Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24
IFRoM TUESDAYS DAILY
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the weather.
Secretary Long denies the reporI
that he is going to resign.
Tie receipts OF the State Land or
flee last week were S2,9S3 10.
Admiral Dewey has decided hi:
residence in Washington to his wife
Clay Irland got in from Columbia
last night. lio rcppets everything
quiet up that way.
Justice Tyne is in town. He re,
ports the people OF Mound Valley
law-abiding and happy.
George Ramsay pleaded guilty tC
burglary at winnemucca yesterday
and was sentenced to five years in the
~penitentiary.
Mr.. and MB. Brain returned from
their California trip Sunday night
Mr.. BRAINS health was much i'm.
proved by the trip.
At . o'clock this afternoon 20T tax.
payers had settled i'll full with Treas.
urer Dawley and twenty had paid
shc first installmcnt.
DIR. j. &. Leonard arrived overland
from Boise City last night, He is ON
his way south, but may remain in
this section until the winter is over.
Five eight-wheel passenger engines
are being constructed III the east for
use between Carliu, Nevada, and Or
den.
Sheriff Campbell received three
consignmcnts of scalps today. They
will he kept on ice until the last Of
the month when the regular official
inquest will be held.
Three million acres Of potatoes
were raised III the United States this
year, and according to "A recent esti-
mate, the yield will be about two
hundred and forty.two million bush
els.
Several carloads Of potatoes have
been shipped from Dayton during the
past two weeks TO California;. The
best price paid so far is SlG II ton.
The crop was somewhat short and
Il higher price may be expected later
on.
y Texas iumberman has received
from his agent in the city OF Mexico
ar order for three billion feet OF lum-
Der. The order would exhaust the
supply Of every mill in the State, md
is the largest lumber deal ever made
III the world.
The worlds wheat supply is cstI.
mated mt two thousand five hundred
and it.rty million bushels. "A reduction
oil about one-eighth rs compared with
last years crop report. There is also
Il deficit i'll rye, barley and oats, but a
surplus iii maize.
James Burke is opening III some
fine copper prospects at Bullion. lie
brought i'll n beautiful specimen OF
the ore yesterday and left it at the Is.
DEPENDENT office. We were sorry
to learn from him that George Will
hanson, who has staid with the Bull
lion mines for years, is nearly
blind.
IL you know anything we don't
know which the people ought to
know, II it is worth knowing, don't
You know it ia yonr duty to let us
know, so that the people may also
know that which you know and we
ought to know, but don't know be-
cause you know and won't let US
know. And that's no lie you know.
The oldest woman in the world, ac-
cording To the official census reports,
lives in Hawaii and is l2l years Of
agc. Her name is Kcopookln Apau,
and her claim to advanced age has
been thoroughly investigated by Hon.
Alatau II. Atkinson, the general sup.
crintcndcut Of the Hawaii census.
They were inspecting the Tcxns.
@The place we have just left. cx-
planned her escort, us they went he.
low, "is called the gun deck" Il
scc,' sho exclaimed, brightly. "And
suppose that place down there
where they're raking the fires is call.
cd the poker Observation-Disclosures
Record.
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Sacramento Zee.
a Pnris cable sayg: Many people
arc amazed Ia find themselves stil
alive. Tho prediction OF an astrono
mcr That tho worlds ond was fixed fol
November l3. appears TO have been
taken most seriously. Some churches
in Paris wore crowded on Monday ill
3 in the afternoon, the hour that the
catastrophe WINS due. Tho come
failed to strike when the clock did. 81