Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-29
Salmagund
r. o TUESDAYS DAIL1

Mrs. j. A. Mcbride will leave on
the limited tomorrow morning for
a visit to her sister, Mrs. Slaugh.
ter. at Oklahoma City.
The schools of Lucky Boy and
Hawthorne have been closed on ac-
count Of the prevalence of smallpos'
Sheriff Harris has thirteen pris-
oners to look after. Eleven of them
are serving sentences, one has
wheels In his head and the other is
awaiting trial..
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Williams and
Children will leave on No. ! tonight
for Sar Francisco. Mr.. Williams
will return in a few days and Mrs.
Williams and the children will re-
main in the city for ii few weeks.
According to reports from Indi-
ana the Taft men control the re-
publican state convention and the
delegates selected will be instruct
ed for the president. This will
give Taft Is delegates in the ma
tional convention to - for Roose-
welt
Judge Morgan was up town yes
terday for the first time in several
mOnths. He will celebrate his S7th
birthday next Sunday. Although
not in his usual health, he seems
good for several more years. His
many friends wish him many more
birthdays.
The twelfth Michigan district
yesterday elected two delegates to
the republican NATIONAL convention
and instructed them for Taft. Ted
dy seems to have a very rough road
to travel to reach the presidency
again. + fl will beat him to a
FRAGILE, and the democrats will skin
Taft in November.
lndiana's contribution to the egg
produce last year was 70, 0 900
dozer, worth $l2, 600, 900. As
Texas has won from Iowa the name
of chief agricultural state in the
Unior. she is now hustling to lick
Missouri and her banner poultry
product $50. 600, 900 per year.
Spokane has a whiskev war and
drinks are sold over the bar at five
cents per. This is the magnet
which draws the |. Won't Works as
mOlasscs draws flies to an open
hung hole. A local paper says a
pint of the stuff judiciously admin
stored will keep a man tead-up for
a week.-GOldfeld Tribune.
W. l.. Barclay has joined forces
with Mr.. McElroy in the real
estate business. Mr. Barclay is an
energetic young man with an
extensive acquaintance. He has
made the land business a study
for years and knows how to make
it q success. The new firm soil cts
the patronage of the public and
promises a square deal in return.
Russia and the United States are
almost contiguous in their nothern
extCrmities where Alaska and Kam-
chatka are separated only byBering
strait, but it is a case OF being so
near and yet so far. They are real
ly two of the most widely separat-
ed countries on the earth. II is
5000 miles from Washington toSt.
Petersburg.-Nashville Banner.
Yesterday afternoon Henry Ma.
con, a colored dish washer at the
Elko hotel, stole aD ]overcoat from
Eugene C%ipriana and struck out for
other pastures. Constable Ouder.
kirk and Ex-Sherifr Clark took at.
ter him and caught him near the
Hot Springs bridge. We under.
stand that Macon also took several
small articles from the hotel which
he peddlcd around town. He in is
Jail waiting trial.
A rather unsuaI incident occur
ed at Wadsworth the past week,
with pleasing results. A lady who
had been troubled with some diff,
Guilty in one ear was surprised al
taking two halves Of a bean from
the ear. The hearing Immediately
resumed a normal condition. She
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