Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-03-19

Elko Is very quiet these days. The
promised boom that was to follow Taft's
election has not yet struck this section
OF the country.
1t Is said that there are more men
buried to the square foot along the line
Oh the Panama canal than in any other
part of the world.
Green neckties and bows of green rib.
bon are quite numerous around town
today. They are worn in honor OF St.
Patrick. Ireland's great patron saint.
A partial list of the bills passed by
the legislature and approved by the
governor will be found elsewhere.
Only u few of them are of general inter
est.
Don't complain" said Uncle Eben,
IF you find dat somebody has an AK to
grind. You's lucky desc days if. when
you gifts through turnin' dc grindstone,
he doesn't han yOu lie Ak an speck YOU
to do his chopin for im."-Wasbing-
ton Star.
On the theory that IAN ounce of pre-.
v~ention is worth Il pound of cure" it
might he advisable for the owners of
several hack yards around town to clean
them UP. The condition of some is
filthy, in the extreme, and with the nd.
vent of warm weather, not long off,
danger from disease is very grave.
The Carson Appeal says that the init
gambling bill Us amended by the senate
will probably pass the assembly and he.
come Il law. If the bill reaches the gov.
ernor, he will doubtless approve it u it
now meets all the requirements set
forth in the governors signed state
mcnt.
DIR. Stubs will pass through on No.
10 tonight on his way to New York to
confer with Clarence Mackay on further
donations to the state university. Mr..
Mackay has interested other wealthy
eA-Nevadans in the university and the
prospects seem bright for sufficient
donations for Il library and administra.
ton building.
President Taft sent his special tariff
message to congress yesterday. In it,
he urges the speedy passage of II tariff
bill that will raise the necessary revenue
to pay the expenses of the government.
He reminds the law makers that by
July LIST the expenses of the government
will he one hundred million dollars
more than the receipts.
The great white czar gets a salary of
S25, 900 a day, the sultan of Turkey
$lS, 900, the emperor of Austria $12, 600,
the kaiser Sll,200. the king of italy
about s., 200, the king of England &c.
200. Leopold OF Belgium 81, 700. and
President Roosevelt S137. Napoleon's
salary was about SO, 900 day. The
president of France gets about $Gl7 n
day.-Ncw York Press
The present Legislature has not num-
bered Il great constitutional lawyer"
among its members, still it has managed
to get along fairly well. At the begin
ming of the session "A great many people
wondered how the law makers would
get along without the advice of this
great man. hut they seem not to have
missed him from their councils. Such
is fame in the wild and woolly west.
a sentence by II Connecticut Superior
Court judgo-whatcver meaning be
given to tho word ''sentence"-will
meet with cordial approval: There is
no more o in the street for II drunk
Ell chauffeur than there is for Il drunken
soldier with Il rifle" is the sentence
he uttered. and "Three years in state
prison" is the sentence he pronounced.
The chauffeur had run n man down
with his automobile and killed him.
The greatest of all the works the
Government reclamation service has
undertaken, to store the food waters of
Western rivers for distribution during
the rainlcss season, are to be brought to
completion this Summer. The list in
cludcs the big river dam i'll Arizona,
the Gunnison tunnel, the greatest un.
foreground waterway in the world, run
ming direct through the Colorado noun
tain range. and the largest works of tho
Wyoming and Idaho projects. This
years construction will bring into use
water controlling works of aggregate
cost of more than $1s. 600, 900. and will
make fertile SOC. 900 arid acres.
Salma ollndi