Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-06-25

will be well along about Saturday oil
Sunday before bathers can enjoy the
beneficial waters at the popular resort
once more. The wall will be built "
to a point a foot higher than the
present wall.
In the district court this morning
Dan Riley, who yesterday entered q
plea of guilty TO the charge OF muir
der in the second degree, was sentenc'
ed to serve a sentence of not less than
ten years, and which may be extend
ed TO life. in the penitentiary. Jack
Tunney. who stabbed man at Mon
tello with an ice pick the other day,
was sentenced to spend from / to 2
years in prison for an assault with a
deadly weapon.
The chain gang this morning only
needed breech-clouts. war paint and
feathers 10 make It look like the
crowd that traded Manhattan Island
for few strings OF beads. Sundays
gathering OF firewater fiends was q
lulu. The noble red men were doing
great work in obliterating little OF
the debris that had been concealed
under the city's bridges by former
house cleaners of the city. or street
cleaners, rather. They didn't sweep
all the dirt off the streets by any
means. however. Look Out! Don't
throw that!
In the case Of Zunino Vs. Bowers,
which was recently finished in the
justice court, Judge Doughty today
rendered a decision in favor OF the
plaintiff. The case concerned a mare
which it was alleged Bowers had taken
possession of and failed to return and
the return OF the animal and damages
for her retention were asked. The
court decreed that the mare be re-
turned, or If that were not possible,
the sum of $50 be paid, with the ad-
ditional sum Of S25 added as damages
for her retention TO date. Attorneys
fees and costs also became q part of
the judgment. Messrs, Cantwell &
Carviile represented the plaintiff and
Attorney Otto T. Williams the de-
BY the way, Lammi Mohamed, or
Abdul Abdomen, as he Is now called
by the village wit whose name we
dare not divulge, is in dutch again.
You remember yesterday / told you
how Lammi Mohamed hung a right
hook on 10y Lang that resulted in
Lammi partaking Of his daily bread
IN the village hooze-gow henceforth
for some little passage of time. Well,
along comes Salem Brother and sue
the beloved Lammi this morning for
three hundred and seventy-one iron
men, and here Lammi is in Jail and
can't protect his business interests
Besides that, Salem Brothers have
grabbed everything he had excep
that marked poker deck and Lamm
is broke. Shades of Mohamet, die
you ever see such Houdani luck
Wouldn't It break a poor seer up II
the business of life? Allah! Allah!
Joe cesies and Everett English, on,
Mexican boy and the other the col
ored porter who works at the poo
hall, paid $50 between them 70
prowling around after nine o'clock a
night. Both Of these boys are unde
the age of twenty-one and 1t was tn
| desire of Judge Doughty to make al
example of them in order to emphasiz
the fact that the officers are now in
| sisting upon the absolute obepanc
of what is known as the curfew law,
IL law requiring all minors to be a
home by nine o'clock, or on some leg
innate errand in search of legltlmat
amusement. These two boys wer
the subject of a portion of our art
| Gle yesterday, in which We recounte
the manner in which romance ha
seized upon their susceptible youn
minds, resulting in Night Officer Su
ton breaking UP a moonlight tete.;
tete between the two young Lochil
vars and a couple OF dusky maiden
OF the Piute family. II will be we
for a number of other young malcol
tents around this village to take not
OF the fact that the judge fined Ce
les $50 and English $50, making the
evening prowi somewhat expensive
Attorney Carey Van Fleet, appea
Ing for the county commissioner
yesterday gave notice of his intentio
to move the court for an order di
qualifying the office Of the attorne
general In the prosecution of the cor
plants against Messrs. Jones an
Gregory and to dismiss the speci
prosecutor G. +. Talbot, on Il
ground that the supreme court hf
decided the matter to be special pr