Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-04-28
LOCALS AND PERSONALS

VIM. Yates, the Pine Valley rancher.
is in Elko today on business trip.
). Burke, n. Donnelly and F. w.
Smith. Bullion mining men are in
Elko today.
). n. cazier, member OF the county
high school board Of education. is in
Elko today on official business.
A social dance will be given at the
Bradley Opera House tonight after
the picture show. Gentlemen soc.
ladies free. The Mayer orchestra will
rrniSn music. -.iA
Attention is directed to a notice
published elsewhere by Miss Lizzie
Hough. She desires the names of
all young men between the ages OF
seventeen and twenty-one who have
no guardians. Hiss Hugh is school
census marshal.
We very much regret to learn that
Mr.. J. A. Mcbride, who contracted a
severe cold at the funeral or the late |
George Hunter. has had another re-
lapse and is reported seriously i'll. His
many friends hope that he will soon |
recover.
Sheriff Harris and District Attorney
Carville telephoned from Jack Greek
that they had reached that place to-
day at noon, and they expect to reach
Elko with Dave Kunz, who killed Art
Bowman and William Davis last Tues.
day at Mountain City, some time to-
night. An auto started for them this
afternoon and tl,ey will probably meet
II at Stewart Station.
The Dixie minstrels given by the
Elko High school boys last night was
largely attended and the performance
was very creditable. All of the parti- :
cipants acquitted themselves with ere.
dit and the audience was we'll salts e
fed. Many a laugh was provoked, and
II another performance of the kind v
should be given in the future a big r
is assured. e
The Jury In the case of B. Wilson,
the colored gentleman, who was :
charged with having grabbed stakes" n
n poker game. brought in a verdict n
Of guilty yesterday afternoon. This ii
morning Judge Doughty sentenced II
Wilson to six months In Jail and to a "
line OF 5000. While languishing in jail II
fe will have plenty of time to think H
ID safer II not an easier way to Y
get money. L
An Inquest is being held over the Il
'emafns Of James McConaghy, who
vas found dead Thursday. Evidence II
indicates that the deceased may have n
net with foul play, and Justice Dough. q
y has ordered an autopsy. The watch Il
md chain that Mr.. McConaghy wore n
s missing, and there are other evi. L
fences of robbery. After the auto
'sy we win publish a full account OF n
he evidence 4
A letter was received by the indie. III
'erdent today asking us to say that n
are should be taken in answering III
loor bell rings at night. The lady r
ays that when she answered ring II
Il her front door a few nights ago II
hat she was grabbed by the throat II
nd nearly strangled. AS there are q
good many hobos passing through IA
his time Of year It would be well q
or women in particular to learn who q
> at the door before opening 1t. n
a rather Interesting case came I'D III
oday. couple of large brass valves n
1ere brought to Ben Bangs, the junk n
IAN, and were offered as old brass. ~
hey looked decidedly familiar to him, II
they were badly battered up.
Ipon investigation he found that they t1
ad been stolen from him. Upon III
uestioning the boy who brought the II
alves to him he was told that the II
oy's mother had taken them, and III
nat she had battered them up. The III
lother, on the contrary, says that n
ne boy stole them. The boy will MI
be sent to the industrial Fl
,hool, and Il Is understood that the FL
other will pay for the ruined valves. III
Down In Carson City they are hay. II
g a merry old time over the paving til
the main street OF the town, which
rs submitted to a vote of the people
I'd carried, and which has been or. III
red by the city council. The tele. III
lone and electric light companies ~
i've been notified by the council to II
move their poles from the street n
Id the order has not been obeyed. III
hen Carson City first incorporated III
@ councilmen served without salary, III
It they got tired Of that system and III
oh ia now paid $500 per year. And II
o majority of the people on main II