Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-01-09
Salmagund
From Wednesdays Daily

$3.50 ~ w
left on No. 10 this afternoon for
a six weeks visit to relatives and
friends in California.
w. h. Goodale. E. C. Stearns.
Walter E. Van Emmon, G. W.
Goodale and George Il. Corliss. all
of Reno. have been admitted to the
bar by the supreme court.
The first proof of homestead no
tees issued by the Eiko land office
appear in this issue. We hope. the
business of the Office will increase
aud such notices will be of frequent
occurrence.
j. ( GignUux. n of the pr0mi-
nent old timers of the state, is said
to be slowly dying in a California
sa~nitarium. Mr.. Gignoux was a
resident of Virginia City in its
palmy days. .
ii is stated that important legal
matters will bring Senator Pittman
to Nevada between the 18th and
goth Of this month. We hope the
senator will visit Elko if he One
to the state.
Governor Johnson OF California
has thrown his hat into the ring
for another term. On the heels OF
the governors announcement Fran
CTS j. Heney jumped into the ring
for United States Senator.
We sent out a number af bills on
the first Of the year, but have had
but few responses 50 far. Most
Of the bills are small, but in the
aggregate they amount to a good
deal. If you got a bill and have
not responded please attend to 1t.
AT the close of the first six
months Of operations the Govern
ment postal savings banks had on
deposit but $G77,l45 placed to the
credit of 1918 depositors. Now
At the end OF two and one half
years there are 33l ,O06 depositnrs
having S33,SlS.S70 to their credit.
The Appeal thinks there i some.
thing wrong with the heads of
those who oppose squandering
$4,000 on the California expusi.
tons. That may be true from the
Appeals standpoint, but is there
any gray matter in the heads of
those who favor this waste Of Ne
vada's money. There may be some
gray matter inside their skulls but
the quality is bad.
Sixteen hundred men that were
laid of at the shops in Sacramento
IN the first Of last month, returned
to work this month. The shop
force in the Sacramento shops at
the present time nunbeis 25O0
men. There arc n large number
of contemplated improvements that
the shops will make at that point
and there is a large amount of
work that they are behind on. If
any thing, the shop force will be
still further Increased.
In 1859 the general court Of
Massachusetts passed a law that
mo garment shall he wCrn with
short sleeves, and such as have
garments with short sleeves shall
not wear them unless they cover
the arm TO the wrist. And here
after no person shall make any gar
ment for women with sleeves more
than half an ell wide (twcnty-twO
and \ half inches) E" If laws rCgu-
lating fashions were passed today
how many w0men would be fined
for law-brcakinp?
Precious seeds, the product Of II
quarter Of n century Of experiment.
ing by Luther Burbank, have been
placed in safety deposit vaults of
two San francisco banks. The
seeds will hc taken uut and plant
ed in the Spring. One kind is the
seed of a new variety Of flax, which
is expected to produce a perfectly
neutral oil OF which artists paint
is made, and which manufacturers
long have tried in vain TO find. An
other kind Of the guarded seed is
a cereal which is to combine the
food values Of wheat, oats and bar.
ley.
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