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

FROM TUESDAYS DAILY
Rev. George H. Greenfield returned
from Salt Lake this morning.
Tom Jewell. the mayor of Paisade,
took in the best town in Nevada east of
Reno today.
Judge Brown is busy in Reno trying
the Symmetrical divorce case behind
closed doors. 1t is Il nasty mess.
A scientist has found miscrobes of va
rious kinds i'll seventy-seven samples of
ink-red. blue and bl~ack-supplied to
schools. and some Of the microbes were
deadly enough to kill mice inoculated
with them.
Mr.. Brown will DE prepared to feed
everybody tonight. He will he ready
to serve supper from . o'clock on as
long us anybody calls. After this even
ing, lac will serve regular meals to all
corners. Give him Il share Of your
patronage.
After committing II series of crimes
that disgrace humanity, Springfield
has finally controlled its mob. The
authorities are now gathering evidence
against the ringlcLdcrS and they hope
to punish them. The law abiding
element will IL, 1t thc bill.
Mrs. . Greenfield and Mrs. Booher
have tired of cam life and will be
home tonight. II terms of last week
drowned them out and they were com
PEELED to seek shelter in Mr.. Hollands
house. The storms and cool weather of
the past few days has cured the camp
fever and they will now be content to
remain in town for IA while.
Father Vaughan of London, preach
ing on marriage, remarked that a
woInan said to him: When Won have
seen one man yOu have seen them all,
in all their moods and lenses. They
are all alike" His reply was: 1T
may bc so, but woman is like an irrcg-
ular French verb and unless "a man
studies her in all her peculiar moods
and lenses he will ]misconStrue and SO
misintcrprct her, much to his dis
advantage"
Full Time and Full Pay is the
slogan some of the big manufacturing
concerns are using rs Il bait to get
the laboring vote for Taft. Men who
have been ont of work for months ran
not help remembering that for twelve
years the republican party has been in
power and during the time Of their
much boosted prosperity thousands of
labOring men are anxious to work but
cannot do 81. They have no assurance
that the same thing will not happen
again. even if Taft is elected.
In the twenty-tirst verse of the
seventh chapter Of Ezra can he found
every letter of the English alphabet. 1t
runs thus: And |, even / Artaxerxes
the king. do make a decree to all the
trcasurcrs which are beyond the
river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest,
the scribe of the law of God of Heaven,
shall require of you. it be done speed
ilN. Dul SllIl InOTe WOnucTGul, In the
eight verse of the third chapter of
Zepeaniah is contained every letter in
Guiding finals Of the Hebrew language.
Exchange.
w. L. Smith and John Henderson are
~canvaSsing the town today for sub
scriptions for the purchase Of
the land upon which the Western
Pacific shops, side rack, etc. necessary
for the division terminal will be built.
Under the agreement with the Western
P~Icific, by which the shops and ter
miual were located here, the town gave
the necessary land. This has been
purchased for $40, 900 and it is now up
to the people interested to furnish tho
coin. AS this is an enterprise that
will benefit every property owner and
business man in Elko. there should bc II
liberal response to the appeal for funds.
When the committee called ut this office
this forenoon, they had II goodly portion
Of tho amount raised.
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