Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-18
SALMAGUNDI

r. j. Sdd, the hardware man, is in
o>gn today looking after the needs of
the local hardware dealers.
If you want to buy New Home sew
ing machine or new Iroquois bicycle,
call on or address this Office.
The prohibitionists have nominated
Eugene w. Chain of Chicago for presi-
dent and Aaron S. Watkins of Ada,
Ohio, for vice president.
Owing to the confusion caused by
moving the frame annex of the Com
mercial Hotel, there will be no regular
Sunday dinner there tomorrow
DR.. Birtch, the eye specialists, has re-
turned from the northern part of the
county and will remain in Elko another
week. People needing work in his line
should make note of this.
Joseph Keitly, the man who stole
the shoes from Mr.. Mauk's store yester-
day, was fined $50 by Judge Bruce with
the alternative of going to Jail for forty
days Keitly will work on the chain
gang. ..
E. Nj. Hansel and Dr. Callahan got in
from Edgemont yesterday afternoon in
the Dr's automobile. Mr.. Hansel says
IL northern part of the county is
quiet and orderly and that the grass on
the ranges is abundant.
Several postal cards were received in
Elko this morning from Nome, Alaska,
that bore the earmarks of Jack Leigh,
the printer who skipped out of Elko
last winter leaving his debts unpaid He
has the gall of an elephant.
There was good sized audience at
the opera house last night to see the
Passion Play and all were well pleased.
The pictures are excellent and no one
should miss seeing them. 1t is certainly
Il treat to the people of Ellso.
The lumber yard at Carlin was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday afternoon.
Several of the Western Union telegraph
poles were also burned and messages to
Reno this forenoon went around by the
way of Salt Lake and Los Angeles. :.
The anti imperialist league of Boston
has issued an address recommending
that its members and friends take an
ACTIVE l$Apterest i'll the presidential
eWRpaisd and vote for Bryan and
congressional candidates opposed to
imperialism.
Alex Magis, Greek, was smothered
to death Tuesday in bin at the plant
of the Steptoe Valley Mining and Smelt-
ing company. He is supposed to have
fallen in the bin and to have been
caught and carried down by the run of
ore. No one saw the accident
The completion of Mr.. Gutridge's
new building, next to the Elko saloon,
is being hurried along as fast as posi-
BILE. One room of the building has been
rented for harness shop and the other
for a grill room Business will start in
both as soon as they are completed.
The 40. U. w. grand lodge of Wis
consin has brought suit against the
supreme grand lodge for an accounting.
The complaint charges that the supreme
lodge has failed to pay claims amount
ing to $63, 986 and that it has made
away with guarantee fund of
$4S7, 900.
Bryan and Kern have issued a call
to the farmers of the country to con-.
tribute to the campaign fund. They
ask for contributions ranging from 81
to 500. The appeal is made to the
farmers of the country because no con-
tributions will be accepted from cor
porations
The Ely base ball team has challeng-
the Elko team to play game in the
near future. Frank Harden, an Ely
man, has also challenged the Elko "un-
known" for boxing match for $500 a
side. The unknown" is probably
Dan Donavan, formerly of Elko's