Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
Salmagundi
RON DAILY

Judge Taber retuned yesterda,
on No. 3 from Ely, where he helc
court.
A. Puceneli and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fratini will leave some time mex,
week for their old home in Italy.
J. M. Fulton. district freight and
passenger agent of the Southern
Paicic with headquarters at Reno,
is in town today. He told the re-
porter that the Southern Pacific
made d free rate on a shipment OF
Elk from Hammer. Wyoming, 20
Elko and young fish shipment from
Verdi to Elko. Although the S. P.
gave GameWarden Fitzgerald free
rate on the elks. Elko County will
not gel them as the state of Wy
omihg / as prohibited their ship
ment.
Commissioners Creighton and
Willis returned from their Jarhige
trip last night. They inspected the
road built last fall from Charleston
to within about 30 miles Of Jar
bidge. 1t is estimated that il will
cost in the neighborhood of $500
to complete the road the remaining
distance. Commissioners Creighton
and Griswold went to Jarbidge.
They report the camp AS looking
we'll. Abog: 90 =:5 aF9 al wJTS
in the camp and a new mill is be-
ing built.
The citizens of Dayton held a
meeting last night. ard voted TO
take no further action to prevent
the removal of the county seat TO
Y%erington and are prepared now to
he peaceful members Of Lyon
county's big family. Ii was con-
temDlated taking the matter to the
Federal courts. but all action has
been declared off. All the records
of the county are being loaded into
cars today and will be shipped TO
I%erington tomorrow. Dayton bids
n fond farewell to the court house
which for nearly half a century has
been IT, its possession. AS fighters
to n finish Daytonites have no peers.
Virginia Chronicle.
The last Legislature made a
change in the bounties for scalps
law increasing the amount to be
paid by the counties of Nevada for
the ears Of noxious animals. The
new law provides as follows:
Section l. II any person shall
take and kill within this state any
of the following noxious animals,
he shall be entitled TO receive cut
of the treasury of the county with
in which such animals shall have
been taken the following bouu'ins,
to.wit: For every coyote or prairie
wolf one dollar; for evry lynx or
wildcat. two dollars; for every
mountain lion Ave dollars: for
every badger. fifty cents. all of
which bounties shall be subject to
the provisions of this act: provided,
that no person shall be entitled to
apply for or receive bounty money
for any number of scalps less than
five at any one time"
Last evening Louis Dorm. ID late
arrival drew a knife on a man in
the Louvre saloon and threatened
to cut him to pieces. Constable
Ouderkirk, who happened to be in
the saloon. told him to puI up his
knife and behave himself. At
that, he made a break at the off.
ccr with his knife in mis- hand and
theatened to slice him. When he
came within reach, 0uderkirk's
right first shot out and Dorm fell
TO the floor as il he had been
sturck by a pile driver. When he
got up, he was as tame as a kitten
and went to Jail without Offering to
fight.
He plead guilty when taken be-
fore Judg Klatte this forenoon and
received PERMISSION to pay a fine Of
$3.50 or be deprived of his liberty
for 1870 days. He is now board
ing with Sheriff Harris.
Dorm claims to be a dcsertcr