Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-15
~Salmagundi
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY

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Or. Mabel X. Young left for Midas
Yesterday afternoon.
Ii you want garden or flower seeds,
read Senator NcwlaHd's notice in this
issue.
The firm of j. l.. Baron IL Co. has dis
solved. See the dissolution notice else
where.
The Woman's Guild will meet with
Mrs. II. a. Thompson ut . o'clock
"Wednesday afternoon.
Principal Howard reports 81 students
enrolled i'll the county high school.
This is II higher number than were Ell.
rolled ut this time last year.
The commissioners finished the bust.
hess before them yesterday and adjourn
cd To meet again on the 10th To consider
the bids for the courthouse bonds.
If any II should call you Il
'w:rssermuckcr' don't got rod !" tho
face and want to fight. He will simply
mean that you are high and dry on the
water wagon.-POrtland Telegram.
Mr.. Cannon says the house shall rule
itself in the future under his leadership
Just us it has III the past" Hum! You
bet! That's what I'VE lowed when we
first driv up."-Wnshington Herald.
Secretary Of State w. G.. Douglass
announces that the fees collected in
his office during the last two years
amounted to S222, 900. Most of this
amount was fees collected under the
Incorporation law.
Mr.. Hartman cannot be forced To
answer the interstate commerce com
missioncr's questions. but if You are
suhppcnacd in n case involving the
ownership of II hog or hcifcr, refusal To
answcr questions means going to jail
Kansas City Star.
Mr.. Bryan will make n few speeches
this winter in Pennsylvania. In the
course Of the trip he will not receive Il
cordial invitation from Colonel Guffev
" llA'iA' ~ l'M l'lllil No VII btlil-
ocratic Polite, rs Viewed Through a
Stained Glass Window. "-Das Moines
Capital.
The largest coal field in the United
States Is that which extends from Cas-
per and Douglas, Wyo., north to the
Canadian boundary. All of western
North Dakota. eastern Montana and
that part Of Wyoming between the
Belle Fourchc and the Big Horn is
undcrllid by low.gradc bituminous coal
or Ignite.
Yesterday Joe Plunkctt and Frank
Wheeler purchased a. II. Cochranc's
stock and business. Nearly everybody
in ElkO county knows joe Plunkctt and
Mr.. Wheeler is equally well known in
the northern part of the county. They
hope by strict attention to business and
keeping the best of everything in their
limo to receive u fair share of the public
patronage. See their notice elsewhere.
Someone, without the fear of the law
before him. visited James Straughtcr's
yard last night and swipcd all the
ladies' skirts he had left hanging out to
dry. The frequent clothcslinc rob
berries Indicate that someone in town is
making that line of work his regular
business. As there has been several
thcfts from clothclincs. the thief must
have some assistance in diSposing of
his plumber. The officers should do
their best to find the thief and tho
fence.
The Churchill Comfy Standard says
that the books of Sheriff Shirley. who
committed suicide at Fallon last Mon.
day, show hut II very small shortage
that he could have Strengthened ont
with very little difficulty. Shirley left
several letters. all dated December Both
showing that he had contemplated sui.
eide for some time. In one of his letters
he says drinking, gambling and some Of
his good friends have led him to try
final destruction.
Separate complaints have beer filed
against Bernard Clark, Joc Rooney and
John Doc Fuller. charging them with
the murder of Sol Ilcmdra at Clafcy on
the 2Sth Of last December. Clark gave
himself up to Sheriff Lamb the night of
the murder and is now in the Winnie.
inucca Jail. Rooney AMI Fuller are still
mt large. Clark's examination has bccn
set FOR next Monday. The. complaints
were sworn to hy Tom Hcndra, brother
of tho murdered man. Clark will make
u strong fight for his life and liberty.
We notice that the commissioners
have advertised for bids to do tho
county printing for the ensuing two
years. We notice also that tho com.
missioncrs have appointed county
physicians without advertising for bids.
In order to defeat tho 800 law. the
county physicians are employed for six
months ut II time. To bc consistent tho
commissioners should appoint the
county printer in the same way. II
there is any good reason for this