Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-13
Salmagundi
From Saturdays Daily.

Ex-Governor Dickersou arrived
on No. 10 late yesterday afternoon
and left on No. 10 today.
President Wilson has nominated
Fred l.. White for Postmaster at
Reno and REM. Rosenthal for the
same pusition at Goldfcld.
Constable Happier brought a
Mexican. charged with selling
whiskey t. Indians, from Carlin
this afternoon. He will be taken
before the U. S. Commissioner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hennen return
cd from their wedding trip Thurs
day and left for their home in
Pleasant valley this forenoon. Joe
was made rather uncomfortable
yestei day by the many congratula-
tions that were showered on him.
Yesterday afternoon Il cave &C.
Cured about forty feet south of
the Fourth Ward school and it was
found to be about twelve feet deep.
1t is a narrow hole and was caused
by the melting snow %softeninR the
ground above some old workings.
Va. Enterprise.
Sheriff Lowery Of P~ocatello, Ida
no, arrived on No.3 this afternoon
after F. H. SnidGr, who was arrest
ed yesterday On a felony charge.
Snider is charged with the crime of
forgery in Idaho. Sheriff Lowery
will leave with his prisoner tonight
on the Western Pacific.
The remains of Judge Massey
reached Reno at 7:45 last night and
were escorted to the undertaking
parlors by the Masons and Elks.
Later the remains were taken to
his late home. The arrangements
Cor the funeral were not completed
when the Reno Journal went to
press.
General" Kelly's army of unem-
ploycd is being passed along" by
California counties. Their fares
are being paid from county to
county and they are travelling in
state. Reno will wake up some
morning and find them on her
hands. If Washoe county passes
them along, will Elko county do the
same?
Thomas H. O'Ncill of Ely plead
guilty to violating the Mann White
Slave act in the u. S. court at
Salt Lake City last Tuesday and re-
ceived a sentence Of Is months in
th1 federal prison at Leavcnworth.
Kansas. O'NcilI was charged with
taking two yJung women to Ely for
immoral purposes.
Some of the republican papers
are hUwling about what Roosevelt
would do in Mexico if he were
president instead Of Wilson. The
American people should never cease
giving thanks that Roosevelt is not
in the presidential chair at this
crisis in the nations history. He
would have plunged the country
into war before this.
In Arizona there is a mine lined
with concrete for 1900 feet from
the bottom up. This mine became
a mHnhole for the water of all
other mines in the district. Engi-
neers sugge ted that lining the
mine with concrete would stop the
influx Of water and avoid the heavy
expenses Of pumping; it also does
away with wooden supports and
lessons the fire risks. -Entcrprise.
Mrs. Maud Leonard McCrcry.
lecturer for the Nevada Equal
franchise society stopped over on
her way from Nebraska to Reno.
She conferred with the Elko suf-
frAgists during tho forenoon and
left this afternoon for Carlin,
where she will consult the ladies
and then proceed west. She will
lecture in this state from now on
urtil the campaign is over. She
gave this Office u pleasant call.
She found the Elko su0ragists do
ing quiet but effective work and
complimcntcd them.
SaImapundi