Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-21
SALMAGUNDI

Iamoie
A shower this afternoon made the air
little cooler.
Allen Fisher came from Wells last
night to attend Mr.. Lytton's funeral.
If you want to buy New Home sew
ing machine or q new Iroquois bicycle,
call on or address this Office.
If it is not hot enough for you at your
place of business, come to this Office and
work at the editors desk. Only 100 de-
grees in the shade at the desk today
The preliminary examination of Jack
Dolan, charged with the murder of
Frank Whitaker, has been set for 10
o'clock tomorrow before Judge Bruce.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Puett of Carlin
are i'm town today. It is Mrs Puett's
first "Trip to Elko in nearly nine years.
She notes many changes in the old
town.
Unpaid franchise taxes under the So
called Ford amendment" now aggre-
gate about $21. $50, 600 in New York city
alone, according to the report of the
state tax commission
State Superintendent Ring has appor-
tiaRed the state school fund on the basis
of $6.7581 per census child. Elko
county is credited with 1O43 school and
draws down 81, O48.6O of the fund
Mrs. Richard O'Neil received dis
patch from Anderson, Indiana, last
night, saying that her sister was very
sick and not likely to recover. She and
Mr.. O'Neil left this morning on No. 2
for her sisters bedside.
Charles w. Raymond and W. H. Maggie
have been arrested in Reno ON the charge
of grand larceny. They are accused of
stealing a mailing list from the Office of
the Nat G. Goodwin Brokerage company
They are former employees of that COM
I pany.
They are talking about union and
S union milk. Have the cows been
organized2 While others are trying to
get all they can the cows might like a
chance to kick, metaphorically speak
ing, for more bran mixed into the
water
Mr.. NAer Wiseman, q pioneer of
ClSgSer vA-.ey, arrive last night to attend
the funeral of the late George W.
Lytton. Mr.. Wiseman reports every
thing quiet in Clover and says that the
I prospects in that valley were never
better for all kinds of crops The old
gentleman is looking well and seems
good for many more years.
We have received twenty-five copies
IF Harper's Weekly of July 18th, for
gratuitous distribution among the
friends of the state university. This
ISSUE contains cuts of the Mackay
Mining Building at the university and
the statue of John w. Mackay and an
account Of the dedication ceremonies
written by Col. George w. Harvey who
delivered the commencement address.
These copies were sent to the writer by
pr. Stubs with the compliments of
Clarence FL. Mackay. They are not
Pnly valuable as souvenirs of the most
interesting event in the history of the
ftata university, but also for the other
interesting matter contained them.
Friends of the university will please
fall at this Office for a copy.
The hottest place on earth is said to
@IAe Musendam peninsula. at the en-
rance to the Persian gulf from the Or
|nuz islands The scenery of the Elph-
nstone inlet to the peninsula is grand,
isolate. The native can live in the
place only from November to March.
cable station was once established on
Telegraph island, but it had to be aban-
oned. Some of the men died, others
vent mad and the rest fed. In NAL
DIN inlet there is no sign of life. The
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