Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-04
Salmagund
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY

Alaw is to he passed in Franco G.
enpsing wives from Obeyins thei
h.,sb ,nds. Isn't that Il work of super
,t,tion r-Pittsbr~g Gazette-Times
A Nav York cart has announce,
fiat II pint of c;irnpI;;l, is enough TO
a lady. II becomes harder and harde
for these Wall street money kings t,
got rid of their small change.-Wash
:.Ston Star.
Several Western Pacific grading out
fits have passed through town in the
last few d., hHund for naints west.
The grading Of the road between Elko
and salt Lake is nearly completed and
il is only IA matter of week OF two when
the track will reach Elko.
Nearly every mail brings stuff from
P~iiciiot's bulletin factory to this office
for gratuitous publication. As % per
cent of the stuff has no local Importance
it goes into the waste basket. Pinchot.
tho forest reserve man. is certainly an
adept in blowing his own horn. He is
II with a big /.
The preliminary examination of the
men from Monticello. charged with re-.
c living three barrels of whiskcy stolen
from tn. Southern Pacific. is still i'm
progress before Judge Bruce. The
attorneys were ~wrangling this after
noon about the admission of the state
mcnt made by Hogan's bartender.
This is cold weather for this scson of
the year and if it continues IA few days
longer ice will be thick enough to
harvest. Last night was the coolest
yet. the mercury crawling down TO IL
degrees below zero. 1t is splendid
weather for the coal dealer, but tough
on those who have To foot the fuel bills.
The people Of Elko should begin to
discuss h sewer proposition with the
view Of getting II law through the
J. ;islaturc authorizing the issuance Of
binds for sewer purposes. If Il bonding
bill il not passed by the incoming lcgis.
lA.urc, II present dcplOrablc conditions
will exist for two years more. Let us
ACT in time.
The Reno Gazette says that il is
reported that u. 5. Marshal Grimmon is
uhlut t. resign to take effect Oh the
18Th of December and the Virginia
Chronicle say, ho has already sent in
his resignation 10 TAX" effect IN Drccm-
br 18th. Both papers agree that
Harry Humphreys. chairman of the
republican STATE committee, will succeed
GrimmOn.
ID not mc,ldl" with "A business you
know nothing Of unless you ommcn
NJ the bottom of the ladder and round
after round, work toward the top. For
if yuu are successful enough 10 reach
the top round yuu will then find plenty
T. applaud and assist. But he who
commences ut the top Of the ladder
finds it AN easy matter to descend and
Oft times with great rapidity. And
when hc has reached the bottom he will
find hundreds there waiting to kick
him.
Detective Gordon received a dispatch
from Ogden this afternoon stating that
Deputy Slcritfa Clark and Murphy went
to Uintnh last night fora sick man. On
their way back. they noticed three box
- Of shoes on the ground by the side Of
"A freight train and II man sncaking be-
hind them. Clark got ont Of the buggy
to investigate. The man shot him
three times. killing Jim instantly.
Two shots struck Murphy in the right
arm and also hit the sick man. The
man escaped. The officers have no
description Of him. Uintah is Il small
town ON the Union Pacific.
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