Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-24
~Salmagundi
FROM DAILY

Alfred Smith arrived from Salt Lake
yesterday.
Judge Bruce reports nothing llingia
the police court
j. d. Mariner. of the ] d. Mariner
Music Company, left for Reno on No. 8
this afternoon.
Miss Neva DAwtr returned from Salt
Lake Sahd1y mJrnInS IL slend the
holidays with her parents.
The last cold snap has frozen ice
about ten inches thick and the harvest
will begin in earnest tomorrow.
Homer Andrae is up in the clouds to-
day. The cause of it is the arrival of
u very young man ut his house yester-
day. Hope the first born will be an
honor to his parents.
The ladies will meet ut Leonard Hall
Wednesday, afternoon ut O'clock to
make the candy bags for the Chistmas
tree. All ladies interested are request.
ed to BIO present and assist i'm this work.
We are glad to learn that Mrs. Mead
Is improving and that her recoyery
seems now but u matter OF time. This
good news was received by Judge
Bruce's family this morning. .ss.
The INDEPENDENT Office has Just
turned out 1000 harness and saddle
catalogues for Mr.. Harrington. The
job was u big one for u country Of
flee and entailed q vast amount of work.
Mr.. Harrington is pleased with the
books and the force is happy over that
fact and the completion of the job.
Mr.. Keyser received u telegram from
Paul at Portland, Oregon this, forenoon
announcing the arrival Of u fine boy at
his house at 2 o'clock this morning. The
INDEPENDENT hopes that the youngster
may grow up and make rs good a citizen
as his father and be "A comfort to his
mother in her declining years.
II have u right to do rs l please.
That is an expression we recently heard
a young man make. He was mistaken
in his judgement. No man has 4 right
to 10 Us he pleases unless he pleases to
do right. If the young people could
once get this idea into their apparently
empty heads, u world of trouble could
bc avoided. 1t pays to do right even if
you suffer ut the time. Eternal truth
will eventually assert itself.-Grant
City Times.
Not only are the residents of Clark
county securing all the water they need
far irrigation purposes, but they now
believe that they are going to get all the
oil they need to make n boom oil dis.
trict that will astonish the west and re.
suit in the building Of u big city in
Clark county. A new oil drill has
been erected in Moapa Valley and the
men who are doing the drilling believe
that oil will q be encountered in
paying quantities. 1t is claimed that
oil appears OH the sufacc in some parts
of the valley. and that all experts pro.
nouuce the district one that will some
N"S Di6 va phOuuCSI.
The December number of Success
goes after Uncle Joe Cannon's scalp in
great shape. 1t is full of hot shot on
Cannonism and Aldrichisn. with all
occasional Glap at President Taft for
assisting Cannon in his fight for the
Speakership and tho assistance no rem
dcred Cannonan and Aldrich in passing
the new tariff law 1t also gives the
result Of Il ballot taken among it's auxil.
larry board OF life subscribers upon u
series OF questions on President Taft's
administration to date. The result of
the vote shows n large number of re-
publicans who voted for Taft not satisf.
cd with his administration and who say
by their ballots they would not vote
for him again. Tho tabulated vote by
states a no seen Mt this office.