Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-28
~Salmagundi
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY

The RcinhaiT Co. will close their
store at six o'clock tonight in order to
finish preparations for their big sale.
G. y. Norcro>s Of Reno is in town
today.
The horses of Iceland are shod with
sleeps horns.
Entire change of program ut the opera
house tonight. See the ad.
Turkey holds the record for the mum
Der of aged persons in proportion to the
population.
Appointments may he made withDr.
Gillilamd, the dentist, by mail or phone.
Office over the drugstore.
Miss Ncttic Armstrong who has been
visiting Mrs. Bradley returned to her
hoInc at Dceth this morning.
Some of the screws mede for the use
of w~atChmakcrs are so tiny 100, 900
could he placed in an ordinary thimblc.
There is an average of seven car col
lisions Il day On the steam, subway, ele-
waited and surface railways of New
York.
District Attorney Caine and Assembly,
man Winter will leave for the Tonopah
convention tonight. At Carlin, they
will he joined by Mr.. Biclar.
The newspaper vas invented 10y n
Paris physician, who, finding his visits
welcome whenever he brought any news
or gossip. applied Ia Cardinal Richelieu
for Il patent to publish the Paris
Gazette in lG22.
Three boys and two girls wish to find
places to stay where they Il work to
pay for all or II portion of their expenses
during the time they are attending
high school. Notify principal of high
school by mail or phone.
It's too bad that none of us can ever
he as good rs some people think we
ought to be Yes, but thcn there's
the consolation in the thought that
none of us can ever he as bad us some
people think we arp. "-Philadelphia
Press. .
The race horse men of New York
snubbcd Governor Hughes yesterday.
He attended the Saratoga country fair
yesterday and the owners of the trott.
ing horses held up the racing program
until after the governor left the fair
grounds
Arrangements are under WAY for
putting Il cement sidewalk from the
Bakery corner to the Owl saloon. The
spendid walk from the Henderson Bank
To the Elk saloon is an object lesson to
the porpcrty owners on the north side
of the railroad track. Let the good
work 20 on.
The caissoils for the foundation
work of tho Singer tower were sank to
bedrock through nearly seventy feet of
quicksand, and the pillars incrustcd in
cement were in that adjusted to the
fundamental rock. over sixty of them
having thus been placed within three
months after the caissons were first
sunk.
Reports ARE flying around today that
Uncle Jimmy Clark. Judge Morgan.
Henry Taler, Uncle Jack Able and
several more of the 'old hoys'' were
raising ned around town last night.
Uncle Jimmy Clark and Judge Morgan
have but little to say about their last
nights capcrs and the rest Of them
were not seen 10y the reporter. If
these old fellows are guilty, Constable
OGaCrkirk is constable for not run.
ming them in. Strange that these old
fellows. not one Of VIII ON il less than
~ years Of age. should cut.up mt night
rs thcy are reported to have done.
DR.. West and bride played II slick
trick ON II bunch of their friends
last night. Tho bunch" was expect
ing the newly married couple To take
No. > and had u surprise in store for
them. But the bridal party was on to
the game and left in Mr.. Smiths auto.
mobile for Carlin The bunch got
wind of this and some of them wcrc dc.
tcrmincd that the bride and groom
should not escape 20 easily. So they
took No. . for Carlin. but were too
late to catch the fleeing couple. Sever.
al of them returned in the automobile
J that carried til" bride and groom away.