Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-10-20

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hospitals there. Everybody hope.
10 see them back again before many
weeks.
Fruit Bearing" will be the
subject at the Chapel Car this
evening at 1880. There will be a
service at three o'clock tomorrow
Wednesday. afternoon. Coun,
this your invitation to attend any
and all Of the services at the Car.
1t has been estimated that the
moving-picture audience of the
United States last year numbered
more thanstwo and a quarter mil.
lion souls per day-three times the
audience of all the regular theaters
In America put together.
The strike situation seems to be
about the same. Both sides claim
the best of it. The delays in
passenger trains on the Southern
Pacific may or may not be caused
by the strike, but it looks that
way.
Another fire started along the
Western Pacific track east of town
last night and burned Two stacks
Of hay, stack corral and about
fifteen or twenty acres of pasture
on Mr.. Clubie's ranch. These fires
should be investigated by the rail-
road officials and steps taken to
prev ent their recurrence in the
future.
If you believe in the principle
of reciprocity among neighbors,
read the communication of a
Booster for Greater Elko" else
where and give it the consideration
il deserves. There is a good deal
Of truth in what our correspondent
says. II any of our readers
disagree with his conclusions, our
columns are open for ID respectful
reply.
A man and his two sons, aged 7
and IL years. passed through town
on horseback this forenoon on
their way to San Francisco. They
started from New York to ride to
San Francisco in GO days. The
boys were not to eat or sleep in a
house and we're to ride the horses
they started with all the way.
They are 10 or ~ days behind
time. caused by storms in Wyom-
ing and other delays.
Mr.. Ramsdell returned from
San Francisco this morning. He
took IN the ground breaking
ceremony. saw President Taft met
his daughters and many old friends
and ate frog legs just once. The
reason he did not eat them ~oftener
was because frog legs had gone
up. He is not a bit stuck up over
his trip.
Victor Emmanuel must hav We
been reading DaviI Harum and
adopted his philosophy, do unto
the other fellow az he would do
unto you. and do it fust." II one
asks what right Italy has to
TripolI, it can BIZ replied the same
right that England has to Egypt.
that France has to Algeria and
that the United States has to the
Philippines kansas City Star.
On leaving Kansas the president
issued a statement containing the
expression: 81 found the intelli.
gent men and women of this state
looking prosperous. happy and
contented." Now we should like to
know how the unintelligent portion
of the population appeared to him.
The people of Kansas are not all
progressive, by any mean. There
are stand patters there in plenty.
st Louis Republic.
The English government has
recently offered a prize OF 5000
pounds sterling for a satisfactory
electric lamp for the use OF
miners. There are no restriction
AS far rs nationalities are con.
cerned. and copies Of the condi'
tions have been sent all over the
world through the representatives
Of the country in foreign lands,
The prize has aroused great
;o,o.o,t opd - ie Lkplv that thf