Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-17
~Salmagundi
FROM DAILY

Read our business locals elsewhere.
Furnished rooms to rent at Mrs. Ken
ncdy's on Third Street.
Constable Ouderkirk reports the town
very quiet and orderly.
John Henderson is in Reno attending
the Bankers Association.
See the new al of the Togsery store.
1t will interest you.
For salc-Au organ in good condition
mt a reasonable price. Inquire ut this
office.
w. T. and james O'Ncill, two solid
citizens of Wells. are in town. They
report everything quiet up the river.
The latest report from Mrs. Mead,
who has the typhoid fever at her home
in Salt Lake, is that the fever is now Mt
its worst stage.
The schools closed today for the
holiday season. The youngsters will
have II play spell until the first Monday
of January. This suits them.
The Office building at Dclamar of the
dcfunct Bambergcr Delamur Mines
company and 1000 cords of wood near
by. were consumed by fire rcccetly.
There are PA children reported be
tween the ages Of three and fourteen
who will he remembered Christmas
time. This number is much in excess
of last year.
Fifty Bibles OF the American Standard
Version of the best grade OF binding,
silk scwed and BEAUTIFULLY illustrated.
have just been placed in the Presby-
terrain church and Sunday School.
Wesley Armstrong, the MAJ whose
feet were frozen while going from
Halleck To Mr.. Jube Wright's ranch in
Ruby valley last week, died ut the
county hospital this morning.
Harry j. GosSe. S. NJ. Sample and J.
II. Mccormick. prominent Reno Elks.
have Drcm arrested for running II bar at
the Elk's home without II license.
GoSSc, Sample aud Mccormick are
officers of the Elk lodge.
The Eagle says that Il beet sugar
factory i, practically assured tn Church
i'll county. At Il meeting IF citizens at
FIlon the other night $1,000 worth of
stock in the enterprise was promptly
taken.
J. j. Quinn. who WV arrested here
; tho has: Of October for selling liIuor "a
) Indians and taken TO GlrSIa for trial,
has been - nmit-ci t. the i,s,dTi,
| asylum. He is an G.y6ue from In,
| Wy"'nir; a~yitr. bnC taey did not
want hIn.
The Christmas exercises of the Prcsby
terrain Sunday School will he coniucte,
i'll the afternoon of December 2Gth Il
the regular Sunday School hour. The
children have been well trained b,
competent teachers and will he please,
A., to have yOu present. The Christina
I. Offering will be devoted to miS,ionur,
work.
/ When Yesterdays edition was ncurl,
off the press last night. the metal plat
of II wooden cut pulled of its base an,
caused considerable trouble. ThOs
who received crippled" copies of tn
/ paper will please accept this as on
, apology. The accident was not tn
} fanlt of any onc in the Office, and coul
not have been prevented.
The Reno Gazette says that the whit
. slave traffic has its vile procurers i
Reno. Several young girls have bcel
cnticcd from their homes. Tie matte
= is o being investigated by tn
u authorizes. Let MS hope that the ir
-, ycstigation will not end until the vii
CT .aturcs who follow this business Al
: safely landed in tho ponitcntiary.
Z The Denver mint, which was sli
t down last July because Of II surplus G
gold coins. will open the fist of til
year with between eighteen and twcnt
million dollars in gold bullion OH hant
6 which will immcdi!cly 10 coined int
$ money of the smaller denomination,
according to an announcement made h
q Superintendent Frank Dowmer.
We have barn able TO make arrange
mcnts for a limited number of sets o
Philip B%oileau's Celebrates Inter
national group of works of art. r,
presenting The beauty of each Of tn
principal Nations of the World. Th
: Artistic rendition of these Model,
. shows the original brush work of tn
" creation. Purchasers to the amount {
! $50 between now e january Ist.. wi
= he presented with a set Of these 5Worl
~ Of Art Now III Display at our JEWEL
RY STORE.
j. j. WiNTERMANTEL Co.
+, jewelers. ELKO