Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-08-23
SALMAGUNDI

MA Cn1S morning.
The Lovelock Review says that horse
thieves are active in that section.
Jailer Elmore has % steady boarders.
A few quit him now and then and
others come to take their places.
8; Don't waste any time loo king back at
;your mistakes. There is more fun in
looking UP the mistakes of other people.
The school trustees have notice in
,Sthis issue asking for bids for the $1O,-
1000 school bonds voted last Thursday.
Ssee the nPtioe for particulars.
b Mr.. James Dewar has notice else
iSwhere warming trespassers to keep off
1sthis ranck He means business and all
persons interested should heed his time
Fly warning. + -: &Es . -
i Miss GArwood of the Redwood hos
itpital lost her purse this morning, some
where between the Commercial Hotel,
*and Oldham's station. The finder will
Rewarded by leaving the same at the
hospital u
= A report has been current several
days that Mrs. Weston, former resi-
dent of Elko, had died at her home at
2Fruitvale, California. We exhausted
every known source of information this
the report.
i The members of the new Camp of the
sWoodmen of the World will meet in
Leonard hall tonight to practice per-
forming with q. new and untamed goat.
that will be given itssfirst tryout one
week from tonight. Elko Camp starts
with 40 charter members
Z One year ago today the prisoners, in
fhe county Jail made desperate Sats
tempt to escape. Jailer Elmore and;
Deputy Sheriff Harris were roughly
handled, but succeeded in keeping sails
but one of the prisoners. The worst one
of the bunch made his escape !
y The foundations for the new school
house were surveyed and marked off
this( Gternoon. Mr.. Friedrich, the con-
tract will begin tomorrow to make
,the d He intends to push the
1 work and have the building completed
= at the earliest possible moment.
The Elko Mercantile Company SUR
prised the Independent force this fore
noon by leaving an immense watermelon
at the Office with their compliments
AS we are short of help today, the
melon will not be sampled until the
days work is done. However, it looks
good enough to eat and the force ap-
preciates; the kind remembrance. ~.
Owing to the foreman of this office
being called to, Ogden Saturday night
by telegram announcing the illness of
a relatively is only through the kind
ness Of Mr.. Gray that we are able to
get up the usual amount of reading
matter. The Free Press office also
came to the rescue and made up the,
forms and put them on the press.
A statement issued by the immigra-
ton bureau shows that 41O,319 immi-
grant aliens arrived in this country
during the year of 1908, and that $751;
900 emigrant aliens left the country.
By February of the present year the
effect of the recovery from tho fnan-
cial panic was clearly apparent. The,
immigrants numbered 67,154 against
2s, 1881 in February, 1908. The rate of
influx is now increasing rapidly.
The Reno Journal slightingly refers
to the INDEPEND EMF and charges it
with favoring Congressman Bartlett
for governor. This shows the Journal
to be an adept at Misrepresentation.
NotA single word has appeared in these
COLI ms favoring Mr.. Bartlett or any
other man for governor. While we be-
lieve it to be too early to select can
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