Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06
IFRoM SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SALaIAGUNDI

Judge Talbot returned from Wis.
consin last night.
Mrs. Henley will leave for San
Francisco tomorrow.
Mr.. White shipped eleven cars ot
cattle east this afternoon.
The fence to enclose the high
school grounds has arrived and will
soon be set up. This will be "A big
improvement.
Since the recent sale OF the group
OF mines in Pyramid district, Washoc
county, New, numerous new mining
locations have been filed in the dis
trict.
Two carloads Of superfiue Nevada
honey were shipped east yesterday.
One from Bishop was billed to Oma-
liza and the other from the vicinity OF
Reno was billed 10 Plttsburg.-Jour.
nal.
Attorneys Brown and Henderson
returned from u fishing trip this at-
ternooD. The were covered with dust
but looked happy. They claimed
they had nine trout in their wagon.
III they had the trout, Indians must
have been plenty along the river.
Commissioners Reed and Weuthcrs
are attending the meeting of tho
board of equalization today. The
board met this forenoon and took a
recess until . p. III. The board met
this afternoon and considered the III
satisfied mortgages. \ full report
will appear Monday.
Owing to i'll health George And
ersOn has sold his stock Of hardware.
stoves, etc, to the W. L. Smith Com
pany. Mr.. Anderson is one Of tie
oldest and o respected citizens o!
Elko II the INDEPENDENT sincerely
regrets the necessity that has compell-
ed him to give up his business.
thS hhhhI lhlhNt III new OFk
harbor yesterday in honor Of Admir-.
al Dewey was "a splendid tributc Ia
the great hero. The parade was wit
Messed by immense crowds and the
enthusiasm for the hero WIS intense.
Tho vessels in the parade were II
hour and fifteen minutes passing Full.
ton Street.
Sheriff Campbell returned last
night from his trip into White Pine
county after horse thieves. lie did u
good deal Of hard riding, but the men
he was after had too much OF Il start
for him to overtakc them. II tho
sheriff OF White Pine county had
done his duty, Sheriff Campbell
would have brought the thieves back
with him.
The way to gound the keynote of
the future welfare OF the west il to
arouse the people to support the plan
for federal storage reservoirs. Unite
the west on the proposition and feder-
al storage reservoirs will become u
reality. Give the west the reservoirs
to hold the wafer that now runs To
waste, and there will be u develop
mcnt III this section that will Make
greater demands upon the manufac-
turcrs OF the east than they are able
to supply.
According To tho iigurcs furnished
by the Department Of Agriculture ut
Washington, the number uf beef cat.
tie in the United States has decrcas.
ell since 1890 from 81, zoo, 900 head to
~2S,OO0,OO0. This reduction OF 9.0OO,OO0
animals has been accompanied 10y an
increase Of about li,0O0,0O0 in the
cOuntry's inhabitants, so that now
there are only 3ij steers tn each 1000
OF population, while III 1890 there
wore $50 steers TO each 1000 OF popu.
lation.-Brecdcn' Gazette.
The Scientific American gives the
following facts about the coming cen
fury. Ii says the 10Th century closes
with tho year 1900, Immediately after
midnight on December 81, 1900. In
other worde the 10Th century begins
with the first second Of the first hour
on the first day Of January 1901. Tho
10Th century will open on Tuesday
and close on Sunday; it will have "a
leap ycarf, the greatest possible num-
her for II century to have. February
will three times have five Sundays.
1920, 1873 and 1916.