Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-29
At the first of tn. year there

coU mules in the United States, an
increase of 23l, 0oo of the former
and $4,000 of the latter in a year.
We wired the Gazette this after.
noon for the result Of the republi.
can primaries in New York yester.
lay but had no reply when we went
to press.
The ten Chicago packers who
have been on trial for several
n1nths for violating the Sherman
law were acquitted by the jury
yesterday.
E. S. Reader, formerly Western
Pacific agent at Elko. has been APP
pointed travelling freight agent for
the district between Winnemucca
and Salt Lake City. His many
friends here wish him success.
Drivers of automobiles and rid
ers of motor cycles should be made
TO obey the law before they run
over and kill someone. Every citi-
zen should assist the officers in
catching and furnishing all who
violate the speed ordinance.
Some unknown person has pre-
sented Eureka county with 500 to
be used for the benefit of its coun-
ty hospital. The posta! order came
from John Doe at Seattle.
Pussy Cat Taft and Tom Cat
Roosevelt make a pretty spectacle
on the republican back ward fence
and not a single good old-fash
Toned boot jack in the house either.
CLARK County Review.
Forty thousand idle men in San
Francisco's bread line. And this,
too under a high tariff republican
administration. 1t almost takes
ones breath away to think of such a
thing with a prosperity producing
party in power since Cleveland
went out in 1897.
John B Ratio. the impresonator
and humorIst, amused a large audi
ence at the Opera House last night.
His German stump speech. the oil d
farmers description Of the old
time dance and the Irish Judge
kept the house in a roar. Every
number on the program was good
and all received hearty applause.
MIR Ratio is certainly master uf his
profession and n that deserves
the patronage he receives. Should
he ever come this way again, he
will be sure of a hearty welcome.
We have received one of the
whistling ads send out by theSouth-
ern Pacific. 1t consists of two
pieces IF heavy cardboard fastened
together with a hinge. On n of
the pieces is fastened a piece of
wood. BY folding the pieces and
blowing through the top end a
tune can be played. On the front
Of the whistle is this legend:
Whistle for Nevada, The Great
New Farming State. We've whistl-
ed for the state a good many years
and we'll whistle some more.
Among the amusing remarks
concerning Roosevelt which are
constantly heard on the streets is
the following: Eyes J am for
Roosevelt for president. The
trouble with you fellows is that
you do not knoS which presidency
he is running for. He is out for
pcsident Of the Ananias club. He
is entitled to it and / am for him"
st. Joseph Observer.
Many people softer from inson-
MIA. There are a hundred rene
dies suggested and it won't hurt
to make the prescription 101 l
am not = victim Of insomnia but
occasionally some foolish worry
keeps me awake too long and |
pray a little prayer that rarely fails
to help-"Dear Lord take care of
the world a little while. | want
TO go to sleep" And do you know
when wake up the world is really
better than il was when ] let 20 of
it. We mar more than we help
when we muddle. - Robert j. Bur-
dette in Los Angeles Times.
The United States government |,
about to begin dredging Jamaics
bay New York and the digging OF