Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-07-26
FROM THURSDAYS DALI,
SALMAGUEDl.
iob Rice is slowly improving.

The incline mt the coal mine il now
down 200 feet. The coal shows q
steady improvement.
unseolinR the corner stone OF a
public building at Akron. Ohio, re.
leased a live fly that had been im.
prisoned there fifty years.
1t ia reported today that parties in
Los Angeles have signed an agree
ment to begin boring for oil in the
Elko field within the next sixty days
or forfeit $1,000.
The water supply ut Tonopah liz
hauled from springs three miles dis.
tant and costs the consumer Sl.50 a
barrel; wood is hauled twenty miles
and costs consumers $40 per cord.
John Mcdonnell, the absconding
secretary Of the Virginia City Miners
Union, has been indicted for embez.
element. His whereabouts are still
unknown.
i think" says MIR. Dooley, that il
the Christian Scientists had some
science an tn doctors more Christ.
ianity, it wuddeu't make any diff.
ence which ye called inf ye had a
good nurse"
Oscar Thorpe had the misfortune
to break his right shoulder yesterday
afternoon. He was at work at Mr..
Hunters rauch west OF town and was
thrown from a horse. He was
brought 10 town aud taken to the
hospital.
Sheriff Campbell returned last
evening from an extended trip
through the northern part of the
comfy looking after sheep Licenses.
lie says he lived on fried chicken
and fresh beef all the time he was
away. lie looks as il he told he
truth.
Deputy Marshal Humphrey ~receiv-
cd a dispatch from Carson this after
noon stating that the U. S. grand
Jury had ignored the charge OF m
heZzlement against A. l.. Snyder.
Snyder was at once released from the
county jail. lie should profit by his
hard experience.
-Shatfer and his ielloS agitators
want to control all and everything"
exclaims the New York Sun. Well, il
that be true :hey are but following
the example OF the Steel Trust. They
might retort with ShyIock: The
Sillainy You teach me | will execute
and 1t shall go hard. but | will better
the instruction"
The County Treasurer yesterday
received the largest amount of buI.
lion tax that has been paid in ten
years. The amount received was
~si'4lO.G5, OF winch S4,l27.93 was from
the Con Virginia, Sl3j 40 from the
Dat Wine lager Beer claim and
81 IL from the Overland. This
} '~rpreSents the payment for the sec
"Dd quarter Of 1901 Observation-Disclosures.
trip TO the V. & T. shops these
days makes the old resident think OF
the odd times Some people are a
long time recognizing the fact that
western Nevada ia one hundred per
cent better than any time during the
past decade. but it il u red hot fact
ma. yaFihalns -fNnra,r M,
Matt Kyle, United States Surveyor
General Of Nevada, has asked Con
gress for an appropriation OF $4,000
for surveys i'll this State during the
coming year. In his annual report
T." the Department Mr.. Kyle says
there is IN unprecedented demand
FROM settlers Tor the surveying OF
public lands.
Col. Maxsou arrived this morning
Oh his way homo from attending the
Trans.M Mississippi Congress at Grip.
pie Creek. tie was the only delegate
in attendance from Nevada. He re.
ports the Congress a success. Asked
abont the prospects for Senator
Clark's railroad. he replied that the
Senator was building a railroad from
Salt Lake to San PEDRO.
Clear the track fOI conduering
| Uncle Sam. Consent OF the govern.
I'd ia a myth, taEation without repre-.
sentatioD has become a vested right,
and IL republic may have citizens,
subjects and slaves. When the con
stitutiOn threatens to curtail the
privileges Of e~xploiters and adven-
iurers it must be kept mt homo.
Truly we have progressed during
the past three or four ycars.-Com-
mOncr.
The Salt Lake Tribune says that
oil parties are pleased with the dccis.
ion Of Judge HaWley in the caee IF
the Oregon Short LiDo against the
San Pedro. Los Angeles md Salt
Lake Railroad Company. Each eide
clnims Il victory over the other. A
stipulation has boon oDtesed into by
tho attorneys Of both sides TO argue
the demurrer in tho tax title case
covering the thirty miles OF grade
from Glover Valley Junction to Phoebe
botoro Judge Talbot Mt Elko on Aug.
ust lat. This will brng a lot OF bIg
guns 10 Elko.