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

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from San Francisco yesterday.
A shaver this forenoon laid the
dust. These frequent rains are
good for tn. dry farmers.
The Montello base ball team
played a game with the Elko Fed
erals yesterday and took them into
camp by the score of 8 to 3. The
winning score shows that a gooC
game was played by both teams.
Mrs. S. l.. Parsons has a freak
in the poultry line in the shape Of
a chick with three legs. 1t ha:
two natural legs and an extra leg
on his tail. She expects to exhibit
the freak at tho county fair next
fall.-Fallon Eagle.
Thomas H. Ramsey of R.no, Ne.
vada, has been designated by;;repre.
sentative f. E. Roberts as principal
for the West Point cadetship,
Ramsey has accepted and will take
the examination at San Francisco,
May Goth.
The commencement exercises al
the University will begin May &c
and end June 3rd. Rev. Charles F,
Aked will preach the Baccalaureate
sermon and DR.. George F. James OF
the University of Minnesota viii,
deliver the commencement address
jack Lynch, last of the pony ex.
press riders, died In the hospital al
Sunora, CAL, a few days ago. A,
Il pony express rider he had. few
equals and thousands Of dollar,
changed hands daily IN this city OF
the strength Of his riding between
Reno and this city Virginia En-
terprisc.
1t is no wonder that the motor
ious rustler Pat Russell, would pre-
fer being sent to the Nevada Stat
prison. rather than to some of tn,
California penitentiaries. Pa
knows that being sent to Carson
would be only a pleasant vacation
and that by the grace of a sym
pathetic board Of pardons, he coul,
resume his chosen vacation Of steal
ing horses and cattle ia one or tw'
Winnemucca Star.
One of II exchanges tells Of
novel contribution box for churches
which is the invention O: an Okla
homa man. If a person drops
quarter or more in there is silence
il he drops a dime in, n bell rings
a Hickle sounds q whistle and {
penny fires q blank cartridge. 4
one pretends to be asleep when tn,
box is passed it awakcns him will
q watchman's rattle and - kodal
takes his picture.
+. F. Kleinmeyer, the Colorado
mail carrier, is still in custody. HI
refused to return with Sheriff
Schlon, but finally consented tc
send for his wife and to 60 with
her to California or wherever she
wished to go. After the train had
left Saturday night, he changed
his mind and wanted to go back
with the sheriff. He is a bright
fellow, but is very much off his
base and unsafe to be ut large.
Unless the state tax m sion
gets q move en- soon, Assessor Wca.
theirs will not get his work done in
the time allowed by law. The
rolls are not yet here and the com.
mission has not furnished the asses
sor with the real estate valuations.
The Churchill Eagle says that the
assessor of Churchill county has
been rotifed to assess all pro prty
at GO per cent of its cash valuation,
If this is done, Churchill county
will show n big increase Of taxable
property this year.
VIZ sec in n Of orr cxch. nges
that the salary of Zeb Kendall has
been fixed at $500 per month and
expenses by the exposition com.
mission. The item does not state
when Kendall bcgins to giaft upon
the state, but we presume the
commission has fixed il so that he
will lose no time in getting his
nose. lin the public trough. Is this
the way Attorney General That.
cher is carving ont his nFouispe