Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-04-26
FROM THURSDAYS DALI.
ALMAGUND

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April afternoon.
Grand Patriarch Mauk wns a prs.
niger Tor T~uscarora this morning.
The eighth oil gusher was struck at
i-aumont, Texas, ,es'erday. The
lew Of oil ~ heavy.
Miss Nellie Anders IN has closed
,er school at Mcdonald Greek and
eturned to town.
Chesley Woodward is down from
lack Creek. He says every thing is
quite i'll that section.
Irving NJ. Scott. the San Francisco
hip builder, denies tile report tliui a
In. building combine has been or
.anized.
DIR. Keen, wife and daughter ar
ived fOm Eureka last night. The
Dr. ia here to take notes uf the de-
elopment OF the oil field.
Halleck Mayer is Mr.. Aldrich's
assistant ut the oil well. BY the time
he we'll Is down u thousand feet,
ialleck will be Il full Hedges en-.
:iLeer .
Mr.. Triplett brought III a chunk Of
oil two feet long. u foot thick anu
Yearly eleven inches wi 10 from the
nne this afternoon. II is on exhibi.
ION mt the Depot Hotel,
!, James Piersun. Que Of the fir.,
Ouuty commissioners Of Elko county
lied III LineUln county on the lO.h Of
his month. lie was well known 10y
Ill old timers.
Cabinet photos in the latest finish
81 per dozen 1t Doves gallery. All
work. guaranteed. equal Ia any made
IN the west. He is here for u short
line only.
The DE Lamar Lode publishes u
por. ION Of orr articles ON Sklxu's
N%ial Fielh's" and credits it tn the
Belmont Courier. Such is fame i'll
i'll The LIE SEpaper field of the wild
and woody west.
Those who shoot at the target in
MIR. Anderson's field are requested
uot to do so any more Hs many uf the
bullets miss the target and e~ndanger
Inc lives 81 people at work GU the
other ride Of the river,
1t is u curious coincidence that
Benz tmin II rrIsnn died at the same
.Ige (6T) and FROM the same cause
(pueuhuuuia) HIS Washington. None
IT the other Presidents died at that
aye or from that disease.
The Rsbekahs want to see you at
The ball tomorrow night. They will
10 their very best to make the even.
ing the most eIj nhble yUu have ever
-pent III Elko. Honor them with
Jour presence and have Il good time
on the Sind mniver sary OF Dad FEEL
lowship in America. =
A number Of the ealoon men Of this
city met ut 2 O'CLOCK yesterday after
noon and completed the or snnizatIUn
II the Wnshos Couaiy l. quor Dealers
"ss%hcialUp. John EiItzge raid was
elected president; james Carroll.
Secretary; 81. j. Thy es. treasurer
Reno journal.
A Ing pillow combine to control the
market in the United States WIS
agreed upon by a score Of pillow
manufaclurers nj Chicago yesterday.
Twenty plants Chi fly III Ill .nOis will
he ID the combine and the capitaIiza
ton will probably be $50 10000. AS
trusts ARE II good thing. the farmers
of he country will give thanks when
this one il III working . der.
Tuesday the Land Office received a
dispatch from Senator Stewart stut.
my that Clear List No. 30, embracing
9.20l acres OF Land, had been appruv-
I'd ny the Commissioners ~ the Gem
eral Land Office and the Secretary ni
the Interior and would be mailed
forthwith. Some Of these lands were
applied for many years ago, but for
varinils reasnDs the selections we're
not approved.
And now the scienti ts tell us that
the tine favor Of butter is not derived
from bnitercups. blue grass ind curu.
mt from bugs-bacterm-of u refined
and pediGrced sort and that b., inocu-
latinR the milk or cream with q
| 'tarter containing these bacteria u
tine flavor can be produced III any
cream n Spoiled. The secret Of
successful butter making ID hereafter
u" lilo in getting tho right sort OF
starter. Great ia .%cience.
The railroad compauy will soon he
tuu the construction Of a modern
%nrthquake proof water funk in town
Several carload. 0f gravel and samd
II the concrete foundation we're IN
loaded today. Tue tank will be built
upon iron pillars and will be plnceu
ON the south side ~ tho track, some
where between the hotol cross w
and the fre'a:.i houaa, P,pea will
ran from the tank tn The nam track.
Auo her Improvement in contemph.
non by the company ia the lowering
of the grade from the mill beyond
tue culyert oasi " the stock yards.