Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15

count of a full house. Business is
certainly good with our two leading
hotels.
NIB. K. Strond and Mr.. Geo.
j. Shoup, the oil biologists, left for
San Francisco on No. 10 today.
They stated that they were favor
ably impressed with the oil indica-
tions in the Elko district.
Mr.. Davenport Of the Western
Pacific Traffic Department is in
town today or the company's bust
ness. He was seen on the street in
company with the we'll known cat
tie rustler, Ben Nevins, who claims
tc be working for the w. P. Ry.
also.
The proverbial luck of Milton M.
Detch seems never to desert him.
While in Tonopah Saturday on 8
brief visit, he took five one-dollar
chances in the rattle of a $1,000
automobile. The drawing was held
shortly after Datch bought the
chances and he won the car.--Tri-
hume.
The dispatches say that Postmast-
er General Burleson has appointed
23,3l7 postmasters since he took
office on the 4th of March 1918. OF
these arc 5.171 of presidential grade
and 1916 Of the 4th class, and
nearly all are democrats. Let the
good work 60 on until every post
Office in the country is filled by q
democrat.
An exchange is authority for the
statement that this Is the way Rev.
Billy Sunday translated the story
of David and Goliath into the YER
nacular of the street. David look
ed at Goliath and asked who the big
stiff was. Then he hit him between
the lamps. chopped off his block
and the rest of the gang beat it,"
Mr.. c. G. Starr. who is one Of
Geo. WingfieId's field. engineers
who has been in Jarbidge for the
last thirty days stopped off in Elkt
last evening on his way to Reno
He stated that a large amount O.
development work has been done
since his first visit to the camp las
rail-, with very satisfactorily results
, Passenger trains No. 8 and q OF
t the Southern Pacific will be dis
continued on May 20tn according
to j. NJ. Fulton, assistant genera
6 freight and passenger agent. M
, 10 will make the stops now mad,
by No. 3. Under the new tim,
card to go into effect May goth
, No. 10 will be about two hour.
earlier.
Bruce Lane, who Was hurt in 6
hav press IN Starr Valley Tuesday
rested nicely last night. His RICH,
!, leg is broken just above the ankle
and the flesh is badly bruised
He was in the press for an hour oil
more and must have been in great
pain, but he never murmured anC
assisted those who we're irving t.
get him out. His pluck will make
, his stay in bed less liresome than i,
would otherwise be.
1t used to he that when n mar
had finished his bite in a cafe and
started to go out, he put his hand
in the to%oth-pick tray and took out
a pocketful. The proprietor didn't
dare kick although he wore n wor.
ried look. But now the tooth-pick
pirate hiss heen fooled. There is d
little automatic affair that deals
you out n pick, no more, no less,
which is all you ought to have; and
it helps save our forests.
At a meeting of the Nevada State
Board Of Medical Examiners or
May 4, 5 and c, 1914, these follow.
ing named physicians were granted
licenses to practice medicine. sur.
gerry. obstetrics, etc., Domcnicc
Tori, 500 per cent: Frank A. Low,
ell, SOL; Adplbert Dewitt Field,
77.2; George David Cummings,
66.4 with 81 ,er cent added for
twenty-five years continuous prac.
ticc. DR.. John V. Anderson and
DR.. Blanche A. 6. Duncan were
denied certificates Appeal.