Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-12-21
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SALSiASUSul.

terday ani left Tor the west this
afternoon.
Al the annual examination 81 pos.
Ia clerks 'he other day Charles b.
Epstein 81 Carson stood at tie. heal
OF tine list with II record of 1850 ouns-
tons to answer and only four misses,
News.
Surgeons General Van Reypen does
not consider that Guam is a good
naval station. He says that typhoid
lever Is practically endemic in th,
island, owing to tl!e pollution OF the
drinking water.
The dead letter office is apparently
very much alive. During the pas,
year It's employees had to handle 30.
goO un'lirected letters. There was
found s~l,ISO,TS5 in misiirected let.
tiers which Were sent to that Office.
Christmas supplies at the p~ostofice
store. Finest French candy. This
years crop of nuts. Pecans, Filberts.
Brazil nuts. Naval Oranges, Ben
Davis Apples, Gilt edge Lemons.
Black and white Figs. Also Il com.
plcte liue Of Christmas Tree urna.
mcnts. Come aud see them.
Several men with black eyes and
eyes and arms bundaged are going
nbont the streets or spending their
time III he sec!usiOn OF their homes.
II they wero not known us peaceuble
citizens, the stories they tell might
Ia" 'I""ht"h. Their past lives leave
no room for any one To charge then
with fighting.
The Delinquent list appears else.
where III tins issdc. II IA much
larger than last year and does not
seem to bear out the statements of
the prosperity spi"Iers i'll the recent
campaign. Isn't it it'll" strange that
Elku county's delinquent list is
largcri II the people arc enjoying 30
much prosperity:
The Robert buchanan Dramatic
Company arrived from the east yes
tcr!ny and will appear at the A. ..
U. ". tonight. beginning their iGlkO
engagement Of I've nights. They
have been busy today getting the
hall III shape for this evenings per.
fofmancc. Oar exchanges give thus
company very tlattcrmg roticcs ana
they will doubtless draw crowded
house during their stay in Elio.
Thursday afternoon, while ut work
III the Yellow Jacket, John Nc.
kculic, while leaning against Il water
pipe, gra-pcd IL live wire, and received
u charge of 1850 volts. He was
knocked ont for Il time. but finally
re ovcred. and although his hand WAS
burned to the bone. he is at work
again In ~clcctrUcuiing criminals "A
charge ~ ZOO volts is used. SO under
the circumstances Mex nDzie's csnape
may he regarded M beng nothing
short of "a Observation-Disclosures Re.
port.
Mr.. J. II. Tabcr had the misfortune
to fall and di>iu.atr his left elbow
this morning. lie was gong To the
recorders o!lirc aud as hu stepped i'll.
To the hall one Of lis ankles turned
and threw him. Ia trying to save
himself from d heavy fall he caught
t!ir door casing and his weight
twisted tho elbow out OF JOINT. Ills
INJURIES might have been NOR" severe
H. he is over six feet tall and weighs
2i5 pounds.
Tom Ryan. II miner ut Mountain
City, met with "A sever accident Fri
day while working III ono al the
mines AZ that place. lie was extend.
ing tie main drift Of the min and
broke through into the old shaft
which WIS TILED with water. Tho
water rushed out with such force
that Ryan was swept 400 frct through
the drift and over car. lie wds
badly cut and bruised up. Tho DR..
ut the reservation vas eummOurd and
attended To his mJnrirs.
Sam Wheeler made u flying visit
last week from Reno to his sheep
camp in Eureka county. When he
arrived at tho camp. he found that
his hcrder had got on II spree and
come to Elko. Mr.. Wheeler put an.
other hcrdcr in charge Of his sheep
and returned to Reno. Tho Sentinel
snys that the sheep are suffering from
lack Of feed aud water. Unless snow
falls soon, Mr.. Wheeler will drive hIs
sheep back to Idaho Tor tho winter.
State Controller DAVIS. who left
Tor tho cRst about n month ago, in nj
present III Denver. where no is hold
ing an informal conference with tho
Co orarlo tax commission. lie finds
that Colorado, like Nevada. has n
very low valuation and n vcry high
tax rate. and they are c"ndCavorlng Ia
make u change. Mr.. Davia las SO
cured u digest Of their report, which
he will present 10 tho Legislature
when il meets The Hintcr.
rho following item will servo Ia Mt.
tract the attention Of Our citizens "a
tho pro pcrity they are nov cnj lying
Lard. winch f"t mcrly glidcd oil the
scnlo into the empty dinner pail NJ