Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-03-22
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

odlNlaH unul.
Constable Honey man brought q
rqut" from Chrlin today and LETT hcl
- board with Sheriff Clark for twenty
days Tor being too drunk to walk.
Through tn" kindness, Of Senator
Ncwlnuds, th~ INDErEHDEST has r..
rcivcd three mail slcli- Of gar len seed
for Tree distribution. II you wan, any
Of them call and get them.
II Is easier To tell the truth than To
tell q lie, according to Johuio Rookie.
TELLER. or COURSE it is. when You have
plenty u money. Ouiy the poor have.
70 Glide around tie corners Of the
truth.
], is announced that Edison intends
to devote the rest Of his life to amuso.
mcnt. Pcrhups. II is like to be, hoy
sycr. the s4mc sort Of amusement that
has alwaye appealed to Edison-worE.
\ d~IsgrrniIcd contemporary suggcsts
hat Capt. Hichm0n! Prnrson IIobson
should give his talking department a
recess. II strlKs us that the department
hns seen enough hard service to warrant
IT. retirement on hall pay.
Tho storms have Knocked ont the
through trains from the west. No. {.
mad" up at Sparks, passing through this
forenoon, but brought no mail. No. 10
will pass through some time tonight
with mail from Reno.
". y. Wilson, the yOung man who
died IN the county hospital u fcw days
uLO. will bc buried tomorrow a, tile cX.
pcU4o Of the county. Mr.. Keyscr re,
ccivcd u dispatch from the young man =
father at Los Angeles, tins forenoon
telling him to bury his sons rcnam's
here.
While II freight train was st landing III
the siding at Ayaucl last night, 4
freight cur WAS broken into and q lot Of
shoes were taken. Constable Ouderkirb
was notified oi the theft aud hr and
Deputy ConstobIc Cutnnt searched the
train OH its arrival and then searched
the t"wn but failed 10 find the thicyc.
or stolen property.
Tho law passed 10y the legislature iii,
vidiuR the second Judicial district into
two districts, Humboldt comfy forming
one and WdRhOc aud Churchill tho 9th,
cr, Inns inilcd Of It's purpose ms Judge
Pike haa announced TINT he nor judge
Orr.will resign their present positions in
tho second district. II they stick 10 thit
Humboldt county will not have II rcsi
dent judge until 1911.
Tho heavy rains have played havoc
with the railroad vest of Reno. Tn,
bridge across tho Trdckcc river Mt Vcrd
caught so much dritt wool that the
water ovcrnuwcd aud washcd ont som,
Of the track. 10 order to save the itnclS
the bridge was blown mp tO make
paraagc lot the water, The low land ol
the Ttuckcc near Sparks If Raid to III
covered twelve feet deep with water
Reno and SPARTA were all right ihi
morning, but como fear was felt 70
Sparks IL the water continued 10 raise.
About l.3D yesterday %aftornoo'
Waiter Kline heard n noiRo at the got
back of his shop, lie told one of vi
mon 20 open the gate aud let tho pei
qpn In. This was done and u mnu bc
tween 10 and 80 ycars old walked int
tho shop. To waH very drunk aud Nj
Kline naked him 10 leave. lie did nU
: go nnd Mr.. Kline tool; bold 0t him I,
put him ont. Tho mun then drew
butcher lmifc AMI Mr.. Kline took
lnNny from Inn and threw him on
/, doors. but kept tho kuifn. Cousiahl
Oudcrkirk was notified aud arrested Tn
man. Ifc wRa hcioro JudR" Bruce thi
, morning aud gave his same ne TOT
=, Eckels. lie said he Ind been wofkin
nj Cam | Tor tho Wretorn Pacific. u
- hal played poker yesterday and was on
[ 49, and a pair of ovcrnllP. iic wac gi'
cn Ter daya ~ Jail.
II Ono ~ Elko's c%iti2"no, who hna ju'
Il rctutnc1 from n trip IA tho Wcsicrn pa
o " the state, remarked to the writer tb.