Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-10
ton Times.

a iteiSnl tram was on the side
track here waiting for No. 8 to
pull in, James NJ. Jensen. a brake
man. tried to crawl through a win
dow Of the cab to light the head
light. He lost his balance and fell.
striking his head heavily on the
ground. He was picked up uncon-
scious and taken to the office of
Drs. Hood & West. where he was
given proper treatment. He re-
gained consciousness and was sent
to the railroad hospital at Ogden.
He is 26 years of age and his home
is at Monticello.
Two monster government guns,
consigned to the Benica arsenal.
passed through yesterday over the
Western Pacific. One was a ~
inch gun the largest that are
placed in the main batteries of
Uncle Sans battleships and the
other was an S-inch rifle. Each
of them occupied a fiat a and the
big guns were viewed by large
crowds of people at the Western
Pacific depot during the time the
train stopped here.-Humboldt
Star.
Almost every twelfth marriage
IN this country ends in a divorce.
About two-thirds of the divorces
are granted to the wife. Thirty
nine per cent of tivor ces are due
to desertiOn. The marriage rate in
southern states is larger than in
the north. America with the single
exception of Japan leads the
world in the number of divorces.
The divorce rate is three times as
large as it was in 1870. OF the d.
vorce cases that come up only Is
per cent. are contested. and rs
per cent of the divorce applications
are granted. Uncle Sam not only
has a high divorce rate, but has the
highest marriage rate on earth, his
only rivals in the latter line being
Hungary, west Australia and Sax
ony. Ireland has the lowest mar
riage rate and Sweden the next
lowest.
A boy of II years of age, with
an air of melancholy resignation
went to his teacher and handed in
the following note from his
mother before taking his seat:
Dear Sir please excuse James for
not sbeing present yesterday. He
played %truant, but you needn't
whip him ifor it, as the boy he
played truant with and a man they
threw stones at caught him and
licked him; and the driver of a
IA they hung on to licked him;
and the owner of a cat they chased
licked him. Then | licked him
when he came home, after which
his father licked him, and | had to
give him another for being i'm
pudent to me for telling his father.
So you need not lick him until
next time. He thinks he will
attend regular in the future."-
Kansas City Star.
Few men carry a bigger roll
than the professional detector of
countcrfeits," said a receiving
teller of one of the big banks
recently. Each of these counter
feits detectors has a license from
the treasury department at Wash
ington which permits him to carry
about $50 samples of counterfeit
money. 1t is a felony to have
counterfeit money in your pos
session without proper authority
For each bogus bill the counter
felt detector carries a genuine
note of the same kind and denomin-
alton for the purposes of COMPARE
son. The total value of this good
money that is carried side by side
with the bad is between $40. 900
and $50, 900. The bills run from a
dollar up to $1,000 in denomina-
tor. New York Sun.
The first monument ever erected
by the United States government
to honor the memories Of soldiers
who fought under the Confederate
flag was unveiled with solemn
ceremonies a few days ago in the
Pittsville national cemetery, Ger
mantown. Pa. Confederate veter-
ans stood with bowed heads while
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