Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-05
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terday.
Arthur NJ. Britt, the Royal Arch
candidate, was elected mayor of Reno
yesterday.
Mr.. Penrod came down from Gold
Greek yesterday. He is a witness in the
Doherty-Pratt water suit
Mr.. Mayham and party of New
York capitalists will arrive tonight.
They are on their way to Tuscarora,
The scholars of the Presbyterian Sun
day School are all invited to an ice
cream social at Mizpah Hall Friday
night where they will entertain all
who took part in the Toy Makers
Dream who also are invited. -
Joe Snelson has filed complaint
against Dickson, the barber who took
his money and left it with Judge Bruce
as bail, charging him with embezzle-
Hient. An effort will be made to bring
Dickson back to answer the charge.
Mr.. Riddell came from Starr valley
yesterday afternoon and this morning
he and MIR. Winters and Mr.. Fernald
went south to find location for the
experiment dry farm. They will en-
deavor to find the best location in the
county for the farm.
1t is good to see Mr.. David again at
his old place in the Henderson Bank.
Though he shows the effects of his
tussle with the rheumatism, he is
gradually improving and hopes to be. all
right soon. His little boy is getting
along nicely with his broken leg
Now, that the court house site is set
tied and settled right, those opposed
to the decision of the commissioners
can accomplish nothing by kicking.
The claim that rs or 80 per cent of the
taxpayers favor putting the court house
on the hill is hot air. Anybody can
make unfounded claims. ,.,.-..
The women are all up in arms about
the dust and many thing 1are said by
them that would not be pleasant for the
tSA4 of the commissioners. One lady
said to the writer last night that she
would just like to phil the commission
ers' heads off. All are predicting lots
Of sickness If present conditions exist
much longer. g
Although the commissioners decided
on the courthouse site yesterday, no
record of the decision was made. They
met again this forenoon and talked
over the proceedings necessary, but
came to no conclusion as District At
torney Taber wished to look up the law
thoroughly before any steps were taken
They will meet again tomorrow fore
noon when the necessary order will
probably be made.
The basket ball team will leave for
Reno tomorrow afternoon to try con-
clusion with the Reno high school team.
Following is the lineup: Martha Noble
and Ellen Brown, goals; Emma Reinken
and Jessie Hylton, guards; Mabel
Lothrop, center; Jessie Crane, side
cel.ter; Leslie Peck, Doris Hutschler
and Leila Mccain, substitutes. The
girls play lively game and we hope
they will bring home the honors.
An interesting and novel legal point
was argued before Judge Harrington
yesterday afternoon in the case Of the
United States VS.. Pacific Live Stock
;, company. The company has been in
dicted for fencing public land. The
statute provides that the penalty shall
he both fine and Imprisonment. AS
the defendant is corporation and
cannot be imprisoned the point was
argued by Judge Deal that, as the
court can not impose less offense
than that provided by statute, it had
NOD risdiction to impose any penalty
upG.fa corporation. Carson News