Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-08-13
SALMAGUNDI
Mr.. Ackland ON the street

Roller skating at the opera house to-
ght.
Deputy Sheriff Hardin of Gold Circle
skirlnishing around town.
S. A. Highfield of Carlin was in town
pday looking after school matters.
A train carrying sailors from Eastern
ecruiting stations passed west at noon.
An entire change of program at the
pera house Friday and Saturday night.
Mr.. A. J. Pullman writes from San
ose that it is very warm, very dull
nd very quiet in that city, but that he
nd his family are we'll.
Charley Roberts and Bert Sella re-
1rned from their fishing and hunting
rip today. They lett few fish in the
liver and some game in the hills.
F. NJ. Sanford and G. F. Freeman
rrived from Fallon last night in their
automobile and left this afternoon for
ioli Creek on O hunting trip.
Oliver Fee came up from Tonka this
norning to have an liberated tooth
attended to. He says the Western
Pacific is pegging away on the tunnels
h, 1dolen canyon.
There was an immense crowd at the
Bryan notification ceremonies yester-
lay Clayton's notification speech was
oudly cheered and Bryan's reply was
frequently interrupted by applause.
Mr.. Kern also delivered short adj
lress, after which he and Bryan held a
public reception in Nebraska's capitol
According to table published by
the Tonopah Bonanza, Bartlett will
have 1919 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 democrat
who has made careful computation
of the result of the primaries.
The Gazette publishes a sensational
article regarding the conduct of the
affairsiof the Hickey bank by Receiver
Wildes. It intimates pretty strongly
that thenjs collision between the re-
okYer, tscR bank examiner and other
pyH.ties to loot the bank. AS an eviden-
ce of this it is stated that the receiver
has paid $265O as premium for his
million dollar bond, when the fees of
the security company amounted to only
Sl1O0 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 caucus Monday night and decid-
ed to enforce, the unit rule. This
means 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. Bartletts friends
will control the delegations from every
country in the state, except possibly
Washoe county, and if they retaliate
by enforcing the unit rule, where will
McCarren, Skaggs and Considine land2
They will be found at the bottom of
the soup kettle.
DR.. Mack arrived last night from the
Humboldt House, where he had been
CALLED, to examine d herd of cattle, be-
hsnging to Mrs, Bhoth, that were dying
from some disease DR.. Mack investi-
gated the disease and pronounced it
anthra. He is at a loss to account for
the presence Of the disease in that sec
ton as no one could remember Of the
disease ever being there before. He
will return and vaccinate the remainder
of the herd as soon as his vaccine ar
rives from San Francisco. Dr. Mack
left for South Fork this morning to
continue his investigation of the horse