Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-10
Salmagundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY

W uITlSeu TINS morning
10 spend her Cnris mas vacation with
Mr.. and Mrs. " heeler.
Work ON the Western Pacific mss.
enSer depot went along rapidly today.
A small army Of men are Smuggling the
roof.
Business in Judge Bruce's cpurt is
very slack. One lonely vag WAS before
hin today. When the justice cour has
no grist. the people are on their good
behavior.
d. Gold, the tailor and .ir.isu r. has
opened a shop next dor Ia The Pioneer
Saloon. He is prepared t., do all kinds
OF work in his line. Sc his AL else.
where.
Tom Griffin has b1ught all the hay ON
the Schillerstrum ranch at south Fork
and has driven 800 s'cers there to eat
!. He says cattle mre Going well this
winter.
A b i'll MilwduS, ;. has a new
theory about the circul ttion of the
blood. He Says it Il JwS because germs
are chasing it tnrJusI tt. system.
His idea is that Il sor; ri free.for-all
race, with no handicapS. might do much
good for the whole race.
! The commissioners of W..shoe county
nave limited Mrs. Talbot, who killed
her husband. t. one 30 cent IN al a dav,
III she wants More than IN. one meal,
she must pay for it.
Receiver Hall wants SID a month
for attending to the affairs of the Nye
d Ormsby County Bank and the attor-
neys want $4,000 for their services.
Where do the dcpositors get off!
President Taft sent over 1919 nomina-
lions to the senate yesterday. Among
them was the re,appointment of Frank
lin X. Lane ~ Interstate nme
commissioner. Of course, the faithful
get nearly all of the places at the public
trough.
Deputy Mining Inspector Ed Ryan
! who has been inspecting the mines of
Virginia City and Gold Hill, states
that he found everything in good con.
dition and that if the underground
workings i'll other parts of the State
were kept mp a. well as on the Com
stock there would be very little fault
To find
DIR BertilliOn of Paris says that love
is simply Il fixed affective idea" anG
%sitivcnesS of the left side. hand. wrist
and left temple. To cure it all ont
has TO do is to set up Il counter irrita
ton, give the boy or girl physical ex.
crcise that will hiring into play tn,
muscles of the right side. AID, behold
the madness is cured.
Jailcr Gilmore received three new
boarders from Carlin Yesterday. Tw,
of them were men who were sent IN TO
GO days by Judge Rutledgc for steal
ing coal and the other was II roma o
the underworld who was given tn
alternative of paying II $50 fine o
serving ~ days i'll Jail for receiving tn,
stolen coal. She chose the latter.
In the federal court Monday the tw,
counterfeiters who were caught in thei
work i in Guldneld received thei
sentences. Walter Grant drew tn
prize of six and onc-half years Il
McNeil's Island and was asked t,
donate the sum of one thousand dollar
lin good money! to the government
His companion. Peter White, got OF
with u year and Il half less, hut TIN
money ante was just the same The,
were taken to Reno last evening b,
Marshal Humphrey and will later start
on their trip to the lsland.-CarsoI
News.
President Taft's first IN ,SsIys to con
grcss was read in both houses yesterday
1t is u very lengthy document that but
few will take the time to read. HI
urges economy in government ex
p%enditurcs and favors II ship subsidy
statehood for Arizona and New Mexico,
postal savings bInkI. AM IN Iny other
things too humorous t. III ,ntiOn. Among
the things, he opposes is II congressiona
investigation Of tin, s~tcalinyS of til
sugar trust. He claims that this might
Interfere with tn prosecution of the
thieves.
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