Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-03-17
SALMAGUNDI

Hope she may soon recover.
The wind is blowing this afternoon
and heavy clouds shut out the sun. The
indications seem good for a big storm
OF million girl babies born, 81, 1855
are alive at twelve months. OF the
boys 1000 fewer live through the first
year.
Elko is very quiet these days. The
promised boom that was to follow Taft's
election has not yet struck this section
Of the country.
1t is said that there are. more men
buried to the square foot along the line
of the Panama canal than in any other
part of the world :,
EDO not,rniss the moving picture en-
tertainment at the Presbyterian church
Thursday night. Mr.. Critchley always
presents the best and does it we'll.
Green neckties and bows of green rib
bon are quite numerous around town
today. They are worn in honor of ST..
Patrick, Ireland's great patron saint.
4 partial list of the bills passed by
the legislature and approved by the
governor will be found elsewhere.
Only few of them are of general inter-
est.
Don't complain" said Uncle Eben,
"if you find dat somebody has an AK to
grind. You's lucky desc days if, when
you gifts through turnin' de grindstone,
he doesn't han you de ak an speck you
todo his chopin for i'm. Washing
ton Star ..
ON the theory that IAN ounce of pre-
vention is worth pound of cure" it;
might be advisable for the owners of
several back yards around town to clean
them up. The condition of some is
filthy, in the extreme, and with the adj,
vent of warm weather, not long off,
danger from disease is very grave.
The Carson Appeal says that the anti-t
gambling bill as amended by the senate
win probably pass the assembly and be-
come law. If the bill reaches the gov;
ernor, he will doubtless approve it as it
now meets all the requirements set:
forth il he governors signed state
ment. s+ ~ r e 7
{spr. Stubs will pass through on No.
10tonight on his way to New York to
confer with Clarence Mackay on further
donations to the state university. Mr.
Maclsay has interested other wealthy
ex-Neyadans in the university and the
prospects seem bright for sufficient
donations for a. library and administra-
tion building.
President Taft sent his special tariff
message to congress yesterday. In it,
he urges the speedy passage of a tariff
bill that will raise the necessary revenue
to pay the expenses of the government.
He reminds the law makers that by
July LIST the expenses of the government
will be one hundred million dollars
more than the receipts.
The great white car gets salary of
PSOJOOV q ubJJ OliO ouiOdh VI uIhGy
$780, the emperor of Austria $4,000,
the kaiser $11,29O, the king of Italy
about $1,000, the king of England &c.
200, Leopold of Belgium 81, ZOO, and
President Roosevelt $137. Napoleons
salary was about $15, 900 u day. The
president of France gets about 1917
day New York Press
The present legislature has not num-
btled "great constitutional lawyer"
among it's members, still it has managed
to get along fairly we'll. At the begin
ming of the session great many people
wondered how the law makers would
get along without the advice of this
great man. but they seem not to have
missed him from their councils Such