Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-10
SaImaqundi.
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.

The annual meeting Of the Elko
County Cattle Association was held this
Afternoon.
Evening services at the Presbyterian
church will be held hereafter at 7:3o IN.
stead OF 100.
Giililand the dentist came from the
hospittl this morning nj may now be
fonud in his office.
We were unable to get the grand Jury
report in time TO publish the whole OF it
today. What ia not found elsewhere
will appear Monday.
Rev. Geo. II. Greenfield will speak
Sunday night upon his personal observ-
alton 1t tile conditions IN Palestine and
tho Holy City which prove the fulfill
ment OF prophecies uttered 1000 years
Bgo.
But little interest was taken in the
sch Dol election this afternoon. A light
vote will 5e cast, nearly all Of which,
it w thought, will DO in favor OF the is
suapce Of the bonds asked for by the
trustees.
The populiJ:s have nominated Tom
Watson Of Georgia for president and
Samuel W. Willisms Of Vincenues,
ludiaDy, Tor vice.president. The dele
gates from Nebraska and Minnesota
bolted b convention. Watson and
Williams will not cut much Ice in the
~rreeideniial campaign.
Harry Woodhouse who killed Harry
Casey ut Golconda on Mar CHI Goth hae
been held t. appear before tho Hum
boldt county grand jury with bonds
liked at $4,000. The testimony as to
which drew his revolver first was con-
iiicting at the preliminary examination.
II Ii a case OF one gambler getting the
better OF another
Tho commissioner Of the general and
office has issued instructions to registers
II receivers OF land offices relative to
the recently enacted law providing Tor
making second desert land enter les.
The law permits any person who has
lost, or forfeited or abandoned "A prior
desert land entry to mike u second en-
try as though the former entry had not
been mnde.
A new state law of California abso-
lutely prohibits wearing by civilians any
Iart OF a United States uniform, or any
thing resembling it, and any girl who
wears a battleshIp ribbon or brass but
ton she III able TO persuade Il fleet eailor
Ia give her, will be liaLle to IL fine Of
1850 aud 80 days in Jail, 30 when you
go down to see thc fleet be careful il you
want to keep ont Of jail.
Fred Skinner, the convicted murderer
oi Mona Bell, WINS yesterday sentenced
in the district court to life imprison.
ment in the stnte pcniteniiary ut Car
son. When Judge O'I;rien pronounced
sentence, Skinner responded with that
sarcastic smile that he continually wore
throughout the trial. 4 motion was
made a for nov trial, but this was de-
nied.-Tonopah Bonanza.
Ernest Bingham, II Tor mer resident OF
this county, had one OF hIs legs broken
III 1 os Angeles Il 10" days sgo. lIe at
tempted to board a strert car while in
motion and was thrown violently to the
ground breaking his leg above the knee.
lie WIS taken to II ho.pital, where his
injuries were attended To-. II will be
several weeks before f., hest tries To
beard IA moving chr.
Sheriff Clark will leave for Cn-son on
No . tonight with xix prisoners. whom
be will leave with Warden Day at the
peniteutiary. Que oi them, Frank
Williams, il only eighteen years
OF age. II SCENE u pity to send 60
young II man Ia he pcnitentiary,
but Nevada hns no other place for
the punishment Of her young criminals.
Tho noxt legislature should provide
some means to care FOR her Young
criminals beside sending them Ia the
pcnitcntiary where they are compelled
to associate with hardened criminals.
In our article ON street Improvement
yesterday va stated that "the county
furnish, q the chain gnl2 to shovel the
gravel III TINT part OF Idaho street i'm
proved by tic citizcns. THE was an
error the facts being That three teams
were furnished to hau! gravel and the
changing To do the ehovelmH, both OF
which were at the expense Of the town
government fund, paid by tho gambling
licenses. Not n dollar Of this expense
comes out OF the county fund. This
correction is made in justice TO Com.
missioner Clnrk who authorized tho OK.
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