Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-15
ESALMAGUNDI

Mr.. Mayer has thrown away his
crutches and now gets around with
two canes.
Those needing my services will kindly
call early as intend leaving town in a
few days on a trip Of q couple of weeks.
DR.. Alexander. W
The clouds broke away this forenoon
and the sun shines bright and warm.
There could be no prettier, day in the
middle of January anywhere than this
is- It would pass for a day in the
middle of May. IS 81.
THE snowstorm which visited Virginia
City last Friday and Saturday was the
heaviest in ten years. Three feet of
snow fell and drifts in some places form
ed to depth of fifteen feet. In Carson
and Reno only few inches of snow
fell
The Tennessee legislature has passed
q bill prohibiting the sale of liquor in
that state. 1t is expected that Cover
nor Patterson will veto the bill, but the
prohibition forces are said to be strong
enough to pass it over the veto. One
by, one the states are going dry, as the
prohibition wave rolls on.
John w. Kern, Bryan's running
mate. has suffered one more defeat
The democrats in the Indiana legis-
lature turned him down for United
States senator and chose Ex-Congress-
man. Shively. Kern's political career
has been very unlucky. He has long
record Of defeats to his credit.
Lorin Farr, the first mayor of Ogden
died suddenly while bathing the other
day. He was nearly 80 years of age
and was prominent in the Mormon
church. He was the husband of six
wives and the father of forty children,
twenty-nine of whom are still living
He had over 200 grand children and
large number of great-grand children.
1t Was reported at noon that three
spans of the railroad bridge across the
American river were washed out yester-
d yarN hat the levee at Sacramento
was bi Ien by the, flood. Eastbound
passenger trains 2 and were this side
of the American river when the bridge
gave way. They will pass here some
time tonight. The delay was caused by
a washout in the mountains.
The postage stamp made it's first ap-
pearance in 1889. It's invention is due
to James Chalmers, a printer of Dun
dee, who died in 1868. England adopt
ed the adhesive stamp, according to a
decree of December 81, 1889, and issued
the first stamp for public use on May 6,
1910. A year later they were introduced
in the United States and Switzerland,
and soon after in Bavaria, Belgium and
France.
There is said to be lively fight go
ing on for speaker of the assembly. The
candidates are Folsom of Washoe, Gift
fen of Nye and Allen of Churchill. Of
these, Giffen is a new man, Folsom was
speaker protein of the last assembly and
Allen has served as speaker at two or
three sessions. Allen is by all odds the
best man for the position. If the writer
had a vote for speaker, it would
be cast for Lem Allen of Churchill
cou<ty.
While the finances Of Elko county are
not in as good q shape as we would like
to see them, the fault is not entirely
due to the law of 1903 that forced a
decrease in the county rate. The
extravaganza of the last legislature in
increasing the expenses of the county
by raising the salaries of the officers and
providing for numerous deputies and
under valuation of the property for
taxable purposes are responsible for q
large part Of the deficiency in the
county funds. The law of 1908, better
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