Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-02-10
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Read our business locals elsewhere.
Mrs. Highfield of Carlin is in town.

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Merchants lunch at the Commercial
from 70 q. m. to 1:3O p. ms CENTS
Hereafter On 8 Company will serve
Sunday dinners at the Palace restaur-
ant for 25 cents. fs :. !, !
Sunday dinner at the Commercial:
Hotel from 4 to 8 p. ma cents
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Mrs. G. B. Miltepburger and Miss An
ma Miller, whose father died yesterday,
and Mr.. N. 1. Robinson arrived from
Reno this morning. Mrs. Robinson and
Miss Isabel Miller, the other daughters
will arrive tonight on MO- =
Judge Morgan received dispatch
from MIR. Cogswell at Los Angeles this
forenoon stating that an operation had
just beer! performed on his wife and
that there was no hope for her. This is
sad news to Mrs. Cogswells many
friends here
Late this afternoon Attorney Taber
received q dispatch from Carson stating
that the board Of pardons had com
mated DOlan's death sentence to life
imprisonment. This action of the board
will meet with the approval of large
majority of the people of Elko. -.
Gilbert w. Kriesz, who is making his
second trip around the world on foot,
arrived from the east last night and
continued his journey westward this
afternoon. He is walking on a wager
for the Denver Post. He and another
man left Denver on the. 9th of january.
His companion met with an accident at
Ogden and is laid up for repairs. -
The fight over the anti-gambling bill
promises to be very interesting. Both
sides are preparing for fight to a
finish. The Reno Commercial club,
composed of the leading business men
of that city, has taken up the fight for
the bill and it's board of directors has
been appointed a committee to go to
Carson and work for the passage of the
bill
Judge Murphy arrived from Carson
last night to try the contested land case
of Ross against the, Jenkins company.
The evidence is being taken before
Clerk: Dawley, sitting as commits
sioRer. Judge Murphy thinks the
PRESENT. rlssion of the legislature will
not accomplish much good for the state.
He says the Capitol is swarming with
attaches with nothing to do.
Last week waiter at the Elk Cafe,
named Burnreuter, drew a check on one
of the banks for $40 when he had no
funds to meet it and skipped out before
the fraud was discovered, The officers
west were notified and the Reno and
Winnemucca officers arrested suspects.
Constable Ouderkirk went to Reno Mon
day night after his man, but found the
wrong man in hook. On his return he
stopped at Winnemucca and was again
disappointed. He returned last night
without his man.
During the time that the fire was
raging in the Sutro tunnel, the different
members Of the. various companies were
greatly exercised over the damage that
they thought was being done to. the
property there. Consequently Consult
ing; Engineer Douglass wired to. Jim
Kinkead as follows: wire damage
done Sutro Tunnel.sf ! Kinkead studied
for q moment and wired back: mo
more possible to estimate damage done
to the tunnel, as the fire is still in pro-
gress, than if is to estimate the. damage
done to Nevada, as the Legislature is
still in session. Carson News.
Surveyor General Deadly has our
thanks for copy Of his, report for the
yeors 1907 and 1908. It is full of inter-
esting matter concerning the. public
lands Of the state and contains many
valuable suggestions for their manage
meDt Tho atatiatical norton tala1