Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-03

'S 20 bVWH. ne was IN
the Central barber shop getting
his top-knot polished when we
saw him.
On the End of December, the
Missouri democrats will vote for
Folk or Clark as their choice for
president. The one that gets the
majority of the votes cast will re-
ceive Missouri's support in the
National convention.
A French doctor, Nj. V. Fischer.
advocated a complete reversal of
the present method of making up
beds. You must have your head on
a level with. or lower than your
feet. If pillows are to be used they
must be under the feet instead of
the head. The result, he claims,
will be amazing, being a sure cure
for insomnia as well as a presentive
of nightmare.
Constable Happier reports the
strike situation at Carlin very
quiet. He says that Is men walked
olt of the railroad shops when the
strike was declared and that about
% are now at work. Beside these
the railroad company has six
"Tatchmen employed. The men in
the shops r mostly young, mex
p]erienced men, who know bat very
little about the work they have to
do.
The Mcnamara casc at Los An.
geles is warming up beautifully y.
Judge Bordwell and Clarence OAR
row clash several times, day, bat
the judge always has the last word.
He seems to have opinions of his
own as to what snrt OF men will
make fair jurors. The case will
probably go to the jury some tim G
next year.
Judge Katie went to Shelton
yesterday and keld an inquest on
Mr., and Mrs. Walkers little boy
that was found drowned in the
morning. The only evidence be-
fore the jury was that of Mrs.
Walker. mother of the child. She
testified that the boy had been
playing around the house while she
was busy with her work. That she
missed him and went in search of
him at once and found him float
ing on top of the water in a slough.
The slough is about forty feet from
the house and the water was about
two feet deep where the child was
found. There is a hank about two
feet high where the child was
found and it is supposed that he
was playing and accidenty fell into
the water. The jury returned a
verdict of accidentaI death.
A sad tragedy through poverty
was witnessed recently by a number
Of people inParis. A poorly dressed
man, leading a girl of five years by
the hand. walked slowly to the CEN
ter of a bridge. He then picked
the child up and kissed her, with the
tears rolling down his face, and
threw her over the parpet into the
river. Before any n could stop
him he leaped over the parapet
and fell into the water near her.
Both were carried away by the cur
rent and the bodies were not re-
covered. Inquiries revealed that
the child was his daughter, and
that the tragedy was the result of
unemployment. -EXch ange.
1t is a we'll knwnn fact that the
Chinese do not look upon the adj
vent of::a famale child into the
family with any great favor and
are all DESTROYS of a son. Fred
Dangberg, the Carson Valley mill
ionare, has been married a good
many years and is the proud daddy
of four fine daughters, but no sons.
Al each happy event tie old Chin
csc cook has been one of the most
interested and has expressed his
wish for the son to arrive and has
waited patiently, and always hop.
ing. A short time ago another
daughter came to bless the house.
hold and the poor old Chinese cook
quit the next morning simply say.
ing "too late now, can't changee.'
II had faithfully waited twenty-siS
years but as last gave up all hope,