Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-03-27
Salmaqundi.
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Senator Bourne Of Oregon says that il
Roosevelt Is not nominated for preei-
dent by the republicans, Bryan will
sweep the country. Bourne is a great
worshipper OF Teddy, the taIker.
The Tuscarora Mining News has sue-
pended publication. It's last issue con-
tains a very Interesting letter from Mr..
W. l. Plumb to DR.. +. ]. Clark, which
we will publish tomorrow. In the letter,
Mr.. Plumb lakes Il fall out OF the editor
Of the Free Press
Here ID Ii 81 statement that no person
ought to dispute: The first duty OF ever,
citizen is 20 be law abiding. The second
duty IL Ia be loyal 10 his own commu
nifty, to be public spirited, to support
home institutions and to patronize home
industry and home trade
Judge Pike d! Reno had II close call
Saturday. lie nistook Il bottle OF gaso-
line for coal oil and started IA tire with
It. The rceult was an explosion that
blew Ctf the top OF thr stove uIld set the
judges clothing on lire. Timely as
sisiunce saved him from seIions injury.
The following news item fro >he Ne
vHda City Transcript OF March 9th, 1861,
will still be Of no little interest i'll Ne
vada: Governor Nye OF Nevada Terri
tory, while 'sHylarkinR' with some ladies,
at "a ball a few nights ago, lost one of
his fingers by hav ny IL door slammed
upon 1t. lie Was obliged to have It um.
putnted.'
lent il about time the democratic
state COMMITTEES WA getting together It.
maxi arrangements FOX the clcctIOn Of
delegates to the Denver convention!
Democrats III this neck Of tile woods are
wondering when the committee Will
move III this matter. Wake up CHAR
man Considine, and call II meeting OK
he committee.
The contract for grading the railroad
from Schurz to RaShide has been let to
T.. T.. Loss OF San Francisco. BY the
terms OF the coptract, Loss must begin
work within ten days and finish the
grading within three weeks after that
time. Tho equipment for the roud hns
beeu purchased and the road will he
ready for business in seventy day.
Reports from Gold Circle say that
camp Ia having a big boom. AgentIcmap
from there stated III his oiilce this morn.
ing that the town would be larger thnD
Elko in two or three weeks. That IL,
there wonld be more people there, but
not 30 many buildings. He said :hni
buildings were going up rapidly and
that people were coming III at a lively
rate.
The grand Jury Of Nye county indicted
L. Is. Hickey OH the charge Of cmbczzle-
ment and 10 was arrested in CnTeon
Saturday by IA deputy sheriff. MIR.
Hickey gave bonds in the sum Of SlU,.
0OU and renamed III CarIoD. The ~.
dictment grows out Of the tangled at
fairs Of the State Bank and Trust com.
pany and charges Hickey with receiving
deposits, knowing thu tho bank WIS in.
solvent.
An exchange very truthfully says:
-When you liud your home paper taking
no intcr"e, in you or yonr success, when
you lind 1t keeping aggravatmRly silent
when you think the editor slIould be
tearing his linen in III behalf, do not
work yourself into a fever Of anxiety as
to the cause, but Just ask Yourself
wherein you ave placed the paper aud
ito editor under obligations to USE space
and energy Tor you
The funeral OF the late General Kelley
took place III Reno Sat ur dny from the
Masonic Temple, Rev. Samuel Une-
worth officiating. tic spoke feel,ngly
OF the liio md character ~ the deceased
10 II private citizen md ~ n public OF
fetal. After the services the RENAME
were escorted to the Masonic cemetery
by the knights rcmplar, Mnsons and
OdI Fcllows. Tho GIncrl procession
was one Of tho longest over seen in the
sintc,
a largo majority Of the pc pplo Of no
yRda will agree with the following form
the Humboldt Star: IL wonld seem lhnt
there ought to to considerably more
provouatioD than tho nrrest Of "DiamOnd-
field Jack DAVIS To justify tho sending
oi u detachment Of state police To Raw.
hide. liza long odds TINT the Il rcst Of
Davis was for good cause Tho mission
Of tho state police should bc to preserve
peace In the state. not to protect peace
disturbors and hnndy gun men like
Davis.
In n game Of base hall yesterday be-
tween Joo Taber, Harry Dunn md
seven other Indians on oue aide md ninc
palo faces on The other, the pale faces
skinned the rcde. During tho game
Pitcher Goldman 0i tho pale faces wa
bndly hurt 10y n ball bouncing from his