Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-09-18
S~almagundi
RI MONDAYS DAILY

w. E. johnson, the North Fork
rancher and teamster. is in town.
J. w. Puett and Constable Happier
were arrivals from Carlin this morning.
MIR. Shirley returned from Salt Lake
Saturday night. He is all right now
with the church.
MIR. Gardens many friends will he
pleased to hear that he is getting along
nicely with his broken leg.
Ex-COmmissioner Sydner came down
from Tuscarora Saturday and still re-
mains III town. He reports about
thirty men at work in the mines Of the
old camp.
The Elko band was ont yesterday
afternoon and played several tunes to
al appreciativc crowd of listeners. The
boys make good music. Hope to hear
them again.
''S I'"'' lhtiiN ~ bSlhS put
upon II of the old mines at Belmont,
the former county seat Of Nyc county.
1t Is twenty years since the music of IA
steam whistle was heard in Belmont.
The output of the Goldfcld mines
last week WAS 251s tons. valued ut
Sl13. 900. The Review says the weeks
product was reduced by the working
of II large quantity of low grade ore
from lease dumps.
One point in the record of republican
performance to which Taft pointed
with pride has been neatly illustrated
by Bryan. II is the billion.dullar
session of congress which takes money
by the hatful from the farmers to he
spent in the industrial cntcr of the
east.-Rcpublic.
All democrats interested in the selcC-
ton Of delegates from this precinct to
the county convention are requested
To meet at the Office of Attorney
Henderson at x o'clock this evening
This notice is published ut the request
Of several democrats who are inter
estcd in the welfare of the party.
There should be a good turn ont.
The longest telegraph line in the
world is now working between London
and Tohcran, the capital of Persia.
This is 1000 miles, 200 under the North
sea and the remainder through Belgium,
Germany, Persia and Turkey. The
system includes ten automatic repeat
ing stations, but there is no human
operator except at the terminals. Lon
don and decentralization Letter.
The death of Trainmaster Mccarthy
mt Ogden has made several changes in
the Southern Pacific force on the Salt
Lake division. j. \. Allen. roadmastcr
at Wells, has been transferred to Ogden
and John Rcddy of Montcllo takes |
Aliens position Mt Wells. +. EnstOn of
Ogden is assigned to dutyas trainmastcr
on the west end of the Salt Lake divi.
sion with head quarters mt Winncmucca.
a patient. u German woman. who
was taken seriously i'll, was sent tu
the hospital. I'm the evening her
hushrnd inquired how she was get
ting along. and was told that she
was improving. This went on for
somc time, each day the report he
ing that his wife was improving.
EtInllx. ..t,n RNt.Kl la, $500. s.ll t1.N
his wife was dead. Seeing the doc.
tor. he went up to him and said:
"Vcll. doctor, vot did she die Of i'm.
pr0vcmcmts?"
Tho INDEPENDENT hopes that both
parties will nominate complete tickets
ut tho coming conventions. If this il
not done. there will be u good deal of
Of dissatisfaction amOng the voters.
Two years agO vaCNiicieS were left on
each ticket and II great many people
believe there was q secret agreement
between the conventions ~ 10 certain
Offices. This belief may have no sub.
~Stantial foundation. hut exists just the
same. IT the same vacancies are left
on the tickets this year, independent
candidates for the vacant positions will
stand u good chance to win ut election.
There should he II fight all along the
lines
The republicans arc making dcsrcr.
ate efforts to convince tho voters that
Taft fnvors the publicity Of campaign
contributions. hut conceal the fact
that the Chicago convention, 10y u vote
of over Y to I. voted down n plank
plcdging the party to enact such n
law. Suppose Mr.. Taft should bc
elected and that he should urge
congress to pass such II law, Is anyone
foolish enough To- believe that II re.
publican congress. elected on the same
platform with. would pass Il publicity
law when their party IL so ovcrwhclm'
= ingly opposed to it2 Taft may he
sincere In his advocacy of this reform.
T but his party Is not with him. On