Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-08-11
SALMAGUNDI

Opera House tonight.
Mrs. Hennen went to Lamoille yes
terday to visit friends.
See the pictures of Great Contact Cop
per Camp at Bradley Opera House.
Rev. L. L. Tower of Carson City and
Rev. B. NJ. Charlton of Carlin visited
Elko today.
The Western Pacific railroad has
ordered fifty-seven locomotives, valued
at million dollars from the Baldwin
Locomotive works. ......
Chicago experts have discovered a
disease called "mythomania." In other
quarters it is called plain lying, but
that does not sound half as interesting
OF scientific.
= Every friend of education in this,
school district should turn out on the
18th and vote for the $40, 600 bond issue.
If You favor the proposition, turn out
and vote for the bonds.
Oklahoma is the only state which re-
quires the teaching of agriculture in all
Skpuntry schools. The courses include
agriculture. horticulture, stock raising,
fertilizers, dairying, drainage, irriga-
ton and grazing.
According to the latest reports, the
Reno officers have not made much head
way in solving the mystery surrounding
the murder of Robert j. Little. They
are working hard on the case and may
yet land the guilty persons. Every
good citizen hopes the guilty ones will
be caught and punished.
Congressman Bartlett has been APP
pointed a member of the democratic
congressional committee. This indi-
Gates that his standing as democrat is
not questioned by his fellow democrats
in congress. The Reno Journal is liable
to have a severe fit over Mr.. Bartlett's
appointment to this position.
. Chicago is worth $2,293, 692, 345 this
year. That is the grand total of real
estate and personal property on which
the assessed valuation will be based, &C.
cording to the computation of the board
of ah2sors completed recently. The
real tlte was estimated at 81, 745, $780,
$50 and the personal property at $54S.
1888, 1916.
Col. Hyman returned this morning
from Reno, where he had been on
business connected with his mine at
Gold Creek. He will leave for the mine
tomorrow. The Col. is sanguine Of
developing body Of ore that will make
Gold Creek a busy camp. Assay re-
turns of the ore run as high as 40
ounces of silver and $40 in gold. Pretty
good stuff
A Los Angeles mother tells the fol-
lowing: lone summers eve my little
son Of six years was sent to bed at his
usual time; but he could not sleep.
Upon my inquiry what troubled him,
he replied: II can't finish my prayer.
I've got as far as Forgive us our tres
passes as'-but can't get any further,
for Howard licked me today and want
to lick him tomorrow"
A copy of the program for the first
five days of the Reno races has been
received. The races begin next Tues
day and will continue for fifteen days.
Six races are scheduled for each day.
Four of the purses for each of the five
days are 5000, one for $3.50 and the other
is not given. A good many of the best
race horses in the country will be on
the Reno track and the prospects are
good for the best racing meet ever held
in the state. Quite number of Elko-
ties will take in the races.
The body of a woman was found by
the side of the fume of the Lake ditch
in Rino yesterday afternoon The
body Is badly decomposed and it was