercrs Of Goldtield, have been taken
to Carson To begin serving their sen
fences III the penItentiar,. Preston hns
twenty Ii.e years u confinement before
him and Smith has ten. Their terms
viii he shortened by the co dts earned
II! good behavior.
The Supreme Court Of Idaho has Just
handed down IL dccisi ion declaring I'M
constitutional the ac. winch prohibits
he sale Of liquor within five miles Of a
camp where us many us twenty-five men
employed Oh railroad, canal, reservoir,
public work or other kindred enter prise.
Four u the seven indicted /. w. w.
Rgitators Of Goldtield have givea $4,000
bail each and have been Released from
custody. They are accused of con.
spIracy III the murder of John Silva. for
which crime Preston and Smith are nos
serving sentences III the penitentInry,
Vincent ST. Ohm, the notorious anarchist
agitator, lis one Of the men who gave
bonds.
Judge Brissell Of Tonopah dismissed
tile case Of the Siue ". w. X. WISE,
charged with stealing fifteen sacks OF
ore from the Mohawk mine. lie held
that not enough evidence had been pro.
- ~ l''NN AaiNh liz az VINO III
The MOhawk company Immediately be-
gan II replevin suit for the recovery Of
the ore. Tho ore wus found i'll Wise's
cellar.
Mark Twain once rvrCi :ed II letter
from his brother, who complained that
he was afflicted With ii boil and the
III nInn tnnlhn pln M ll,. an, I,Vn.
and enquired il he had ever heard OF
q worse combination. "No," wrote the
sympathetic Mark, -and | can Imagine
only what might be worse and that
would be Ia have mtiamatory rheu-
matism and the 81. Vitus dance at the
same time
IL the ~automobI;rs, running between
Elko and Tnscur0Ta, keep up the record
they have 81 Tar matu, travel by stage
will soOn be II thing Of the past. Tho
trial trip with MIR. Mnyhanl's party was
made in "A little over four hours and yes.
terday this time was cut down to three
and ouc-half hours. Quite u difference,
you SEQ, between that and nm all days
ride in n numbering stage. From now
on automobiles will make regular trips
between Elko, Tuscarora, Aura, Column
bia and all points north. For further
particulars SEQ the nd OF tho Autono.
bile Company on the first page.
Inc attention Of tho railroad author
itics in called TO tho condition OF the
street between tho freight house and
the postUtli 81. The water comes from
the battery room Of tho telegraph Office
instead OF from n lenky pipe as stated
tho other day. Tho fault is entirely
with the drainage OF the battery room
Tho railroad company can keep the
water from tho al root and should he
mnde to do so. Tho town authorities
should SEQ that this nuisan ce ia abated
at once. There il no sense in temporiz
ing with 1t.
w. .. Fitch, n recent arrival in Reno,
shot ltoy Mitchell ALL George Sherman,
proprictors OF the Palace grill, Wcdncs.
day evening. Fitch who wac foil OF
Reno booze uskcd the proprictors Of the