Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-24
S~almagundi
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY

Rev. Mutheson and wife are in from
Lamoille.
A shower this afternoon made the air
little cooler.
Allen Fisher came from Wells last
night to attend Mr.. Lytton's funeral.
If it is not hot en ,ugh for you Mt Your
place of business. Come to this Office and
work at the editors Il six. Only 100 de.
grccs in the shalr at the desk today.
The preliminary examination of Jack
Dolan, charged with the murder of
Frank Whitaker. has been set for 10
o'clock tomorrow before Judge Bruce.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Puett Of Carlin
are in town today. 1t is Mrs. Puett's
first trip to Elko in nearly nine years.
She notes many changes in the old
town.
Unpaid franchise taxes, under the So
called Ford amendment now aggre-
gate about S21. $50. 900 in New York city
alone, according to the report of the
state tax commission.
State Superintendent Ring has appor-
toned the state school fund on the basis
of SG.75Sl per census child. Elko
county is credited with 1913 school and
draws down s : ,Gis. 80 of the fund.
Mrs. Richard O'Neil received a dis
patch from Anderson, Indiana, last
night, saying that her sister was very
sick and not likely to recover. She and
Mr.. ONeil left this morning on No. .
for her sisters bedside.
Charles w. Raymond and w. H. Nagle
of grand larceny. They are accused of
stealing Il mailing list from the Office of
the Nat c. Goodwin Brokerage company.
They are former employees of that COM
pany.
They are talking about union and
%non-uniOn milk. Have the COWS been
organized? While others are trying to
get all they a the cows might like q
chance to kick, mctaphorically speak.
ing, for more bran mixed into the
water.
MIR. Abner Wiseman, II pioneer of
Glover valley, arrive last night to attend
the funeral of the late George w.
Lytton. Mr.. Wiseman reports every
thing quiet in Glover and says that the
,r,a,A,1, Il, llnt ..ll... s...
better for all kinds of crops. The old
gentleman is looking well and seems
good for many more years.
We have received twenty-five copies
Of Harpcr's Weekly of July 4th, for
g%ratuitous distribution among the
friends Of the state university. This
issue contains cuts of the Mackay
Mining Building mt the university and
the statue of John w. Mackay and an
account of the dedication ceremonies
written by Col. George w. Harvey who
delivered the commencement address.
These copies were sent to the writer by
DR.. Stubhs with the compliments of
Clarence ii. Mackay. They are not
only valuable rs souvenirs of the most
interesting event in the history of the
stata university, but also for the other
interesting matter contained them.
Friends of the university will please
call ut this Office for II copy.
The hottest place on earth il said to
bo the Muscndam peninsula. ut the en-
trance to the Persian gulf from tho Or.
muz islands The scenery of the Elph.
~instonc inlet to the peninsula is grand,
dcsolnte. Tho native can live In tho
place only from November to March.
A cable station was once established on
Telegraph island, but il had to he aban.
doncd. Some of the men died, others
went mad and the rest fled. In NAL
colin inlet there Is no sign of life. The
rocks in the foreground nrc entirely
red. the sea the most brilliant and in.
tense blue. the distant mountains pur.
pie. The people of the peninsula are of
u primitive type. and probably repre-.
sent an Arab strain mingled with u far
earlier stock. They 1.-Two in rude stone
huts, and their principal food Is fish.