Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
IRON SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SALMAGUSDI.

Ellis Gooding returned from San
Francisco last night.
Reno will 800 have telephone
connection with San Francisco.
Henry S. HUFF Of California has
been appointed clerk at the Western
Shoehone Indian agency, Elko coun.
ty, at 5000 per annum.
The board Of equalization OF Washoe
county hns cited several taxpayers 10
appear and chow cause why their rs
sessmentr should not be raised.
Essie Valley, tho Indian girl who
caused tho trouble ut Duck Valley
reservation, Elko county, has been
transferred to the school ut Grand
Junction, Colorado.
The Tuscarora baseball club will
arrive this afternoon. They will play
for blood on the Elko diamond to.
morrow. Tho INDEPENDENT hopes
the game will be FREQ from wranglIng
and that the best club will win.
Tho Journal says that not an agri-
cultural product OF the State is on
exhibition at the fair. This would
seem to indicate that farmers OF
the State take no interest IN the an
nual horse races conducted by tho
Statc Agricultural Society.
The a OF the State OF Nevada W..
Ernst and Esser, Monitor Lind &
Livestock Company, Il corporation,
which has held the attention Of the
District Cont o! Nyc county for sew
eral weeks past WIS brought toa close
last "Wednesday evening by the jury
returning Il verdict in favor OF the
plaintiff. Tho ease will he carried 10
the Supreme court.
B%urglaries and petty thefts are tie
order OF the day III Reno. Tom Rob.
crts' house was ~burslarized Thursday
night and property valued Mt ovcrSJUu
was taken. Tho thieves have stolen
pretty uear everything OF value in
sight and are now stealing the towels
TINT hang III front Of tho bars AZ the
saloons. Verify, the State Fair is
In rdly u blessing to the people OF
Reno.
or the four revolutionary widows
still drawing pensions the Youngest
is Mrs. Mary Sncud, Of Parkslcy, Va.
She is now S3 years old. She was
born in 1916, or 81 years after the
treaty OF peace with Great Britain.
Assuming that her husband was -
years old at the date OF the treaty,
he was 53 years old when his wife
was born, md II she was II at the
date OF their marriage he WIS 20.
Porto Rico WIS originally mantled
by forests from the level OF the sea
to the summit Of it's mountains. 1t
il doubtful il there WIS n single foot
OF its arca which was not ut some
time covered by tree growth, varying
III height from the diminutive man
grove bushes which border the sea-
shore to tue gigantic deciduous trees
mingled with the fronds and trunks
OF towering palms, which add height
to the lofticst peaks and ridges.
y. j. Griiiths, nm agent OF the
Southern Pacific Company, filed two
mortgages with Recorder Watkins
this forenoon. One oil them is TO the
Central Trust Company Of Ncw York
md is for slCO,0OO,O 600. and the other
is to the United States Trus. Com.
pany for S25, 100000. Tho original Of
tho larger mortgage bears cancelled
war stamps to the amount o! $50, 900.
and the smaller one has Sl2, 300 worth
OF Uncle Sans wnr stamps on it's
face. Tho fees for recording them in
this county amount to 1880
There scDm8 10 be a disposition on
the part Of Il good many people to
charge the Governor and Controller
with n desire to favor the railroad.
Tho INDEPENDENT did not support
either of theso gentlemen lust fall
md ling no political sympathy with
them. but it hns failed TO 500 my dis
position OIL their part to favor the
rnilrond in their tour OF the Statc.
In the notice filed with the clerk to.
day they challenged every assessment
in the county. This certainly includes
the railroad company. IL tho Elko
board thought they worc %insinccrc, il
should have tested their sincerity by
meeting with them Or as Controller
Davis put II, tho board should have
called Sho bluff and played cards.
This would lavo tested the sincerity
OF Governor SHdlcr aud Controller
Davis.