Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-28
SALMAGUNDI
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Read our business locals elsewhere.
Attorney Levers arrived from Reno
this morning.
The man who makes a hot finish isn't
letting it be known that he started with,
cold feet.
E. A. P. johnson came from Tus
carora yesterday. He is looking after
business in the district court.
Judge Bruce had four vags before him
this morning. He gave one of them
five days in Jail and the other three
were given foaters.
:, Two hundred and sixteen prisoners
are now confined in the Nevada State
prison and several patches are billed to
Eaarrive<at an early date from the various
counties where terms of court are now
being held.
i A tobacco sack, containing gold and
silver, was picked up on the street,
Tuesday The owner can have the
same by calling at A. L. Mauk's shoe
store and describing just what the sack
contained and paying for advertising.
Virgil Bogue, chief engineer of the
Western Pacific, is at Oroville in con
nection with constructing work that is
being handled from that point. Track
laying east of Oroville has been delay
ii o4 81 tl,n
Fork, where several weeks will be re-
quired to install steel bridge.
Three thousand men are at work on
the Rocklin-Colfax cutoff of the
Southern Pacific and boring has started
ON the 5000 foot tunnel above Apple
gate. The work already begun will re-
quire "A, 500, 600 to complete and it is
estimated that the cost of the entire
cutoff will be about $40, 600, 900.
The Lovelock Tribene says that the
septic tank system of disposing of
sewerage has proved successful with
theAovelock Mercantile company. AS
ElESVwill install sewerage spstem next
year, it might be well for some one in
authority to make study of the septic
tank system. We should get the best
system we can for our money. Il
The Tuscarora quartette will be one
of the treats offered at the opera house
Friday night. The entertainment and
dance is in charge of general COM
mittee of % from Mountain City and
Tuscarora. Special committees have
been appointed and it will be known as
the annual ''Skiddoo". Anyone'in doubt
about the pleasures of a Skiddoo should
accept the invitation of the boys from
northern Elko and be on hand Friday
night. 49,. .... .. .
1t is rumored that an attempt to do
some dirty work at the prison last night
was tried by some unknown men. The
guards heard noise near one of the
walls and the night force was sent out
on tour of investigation. They were
not able to capture the men, however,
as they in some way got warning of the
coming of the guards and struck off
across the fields and made their get
away. 1t is said that some one was
trying to make q cache of opium and
was scared away before accomplishing
their aim-Carson News
Three armed men entered the Casino
gambling house on Commercial Row in
Reno about o'clock yesterday morning
and carried away $4,000 without firing
a shot While the three men were
Gathering up the money the fourth one
Of the gang stood guard at the front
entrance. A white man and China
man in the place were locked in closet
by thskhieees. Entrance to the place
was "a Red from the rear. A glass in
the rear door had been broken and a
laper had been pasted over the opening.
One of the thieves thrust his hand