Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-02-05
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Frank Smiley of Starr valley arrived
yesterday afternoon and will remain in
town until Sunday. %E%
Sunday dinner at the Commercial
Hotel from 4 to 8 p. MS cents.
Watch for the bill of fare. -
James Curd and James Campbell had
mix-up last night at the Elk saloon.
over poker game and Campbell was
badly beaten.
It is estimated that the telephone has
added nine per cent. to the daily lies
told in New York city. The usual lie
added to,the list is ''busy.'' = : -
Quite a little snory fell last night, but
not enough to make sleighing There
was doubtless more snow fell in the
mountains during the storm than in the
valleys.
s1neralda county is now on q scrip
basis. The funds are exhausted; that
is, those funds that are applicable to
general expenses. and not special pur-
poses. Even the county commissioners,
for the first pay day in their administra-
ton have to accept paper drawing
interest instead of coin. D..
The bartender at Mr.. Baumbach's
saloon was arrested late yesterday after
noon on the charge of selling whislzey
to Indians. He had been warned several
times by Mr.. Baumbach and Constable
Ouderkirk not to sell liquors to Indians
or minors, bnt paid no attention to the
warning and was finally caught.
Within the next sixty days the Salt
Lake route Will have located it's general
machine and repair shops at Las Vegas,
Nevada, and the construction of the
new buildings will amount to over
100000. The buildings, machinery
and equipment of the shops will furnish
employment for 400 men, and by the
time the plans are worked out and the
full equipment installed, the cost is ex-,
pected to reach between $500, 900 and
100000.
According to the Tonopah Bonanza
thy con- Eissioners of Esmeralda county
has alb Nd Sheriff Bradley twenty-five
deputies DIT salary of $3.50 month
each, and two at $75 month; in addi-
tion to the two allowed by statute. The
deputies allowed by the statutes receive
5000 and $3.50 respectively per month.
This makes a salary roll of $4133 30,
including the sheriff's salary of $685. 33,
per month for the sheriff's office alone.
This is 5000 per month less than the
Office cost under Sheriff Ingalls,
The board of regents has asked the
legislature to investigate the affairs of
the university. This step is taken in
order that the truth may be made known
and an end put to the insinuations that
have been flying SO thick lately Sena-
tors Tallman and Mack and another
senator were appointed a special COM
mittee to investigate the university, but
Mack and his colleague refused to
serve. The committee will be filled by
the appointment of two other senators
to act with Tallman.
Slavery makes for slavery as freedom
makes for freedom, AS slavery is the
greatest curse freedom is the greatest
bKssing. Freedom may be yours as
you can make you,self slave. With
you and with you alone is the option to
be slave or free. Your mind is your
own. 1t is the one thing that all the
world cannot touch without your con-
sent. 1t is the one thing absolutely in
your command. It is yours, wholly
yours. You can make of it what you
will. Your mind is you.--Exchange.
The amended divorce law as it has
passed the assembly seems to be more
of a joke than anything else. All it
does is to increase the length of resi-
1enpe tH n coIITttu which ,,uat no ;x,a1