Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-04-05

d TO Mrs. Georgia Conger
from Mark Conger, on the grounds
Of cruelty.
April starts off with the promise
OF an early spring. If the rest of
the month is like the first two
days, it certainly will be a
hummer.
Detective Cyrdon of the
Southern Pacific force wa. in
town last evening. He reported
businss in his line rather quiet
Yesterday afternoon a horse
dealer sold a Shire stallion at
public auction to the Truett hoys
for $1,000. The horse will be
taken to the Truett ranch on
Mary's river.
The election of school trustees
for this district will be neld next
Saturday at the new schoolhouse
between the hours Of ! and 6 %.
m. There are three trustees TO be
elected and H. S. Taber and G. w.
Lindsay are the only candidates. e..
A. Gardner. John Hunter and V.
ID. Jones will conduct the election.
A very small young lady arrived
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hunter yesterday. The
little one was kindly cared for and
promises to become the pride Of
her parents. The parents arc
justly proud Of the young lady and
will give her the best of care
and attention.
Yesterday Judge Taber COM
United James Campbell, the Mound
~vPlleS rarcher, TO the Reno
asylum. Campbell is insane on
electricity md spirits. The ex-
c~essive use of whiskey is respons.
lille for his present condition.
Sheriff Harris took him to Reno
this afternoon.
Senator Robert Taylor of Ten.
nessee died yesterday. He was
known as "Fiddling Bob" In his
many campaigns for office, he
carried his fiddle with him and
entertained the crowds with rare
music. He was a sincere, able man
and his death is a loss to the
country.
We have received a copy of the
Fourth Annual RCOort of the
Nevada Railroad Commission and
the First Annual Report of the
Public service Commission. These
reports make a book of 437 pages
that 80 per cent of the people Of
the state will never read or even
see There Is a good deal Of
waste in printing documents Of
this kind.
A visitor in town last evening
remarked to the writer that Elko
was an awful dry town, add then
said there was no place to get a
drink Of water except in the
saloons and that at the expense of
being thought a cheap guy by the
bar tender. The remark struck
us forcibly and we thought what a
splendid thing it would be for one
of our wealthy citizens to present
the town with a public drinking
fountain. Such a gift would go
down to future generations and
the name of the gjger would
never Ge forgotten.
Life is growing too complicated
for the average unlcarned human
being, says the Dietetic and
HyEicniC Gazette. II has been
di scovered by medical men that
birds are dangerous carriers Of
discasc-that even the futtcrng of
q canary in its cage may throw
out Infection md that as for the
companionable, impudent parrot,
he often suffers for something
called psittacose, which may be
transmitted tu the unsuspecting
owner. The unfricndly germ, the
virdictivc animalculc, the tluster-
ing bacillus, browse on our
carpets, hide in our books. hold
swimming races in the water we
drink. They seat themselves by
our side in the trains, invade the
very clothes VIC wear and pene-
tratp to the innermost portions of
our anatomy by means Of the
atmosphere which we shall very