Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-01-03
Salmaqundi.
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.

night. There will Uc sport galore ami
fun for every body.
Tomorrow being the first day OF ID new
year and ii legal holiday, there will be
no paper issued from thu office. The
force need the day to put their good
resolutions to the test.
Don'L begin the new year with mis-
girings III rrpinlnge. No matter what
it brought you, the record cannot be
changed. Turn our back on the PAS
and set your face cesoIutely uWnI .
the failure. You cannot change tie
record Of 1907 by rePinIng, but You 4.
make the new year brighter and hnpr'
than the old. DO il.
Tie last day Of 1917 III thus section IL
considerably different from tie last day
Of 10 q. According Ia the l~SDEPESD-
EST'+ record, the last day OF 1886 was
stormy and raw and considerable slush
was in the streete. Today III somewhat
cloudy, the run SHINE is warm and d
light fall OF Enow cOvera the ground.
Al 9 O'Clock, the thermometer ~ MIR.
Merry's residence, the only record we
were able TO get today, registered II
degrees above zero. This il several
degrees colder han the last day OF 1906.
40 tho INDEPENDENT dill all the
advertising Tor the Christmas tree, it is
only proper for it to state that no charge
was made and that it received nothing
Tor the work IT did. beside this dona.
tior, the editor paid the amount the
subscription committee put agalpst him.
ibis statement Is made for the benefit Of
those who mny think that We used our
position ns II membcr ~ the committee
Of arrangemnnts to hog all advertising
ut regular ratcG and to remove any false
impressions on tina score tia; may he
eXtant IN this community.
Governor Sparks has called a special
session OF the legislature tn meet on
january IA. 1908, TO con>ider the eitua-
tiou Mt Goldheld. II is now up To tina
body tu enact Legislation that will Sc
cure the eli torcement OF law and order
nj Goldtield. II the legislature acts
promptly and deals fearlessly with mme
owners and miners, the special session
ehouII retult in much good TO the S;ate.
10 calling the special session, Governor
Sparks has taken the only course open
To him To bring about Il change OF the
conditions existing at Goldtield. lie has
douo his duty and the law makers
should do theirs.
The Goldtield Review publi- hes a cut
OF 200 sacks, containing $4,000 pounds
Of ore, valued at 81, 1000. that was recov-
cred from the hume and high-grnde
shop 81 Charles itocknru at Goldrcid.
Tho Review says TINT George Winglield
estimates that moe than u million and
a half dollars worth Of ore has been
stolen in Goldticld by the miners in the
pnst eighteen monthe. Tic ore thieves
act on the theory tint "God put the gold
IN the rOck mud il belongs to the man
who digs il out" Men who uct on that
theory would not hesitate /" use II
sandbag.
Commissioner Rosenthal OF EImeralda
county refuses to resign ut the request
of Governor 81 arNs. lle declares that
he has been gully OF no official mis-.
conduct md courts nm investigation.
lie declared tha, he wOnld he n coward
~ resign whilc under hr" md belioves
That his friends will testify that there's
no yellow streak III him. Tho only way
the governor can get rid OF him IL
through nm action brought III the dis.