Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-21
LOCALS AND PERSONALS


the visitors from Deeth today.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Drown are in
from their ranch on the South Fork.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Griffin and
Chas. and Allen Griffin are up from
Carlin. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Lane are down
from Deeth doing their Christmas
shopping.
from the South Fork today making
their Christmas purchases.
mir. and Mrs. L. G. Clark will depart
tonight for San Francisco where they
will spend the holidays.
Mass will be celebrated at the Cath.
Ollie church at ten o'clock Sunday
morning. and at twelve o'clock Christ
mas eve.
marriage license was issued by
County Clerk NJ. ]. Keith to Clayton
C. Belcher and Miss Edna Baker, both
OF Gold Greek.
Professor Weiday, principal of the
Elko grammar school, will depart for
Salt Lake City tonight. He will re-
turn before New Years day.
Miss Young and Miss Hansel, teach
ers in the grammar school, departed
on No. 10 this afternoon for Reno
where they will spend the holidays.
Harvey and Abner SeweiI returned
from Reno this morning where they
are attending the university. They
will spend the holiday vacation with
their parents in Tuscarora.
Following an illness Of several
months. which took a turn for the
worse about ten days ago, A. w.
Wier, father of Miss Jeanne Elizabeth
wier professor of history at the uni.
versity, died Wednesday night at his
home in Reno.
Miss Mae Clinton will depart for
San Francisco after Christmas, where
she will resume her studies for pro-
fessional nursing. She has another
year of work. She will be met at Reno
by Miss Irene Gaylord. who will ac-
Moore will take Miss Clinton's place
in the office OF Doctors Hood and
West.
According to report the grand jury
will render n partial report tomorrow
and adjourn until some time early
next year.. There are a number of
matters before the body which have
scarcely been touched on so far and
they will be laid over for further con-
sideration. Accountant CASTOR has
completed his work and will probably
return to Reno Monday night.
Pete Indart and Henry Carat are
down from White Rock today. MI
Indart has almost recovered from the
injuries OF his recent accident whCr
he was caught between team OF
horses that he was hitching TO wa
gon and dragged several rods. I'll:
face. which was badly lacerated, ha:
healed and he has thrown away nj
cane.
The E,ko High and Gramma
schools closed this afternoon for tn
holidays. The grammar school will
open on the third OF January. and tn
high school will open on or about tn
seventeenth. The new building wi
be finished and ready for occupancy b
that time. The Independent will pr
out a high school issue on the opel
ing day and il will be entirely unde
the direction OF high school student
They will do all the local, editoriI
and special work, everything in fac
except the telegraph. II will undoub
eddy be one of the most interesting /
sues ever put out by this paper.
A petition Is In circulation and
receiving many signatures in whiC
the commissioners are asked not
use the old high school building for
hospital when the present hospital
vacated TO make way for the ne
county high school. 1t Ia understood
that the grand jury is considering III
matter of securing suitable plac
for the care of the county patients u
til a new hospital can be built, and
meeting will be held with the count
commissioner this evening when II
matter will be discussed. The matte
OF maintaining the old hospital whic
stands close to the new county big
school is out OF the question, as ST
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