Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-08-19
SAIMAGUNDI
(4e the new ad OF the Wintermantel
: Vwelry company. 1t will interest

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you.
Rev. Matheson and j. Conrad came in
from Lamoille yesterday and returned
this afternoon.
Miss -Neva Dewar returned to Elko
yesterday after completing a term of
school at North Fork. . .....
This is the last night Bob Evans and
his battleships will be seen at the opera
house. See the ad.
Oscar Thorpe, who left Elko five or
six years ago, returned last night from
Saslt Lake. He intends to remain here.
DR.. c.. E. Wilson has opened his
Dental Office in the dwelling house one
door west of the postoffice. Appoint
ments can be made by mail or phone
Some one tapped the 25-cent slot ma
chine in the Club saloon at Winnemucca
Sunday night and got away with $45.
The tapping of these machines is q
common occurrence at Winnemucca.
John Henderson left on No. 3 this
afternoon for San Francisco. He will
remain there until Sunday and then
leave for Los Angeles, where he will
meet his family and return with them.
Mr.. Penrod writes from Gold Creek
that he is busy doing the assessment
work on his mining claims. He says
the feed in that section is fine, but that
the sheep are trampling it down and
in few years there will be none The
old gentleman says that he is we'll and
hearty and has a splendid appetite for
his meals.
A new 1OO-horse power gasoline en-
CINE, built especially for Elko's electric
light plant, arrived from Beloit, Wis
consin,. this morning. The new engine
will take the place of one of the 50
horee power engines now in use at the
plant. When the two engines are in
operation, there should be no lack of
electricity for light and power purposes
We have received communication
from the Western Newspaper Union at
Chicago offering to furnish the INDIE
PENDENT with supplements containing
tN political stuff put out by the ma
K. .al republican committee. AS the
INDEPENDENT is not conducted along
the lines mapped out by the advocates
of Taft's election, the offer of the West
ern Newspaper Union goes 7into the
waste basket.
Monday evening at o'clock the
2-year-Old son of Mr. and Mrs. James
e. Sweeney died in Carson. One last
Tuesday morning, while the little fellow
was crossing the floor at his home, he
fell into pan of boiling water that
was standing on the floor. His mother
rushed to his rescue, but not before he
had been scalded on the left arm and
body. The hoy suffered greatly and
death came as relief.
Five buildings at Empire, were de-
stroyed by fire Monday night and it is
supposed that Dave Bradbury, plum
Der, lost his life in the blaze. Bradbury
was stranger at Empire and was the
only occupant of the buildings. His
bed was found outside of one of the
buildings, but no trace of him could be
found. The fire was probably started
by cigarette thrown away by Brad
bury. The buildings were old and of
small value.
Eastern standards of beauty differ,
like the customs, from those of the west.
In Malacca we are told, the small
waist and velvet eyes do not count, but
instead the length of the neck is the
criterion of beauty. The longer it is
the more perfect the beauty, The girl
of Malacca at Tvery early age is fitted
with metal collar which compels her
to keep her head erect, and as she grows
the collar is increased in size and so