Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-29
Salmagundi
RON SATURDAYS DAILY
M,re bill from the legislature toda,

M,re bill from the legislature today
We understand that Il movement i.
ON foot to celebrate February 12th. the
ami tersary Of tn birth Of Abraham
Lincoln.
Considerably colder today. The mer
curry is crawling down this afternoon
and the indications are god for II very
cold night.
The attache graft" of the legislature
begins to smell very loud, and the odor
is very apt to stick to the garments of
the legislators that father the graft.
William X. Bcckwith, an expert nc.
cOuntant, committed suicide mt Carson
Tuesday night by taking carbolic acid.
He had been drinking heavily for the
past month.
State Superintendent Ring has made
his first semc'annual appOrtiOnment of
state school funds for this year. Elko
county gets Sl2, 702. 80. The amount
apportioncd is $40, 5G2.s
If all the men now under indictment
in this county are convicted, there will
b. "a big increase in its representation
at the state prison. Two are now under
sentence and eight or nine more are on
the way.
\ rumOr is running the gaInut that
Father Ramm, Il Jesuit priest who has
won hOnors rs al educator at the Santa
Clara college in California, is being
bJu,tcd by his friends rs Il successor to
DIR. Stubs of the Nevada State Univers.
itv.-CarSon News.
II. J. Hogan. one of the men indicted
for stealing three barrels of whiskcy
from the Southern Pacific npa
near Muntcllo. raised the necessary
bond yesterday afternoon and was
given his liberty. J. l.. Kcyscr and II.
II. Mallctt are his suritics.
Governor Gillctt of California has
hDnorcd the rrquiSitiOn Of Governor
Dickcrson for the rcturn to Nevada Of
Homer q. Tabor and 5. X. Williamson.
the crooked bankers of Scarchlight.
They are charged 10y John Howe of ac.
c.pting II deposit of Sj25 knowing the
bank To- bc imsolycnt.
AbIut six hundred men working for
the Western Pacific company in con.
strrCtiun of its railroad in Northern
Nevada and Utah are out Of work us
the result Of storms and have been
since January list. according To En-
glnrcr Mccarthy. who arrived here
Yesterday Gazette.
In 1905 the Legislature cost the state
10000. AT least that WAS the sum
appropriated. and it is safe to say that
little OF 1t got back to the general fund:
1901 SAW the cost boosted to $i5, 900.
while this session, the cost will he close
10 $4,000. Six dollars "A day for a
score or more of useless attaches mounts
up Reno journal.
Asscmblyman Winters has introduced
"a hill To establish an experiment station
farm in h arid region of the north.
eastern part of the state. The hill
carries an appropriation of $40. 900 to
carry nn the farm for 1909 and 1910 and
erect suitable buildings. The county in
which said farm is located by the com.
mission is to furnish the land with good
and sufficient water rights for the sue.
ccSsful operation of the farm.
Warden Maxwell. report to the com,
miSSi"ncrs shows the increase in the
number of cunviCts each year since De
ccmhcr of 1898. At that time, there
were 60: December, 1899, 81: December,
1900, 81; December, 1901, -; December,
1902, 80: December. 1908, 81; December.
1901, 30: December, 1908, iI3; Dcccm.
Der, 1906, tot; December. 1901. 1862. De.
ccinhcr. 1908. 2l1. Tho warden asks
for 100 additional cells and more ne.
c"Inmodations for guards, etc.