Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-15
Salmagund
r o TUESDAYS DAILY

Bonnie Mcbride arrived rrom Ga,
Francisco this morning.
Tho Commercial Tailors have a new
"i ON the first page. Read il.
Mr.. and .Irs. William S.i;lc. let tni,
afternoon for their home II, Santa Cruz
FRANK B'sIIwitz. ths drummer il.
tcr'icwed his ElXu customers today
Time deals very gently with Frank.
lom Tenant left last night for HAYES
City' Kansas. He put in a very busy
day yesterday shaking hands with his
old friends.
VI the races of the iworld. GUO, 900. 900
are white, 200, 900, 900 yellow. al5.OOO.-
900 black. 81. 900. 900 brown or Nol,vop
ana l''OOO.O0O red, ur American In
dians.
William Henry Schmidt one Of the
OH residents of Independence valley, is
III town proving up on II homestead ON
which he has lived for the last twenty
five years.
DR.. J. w. Chcnowcth. the veterinary
surgeon. is now in Starr valley at work.
He will leave there about the 18th for
Mr.. Iiyltom's ranch in Mound valley.
DIR. Chcnowcth i from Albany.
Missouri.
Travellers through Scrvian villages
often scc dolls suspended in the viii
dowS "f cottages. The dolls have
nothing t. do with child life but signify
that a m~arriagcAhlc daughter or a
widow lives III the house.
Don't let this nice weather drive all
thoughts of srw"riug the town from
your minds. Now is just the time 10
make up your minds 10 take steps toy
ward warding off an epidemic 10y sewer
ing the town. II must ba done.
Politics in Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, the only New England states
holding elections this fall. looms up
unusually large for AN of year, a "A
Boston dispatch. IA those states the
govcrnOrship is al stake. while the in.
come tax amendment lends great iu.
tcrcst Iii contests in each legislative
district.
DIR. B"rtillon. the eminent French vi
ial statirtlcian, has shown that tnbrr-
~culosis is twice as prevalent among the
retail liquor dealers of France as
among other ,hOpkr"I"rs. lie attributes
i, 10 the fact that the alcohol which
they handle aud Use all day long
wcakrns their bodies and thus renders
them NOR" susceptible" To- the disease
germ.
1t is said that 80 long rs men strive
they err. That i bat another way of
saying that men make mistakes. which
everybody admits. But il is also 4
fact that y long aS men err they also
strive; and 1t il by that striving and the
wisdom gained by experience that prog,
r"ss Is made and the welfare of man
advanced.
In former times debtors were put in
prison. That sentiment on the sub.
lcCt has gone from n extreme To an.
other j. illustrator 10y the case If !;
man i'll Pittsburg sent to iail for dun,
ming another for a debt. 1t WAS the
man who borrowed money who n<cd
TO bc punished Now il, is ia" man
who lends it. and mayh" il serves tho
latter right.
The Southern Pacific company ha,
put c"in"nt culvcrt and drain box
under the track near the western stand.
pipe. The drain box connects with
th"~" put in 10y the town and will catch
tn" waste wafer from the %Standpipc.
The u%n-ightly culvcrt nca the pas
Srngcr depot has been taken out and the
opening filled up. This will do away
with the mudholc that has been u nuis.
anC" tor years.
About . o'clock this morning one of
of the W. 4. Smith Company's store
was found to bn broken. Officer COtant
Immediately notified Taylor Johnson of
the broken window and he guarded the
store until morning. \ thorough exam
~ination was made today and the only
thing missing was II SIC revolver. which
laid in the window with two others.
The glass looked rs if Il half circle had
been cut and then Il piece knocked ont
big enough for 4 man To stick his hand
through There is no clue to the
burglar.
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