Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-08-23
IRON SATURDAYS DAILY
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NV 80 ~ w pllllllR Viz
town this afternoon
Uncle Billy Miller, the ,~rt.ra,
teamster. cnnie in from North For,
yesterday. lie reports IA fair rrop O
la, in that section.
John Congcr accepted bail las
night and WIS rri"is-d from jail. n,
wasn't stuck on tie accommodation,
at Jailer Boveridge's hotel.
Dan Coll and Team Pluukctt deliy
ereJ d bunch ut cattle to Tom Hum
fer mud John Wright today. Mr. Col
reports everything quiet in Tusca
rura.
1t il figured by a statistician tia,
Il would take Il man 81 average in
telligence 300 years to go through
Harvard. taking every course that is
now offered.
Jailer Heveridge liz confined To his
bed with an attack OF fever. He is
under the care OF DR.. Gardner,
Hope TO see him attending to ms
duties in n few DAYS.
The Tonopah Mining Company
pays $1,000 per month for labor in a
shaft only 100 feet deep and it takes
Just 80 minutes tn take that amonnnt
from mother carth.-Bnnanza.
Reports irom the coal mine con-
tinue favorable. The incline liz now
III 30 feet, with Il twn.foot ZEN of
good coal ~ the face. The coal is
heavier and tirrner aud burns better
than that found above.
Six h1nired employees OF the Ma.
tIonnl ~GalvanIZing Works, nm adjunct
Of the National Tube Company mt
Mckecsport, Pennsylvania, joined the
steel strikers yesterday. This closes
every plant in that town.
Mr.. Sangumet will leave for his
new home near Salem. Oregon, Ia
night or tomorrow. lie takes with
INN tAs lest wishes Of "a host OF
friends. May peace, happiness and
prosperity go with him.
Sheriff Campbell returned from
the northern part Of the county last
night. where he had been collecting
sheep licenses. He left for Decth
this morning to look after the sheep.
mel Of that section.
General Lord Roberts gets 100000
for his work in South Africa. This
entities General Otis to about Sj,OOO.-
QUO Tor his suppresslons OF
tlie -'~nsurfectioD- i'll the Philippines.
-Commoner.
The postal reform order OF the post.
office department il much toned down
from what the postmaster general gave
out III advance it was To be. Per.
hnps. like other innovations OF thus
administration, II liz to 10 gradually
put IN operation like benevolent as
similhtion, given out III small doses
until the patient il used to il.
What has happened to all the oil
companies tint advertised in Nevada
papers Il fcw months back? Have
they made tho investors rich or have
they simply made Il clean up and ar
ned the coin ont Of the State? As
nOme ~ the investors in this section
ARE raising much of II howl. il looks
like they are chi .ying the process
Shichever way il has gone. Carson
Appeal.
John Sparks OF Reno, The cattle.
man. IL not satisfied with tho rute
put on thoroughbred cattle by the
State Board Of A~ssrssnrs. When he
was assessed III WnshOc d few days
ago he said that 80 u head was too
low for lila cattle und no rated them
at $40 and put all in ut that as thor.
oughbreds. The 300 rate on thor
,oughbrcd bulls be also said was too
low for his at 1ck and nut them in mt
$500 a piece. journal.
JLr central Pacific RuiIrond Com.
pnny ms filed it's lax abatement for
1901 with Assessor Guthrie. The
valuation Of The main line, az which
this county iiEs Ia miles, in $4,000
per mile. while the sidetrack mileage
N given II valuation Of $1,000. The
main trnck valuation In an increase
III 10000 per milo from last year,
while tho value placed upon side
trucks shows a ducreape Of $1,000 per
mile. thomgl, the mileage shows a
large increwa.-S Silver State.
The Virginia Report says the Blue.
stone copper plant aud mines in
mason valley have shut down on nc
COUNT oi y strike Of some Of the men
Tor higher wages. Tho feeders nnd
tappeB (skilled labor received 81 80
per day and the tappcrB' help and
charge whcclcrs (~unskillcd lubor) re-.
,oeived %. Tho latter struck Tor s3 30
and tho demand VIVA rejected. Other
laborcrs about the plant refused to
tske the place OF the strikers and the
speltcr Dpd mince wore forced To
close.
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