Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-14
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today on 6connt Of tbs wind.
A sick lady was taken on a stretcher
from the Telescope hotel last night to
the Redwood hospital. Eight or ten
men carried her.
Officer Cotant has been rounding ND
the vags in town. This morning he
arrested one that had provided around
town for several nights. He had a
long pistol on his person and seemed to
he ready for business.
A new installation is being placed ON
the Eiffel tower by which'it is hoped to
establish wireless Geographic COM
munication with Saigon, Cochin China
$500 miles from Paris. 3.
zIf you are going to Jarbidge and want
H5fSes, hay or grain, call on j. w.
Thompson at the Elephant Livery
Stable. He has EN-.
The Woman's Guild of st Parl's
church will hold short Lenten service
ON every Wednesday afternoon during
Lent at Leonard Hall. at O'clock sharp
A very cordial Invitation is extended to
everyone to be present.
w. 1. Penny. formerly of the No rth-
ern Cafe and Cash Grocery Co., who il
closing up his business in Lovelock ex-
poets to leave for Jarbidge shortly,
where he will enter business venture.
--LovelOck Tribune
A new automatic gun with which the
British military authorities are ex-
perimenting can throw $50 three. pound
shells three and half miles each
minute 1t is carried on an automobile
truck with crew of ten men, ut rate
of twenty-five miles an hour.
Owing to the vast amount of freight
going into Virginia City two engines
were required to handle the local last
evening. The heavy freight shipments
are one of the best arguments showing
the prosperity that is coming to the old
l9&.-Appoal.
+ NSt We sewer system. The contract
lc L)YclOck sewer system was let
x,Swaek to the Roberts Cement Con-
Struction Company of Reno for 50,
Elko'S sewer system will cost more
than that, but we must have it. Now
is good time to think seriously about
the proposition.
This Is on of the most diSagr"cahlc
days of this long, cold winter Gusts
of wind going at the rate of 60 or 20
miles IN hour ratified windows, shook
buildings and drove clouds of snow
before them. We would like tn express
our opinion about such weather, hut
+ the language to do it full Justice would
not look well in print.
Professor p. b. Kennedy of the
University Athletic Association and the
other members of the Nevada Acad emic
Athletic Association have decided
that the big field meet between the
High Schools of the State shall take
place on May 18th on the Mackey
Athletic Field and the night before
there will he II defamation contest in
thN College Gymnasium. Several new
rules have been made regarding the
meet. There are at present twenty one
High Schools in the State.
The SHOW melted rapidly yesterday
and the CUTTERS along the streets ran
full of water. In the eastern part of
town, several cellars were flooded and IL
good deal of damage WIS done. A force
of men were ut work nearly all day
trying to keep the water from flooding
John Hendersons property at the
corner of Seventh and Court streets.
The street in front of his residence was
, IL lake and the only way to get out or
in the house was by wading, About
three or four inches of water got into