Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-11-01
FROM THURSDAYS DALI.
SALMAGUNDI.

Attorney Wilson will leave tonight,
for Washington, ID. &.
Today being the 37th anniversary
OF Nevada's admission INTO the Union
the children Of the public school
were given Il holiday.
Supposed coal lands have been 10.
Gated in White Pine county. near the
Lincoln county liue. The ground
will be thoroughly p~rospected.
There are more than 5000 building
and loan associations III the United
States. The total number Of share
holders is 2.500,000 md the total not
assets more than si5l,0O0,OO0.
The bank OF Engl md mas "a gold
weighing machine SO delicate in it,
construction that the weight OF Ii
postage stamp will turn the index on
the dial II di stance OF SIX inches.
Fifty four III every 100000 deaths
III the entire country are not caused
b. either accident or di ease. They
are caused by old age-the running
down Of the human clock"
There are three cases OF diphthe ria
in Tuscarora aud DR.. Drake has
closed the schools until the danger OF
an epidemic is pas sed. One Of the
cases IL quite serious. but the other
two are getting along nicely.
More coffee is used in the United
States than any other country, the
annual consumption being not far
from 4~3J,GOJ.uOU pounds. for which
American importers pay about SOU
uOO.UOJ to tire growers.
The trial Of William Brayton,
charged with stealing Eegrncer iIeff-
ners vat Ii, grouped the attention Of
Justice Morgan aud ii Jury this after
noon. 1t vas still gong on when we
went To press.
The Anarchist clubs OF London Gel.
.brateG the execution of CzrlsUsz by
dances III honor Of his mobile death"
All the meetings chcered every men.
non " the ass assin's name und his
portrait. draped in red and black,
occupied the place of houor GU the
platform.
About one.nalf OF all newspaper
and magazine space is devoted I q ad
vcrtisiTg, Consequently ad terti -Iug is
largely ~respOn-Iule for tie enormous
amount Of paper consumed. The
Kansas City Star says that this
country uses annually more than
sl0n,EO',00o worth Of paper.
Henry Wardlaw, d former well.
known conductor on the Central Pa
clii;. died recently in Livingston,
Montana. from nj lries recei we'd OH
'te Nnrthcrn Pacific. where he had
: been cmp;oyed Tor several years.
His remains we're taken to Wads.
worth for bur al.
I" eNperienc. OF the present yea.
because Of the drought will he liable
to ch inge the views Of some uf our
C~ongr,ssnen III regard to irrigation.
Missouri farmers are loser this year
by 81 o.Wr,0Jp, Ku lsas rs much
more. y braskH nearly as much,
while ArkansIs and Iowa are heavy
.o-crs. They are pointing to the
great results Of irrigation III Colorado
and other Stnies, and are now willing
to conccde the benefits Of irrigation.
Irrigation Age.
The Il mo- journal says: while
this may he II difficult problem, how
to cGase To foster and encourage
trusts. ii seems to our wild and
"oply western mind Il very simple aud
ANA uncumplicutei matter. For in
stance, ,lIeTe is uolhmg I'D the federal
constitution tn prohibit tue abolish.
ment Of tue tariff tax which enables
the m~onopolios Ia SELF at 4 profit their
products abroad at ten per cent rates
less than III charged to home con
sumCrs.'
The waiter girls in the restaurants
III FnuUpah have organized Il union
and established the wages nj g. per
dry and ray each nirnt, md hnve n
clause N their by. laws "lha, IN girl
or womaD found working for less
than the wages established will he
escorted to the lower end ~ the town
nEu ~,ivcn'tlIc down The canyon route
wnlch in plain words meuns, o hike
ii ont of town aud p. d. q'T.-Bon
nuzt.
Evidence hHs been found which cs-
iablishrR the fact that tho mines 10
the Knn tnrok di trict near Nome,
were worked many years ago. a cot.
frIam built 0i rock, ind a bedrock
drain have been uncovered hat bear
undi .puiuhlo evidence uf this fact.
These discoveries were made a con.
e,dcrnblc deLth from the surface.
rhe walls " the dra'u cnn bo traced
distinctly for II di tnUcc OF 500 feet.
aud bear every mdi ntIon TINT tie
stones Of the wall were placed one
upon another 10y human handB.-Ex.
II ia a fact not generally known
that there are nearly 400 women
plInr Ina"ists in the United States.