Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-02-19
SaLMACUNDI

this office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weathers left for their
Starr valley home this morning.
Another large audience greeted the
Billy Bennett comepaDy last night.
Mrs. Al. Griswold of South Fork Ii
visiting her Elko relatives and friends.
Mrs. Steele Icir for Wells this morn
ing to attend the funeral of Mrs. Ham
iltop, her sister in law.
The tax rate in White Pine county
for this year has been fixed at 1910 on
the S[G0 valuation, a reduction of 81
from last years rate. g..
Ramsden, the photographer, has re-
ceived complete line of the latest
picture mouldnge aud is now prepared
to frame all kinds Of pictures at hw
photog raph gallery.
1t is interesting to note that Mr.. Del.
mas has made no comment On the Thaw
verdict. What has become of the Ma
poleon Of the western bar, anyway
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mr.. Chapman Of Mizpah, the new
ceup in southeastern Elko county, is in
town. He reports quiet times there
now with good prospects for lively times
during the summer.
A tirst-class Japanese cook wants a
situation in hotel, restaurant, board.
ing house or good family in town or
country. Many years experience and
has good references. Inquire at this
Office.
A Paris physician claims t. have dis
covered that autoing brings three new
wrinkles to a woman's face. Nobody
seems 20 care how many it brings to the
faces Of men and women who are kept
buey lodging.
In reference to the height Of elephants,
ten feet in males and eight feet Elk inches
in females-vertical height at shoulders,
measured as horse-are very rarely at
tanned, and are not exceeded by one ami
NAL ID FIVE hundred.
Gilbert, the small son Of a minister,
was one .day trying to construct a
church ~ his building blocks. but
found he hadn't enough biocks. @Ssy,
papa be inquired grsvely, acsn't you
hold I'D your congregation for funds to
finish my church,"
In a certain town in Indiana a man
brought suit against a hardware COM
pany for $4,000 damages. He claimed
that rope he had bought to commit
suicide with broke and thus foiled his
plans. After the rope broke, he said,
he could not get up courage enough to
try it over.-Judge.
According to the latest reports, the
man who stole $500 from the driver of
the Wels-Fargo express company in
Reno, is still at large. A flock Of
detectives and the Reno police are try.
ing to catch him, but 80 far have failed.
Reno's new chief of police doesn't seem
TO be a bowling success as thief
catcher.
The INDEPENDENT is pleased to uote
that the Free Press has resumed it's
daily publication. In this connection it
may not be out Of place to state that the
lN2EPENDENT has net missed an issue
fornearly thirty years. Through hard
times and good times it has greeted its
readers regularly. Republican prosperity
nor republican panics have caused it to
miss an issue.
Throughout Nevada there are dozen
OF old camps, the existence Of which
had been almost forgotten; but since
the discovery OF Tonopah by Jim Butler
seven years ago, the process Of resurrec-
ton has been going on, and in nearly
every case the disclosures justify the
belief that the "new era" will see h.
many millions taken out as we're pro
daced during the old