Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-21

years mas been rented to L. NJ. Howell.
air. and Mrs. Howell will move into
their new home the first week in
September.
Mr. James Brown will reopen his
restaurant in the Waller House to.
morrow. He hopes by putting M n
good clean meal ut reasonable prices
10 receive Il fair share of the public
patronage. Give him a trial.
Judge Ruthledge. Carlin's dispenser
OF justice. WAS in town today. He is
, very skeptical about the Western Pacif.
&c shops and terminal being here. He
thinks Carlin will get the shops and
terminal. The judge is IL great joker.
The Helean grading outfit passed
through yesterday afternoon for Ryn.
don. 1t consisted of several teams
loaded with grading implements.
There were % head of horses and mules
hauling the loads and several head of
loose stock.
NNN'hI va ~ TDiluIuilN nlBnl
to hold mp Frank Armstrong in the
southern part of town. He puts up "A
fight and the thugs were frightened
away before they accomplished their
purpose. Mr.. Armstrong; face shows
marks of the fight.
A new ruling has gone into effect in
the p~ostoflice department that n defaced
postage stamp will hereafter bc worth.
less, that is, if mutilated i'll any way a
corner torn off or II mcnded stamp upon
a letter. it will bc held for postage two
weeks and then forwarded To the dead
letter Office mt Observation-Disclosures
For the first time i'll the history of
Glendale and the country adjacent
frost has troubled the ranchers al this
time Of the year. Some tomatoes and
other late garden products have suf.
fercl from this frost. Il have lived
here for 30 years AMI / never knew of
such Il thing before" said one Of the
ranchcrs of Glendale.
~ ApiipIbhi IDpIlillLi SiNN tIdl loiil
T. Teunat. foreman of the INDEPEND.
y office for seven years. and y. VI.
Perry have purchased the brokerage
business Of the Kenneth DJnnellan
Company ut Tonopah and Goldfcld.
Toms many friends here will be pleased
to hear of his prosperity. The ISDEP
ESDE%T wishes Tom success in his new
venture.
One of the attractions in tho dairy
building at the New York state fair
will be Il single cheese weighing more
than a ton. This will be made by
Horace RccS. the veteran state cheese
instructor at Lowvillc. The cheese will
require about 20, ZOO pounds of milk,
or the product of one day from l,2OO
ever made.
About q o'clock Sunday evening,
ElkO was visited by one of the worst
windstorm that ever struck the town.
The wind blew at II furious rate. scat.
tcring dust and dirt everywhere and
driving people from the streets. The
wind seemed Ia come from every point
of the compass at once. 1t lasted sew
cral minutes and everybody was happy
when it stopped.
Paul Adams returned To his old
stamping grounds Saturday and cx-
npItS IN rnINuin hnr. ,,,,t;I .f.r. A..
election. He notes many changes i'm
the old town. Paul came from Raw
hide. where he has been for the past
year. He does not speak very favor
ably of the prospects of that camp.
There are about 5000 people Mt Raw
hide now OF of about 30, 900 that went
there during tho boom last spring.
While the riot ut Springfield is Il dis
grace tO Illinois, it emphasizes the fact
that the people Of the north are very
much like those of the south when it
comes to dealing with the class of crime
that caused the reign Of terror in
Springfield. We have no sympathy for
the colored brute whose crime started
the riot and none for the principle that
holds II whole race responsible for q
crime committed by one of its members.
\ very strict whisky prohibition law
went into effect in Louisiana last Mon
day: Drinking out Of II fellow pas
scngcr's flask while passing through the
state is punishable 10y fine or imprison-
mcnt or both. Tho law fails to dcsig.
nate what will happen ia the owner Of
the flask, but nothing short of death at
the stake should he melted out to Il mar
who would ever expose II flask to n
thirsty man under these conditions
Bonanza.
Sheriff lIogg of Kansas. accom-.
panied by the daughter Of Mrs. Sny.
der, who was shot dead in the forest
near Bishop Creek while riding with
her husband, passed through Reno
Friday night cnroutc to Bishop. lie
has been commissioned by Kansas
relatives Of the Gcad woman to look
into the matter Of her death and the