Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-13
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nSdu OQI UIISAucSS LOCALS 0lS6WQ0T0.
Miss Ha1tie Clark will leave for Car
son Friday to take clerkship in the
legislature.
The state board of assessors met in
Carson Monday. They will fix. the
valuation of some classes of property
for taxable purposes.
Senator Foraker read the riot act to
President Roosevelt yesterday. He did
not mince words in derfouncing the use
of secret service men in the Brownsville
affair .
Patrick Calhoun, who is accused of
bribing San Francisco's supervisors, was
placedon trial yesterday onrone of the
seventeen indictments against him
Heney will conduct the prosecution.
Three or four inches of heavy wet
snow fell last night, but q warm rain
took it nearly all off today. The storm
is good for the country as it piles up
snoA in the mountains, while it rains
in the valley.
Presidential electors Sprague, Miller
and Hudson met at Carson Monday and
cast their votes for Bryan and Kern.
Joseph A. Miller, Lander county's
veteran democrat, was chosen to carry
the vote to Washington.
1t was given out few days ago that
Governor Dickerson would ask the leg
islature to repeal the law creating the
state auditor. The governor should go
further and urge the repeal of the pub.
licity commission law. That law was con
ceived iniquity and is a fraud upon the
taxpayers 1t should be repealed, even
if our friend, Sam Davis, loses fat
position.
We once knew a man who would
spend days and nights at the bed of
sick neighbor, divide his last dollar with
the needy or get up in the middle Of the
night and put a blanket on shivering
animal Sometimes he would get mad
and cuss, but all the dogs and children
loved him. That man Is dead now, and
we sometimes wonder where he is =
Petty (Olla. Enterprise.
BSftim, es school board, needing a
protest of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy, has decided not to place in
the public schools of Baltimore copies
of print of ST. Gaudens equestrian
statute of General William-T. Sherman.
The protest of the Daughters points
out that General Sherman is repre-
sented as ''conqueror riding his horse
in triumph over the PROSTATE South,
typified by a branch of Georgia pine
trampled beneath his horses feet-a
presentation abhorrent to all Southern
people"
Music hath charms to soothe savage,
no doubt; but the Schubert Symphony
Club and Lady Quartette are not travel
ing for the, express purpose of soothing
savages. They are entertaining the
music-loving public, and in a manner
that is thoroughly enjoyable from first
to last. Their program is full Of
novelty and artistic elegance, besides
giving our readers many opportunities
to indulge in the world famous Ameri-
can laugh. If you want to be happy on
the evening Of the 19th you can be by
going to hear this company's entertain
MEMS
Last Thursday as J. G. Denny, an old
man whose home is at the T. s. ranch,
was sitting on the bench in fronS Of the
Bakery saloon, looking at handful of
$50 pieces. a man came along and
kicked the bench from under him.
Denny was thrown to the ground and
his money few in all directions. The
man helped Denny gather up his money
and kept several $40 pieces for his
trouble Mr.. Capriola happened To see