Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-12

February .. 3 and 4th, II. Morgan Hill
OF North Fork. this county. bought fiv,
registered Pcrcheron stations, one OF
them n yearling tipping the scales at
1000 pounds. At this sale no grades
were sold, the aggregate footing NJ
SAB, 100.
Ii the Legislature passes u law taxing
bachelors, there will be great wailinp
and gnashing of teeth in this neck OF
the woods. The ElkO bunch swear that
they will leave the state before they
will pay any such tax. If such a law
IS passed, the tax should not be less than
$500 n year. That would bring the old
stiffs to time.
The commissioners of Humboldt
county have offered II reward of $3.50
each for the arrest of Joe Rooney and S.
". Fuller, one the murderer of Sol
Hendra and the other his accomplish.
Hendra was killed at Chafcy on the
afternoon of December 2Sth last. Giro.
ulars c%ortainsng tho description of the
men are being sent out by Sheriff Lamb.
Harry Davis sent his mother a check
large enough to cover her expenses to
Norfolk, Virginia the end of the fleets
cruise around the world. Mrs. Davis
was the happiest woman in the state
when she received the letter. She will
leave for Norfolk tomorrow morning
to see the fleet come in and to meet her
boy, n of the best young men in the
American navy.
Flo the past I'D days this section has
been visited ut intervals by the most
violent wind storms that have been ex-
perienccd in Eureka for years. During
the week about two feet of snow has
fallen, and us we 20 to press Friday
afternoon, the sun is shining, but the
barometer registers below the storm
point, indicating more inclcmcnt wealth
er to come.-Sentinal.
Fred Newton, charged with the
murder of Frank Ciscilini mt Round
Mountain last October, was tried Mt
Tonopah last week and acquitted. The
evidence showed that the shots fires by
Newton the night of the tragedy were
directed toward the heavens and that
they did not kill Ciscilini. The Jury
was out about twenty minutes.
Ciscilini vas well known here.
The solons of this great
wealth have decided there is too much
cclibacy i'll the state, and are meditat-
ing II tax upon every unmarried man
over tw~cnty-eight years of age. 1t is a
good thing and should bc pushed along,
and the ladies of marriagcable age in
the state will doubtless rise up and call
the members Of the Nevada assembly
the dearest fellows on earth.-Blair
Express.
The judiciary committee of the Idaho
assembly has introduced Il bill, prohibit
ing all games with cards. including
especially solo. and making all persons
permitting any such games to be played
upon their premises subject to penalty
of imprisonment. The bill also provides
that any money lost in such games may
bc recovered Icy civil action together
with exemplary damages. Witnesses
i'll civil cases are exempt from prosecu-
ton in civil or criminal cases. Mayors
OF cities are made responsible for the
removal from Office are provided in case
the law is violated.
Two carloads Of men were shipped to
Dceth last week by an employment
agency i'm Salt Lake to work on the
Western Pacific. The men reached
Decth Saturday afternoon, but found
no work. They remained Mt Deeth
until No. ) carno along Sunday morning
when they came to ElkO. The most of
them secured work mt grading neal
Carlin and left for the camp on No. 3
yesterday afternoon. They were on
the road two days and were fed on
bread and bologna. There should he
come way devised to punish employ.
mcnt agents for sending out men us
lIlCSc were SeHl out.
The board Of pardons met in special
session Friday to hear Attorney Tabcr's
plea for the communication of John
Dolan's death sentence to life iinprison-
mcnt. The board set aside all pre-.
ccdents and had Dolan brought from
the pcnitcntiary that thoy might qucs.
ton him. Dolan was before the board
for nearly two hours, telling his story
of wrongs and answering the questions
put to him. Dolan, If he has to he
executed, wantsIthc Legislature to give
him the choice between death by hang
ing or shooting. ,Eo prefers tho latter.
Tho Carson News gives n lengthy &C.
count of Dolan's meeting with tho