Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-05-22
S~almagundi
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY

/" FROM TUESDAY, DAILY
Every democrat in town should turn
out tomorrow and vote at the primaries
for delegates To the state convention.
Remember that the second Install
mcnt of taxes must h. paid before Il
O'Clock p. III. Of the first Monday in
June.
The Washington Herald says:
There is one thihg about our great
prosperity IL keeps one broke living mp
To- it,"
BY AN order from headquarters all
the work on the Ogden Lucin cutoff
has been pulled off and over 200 labor
crs were discharged.
Candidates for school trustees must
file their petitions with tn" county
clerk before tomorrow night. If you
want Ia h~ a school trustee file your
petition.
Mrs. IIighficld of Carlin is in Elko to-
day. She told the reporter that rcpub-
lican prosperity had struck Carlin again
and all work AT the shops had been stop
ped until the first of the month.
In all France there are only 100 per.
sons who are millionaircS in our sense
Of the word IN dollarS.) OF million
aires i'll francs, there are about IL. 200.
apart from the 100 already counted.
This year the 13lst anniversary of the
adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the
emblem of the United States, June II.
comes on Sunday. The American Flag
association, by II circular letter. urges
a general observance of flag day on
Monday. June IL.
To-day would have been all right in
December, Int is decidedly out Of place
IN the blooming month of May. Snow
squalls have followed each other closely
and the air is raw and cold. Out of place
or not, il has been II good day for the
country. The storm is worth many
thousands Of dollars to this section.
The wages of 10. 900 Massachusetts
cotton mill operatives wcrS cut ten per
cont last week. The week before 60.
900 other operatives were subjected to Il
similar cut. and 3d. 900 more will get
the sam kind of II republican tariff
prosperity dose ncxt week. Tho full
dinner pail il becoming something Of a
hollow NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Count Qfcndnrf of Austria has pur-
chased from Countess ShuvalovO of Rus.
sia tho entire town Of Dubno. with its
fortress, in Russian Poland. Tho st rangc
pIrt- of II Is TINT the count COuld pay 81,
000. 600 for tlf6 town aud fort in spite of
the fact that he never. 50 far aS we know,
become the sou .in.law Of any American
railway ma4paieYo lumber king.-Chi-
cage Record HERALD "
Yesterday afternoon u drunk confined
in. the old Jail IIn,n very nca crcmating
hiulsclf by setting fire 10 the bedding
lin Ills t!cll. 'fhc iirc was detected by
Stanley Wcathcrs who saw smoke com
ing ont Of the jail. lie notified the
shCrifr's 0niC0.hnd when Juilcr Gilmore
got To the cclftlIo drunk was nearly all
In. Tho blankets and mattress were
destroyed. no.
Two brothers named Clark. who say
they are travelling through tho country.
were arrested Saturday night. ono Of
them for Irddling goods without II
license and the other was charged with
carrying u concealed weapon. Both
wore before Judge Bruce today, and the
pcddlrr was found guilty and fined $50
or ten days IN jail. lie went to iail.
Judge Bruce took the other case under
adviscmCnt.
According to BradstrCci's there were
In the United States ll52 failures in
business IN April. with aggregate lia'
,bilitics Of $22. 3s5, 7Gj and assets of 80,
s3i ,3I7. an Increase II ~ per cent in the
number ~ compared with April, 1907,
and with liabilities moro than twicc us
large. These figures throw some light