Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-12
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inercia tailors. left this morning for
Ogden to visit his relatives.
District Attorney Taber is in Carson
on legal business. Owing to his alb.
sence, the commissioners met this morn-
ing.and ad journed until next Monday
Mrs Robinson and daughter, Ernie,
of Ruby valley are. in town. They
came in to meet Miss Dorothy Robinson
who arrived from Salinas, California,
last night. b'4F =.
One of Paul ~Schillerstom's boys and
Charlie Clayton had trouble on South
Fork Saturday over water and Mr..
Schillerstom swore to q complaint
charging Mr.. Clayton with assault and
battery. f- !,
The desire to get to heaven would be
more general than it is if q good many
people were hot 6f the opinion that the
lgOldfwith which the streets there ARE
paved must be nailed Chicago
Rqfprd- Herald. !!
/: Mrs Lola Merritt arrived from ST.
Paul last night on a visit to her parentsj
She was q passenger, on the Denver %
Rio Grande train ''that was wrecked
last week and escaped injury, but lost
the most of her clothing. .. !;
The remains lof Miss Ivy Boss sister
ofaMrs JAMES Hartiessy of South Fork,
will arrive,fror1 San Francisco on No. a
tomorrow morning and the funeral will
take place from. the undertaking :parlors
at2 O'Clock TOMORROW afternoon. Friends
and acquaintances are respectfully re-
quested to attend.
Hunters must be careful, as the game
warden has instructed all deputies to
keep close eye onsthings to see that
no one gets in on the chickens day or
two ahead of time, as is the t1stal case
every year. Warden Lindsay will
leave town in the morning to personally
look over sotne of the good chicken
fields. Remember the season does not
open until July Is. ... qas
Paul xt1illerstom has sold the Har-
desty f$0 M of 2, 600 acres on South Fork
to Mr.. John Wood of Quincy, Illinois.
Tke consideration for the ranch and its
equipment but no live stock is said to
be $4,000. Mr.. Wood will take possess
sion of the ranch in the early spring and
become One of us. The deal was made
through the McElroy real estate agency
This sale will probably lead to other
deals in ranch property in this county
us several neighbors and friends of Mr..
Wood at Quincy have expressed their
intention of locating in Elko county.
Mr.. L. 8. Bryan, brother-in-law of
Mr.. Wood, is now here and he is very
favorably impressed with the possibili-
ties of the country CT 81
The McGowan murder case went to
the jury at Has Saturday night and q
verdict Of not guilty was returned a
few minutes after 12 o'clock. Three
ballots were taken. The first stood 10
to 2 for acqdittal, the second II to and
the third was unanimous. The defend
ant was discharged from custody, but
his freedom was very short as District
Attorney Taber anticipated the verdict
and had prepared a complaint against
him for insanity. He was taken into
custody on this charge and placed in
the keeping of Attorney Gedney until
Spclock this afternoon when Judge
Brown inquired into his mental con-
dftion. The examination was still going
onswhen we went to press.
The Lovelock papers charge that
Witt and Kelley, the. pitcher and
catcher of the Lovelock baseball club,
were bought by Elto coin to throw the
game on the 9Th to the Elko club. 1t is
chara that Witt was given $3.50 and
KelleS .EO. It il claimed that Witt
had nomoney before the game and inn
mediately after it was over flashed