Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-14
S~almagundi
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY

Glad to see Mr.. Ackland on the street
today.
Deputy Sheriff Hardin of Gold Circle
is skirmishing around town.
$. y. Highfield of Carlin was in town
today looking after school matters.
\ train carrying sailors from Eastern
recruiting stations passed west ut noon.
An entire change of program ut the
opera house Friday and Saturday night.
Mr.. A. J. Pullman writes from San
Jose that it is very warm, very dull
and very quiet in that city, but that he
and his family are well.
Charley Roberts and Bert Sella re-
turned from their fishing and hunting
trip today. They lelt Il few fish i'm the
river and some game in the hills.
+. NJ. Sanford and G. F. Freeman
arrived from Fullon last night in their
automobile and left this afternoon for
Gold Creek on n hunting trip.
Oliver Fee came up from Tonka this
morning to have an liberated tooth
attended to. He says the Western
Pacific is pegging away on the tunnels
i'll MOlen canyon.
There was an immense crowd at the
Bryan notification ceremonies yester-
day. Clayton's notification speech was
loudly checrcd and Bryan's reply was
frequently interrupted 10y applause.
Mr.. Kern also delivered II short adj
dress, after which he and Bryan held II
public reception i'm Nebraska's capitol.
According to Il table published by
the Tonopah Bonanza. Bartlett will
have 100 votes in the Tonopah conven-
ton; McCarren %: and "A doubtful.
The Bonanza says that the friends of
Bartlett claim twelve of the doubtful
votes are sure for the congressman.
The table was made up by Il democrat
who has made Il careful computation
of the result of the primaries.
The Gazette publishes II sensational
article regarding the conduct of the
affairs Of the Hickey bank by Receiver
Wildes. 1t intimatcs pretty strongly
that there is collision between the re-
ccivcr, the bank examiner and other
parties To- loot the bank. AS an cviden-
&C of this it is stated that the receiver
has paid $2G50 rs premium for his
million dollar bond, when the fees of
the security company amounted to only
Sll00 and that no one seems able to
account for $3.50 the difference be-
tween the actual fee and the amount
paid.
The Gazette says that the Reno de-
legations to the Tonopah convention
held II caucus Monday night and decid.
cd to enforce the unit rule. This
mean that Congressman Bartlett will
not get any votes from Reno. When
the anti Bartlett men resort to the
unit rule, they are playing with very
sharp edged tools. Bartlctt's friends
will control the delegations from every
country in the state, except possibly
Washoc county. and If they rotaliatc
by enforcing the unit rule, where will
McCarrcn, Skaggs and Considinc landP
They will bo found ut the bottom of
the soup kettle.
DIR. Mack arrived last night from tho
Humboldt House, where he had been
called. to examine II herd of cattle, be.
longing to Mrs, Bhoth. that were dying
from some disease. DR.. Mack investi-
gated the disease and pronounced It
anthra. lie is ut q loss to account for
the presence of the disease in that sec.
ton as no II could remember of tho
disease eve being there before. lie
will return and vaccinatc the remainder
of the herd rs soon rs his vaccine ar.
rivcs from San Francisco. DIR. Mack
left for South Fork this morning TO
continue his investigation Of the horse
disease.