Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-06-19
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Il o MONDAYS DAILY

II week visiting in Elko.
Miss Neva Dewar came in fror North
Fork Saturday, were she has been
teaching for several months.
w. w. Booher left OH No. 3 Yesterday
to attend the meeting of the Grand
Lodge Of Odd Fellows ut Reno.
Most people want to a V money ON
the nc~cessaries of life SO they can waste
it on the luxurics.- New York Press.
Miss Leslie Peck was suddenly called
to her home i'll White Rock Yesterday
on account of the illness of her mother.
Mrs. Sproule returned yesterday from
Tonopah where she has becn attending
the Grand Lodge Of the Pythian sisters.
Miss Alma Gobcl has finished up her
school term rs Tuscaroru and has ar
rived i'll Elko Ia spend several days
visiting with friends.
Looks rs if the Chicago platform
would contain millions of slush for
Roosevelt, hut not one word for tariff
rcform.-BaliimOrc sun.
Up To the present time Mr.. Mckinney
has failed To furnish the 500 bond
required of him by Judge Bruce and us
Il consequence is still in Jail.
The high school mcnccmc exer-
cises will begin tonight with the pre-
scntatiOn of a play AT tn" opera house,
by the members of the graduating class.
Other events will follow; the exercises
lasting until Thursday of this week.
The Elko County High School grudu-
ating class will give II ball ut the
Bradley Opera House Wednesday
evening, June Il. There will he good
music and refreshments. Grand march
starts NJ $50 sharp. Src their al in
another column.
1t is not generally known in Elko
that the Southern Pacific tickets office
is closed on Sunday from II "A. III. until
5 y. III. Persons wishing to depart ON
No. 3 will have to purchase their
tickets before II o'clock, or pay their
fare on the train.
About 80 of Elko's young people went
for "A picnic yesterday down on the
South Fork. They left early in the
morning i'll - hay wagon drawn by four
horses, and returned about six o'clock.
The 'foolc was an enjoyable one and
everybody returned home tired and
happy.
The W;,hoc county grand jury has
mGuic II recommendation To the school
trustees of Reno that the Riverside
school and the Central high school
should both he closed on account of the
unsafe condition Of the building. Con-
siderable complaint has recently been
made in regard to the high school build
ing, but owing to the condition of the
school funds, little or nothing has been
done to remedy the defect.
Mrs. Touuds was brought down from
Palisadc yesterday on No. 4 and taken
To the Boiling Hospital where a bullet
was removed from her back. The
wound was self.inflictcd and passed
through one lung lodging in the back.
She is getting along us well as can he
expected. althouh her recovery is u
matter of conjecture. No reason is
known for the attempt she made to
take her life.
Yes said the Forenoon Us we stood
by the pcrfccting press. III Ben +.
could lc with us now he would certainly
get y lovely variety Of thrill rs he
watched this machine; but if he should
happen 10 look right over there and see
! tina! experienced girl chewing gum and
calmly feeding covers into the cyclCt
machine wrong end up. I don't know
whether he would DC much impressed
with II progress as II race after ALL
Printers Album.
The stage coach which operates bo.
tween Fallou and Rawhidc WAS hclds
mp Saturday in the most approved
style hy two masked men, the pass.
cngcrs relieved of their valuahlcs, and
the Wells Farnp strong box. containing
considerable money, was c0nfiscHtcd.
Apparently the days Of stage robbers
and bandits. 81 dear to the heart Of the
novelist and youthful castcrncr, have
not entirely disappeared in Nevada.
1t is an interesting fact that is not
generally known that the mining build
ing Of the Uuivcrity Of Nevada. which
was built by Mr.. Mackuy. was designed
by the late Stanford White. the great.
est Of artist. architects II stands as II
fitting monument TO the climax of this
I, mans remarkable career. aud Is Il most
f, hrAutiful piece Of work. The dignity
, Of the proportions Of the building. its
J iprrfcCtion IN every way, Instantly mp.
| peal to the observer and more 50 by con
trast with the other buildings of the
university. which beside the Stanford
. White creation give about the same i'm.
: preston as would u cluster Cf chicken
< coops in the Shade Of NOtrc Dame.
The state Of Washington has II law