Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-24
Salmagund
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY
The shortest day of the wear.

teachers institute.
The FORGERY has a new sign to n,int
the way to
Mrs. ]. b. Scott left on this mornings
stage for her home in the Brnnrau
country.
Father Collin, will iLol -, n thu.
s~chooihouse mt 8 o'clock Christmas
morning.
The ice harvest began in earnest this
morning. If the present cold weather
holds out a few days longer, there will
be no ice famine in Elko mex summer
All:the ladies interested in the Christ.
mas tree are requested to meet ut Leon.
ard Hall tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
to assist in making and filling the candy
bags for the tree.
Gentleman at Foot Of S~tairs-Grcat-
esh difficulty getsh hero t all. F'got
whether You told me L have two drinks
an come home AT eleven, or eleven
drinks IN come home Mt twJ.-The
| Sketch.
Postmaster Doughty reports 200
registered letters and packages in excess
Of the number at this time last year.
While the registry business has in
creased. the money order business
shows a decreas, the number of orders
issued being 200 less than last year.
Clancy-Oi'm after Il ticket ter Chi.
cage. Ticket Agent-Do you want an
excursion ticketr One that will take
You there and backr Clancy-Phat's
the sinsc of me payin' ter 20 there an
back whin ON here alriddyg-Hotel
Register.
The plasterers AMI carpenters are max
ing goJd progress %.ti lie new school,
house. The fur 49,: !, icpt going day
and night and thers danger of the
plaster freezing. Elk wall have Il right
TO be proud of its c:Ii,5ionLl facilities
when the new bd..I.ns is completed
and furnished.
H''i y'u'bnlSa ~ y VIC ~
Opera House Christmas Eve. The
ladies are hard ut work buying and
marking presents and making other ar,
engagements for good time for the little
folks. The trees will he beautifully
decorated and there will DE something
for every child.
1 NVhnR NynrU, .W.I.Nl..,T ...,.- A.....,.
body will be wishing that Elko had u
sewer syatem. Now is the time to put
the needed machinery in motion. II
won't start itself. a petition asking
the town board to call II special election
to vote on Il bond issue is the first thing
to do. Who will start the machinery
Edmund Hull, Il former INDEPEN,
DENT carrier, stopped ovcr yesterday
on his way from Reno to Salt Lake tc
spend the holidays. He put in the time
visiting his boyhood friends, among
them being this Office. We are Away.
glad to meet the boys and girls of Il
and - years ago and talk over tn,
times gone by.
Judge Peter j. Sommers, chairman
of the Democratic State central com
leaders In no State in regard TO TIT
plans for u Jackson dinner. to bc Civ
en- in Reno on january 8 next in honor
of the anniversary of the birth Of 'Olt
Hickory" 1t will he Il dollar din.
ner." with plenty of oratory, and =, 0Ot
invitations will he sent to the Demo
Gratis throughout the State. AT tn,
meeting plans for the coming State
campaign will 10 discussed.
The Attorney-G General of tho United
States has commenced action agains
the manufacturers combine, which
supplies the grocery stores of thu
country with staple articles. 1t i
charged that this combine fixes tn,
prices ut which many articles are sold
forcing groccrs to maintain thos,
prices or DO cut from the list of favor
ed ones. With tho disruption of the
manufacturers combine, half the evil
of arbitrary prices would disappca
and the cost of good living be place,
within tho reach of tho ordinary fam
lily dependent OH n wage Garner.
All the Elks. arrested In Rono f.
conducting Il bar at the Elk's HON,
without q license were dismissed in tn,
police court. The court proceedings u
published in the Gazette SAVIOR very
much Of a farce. When men like Judg,
Cheney refuse to give evidence in
police court on the ground that II woul,
incriminatc him, il forcibly illustrate
tho difference between talk and action.
Judge Cheney is foremost In all move
ments for tho moral betterment Of Reno
that Is he talka that way, but when /
comes to give evidence In court he hide,
In tho refuge Of criminals and refuse
to aid the officers in uphOlding the law
And there arc several Others IN Reno o
the same stamp. D.
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EishinI Extraordinary
Representative Flood Of Virginia tell
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