Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-09-06
Salmaqundi.
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY


Mr.. James Russell is reported better
today.
Miss Nera Dewar leaves Tor Reno
tonight % enter the university.
MIS- Bnrns, II cousin Of MB. Foster,
VIII arrive from Los Angeles tonight.
Miss Lou De"ar leaves for Floriston,
California, tonight to take charge the
schoo ut that place. Success to her.
Wheat found stored in a prehistoric
mount in Utah, is said TO thrive with
ont irrigation and yield more per acre
than the modern product.
TX you want to spend nh enjoyn ble
week take i'll the State Fair ut Reno
There well bc better exhibits, better
racing and more features than ever
before.
Five hundred aud ershty-;even diff.
'c:ent languages are >poken in Europe,
bat philClogists look upon these as
merely variations II only about 80
distinct language.
Sheriff Shirley Of Churchill county
has notitieu the officers to Look out Tor
Joe Washelu who committed a murder
nj Dixie last Sunday. No particulars OF
the killing are given.
Henry Howard I~Iolley, who robbed
the Reno express Office III May, was
arrested in Detroit Tuesday night while
attending a society fiLction. lie will
be brought back TO Reno Tor trial.
Judge Lawlcr yesterday sentences
Louis Glass, the convicted briber, to
five years at San Quentin. Glass pro.
tested his innocence Of the charge.
Glass WAS reuaLded Il the custody OF
the sheriff, His attorneys will appeal.
Have o ever noticed how many good
men gone wrong are mo expected to
live out theirIsentenccs" wESn they are
Huhliy ucttSttu anu scul 10 ttisbn.
The physical health Of this class appears
To be rs alarming as their moral heulth.
buffalo Express.
The other day Charley Weller, an
Austin Indian, played poker with the
Chinese and lost his money. ile
thought the Cinnamon had the best 81
him md to prove II took the deck of
cards. When he examined them, he
found all ABOVE the nine spots marked.
Tie Chinese and lndians o o learn the
waya OF the white man.
\ correspondent asks what Ia the best
method OF feeding cattle III spring
weather? There arc several ways,
One man nigh: prefer to take the OK
in his lap and feed hhr0 with a spoon.
Another would bring him into the dim
n,ne-rnom aud let him sit nj the table
with the old folks. Tastes differ III
matters Of this kind.
4 proposition t. unite Arizona and
Nevada into one state is being discussed
by politicians at Washington. The pro.
position will never get neyomd the die
cussiOn stage. Arizona has nothing III
common with Nevada and Nevada wants
nothing 10 do with Arizona. She il
getting along very vol now and needs
no assistance. She is fully able to Padd'
L. her own cauoc
Mr.. Ramsdcn, Elko's photographer.
has received a portrait lens, which hC
won IN competition with the phot"g'
raphCrs oi Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming
aud Utah. Inc competition wa con
Quoted by the Sccl Photograph factor,
Uf ST. Louis. Missouri, and was open tC
all tho photographers Of the stat - mon
toned. Three prizes were given Tor 'hG
beet three baby negatives OF the eamt
child nnd Mr.. Rlmsdcll won the sccont
prize. The negatives were oi Mr.. nut
Mrs. ~Fitzgcrnld's child. Tho lens il
valued at 3gl.5l. Mr.. RamsdcIl i
naturally proud ~ his SUCCESS.