Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Salmagund
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY

the county hospital.
Agitate the sewer proposition when
you have nothing else to do.
The best way 10 boost for EIkD is tt
agitatc the sewer proposition.
George Russ, II. Sir. I,fs fpr HI, Btt,l,
Mountain ranch this afternoon.
Mrs. julie Wright and daughter OF
Ruby valley are in town looking for q
home.
Miss Neva Dcw;(r will leave for Salt
Lake tonight to resume her work in
school.
Scientific efforts to combat the South
African sleeping sickness" already have
cost the lives of seven European physi.
clans.
The COW census for Jan, l.. 1908.
places the total number at II. 12O, 600
and worth $1G2. 9i5. 900. This means
that the average COW has Il value of
So. 3G.
Burglar proof plate glass made by
Il firm ut Rheims, France, is said To-
have withstood blows from a steel. shod
mallct and revolver shots. in tests.
without breaking!
y New York girl took what She
thought was II love potion and imme-
diatcly developed II. desire to commit
burglary. Really something ought To
Ia done To stop carclcssnesS ON the part
Of druggists.
1t Is noted that new rates are con-
tihuaIly being made for western and
southern Nevada points by the railroad
commission, hut We have heard of no
new rates being secured for eastern
Nevada pointS.-Ely Record.
Gerald Clinton will hereafter be- the
INDEPENDENT carrier. Until he learns
the route thoroughly, we ask the for.
bcarancc of IL subscribers. Gerald i,
AN honest little fellow and will do his
best TO deliver the papers promptly.
u lcAa7 r'ilt"f refuses 10 publish
obituary notices of people who. while
living. failed To subscribe for his paper.
and gives this pointed reason: People
who do not take their home paper are
dead anyway. and their passing away
has no news value
Look over the bills allowed 10y the
commissioners this month and see,
where the cuuntyIs money goes. See if
any at II - being spent cXtravagantly.
If your find such is the case. call the
attention of the commissioners to the
extravaganza.
The Chronicle says that two new
stores opening in Virginia City this
month and II monthly payroll of between
S10,0OO and 800. 900 shows which way
the wind is blowing on the old lode.
There j. not an old Ncvadan who
would moi like to see Virginia City
take on all OF its old time glory.
William Morton Of New York is nm.
dcuhtcdly the champion law breaker of
the world. According to u New York
dispatch he j. 81 years old and in "A few
days ms will begin his S3rd term in the
pcnitontiary. In the last three years
he has been in the ~pcnitcntiary four
times.
The Reno Journal calls brother Booth
of the Tunupah Bonanza ~ foul mouth.
cd and blatant blackguard," whatever
that may be-. Tho Journal and Bonanza
have been Tnarrcling for sometime and
Bro. Booth must have touched a sore
spot III the Journals hide for il to make
such II roar.
When the official figures for the year
are published they will show such
tremendous gains in production for the
State Of Nevada that another Nevada
mining stock movement will likely
follow. The gains in gold and copper
output Will l~ observation-disclosures
Mining Record.
Mr.. Mcl;lrOy has received word that
several parties are on their way from
Quincy, Illinois, to purchase ranch
property. They are friends and neigh.
bors of the man who bought Paul Schil,
lcrstrom's ranch on South Fork. An,
other party who is looking for II sheer
proposition is expected here soon from,
Nebraska.
President Taft will cover -. 100 miles
in his trip through The west and south
He will stop in nll the principal citic'
tell the people all about the Aldrich
Cannon-Taft tariff hill. If he wa
honest with the people last fall. whcl
lc promised II downward revision Of the
tariff, he will find II difficult to con
vince them now that his promises hay,
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