Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-01-03
Salmaqundi.
FROM DAILY

NhAs
Carlow went to Tuscarora yesterday to
look over the eitustion. They will re-
tui to morrow night
Only ole more day to get your new
Irnr resolutions i'll shape BE sure TO
l:nvc the III ready to put i'll force carly
"Wednesday mornIug.
Mr.. Wmtermantel ID confined 70 his
bed with typhoid fever. lie B getting
niougu nicely and 10 serious results are
feared. Hope he will soon be ont.
Major Miller has telcgruphed Govern.
or sparks that the S~carchlighL bnnk
lun no uo.u at all and 1t Is msuiHent.
lie will remain III charge OF the bank
until u receiver is appointed.
In. iuner4i ~ Ray Mitchell took
plncc from the Episcopal Church Sum
day afternoon and WIS attended by
mauy friends Of the family. Peace 10
his ushes.
James M~ahoney, M account OF whose
crime We published Saturday, died at
the prison last Friday. IIo was a native
Of ireland, aged 70 years, and leaves
W daughters, Mrs. lIulng OF Virginia
City md MH. Wagner Of San Francisco.
Tho chvirmen OF the vnrious Chnst-
mas tree committees should not faIl to
10 at Attorney Ilendereon's office ut
7 O'Clock this evening. Their presence
10 necessary 10 order tlint all bills con-
trncied by their committees u he
settisd.
!. new force tOoX charge Of the West
ern Union Office thus afternoon. T.. ,.
Morgan, auditor from the general super
~Intendent's office at San Frapcsco,
checked up the /. j. Snhth
Of Oakland will have charge OF the
ullice with Harry a. Piercy OF Sacrh-
mcnto III nsslsthnt.
Tho Goldiisld situation has forced
Governor SPARKS INTO II delicate posi-
ton, but hu should not fail to act for
what he and his advisers deem to be the
best interests OF the state. Tclcgrams
nseuring him Of tho euppor! OF the pco-
pie Of Elko county III any action he may
take for the preservation Of law and or
der at Goldheld were soDt from hero
tbiH forenoon.
Billy Booth, publisher Of tho b.
nanza, hns bccn remonst rate | with by
= few people for his attitude toward the
banks. Billy Booth desires to state :"
the public, that go long ms no can pay
his printers, and has money for the
purchase OF printers ink, no will con-
tinuo his attacks on the banks until the
dopO.itors arc satisfied TINT they have
received Il sQu ,rc deal ut the hands Of
the bunks.-runopah Bou5nza.
Ono 81 the counterfeit ten-dollar
pieces which have lately made their
appearance ~ town wRs melted down
by l.. II. Hubbard, Il local assay er, and
found 10 contain only about fifty cents
III gold, the. remainder being copper,
IL wis thought by many TINT the phony
CONS contained u reasonable amount
~ gold, but this trst proves that they
ARE only plated and bogus to tho core
M without intrineic value. So look
out Tor them.-IIumboldt Star.
j. n. Bryan, proprietor OF the skating
rnk, was fined 500 and costa in Judge
Briscll's conrt this morning Tor gnmb
ling with mil ore. This in tho minimum
iinc and his honor In pronouDcing sou
UucC stnted tlin' ho would impose thu
maximum penalty for n second ofIense
flo further stated that II wN bis inton
ton Ia break Up the gambling partio
conducted by yOutba. II was learnCt
Bi the irinl that Bryan and three boy
were gambling III n room upataira
They wore playing poker.-TOnopal
Sun.
a correspondent Of the Reno Gazette
writing from Ely says II In a good place
IN Nidcstcp IN tho people there are hl
dealing In "iuturcs." lilo cay: silly Il
a town Of perhaps 1900 souls and every
one Ia waiting, ycs, just whiting Tor thu
iron to got good aud hot before trying I,
shape into anything like a saie husines
proposition. The %morchnnie have lai,
In largo stocks OF goods IN anticipation
OF what VIVA ~ be. but %wnen't, and mr.
now Il dvortignR 10 "sell mt ocst.'