Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-18
Salmagund
R o MONDAYS DAILY

The Elko Drug Company has a ,.,,
AL IN this issue. Read IL
TWO iw1-horse outfits pulled ONT for
Jarbidge this morning.
John t. Wright returned from Calf
ornia this morning.
The base ball game yesterday esu,,ed
IN a victory for the town team Tbo
nigh scho1l boys tLiiieI II ran, and tb.
town team II.
ueorSe Bruce and Pierce Wore return.
Ell from their ~Jarbidge trip this after.
noon They left Oldham's station this
morning and at 10 o'clock were ot ~
mile station.
y. r. Nesse, who conducted the first
commercial department in the county
hiSh school. gave this office a friendly
call this afternoon. He is now located
al Chico California. The world seems
TO he dealing gently with him.
VIII johnson, the Jarbidge road
breaker, came in this morning. He re-
ports the roads in very bad condition
lie estimates the population of Jarbidge
at over 0 o and more going in every
day.
Judge Brown viii leave. Wednesday
afternoon for Los Vegas, Clark county.
To hold a term of court. He will 20 bv
way of Tonopah and Goldficld. when
he returns, he will call a grand Jury
II hold a term of court here.
Inc latest reports from George Hale
are that be was To undergo another oper.
alton yesterday. The physicians were
going TO remov one of his ribs and
puncture one of his lungs to draw of
the pus. The physicians still hold ont
no hope of his recovery.
Mr.. Elliott is in from Bullion. He
came on horseback and had To swim his
horse across South Fork. He reports
the road down the canyon. leading 10
the bridge, washed out 80 badly that a
new road will have to be made.
Senator Nixon has our thanks for a
copy of "A Reconnaissance of Some
Mining Camps in Elko. Lander and
Eureka Counties, Nevada, by William
III. Emmons. Senator Nixon SAYS he
will gladly send copies Of the book to
all who apply for it.
In GOldtield last Tuesday Judge
Avcrlll sentenced Fred Skinner 10 fifty
years in state prison. Skinner WAS con-
victed of murder in the second degree.
He murdered the womcn with whom
he was living, the crime having been
committed in Rhyolite a couple of
years ago.
y suit has been commenced To- test the
constitutionality Of the Wild Cat
mining law, passed by the last lcgislut-
ure. This law was passed for the
purpose of stopping fake mining deals
and is very good law. Will there be
a big howl raised over the attack on
N''n Jaw II - just az NiA'lfl Us lllt
primary election law.
Miss Minnie Johnson arrived ycster-
day from Chico. California She was
accompanied 10y her brother in-law, G..
+. NcsSc. Friends met the train and
carried her to her home on IA strctchcr.
The triptircd her considerably and she
was very weak. She rested well last
night and this forenoon and is doing rs
well as "A he expected. Everybody
hopes she may soon cover.
Some of the state papers show their
Ignorance Of Nevada politics when they
speak of Henry Ritter as "A pretended
democrat. Mr.. Ritter was giving his
time and his money to the Nevada de
moCracy when some Of these Johnny
como-latelys were doing disreputablc
political work in Colorado. 1t i'll be
comes any of this class To speak dispar-
agingly Of Henry Ritter rs u man or to
question his democracy. When the flu
ture of the party looked darkest in this
state Henry Ritor stood by its colors.
Those who abuse him now may live to
rsgret II.
About l o'clock yesterday morning.
Washington jefferson Griniths, beating
his way from Fresno, California. to
Ogden, was badly hurt at Wells. He
was stealing his way on No. q and was
caught between the tender and head
end Of the first baggage car. He is q
large icShy man and when the tender
and baggage car bumped together nc
was badly squeezed all V and the
fifth and sixth ribs on the left side
were broken. lie wa brought down
on No. 3 yesterday afternoon and taken
to the county hospital. He is doing
nicely today aud has II chance of
recovery.
-. $780,