Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-31
~Salmagundi
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY

There are eight prisoners in the
county Jail held to appear before the
grand jury and fourteen serving sen,
fences.
\ daughter vas born to the wife of
Congressman Bartlett at Tonopah
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Tremewan left for
SHELTON this morning. Mr.. Tremewan
will look over the Forest Reserve.
Woman reasons rs she drives Il nail:
closes her eyes and takes q chance at
hitting it right.-Chicago Record Her
aid.
Mr.. Smith and Attorney Henderson
returned yesterday from their auto.
mobile trip through the northern part
of the county.
Aladdin and his wonderful lamp, the
Indians gratitude and the bridal couple
dodging the canera ut the Crescent the
atre tonight. See them.
An Atchisan woman has 80 much con-
tidence in her husband that if he want
ed to 30 up in II balloon, and take the
children with him, she wouldn't object.
+. 4. Leamy. 0ne of the most pro-
minent citizens Of Midas, is in town to-
day. He stopped over last night OH
his way from Butte City to his home mt
Midas.
DIR. Gillilund will leave on No. .
tonight for San Francisco. where he has
been called ON business. He will return
in II few days I" attend to the needs of
his patrons.
Bryan has withdrawn from the Com
none until after the election. In his
letter of withdraw. he says that he will
net he personally responsible for IL
matter published in the Commoner,
except that which appears over his own
signature.
After granting women the parliament
tary Suffrage. Norway has gone IL step
furthur and voted to give all women
employed i'll the postal service the same
pay as men. Norwegian women have
struggled for this point for several
years.
The Carson Appeal says there are
several applications for the Office made
vacant by the resignation of State Au-
ditor Henderson, hut the governor has
made M appointment and it is rumored
that the office will not bc filled at all
by the governor.
". G. MINIS. 1; farmer of Christian
county. Ill. says that one of his prize
hogs which disappeared last March was
found the other day wedGcd in between
II pile Of halcd hay and the wall of II
shed. where il had remained three
months and three days without water.
feeding ON the hay, having reduced in
weight from liz to GO pounds.
The miners union ut Manhattan has
decided by Il majority of only one vote
to continue work mt the Tonopah scale.
1t is told of the hard fought contest
that the conservative element won only
by causing eight miners who were de.
linquent with their dues To pay up in
time to vote and win. Otherwise the
adoption Of the TonOpah scale would
have lost.
Prominent officials of the Oregon
Short Line have been in Reno this week
nNnr;,,.,,. A.. .,..I.-4, 80, A., .rL.S
they want in the shape of II terminal.
Their visit is the result Of the petition
sent to the Interstate commerce con-
mission by the Nevada railroad com.
mission asking for the establishment of
Il terminal point at Reno. Nevada is
nwfully tired Of paying through freight
to Sacramento on eastern shipments and
local freight back To destination.
Judging from the way DIR. Clark
sputtcrcd aud fumcd in last nights
Free Press. the harmless little squib of
the New York schOolma'am stung him
to the quick. The only reply that this
paper will make to him is that he did
not interpret the note correctly. \
close reading of it. taken in connection
with the circumstances under which IL
was written will clearly show that DIR.
Clark Thought he had II monopoly of
the schoolmn'a ans and they resented 1t.
If he does not have another relapse ''hc
will have time to eat three square
meals II day
The Silver State says there is II ruinor
Of "a shortage in the clerks Office of
Humboldt county. IL says the exact
amount Of the deficit could not bc
asccrtaincd. but it is Thought to Inc
more thnn 800 as the clerk has not
turned In II dollar Of fees since hc took
Office. about tho first of March. George
Hill was elected clerk ut tho last cleo.
ton md he appointed his brother.
Grover. deputy. Last winter it was
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