Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-14

onr idea of wealth is feeling tinan-
cially able to contributc to u campaign
fund. -Atchison Globe.
Mrs. White and children arrived from
Reno this morning and left for Pleasant
Valley to visit her sister. Mrs. Bremen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wintermantel and
Misses Rose and May Gardner. who
have been camping at Lamoille. return.
ed last night.
Quite u change in the temperature
since last week. Last Friday was "a
scorcher and today is almost cold
enough for u fire. The Thermometer ut
our desk registered about 81 degrees at
noon.
kilograms from Kiev state that there
is n plague of cate rpillars in many
parts of southwestern Russia. In some
places the railway tracks are covered
by swarms of the insects and traffic is
being hindered owing To the state of the
rails.
Oscar j. Smith is said to be the
prominent Reno attorney who gave the
Gazette the facts upon which il based
it's article on Receiver Wilde's bond.
He and the Gazette, it is said, is threat.
ened with libel suits on account of the
publication of the article.
i Deputy Sheriff Harris reports 80
prisoners III the county Jail today. The
keeping of these people entail u heavy
expense OH the taxpayers, but there i:
no way that we know of to avoid it
Crime must he punished and the tax
payers must bear the burden.
China is Il bad place for furniture
In the summer months it is so damn
that furniture put together with glue
falls apart and drawers stick, while il
the dry months furniture goes to the
other extreme and often exhibits cracks
half an inch or more in width.
Tuesday afternoon Judge Brown
denied Chris SCOTS application for {;
writ of hnbeas corpus. Scott must now
stay in Jail until the grand jury meets
or lie gives the required bond. Il
indicted, his stay in Jail may be long
enough to teach him to let whiskey
alone.
/ Thn aptt1li,snr hasa nN Loci f,,.l ,
candidate for United States senator in
the person of Hon. p. L. Flanagan of
Reno. His chief claim to fame lies in
the letters he wrote to sheepmen six or
eight years ago. He was then dubbed
"RenO's ready letter writer" Flanagan
is easy dope for the democrats.
The article in last nights Free Press
on Bob Skaggs is II full-blown daisy.
No II can now doubt his great ability,
honesty, fearlessness and devotion to
duty. If the big words and capital
letters i'll that article don't bring an
abject apology from the editor Of the
Reno Journal, he is past redemption.
Oh my! Oh my! what will the poor
editor do in the face of that broadside?
1t is reported that the blasting in the
Western Pacific tunnel at Palisade has
almost ruined the Southern Pacific tun.
mel recently completed. The walls of
the latter are said to be shattered by the
incessant blasting in the former and
there is danger of its caving in. It is
said that men are kept in the tunnel
day and night for the purpose of stop
ping trains should q cave occur or any
indication of the walls giving way.
"A corruptiopist." said Senator De-
pew. "once entered q voters house. In
the voters absence he pleaded his cause
to the mans wife. Finally, spying Il
wretched kitten on the floor. he said:
ri give you $25 for that animal,
ma'am.' She accepted those terms.
The corruptionist, thrusting the kitten
into his pocket, rose to go. At the door
he said: i do hope you can persuade
your husband to vote for me, ma'am.'
III try to- said the woman, though
Jim'sa hard one to move when his minds
made up; but, anyhow, you've got n
real cheap kitten there. Your opponent
was in yesterday and gave me $50 for
its brother"