Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
S~almagundi
FROM DAILY
DR.. c. J. Hood is in Elko today.

her Elko friends.
Er,kine and BIB Mayer returned
from Srn Francisco List night.
Rev. S. G. Gilman, Il late arriva
from Turkey. gave this Office Il pleasant
call this forenoon.
Tie lass II man knows about making
love tu Il woman the more She Tan do il
for him. New York Press.
The world may W you II living,
Young man. but by the time You collect
it You will he ready to give the under,
takcr II .jOh.
Government scientists who have been
measuring them say raindrops vary in
size from the merest sreck of water to
two inches in diameter.
No fish of any description can be
caught in Churchill county for Il period
Of two years. Neither can quail or any
imported game bird bc killed during the
slime period.
Uncle sam has stopped recruiting for
the army uS the ranks are full. In
creased pay and better conditions of ser
vice make army life much more attrac-
tive than formerly.
DR.. Mack arrived from Reno this
morning and left for South Fork this
afternoon. He is still studying the
horse disease and is making good pro.
grcsS with the work.
Judge Brown goes around with II stiff
neck these days. The cause of it is II
boil or two. He is rs patient with the
cpmfOrtcrs as he well can ie, hut he
has not yet reached the high mark set
Iy job.
Henry Mccormick and Leo Shannon.
Two young men of Reno, are building n
living machine. which they claim will
b. superior 10 Wilbur Wright's aerial
bird. The young men are less than IL
Years ot age.
At the Cafeteria last night the Dorcas
S-.icty entertained the people of Elko
~Sioriously. Their gross receipts were
about $40. Everyone had II good time
and expressed "a desire for the repetition
ot such an event.
In the Federal Court yesterday the
Sln Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake
railroad company confessed Judgment
on five counts upon which they had
been indicted. These were for failing
to comply with the regulations Of the
Safety Appliance Act and carries with
ID fine of 300 on each connt or a total
Of 800 with costs Of the casc.-Carson
News.
Attorney Walter ID. Cole yesterday
received Il message from the Justices Of
the supreme cuur announcing that lie
had been selected to assist in the com
pilation and revision Of the law author.
lied by the state legislature. The !
selection of Mr.. Cole WIS made from
over twnnty applications from various
people throughout the atc.-Tonopah
Bonanza.
Rev. s. &. Gilman stopped off ut JIlko
on his way from Prcsbytery ut Gold
field. He will occupy the pulpit Of the
Presbyterian church tomorrow morning
and evening. Mr.. Gilman has recently
returned from Turkey where he has
been in the employ of the Presbyterian
Foreign Missionary Beard at Beirut the
seat of the present Turkish uprisingS.
He will speak in the evening ON the
present Christian masSncrcs in that
country.
Parties are laying ont a new town.
site east of Silver Zone pass about ten
or fifteen miles east from Shaftcr on
the Western Pacific. The railroad has
already established a dinner station
there for It's crews and put in II siding
and water tank. Tho TOWNSHIP is to be
plated soon and lots will probably In
placed ON the market. rs it IL said to bc
a fine location for Il town and evidently
will bc supported by the railroad com.
rany.-Ely Expositor.
The Odd Follows and their families
will celebrate the Goth anniversary of
the institution Of Odd Fellowship in
America at Odd Fellows Hall tonight.
No regular program has been mapped
ont. hut there will In plenty Of good
things TO eat, prepared by the dcft
hands OF tho Rcbckahs, speeches and
plenty of s~ociahility. Every Odd Fellow
in 'Elko should he on deck with his
family, if he has one. IF no hns no
family. no should DO there and enjoy
the good things. -. ..
Tho commissioners should put II
sprinkling cart I'm tho streets rs soon as
possible, that Is providing there is
sufficient money In tho town fund ia
pay tho expense. The dust ind dirt was
something fierce yesterday and there
will lG many more days like II before
the streets ARC thoroughly settled,
Sprinkling all the streets that have
been plowcd up will Doubtless be cSpcn
sivc. hut Il little expense il much lnorI