Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-06-09
SALMAGUNDI

night. he INTENDS 20 remain here. Glad
to see him back. ..
Elmer Oudefkirk is at the Boiling
hospital under treatment for severe
attack of appendicitis.
Mrs Armstrong arrived from Starr
Valley this afternoon on visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Bradley.
Nicely furnished front room in Pull
man block for rent to gentlemen. For
particulars apply to Mrs. E. G. Nc
Clellan.
DR.. Birtch, the oculist, will remain in
Elko for another week before going to
to the northern part of the county.
Eyes examined free and glasses cor
rectly fitted. r. ....
The La Majestic cigar at the Club and
Elk saloons is manufactured expressly
for Mr.. Gutridge. 1t is the cigar for
smokers. Call for the La Majestic and
have a good smoke.
Deputy Sheriff Hardin is in from
Gold Circle. He reports about 400 men
in the district, 300 in the town and the
Nmainder in the hills. About 200 men
are at work in the district.
Controller Eggers has our thanks for
Il copy of his annual report as insurance
commissioner. 1t gives the list of in
surance companies that are authorized
to do business in this state.
Senator Newlands has returned to
Reno. He says he is not candidate
for the presidency and would not accept
I the nomination for vice president. He
q prefers to remain in the senate.
Mr.. Weston returned from California
/. this morning. He will remain here
! this summer to look after his mining
q interests at Lone Mountain. Mrs
\ Weston. he says, is enjoying herself at
4 Fruitvale California.
A new kind of gas which can be
bought by the bottle and used for illu-
I minating purposes has been invented by
German. Fifty cents worth of it will
! furnish a 5O-candle power light eight
hours @gT for six weeks.
%he Ss.ee of j. G. Mckinney is still
going On before Judge Bruce. A jury
was secured and sworn this afternoon.
At this writing, the attorneys are dis
cussing law point and the jury has
been excused from the courtroom.
Within the last week, there have
been three violent deaths in Elko
s county. Two of them are directly
traceable to whiskey. Int it about
time the taxpayers of Elko county be-
gan to sit up and take notice of what is
going on around them.
The "allies" have forced Hitchcock,
Taft's manager from the national COM
mittee. Taft's friends still control the
committee and none but Taft men are
placed on the roll of delegates. The
anti-Taft delegates don't even get q
look-in. The fat secretary has every
thing his own way in the committee,
Tomorrow will be great day for the
University of Nevada. The Mackay
mining building will be dedicated and
the statue of John w. Mackay will be
unveiled. The building and statue are
the gifts of Clarence H. Mackay and his
mother, the only benefciaries of the
nstock who have devoted any of their
wealth to building up the state. All
honor to them 's...
Carmen island, in the gulf of Cali
fornia, 100 miles south of Gwaymas and
Il miles long by 81 miles wide is an al
most solid deposit of salt. At present
l2OO tons Of salt a month are being taken
out on more than 200 acres in area It
costs about 81 ton (Mexican) to mine
and deliver to vessel. The product is
marketed along the west shore ports. It
IS not refined.
Harry Davis, who graduated at An