Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-18
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Inc puDl1C SCuOOl ClOS0u at noon To-
day for the holidays and the youngsters
are happy.
Work on the ground for the Western
Pacific round-house, shops and yard is
progressing favorably.
Has anyone in this neck of the woods
felt the revival in business that was to
follow so closely on Taft's election2
The revival must be sidetracked
somewhere east of the Mississippi.
The colored electric lights used for
the Christmas tree last year have dis
appeared from the Opera House. If
anyone knows who has taken them he
is requested to report to Mrs. Greefield,
chairman of the decorating committee.
At noon, the Western Pacific track
was laid nearly to Mr.. Fernald's house,
about five and a half miles east of town.
About mile of track was laid yester-
day and if that gait is kept up the
Western Pacific will celebrate Christmas
J in Elko.
4 The assessment roll of the county
Shows that there are 119 widows ex-
3 empt from taxation. It is said by one
i who claims to know that there are 40
widows in the city and that 20 of them
are resident in one neighborhood. Car
son News.
Judge Stevens has taken the oath of
Office at Goldfieln and is now one of the
judges of Esmeralda county's district
court. Judge Somers qualified as the
other judge Immediately after his ap-
pointment. Justice should now be
ground out at Il lively rate in Esmeralda
county.
Thermometers around town last night
registered different degrees of cold,
varying from four to eighteen degrees
below zero. The one in front of the Club
saloon showed 10 below That last
night was the coolest of the season so
far is shown by the fact that mushy ice
formed0e water in the sprinkler in this
Office something that has not before oc-
: CURED this season and did not occur at
all last winter.
= A peNliar thing about the popular
vote for president as published else
where is the small increase in the vote
for Taft over that received by Roose-
velt. While Bryan received 1861
more votes than Parker received in
1904, Taft received only 4,190 more
than Roosevelt received in the same
year. This seems to show that the drift
of political sentiment is strongly toward
the democratic party. This strong in
crease in the democratic vote should
give the party new courage. Judged
by the increase in the party vote, Bryan
made splendid fight.
Constable Happier brought F. w.
Mitchell and r. F. Bradford from Car
lin last night and left them to board
with Sheriff Clark for the next six
months. They were working a slick
game on hotel keepers. They registered
at the Overland hotel, Carlin, Sunday
night and had with them large empty
telescope grip. The next morning they
burglarized several rooms in the hotel
and filled the grip with the spoils.
They peddled the stuff around town and
went back to the hotel to work the same
scheme Monday night. Deputy Con-
stable Hine was on their track and ar
rested them Monday night just after
they had registered. The officers were
unable to find the clothes and the men
refuse to tell where they are.
Constable Happier came from Carlin
last night on No. 6 and returned on
No. 3 this afternoon. Yesterday he ar
rested Ed Ears, Swede weighing 200
pounds who is wanted in Portland,
Oregon, for obtaining money under
false pretenses and jumping his bail.
Ears was sailing under the name of
Carl Erickson and was working with
the Western Pacific graders on the cut
east of Sarlin. The deputy sheriff Of
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