Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-03-09
SALMAGUNDI

We roget to learn that John Hunter
is quite sick. Hope to see him out soon
Charley s. Strozzi and Mike Sartori
have dissolved partnership. See the
notice elsewhere. e."
LcSt-A moon-stone scarf pin with q
small diamond setting. A suitable
reward will be paid for the return of
the pin to this Office.
I Read the new ads of the Reinhart
Company, The Seymour Jacobs Com
pany and Mrs. Littlefield in this issue
All of them have something to interest
you. ! :; = y:
The bicycle season is coming on and
you will want a new machine. You
can get a brand new Iroquois bicycle at
this Office at big discount. Come and
see it.
Although the sun shines bright today,
the air is cold and raw and the wind
pierces one clear to the marrow. The
YHd seems to come direct from the ice
fields around the north pole.
The senate Saturday passed the bill
for the relief of Mrs. John Sparks.
This bill provides for the payment of
salary which would have been paid to
Governor Sparks had he lived to finish
his term of Office, to his wife.
Mr.. Taft spoke of the great common
wealth of Delaware. Think about that
sort of designation for a little patch
that he would have to go through side
ways in order to keep from bullying over
the boundary line.-Houston Post
A bill to authorize the issuance of
bonds by unincorporated cities for the
construction of sewerage systems was
introduced by Senator Bell last Friday.
The amount of bonds any town can
issue is fixed at $50, 900 and Is years is
thelimit for them to run.
The anti-gambling bill still sleeps in
the judiciary committee. The indica-
tions are the committee will report it
some time this week. Governor Dicker-
som should use his great persuasive
powers on the committee and stop the
delay he. bewailed 80 much last week.
Look for some bogus five dollar
pilDes that are in circulation in Reno.
The limitation is excellent. There
is nothing in the appearance or in the
feel to indicate that they are not
genuine, but when you ring them in
comparison with good coin you
have no trouble in distinguishing the
difference s.
The American people use up the enor-
nous total of 700, 600, OO0,O matches a
year. 1t is the general belief that
matches are the by-product of planning
mills and other wood working factories,
but as matter Of fact the best grade of
two inch lumber is used for matches,
while, sash, doors and blinds are the
byproducts of the match timber saw.
mills.
Nobody ever dies in Tombstone un-
less-they brought it within" or fall
into 600-foot vertical shaft, or buy an
automobile, or Sass their mother-in-law
or try to thaw out powder, or. mistake
cyanide of potassium for sugar, or start
off a county seat removal racket. Some
die of old age, some old partners of
Daniel Boone, but none have ever been
known to die of physical irregularities
contracted in Tombstone. Aside from
thdebove mentioned causes and occa-
sionally an abnormal tightness about
the throat, superinduced by coil of
manila rope, or from cold caught
through hole made by 10
Exchange.
If the taxpayers of Elko county think
the present yearly salary of 5000 and
milage is sufficient for county com
missioner, they should lose no time in
telling their senators and assemblymen
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