Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-10
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PEANUTS
The Bowcry mission of New York
has SO far this year supplied 233, O0O
meals and nearly 1000 lodgings To
homeless men and boys, it's early
morning bread line being one Of the
most, pathetic sights in the world. And
this, too, when the country is enjoying
the wonderful effects Of republican
prosperity.
John Ackl:nd, who was taken into
custody q few days ago and held in Jail
pendinga an investigation us to his sanity.
was released this afternoon and taken
home by his children. Mr.. Ackland i'm
magines that somebody is after him all
the time. While his family and friends
hope that he may recover it is doubtful
if he does.
Mrs. Jones, past grand most excellent
chief, installed the following officers of
Ruby Temple, Pythian Sisters, last
night: Mrs. Mabel Knopf, p. c.: Mrs.
Mamie Dorsey, NJ. L. c.; Miss Clara
Brown, Z. S.: Mrs. Ethel Miller, E. j.;
Miss Mary Dewar. NJ: Miss Eva Thomp.
son, NJ. X. IL c.; Mrs. Josie Van Dricllen,
NJ. F.; Miss Katie Thompson, p; Mrs.
Mary Gheen, o. q.
Morrie K. Preston, a convict in the
Nevada state prison, is the candidate of
the labor socialist party for president.
Preston is serving % years for the muir
der Of Il Goldfield restaurant keeper,
during the l. w. w. labor trouble last
year. The crime was cowardly and
brutal and Preston ought to have been
hanged. He is not in Il position to make
II campaign for his party.
DIR. Mack and Prof. Church, both Of
the university, arrived from Reno this
morning. DR.. Mack went to S2'itii Fork
to continue his study Of the horse dis
ease. He ORDERED lumber for Il small
building to- liz usHl ;i II labratory dur
ing his stay. Prof. Church will study
the now supply AMI timber in the Ruby
mountains. He took his camera with
him and will TAX, pictures of the snow
banks, timber and other interesting sub
jccts he sees in the mountains.
The INDEPENDENT acknowledges the
receipt of a book compiled by the demo
cratic congressional committee. 1t CON
tains extracts from the record Of the
recent session Of congress and is very
valuable for reference. With Il copy of
il III his possession. the ordinary demo
Graf can make the most eloquent repub-
lican spell binder take to the woods
on the issues of the campaign. The
small sum of - cents sent to
Hon. James Il. Lloyd. chairman of the
committee. Washington. ID. c., will
bring a copy of the book. 1t should he
in the hands of every democrat.
There are no division lines for the
various sections Of the country, but in
usage the south means the states that
formed the confcdcracy, and were slave
holding states, the designation having
had IA political Significance that still
remains. The east means the Atlantic
slope as far west as the Alleghcnics.
and as far south rs the Potomac.
though Pennsylvania is claSScd among
the middle states. The middle west
broadly extends from the .Allcghcnics to
the Mississippi. and far west to the
region beyond rs far as the Rocky
mountains. West of the Rockies the
county is designated as the Pacific
slope.
One Of the issues in the presidential
campaign will I've the extravaganza of
the republican party in its conduct of
the government. IL is II startling fact
that the expenditures for the two past
years and the appropriations for the cur
rent fiscal year and for the one next en-
suing, the -four years of Roosevelt in his
own right-as sornc are wont to say-will
aggregate Il SIM i'll excess of the amount
expended during the civil-war years
1862. 1865. During those years the. cx-
penditurcs were $3, 1914, 800, 031. Under
Roosevelt the expenditures for the four
years mentioned above total $3,42S, SO9,-
31l: $33, 013, 40 more than was expended
during the four years Of the civil war.
Government comes high under ROose-
welt and tho republican party.
Isn't it wonderful how II panic.strick.
cn republican will catch at straws this
year to prove that this country is really
prospcrousS One stopped us on the
street the other night and gave us rs u
proof Of the g~enuincncss of republican
prosperity that the receipts Of the Elko
postOricc were greater forthc month OF
June than for the month of May. While
this was doubtless true, he did not say
how much greater the p~ostonicc receipts
for June would have been were it not
for the republican panic that struck
the country last year and still con
tinucs. Neither did he say anything
about the whitening effects of the panic
upon the mining industry of Nevada.
His mind seemed II blank on this point,
but the fact that the receipts of the
Elko postoficc had increased last month
was proof positive that the country is