Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-08-11
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.
SALNiAGUNDI
W. {. Price is in town.

scStcIuuy iOr dpOut TIC uttlctl TINE.
A lot OF Nevada honey shipped to
Chicago brought one cent per pound
in excess Of the regular market price.
The city OF Havana has asked Gen
eral Ludlow to authorize the expcn.
diture OF 100000 per year for public
schools.
The Ladies' Aid Society will give a
flower cantata at the Presbyterian
church in the uear future. The date
will be given later.
The island OF Luzon is Just about
the size i'll area OF OHIO, but as yet
there are not so many Federal office
holders among its population.
When men gamble four to one on a
decision OF the Supreme Court, they
must have great confidence either in
the Court or in the Justice OF their
cause.
Hon: Thomas Wren came up from
I Reno this morning. When asked who
would get away with the Governor
ship he said, 4Sadler has it rs dead
rs Il fish,"
The Southern Pacific Company
will have IN exact reproduction Of
the Seal Rocks of San Francisco at
the Paris Exposition, with seals and
sea lions.
The fact that Huntington Is seek
ing to float bonds on his railroad ut
the rate OF 100000 per mile is respect
fully called to the attention of the
assessors throughout the State,
a brother OF David j.. Tobin, the
man killed Monday at Osino, tele-
praphed MIR. Pullman yesterday to
bury the remains here and he would
foot the bill. The burial took place
this afternoon.
We saw John Rourke OF Hunting.
ton in town this forenoon looking for
n dentist. His left cheek looked rs
il a kissing bug had got in its work.
An unruly tooth was the cause Of the
troable.
The Gazette says that a bet OF
$4,000 to $500 was made in Reno yes
terday that SadIer would win the
Governorship. The men who bet on
Mcmillan should have guardians APP
pointed to look after their estates.
Eighty-four per cent Of the entire
State OF Idaho is still public land,
amounting to more than 10000 900
acies. or this area the Government
geological survey estimates that T..
100000 acres can be irrigated &C.
fully.
Tho Reno Gazette expresses the
hope that the decision OF the Su.
preme Court III the Govcrnorship
contest will be 60 clear and conYinc-
ing that it will satisfy everybody.
This is hardly within tho range OF
possibilities, rs whichever way the
Court decides the purtisans OF the de-
feated candidate are sure to kick.
At the convention to be held in
Chicago from the 18th to the 10th OF
September. under the auspices OF the
civic federation of Chicago, twenty
five Stntc Governors will DO present.
Hon. Francis G.Newlands will attend
the convention, having been chosen a
delegate Mt large. This gathering is
for the purpose Of considering trusts
and combinations.
Agents are in Nevada buying po-
tniucs for tho California market.
They only offer s25 per ton, however,
and most ranchcrs refuse to sell at
that price. They are confident that
spuds will reach the 500 notch next
winter md will hold them for n high.
or market. Nevada potatoes lead in
quality oil over Uncle Sans domin.
ions.-Reno Journal.
What do people do with their sur.
plus time? They used to weave tho
cloth their garments were made OF
and mako thom by Land. They now
get them ready made at the stores.
1t takes them less timo to do every
act OF drudgcry than it used to take.
What becomes OF tho surplus time?
IL wo have gained m hour over II
ancestors, what becomes OF itY
Gradually but surely the great
herds OF range horses on tho interior
plains OF Washington, Montana and
Idaho arc being driven TO the wall.
Several causes are working together
to depopulate tho bunch grass ranges
OF tho vast herds OF wild horses TIM,
have roamcd there. Briefly stated,
these causes are tho increased de-
mand Tor irrigablo lands by settlers
md tho purchase or lease, followed
by fencing, Of grcnt areas OF range
lands by cattlomon and shcopmcn.
Tho Wadsworth Dispatch says:
Two moro passenger ,rains,ono bound
cnst md onc west, are to DO put on
the Central Pacific in a few days and
arrangement OF runs, equipments,
etc. arO nearly completed. Tho cause
OF 1t all 10 the heavy passenger traffic
TINT tho road is enjoying. With tho
now trains tho total will ho Ifl,o,