Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-25
~Salmagundi
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY

Nearly all the snow has disappeared
from the streets and mud and slusi
have taken tie place.
y kInsan mas been granted Il patent
upon a wire basket, to be hung from two
small wheels on a clothes line TO hold
clothes pins.
Auditor Creations an wife returned
yesterday afternoon fro Wells. where
they went Tuesday to attend the knights
of Pythias entertainment.
The remains Of John Murphy. a form.
cr resident of Fort Halleck. arrived
from Salt Lake this afternoon and were
taken to the undertaking parlors.
Scientists have figured out that the
peat bogs Of Sweden alone are capable
of producing 10000, 900, 900 tons of air
dried peat suitable for fuel.
If the thaw continues a few more
days and no more snow falls. the roads
Will soon be open and the rush for Jar
bidge will start in earnest again.
We are glad To learn that George
Hale is improving and will soon be ant
again. a letter from his sister brought
the good news from Salt Lake yesterday.
Denver has the largest city water
reservoir capacity in the country, no..
600. 900, 900 gallons, and New York is
next with 10S, OO), 0O), 900 gallons capac-
ity.
The State Board of Revenue has given
permission to the Ormsby County Com.
missioners to borrow 81, 900 to tide the
county over its present financial
difficulties.
Charles Clubine, the LlmJiIle ranch
er, is i'll town. He a that the snow
is two feet deep in the valley and that
but little of it fell during the last
storm.
The capitalist class groaning under
the excess If wealth stolen from the ex-
plotted class, is. and bv the laws of ma
ture must be. corrupt When all men
have the chance to become nseful social
units, receiving all they are worth to
society in general, then will we have a
well organized material foundation
Exchange.
Charley Weiland came in from
Oldham's station shortly after noon.
He says the road between here and the
station was broken bya band of cattle
and is now in a pretty good condition.
The Parents, and Teachers. Co.
operative Society will meet at the as
sembly room of the new schoolhouse
tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. All
those interested will please take notice.
\ distinguished publicist has said
that there have been four great liars
in history. When he wrote this infor.
nation he doubtless had not the
census of Mr.. Roosevelt's Ananias club
before him.
No word has been received from the
relatives of Cecil Ward, the young
woman who died Monday evening from
an overdose of laudannm. and her re.
mains are still at the undertaking
p~arlOrs. If her relatives are not heard
from by noon tomorrow, she will be
buried,
A telephone message from George
Bruce this morning stated that he and
Pierce Wore would leave the Stofield
place with their Jarbidge outfits thi.
forenoon and expected to reach Gold
Creek, a distance of eight miles, by 4
or 4 o'clock this afternoon. From there
on the roads are broken and they should
soon reach Jarbidge. Later-Thc out.
fits reached Gold Creek at 2:3O this
afternoon and left for Rowlands. They
are getting along nicely.
Henry Ritter, one of Nevada's
~staunchest democrats. has filed a com
plant in the district court of Ormsby
county attacking the constitutionality
of the primary election Law passed by
the last Legislature. The complaint is a
lengthy n and attacks the constitu.
tionality of the law on fifteen different
grounds. Secretary of State Douglas
is made The defendant and an iniunc.
ton to restrain him from putting the
machinery of the law in action is asked
for. Henry Riter's democracy has al.
ways been above suspicion and those
who know him will be difficult to con.
vince that he has entered into a ron.
spiracy to further the interests of Sen
ator Nixon or any other republican.
Senator Boyd and l.. A. Gibbons arc the
plaintiffs Attorneys. Boyd is n demo.
crat.
Miss. Florence Moody and Miss.
Hortcnse Wright called ut this Office
late yesterday afternoon aud requested
that Il correction be made in the item,
published Monday, regarding the dance
in the old school house Saturday night.
The item stated that the dance con.
tinued until 12 o'clock Saturday night
This the young ladies said was wrong
Us the dance stopped shortly before o
o'clock and everybody was out of the
building mt that hour. Miss. Moody