Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-22

tina! purpose. A linotype will be
installed Carson News.
The other day we published an
item from the Reno Gazette abou,
6 huge nugget having been found
in the Disaster peak region. Now
comes the Humboldt Star and de.
clares the Gazette's story to be the
rankes' kind of a fake. The Star
says the Gazette must have been
"steamboated" or victimized by
som lying promoter.
The contractors are at work cor.
recting the acoustic properties OF
the court racm. A layer If !ei. is
put on the ceiling and wires are
then stretched tightly across it.
This is as far as they got this after
noon but we suppose the wires will
be covered with another layer of
felt. The court room will be freshly
painted and put in good shape.
Says an exchange: IF we were
tn announce that you get this paper
thirty days for the price of three
beers, every descendant Of Adam
would know we meant Is cents.
But il VIC wee to say that it would
be sent for three months for the
price Of u hymn book, half of them
wouldn't know whether ee had
raised the subscription rate or
were giving the paper away"
Knockers of northern Nevada are
stigmatizing the Mono county auto
route as the "rattlesnake" trail.
for the reason that one snake was
found on the road by a couple of
tenderfUots who were scared of
their lives. This is nothing to the
nests Of vipers to be picked up in
any old town along the Lander,
Humboldt and Elko routes. They
are known by their sting-Tonu.
pah Bonanza.
Domestic money orders issued in
any postofice, except Alaska, mas
be cached in any postofice in con.
tinental United States according
to an order issued by the Pos
Office Department recently. Thi:
does away with the necessity If &
pcrsnn taking the order to the Office
designated. providing the order i:
presented within thirty days. Ar
order ;Ssred in New York to a mar
in San Francisco may be cashcd il
Elko under this new rule. Under
the old rule the order would have
to be taken to San Francisco.
We have received n copy of the
report of the railroad and public
service commission for 1918. II
is Il book of over 400 pages. GlleC
with decisions, statistics. etc. Like
all boards or commissions living of
the taxpayers it cxalts its own i'm.
portance and pleads for Il continu.
ance of its existence. We believe
the commission has done good work
for the state and that it ought tc
be continued, hut the cost has been
high. The next legislature should
use the pruning knife on the sal
aries Of the commissioners.
The entertainment given by the
California university glee club last
night is said to have been about
the best ever given in Elko. After
the performance the members of
the club were taken to the Mayer
Hotel and given N banquet by men,
bers Of the alumni of that insti-
tuition. The festivities, consisting
of eating, speech making, singing
and social conversation, were kept
up until 3 O'Clock this morning.
The club left on No. 20 this morn
ing, well pleased with their stay in
Elko. Three Nevada boys are
members Of the club.
The finance committee of the
Battle Mountain Chamber Of Com.
mercc has reported that they had
purchased 500 gallons Of oil and
employed a number of men Ia
spread IL over nll pools Of water.
The town was divided into three
districts and thoroughly gone over.
and houscholdcrs advised to aid in
fighting the fly as well rs mos
quitos. Owners Of flowing wells
arp notified that thpy must chr