Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-23
SALMAGUNDI

Mor II from the legislature today.
We understand that movement is
on foot to celebrate February 18th, the
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln.
Considerably colder today. The nher-
curry is crawling down this afternoon
and the indications are go,d for very
cold night
The attache graft" of the legislature
begins to smell very loud, and the odor
is very apt to stick to the garments of
the legislators that father the graft.
William r. Beckwith, an expert &C
countant, committed, suicide at Carson
Tuesday night by taking carbolic acid.
He had been drinking heavily for the
past Month. ..,..-
State Superintendent Ring has made
his first seme-annual apportionment of
state school funds for this year. Elko
county gets $12,7925 SO. The amount
apnertioned is $149, 562.s 3.
IF all the men now under Indictment
in this county are convicted, there will
be big increase in it's representation
at the state prison. Two are now under
sentence and eight or nine more are on
the way.
A rumor is running the gamut that
Father Ramm, a Jesuit priest who has
DC 'nCr1 of0,. ak 46o -,
Clara college in California, is being
boosted by his friends as successor to
Dr. Stubs of the Nevada State Univers-
ity.-Carson News.
H. J. Hogan, one of the men indicted
for stealing three barrels of whiskey
from the Southern Pacific company
near Monticello, raised the necessary
bond yesterday afternoon and was
given his liberty. J. L. Keyser and r.
II. Mallett are his surities.
Governor Gillett of California has
honored the requisition of Governor
Dickerson for the return to Nevada of
Homer g. Tabor and s. K Williamson,
the crooked bankers of ,Searchlight.
They are charged by John Howe of &C
cepting deposit Of $725 knowing the
bank to be insolvent.
Aboute 3 hundred men working for
the Western Pacific company in con-
struction of it's railroad in Northern
Nevada and Utah are out of work as
the result of storms and have been
since January 1st, according to En-
gineer Mccarthy, who arrived here
yesterday. Gazette
In 1905 the Legislature cost the state
100000, at least that was the sum
appropriated, and it is safe to say that
little of it got back to the general fund:
1907 saw the cost boosted to $45, ZOO.
while this session, the cost will be close
to 100000. Six dollars day for
score or more of useless attaches mounts
up.-Reno Journal.
Assemblyman Winters has introduced
bill to establish an experiment station
farm in the arid region of the north
eastern part of the state The bill
carries an appropriation of $4,000 to
carry on the farm for 1909 and 1910 and
erect suitable buildings The county in
which said farm is located by the COM
mission is to furnish the land with good
and sufficient water rights for the sue
cessfql operation of the farm.
Warden Maxwells report to the com
nssioners shows the increase in the
lumber of convicts each year since De
ember of 1898. At that time, there
we're 80; December, 1890, 81; December,
300, 81; December, 1901, Sd; December,
1902, SO; December, 1903, 81; December,
BOZ, go; December, 1905, 113; Decem-
per, 1905, 104; December, 1907, 1872, De-
ember, 1908, 217. The warden asks
br 100 additional cells and more ac-