Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-11
Salmagund
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY

The White Pine county tax rat this
year has been fixed AT SlsG ON the ,
Thisis exclusive III speci.! taxes.
Thomas c. Plat. formerly United
States senator from New York a.,
suddenly Sunday afternoon IF Rri,b,,s
disease.
Fred Kelley. general mara-or r ,no
Coleman mines. lett yesterday Co.
Gold Creek. He has recently returned
from the east.
An official decision requires all kinds
OF whisky to be called whisky. which
quite accords with the experience of
those who ask for the article.
At midnight F,bulry %. 1910. all
hunting licenses issued last year became
null aud void AMI all hunters not having
a 1910 license in their possession will be
ansnable II the llw.
\ Dispatch from Chvenne, Wyoming
says that 5O.O 900 elkS are said to be starry.
ing in Jackson Hole and citizens are
comforting todsvi>s m,t1s of feeding
them.
Monday afternoon F. NJ. Rogers shot
and killed J. Z. Larton in Reno. Lar
ton knocked Rogers down and was shot
by Rogers rs he lay ON the ground.
Rogers was exonerated by the ~coroncr's
jury.
The Presbyterian prayer meeting will
he held tonight AT the home of DR.. and
Mrs. Ely, commencing at : o'clock.
Rev. S. C.. Gilman will have charge of
the service. All ara most cordially in
vited.
Joe Taber will leave in the morning
for ~Jarbidge by way of Twin Falls. He
has an interest in several claims adjoin-
ing the main strike and has "A chance
TO sell them. Joe may return with his
pockets well filled with coin.
1t is rep Tted that five hundred men
are at work repairing the railroad west
of Pali-lde and that the work is 50 far
along that No. 3 may go through this
afternoon. 1t is also reported that a
through castbound train may 90
through tonight.
Mrs. Shonerd received a telegram
this morning stating that at $50 o'cloch
last night there was no improvement in
George Hale's condition, and that today
under the direction of three Salt Lake
City physicians, he will undergo an
operation.
The White Pine News says that II.
G. Herrick of the Jarbidgc Investment
company expects 10 leave Ely for Jar
bidge, by way of Elko, tomorrow. He
has several important deals for the In
vcstment company under way.
The dedication exercises of the new
school building will he held Friday after
noon at the assembly hall. This will he
an important event in the history of
Elko and every body should attend the
exercises. We, therefore. suggest that
the business houses close Friday after
noon and take half holiday.
Further honor has fallen TO Chief Jus,
tice Norcross of this state, as on Febru,
AIRY 18th he was elected by the Senate of
the New York University to fill one of
the vacancies in the board of electors
of the Hall of Fame in the class of
Chief Justices. The board of elector.
consists of a hundred men among whom
are the chief Justice of the United
States and the chief Justices of about
twenty other states.-CLrsOn News
The five principal universities of the
Pacific coast. Oregon, Washington,
Nevada. Stanford and California with
possibly the addition of Idaho will hav,
IA track meet May II on the oval at the
University of California.
Last week several of the state paper
, wired the INDEPENDENT for news re
garding the flood situation here. Tn,
/ requests were complied with and dis
patches sent giving the conditions n
tleN really were. Dne OI the ulS
patches was sent to the Reno Gazette
last Wednesday. The dispatch rs pub
lishcd bears very little resemblance I,
the one sent, and must strike Elk
, people as highly sensational. Another
dispatch was sent to the Ely news an
that was made ridiculous by padding
The dispatch published by the Gazett,
makes us think that jim Haley is it
Geographic editor.
Superintendent Gibson and Supervise
Driscoll of the Hospital for Mental Dis
eases are having trouble again. Mr.
Driscoll uscd the rig furnished by the
State to DIR. Gibson tn take his children
=, school and was fired by the DIR. Dri.
f coll went to Carson and consulted tn
board of asylum commissioners He re-
turned to Reno with a letter from tn
: board rcinstatiug him until furt hc
I orders. DR.. Gibson refused to pay an
attention to the letter and insisted tina
Driscoll was no longer an employee o
the hospital. At last accounts DIR
Gibson was in Carson consulting Tin