Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
session all week.

business before them this morning
and took a recess.
Howard Riddle arrived this
morning. He will take a position
in the Free Press Office.
A cold wave swept over Kansas,
Missouri. Nebraska and Oklahoma
yesterday. In some sections the
mercury fell fifty degree.
Hesson & Co.'S. delivery horse
took a spin IN his own account this
forenoon. The result was a badly
damaged wagon.
The Fourth of July will soon be
here. IL Elko is going to celebrate
it is about time her people were
viking up. Thcre'Il oe no celebra-
ton if all of us 60 to sleep.
c. j. Nelson. the Jarbidge
booster. arrived last night. He
reports everything on the upgrade
in that camp. He will remain in
town a few days.
The loss by the Bangor, Maine,
fire is now placed at two and a half
million dollars.
r. c. Turritin was elected mayor
of Reno yesterday by 500 majority.
He defeated f. L. Drsppo, a
former member of the city council
AID d prominent business man.
The following students of the
high school will take part in the
academic meet at Reno on the 18th
AMI 18th: c. Cazier, L. Hylton,
H. Angel, ]. Wright. A. Dewar R.
Bryant A. McFarlane. Miss
Dorothy Patterson and George
Anderson will compete in the
defamation contest.
A rich old man was asked how
he made his money. Sin plest
thing in the world" he said 81
always did the reverse of what
everybody else was doing. If
everybody bought. I sold-prices
were high. If everybody sold. ]
bought-prices were low"
We again suggest that the new
courthous be dedicated with ap-
proriate ceremonies. When the
furniture is all installed the build
ing should he thrown open and the
public invited to inspect it. When
all have viewed the building, they
should he gathered in the court
room to listen to appropriate
exercises. We suggest that
Chief Justice Sweeney be invited
to deliver the dedication address.
Attorney General Baker holds the
800 yard law constitutional so far
as it applies to schools and unconsti-
tutional so far as it applies to
churches. The protection of the
morals of school children, he
holds, is properly a part of the
school law, while the protection of
churches or their people is not.
Revs. McCreery, Robinson and
Jones members of the commission
to investigate the Presbyterian
church trouble, arrived this morn
ing and are stopping at the
Commercial H ,tel. They met at the
church at 10 o'clock and adjourned
to meet at the Undertaking
Parlors at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
A steRographer will take a full &C.
count of the proceedings.
Dr.. j. W. Lundy Of Stockton has
consented at the request uf the
Trustees Of the Presbyterian
Church to the remain over to
deliver his lecture on Scotland to
night. An Irish Village school by
local talent will be one of the
specialties of the evening. Ad-
mission only so cent.
We have received Bulletin No. 2
issued blythe Bureau of Agriculture
and Irrigation, created by the last
legislature. j contains a great
deal of valuable inform alton re.
garding the public lands of the
state and the proceedings necessary
In taking up land under the Carey
act. The bureau has in prepare
tion bulletins on "Artesian Wells
in Nevada. Desert Land Reclsma-