Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-05
Salmagundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY

Chauncey Griswold left for Salt Lake
last night.
Jos. W. Smith of Ruby Valley is in
town looking after land matters.
The Legislature is pegging away. Int
so far little that is of benefit to the state
has been done.
The Humboldt Star says that the
Western Pacific will bore for artesion
water ut Winnemucca.
There are now 1924 dialects in the
world. OF these 937 are Asiatic. 5S7
Europeon and 276 African.
This office receives copies of all bills
introduced into the Legislature. If you
want to see them. call and maks your
wants known.
Emmett Keyser and J. w. Puett. two
Carlinites, are in town today. They
report considerable work being done by
the railroad company.
Mrs. Nellie Barney, formerly Miss
Nellie Ainley of Elko, but now n resi-
dent of CArlin, is in town today. She
meets many of her girlhood friends.
Those who saw Willard Mt the Opera
house last night were well pleased with
the show. He hypnotized several of
the boys and made them do some funny
stunts.
Frank Cogswcll received IA dispatch
yesterday afternoon that his wife, who
is in southern California, was very sick.
He left on No. 3 this afternoon to I've Mt
her bedside.
Constable Oudcrkirk and his deputy
carried atine bunch of chickens through
the streets this afternoon. The con-
stable said they were his chickens, but
then one can't always believe what
people say.
The anti-gambling bill will he intro
duced into the legislature this week.
1t is said that one Of the asSemblymen
from this county will introduce the bill.
1t is said that the chances look good for
10 p1H'tS'.
Since this country set up i'll business
as an Independent nation its gold mines
have yielded more than three billion
dollars. 1t takes the American hen
about six years to furnish < < and
chickens worth that much.
Two prospectOrs report the finding
nf .. u nInnf IHn n,;1n, ,,,.tL e
Needles, on the Colorado river, which
contains about 400 tons of honey. They
are making arrangements now to
mine the highgradc product of the
bees.
Now is is the time to get the sewer
age proposition under way. If the
present Legislature does not pass the re-
quired law, it will he two years more
before anything can be done to relieve
present conditions. In that time, an
epidemic, caused by the u~nsanitary con
dition of the town. may bree!; out and
kill many of our people. Let us act be.
fore it is too late.
Thcrcport of Surveyor General Deadly
has been submitted. 1t shows that
Nevada has IL, 900 acres of land of
which over 10000, 900 is agricultural.
The report is filled with all sorts of
information rs to land in Nevada. the
federal and state laws in relation to
location and other valuable data that
makes 1t II of the best reports cver
put ont of the land Office.
The Carson Appeal is hot after DR..
Stubs ana the state university. 1t
looks from this distance as if the Appeal
was trying to throw dust in the eyes of
the people i'll order to divert their attcn-
ton from the repeal of the publicity
commission law. The Appeal instead
of fighting imaginary graft, should
turn its batteries on the publicity COM
mission, the real thing.
Tho annual report of Director of the
Mint Frank A.. Leach. for the fiscal
year ended June 30. 1908, just issued,
discloscs II particular gratifying con.
dition of affairs mt the mint in Carson
City. The value of the gold and silver
deposited ut Carson is only exceeded by
that deposited in two other assay Offices
in the United States, while the percent.
age is considerably lower than that of
the othca assay offices.