Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-02-17
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can Tangled Up" is the name of a
play to be given at Lamoille. See the
notice.
The report Of the publicity commits
sion has been received. Chairman
Davis asks the legislature for more
stringent mining legislation and for
funds to pay deficiency of 1888. so.
The house of representatives yester-
day passed seperate statehood bills for
Arizona and New Mexico. IF the sem
ate passes the bills, two more stars will
be added to our flag on the 4th of July.
Coroner Triplett has written Foreman
Frost of this Office that the. printer,
whose lifeless body was taken from No,
6 laSt Friday night, was J. w. Saunders.
When Mr.. Triplett wrote, he had learn,
ed nothing of the mans relatives. ~
Constable Ouderl1irk arrested Peter
Sylvester last evening on the charge Of
selling liquor to an Indian. The papers
Vhave been sent to Carson and the pre-
liminary examination will be held as
soon as the marshal can get here. a..
Mrs. John Henderson received dis
patch from Mountain View, California,
this forenoon stating that her aunt, Miss
Maggie Henley, died there at o'clock
this morning. The deceased was a
sister of Mr.. s. NJ. Henley of Reno.
She visited here several years ago.
One of Elko's faro layouts was packed
today for shipment to u state where
gambling is prohibited. The layout
was wanted for instant use. Will faro
layouts be shipped into Nevada if the
anti-gambling bill becames lawP Not
if the officers obey their oaths and en-
force the law.
E. B. Cushman, manager of Rickey's
bank at Tonopah, has been acquitted of
the charge of embezzling $1,000 from
the Manhattan branch of the State Bank
g. Trust Company. The trial lasted
nearly two weeks, but it only took the
jury few minutes to find Mr.. Cush-
man not guilty. .....
1t isg' wv said that the anti-gambling
? jill WI be reported tomorrow by the
Committee on public morals. The Car
son Appeal says that stiff fight is be-
ing made before the committee by the
friends and enemies of the bill. Folsom
and Dodge of Reno seem to be leading
the fight against the bill.
Reno is so full of idle men that the
proper care of them is becoming a
grave problem with the police and
authorities of that place. Two saloons
are feeding them for what they can
make out of the sale of beer, and they
are standing around on the streets I'M
able to leave the town and unable to
find work.
Mrs. Irene TUFTS horsewhipped E. NJ.
Wees, assistant chief of police of Sparks,
yesterday for circulating false reports
about her. She met Wees in front of
the postofffce and went at him with
cowboys quirt. Before Wees could
take the quirt from her, he received
three singing blows over the head and
shoulders. Constable Malay separated
the fighters and arrested both Of them.
q, We are glad to inform the psbple of
the town that a bill providing for the
suance of bonds for sewerage sys-
tenn is being drawn by attorney Hender-
son. To Mr.. w. T. Smith belongs the
honor of setting the wheels in motion.
He wrote to Assemblyman Mcintosh to
have a bill prepared and introduced
and the letter was forwarded to Mr..
Henderson, who volunteered to draw
the bill.
Assemblyman Schoer has introduced
a bill to raise the recorders salary to
$1,000 q year and the deputy's salary to
$4,000 IUnder the present law, the
recordof receives $1,000, while his prede.
cpgaor rnceived 1onOO M S,lon,J. LII