Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-10

| lhe editor evidently intended to do
the square thing who got off the
loliowlnS: IF any subscriber finds :,
iiie III this paper which he does not
IKE ana cannot agree with. if he will
orlhS the paper to this office and point
ont the offending line, the editor will
take his Scissors and cut il out for
him."
MT. Hartman. the Railroad king, has
peeh advised by the mos; prominent
physician Of EurJp, 70 take Tn, ..rast
cure, and lie naked in the sunshine
every day to strengthen his nerves.
Everyone ON this side of the water is
Oh The opinion that Harriman's nerve is
pretty strong.-Slater Rustler.
Lieutenant Robert +. Peary tele.
Sraphcd yesterday from Indian Harbor.
via Cape Ray, New Foupdland. that
lie had nailed the stars and stripes to
the north pole. Cook and Peary must
have reached the pole about the same
time. Will Cook Or Pcary bc given
the credit Of the discovery:
An Australian has patented an in.
vention by which, he claims. book and
newspaper printing will bc placed on
an entirely new basis. BY the use Of Il
large number of keys. provision is
made for producing the more common
%syllablcs and word examinations by the
touch of II key So that one man can
write from 30. 900 to To. 0OO letters AN
hour.
Trustees Bradley and Taler opened
the bids for the $l0,OO0 issue uf school
bonds this afternoon. They were rs
follows: Coffin d Crawford, Chicago,
SlO,O25 and bonds to I've dated September
|, 1863: Henderson Banking Company.
Elk", lO.ilO and accrued interest To-
date of delivery. The bonds will not
DE awarded until Mr.. Mcbride. presi-
dent of the board. returns from the
country.
The high schDJl opened this morning
with Prof. Howard an I! Miss Kncmcycr
of last years corps of teachers and Miss
Evelyn Shcdd Of Clicagp and Miss MAY
Schulcr of Reno. win take the place,
filed last year hy Miss Bowen und
Miss R~o.icnbIcck. PrIt. Howard re-.
ports - enrolled. twb in town vino did
not enroll this morning and several u
come in before the end of the week.
Robert tiriiithS. who has Il mining
claim III the Ruby mountains. near
Harrison Pass, has left Il sample of the
ore III this office that ne would lik" to
have mining men call and examine and
tell wha il contains. He has had some
of 1t anallyzcd by Il Philadelphia
chemist who informs him that il con-
tains an element that Is worth $l.5O Il
pound in its refined state. Here is "A
chance for some of our wise mining
men To display their knowledge of ores.
Out of "a railroad mileage in this
country amounting in 1908 to more
than j2l.3S2 miles. at the close of that
year there We're only . Ibis miles under
the block system Of signalling operations
of trains. the net gain for the year
being so miles. This tortoisclikc pace
in cffccting adequate, rational opera
ton of American railroads is due more
than anything else to popular indiffer-
cncc to loss of life and limb. Boston
Hcral".
From those who attended the Carlin
Labor Day celebration, we learn that
everything moved along smoothly and
that a general good time was had hy
everybody. The Eagles dedicated their
new hall with appropriate exercises.
Several short speeches were made and
singing and instrumental music filled
out the program. In the afternoon, the
Elko baseball club defeated the Carlin
nine Ivy 81 tn II. The celebration closed
with Il big dance last night. The
Carlin Eagles did their best To make
things pleasant for their visitors and
those from Elko say they succeeded.
We have received ten packages of
literature for farmers. forwarded to
this office 10y Senator NcwlandS. The
packages are made up Of bulletins.
issued by the Department of Agri.
culture at Washington, that contain
much valuable information. These
packages are for gratuitOus distribution
and those wanting them should call for
them. The long winter evenings are
coming ~ and these bulletins will help
You spend them pleasantly and profit.
ably. Call and get II package. The
first to call will get them.
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