Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-04

The clang of the nreoeh " -
,,eonle of Elko shortly after q o'' L
r. morning and caused them to s"ar"
W., ,ha ,r..t The cause of disturb
80 vas the receipt of the following {
disnatch by the editor of the lNDhfh
DENT: -odo
"W. w. Booher,
Editor Independent,
..Elko, Nevada.
.gaye handbills circulated ~ once
notifying people of high water s''u"
,;on Rad here, three feet in street.
IL. q. Clark"
Oe,cor Cotant woke up the editor
nd da,;vered the dispatch about E;So
o'clock. After u few moments y"
versation about what ought 10 DC uoH1'
u was decided that the officer sho"fu
wake nm the people along the river ANU
{ -;rg the fire bell if necessary. oncel
: cotant left TO warn the people anu 'he
EDITOR returned to bed. sleep wouiu
no, come. however, and he was soon On
n tho street, calling up people to notify
,havI--anchers up and down the rNei Vi
the telephone omre,-In h meahtihe'
lere A crowd soon gathered in q
leir and Hon George Russell suggested tn
ink a meeting be held and a committee
lem public safety appointed to take char
,ver CT affairs if the town should be fioode
nee This suggestion was acted upon later.
i'd, From the time the firebell rang III
ght til daylight there was considerable e
| be citement. Some scoffed at the dang
,ott ana made sport of the threatened foo,
low some didnt believe there was any dal
- ger, while others thought the town w,
IN great danger and that steps shoul
be taken TO form an organization [
take charge of affairs if the threatene
flood came.
It'll Telephone messages were receive
ylv from time to time from Oliver MEGA
Mt ut Deeth, giving conditions there an
/ a urging the people of EIko to prepar
wv for the flood before it wa too late. Mr.
McCalfs warnings were finally heede
d. and a meeting was held at the court
a house about $3.50 o'clock. Judge Brow
is called the meeting to order and wa
les elected chairman and Stanley Taber
secretary.
ith On motion of Hon. George Russell
he the chairman was authorized TO apn,int
he a committee of five, of which he WA,
,nr to be chairman to act rs a committee ot
public safety. After "A short recess
nd Judge Brown suggested that the com.
us mittee be increased to seven, six beside
nd himself. This suggestion wa con.
Cured in by those present and the
chairman named the following as the
committee: George Russell, j. A.
=" Mcbride. j. G. Doughty, Z. J. Clark.
F.. S. Gedney. L. +. Caine.
n On motion absolute power " ne given
to the committee to act on all matters
concerning the welfare of the town in
the inspecting crisis. The meeting then
IN adjourned, to meet at the call of the
committee.
IF The committee met with the COM
mIssioners and talked over the situ.
alton. 1t developed at the meeting
that the commissioners had t~he.situation
well in hand and would do all they
could to prevent the flooding of the
town. Men with dynamite had been /
sent to Osinoto blow up any ice gorge
that might form. 1t appearing that
the commissioners had the situation
well in hand, the committed adjourned
TO meet whenever the situation demand.
! the services of it's members.
AT 3 p. m. Especial message to the
INDEPENDENT described the situation
at Halleck as follows:
The water in the river at Halleck is
not rising very fast but up three miles
in the fields of the II ranch it is rising
ut the rate of six inches per hour. The
water has reached the barn, about a
mile from the river. No buildings have
been lost, but several cattle have been
swept away. The water from the
mountains is coming in very rapidly"
AT 3 o'cloc the situation in Deeth
was unchanged.
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