Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-10-18
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
SALMAGUNDI.

T.. Il. LItts OF Ruby Valley is III
town. He did not forget the INDIE
PENDENT.
A good many jurors aud witnesses
are in town. Nearly every section Of
the county is represented.
Ranchers in the vicinity NJ Dayton
refused s2o per ton for their potato
crop from California buyers
Deputy Marshal Humphreys ar
rived this morning to look after the
case of Flank Reed charged with sci
ling whiskey to Indians.
Mr.. Davis has received word that
John G.. Merritt OF Duluth. Minue-
so'a, viii have "A standard rig here by
the first OF November.
Two banks in Ohio and one in
Iowa were blown up and robbed yes.
ter'i"y. Ohio and Iowa seem to be Il
paradise Tor bank robbers.
Mr.. Lowe left for Chico. California
laEt night. Mr.. +. 9. Williams. the
treasurer and general manager OF the
tiesperian Oil Company. will he here
IN a few lays to look after affairs.
The Q How Aster mine at 'Rands-
burg. Kern comfy, Cal, is for sale.
The price asked is sU. 600 900. Int g.,
far there has been no rush for the
property at that price.
MIR. lIigginbntham is down from
his placer mines at w ute Rock He
has the II 'me completed and is wash
mig ont gold. lie says there are two
feet IT clay on the bedrock that car.
ries from 10 To - cents a pan.
The hmeri an Bankers Association
began it's 27.h annual convention ut
Milwaukee ester lay. The members
OF the Association represent a COM
bined capital Of ove eight billion
dollars.
The young grasshopper has. accord.
ing tO its size. 100 times the kicking
power OF an average man. Ii must
be a warm time for the young grass
hopper who goes II counting and finds
The old man at home.
HerHfter the postal clerks On the
+. will take their lay Uversin Reno
instead OF Ogden. About fifty clerks
are ALLEGED 10y thu change. IL the
ch inge from Os'ien to Reno will
make the clerks more attentive to
Business, the people along the road
may ne able ~ get their mail.
Imperialism has its sud side rs well
rs the ~glOries that the Republicans
always talk about. The tran sport
Mead" arrived the other day at Sab
Francisco with ~ insane soldiers aud
30 consumbtiyes. Yet the censored
dispatches tell Us that tile health Of
the army IL excellent.
G. II Gordon. assistant division
pas 'enger and freight agent OF the S
l. 90. came up from Reno this
'ng. lie il looking into the re-.
! -"nr 'es Of tins part Of the State and
gathering Information on the coal
and oil fields. tie called at the
INDEPENDENT Office aud asked a
g'"ht many questions concerning the
oil md coal prospects.
Charley Hdws returnei Yesterday
| ...,. E-.-, q. -. A.. n "
eastern part of the county mud south
ern Idaho. lie left about fifteen days
ago to nsirss the sheep ranging in the
nuIthetstern part of The county. He
t"n"d several thousand sheep in that
section and assessed them ut 90 80
per head and collected the tax. As
some of the owners lived III Idaho, he
was compelled tn 20 nearly to Noun.
tam Home tn get the dough.
The quantitative theory that the
70 ume Of money controls business
u the position " the Democrats on
tho silver question III the campaign OF
1876 are fully justified 10y George T..
Roberts. director Of the mint, in an
article IL The North American Re.
v.cw. He suggests that we are verg.
ing "n the awful calamity OF having
to" much money through the increase
~ the volume of gold. The nexf step
by the money power will be to de.
mOnetizs gold.
y clergyman whose salary had not
been paiu for several months told the
trustees thnt he must have his money
rs his family were suffering for want
Of the necessar.es OF life. Money!
exclaimed one Of the trustees noted
for ms stinginess. $40 you preach for
money! | thought you preached for
the good Oi eouls." The minister re-.
piled: $50 ] do, hut I cant eat snnls.
And il | could, il would take II
thousand such us yours to make n
meal FIX.
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