Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-06-10
and truly.

In q row which occurred at Mon
tello yesterday n man whose name We
have been unable yet to learn. was
stabbed nine times with an ice-pick.
The victim Is now in the hospital here
while the perpetrator of the crime re-
poses in the Jail at Montello. Dis
trict Attorney Carville went to the
railroad town this morning to conduct
the preliminary examination OF the
prisoner.
Bryan filled the hotels yesterday
and all seats at the chautauqua tent
last evening, but despite that fact re-
port has it that there were a number
OF empty seats when the performance
was over. The Commoner speaks
longer these days than he did when
secretary OF state, for two reasons,
presumably, first, he has more time,
second, II takes considerable talk for
him to square himself just at this
particular time.
Old Sol played a good one on the
power company Saturday. Expecting
total darkness or at least dusk, the
street lights were turned on when the
eclipse began but were about as use
full as a stick horse in a cavalry
charge. That wasn't half as funny
though as it would have been If some
old graybeard star gazer had missed
his calculation and skipped a day in
that last 6556, or figures something
like that. Friend sun would have had
hearty laugh on about three thous-
and folks around this vicinity.
Hear ye, all ye followers of the pole |
and bait, the streams in this county
are impossible and impossible after /
these last warm days. We know, be- /
cause as Brother Steninger says, we |
are an ardent bunch of trout chasers. |
The snow is pouring down off the |
in vast liquid quantities |
and the streams in the southern part |
of the county at least are running bank |
full. 1t is safe to say that the fish
ing will be strictly taboo for a week
or two at least. Six is ali we cor
rallied yesterday. How about you, Ed?
We are in receipt of an interesting
item from the Diamond A school dis
trict which states that although the
school there is small one it has CIV
en- the sum of SIT toward the last
Red Cross drive. Each of the pupils
contributed one dollar while the
teacher OF the school contributed IS.
as well as the clerk of the school
board for the district. The children
willingly worked to earn every cent
Of their contributions, doing various
little things, such as sweeping, dust.
ing and carrying water at the school
for their dollars.
On the 25th Of this month there will
be a general raise in freight rates
throughout the country of 25 per cent.
Mr. Edgar Relnhart, a member of the
county fuel committee, just reminded
us of this raise and also stated that
while he did not believe that such a
raise would greatly affect the cost OF
coal in view of its Importance as q
domestic necessity, still it's price was
bound to raise at least so cents per
ton over its present cost. 1t would be
we'll for the townspeople to consider
this fact and add it to the other argu
ments for immediate coal purchase
Fifty cents may be a small item but
1t will rank along with the acorns
from which sturdy oaks grow or the
drops of water that flow over Mag
ara.
A most unfortunate and extremely
sad death occurred in Carlin Satur
day evening. The little son of Mr.
and Mrs. d. E. Bowrin, a child of but
three and one-half years, while play
ing on a pile of ties in a neighbors
yard, was caught beneath the tlmbers
when they fell and was killed instant
~, suffering a broken neck. He was
found by Mr.. A. w. Stone. a neighbor
who came out to the scene of tn,
death about three-quarters of an hou
after 1t occurred. The little fellow
was buried at Carlin yesterday, Rev
Clutterbuck of this city performing
the final rites. The Independent join
with sympathetic community in ex
tending our heartfelt regret and sym
patty to the parents OF the unfortu
nato little boy.