Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-01-17
SALMAGUNDI
Mr.. Pixley is here from Cdgen.

NV IVY hOub SuSODS Hc" du. lS OF
interest To you.
Mr.. i-Mrs. Hay and Miss Ida Gold
returned from San Francisco yesterday.
Attorney Williams left for Ogden
l st night. He will return on No. 3
tomorrow.
From $4,000 to 10000 fatal and from
'"u,CuU TO G.G,CIU nuI l;.I;.l i.uus, rl.l
accidents, according toa careful sta
tistician, occur i'll the United States
every year.
Lost-Two keys on a ring. The
finder will please leave them at
this o:fi.s and get a suitable
reward.
Nss Eva Thompson landed the
'sition of copying clerk in the assem-
bly,. She is the only one from this
county to get u position. She will
ave for Carson tomorrow night.
The plasterers have finished their
work ON the second floor of the new
courthouse and it will be ready for the
carpenters and painters to put ON the
finishing touches as soon the plaster
dries and the material, that is now
blocEaded, reaches here.
Mrs. Campbell will begin "a clearance
sale tomorrow forenoon and continue
same until her stock is disposed of.
All goods will be sold at discount of
80 per cent from the regular price.
Come and get the best bargain ever
offered in Elko
According to II bulletin from the
census bureau, the population of Elko
is 1877; Ely, 2O55; Fallon, al; Goldfield
1898; Tonopah, $780, Virginia City, 1914
Winnemucca, 1856. This is a gain of
nearly one hundred per cent for Elko
and substantial increase for the other
towns.
There was IL thirsty thief on Broad
way the other night. He stole As
<HlseS Of champagne and took along the
wagon and horses also He is believed
To have concealed them about his
person, made II rope of his bedclothes
and escaped through the subway
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Governor Oddie is chopping off the
heads of democrats as fast as he can
find republicans to take their places.
lie seems to believe that democrat
has no right to hold an office that q
repH can is after OFF goes democratic
head&pas fast us the governor can
find republicans to fill the offices.
We have received copy of a
pamphlet issued by the Phoebe Com
mercial Club. 1t is an interesting
document, urging Legislation for the
especial benefit of the Lincoln county
andicidentally for the state Among
the measures advocated in one raising
saloon licenses to $1,000 year.
Governor Oddie has appointed
Eugene Howell, formerly secretary of
state, state bank examiner. Mr.
Howell will sue. ed A. b. Watcher Of
Ely who was appointed by Governor
Dickerson OH the death of Mr.. Van
Fleet mt the time of the Eureka bank
failure. Mr.. Howell is the cashier of
the Tonopah Banking company. He
. will enter upon his duties at once.
Elko gained nearly 100 per cent in
population in the last ten years. If the
present prospects of the town materia-
lie, Elko will have population of at
least 1000 when the next census is
taken. It's people should keep this
result in view and make the town the
best place to live in between Ogden
and Reno. A sewer system would help
out immensely.
The identification of the men arrested
at Odgen for holding up and robbing
No. is said,to be far from complete.
Conductor Middleton and Brakeman
Hancock were unable to positively
identify the men. They declared,
however, that Pete Murphy, one of the
suspects. resembled the tall robber.
basing their conclusions upon the mems
stopped shOlders and slow walk.
John A. Gill, travelling freight agent
of the Southern Pacific, IL in town.
He informed us that the Southern
Pacific would build an interchange
track to connect with the Western
Pacific 10 that all westbound passenger
and freight trains of the after road
could be run over the Southern Pacific
until the blockade Of the Western
Pacific was raised. The track will
connect the two roads near the stock
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